Goody's Fast Relief 500

Goody's Fast Relief 500

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Venue	Martinsville Speedway
Location	Ridgeway, Virginia, United States
Corporate sponsor	Goody's Powder Kroger
First race	1949
Distance	263 miles (423 km)
Laps	500
Previous names	Unnamed/Unknown (1949–1955) Old Dominion 400 (1956) Sweepstakes 500 (1957) Old Dominion 500 (1958–1982, 2001–2002) Goody's 500 (1983–1995) Hanes 500 (1996–1997) NAPA Autocare 500 (1998–2000) Subway 500 (2003–2007) Tums QuikPak 500 (2008) Tums Fast Relief 500 (2009–2012) Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 (2013–2015)
Most wins (driver)	Jeff Gordon Richard Petty Darrell Waltrip Jimmie Johnson (6)
Most wins (team)	Hendrick Motorsports (16)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (30)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt Concrete (turns)
Length	0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Turns	4

The Goody's Fast Relief 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, the other one being the STP 500 in March, The race has been run in every Sprint Cup season, starting with the inaugural 1949 season, making it the oldest NASCAR race still run today. It is the seventh race of ten in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and the first race in the Eliminator Round of the current Chase format. Starting 2015, NBC has the rights for the final 20 races of the season (17 of 20), including this race.

The 1:30 pm. Eastern start time is the earliest start time among the Chase races on the current schedule (as the three Chase races after Martinsville start at 3:00 pm EST, five of the first six start at 2:00 pm EDT, and Charlotte starts at 7:30 pm EDT) in an attempt to finish the race before darkness. Lights are scheduled to be installed between the October 2016 and April 2017 races, especially with major issues with heavy shadows during the October Late Model race and the NASCAR premiership races in October or November in recent years, most notably both fall 2015 races that ended in near-darkness, The Tums sponsorship returned sponsorship to GlaxoSmithKline for 2008, as their Goody's Powder brand sponsored the race from 1983-1995 and recently returned as sponsor for the spring race. As per Martinsville tradition, the winner of this race receives a custom-built grandfather clock.^[1]

Past winners

• 1954 & 1958: Race shortened due to darkness.
• 1973 & 1976: Race shortened due to rain.
• 2001: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
• 2004: Victory lane celebration was cancelled after a tragic plane crash that took the lives of key personnel in the Hendrick Motorsports stable.
• 2007, 2008, & 2009: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
• 2015: First ten laps run behind the safety car because of rain; red flag following a Lap 455 incident resulted race finishing at 5:22 pm, seconds before official sunset, and impending darkness. Track added lights for 2017 because of darkness issues in 2015.

Multiple winners (drivers)

Multiple winners (teams)

Manufacturer wins

Television broadcasters

• The 2001 race, originally scheduled on NBC, was rained out and run on Monday.^[2] (NBC aired a Busch Series race live from Memphis Motorsports Park on Sunday that had been rained out the day before, which was to be on TNT.)

References

External links

• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks