Unbuckled: Getting To Know Mike Martin

Driver of the #01 Martin Motorsports Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman

Hometown: Craftsbury Commons, VT

2012: Finished 8^th overall in Bond Auto Tiger Sportsman division at Thunder Road.

What are your favorite hobbies in the off-season?

I sugar in the spring, and I also hunt and fish right here around my home in Craftsbury.  My family likes to do it with me, so it gives me a chance to spend some time with them.  We’ve just always done those three things.  

What do you do for work?

I have my own auto repair business called Mike Martin Auto Repair in Craftsbury.  I’ve been doing this about 12 years now. 

 What is your biggest life accomplishment?

Unbuckled: Getting To Know Chip Grenier

Driver of the #9 Grenier Motorsports Ford

Hometown: Graniteville, VT

2012: Ran a limited schedule of Thunder Road and Vermont State Championship Series events.

What are your favorite hobbies in the off-season?

I pretty much race year round because I also race remote controlled cars at Barre Town RC.  I started that when I was 14, so I’ve been doing that almost twenty years now.  It’s a cool thing.  We have heats and features and championships, sometimes we’ll have as many as 65 cars at an event.  It runs from October to April, so it’s the perfect off-season hobby for me. 

What do you do for work?

I work for Kevin Street doing construction and concrete.  He actually used to race Warriors and Street Stocks at Thunder Road.  I also work on racecars on my free time.  I worked on 8 or 9 of the top ten in the Bond Auto Tiger Sportsmen this year. I built four of them from scratch. I thought that was pretty cool. 

 What is your biggest life accomplishment?

Unbuckled: Getting To Know Troy Kingsbury

Driver of the #39 VG Race to Read Allen Lumber Street Stock

Hometown: Waitsfield, VT

2012: 9^th place in Allen Lumber Street Stock standings

What are your favorite hobbies in the offseason?

Work is number 1, but I’m a family man.  I love hanging out with the kids and supporting them in the sports and activities that they do. We like to ski a lot and go to hockey games.

What do you do for work?

I run a small town convenience store in Waitsfield called the Village Grocery.  The biggest thing that we do is build community. I take out the trash, I help make lunch specials, stock coolers, run registers, do the bookwork.  I’m even making doughnuts now!