TUMS QuikPak 500
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| Venue | Martinsville Speedway |
| Corporate sponsor | GlaxoSmithKline |
| First race | 1950 |
| Distance | 263 miles (423 km) |
| Number of laps | 500 |
| Previous names | Unnamed/Unknown (1950-1955) |
The Tums QuikPak 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. It is currently the sixth race in the ten race Chase for the Sprint Cup. Since 2007, the race has been carried on ABC.
The 1:30 PM start time is one of the earliest starts in the Chase, and is used mainly because of concerns over shadows over the track in mid-October, where the race is conducted since 2001, as the start times in NASCAR races have been set at 2 PM since 2005.
The Tums sponsorship returns sponsorship to GlaxoSmithKline.
[edit] Past winners
Tums QuikPak 500
- 2008 TBD
Subway 500
- 2007 Jimmie Johnson
- 2006 Jimmie Johnson
- 2005 Jeff Gordon
- 2004 Jimmie Johnson
- 2003 Jeff Gordon
Old Dominion 500
- 2002 Kurt Busch
- 2001 Ricky Craven*
NAPA Autocare 500
- 2000 Tony Stewart
- 1999 Jeff Gordon
- 1998 Ricky Rudd
Hanes 500
- 1997 Jeff Burton
- 1996 Jeff Gordon
Goody's 500
- 1995 Dale Earnhardt
- 1994 Rusty Wallace
- 1993 Ernie Irvan
- 1992 Geoffrey Bodine
- 1991 Harry Gant
- 1990 Geoffrey Bodine
- 1989 Darrell Waltrip
- 1988 Darrell Waltrip
- 1987 Darrell Waltrip
- 1986 Rusty Wallace
- 1985 Dale Earnhardt
- 1984 Darrell Waltrip
- 1983 Ricky Rudd
Old Dominion 500
- 1982 Darrell Waltrip
- 1981 Darrell Waltrip
- 1980 Dale Earnhardt
- 1979 Buddy Baker
- 1978 Cale Yarborough
- 1977 Cale Yarborough
- 1976 Cale Yarborough
- 1975 Dave Marcis
- 1974 Earl Ross
- 1973 Richard Petty
- 1972 Richard Petty
- 1971 Bobby Isaac
- 1970 Richard Petty
- 1969 Richard Petty
- 1968 Richard Petty
- 1967 Richard Petty
- 1966 Fred Lorenzen
- 1965 Junior Johnson
- 1964 Fred Lorenzen
- 1963 Fred Lorenzen
- 1962 Nelson Stacy
- 1961 Joe Weatherly
- 1960 Rex White
- 1959 Rex White
- 1958 Fireball Roberts
- 1957 Bob Welborn
- 1956 Jack Smith
Unnamed/Unknown
- 1955 Speedy Thompson
- 1954 Lee Petty
- 1953 Jim Paschal
- 1952 Herb Thomas
- 1951 Frank Mundy
- 1950 Herb Thomas
*Postponed one day due to rain.
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