Despite inclement weather in Virginia on Saturday, the 2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway will indeed take place. However, the rain in the vicinity has ensured that practice and qualifying will not take place. Because of this development, the starting grid for Sunday’s race will be based on owner’s points. With that in [...]
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Rain Washes Away Martinville Qualifying
October 29th, 2011 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in NASCAR, Qualifying Times, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors 
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Denny Hamlin to Drive KBM’s No. 18 Toyota/Traxxas Tundra in the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway
October 21st, 2011 Stephen Rhodes Posted in Camping World Truck Series - News/Rumors, NASCAR, Transactions Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) announced today that Denny Hamlin will drive the team’s No. 18 Tundra in the Kroger 200 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway Saturday, Oct. 29. Toyota and Traxxas, the leading manufacturer of hobby-class radio-controlled (R/C) vehicles, will serve as co-primary sponsors for the 200-lap race at the .526-mile oval. “I’ve wanted to drive [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (March 31, 2011) Today’s number is this week’s daily double. 35th: Jimmie Johnson’s worst finish in a Cup race at Martinsville Speedway, site of Sunday’s Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500. That came in Johnson’s first start as a rookie in April 2002. Johnson has not [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
July 24th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive NASCAR Number By Roger Kuznia Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 24, 2010) 6: Number of Sprint Cup tracks where Jeff Gordon has an average finish better than 10.0. One of those is Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Gordon has an average finish of 8.6 in 16 starts. His last Brickyard win came [...]
NASCAR By The Numbers
July 20th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 20, 2010) 2: Sprint Cup oval tracks that have zero-degree banking in the straightaways. The two tracks are Martinsville Speedway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, site of Sunday’s Brickyard 400.
NASCAR By The Numbers
July 6th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series - News/Rumors, Your Track Pass Exclusive NASCAR Number By Bill Marx Sporting News NASCAR Wire Service (July 6, 2010) 47: Consecutive races during which Jeff Gordon has gone winless in the Sprint Cup Series. Gordon’s last win was April 5, 2009, at Texas Motor Speedway. This drought ties his previous high, which began Oct. 21, 2007, at Martinsville Speedway and ended [...]
Martinsville Race Moved To Monday Due To Rain
After trying for more than an hour to battle increasingly wet weather conditions Sunday at Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR postponed running the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 until noon ET Monday. A steady rain descended on the track about an hour before the scheduled Sunday start time of 1:13 p.m. ET and did not let up. [...]
Harvick Takes Kroger 250
March 27th, 2010 Stephen Rhodes Posted in Camping World Truck Series - News/Rumors, NASCAR, Race Results It was a relatively uneventful day for Kroger 250 winner Kevin Harvick. The same can’t be said for Harvick’s teammate, Ron Hornaday, who started deep in the field in Saturday’s Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway and survived a late-race dust-up with Johnny Sauter to post a much-needed runner-up finish. Harvick, who owns his No. [...]
