- Goody's Cool Orange 500
NASCAR race infobox
Name=Goody's Cool Orange 500
Logo=2008GoodysCoolOrange.png
Img_size=170px
Venue=Martinsville Speedway
Sponsor=Goody's
First race=1949
Distance=convert|263|mi|km
Laps=500
Previous names=Unnamed (1949 -1955 )Virginia 500 (
1956 -1981 , 2001-2003)Virginia National Bank 500 (
1982 -1983 )Sovran Bank 500 (
1984 -1987)Pannill Sweatshirts 500 (1988-1989)
Hanes Activewear 500 (1990)
Goody's Headache Powder 500 (1996-1998)
Goody's Body Pain 500 (1999-2000)
Advance Auto Parts 500 (2004-2005)
DirecTV 500 (2006)
Goody's Cool Orange 500 (2007)
The Goody's Cool Orange 500 is a 500-lap
NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at the convert|0.526|mi|kmMartinsville Speedway inMartinsville, Virginia .Long time sponsor Goody's returned as race sponsor for the 2007 spring race with their new orange-flavored brand with the race title being Goody's Cool Orange 500; the Goody's 500 was originally the name of the fall race, which is now the
TUMS QuikPak 500 .The race on
April 1 ,2007 was the second race for NASCAR's car design, theCar of Tomorrow .Past winners
Goody's Cool Orange 500
* 2008Denny Hamlin
* 2007Jimmie Johnson (first COT win at Martinsville)-DirecTV 500
* 2006Tony Stewart Advance Auto Parts 500
* 2005Jeff Gordon
* 2004Rusty Wallace Virginia 500
* 2003Jeff Gordon
* 2002Bobby Labonte
* 2001Dale Jarrett Goody's Body Pain 500
* 2000 Mark Martin
* 1999John Andretti Goody's Headache Powder 500
* 1998Bobby Hamilton
* 1997Jeff Gordon
* 1996Rusty Wallace Hanes 500
* 1995Rusty Wallace (356 laps due to rain)
* 1994Rusty Wallace
* 1993Rusty Wallace
* 1992 Mark Martin
* 1991Dale Earnhardt Hanes Activewear 500
* 1990Geoffrey Bodine Pannill Sweatshirts 500
* 1989Darrell Waltrip
* 1988Dale Earnhardt Sovran Bank 500
* 1987Dale Earnhardt
* 1986Ricky Rudd
* 1985Harry Gant
* 1984Geoffrey Bodine Virginia National Bank 500
* 1983Darrell Waltrip
* 1982Harry Gant Virginia 500
* 1981Morgan Shepherd
* 1980Darrell Waltrip
* 1979Richard Petty
* 1978Darrell Waltrip
* 1977Cale Yarborough (384 laps due to rain)
* 1976Darrell Waltrip
* 1975Richard Petty
* 1974Cale Yarborough
* 1973David Pearson
* 1972Richard Petty
* 1971Richard Petty
* 1970Bobby Isaac (376 laps)
* 1969Richard Petty
* 1968Cale Yarborough
* 1967Richard Petty
* 1966Jim Paschal
* 1965Fred Lorenzen
* 1964Fred Lorenzen
* 1963Richard Petty
* 1962Richard Petty
* 1961Junior Johnson
* 1960Richard Petty
* 1959Lee Petty
* 1958Bob Welborn
* 1957Buck Baker
* 1956Buck Baker Unnamed
* 1955Tim Flock
* 1954Jim Paschal
* 1953Lee Petty
* 1952Dick Rathmann
* 1951Curtis Turner
* 1950Curtis Turner
* 1949Red Byron External links
* [http://www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/s/sovranbank500.php Crittenden Automotive Library: Sovran Bank 500]
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