Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway

"Half Mile Of Mayhem" "The Paperclip" "The Augusta National of Race Tracks"
Location	340 Speedway Road Ridgeway, Virginia, U.S. 24148
Time zone	UTC−5 / −4 (DST)
Coordinates	36°38′02″N 79°51′04″W / 36.63389°N 79.85111°W / 36.63389; -79.85111
Capacity	44,000-65,000 (depending on stands/configuration) [1]
Owner	NASCAR
Operator	NASCAR
Broke ground	1947
Opened	1947
Architect	H. Clay Earles
Major events	Current: NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 (1950–present) Xfinity 500 (1949–present) NASCAR Xfinity Series Dude Wipes 250 (1982–present) Dead On Tools 250 (1960–present) NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Long John Silver's 200 (1995–present)
Website	http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/
Oval
Surface	Asphalt Concrete
Length	0.526 miles (0.847 km)
Turns	4
Banking	Turns 12° Straights 0°

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] It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948. Along with this, Martinsville is the only oval track on the NASCAR circuit to have asphalt surfaces on the straightaways and concrete to cover the turns. At 0.526 miles (847 m) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. It is owned by NASCAR.