STP GAS BOOSTER 500
MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY
APRIL 7th, 1 PM CHARLOTTE TIME FOX TV
.5 MILES 12 DEGREES of BANKING
Spring short track race #2. Like Bristol Motor Speedway this is a half-mile track, but that is where the similarities end. This track has less banking on the turns than Bristol has in the front stretch. Flat and shaped like a paper clip, we’ll see the less seasoned drivers start to lose their brakes about three fourths of the way through the race. We’ll also see patience in short supply; and with tempers boiling over from California, this race could be a powder keg. More short tempers, more chrome horns, and more wrecked sheet metal are about the only things you can bank on at the short track that lacks serious banking. In the last ten years the Hendrick guys have won 11 of 20 races. Jeff Gordon and his teammate Jimmie Johnson have won here seven times each. The Hendrick Motorsports dominance helps give Chevrolet 15 wins in the last 20 races! Will Hendrick Motorsports find their way back to victory lane? We’ll find out Sunday.
Tuesday look for the Top 10 drivers on short tracks.