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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]
Martinsville Speedway, the race track where the race was held. The track, Martinsville Speedway, is a four-turn short track that is 0.526 miles (0.847 km) long. [11] The track's turns are banked at eleven degrees, while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, has a zero degree banking. [11]
Martinsville Speedway, the track where the race was held. Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.
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.
Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on the Sprint Cup circuit, [6] but because of its size and shape – described most often as the shape of a paperclip – Martinsville offers some of the most exciting and close racing in the sport. [6] Also because of its size, fans are closer to the action than any other track. [6]
The 2023 Xfinity 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on October 29, 2023, at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia.Contested over 500 laps on the .526 mile (.847 km) short track, it was the 35th race of the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series season, the ninth race of the Playoffs, and final race of the Round of 8.
The Martinsville Speedway is notably short, the smallest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The Talladega Superspeedway is notably long, the biggest track in the series.
The Cook Out 400 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the 0.526-mile (0.847 km) Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. It is the first of two Cup Series races at the track, the other one being the Xfinity 500 in the NASCAR playoffs. The race was previously 500 laps in length before it was shortened to 400 laps starting in ...