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In the Spring, Johnny Sauter finished last in the Camping World Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway. On Saturday afternoon, he more than made up for that, by winning the Texas Roadhouse 200 presented by Alpha Energy Solutions.

One week after being eliminated from the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship, Martin Truex Jr. showed that he will still be a factor in the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Truex captured the Virginia Lottery Pole Award for Sunday’s race.

The eight drivers remaining in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup aren’t the only ones fighting for a spot in the Championship Round in Homestead-Miami next month. Four finalists will be competing in the first-ever BUSH’S® Chili Cook-Off, at the BUSH’S® display in the display lot at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday morning.

A star on the FOX hit drama “Lucifer” and long-time NASCAR fan Tricia Helfer will say the most famous words in racing, “Drivers, Start Your Engines,” before the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway on Sunday.

With the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 race weekend at Martinsville Speedway just a week away, there is no better time to purchase tickets, as prices increase on Monday. The Goody’s Fast Relief 500 is the only short-track race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup.

Danica Patrick joined Chevy Racing, the American Cancer Society and four breast cancer survivors Wednesday to Paint the Curbs Pink at Martinsville Speedway. The event is part of Team Chevy and the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer program.

After winning the pole for the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway on Saturday, Mike Looney said he felt like he was dreaming. After he took the checkered flag in Sunday’s race, he said it better be real life.

The most frequently asked question since Martinsville Speedway announced the installation of lights is ‘when will the first night race be?’ That question was answered Sunday morning, when Martinsville Speedway President Clay Campbell announced at the drivers’ meeting for the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 that the 2017 edition of NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious Late Model Stock Car race will be held under the lights.

For 25 years Late Model Stock Car owner Billy Martin tried to get one of his cars into the ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway and for 25 years the Patrick County native failed to do so. However, 2016 is a different year. Not only did Martin’s car make the field for the first time, it’s on the pole.

Sunday’s ValleyStar Credit Union 300 at Martinsville Speedway is called NASCAR’s biggest, richest and most prestigious Late Model Stock Car race for a reason. More than 80 teams regularly try to make the race, the purse totals $100,000 and the winner goes home with the iconic grandfather clock trophy and a name that will be talked about for years to come.

After nearly seven decades of automotive racing without lights, historic Martinsville Speedway is finally set to flip the switch. International Speedway Corporation today announced that it will commit $5 million to equip the track with LED lighting, making it the first major motorsports facility to do so.

One of the things that makes NASCAR’s Chase for the Sprint Cup unique from other sports elimination-style playoffs is when a team or driver are eliminated from Championship contention, they are still on the track each week and can very much contend for wins.