1994 Advance Auto 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1994 Advance Auto 500
Name of Track:	Martinsville Speedway
Date:	October 16th

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.

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1994 Advance Auto 500 NASCAR Race Results

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

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Kenny Wallace	8	12	$21,735	300	running	TIC Financial Systems
2	David Green	44	1	$10,085	300	running	Slim Jim
3	Mike Wallace	9	4	$4,560	300	running	FDP Brakes
4	Tim Fedewa	55	20	$3,810	300	running	D-R Racing
5	Chad Little	23	26	$3,460	300	running	Harris-Teeter
6	Terry Labonte	14	16	$2,535	300	running	MW Windows
7	Bobby Dotter	8	8	$2,930	300	running	Delco Voyager
8	Ricky Craven	2	22	$4,130	300	running	DuPont Refinishes
9	Tommy Houston	6	31	$2,355	299	running	Red Devil Enamels
10	Jason Keller	57	7	$3,030	299	running	Budget Gourmet
11	Mike McLaughlin	34	21	$4,055	299	running	Liff
12	Larry Pearson	92	10	$2,780	298	running	Stanley Tools
13	Johnny Benson, Jr.	74	14	$0	298	running	Staff America
14	Phil Parsons	99	29	$2,730	296	running	Luxaire Heating & Air Conditioning
15	Hermie Sadler	25	5	$3,955	296	running	Virginia Is For Lovers
17	Doug Heveron	75	17	$2,605	295	running	Food Country USA
18	Kevin Lepage	71	32	$2,580	295	running	Vermont Teddy Bear
19	Elton Sawyer	38	19	$3,805	287	engine	Ford Motor Credit
21	Dennis Setzer	59	23	$3,710	258	engine	Alliance Traning Centers
22	Tracy Leslie	72	34	$3,685	254	running	Detroit Gasket
23	Johnny Chapman	17	33	$1,920	235	running	Lake Norman Security
24	Chris Diamond	68	30	$1,905	209	engine	J & L Motors
25	Johnny Rumley	0	9	$1,880	190	oil leak	Taco Bell
26	David Hyder	88	25	$1,855	155	running	KFC
27	Dave Rezendes	79	15	$2,330	142	oil leak	Lipton Tea
28	Jim Bown	63	6	$3,430	123	engine	Lysol
30	Randy LaJoie	20	2	$2,305	103	engine	Fina Lube
31	David Blankenship	42	24	$1,805	71	engine	Victory Motorsports
33	Jay Fogleman	95	28	$1,805	46	oil leak	Byrd's Food Stores
35	Dick Trickle	43	3	$1,805	37	drive line	French's Mustard
36	Robert Pressley	46	11	$2,305	19	oil leak	Cincinnati Milacron