This aerial panorama of the Martinsville Speedway was taken by James Blakeway during a scheduled Wall D?cor > Hardboards (Blockmounts) > Sports > Nascar Nextel Cup race. Located on 250 acres in southern Virginia, Martinsville Speedway is long on tradition, although it’s the shortest track in the Wall D?cor > Hardboards (Blockmounts) > Sports > Nascar Nextel Cup Circuit at just over one-half mile. Robert “Red” Bryon won the first race at Martinsville in 1947. He also won the first race held at Martinsville of Wall D?cor > Hardboards (Blockmounts) > Sports > Nascar’s “Strictly Stock” division in 1949, which is now the Wall D?cor > Hardboards (Blockmounts) > Sports > Nascar Nextel Cup Circuit. The track remained a dirt track until 1955 and its layout produces some of the wildest racing on tour with its 12-degree turns and 800-foot flat straights.
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