Checkered Countdown: Top-Five Martinsville Finishes

The super short paperclip of Martinsville will host the first race of the round of eight on sunday. 500 laps of beating and banging await us. In this edition we will take a look at the five best finishes at the shortest track on the schedule.

After the longest, the shortest. The Sprint Cup Series moves from the high banks of Talladega to the slow corners of Martinsville this weekend. The round of eight will kick off at one of Jimmie Johnson’s best tracks, so expect him to be a contender. This half-miler was opened in 1947 and is currently the oldest oval on the schedule, having been part of it since the beginning in 1948. Richard Petty has won 15 times here and also has the record for the most top tens with 37.

Here we go with our top-five.

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