Gil Martin Explained

Gil Martin
Birth Date:17 September 1960
Birth Place:Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014 Team Chart. February 20, 2014. Jayski.com. February 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213013040/http://www.jayski.com/pages/2012teams.htm. dead.