suit. Now, I had no idea that one of these Mark Martin cars still existed. And I really want to know how she got to you . I was in Daytona, Florida, and every year during the Daytona 500 race, they had a flea market where people would bring all kinds of racing stuff and stuff. Then there was one road racer there, I think from Texas or Arizona. He bought this car and tried to use it for road racing, even though he wasn't even a racer. Well, he didn't do anything to her. I was there. I contacted you. You made a deal, and I brought it home and restored it exactly as it was when you received it. Did she still look like that in that livery or did he repaint her? I repainted it all . I mean, the body was in bad shape, and that's why it wasn't rebuilt. Did it have a different livery when you got it? That was right. That was true, but much of it was in very poor condition. It just needed a restoration, and I wanted to restore it to look like Martin's car. Do you have any pictures of what it was like when you got it? No. A. How long ago was that? I probably bought it, uh , I'll give you 15-20 years ago. Oho. So, Mark sold this car to that guy , and that guy just kept it, and then you got it from that guy. Yes. Craig sold it. This guy got it. He wanted to do road racing for a reason. It was a left-turn car. Yes. And he wasn't even a racer and did n't do anything with it. And when I met him at that market, I said, "Well, I would definitely like to own it." Did he put it up for sale there? No, he just had a small photo of the car at the time. A. Then he had other things, and of course they became interested in this car. Yes, I thought that if one of these things still existed, Mark would have it. But I mean, what exactly did he have ? Maybe two of these. Not that big. Not so much. This is a photo of him with Trickle. So this was early in Mark's career , before he started using Dylan's stuff, right? Oh, no. No, he was related to Dylan . A. Whereas he used to have a workshop right there, near one of the garages, I think, in Billings. Yes, I had. Yes. But, no, I think it was, I think it was later. I can't say for sure because you can see Trickle's car there . This, uh...this is probably 19... Probably 79th or 80th. I would assume you could see... because '81 was his best year, I think, when he was with Dylan and won a bunch of things , and '81 is when he kind of tried his hand at the Cup series. So anyway, as far as
