Arena: Martinsville Speedway

Location: Martinsville, VA

Date: October 29, 2012

NASCAR Betting Online: All of the best auto racers in the world will be behind the wheel at historic Martinsville Speedway this October for the Tums Fast Relief 500. NASCAR betting action will be hot and heavy until the green flag drops on this one, which is the sixth race out of ten in the NASCAR Chase for the Championship.

Watch closely for how NASCAR officials try to get this race in. There are not lights strong enough to support racing once the sun sets, and this 1:30 ET start time is going to be one of the earliest of the year for the Sunday racers.

The defending champion of this race at Martinsville is Denny Hamlin, who became a first time winner here in '09, cashing in a cool $189,500.

Hamlin became the first driver not from the state of California to win this race since 2002. The Hendrick Motor Sports combination of Jeff Gordon and Jimmie Johnson won every single fall race here from 2003 to 2008. Johnson used this race as a huge boost towards the Chase for the Championship in 2006, 2007, and 2008, all years in which he won the Sprint Cup Championship.

The first man to win this race was Herb Thomas in 1950. Though it would seem like Johnson, a four time winner of this event, would have the most wins in its history, that isn't the case. Gordon also has four wins here in the fall Martinsville race, but both Richard Petty and Darrell Waltrip, two of the best racers in the history of NASCAR, have six titles here. Petty won four straight races from 1967 to 1970, the longest winning streak in the history of Martinsville Speedway.

Most of the races on this short track are relatively slow, especially considering the fact that there are usually a number of caution flags. However, Gordon did finish this 500 mile race with an average speed of 82.223 MPH in 1996, the first and only time to date that anyone has broken an average of 80 MPH here at Martinsville.

There aren't a lot of other drivers here that have won at Martinsville that are going to be in the Chase for the Championship, but both Tony Stewart (2000) and Kurt Busch (2002) will join Hamlin, Gordon, and Johnson as the three that probably have a leg up.

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2011 Tums Fast Relief 500 Winner - Stewart survives caution-filled Martinsville race

Tony Stewart made a statement at Martinsville Speedway by capturing the win behind the wheel of his No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet, Stewart took the lead on the final restart and remained on the point for the final three laps of the 500-lap/263-mile race.

It is the two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (NSCS) champion’s third win in the 2011 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup and catapulted him to second in the standings, just eight points out of the lead with three races remaining in the season.

This win in the TUMS Fast Relief 500 is Stewart’s third at the tough .526-mile track in southern Virginia. He led three times for a total of 14 laps on the way to his 42nd NSCS career win.

Five-time defending NSCS champion Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Mylowes Chevrolet, finished second just .170 seconds behind Stewart. Johnson led twice for a total of 61 laps and sits sixth in the standings, 43 points behind the top-spot.

2010 Tums Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville - Race Results

Denny Hamlin won the TUMS Fast Relief 500 on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway to pull within six points of Jimmie Johnson in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup points standings.

After four laps of side-by-side racing, Hamlin passed Kevin Harvick on lap 471 and kept the top spot the rest of the way during green-flag racing.