INDIANAPOLIS – So excited for last year’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Mark Martin predicted victory six weeks before the event.

His ability to forecast the future ultimately fell flat, as Martin finished 11th in a race that was ruined by a Goodyear debacle and dictated by the cautions NASCAR had to call every 10-to-12 laps to prevent dangerous tire failures.

Martin has a chance at redemption today, when the 50-year-old racer will become the oldest driver in Indianapolis’ 100-year history to start from the pole. But he refused to make another Babe Ruth-style sta...

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