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Martinsville Speedway is a stock car racing short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in stock car racing, being built in 1947 by partners H. Clay Earles , Henry Lawrence, and Sam Rice, nearly a year before NASCAR was officially formed. [ 2 ]
Henry Clay Earles (August 11, 1913 – November 16, 1999) was the founder and chairman of the board of Martinsville Speedway, a NASCAR stock car racing track that Earles built in 1947 in Ridgeway, Virginia, that was one of the circuit's first paved oval tracks and stands as one of its shortest.
Martinsville Speedway: Location: Ridgeway, Virginia, United States: First race: 2003: Distance: 105.2 miles (169.3 km) Laps: 200 Stages 1/2: 50 each Final stage: 100: Previous names: Advance Auto Parts 200 (2003) Kroger 200 (2004–2015) Texas Roadhouse 200 presented by Alpha Energy Solutions (2016–2018) NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 (2019–2020 ...
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Stock car races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia during the spring since 1999.The 200-lap 105.2 miles (169.3 km) race is currently known as Long John Silver's 200 for sponsorship reasons.
The Petty racing family made Martinsville its home track and Richard Petty won 15 of his record 200 career victories on the Virginia speedway.
Martinsville Speedway, where the race was held. Martinsville Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races; the others are Richmond International Raceway, Dover International Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, and Phoenix International Raceway. [4] The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn, 0.526-mile (0.847 km) oval.
Track: Martinsville Speedway (.526 mile paper-clip oval) in Martinsville, Virginia Qualifying: 12:20 p.m. CT qualifying on Saturday (on USA Network) Length: 500 laps, 263 miles