The Virginia is for Racing Lovers 300 is a NASCAR Late Model Stock Car race held at Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Henry County, near Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved...

 in the early fall each year since 1995. The race is 300 laps in total length, consisting of four 25 lap heat races and a 200 lap feature race. Time trial qualifying takes place the Saturday before the race and locks the top 22 fastest drivers into the starting field. The remaining 20 positions are determined on Sunday with the top five finishers in each heat race transferring to the feature race.

Eligible Drivers & Cars

Drivers must hold a NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

 License for the Whelen All-American Series

Whelen All-American Series

The Whelen All-American Series is a points championship for NASCAR sanctioned local racetracks around the United States and Canada....

. Cars must conform to the NASCAR Late Model Stock Car rule book and race on 10 inch wide Hoosier

Hoosier Racing Tire

Hoosier Racing Tire is an American tire manufacturer primarily specializing in the production of tires for competition use. An Indiana based company, Hoosier claims to be the world's largest race tire manufacturer...

 racing slicks. Late Model Stock Cars (LMSC) are distinctly different from Super Late Models (SLM), Limited Late Models (LLM), or other Late Model type cars raced in other parts of the country. LMSC are raced mostly in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, including Virginia, Tennessee, and the Carolinas.

Former Race Champions

Race winners under the current format:

Late Model "300" Winners
Year	Driver	Car #
2011	Lee Pulliam	1
2010	Philip Morris	26
2009	Jake Crum Jake Crum Christopher Jake Crum is a driver in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He drives the #21 Chevrolet Silverado for SS-Green Light Racing under crew chief Butch Miller...	1
2008	Jason York	18
2007	Dennis Setzer Dennis Setzer Dennis Setzer is a NASCAR driver. He has driven in all three of NASCAR's top series. He currently splits time between the #23, #49, and #70 cars, all for Jay Robinson Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series...	22
2006	Alex Yontz
2005	Timothy Peters Timothy Peters Timothy Peters is an American NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race car driver. He currently drives the No. 17 K&N Engineering, Inc. Toyota for Red Horse Racing. He is a former member of the Bobby Hamilton Racing and Richard Childress Racing driver development programs.-Racing career:He began his...
2004	Tony McGuire
2003	Jamey Caudill
2002	Frank Deiny Jr.	4
2001	Phil Warren
2000	Philip Morris
1999	Robert Powell
1998	Dexter Canipe Dexter Canipe Dexter Canipe is an American racing driver who won the NASCAR Weekly Series national championship in 1997. Dexter also won the 1998 Taco Bell 300 at Martinsville Speedway, the biggest race of the year in Late Model Stock Car racing....
1997	Billy Hogan
1996	B. A. Wilson
1995	Tony McGuire

External Links

• Virginia Tourism Corporation race sponsorship announcement