🇺🇸 Tommy Joe Martins

Tommy Joe Martins is a professional stock car racing driver competing part-time in NASCAR's national series. Over a nine-season career from 2014 to 2024, he accumulated 152 starts across NASCAR Xfinity and NASCAR Truck, racing primarily on oval tracks for BJ McLeod Motorsports and his own Martins Motorsports operation.[1]

Martins' record shows steady participation as a mid-field competitor in fields mixing amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals. In NASCAR Xfinity, where he made 128 starts across eleven seasons, he ran 114 of them on ovals. His NASCAR Truck tenure spanned 2016 and 2017, yielding 24 starts with 23 on ovals. Most recent activity came in 2024 Xfinity, where he finished 41st in championship standings after one round of competition. He has also held the owner's role at Martins Motorsports, which fielded six drivers across its 34 starts in the index without recording a win.[2]

Martins typically finished behind established regulars such as Ryan Sieg and Jeremy Clements, both of whom carry substantially more starts in these series and have competed at a higher level. On rare occasions he has crossed the line ahead of elite-level drivers; he finished ahead of Denny Hamlin, the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series champion, and Ryan Blaney, both of whom visit these series sporadically from full-time Cup schedules. The nature of his involvement extended beyond driving; recent coverage noted his work producing independent racing films exploring the sport's financial landscape.