THE OFFICIAL NASCAR 2020 prEVIEW & PRESS GUIDE 157
TRACK RECORDS & PAST winners
Most Wins: 15 – Richard Petty
Most Poles: 8 – Darrell Waltrip
Most Top Fives: 30 – Richard Petty
Most Top 10s: 38 – Jeff Gordon
Most Lead Changes: 33 – 3/30/2014
Fewest Lead Changes: 1 – 3 times, most recently 4/9/61
Most Leaders: 14 – 10/15/01
Fewest Leaders: 2 – 11 times, most recently 9/26/76
Most Cautions: 21 – 10/21/07
Fewest Cautions: 1 – 3 times, most recently 4/25/71
Most Caution Laps: 127 – 10/21/07
Fewest Caution Laps: 3 – 4/25/71
Most on the Lead Lap: 26 – 2 times, most recently 10/22/06
Fewest on the Lead Lap: 1 – 27 times, most recently 4/27/86
Most Running at the Finish: 42 – 2 times, most recently 4/1/07
Fewest Running at the Finish: 4 – 5/6/51
Most Laps Led by a Race Winner: 493 – 9/27/64
Fewest Laps Led by a Race Winner: 4 – 4/18/99
Most Wins by a Manufacturer: 56 – Chevrolet
Closest Margin of Victory: 0.065 Seconds – 4/1/07
Greatest Margin of Victory: 6.376 Seconds – 4/20/98
Margins of Victory under electronic timing since 1993.
TRACK RECORDS
PAST WINNERS
Year Event Race Winner Car
Make
Start
Pos.
Car Owner Pole Winner Year Event Race Winner Car Make Start
Pos.
Car Owner Pole Winner
1949 105 Miles at Martinsville Red Byron Oldsmobile 3 Raymond Parks Curtis Turner 1985 Sovran Bank 500 Harry Gant Chevrolet 13 Hal Needham Darrell Waltrip
1950 79 Miles at Martinsville Curtis Turner Oldsmobile 0 John Eanes Buck Baker Goody’s 500 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 11 Richard Childress Geoffrey Bodine
105 Miles at Martinsville Herb Thomas Plymouth 19 Herb Thomas Fonty Flock 1986 Sovran Bank 500 Ricky Rudd Ford 4 Walter “Bud” Moore Tim Richmond
1951 105 Miles at Martinsville Curtis Turner Oldsmobile 7 John Eanes Tim Flock Goody’s 500 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 8 Raymond Beadle Geoffrey Bodine
105 Miles at Martinsville Frank Mundy Oldsmobile 3 Ted Chester Herb Thomas 1987 Sovran Bank 500 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 4 Richard Childress Morgan Shepherd
1952 105 Miles at Martinsville Dick Rathmann Hudson 9 Walt Chapman Buck Baker Goody’s 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 14 Rick Hendrick Geoffrey Bodine
105 Miles at Martinsville Herb Thomas Hudson 2 Herb Thomas Perk Brown 1988 Pannill Sweatshirts 500 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 14 Richard Childress Ricky Rudd
1953 Martinsville Speedway Lee Petty Dodge 0 Petty Enterprises None (weather) Goody’s 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 20 Rick Hendrick Rusty Wallace
105 Miles at Martinsville Jim Paschal Dodge 0 George Hutchens Fonty Flock 1989 Pannill Sweatshirts 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 10 Rick Hendrick Geoffrey Bodine
1954 105 Miles at Martinsville Jim Paschal Oldsmobile 0 Bobby Grifn None (weather) Goody’s 500 (g) Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 2 Rick Hendrick Jimmy Hensley
105 Miles at Martinsville (a) Lee Petty Chrysler 1 Petty Enterprises Lee Petty 1990 Hanes Activewear 500 Geoffrey Bodine Ford 1 Junior Johnson Geoffrey Bodine
1955 105 Miles at Martinsville Tim Flock Chrysler 4 Carl Kiekhafer Jim Paschal Goody’s 500 Geoffrey Bodine Ford 14 Junior Johnson Mark Martin
105 Miles at Martinsville (a) Speedy Thompson Chrysler 17 Carl Kiekhafer None (weather) 1991 Hanes 500 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 10 Richard Childress Mark Martin
1956 Virginia 500 Buck Baker Dodge 1 Carl Kiekhafer Buck Baker Goody’s 500 Harry Gant Oldsmobile 12 Leo Jackson Mark Martin
Old Dominion 400 Jack Smith Dodge 23 Carl Kiekhafer Buck Baker 1992 Hanes 500 Mark Martin Ford 12 Jack Roush Darrell Waltrip
1957 Virginia 500 Buck Baker Chevrolet 14 Hugh Babb Paul Goldsmith Goody’s 500 (d) Geoffrey Bodine Ford 7 Walter “Bud” Moore Kyle Petty
Old Dominion 400 (a) Bob Welborn Chevrolet 2 Bob Welborn Eddie Pagan 1993 Hanes 500 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 5 Roger Penske Geoffrey Bodine
1958 Virginia 500 Bob Welborn Chevrolet 20 J.H. Petty Buck Baker Goody’s 500 Ernie Irvan Ford 1 Robert Yates Ernie Irvan
Old Dominion 400 (a) Fireball Roberts Chevrolet 4 Frank Strickland Glen Wood 1994 Hanes 500 Rusty Wallace Ford 1 Roger Penske Rusty Wallace
1959 Virginia 500 Lee Petty Oldsmobile 24 Petty Enterprises Bobby Johns Goody’s 500 Rusty Wallace Ford 7 Roger Penske Ted Musgrave
Virginia Sweepstakes 500 Rex White Chevrolet 14 White-Clements Glen Wood 1995 Hanes 500 (a) Rusty Wallace Ford 15 Roger Penske Bobby Labonte
1960 Virginia 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 4 Petty Enterprises Glen Wood Goody’s 500 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress None-Conditions
Old Dominion 500 Rex White Chevrolet 2 Rex White Glen Wood 1996 Goody’s Headache Powders 500 Rusty Wallace Ford 5 Roger Penske Ricky Craven
1961 Virginia 500 (a) Fred Lorenzen Ford 2 Holman-Moody Rex White Hanes 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 10 Rick Hendrick Bobby Hamilton
Virginia 500 Sweepstakes Junior Johnson Pontiac 17 Rex Lovette Rex White 1997 Goody’s Headache Powders 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 4 Rick Hendrick Kenny Wallace
Old Dominion 500 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 4 Walter “Bud” Moore Fred Lorenzen Hanes 500 Jeff Burton Ford 10 Jack Roush Ward Burton
1962 Virginia 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 7 Petty Enterprises Fred Lorenzen 1998 Goody’s Headache Powders 500 Bobby Hamilton Chevrolet 1 Larry McClure Bobby Hamilton
Old Dominion 500 Nelson Stacy Ford 3 Holman-Moody Fireball Roberts Napa Autocare 500 Ricky Rudd Ford 2 Ricky Rudd Ernie Irvan
1963 Virginia 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 8 Petty Enterprises Rex White 1999 Goody’s Body Pain 500 John Andretti Pontiac 21 Petty Enterprises Tony Stewart
Old Dominion 500 Fred Lorenzen Ford 2 Holman-Moody Junior Johnson Napa Autocare 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 5 Rick Hendrick Joe Nemechek
1964 Virginia 500 Fred Lorenzen Ford 1 Holman-Moody Fred Lorenzen 2000 Goody’s Body Pain 500 Mark Martin Ford 21 Jack Roush Rusty Wallace
Old Dominion 500 Fred Lorenzen Ford 1 Holman-Moody Fred Lorenzen Napa Autocare 500 Tony Stewart Pontiac 1 Joe Gibbs Tony Stewart
1965 Virginia 500 Fred Lorenzen Ford 2 Holman-Moody Junior Johnson 2001 Virginia 500 Dale Jarrett Ford 13 Robert Yates Jeff Gordon
Old Dominion 500 Junior Johnson Ford 3 Junior Johnson Richard Petty Old Dominion 500 Ricky Craven Ford 6 Cal Wells III Todd Bodine
1966 Virginia 500 Jim Paschal Plymouth 1 Thomas Friedkin Jim Paschal 2002 Virginia 500 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 15 Joe Gibbs Jeff Gordon
Old Dominion 500 Fred Lorenzen Ford 2 Holman-Moody Junior Johnson Old Dominion 500 Kurt Busch Ford 36 Jack Roush Ryan Newman
1967 Virginia 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 2 Petty Enterprises Darel Dieringer 2003 Virginia 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 1 Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon
Old Dominion 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 5 Petty Enterprises Cale Yarborough Subway 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 1 Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon
1968 Virginia 500 Cale Yarborough Mercury 3 Wood Brothers David Pearson 2004 Advance Auto Parts 500 Rusty Wallace Dodge 17 Roger Penske Jeff Gordon
Old Dominion 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 6 Petty Enterprises Cale Yarborough Subway 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 18 Rick Hendrick Ryan Newman
1969 Virginia 500 (b) Richard Petty Ford 6 Petty Enterprises Bobby Allison 2005 Advance Auto Parts 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 16 Rick Hendrick Scott Riggs
Old Dominion 500 Richard Petty Ford 6 Petty Enterprises David Pearson Subway 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 15 Rick Hendrick Tony Stewart
1970 Virginia 500 (a,f) Bobby Isaac Dodge 2 Nord Krauskopf Donnie Allison 2006 DirecTV 500 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 3 Joe Gibbs Jimmie Johnson
Old Dominion 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 4 Petty Enterprises Bobby Allison Subway 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 9 Rick Hendrick Kurt Busch
1971 Virginia 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 3 Petty Enterprises Donnie Allison 2007 Goody's Cool Orange 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 20 Rick Hendrick Denny Hamlin
Old Dominion 500 Boby Isaac Dodge 1 Nord Krauskopf Bobby Isaac Subway 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 4 Rick Hendrick Jeff Gordon
1972 Virginia 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 3 Petty Enterprises Bobby Allison 2008 Goody's Cool Orange 500 Denny Hamlin Toyota 2 J.D. Gibbs Jeff Gordon
Old Dominion 500 Richard Petty Plymouth 4 Petty Enterprises Bobby Allison TUMS QuikPak 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 1 Jeff Gordon None (weather)
1973 Virginia 500 David Pearson Mercury 1 Wood Brothers David Pearson 2009 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 9 Rick Hendrick None (weather
Old Dominion 500 (a) Richard Petty Dodge 6 Petty Enterprises Cale Yarborough TUMS Fast Relief 500 Denny Hamlin Toyota 17 Joe Gibbs Ryan Newman
1974 Virginia 500 (c) Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 1 Richard Howard Cale Yarborough 2010 Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 (d) Denny Hamlin Toyota 19 Joe Gibbs None (weather)
Old Dominion 500 Earl Ross Chevrolet 11 Junior Johnson Richard Petty TUMS Fast Relief 500 Denny Hamlin Toyota 1 Joe Gibbs Denny Hamlin
1975 Virginia 500 Richard Petty Dodge 6 Petty Enterprises Benny Parsons 2011 Goody's Fast Relief 500 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 9 Richard Childress Jamie McMurray
Old Dominion 500 Dave Marcis Dodge 7 Nord Krauskopf Cale Yarborough TUMS Fast Relief 500 Tony Stewart Chevrolet 4 Tony Stewart None (weather)
1976 Virginia 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 4 M. DiProspero/B. Gardner Dave Marcis 2012 Goody's Fast Relief 500 Ryan Newman Chevrolet 5 Tony Stewart Kasey Kahne
Old Dominion 500 (a) Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 4 Junior Johnson Darrell Waltrip TUMS Fast Relief 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 1 Rick Hendrick Jimmie Johnson
1977 Virginia 500 (a) Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 5 Junior Johnson Neil Bonnett 2013 STP Gas Booster 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 1 Rick Hendrick Jimmie Johnson
Old Dominion 500 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 3 Junior Johnson Neil Bonnett Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 9 Rick Hendrick Denny Hamlin
1978 Virginia 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 3 M. DiProspero/B. Gardner Lennie Pond 2014 STP 500 Kurt Busch Chevrolet 22 Tony Stewart Kyle Busch
Old Dominion 500 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 6 Junior Johnson Lennie Pond Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevrolet 23 Rick Hendrick Jamie McMurray
1979 Virginia 500 Richard Petty Chevrolet 2 Petty Enterprises Darrell Waltrip 2015 STP 500 Denny Hamlin Toyota 15 Joe Gibbs Joey Logano
Old Dominion 500 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 7 Harry Ranier Darrell Waltrip Goody’s Headache Relief Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 5 Rick Hendrick Joey Logano
1980 Virginia 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 1 M. DiProspero/B. Gardner Darrell Waltrip 2016 STP 500 Kyle Busch Toyota 7 Joe Gibbs Joey Logano
Old Dominion 500 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 7 Rod Osterlund Buddy Baker Goody’s Fast Relief 500 Jimmie Johnson Chevrolet 3 Rick Hendrick Martin Truex Jr.
1981 Virginia 500 Morgan Shepherd Pontiac 12 Cliff Stewart Ricky Rudd 2017 STP 500 Brad Keselowski Ford 4 Roger Penske None (weather)
Old Dominion 500 Darrell Waltrip Buick 1 Junior Johnson Darrell Waltrip First Data 500 Kyle Busch Toyota 4 Joe Gibbs Joey Logano
1982 Virginia National Bank 500 Harry Gant Buick 3 Hal Needham Terry Labonte 2018 STP 500 Clint Bowyer Ford 9 Stewart Haas None (weather)
Old Dominion 500 Darrell Waltrip Buick 3 Junior Johnson Ricky Rudd First Data 500 Joey Logano Ford 10 Roger Penske Kyle Busch
1983 Virginia National Bank 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 3 Junior Johnson Ricky Rudd 2019 STP 500 Brad Keselowski Ford 3 Roger Penske Joey Logano
Goody’s 500 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 2 Richard Childress Darrell Waltrip First Data 500 Martin Truex Jr. Toyota 10 Joe Gibbs Denny Hamlin
1984 Sovran Bank 500 Geoffrey Bodine Chevrolet 6 Rick Hendrick Joe Ruttman
Goody’s 500 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 3 Junior Johnson Geoffrey Bodine