1992 Miller 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race: 1992 Miller 500
Name of Track:     Martinsville Speedway
Date: March 22nd

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.

1992 Miller 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1992 Miller 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin Driver Num Start Money Laps Pts Status Sponsor
1 Kenny Wallace 36 15 $19,150 200 0 running Dirt Devil
2 Joe Nemechek 87 13 $7,625 200 0 running Texas Pete Sauces
3 Chuck Bown 63 22 $5,415 200 0 running Nescafe / Nestea
4 Robert Pressley 59 16 $3,670 200 0 running Alliance Training Centers
5 Tracy Leslie 72 2 $2,895 200 0 running Detroit Gasket
6 Jeff Gordon 1 27 $3,720 200 0 running Baby Ruth
7 Butch Miller 75 9 $2,070 200 0 running Food Country USA
8 Jimmy Hensley 25 11 $2,020 200 0 running Beverley Racing
9 Dave Rezendes 79 21 $1,570 199 0 running Swanson Foods
10 Mike Wallace 20 19 $2,170 199 0 running Daily's 1st Ade
11 Bobby Dotter 8 8 $1,445 199 0 running Jeno's Pizza
13 Tommy Ellis 14 12 $1,395 199 0 running Ellis Racing
14 Tommy Houston 6 10 $1,870 198 0 running Rose's Stores
15 Ricky Craven 99 1 $4,095 198 0 running DuPont
16 Elton Sawyer 77 26 $1,360 198 0 running Sig's Tire
17 Clifford Allison 9 20 $1,795 197 0 running High Point Bedding
18 Steve Boley 10 29 $1,295 190 0 running Ingram Racing
19 Ward Burton 27 25 $3,035 185 0 running Gwaltney's Big 8's
20 Richard Lasater 5 23 $1,295 181 0 crash Innkeeper
21 Steve Grissom 31 5 $2,945 179 0 running Channellock Tools
22 Jack Sprague 48 6 $1,670 160 0 running Staff America
23 Jeff Burton 8 14 $2,895 152 0 running TIC Financial Systems
24 Troy Beebe 62 28 $1,150 133 0 brakes Banana Boat
25 Todd Bodine 34 7 $2,845 96 0 running Hungry Jack
26 Bobby Labonte 44 3 $3,320 79 0 engine Slim Jim
27 Ed Ferree 49 18 $1,045 65 0 crash Wolf's Head Oil
28 Jim Bown 98 4 $1,770 39 0 crash Bown Racing
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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