I just heard that Russ Wallace the Father of the Wallace Boys has passed away this weekend.
doing a search on the Wallace dad. nothing on the wire so far..
weather is clear cool and race is likely to involve frequent collisions
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Lap-by-Lap: Martinsville
By NASCAR.COM
October 30, 2011
http://www.nascar.com/lap-by-lap/111030/lblmartinsville2/index.html
8:01 a.m. ET — Denny Hamlin and Jimmie Johnson have won nine of the past 10 races at Martinsville. The one exception? Kevin Harvick, who won this year’s spring race.
7:57 a.m. ET — It’s going to be chilly in Martinsville, so chilly the crews may need to pull out the ice scrapers this morning, but it’s going to be beautiful in Southern Virginia. It’s currently a balmy 29 degrees without a cloud in the sky. It will warm up to the upper 50s today with nothing but sunshine. Carl Edwards brings the field to the green at 1:58 p.m. ET with all 12 Chase drivers starting right up front.