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Martinsville Speedway
Length: .526-mile or 2,777 feet/500 laps = 263 miles.
Shape: "Paper-clip"-shaped oval with tight turns and 800- foot straight-aways. Turns are 588 feet long.
Track Width: 55-feet.
Track Elevation: 740 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 frontstretch and exiting in turn two. Pit stalls are 14-feet wide and 28-feet in length.
Seating: 86,000 in tower, concrete, chairs seats and suites. One 40-seat corporate suite, eight 48-seat suites, eleven 60-seat suites, two 30-seat suites and three 10-seat suites.
Press Box: 100-seat box for deadline media above turns one and two.
Location: One mile north of the intersection of the U.S. 220/58 Bypass and U.S. 220 Business in Henry County, VA. Speedway property covers 250 acres.
History: H. Clay Earles built Martinsville Speedway in 1947 as a dirt track before the formation of NASCAR. The first race was run on September 7, 1947 and Robert "Red" Bryon won $500 out of a $2,000 purse. The track hosted the sixth race in the NASCAR series (Strictly Stock) that eventually became the Winston Cup Series. It also was won by Byron in a 1949 Oldsmobile on September 25, 1949.
Track President: W. Clay Campbell
Annual Events: Two NASCAR NEXTEL Cup races/ Two NASCAR Craftsman Truck races/ One NASCAR Late Model Stock race/ Souvenir Days /Independence Day Celebration.
Tickets: Martinsville Speedway Ticket Office, P.O. Box 3311, Martinsville, VA 24115. Phone toll free at 877-RACE-TIX or (276) 956-3151.
Contacts:
Dick Thompson, V.P. of Publications (276) 956-1600
Karen Parker, Director of Marketing and Business Development (276) 956-8460
Mike Smith, Director of Public Relations (276) 956-1543
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