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Posted on 03/24/2009 9:28:46 AM PDT by WestCoastGal
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Track History
Martinsville Speedway celebrated its 60th year of operation in 2007 and has flown the NASCAR banner longer than any other track on the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup circuit.
A year after Martinsville Speedway opened in 1947, NASCAR was formed. NASCAR began operation in 1948 and Martinsville Speedway ran its first NASCAR race on July 4th of that year. In 1949, Martinsville ran the sixth race in the series that eventually became the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Circuit.
At slightly more than half a mile, Martinsville Speedway is the shortest track on the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Circuit, but it’s one of the biggest when it comes to action. It has 800-foot straights, turns banked at only 12 degrees and has been called “two drag strips with a turnaround on each end.” The demanding layout consistently produces some of the wildest fender scrubbing, push and shove racing on the tour.
Martinsville Speedway opened in 1947 with 750 seats and has grown continuously over the years. But, other than being paved in 1955, the track configuration has not changed since Red Byron won the inaugural event. Martinsville Speedway, located three miles south of Martinsville, Va., is the only original NASCAR-sanctioned track still running NEXTEL Cup events.
Richard Petty, now a car owner, remains the track’s leading winner with 15 victories.
Speaking of which, I just heard 0bama is planning a 90% tax on aspirin.
Why you ask?
Because it’s white and it works...
WHOO HOOO!!
Let have a Martinsville hot dog! link it up. 8*]
Five things about ...
http://www.nascar.com/2009/news/features/03/24/five.things.martinsville.speedway.hot.dog/index.html
The Martinsville Hot Dog has gotten a bad rap. Fattening? Unhealthy? Please. The wax paper-wrapped pork product set the record straight by addressing its criticisms.
Going to the truck race Saturday. I plan on eating one or six.......
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Those sound really good........need one shipped on ice I guess. :) Doubt I will ever make it to Virginia. It’s hard enough to get to Texas!
(and I stole yer background checkered flag!)
Got it, thanks.
Slime Dogs from 'Louis Texas Red Hots' were a staple food growing up in Buffalo, NY
Thanks for the ping! 
Thanks, glad to have it done!
Blame Jayski :)
At least I know someone is reading the top. lol
Thanks vox, always look forward to your no parking sign. I was looking for ‘Martinsville hotdog’ stuff for the thread and googled that and up popped Jr’s pic.
Car owner Rick Hendrick settled the debate on crew chief Tony Eury’s future — or did he? — Wednesday in a conference call with reporters when he, essentially, gave Eury a vote of confidence.
“Right now Tony Jr. is our guy.’’
So what do you make of that?
Here’s more from Hendrick, who also noted how Dale Earnhardt Jr. is working out and eating better and applauded the driver for being at the shop this morning meeting with team members and going over setups for this weekend’s race at Martinsville.
Hendrick: “We’ve got all the folks that hopefully and supposedly know what to do here focused on that team. I think the good news is we’re all trying. I’m not sure we’ll see the results tomorrow but we have put all the effort we have there. Right now Tony Jr is our guy. I couldn’t change anything. We’re not in left field.
“The thing I want to say today is that I’m 100 percent behind this group. I have no intentions of making any changes. I have all the intentions of making it better. These guys are working their butts off. No different than Steve (Letarte) and Jeff (Gordon) did (last year). I’ve got to believe that in the next few weeks we’re going to see some real success out of that crowd.’’
More Hendrick later in the call: “I can tell you this, that both of these guys, Junior and Tony, have told me that if they thought they need to be split that they understood. That’s my call. I’m not ready to make that call. Not even close. Matter of fact, I feel better about it since we’ve been working through it here with our guys. I”m convinced that they’re better together.’’
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We’re under impending doom or either nothing.
And they want us to believe they can predict what will happen in 10-20 years!
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