NASCAR at Martinsville 2016: Preview, Prediction for the Goody’s Fast Relief 500

The Chase for the Sprint Cup rolls into "The Paperclip"—Martinsville Speedway—for the Round of 8, the only round in which the field of Chasers slashes in half by the end. Who remains? Kurt Busch, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano, Carl Edwards, Denny Hamlin, Matt Kenseth and Kyle Busch—that’s who. This round, as far as tracks are concerned, is the most diverse: a half-mile oval, a 1.5-mile speedway and a one-mile oval. And perhaps what makes this round so salty is the quality drivers who got bumped from the Round of 12. Martin Truex Jr. and Brad Keselowski share eight wins this season, and both exited Talladega with such sour tastes in their mouths that both expressed (during the NBCSN broadcast) how badly t...

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