FYI WIRZ: NASCAR’s Leaders Think Race 6 at Martinsville Is Like Returning Home

Almost all NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers raced a short track somewhere when they were young and dreamed of the big time. For them, going to a short-track race on the NSCS circuit is like connecting history to the present. Martinsville Speedway is one of two half-mile NASCAR tracks, a 0.526-mile oval with 12-degree banking in Ridgeway, Virginia. The track, built in 1947, has been a part of NASCAR since its inception in 1949. Fans without tickets to the Goody’s Fast Relief 500 on Sunday, April 1 can check www.martinsvillespeedway.com, and those at home can view the race at 12:30 p.m. ET on FOX. The long NASCAR season is underway. Some of the productive teams that have risen to the top in points in five races are likely to be a part of the C...

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