Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA.
Martinsville Speedway is a .526 mile Oval. It falls in the category of Short Track (an oval racetrack that is 1 mile or less in length.).
The first NASCAR Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway was in 1949.
2012 NASCAR Cup Races at Martinsville Speedway
- Goodys Fast Relief 500 on 04-01-2012 (Race #6)
- Martinsville 500 on 10-28-2012 (Race #33)
| TOP 10 POLE WINNERS | ||
| Rank | Driver | Total Poles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeff Gordon | 9 |
| 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 8 |
| 3 | Geoffrey Bodine | 7 |
| 4 | Buck Baker | 5 |
| 4 | Cale Yarborough | 5 |
| 6 | Fred Lorenzen | 4 |
| 6 | Glen Wood | 4 |
| 6 | Ricky Rudd | 4 |
| 6 | Bobby Allison | 4 |
| 10 | Mark Martin | 3 |
| RACE WINNERS | ||
| Rank | Driver | Total Wins |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Petty | 15 |
| 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 11 |
| 3 | Jeff Gordon | 7 |
| 3 | Rusty Wallace | 7 |
| 5 | Dale Earnhardt | 6 |
| 5 | Fred Lorenzen | 6 |
| 5 | Cale Yarborough | 6 |
| 5 | Jimmie Johnson | 6 |
| 9 | Denny Hamlin | 4 |
| 9 | Geoffrey Bodine | 4 |
NASCAR Cup Races at Martinsville Speedway
| Date | Race Name | Winner (#) | St | Make | Caut/Lap | Ld Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-01-12 | Goodys Fast Relief 500 | Ryan Newman | 5 | Chevrolet (COT) | 7/56 | 19 |
| 10-30-11 | Tums Fast Relief 500 | Tony Stewart | 4 | Chevrolet (COT) | 18/108 | 23 |
| 04-03-11 | Goodys Fast Pain Relief 500 | Kevin Harvick | 9 | Chevrolet (COT) | 11/72 | 31 |
| 10-24-10 | Tums Fast Relief 500 | Denny Hamlin | 1 | Toyota (COT) | 15/90 | 24 |
| 03-29-10 | Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 | Denny Hamlin | 19 | Toyota (COT) | 13/79 | 24 |
| 10-25-09 | Tums Fast Relief 500 | Denny Hamlin | 17 | Toyota (COT) | 15/77 | 21 |
| 03-29-09 | Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | Chevrolet (COT) | 12/66 | 13 |
| 10-19-08 | Tums QuikPak 500 | Jimmie Johnson | 1 | Chevrolet (COT) | 12/76 | 14 |
| 03-30-08 | Goody's Cool Orange 500 | Denny Hamlin | 2 | Toyota (COT) | 18/89 | 20 |
| 10-21-07 | Subway 500 | Jimmie Johnson | 4 | Chevrolet (COT) | 21/127 | 12 |
| 04-01-07 | Goody's Cool Orange 500 | Jimmie Johnson | 20 | Chevrolet (COT) | 13/93 | 14 |
| 10-22-06 | Subway 500 | Jimmie Johnson | 9 | Chevrolet | 18/107 | 16 |
| 04-02-06 | DirecTV 500 | Tony Stewart | 3 | Chevrolet | 16/87 | 12 |
| 10-23-05 | Subway 500 | Jeff Gordon | 15 | Chevrolet | 19/113 | 15 |
| 04-10-05 | Advance Auto Parts 500 | Jeff Gordon | 16 | Chevrolet | 16/91 | 17 |
| 10-24-04 | Subway 500 | Jimmie Johnson | 18 | Chevrolet | 17/125 | 22 |
| 04-18-04 | Advance Auto Parts 500 | Rusty Wallace | 17 | Dodge | 11/106 | 10 |
| 10-19-03 | Subway 500 | Jeff Gordon | 1 | Chevrolet | 15/119 | 9 |
| 04-13-03 | Virginia 500 | Jeff Gordon | 1 | Chevrolet | 11/64 | 14 |
| 10-20-02 | Old Dominion 500 | Kurt Busch | 36 | Ford | 12/65 | 12 |
| 04-14-02 | Virginia 500 | Bobby Labonte | 15 | Pontiac | 14/104 | 19 |
| 10-15-01 | Old Dominion 500 | Ricky Craven | 6 | Ford | 13/81 | 19 |
| 04-08-01 | Virginia 500 | Dale Jarrett | 13 | Ford | 12/98 | 15 |
| 10-01-00 | NAPA Autocare 500 | Tony Stewart | 1 | Pontiac | 13/88 | 12 |
| 04-09-00 | Goody's Body Pain 500 | Mark Martin | 21 | Ford | 17/116 | 14 |
| 10-03-99 | NAPA AutoCare 500 | Jeff Gordon | 5 | Chevrolet | 8/79 | 17 |
| 04-18-99 | Goody's Body Pain 500 | John Andretti | 21 | Pontiac | 10/70 | 20 |
| 09-27-98 | NAPA Autocare 500 | Ricky Rudd | 2 | Ford | 11/82 | 11 |
| 04-20-98 | Goody's Headache Powder 500 | Bobby Hamilton | 1 | Chevrolet | 14/96 | 15 |
| 09-28-97 | Hanes 500 | Jeff Burton | 10 | Ford | 11/83 | 15 |
| 04-20-97 | Goody's Headache Powder 500 | Jeff Gordon | 4 | Chevrolet | 11/99 | 4 |
| 09-22-96 | Hanes 500 | Jeff Gordon | 10 | Chevrolet | 7/35 | 11 |
| 04-21-96 | Goody's Headache Powder 500 | Rusty Wallace | 5 | Ford | 6/36 | 18 |
| 09-24-95 | Goody's 500 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Chevrolet | 10/85 | 16 |
| 04-23-95 | Hanes 500 | Rusty Wallace | 15 | Ford | 7/84 | 8 |
| 09-25-94 | Goody's 500 | Rusty Wallace | 7 | Ford | 11/62 | 18 |
| 04-24-94 | Hanes 500 | Rusty Wallace | 1 | Ford | 11/65 | 11 |
| 09-26-93 | Goody's 500 | Ernie Irvan | 1 | Ford | 11/73 | 10 |
| 04-25-93 | Hanes 500 | Rusty Wallace | 5 | Pontiac | 8/49 | 10 |
| 09-28-92 | Goody's 500 | Geoffrey Bodine | 7 | Ford | 12/67 | 16 |
| 04-26-92 | Hanes 500 | Mark Martin | 14 | Ford | 11/59 | 11 |
| 09-22-91 | Goody's 500 | Harry Gant | 12 | Oldsmobile | 15/81 | 20 |
| 04-28-91 | Hanes 500 | Dale Earnhardt | 10 | Chevrolet | 11/53 | 13 |
| 09-23-90 | Goody's 500 | Geoffrey Bodine | 14 | Ford | 11/57 | 16 |
| 04-29-90 | Hanes Activewear 500 | Geoffrey Bodine | 1 | Ford | 10/44 | 12 |
| 09-24-89 | Goody's 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 2 | Chevrolet | 8/46 | 18 |
| 04-23-89 | Pannill Sweatshirts 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 10 | Chevrolet | 5/31 | 12 |
| 09-25-88 | Goody's 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 20 | Chevrolet | 11/53 | 11 |
| 04-24-88 | Pannill Sweatshirts 500 | Dale Earnhardt | 14 | Chevrolet | 7/46 | 10 |
| 09-27-87 | Goody's 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 14 | Chevrolet | 8/35 | 13 |
| 04-26-87 | Sovran Bank 500 | Dale Earnhardt | 4 | Chevrolet | 11/65 | 14 |
| 09-21-86 | Goody's 500 | Rusty Wallace | 8 | Pontiac | 12/54 | 15 |
| 04-27-86 | Sovran Bank 500 | Ricky Rudd | 4 | Ford | 7/33 | 15 |
| 09-22-85 | Goody's 500 | Dale Earnhardt | 11 | Chevrolet | 12/65 | 11 |
| 04-28-85 | Sovran Bank 500 | Harry Gant | 13 | Chevrolet | 10/57 | 12 |
| 09-23-84 | Goody's 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 3 | Chevrolet | 8/39 | 11 |
| 04-29-84 | Sovran Bank 500 | Geoffrey Bodine | 6 | Chevrolet | 11/54 | 13 |
| 09-25-83 | Goody's 500 | Ricky Rudd | 2 | Chevrolet | 6/37 | 6 |
| 04-24-83 | Virginia National Bank 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 3 | Chevrolet | 9/105 | 13 |
| 10-17-82 | Old Dominion 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 3 | Buick | 10/70 | 23 |
| 04-25-82 | Virginia National Bank 500 | Harry Gant | 3 | Buick | 9/46 | 14 |
| 09-27-81 | Old Dominion 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 1 | Buick | 11/72 | 14 |
| 04-26-81 | Virginia 500 | Morgan Shepherd | 12 | Pontiac | 5/38 | 13 |
| 09-28-80 | Old Dominion 500 | Dale Earnhardt | 7 | Chevrolet | 17/79 | 25 |
| 04-27-80 | Virginia 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 1 | Chevrolet | 8/91 | 5 |
| 09-23-79 | Old Dominion 500 | Buddy Baker | 7 | Chevrolet | 10/54 | 12 |
| 04-22-79 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 2 | Chevrolet | 5/32 | 11 |
| 09-24-78 | Old Dominion 500 | Cale Yarborough | 6 | Oldsmobile | 4/19 | 6 |
| 04-23-78 | Virginia 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 3 | Chevrolet | 4/27 | 6 |
| 09-25-77 | Old Dominion 500 | Cale Yarborough | 3 | Chevrolet | 9/57 | 13 |
| 04-24-77 | Virginia 500 | Cale Yarborough | 5 | Chevrolet | 3/22 | 8 |
| 09-26-76 | Old Dominion 500 | Cale Yarborough | 4 | Chevrolet | 3/27 | 7 |
| 04-25-76 | Virginia 500 | Darrell Waltrip | 4 | Chevrolet | 6/47 | 11 |
| 09-28-75 | Old Dominion 500 | Dave Marcis | 7 | Dodge | 7/40 | 19 |
| 04-27-75 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 6 | Dodge | 4/58 | 18 |
| 09-29-74 | Old Dominion 500 | Earl Ross | 11 | Chevrolet | 10/78 | 11 |
| 04-28-74 | Virginia 500 | Cale Yarborough | 1 | Chevrolet | 12/70 | 5 |
| 09-30-73 | Old Dominion 500 | Richard Petty | 6 | Dodge | 6/69 | 6 |
| 04-29-73 | Virginia 500 | David Pearson | 1 | Mercury | 7/49 | 11 |
| 09-24-72 | Old Dominion 500 | Richard Petty | 4 | Plymouth | 8/58 | 13 |
| 04-30-72 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 3 | Plymouth | 4/24 | 15 |
| 09-26-71 | Old Dominion 500 | Bobby Isaac | 1 | Dodge | 3/33 | 10 |
| 04-25-71 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 3 | Plymouth | 1/3 | 10 |
| 10-18-70 | Old Dominion 500 | Richard Petty | 4 | Plymouth | 5/32 | 5 |
| 05-31-70 | Virginia 500 | Bobby Isaac | 2 | Dodge | 7/46 | 4 |
| 09-28-69 | Old Dominion 500 | Richard Petty | 6 | Ford | 11/61 | 11 |
| 04-27-69 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 6 | Ford | 8/61 | 11 |
| 09-22-68 | Old Dominion 500 | Richard Petty | 6 | Plymouth | 7/60 | 11 |
| 04-28-68 | Virginia 500 | Cale Yarborough | 3 | Mercury | 10/72 | 9 |
| 09-24-67 | Old Dominion 500 | Richard Petty | 5 | Plymouth | 7/43 | 3 |
| 04-23-67 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 2 | Plymouth | 8/57 | 11 |
| 09-25-66 | Old Dominion 500 | Fred Lorenzen | 2 | Ford | 4/26 | 6 |
| 04-24-66 | Virginia 500 | Jim Paschal | 1 | Plymouth | 1/6 | 6 |
| 09-26-65 | Old Dominion 500 | Junior Johnson | 3 | Ford | 3/19 | 5 |
| 04-25-65 | Virginia 500 | Fred Lorenzen | 2 | Ford | 5/49 | 6 |
| 09-27-64 | Old Dominion 500 | Fred Lorenzen | 1 | Ford | 6/28 | 6 |
| 04-26-64 | Virginia 500 | Fred Lorenzen | 1 | Ford | 2/14 | 5 |
| 09-22-63 | Old Dominion 500 | Fred Lorenzen | 2 | Ford | 5/18 | 3 |
| 04-21-63 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 8 | Plymouth | 5/0 | 3 |
| 09-23-62 | Old Dominion 500 | Nelson Stacy | 3 | Ford | 2/0 | 4 |
| 04-22-62 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 7 | Plymouth | 2/0 | 6 |
| 09-24-61 | Old Dominion 500 | Joe Weatherly | 4 | Pontiac | 7/0 | 9 |
| 04-30-61 | Virginia 500 | Junior Johnson | 17 | Pontiac | 1/6 | 2 |
| 04-09-61 | Grand National 200 | Fred Lorenzen | 2 | Ford | 2/0 | 1 |
| 09-25-60 | Old Dominion 500 | Rex White | 2 | Chevrolet | 0/0 | 0 |
| 04-10-60 | Virginia 500 | Richard Petty | 4 | Plymouth | 8/0 | 8 |
| 09-27-59 | Old Dominion 500 | Rex White | 14 | Chevrolet | 7/0 | 6 |
| 05-03-59 | Virginia 500 | Lee Petty | 24 | Oldsmobile | 3/0 | 4 |
| 10-12-58 | Old Dominion 500 | Fireball Roberts | 4 | Chevrolet | 0/0 | 1 |
| 04-20-58 | Virginia 500 | Bob Welborn | 20 | Chevrolet | 4/0 | 5 |
| 10-06-57 | Sweepstakes 500 | Bob Welborn | 2 | Chevrolet | 4/14 | 6 |
| 05-19-57 | Virginia 500 | Buck Baker | 14 | Chevrolet | 3/51 | 5 |
| 10-28-56 | Old Dominion 400 | Jack Smith | 23 | Dodge | 4/0 | 7 |
| 05-20-56 | Virginia 500 | Buck Baker | 1 | Dodge | 7/20 | 5 |
| 10-16-55 | 1955-42 | Speedy Thompson | 17 | Chrysler | 3/0 | 7 |
| 05-15-55 | 1955-15 | Tim Flock | 4 | Chrysler | 2/0 | 2 |
| 10-17-54 | 1954-36 | Lee Petty | 1 | Chrysler | 3/0 | 4 |
| 05-16-54 | 1954-12 | Jim Paschal | 0 | Oldsmobile | 3/0 | 2 |
| 10-13-53 | 1953-36 | Jim Paschal | 0 | Dodge | 0/0 | 2 |
| 05-17-53 | 1953-11 | Lee Petty | 0 | Dodge | 0/0 | 2 |
| 10-19-52 | 1952-31 | Herb Thomas | 2 | Hudson | 0/0 | 7 |
| 04-06-52 | 1952-05 | Dick Rathman | 9 | Hudson | 4/0 | 7 |
| 10-14-51 | 1951-34 | Frank Mundy | 3 | Oldsmobile | 0/0 | 4 |
| 05-06-51 | 1951-08 | Curtis Turner | 7 | Oldsmobile | 0/0 | 7 |
| 10-15-50 | 1950-17 | Herb Thomas | 19 | Plymouth | 0/0 | 2 |
| 05-21-50 | 1950-04 | Curtis Turner | 0 | Oldsmobile | 0/0 | 1 |
| 09-25-49 | 1949-06 | Red Byron | 3 | Oldsmobile | 0/0 | 2 |
Blog Posts: Martinsville Speedway
- 2012 Martinsville, Goody's Fast Relief 500
- 2011 Martinsville, TUMS Fast Relief 500
- 2011 Martinsville Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500
- New Sound System For Martinsville Speedway In 2011
- 2010 Martinsville TUMS Fast Relief 500
Martinsville Speedway Track Facts
- Track Length: .526 Miles
- Track Shape: Oval
- Track Type: Short Track
- First Race: 1949-06 on 09-25-1949
- Last Race: Goodys Fast Relief 500 on 04-01-2012
- # of NASCAR Cup Races: 127
- Qualifying Record: Tony Stewart, 98.084 mph on 10-23-2005
- Race Record: Jeff Gordon (Chevrolet) 82.223 mph on 09-22-1996
- Largest Purse: $5,009,303 for the Goodys Fast Relief 500 on 04-01-2012
- Most Cautions: 21 at the Subway 500 on 10-21-2007
- Most Caution Laps: 127 at the Subway 500 on 10-21-2007
- Least Cautions: 1 at the Virginia 500 on 04-30-1961
- Least Caution Laps: 0 at the Virginia 500 on 04-21-1963
- Most Lead Changes: 31 at the Goodys Fast Pain Relief 500 on 04-03-2011
- Least Lead Changes: 0 at the Old Dominion 500 on 09-25-1960
- Most Wins: 15 - Richard Petty
- Most Poles: 9 - Jeff Gordon
- Most Top Fives: 30 - Richard Petty
- Most Top Tens: 37 - Richard Petty
