NASCAR Heads to the Paperclip Known as Martinsville, 'The Goody's Fast Relief 500'

So far, no one has talked about reconfiguring this one-mile paperclip shaped track called Martinsville.  And that's good.  I can only handle so much reconfiguration news in a week!  But as it stands, Martinsville is the last of the classic tracks that's flat and tight and still in a shape of a paperclip, forcing the racing to be calm, cool and collected.  Well, that is, if the day went well, that's the attitude that could prevail after beating and banging fenders in an event at the track.

For the upcoming The Goody's Fast Relief 500, looking at the average finishing positions of drivers, the top dog coming into the weekend at Martinsville looks to be

Jimmie Johnson, with an average finish of 5.5, after 20 races.  Behind Jimmie, we have

Denny Hamlin (6.5),

Jeff Gordon (6.9)

Dale Earnhardt Jr., (13).

We all know that statistical performance never matches up when weather and bad luck sit up and take note of our favorite driver, but that's how it's looking for stats, at this early part of the week. 

We'll see how teams unload at Martinsville what what tale the practice and qualifying times will have in store for everyone!

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