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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 ]
The National Debt Relief 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race held at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. Originally a Late Model race when it began in 1970, it joined the Budweiser Late Model Sportsman touring series in 1982 (the original year), and remained a part of the series through 1994.
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.
Kyle Busch won the last Truck Series spring race at Martinsville before the race was removed from the schedule in 2020. When the Truck Series had a spring race at Martinsville again in 2022 as a result of the fall race being moved to the spring, the race length was 200 laps instead of 250 like the previous Truck Series spring races at Martinsville.
Since Martinsville Speedway is a short track, drivers will be split into two groups, Group A and B, with both sessions being 15 minutes long. Ty Majeski , driving for ThorSport Racing , would set the fastest time between both sessions, with a lap of 19.985, and a speed of 94.751 mph (152.487 km/h).
Martinsville Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races. [3] The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.526 miles (0.847 km) long. [ 4 ] The track's turns are banked at eleven degrees , while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at zero degrees.
The premier stock-car racing division heads to Martinsville Speedway for the Xfinity 500 on Sunday (2 p.m. ET, NBC, NBC Sports App, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) for the final race of the Round of 8 ...
Martinsville Speedway is one of five short tracks to hold NASCAR races. [4] The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn short track oval that is 0.526 miles (0.847 km) long. [ 5 ] The track's turns are banked at eleven degrees , while the front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at zero degrees.