1994 Miller 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race: 1994 Miller 500
Name of Track:     Martinsville Speedway
Date: March 20th

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Martinsville, Virginia. At 0.526 miles in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series.

NASCAR Paperclip

The track was also one of the first paved "superspeedways" in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. The track is often referred to as paper clip-shaped and is banked only 12° in the turns. The combination of long straightaways and flat, narrow turns makes hard braking going into turns and smooth acceleration exiting turns a must.

Original Ownership

The track ownership was a joint venture of brothers Jim and Bill France, Jr., and H. Clay Earles, the majority owner, along with daughters Dorothy Campbell and Mary Weatherford, and Dorothy Campbell's children, Sarah Fain and Clay Campbell.

Grandfather Clock Trophy

Winners of Martinsville's Nextel Cup and Whelen Modified Tour events receive a longcase clock as a trophy instead of a regular trophy, a tip of the cap to the fame of the Martinsville furniture industry. One of the neat things one can see while watching a NASCAR race is a Norfolk Southern train running along the tracks outside the speedway, although the tracks were recently moved back 100 feet.

$192 Million Price Tag

Although sold for $192 million in 2004, the track continues to prosper under the new ownership of International Speedway Corporation. The track hosts two Nextel cup races, currently the DirecTV 500 in April and the Subway 500 in October, along with Busch, Craftsman Truck, and Late Model Stock Car races. The track had plans to add an additional 20,000 seats along the backstretch, boosting capacity to over 85,000 seats, but nothing more has been officially mentioned regarding this by track management since the sale of the track to ISC.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

1994 Miller 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1994 Miller 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin Driver Num Start Money Laps Pts Status Sponsor
1 Terry Labonte 14 3 $22,400 300 0 running MW Windows
2 David Green 44 1 $12,145 300 0 running Slim Jim
3 Kenny Wallace 8 24 $9,125 300 0 running TIC Financial Systems
4 Randy LaJoie 20 31 $4,670 300 0 running Fina Lube
5 Doug Heveron 75 6 $3,715 299 0 running Food Country USA
6 Larry Pearson 92 28 $3,370 299 0 running Stanley Tools
7 Tim Fedewa 55 7 $3,320 299 0 running D-R Racing
8 Johnny Rumley 0 8 $3,075 299 0 running Taco Bell
9 Rodney Combs 43 15 $3,120 299 0 running Black Flag
10 Tommy Ellis 5 22 $2,675 297 0 running Key Motorsports
12 Ricky Craven 2 4 $2,940 295 0 running DuPont Refinishes
14 Robert Pressley 99 23 $2,970 292 0 running Budget Gourmet
16 Tommy Houston 6 18 $2,225 290 0 running Luxaire Heating & Air Conditioning
17 Bobby Dotter 8 12 $2,745 278 0 running DeWalt Industrial Tools
18 Jim Bown 63 13 $3,970 274 0 engine Lysol
19 Mike Garvey 0 34 $2,645 267 0 running LaWarre Motorsports
20 Johnny Benson, Jr. 74 5 $0 261 0 running Staff America
21 Mike McLaughlin 34 9 $3,845 255 0 running Fiddle Faddle
22 Elton Sawyer 38 21 $2,470 239 0 running Ford Motor Credit
23 Richard Lasater 5 10 $1,950 238 0 rear end Body Alarm
24 Dennis Setzer 59 11 $3,770 236 0 running Alliance Training Centers
26 Tracy Leslie 72 16 $3,720 218 0 engine Detroit Gasket
27 Chad Little 23 33 $2,445 214 0 engine Bayer Select
28 Hermie Sadler 25 2 $3,920 198 0 running Virginia Is For Lovers
30 George Crenshaw 7 14 $1,825 158 0 crash Campbell's Soup
31 Jason Keller 57 17 $2,420 129 0 engine Kel Chemical
32 Clay Brown 51 27 $1,825 110 0 engine Brown Racing
33 Mike Wallace 9 10 $2,420 29 0 engine FDP Brakes
34 Kevin Lepage 71 26 $1,825 28 0 engine Vermont Teddy Bear
2008 Nextel Points
1 Jimmie Johnson Leader
2 Carl Edwards -69
3 Greg Biffle -217
4 Kevin Harvick -276
5 Clint Bowyer -303
6 Jeff Burton -349
7 Jeff Gordon -368
8 Denny Hamlin -470
9 Tony Stewart -482
10 Kyle Busch -498
2008 Busch Points
1 Clint Bowyer Leader
2 Carl Edwards -21
3 Brad Keselowski -338
4 David Ragan -607
5 Mike Bliss -614
6 Kyle Busch -671
7 David Reutimann -744
8 Mike Wallace -1004
9 Jason Leffler -1046
10 Marcos Ambrose -1141
2008 Craftsman Points
1 Johnny Benson Leader
2 Ron Hornaday -7
3 Todd Bodine -104
4 Erik Darnell -313
5 Matt Crafton -333
6 Mike Skinner -362
7 Rick Crawford -410
8 Dennis Setzer -528
9 Jack Sprague -600
10 Terry Cook -653

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