The Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 is a
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that takes place at
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway is a NASCAR-owned stock car racing short track in Ridgeway, Virginia, just south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in ...
in the spring.
In 2020, as part of
schedule realignment, the fall race became the only Truck Series race at the track as NASCAR decided to give the track one
Xfinity Series race instead. This schedule change was done in a swap with
Richmond Raceway
Richmond Raceway (RR) is a , ''D''-shaped, asphalt race track located just outside Richmond, Virginia in unincorporated Henrico County. It hosts the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Known as ...
, which previously had two Xfinity Series races and zero Truck Series races and would now have one Xfinity Series race and one Truck Series race (which replaced the spring race at Martinsville).
In 2022, the fall Truck Series race at Martinsville was moved to the spring and there was no fall Truck Series race at the track for the first time since
2002.
History
Joe Ruttman
Joe Ruttman (born October 28, 1944) is a retired American stock car racing driver who competed in NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series, and Camping World Truck Series. With 13 career wins in the Truck Series he is currently tied for 13t ...
won the inaugural Truck Series spring race at Martinsville in
1999
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. In the 2004 edition of the race
Brad Keselowski
Bradley Aaron Keselowski (; born February 12, 1984) is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, and entrepreneur. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 6 Ford Mustang for RFK Racing, a team he also ...
made his NASCAR national series debut.
Dennis Setzer
Dennis Setzer (born February 27, 1960) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He has driven in all three of NASCAR's top series, scoring eighteen wins in the Camping World Truck Series.
Beginnings
Setzer made his NASCAR debut in t ...
's win in the
2008
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race was the last Truck Series win for
Dodge before they rebranded their Truck Series vehicles to
Ram Trucks starting in
2009. It was also the last win for his team,
Bobby Hamilton Racing, which closed down at the end of the season.
In the 2013 edition
Chase Elliott
William Clyde "Chase" Elliott II (born November 28, 1995) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Hendrick Motorsports. He won the 2014 NASCA ...
made his NASCAR national series debut.
Kyle Busch
Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and part-time ...
won the last Truck Series spring race at Martinsville before the race was removed from the schedule in 2020. However, the race returned for the 2022 season shortened from 250 to 200 laps.
Past winners
*1996, 1997, 2004, 2007–09 and 2014–2016: Race extended due to a
NASCAR Overtime finish.
*2009: Race postponed from Saturday to Monday due to rain.
*2014: Race postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to rain.
*2018: Race red-flagged after 23 laps due to snow and rain, forcing the remainder to be postponed from Saturday to Monday.
Multiple winners (drivers)
Multiple winners (teams)
Manufacturer wins
References
External links
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