Mark Martin still in the top 10

Mark Martin made his debut in NASCAR's Car of Tomorrow in the Nextel Cup Series race at Phoenix International Raceway.
He finished the race in 12th and is still in the top 10 in points in the Nextel Cup Series standings.
Martin skipped the first two Cup races with the Car of Tomorrow. He is running a partial schedule in the No. 01 Chevrolet for Ginn Racing.
“That was a pretty hard race (Saturday night)," said Martin. "We never really did get a handle on the car, and we just weren’t able to get going all night. I couldn’t get the Army Chevy to hook up coming off (turn) four like we were able to do during Friday’s practice. We still have work to do on our Car of Tomorrow program, but we’ll keep plugging away and get better.”
Martin will miss Sunday's Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway. Regan Smith will be driving the No. 01 Chevrolet at Talladega. Martin will be back in the car for the May 5 race at Richmond International Raceway.