The Cook Out 400 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held at the 0.526-mile (0.847 km) Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia . It is the first of two Cup Series races at the track, the other one being the Xfinity 500 in the NASCAR playoffs .
15-726: In 1996 and 1997 , NASCAR held non-championship exhibition races on the East portion of the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka City , Mie Prefecture , Japan . Several Japanese, Australian and Winston West Series drivers participated among some of the Winston Cup Series regulars. In 1997, rain tires were used in NASCAR competition for the first time, being run in practice and qualifying. The races were broadcast on TBS in
30-408: A tradition since 1964. The race had no name from 1950 to 1955, before taking the name Virginia 500 in 1956. Goody's Powder , which was the title sponsor of the spring Martinsville Cup Series race from 1996 to 2000 and the fall Martinsville Cup Series race from 1983 to 1995 , returned as the title sponsor of the spring race in 2007 to promote their new orange-flavored brand, Cool Orange, with
45-481: The Daytona 500 , were held on February 15. Race one top ten results Race two top ten results Top ten results: The Goodwrench Service 400 was held on February 25 at North Carolina Speedway . The # 5 of Terry Labonte won the pole. Top ten results The Pontiac Excitement 400 was run on March 3 at Richmond International Raceway . Terry Labonte won the pole. Top ten results The Purolator 500
60-589: The Dura Lube 500 with Bobby Hamilton . Hamilton was also the only Pontiac driver to finish in the top ten in points standings, placing ninth. Jimmy Fennig The Busch Clash is the exhibition race that honors the drivers who won a pole in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series the previous year. Dale Jarrett won his first Busch Clash . Rick Mast won the random draw for the pole. Top ten results The Gatorade Twin 125s , qualifying races for
75-404: The 25th modern-era NASCAR Cup series. The season had been started on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway , and ended on November 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway . The season would be remembered for Terry Labonte pulling off a massive upset and winning his second Winston Cup Championship over teammate Jeff Gordon . Pontiac’s struggles in 1995 carried over to 1996, scoring just one win in
90-591: The U.S. The following year saw a race at Twin Ring Motegi . This NASCAR -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Japan is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 48th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and
105-508: The fall Cup Series race at Martinsville was sponsored Tums , which was owned by the same parent company (British pharmaceutical conglomerate GSK plc ) as Goody's. In 2013, they reduced their title sponsorship to only the fall race with Goody's replacing Tums as the brand that was advertised in the race sponsorship. Legendary NASCAR and Richard Petty sponsor STP became the title sponsor of the spring race starting in 2013 and remained through 2019. In 2020, Blue-Emu took over naming rights for
120-474: The pole. Top 10 results The Save Mart Supermarkets 300 was run on May 5 at Sears Point Raceway . Terry Labonte won the pole. Top ten results The Winston is the 2nd exhibition race run each year at Charlotte Motor Speedway . Jimmy Spencer won the Winston Select Open , while Lake Speed , Hut Stricklin , Jeff Burton and Michael Waltrip transferred into the race by finishing in
135-407: The pole. Top ten results The UAW-GM Teamwork 500 was run on June 16 at Pocono Raceway . Jeff Gordon won the pole. Top ten results Failed to qualify: 71-Dave Marcis The Miller 400 was run on June 23 at Michigan Speedway . The # 43 of Bobby Hamilton won the pole. Top ten results The Pepsi 400 was run on July 6 at Daytona International Speedway . Jeff Gordon started on
150-476: The pole. The race was shortened to 117 laps due to rain. Top ten results Failed to qualify: 57- Steve Seligman The Jiffy Lube 300 was run on July 14 at New Hampshire International Speedway . The # 41 of Ricky Craven won the pole. Top ten results The Miller 500 was run on July 21 at Pocono Raceway . Mark Martin won the pole. Top ten results The DieHard 500 was run on July 28 at Talladega Superspeedway . The # 98 of Jeremy Mayfield won
165-422: The pole. The race was shortened to 129 laps due to darkness. Top ten results Failed to qualify: 97 - Chad Little Goody%27s Cool Orange 500 The race was previously 500 laps in length before it was shortened to 400 laps starting in 2022. Unlike other races which the winner receives a trophy, the winner of this race and other NASCAR races at Martinsville receives a grandfather clock , which has been
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#1732798375253180-444: The pole. The race was shortened to 342 laps due to rain. Top ten results The First Union 400 was run on April 14 at North Wilkesboro Speedway . Terry Labonte won the pole. Top ten results The Goody's Headache Powder 500 was run on April 21 at Martinsville Speedway . The # 41 of Ricky Craven won the pole. Top ten results The Winston Select 500 was run on April 28 at Talladega Superspeedway . Ernie Irvan won
195-422: The race title being Goody's Cool Orange 500. During this time, this race was the sixth race of the season and the first race where the current season's owner point standings were used to determine which cars were "go-or-go-homers" and needed to qualify into the race. (For the first five races, it was the previous season's owner point standings used to determine which cars were locked in the race.) From 2008 to 2012,
210-430: The top 5. Jeff Gordon won the pole. Top ten results The Coca-Cola 600 was run on May 26 at Charlotte Motor Speedway . Jeff Gordon won the pole. Top ten results Failed to qualify: 78- Randy MacDonald , 63- Ed Berrier , 26- Hermie Sadler , 49- Mark Gibson , 02- Robbie Faggart , 0- Delma Cowart , 57- Steve Seligman The Miller 500 was run on June 2 at Dover Downs International Speedway . Jeff Gordon won
225-493: Was run on March 10 at Atlanta Motor Speedway . The No. 30 of Johnny Benson won the pole, but crashed in Happy Hour, forcing him to a backup car (and to the back of the field for the start). Top ten results The TranSouth Financial 400 was run on March 24 at Darlington Raceway . Ward Burton won the pole. Top ten results The Food City 500 was run on March 31 at Bristol International Raceway . Mark Martin won
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