The No. 32 car was a part of Mark Martin’s story in 1993. The veteran driver, who drove for Roush Racing (now RFK Racing) at the time, failed to qualify his usual No. 60 Roush Racing Ford for the NASCAR Busch Series (now NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series) Goody’s 300 at Daytona that year.NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion Dale Jarrett came to the rescue, allowing Martin to drive DAJ Racing’s No. 32 Chevy Lumina. Martin started the race 34th but was involved in a crash on lap 39. He finished 42nd in that race.Recently, a fan on X named Charles Krall tagged Mark Martin, asking him the story behind the iconic No. 32 Winn-Dixie machine. Instead of Martin, former NASCAR journalist Bob Ellis, who goes by the name of “The Dale Earnhardt Archive” on X, responded to Krall, stating,“DNQed Daytona in 1993 and Roush made a deal with DAJ Racing to use their 32 for the race. Mark ended up finishing 42nd. He then came back the next 2 races and won in the Roush 60.”Soon, Martin came across Ellis’s comments. Reflecting on his 1993 Daytona outing, the retired NASCAR veteran wrote,“We were too damn slow at @DAYTONA.”It didn’t take Mark Martin long to rebound. Just the following week, he captured a victory at Rockingham in his No. 60 Ford. He won the next race at Richmond as well.Martin, now 66, is enjoying retired life. He doesn’t want to drive race cars anymore, as in his words, competitive racing was “intense as hell”. In a 2021 interview with NASCAR.com, Martin said,“People always say, ‘Well, just come and practice, come and test.’ I get offers all the time. I have no interest in driving a race car. I did it for over 40 years against the likes of Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart for wins and championships and it was intense as hell. I don’t want to do it.”Martin isn't totally aloof from racing. He still supports dirt model teams with his Martin Automotive Group, mentors budding speedsters, and enjoys local grassroots racing.Mark Martin sends a “worried” message amid ongoing NASCAR trialMark Martin reacted to the effect that the ongoing NASCAR trial could have on the sport. The antitrust lawsuit filed by the plaintiffs, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, against the defendants, NASCAR and Jim France, is currently in its final stage, with three days remaining in the December trial.23XI and FRM denied signing NASCAR’s take-it-or-leave-it charter agreement, suing the 77-year-old stock car racing sanctioning body. They said NASCAR was monopolistic and restricted team growth through unfair control of the revenue system and the lack of permanent charter ownership, among others.Mark Martin thinks all this hurts NASCAR as a sport, along with its fans. Reflecting on it, the former Cup Series driver wrote on X,“This lawsuit is devastating to the sport we love. I really hope we as fans come out of this better off, but I just don’t see a pathway that leads us to that. I’m worried about our sport. I want it to thrive.”All will be said and done on December 10, the last day of the menacing NASCAR trials. Next up is the 2026 NASCAR season, starting with the NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray on February 1, 2026.