Gil Martin

NASCAR crew chief

Gil Martin
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1960-09-17) September 17, 1960 (age 63) Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Team	29. Richard Childress Racing

Gilford Hicks "Gil" Martin Jr. (born September 17, 1960) is an American NASCAR crew chief. He was employed at Richard Childress Racing as the Competition Director of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Shop, formerly the owner of FILMAR Racing and the crew chief for the No. 29 Sprint Cup Series car, driven by Kevin Harvick.^[1] At RCR he was crew chief for Robby Gordon, Clint Bowyer, and Kevin Harvick, winning with all three, and the winningest crew chief at RCR since Kirk Shelmerdine (1980-1992). Taking an early retirement in 2017 to fight CTCL, a rare form of cancer, he returned to racing in 2022 in the TransAm series with a Harvick associated driver. He is the first NASCAR crew chief to win in all three divisions of Cup, Nationwide, and Truck Series, and in 2023 got his first win in the TransAm series, winning 7 TransAm races that year with driver phenom Connor Zilisch. He has over 20 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series wins (counting non-points races) and one of the most successful crew chiefs in NASCAR over all three series. He is married to wife Ronda and has one son, Ford Martin.

References

^ "2014 Team Chart". Jayski.com. Retrieved February 20, 2014.

External links

Gil Martin crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference

Richard Childress Racing

Headquarters: Welcome, North Carolina

Personnel

Richard Childress
Mike Dillon
Chocolate Myers
Andy Petree
Keith Rodden
Mike Verlander

NASCAR Cup Series

Drivers	(3) Austin Dillon (8) Kyle Busch (33) Austin Hill (part-time)
Crew chiefs	(3) Keith Rodden / Justin Alexander (8) Randall Burnett (33) Keith Rodden

NASCAR Xfinity Series

Drivers	(2) Jesse Love (21) Austin Hill
Crew chiefs	(2) Danny Stockman Jr. (21) Andy Street

NASCAR Hall of Fame

Former drivers

Winners	Clint Bowyer Jeff Burton Joey Coulter Robby Gordon Jeff Green Kevin Harvick Michael McDowell Paul Menard Ryan Newman Jeff Purvis Tyler Reddick Ricky Rudd Elliott Sadler Jay Sauter Johnny Sauter Mike Skinner Scott Wimmer
Other drivers	John Andretti Anthony Alfredo Dakoda Armstrong Earl Bamber Ed Berrier Dave Blaney Jason Bowles Jeb Burton Sean Caisse Ted Christopher Rodney Combs Cale Conley Matt Crafton Ricky Craven Sheldon Creed Mike Dillon Ty Dillon Kerry Earnhardt Brendan Gaughan Tim George Jr. Ryan Gifford Joe Graf Jr. Kaz Grala Daniel Hemric Jimmy Hensley Sam Hornish Jr. Jim Inglebright Brandon Jones P. J. Jones Ben Kennedy Brodie Kostecki Travis Kvapil Bobby Labonte Scott Lagasse Jr. Randy LaJoie Shane Lee Stephen Leicht Rick Mast David Mayhew Tim McCreadie Casey Mears Brandon Miller Steve Park Timothy Peters Jeff Purvis Scott Riggs Hermie Sadler Jim Sauter Ken Schrader Brian Scott Michael Self Kirk Shelmerdine Morgan Shepherd Brian Simo Regan Smith Myatt Snider Matt Tifft John Wes Townley Kenny Wallace Mike Wallace Alex Yontz

Winners

Other drivers

Former personnel

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Mike Shiplett

NASCAR Cup Series Championships

NASCAR Xfinity Series Championships

Drivers' Championship	2001 (Harvick) 2006 (Harvick) 2008 (Bowyer) 2013 (A. Dillon) 2019 (Reddick)
Owners' Championship	2001 (No. 2) 2006 (No. 21) 2007 (No. 29) 2019 (No. 2)