Gil Martin

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. Taking an early retirement in 2017, 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. 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.

Gil Martin
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1960-09-17) September 17, 1960
Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportNASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Team29. Richard Childress Racing

References
  1. "2014 Team Chart". Jayski.com. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  • Gil Martin crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference


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