NASCAR Cup Series

When Dale Earnhardt Jr. rolls into Martinsville Speedway Friday morning for the STP® Gas Booster™ 500 weekend, he will have to feel good about his chances. Statistically, Martinsville is Earnhardt’s best track.

Bobby Labonte is one of those drivers that owns a pole (4/23/95) and a victory (4/14/02) and has six top-five and 14 top-10 finishes at the .526-mile short track. The 2000 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion has led 320 laps at Martinsville. He also won a NASCAR Nationwide Series race (10/18/92) at the venue.

Gander Mountain, the nation’s largest retail network of outdoor specialty stores for hunting, fishing, camping, marine and outdoor lifestyle products and services, today announced it will sponsor Michael Waltrip Racing’s No. 15 car driven by NASCAR star Clint Bowyer in the Sprint Cup Series NRA 500 on Saturday, April 13, at Texas Motor Speedway.

Tommy Baldwin Racing (TBR) heads up to Martinsville Speedway for some short track racing after a weekend off for Easter. Dave Blaney will have SANY America on board his No. 7 Chevy SS again for a fifth time this season.

NASCAR veteran Mark Martin will drive the Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) No. 11 FedEx Freight Camry at Martinsville Speedway while Denny Hamlin recovers from an L1 compression fracture suffered during an accident at California's Auto Club Speedway on March 24.

Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon is scheduled to serve as the special guest speaker and assist in the crowning of the "Speeding To Read" champions before 1,500 elementary school students Thursday, April 11, at Texas Motor Speedway.

Coming off a pair of impressive top-five finishes, Kurt Busch is in position to snap an eight-year jinx in Sunday’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race – the STP Gas Booster 500 at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

The Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown presented by FedEx is looking for someone to start the race by waving the green flag, and it could be you! All fans who have purchased a ticket to the Thursday, April 25, event by April 14 will be entered to win the opportunity to wave the green flag to officially begin the race.

Regan Smith is returning to Sprint Cup Series racing this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. He's hopping behind the wheel of the No. 51 Hendrickcars.com Chevy fielded by Phoenix Racing for Sunday's STP Gas Booster 500.

Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer will toss aside his headset and clipboard Sunday to take over as the honorary pace car driver for the STP® Gas Booster™ 500 at Martinsville Speedway.