James Martin Racing And Development

This picture popped up as a FB memory today and I kind of chuckle at how much we did from a 2000 square foot shop but it also got me thinking. When I was about 12 years old I knew I wanted to race for a living one day. Didn’t have a clue how that was going to happen. I came from a very humble background. But I wanted it so bad I figured it out and ran my first race when I was about 18. At the time I thought getting to that first little dirt race was about the hardest thing I had ever done. Fast forward about 5 or 6 years and I was racing all over the south east….just figuring it out as I went. When I turned 30 my daughter had just been born and I had came to the realization that my future in racing was going to need to be working on cars rather than driving. I knew I needed to be in the NASCAR world. Once again I didn’t have a clue how I was going to do it. So I went to work figuring that out. That was a long story I won’t go into but about a year later I got my first full time paying position in racing …….making $35 a day. But I was IN. I put my head down and went to work and around 18 months later I was a crew chief in the Truck series making substantialy more than $35 a day lol. Fast forward a few years and the economy took a nose dive and the unemployment rate in racing was about 50%. I knew I needed more control over my future and I knew that was going to need to be as an owner. Once again I had no idea how. I was basically unemployed, had a wife, 2 small kids, a mortgage and somewhere around $1100 dollars in the bank. But I put my head down and figured it out. This picture was about 8 months after making that decision. We had 4 trucks, an ARCA car , 2 worn out engines and this tiny shop. A year later we moved into a 15000 square foot shop that we shared with a Cup team and went on from there. I don’t say all this to pat myself on the back , I say all this to show guys if you want it bad enough you will figure it out ……plus this is why I don’t take excuses very well. Good luck to all you out there chasing your dream ……I assure you it will be worth it one day.

JM

For Immediate Release ……James Martin Racing and Development will be returning to our Late Model Stock roots effective immediately and a return to ARCA competition later this year. With our Legends Car program and these new additions a driver could potentially go from zero experience to racing on a National level at major speedways in three steps with one organization. Contact us today to get your career as a professional driver started!