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MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY

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Martinsville SPEEDWAY WEBSITE

Address:

P.O. Box 3311
Martinsville, VA 24115
(276) 956-3151  

Martinsville Speedway Specifications  

Length: .526-mile or 2,777 feet

Shape: "Paper-clip"-shaped oval with tight turns 

800- foot straight-aways. Turns are 588 feet long.
Track Width: 55-feet.
Banking: 12 degrees in turns and flat on straight-aways.
Pit Road:  46-feet wide with 43 pit stalls beginning in the third turn, 

wrapping around the front stretch and exiting in turn two. 

Pit stalls are 14-feet wide and 28-feet in length.
Seating: 86,000 

Pit Road Speed: 35mph

Race: Sunday, March 30, 2008 - 1:30pm FOX (Eastern)

Pre-Race Show: 1:00pm FOX (Eastern)

Speed TV Pre-Race Show: 11:30am with John Roberts, Jimmy Spencer, Kenny Wallace

Announcers: Mike Joy, Darrell Waltrip, Larry McReynolds

Pit Reporters: Dick Berggren, Steve Byrnes, Matt Yocum, Krista Voda

Hollywood Hotel: Chris Myers and Jeff Hammond

Posted Awards - $5,160,000 (Est)   First Place - $168,765
2007 Pole Winner: Denny Hamlin, Finished 3rd
2007 Race Winner: Jimmie Johnson - Started 20th

Race Length: 500 laps, 263 miles

CUP RACE RECORDS

Friday, March 28

Noon – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, 90 minutes.
3:40 p.m. – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying.

Saturday, March 29

11:30 a.m. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series practice, 45 minutes.
12:50 p.m. – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series final practice, 60 minutes

Sunday, March 30

12:00 p.m. – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver/crew chief meeting
1:30 p.m. – NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver introduction
2:00 p.m. – Green flag, Goody’s Cool Orange 500

 

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