NASCAR Sprint Cup Goody’s Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Sun. 4/1/12 on FoX 1230pm ET

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[NormsRevenge]

This ain't no April Fools day joke thread.

This week it's Martinsville. Fans have been enjoying the experience for the past 64 years … plenty of action, plenty of excitement on the historic oval.

[NormsRevenge]

Welcome to this week's Nascar at FR race thread!

This Week - Sunday's Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway

April 1, 2012



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BROADCAST	DATE	TIME	EVENT
			03|30|12	11 a.m.	Kroger 250 practice
			03|30|12	12:30 p.m.	Goody's Fast Relief 500 practice
			03|30|12	2 p.m.	Kroger 250 final practice
			03|30|12	3:30 p.m.	Goody's Fast Relief 500 practice final practice
			03|31|12	10 a.m.	Kroger 250 qualifying
			03|31|12	11:30 a.m.	Goody's Fast Relief 500 qualifying
			03|31|12	1 p.m.	Kroger 250
			04|01|12	12:30 p.m.	Goody's Fast Relief 500

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Martinsville Speedway
Race Menu for the weekend series

Martinsville Speedway As NASCAR has grown, so has Martinsville Speedway.

Martinsville Speedway ran its first NASCAR race on July 4, 1948. In 1949, Martinsville ran the sixth race in the series that eventually became the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.

Martinsville Speedway opened in 1947 with 750 seats and has grown continuously over the years. But, other than being paved in 1955, the track configuration has not changed since Red Byron won the inaugural event.

Martinsville Speedway, located three miles south of Martinsville, Va., is the only original NASCAR-sanctioned track still running NEXTEL Cup events.

Richard Petty, now a car owner, remains the track's leading winner with 15 victories.

Track Facts
Banking/Turns: 12 degrees
Distance: .526 miles
Shape: Oval

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FRFL'ers - Deadline to select your drivers is Mar 31 2:00am PDT

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The FR Canteen

24 X 7

God Bless Our Troops and Their Families!!

[NormsRevenge]

Martinsville thread is UP!

[saganite]

Paper clip racin’ and staplin’ cars together. Must see TV!

[MAKOTHEDOG]

It should be a good race, Varoom!!

[NormsRevenge]

Lt. Dan will be there too..

Sinise Named Grand Marshal, Kerns Honorary Starter
http://www.martinsvillespeedway.com/Articles/2012/03/grand-marshal.aspx

With only 27 days until the headache-inducing, short-track Goody’s® Fast Relief 500 race at Martinsville Speedway, Goody’s® announced today that award-winning actor Gary Sinise will serve as the grand marshal; while local hero and wounded veteran Marine Cpl. Josh “J.B.” Kerns will wave the green flag to start the 500-lap event on April 1.

Sinise, currently starring on CBS’ “CSI:NY,” launched the Gary Sinise Foundation in 2011, a non-profit organization that honors defenders, veterans, first responders, their families and those in need by creating and supporting unique programs designed to entertain, educate, inspire, strengthen and build communities. For more information, go to www.GarySiniseFoundation.org. http://www.garysinisefoundation.org/

Recently, the Gary Sinise Foundation and The Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation (named after a fallen firefighter on 9/11), announced a partnership to build Kerns a “smart home” in his hometown of Ararat, Va., as part of the Building For America’s Bravest Program. Throughout the Goody’s® Fast Relief 500 weekend, efforts will be underway to raise funds and awareness, including a concert with Sinise’s Lt. Dan Band at Martinsville High School on March 31. To make donations to Building For America’s Bravest Program, you can go to http://www.garysinisefoundation.org/help_us/donate or https://tunneltotowersfoundation.org/donate_now.aspx.

The Goody’s Fast Relief 500 will be Sinise’s first time reciting the most famous words in racing—“Gentlemen, Start Your Engines.”

“The Goody’s Fast Relief 500 weekend is going to be an unforgettable weekend, bringing together the best racing in the world with an amazing effort to help J.B.,” said Sinise. “I am so grateful to Goody’s®, Martinsville Speedway and the community for allowing us to be a part of this weekend.”

Kerns, a long-time fan of racing, will serve as the Goody’s® Fast Relief 500 honorary starter. He was injured in Afghanistan in April 2011 when an IED exploded, costing him both legs and his right arm. Since that explosion, Kerns has endured tremendous pain, having undergone extensive surgeries and strenuous daily physical and occupational therapy in Bethesda, Md.

“When I was growing up I remember sitting down with my family on the weekends and watching the NASCAR races,” said Kerns. “And now, it’s awesome to think that I am going to be the one waving the flag that’s going to start the race.”

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Thanks Gary!!

(No Forrest Gump tho.. drat! He taught Richard Petty and Junior Johnson how to drive yaknow)

[vox_freedom]

Top ten post!

Thanks for the thread & ping, NormsRevenge!

[NYTexan]

Thanks Norm!

[umgud]

My 2nd favorite track.

[NormsRevenge]

next to Watkins Glen, eh. ;-)

[stefanbatory]

Do you happen to know where a gy can find a copy of Johnboy and Billy’s Martinsville song? it is to the tune of Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett...

[SouthTexas]

Bada Bump!

[NormsRevenge]

http://www.thebigshow.com/aa_links/music.php

way down toward the bottom ;-]

[NormsRevenge]

ooops.. belay that last link..

but I’m lookin’..

[stefanbatory]

I’ve only ever found the lyrics on their site...It is one of the funniest things I’ve ever heard in a song...

[NormsRevenge]

They got their stuff sewed up right tight, that’s for sure.

CDs and MP3s,, and iTunes.. I’ll snoop at wifey’s later..

[MtnClimber]

Will this be Mark Martin-sville?

[AGreatPer]

"opened in 1947 with 750 seats"

Amazing, and in the middle of nowhere.

[happydogx2]

Thank you very much Norm. You’re doing great work.

Tire beads melting. Hot brakes. Bumping and grinding. Oh yeah baby.

[Roccus]

Here’s the lyrics (if that helps)

http://www.thebigshow.com/aa_pics_n_such/archive/jbbsongbook/martinsville.php

[Roccus]

Gotta learn to read ALL the posts first...Sorry