Tums Fast Relief 500

Tums Fast Relief 500

Venue	Martinsville Speedway
Sponsor	GlaxoSmithKline
First race	1950
Distance	263 miles (423.257 km)
Laps	500
Previous names	Unnamed/Unknown (1950-1955) Old Dominion 400 (1956) Old Dominion 500 (1957-1982, 2001-2002) Goody's 500 (1983-1995) Hanes 500 (1996-1997) NAPA Autocare 500 (1998-2000) Subway 500 (2003-2007) Tums QuikPak 500 (2008)

The Tums Fast Relief 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. It is currently the seventh race in the ten race Chase for the Sprint Cup. Since 2007, the race has been carried on ABC.

The 1:30 p.m. eastern start time is one of the earliest starts in the Chase. The track does not have permanent lights installed, and shadows cast heavily over the facility in mid-October, when the race has been held since 2001. Most other NASCAR events have set a start time for 2 p.m. or later since 2005.

The Tums sponsorship returns sponsorship to GlaxoSmithKline.

Traditionally, the winner of this race receives a custom-built grandfather clock.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
					Laps	Miles (km)
1950	October 15	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Plymouth	200	100 (160.934)
1951	October 14	Frank Mundy	Ted Chester	Oldsmobile	200	100 (160.934)
1952	October 19	Herb Thomas	Herb Thomas	Hudson	200	100 (160.934)	2:06:10	47.556
1953	October 13	Jim Paschal	George Hutchens	Dodge	200	100 (160.934)	1:47:07	56.013
1954	October 17	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chrysler	165*	82.5 (132.770)	1:51:07	44.547
1955	October 16	Speedy Thompson	Carl Kiekhaefer	Chrysler	200	100 (160.934)	1:40:40
1956	October 28	Jack Smith	Carl Kiekhaefer	Dodge	400	200 (321.868)	3:16:17	61.136
1957	October 6	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	Chevrolet	500	250 (402.336)	3:58:00	63.025
1958	October 12	Fireball Roberts	Frank Strickland	Chevrolet	350*	175 (281.635)	2:43:11	64.344
1959	September 27	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	500	250 (402.336)	4:07:56	60.5
1960	September 25	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	500	250 (402.336)	4:08:11	60.439
1961	September 24	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	500	250 (402.336)	3:59:40	62.586
1962	September 23	Nelson Stacy	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:44:18	66.874
1963	September 22	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:42:16	67.486
1964	September 27	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:42:49	67.32
1965	September 26	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:43:41	67.056
1966	September 25	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:36:50	69.177
1967	September 24	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:35:30	69.605
1968	September 22	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	250 (402.336)	3:47:56	65.808
1969	September 28	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Ford	500	250 (402.336)	3:57:37	63.127
1970	October 18	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:38:16	72.235
1971	September 26	Bobby Isaac	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:33:59	73.681
1972	September 24	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:45:02	69.989
1973	September 30	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	480*	252 (405.554)	3:48:51	68.631
1974	September 29	Earl Ross	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:58:03	66.232
1975	September 28	Dave Marcis	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:27:47	75.819
1976	September 26	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	340*	178.5 (287.267)	2:22:15	75.37
1977	September 25	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:34:40	73.447
1978	September 24	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson	Oldsmobile	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:18:54	79.185
1979	September 23	Buddy Baker	Harry Rainer	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:29:40	75.119
1980	September 28	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund Racing	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:46:07	69.654
1981	September 27	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson	Buick	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:44:57	70.089
1982	October 17	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson	Buick	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:41:05	71.315
1983	September 25	Ricky Rudd	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	262.5 (422.452)	3:27:16	76.134
1984	September 23	Darrell Waltrip	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:28:55	75.532
1985	September 22	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:43:13	70.694
1986	September 21	Rusty Wallace	Blue Max Racing	Pontiac	500	263 (423.257)	3:35:32	73.191
1987	September 27	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:26:31	76.41
1988	September 25	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:30:26	74.988
1989	September 24	Darrell Waltrip	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:26:15	76.571
1990	September 23	Geoffrey Bodine	Junior Johnson	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:26:35	76.386
1991	September 22	Harry Gant	Leo Jackson Racing	Oldsmobile	500	263 (423.257)	3:31:42	74.535
1992	September 28	Geoffrey Bodine	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:29:13	75.424
1993	September 26	Ernie Irvan	Robert Yates Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:32:57	74.102
1994	September 25	Rusty Wallace	Penske Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:24:34	77.139
1995	September 24	Dale Earnhardt	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:33:24	73.946
1996	September 22	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:11:54	82.223
1997	September 28	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:35:57	73.072
1998	September 27	Ricky Rudd	Rudd Performance Motorsports	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:35:08	73.35
1999	October 3	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:38:07	72.347
2000	October 1	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Pontiac	500	263 (423.257)	3:33:39	73.859
2001	October 15*	Ricky Craven	PPI Motorsports	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:28:19	75.75
2002	October 20	Kurt Busch	Roush Racing	Ford	500	263 (423.257)	3:31:23	74.651
2003	October 19	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:53:14	67.658
2004	October 24	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:58:43	66.103
2005	October 23	Jeff Gordon	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:46:25	69.695
2006	October 22	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:44:00	70.446
2007	October 21	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	506*	266.156 (428.336)	3:59:45	66.608
2008	October 19	Jimmie Johnson	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	504*	265.104 (426.643)	3:29:29	75.931
2009	October 25	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	501*	263.526 (424.103)	3:34:44	73.633
2010	October 24	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	500	263 (423.257)	3:40:20	71.619
2011	October 30	Tony Stewart	Stewart Haas Racing	Chevrolet	500	263 (423.257)	3:49:52	68.648

• 1954 & 1958: Race shortened due to darkness.
• 1973 & 1976: Race shortened due to rain.
• 2001: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain.
• 2007, 2008, & 2009: Race extended due to a Green-white-checker finish.

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)
2011	ESPN	Allen Bestwick	Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
2010	ESPN	Marty Reid	Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
2009	ABC	Jerry Punch	Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
2008	ABC	Jerry Punch	Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree
2007	ABC	Jerry Punch	Rusty Wallace and Andy Petree
2006	NBC	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2005	NBC	Bill Weber	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2004	NBC	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2003	NBC	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2002	NBC	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2001	TNT	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons and Wally Dallenbach
2000	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1999	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1998	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1997	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1996	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1995	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1994	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1993	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1992	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1991	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1990	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1989	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett
1988	ESPN	Bob Jenkins	Ned Jarrett and Gary Nelson
1987	SETN	Eli Gold	Jerry Punch
1986	SETN
1985	SETN	Mike Joy	Benny Parsons
1984	SETN

• The 2001 race, originally scheduled on NBC, was rained out and run on Monday. (NBC aired a Busch Series race live from Memphis Motorsports Park on Sunday that had been rained out the day before, which was to be on TNT.)

External links

• NASCAR Commentators Crews and Networks