Biggest NASCAR Storylines to Watch Ahead of Sprint Cup Series at Martinsville

Martinsville Speedway is NASCAR’s oldest active Sprint Cup track, dating back to 1949. It’s also the series’ shortest at 0.526-mile.  Last weekend it was fast, wide and high-banked in Southern California. This weekend drivers face narrow, close and flat short track racing conditions in the mountains of Southern Virginia.  This monument to NASCAR’s past was built using a unique paperclip shape once described as “two dragstrips connected by a sharp left-hander on each end.”  The track itself is relatively flat as well, on both the straightaways and the corners. Expect tires to once again be under the microscope. Last weekend’s race featured four-wide, 200-miles-per-hour racing on o...

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