American Sprint Car Series

After nearly a full calendar year of efforts, Jason Martin has finally made his return to American Sprint Car Series Victory Lane.

Eleven months. Three-hundred thirty-six days. Twenty-six Series events. The 2023 Series champion from Liberal, KS, pushed his way through the dry spell and broke through to Victory Lane — for the first time since Sept. 14, 2024 — Saturday night at El Paso County Raceway, leading all 25 laps of the main event to collect his 15th career Series victory and first in the state of Colorado.

“It’s one of those things I was taught a long time ago and I’ve learned over the years — you just keep working at it,” Martin said. “We haven’t had a winning season, but with Sam [Hafertepe] winning all the races and being as good as he is, to run second or in the top five, I feel like we’re pretty good.”