Christine Martin 2011 Season in Review; Give Back to Golisano Charity Event Highlights Difficult Season for Christine Martin Racing

Craig Revelle - Finish Line Web Design - October 25, 2011

For Christine Martin, and her Wellesley Island, New York bases DIRTcar Sportsman team, the 2011 season will be remembered as one of the most difficult seasons since they began racing.  While the effort from the team, and the commitment of the driver is certainly there, the results just have not been there for the team this season. 

When the season began back in April, optimism was high but mechanical problems sidelined the team at Can Am.  The following weekend, Martin had top ten finishes at Can Am, as well as the season opener at Can Am, but much of the season, Martin and her team struggled to find consistency. 

Martin did contend for a win on a couple occasions, and ended the season with season high finishes of second at Can Am on June 17^th, and sixth at Fulton Speedway on July 2^nd.  Late in the season, Martin was leading at Can Am for the first 11 laps of the race, and contact from the second place car caused her to rollover.  That was the second time in three weeks that she had rolled over, and it was the only times in her career that she was upside down.  It was a scary moment for the Christine Martin team, but after a lot of hard work in the shop, they were back the following week.

Martin started out following the DIRTcar Sportsman series, but decided to trim down their schedule in late season.  They did attempt to qualify for Super DIRT Week, but they were not able to make the field of more then 60 cars, with only 30 cars making the main event.

One of the highlights of the season was the Christine Martin Racing Charity event for the Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse, New York.  Martin, along with Chapman’s Can Am Motorsports Park raised over $3000 for the hospital.

“We had a fantastic time at the charity event, and we want to thank everyone that contributed and everyone that helped us out”, says Christine Martin.  “Hopefully we can do this again next year and raise even more money for Golisano”.

Plans for the 2012 racing season have not yet been finalized for the Christine Martin Racing team.  With the 2011 season just ending, Martin will take some time off, and make their decisions this winter.

“Overall, it was a tough season for us, but we had some good moments that we can build on, and hopefully next year will be much better”, says Martin.  “We have a good team, we have good cars, and I have been learning every year as a driver.  We are working hard at achieving our goals, and hopefully next year we can have some better results”.

The Christine Martin Racing team would like to thank all of their sponsors for their support this season.  They include American Traditions Motorsports, SUNY Canton, FABCO of Watertown and the Believe in Ben campaign.  We look forward to sharing our success with all of you throughout the year.