NASCAR Cup Series Martinsville Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500

Overview

The Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 500 is an annual 500-lap NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the 0.526-mile (0.847 km) Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. It had no name from 1950 to 1955, before taking the name Virginia 500 in 1956. It is the first of two races at the track, the other one being the Xfinity 500 in the NASCAR playoffs.