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Martinsville Speedway will
prove again, its not the size of your track that counts,
its what you do with it. At slightly more than half a
mile, the Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on
the NASCAR Sprint Cup Circuit. Don't let Martinsville
small size fool you, because this track is one of the
biggest when it comes to action. It has 800 foot
straight-aways and turns banked at only 12 degrees of
banking, and has been called "two drag strips with a
turnaround on each end".
Martinsville Speedway, is
0.526-mile track, with a unique shape (think paper clip)
gives drivers two straight-aways and two very tight
corners where brakes get tested more than anywhere else
on the circuit. The demanding layout consistently
produces some of the wildest fender scrubbing, push and
shove racing on the NASCAR circuit.
Martinsville Speedway has always been a difficult test
for Sprint Cup drivers and teams. Seven-time series
champion Richard Petty is the all-time leader with 15
career Cup victories at Martinsville Speedway, while
Darrell Waltrip is an 11-time winner.
Darlington is the oldest superspeedway, but Martinsville
is the oldest track, period. What is now known as Nextel
Cup began as Strictly Stock in 1949, and there have been
races at Martinsville in every NASCAR season.
Track Specs:
Degree of Banking: Turns: 12 degrees
Straight-aways: Banking: 0 degrees (flat)
Straights: 800 feet
Grandstand Seating: 91,000
Pit Stalls: 43 pits, 14-feet wide by 28-feet long
2010 Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 Winner
Denny Hamlin made a late surge on a green-white-checkered finish to get the win in the 2010 Goody’s Fast Pain Relief 500 from Martinsville Speedway.
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