***NASCAR Virginia 500 at Martinsville - Sunday 4/13 @ 930/1230 PT/ET on FoX***

NASCAR.com ^ | 4/13/03

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Martinsville Speedway

Virginia 500

The paperclip-shaped short track known as Martinsville opened in 1947, two years before NASCAR was founded. Under the direction of H. Clay Earles, who ran the speedway until his death in 1999, Martinsville grew from a dusty, rough-hewn operation into one of the most beautiful and modern racing facilities around.

Track Facts
Banking/Turns: 12 degrees
Distance: 0.526 miles
Shape: Oval

1

#24	Jeff Gordon	Chevrolet	DuPont	94.308	20.079	Leader
2	#8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Chevrolet	Budweiser	93.863	20.174	-0.095
3	#12	Ryan Newman	Dodge	ALLTEL	93.678	20.214	-0.135
4	#49	Ken Schrader	Dodge	BAM Racing	93.590	20.233	-0.154
5	#2	Rusty Wallace	Dodge	Miller Lite	93.543	20.243	-0.164
6	#25	Joe Nemechek	Chevrolet	UAW/Delphi	93.382	20.278	-0.199
7	#48	Jimmie Johnson	Chevrolet	Lowe's	93.221	20.313	-0.234
8	#20	Tony Stewart	Chevrolet	Home Depot	93.148	20.329	-0.250
9	#23	Kenny Wallace	Dodge	Stacker 2	93.125	20.334	-0.255
10	#99	Jeff Burton	Ford	CITGO	93.116	20.336	-0.257
11	#42	Jamie McMurray*	Dodge	Havoline	93.116	20.336	-0.257
12	#22	Ward Burton	Dodge	Caterpillar	93.111	20.337	-0.258
13	#7	Jimmy Spencer	Dodge	Sirius Satellite Radio	93.111	20.337	-0.258
14	#0	Jack Sprague*	Pontiac	NetZero	93.075	20.345	-0.266
15	#77	Dave Blaney	Ford	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	93.070	20.346	-0.267
16	#5	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Kellogg's/got milk?	92.997	20.362	-0.283
17	#32	Ricky Craven	Pontiac	Tide	92.965	20.369	-0.290
18	#38	Elliott Sadler	Ford	M&M's	92.937	20.375	-0.296
19	#21	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Motorcraft Quality Parts	92.910	20.381	-0.302
20	#16	Greg Biffle*	Ford	Grainger	92.901	20.383	-0.304
21	#4	Mike Skinner	Pontiac	Kodak	92.874	20.389	-0.310
22	#41	Casey Mears*	Dodge	Target	92.860	20.392	-0.313
23	#19	Jeremy Mayfield	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	92.792	20.407	-0.328
24	#6	Mark Martin	Ford	Viagra	92.773	20.411	-0.332
25	#40	Sterling Marlin	Dodge	Coors Light	92.769	20.412	-0.333
26	#01	Jerry Nadeau	Pontiac	U.S. Army	92.769	20.412	-0.333
27	#74	Tony Raines*	Chevrolet	Staff America	92.737	20.419	-0.340
28	#10	Johnny Benson	Pontiac	Valvoline	92.715	20.424	-0.345
29	#29	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet	GM Goodwrench Service	92.669	20.434	-0.355
30	#15	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet	NAPA Auto Parts	92.619	20.445	-0.366
31	#9	Bill Elliott	Dodge	Dodge Dealers	92.597	20.450	-0.371
32	#1	Steve Park	Chevrolet	Pennzoil	92.569	20.456	-0.377
33	#45	Kyle Petty	Dodge	Georgia Pacific	92.497	20.472	-0.393
34	#17	Matt Kenseth	Ford	DeWalt Power Tools	92.443	20.484	-0.405
35	#30	Jeff Green	Chevrolet	America Online	92.443	20.484	-0.405
36	#97	Kurt Busch	Ford	Rubbermaid	92.384	20.497	-0.418
Provisional
37	#88	Dale Jarrett	Ford	UPS	92.330	20.509	-0.430
38	#31	Robby Gordon	Chevrolet	Cingular Wireless	92.357	20.503	-0.424
39	#18	Bobby Labonte	Chevrolet	Interstate Batteries	91.900	20.605	-0.526
40	#43	John Andretti	Dodge	Cheerios	92.348	20.505	-0.426
41	#154	Todd Bodine	Ford	National Guard	91.967	20.590	-0.511
42	#37	Derrike Cope	Chevrolet	Friendly's Ice Cream	91.483	20.699	-0.620
43	#02	Hermie Sadler	Chevrolet	GoTeamVa.com	91.584	20.676	-0.597

* Denotes Rookie

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Martinsville Virginia 500 Ping

[StriperSniper]

LOL! I was just loking at this.

I hope Jr. smokes Gordon on the start.

[Overtaxed]

Okay....getting the grill ready...

[NormsRevenge]

Good News!

CNN REPORTING 7 POWS FOUND ALIVE!! CENTCOM CONFIRMS

AMERICAN POW's RETURNED IN SAMARRA (CNN)

[WSGilcrest]

Checkin' in. I've been invited to my buddies house for breakfast and the race. So, have fun in here. Don't tear the place up too bad.

Another JG - DEjr shootout would be nice! ;)

[umgud]

thx for da ping (go Mark go)

[SShultz460]

Rawr! Great news on the PoW's!

and

Go Little E! You can do it! Take the points lead and make it 2 in a Row!

[WestCoastGal]

Hope to see Junior & Ryan blow past the 24 and leave him in the dust!!

It a great day in this country today and I am sure there will be a big celebration that our POW's are FREE!! Still praying for the 6 missing.

[tubebender]

As wild as Martinsville is nothing will match the defeat of cnn last in Tikrit.

[tubebender]

Look where K Schrader is...I hope he can lead a few laps.

[Clintons Are White Trash]

Martinsville is my second favorite track - Bristol being the first. Always lots of action and exciting racing...GO RUSTY!!!

[NormsRevenge]

CN who? ;-)

CNN sucks

All Glitz

No substance

[GRRRRR]

YeeHaww---let's go racin' and Rubbin'
No yellow line rule here today so L'l E doesn't stand a chance of winning!! LOL---Let's GO 24!!!

[NormsRevenge]

Junior was named NASCAR's Sexiest Driver in a recent poll. 8-|

It must be the whisker thing.

[GRRRRR]

Good for him, but who's the ANGRIEST Driver?

[NormsRevenge]

LOL .. hmmmm?

I ain't too crazy about Jarrett's new uniform and logo and outfit.

[GRRRRR]

I'd have to vote for Jimmy Spencer as the most angry driver...or maybe LaJoie in the Busch series...those two have the worst luck out of everyone, I think...

[GRRRRR]

The secret for Martinsville is SLOW on the gas out of the corners and easy into the corners...I just finished running 50 laps on NASCAR 2003...any leadfoots out there will be spinning tires or burning brakes...let's get ready to RUMMMMMBBBBLEEEE!!