Hal Martin (born December 29, 1985) is an American professionalstock car racing driver who has competed in what is now theNASCAR Xfinity Series, theTruck Series, and theARCA Racing Series.

He earned the nickname "the Ragin' Cajun" due to being fromLouisiana.^[1]

Martin began his racing career when he was 15 years old, racing 80cc and 125ccshifter karts, racing around theGulf Coast of the United States and winning the 2004 Louisiana State 80cc Shifter Kart Championship. He then went to several driving schools to improve his driving skills as he prepared to move up to full-bodied stock cars, including theBuck Baker Racing School and Andy Hillenburg'sFast Track High Performance Driving School inRockingham,North Carolina.^[1]

In 2007, Martin won the Mobile International Speedway Track Championship in the Pro Late Model Division and was crowned the 2007 Louisiana State Champion byLate Model Digest. He would follow that up with two more wins the following season while competing on variousshort tracks around theGulf of Mexico, followed by running someASA Late Model Series races in 2009 and 2010.^[1]

In 2009, Martin graduated from theUniversity of New Orleans with a degree inmechanical engineering.^[2]

Following his completion of Hillenburg's driving school, Martin was approved to compete in theARCA Racing Series. He made his series debut atMansfield Motorsports Park, finishing in 11th place. He would follow that up in his next race two months later with a 3rd-place finish atChicagoland Speedway, his best finish to date. While he was competing on various short tracks around the Gulf Coast, Martin was gaining valuable experience on some of the biggest tracks in the country while competing in ARCA, includingDaytona,Talladega, andPocono. In 11 career ARCA starts between 2009 and 2011, Martin has a best starting and finishing position of 3rd place, while also tallying 3 top ten finishes.^[3]

Martin made his loneCamping World Truck Series start in 2009 atMemphis International Raceway. Driving the No. 48 forAndy Hillenburg'sFast Track Racing Enterprises team, Martin finished 26th in the 36-truck field, competing in just over half the laps of the 200-lap race before retiring from the event due to overheating.

Martin made hisNationwide Series debut atKansas Speedway in 2012, driving the No. 44 car forTriStar Motorsports. His debut ended 24 laps from the finish when he got together withScott Lagasse Jr. and caused both drivers to hit the wall and crash out of the race, crediting him with a 25th-place finish. He would compete in two more races that season in preparation for a full-time effort in 2013, this time driving the No. 19 car for TriStar Motorsports atTexas andHomestead, finishing in 30th place on both occasions.

After running three races towards the end of 2012, Martin drove full-time for TriStar Motorsports in 2013 competing for NationwideRookie of the Year honors, where he was once again paired with veteran crew chief John Quinn.^[4] Martin's competition for Rookie of the Year includedJeffrey Earnhardt, grandson ofDale Earnhardt, 2012K&N Pro Series East championKyle Larson and formerFormula One driverNelson Piquet Jr.

On July 28, 2015, Martin and his former teammate at TriStar,Eric McClure, formed Martin-McClure Racing, aK&N Pro Series East team which fielded the No. 39 car^[5][6] for three years. In the team's final season,2017, they also bought the No. 13 team of Hunter Baize fromHScott Motorsports after that team shut down, and it became a second car for MMR.

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time.Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

• Official website
• Hal Martin driver statistics at Racing-Reference

• 1985 births
• Living people
• People from Galliano, Louisiana
• Racing drivers from Louisiana
• NASCAR drivers
• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• University of New Orleans alumni

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