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Top 10's finishes; their only Top 10’s of the year.  The next year saw Martin only crew chief four Cup events; but he ran the full Xfinity series with a multitude of drivers.  Mike Skinner make the most starts and had six Top 5 results.  Jeff Purvis only ran three times but he won at Pikes Peak.  In 2002 he was back for a full time gig with Richard Childress Racing.  Robby Gordon was led by Martin; but they didn't click, so after 12 races Childress swapped crew chiefs.  Martin went to driver Kevin Harvick, and Gordon got crew chief Kevin Hamlin.  The Harvick / Martin duo finished out the season well with a win and six top tens.  But in 2003 after just five races with Harvick, Martin was replaced by Todd Barrier.  He spent the rest of 2003 and 2004 without a full time job.  Childress hired Clint Bowyer to drive for him in 2005 in the Xfinity series; and Martin was once again atop the war wagon.  They won twice; posted 16 Top 5 runs and finished second in the points.  In 2006 the duo moved to full time in the Cup Series.  They finishes with four Top 5 finishes that season; but the next two years won once each year.  He split duties leading Kevin Harvick most of the next season while having three Top 5’s.  Harvick made major improvement in 2010 as he won three times and finished third in points.  The following season he again finished third in points while claiming four wins.  For the 2014 season Martin would remain Childress Racings crew chief, but swapped over to head up driver Austin Dillon (Childress' grandson).  They posted one Top 5 finish that season and none the next before being replaced mid-season by Slugger Labbe.  To date Martin has won 16 races, including the Coke 600 twice with Harvick.  He led his drivers to be in the Chase six of the last ten seasons; finishing third four times.