- Tums Fast Relief 500
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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
- 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.)
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