Ragan Surprises Field In Final Practice For Goody’s Fast Relief 500
On a day reserved for practice, there was plenty of action on the track as teams prepared for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race and the Kroger 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway. David Ragan was a bit of a surprise inContinue Reading
Robby Gordon Martinsville Preview
The Dodge brand has teamed up with Universal Pictures for a multi-tiered partnership to support Universal’s upcoming action-thriller Fast Five. The latest installment in Universal’s blockbuster franchise, Fast Five, will be released in theaters April 29. As an element to the partnership, Dodge and Universal have teamed up with RobbyContinue Reading
Biffle to Make 300th Start This Weekend in Martinsville
This weekend in Martinsville, Greg Biffle will make his 300th Sprint Cup start. His first Sprint Cup start was at Auto Club Speedway on April 28th of 2002 where he started 29th and finished 13th in a No. 16 Jack Roush-owned Ford. Over the course of his 299 starts, BiffleContinue Reading
With No. 1 Qualifying Average, Smith Looking to Extend Weekend Success
Happy Fridays, but can’t trust those Sundays. That would be the short answer about how Regan Smith’s season has been going since the Daytona 500 opener. Now the long answer. Since his impressive seventh-place performance in the Daytona 500, the past four races have unfortunately played out basically the same forContinue Reading
Hermie Sadler Returns to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Martinsville
Hermie Sadler, an Emporia, Virginia native, will be back behind the wheel of the No. 71 Eco Fuel Saver Chevrolet in this weekend’s Goody’s Fast Relief 500. This will mark Sadler’s 11th NASCAR Sprint Cup Series start at Martinsville Speedway and his second start for TRG Motorsports. “I had aContinue Reading
Mark Martin To Make 800th Start In The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Mark Martin will join an exclusive club this Sunday in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, becoming the eighth driver to start 800 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races. During a career that has spanned parts of four decades, Martin has tallied 40 victories, 264 top fives and 429Continue Reading
Wood Brothers Back on Home Turf at Martinsville
After being away for a couple of seasons, NASCAR’s oldest team is returning to NASCAR’s oldest track. The Wood Brothers from Stuart, Va., their driver Trevor Bayne and the No. 21 Motorcraft/Quick Lane Ford Fusion will race this weekend in the Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway, theContinue Reading
Labonte wants History to Repeat at Martinsville Speedway
On April 14, 2002, Bobby Labonte won his first short track title in dominating fashion during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway with Joe Gibbs Racing. On Sunday, he’s hoping history will repeat itself when he races the No. 47 Lance Toyota Camry fielded by JTG DaughertyContinue Reading
Return to Familiar Ground for Gordon at Martinsville
With four victories in six races during the early-to-mid 2000’s at Martinsville Speedway, seeing Jeff Gordon in Victory Lane was a staple of the racing at the paper-clip shaped track. Can the seven-time Martinsville race winner return there Sunday in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500? The driver of the No.Continue Reading