All News: Martinsville Speedway

Werth Proves his Worth at Indy

February 6th, 2014 by

Florida native Jordan Werth braved the lag to take a commanding victory in Round Two of the Demidov Innovations Nationwide Championship from Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday night. It wasn’t a lights-to-flag victory, but he came close in a race that ran without caution but not without incident. Jason Martin3 led from the pole, but … Read the Rest »

Get to Know: Al Smith Jr

January 6th, 2014 by

Al Smith Jr has been an iRacing member since April of 2012, but his racing career started well before that. Before iRacing, he raced and won in go-karts for three years. He did not stop improving in his transition from real world racing to sim-racing.  With nearly 400 online starts, he has 16 career oval … Read the Rest »

Majeski Rolls-on at Martinsville

December 17th, 2013 by

The NASCAR iRacing.com.com Late Model Tour visited Martinsville Speedway for Week 7 action.  Commonly called “The Paperclip,”  Martinsville is only .526 miles in length and is located in Henry County near Ridgeway, Virginia. The action picked-up right away in the 4344 strength of field race, one of the biggest SOFs the Late Model series has … Read the Rest »

Dougherty Pulls-Off the Win at USA

December 10th, 2013 by

Week 6 of the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Series headed to Lakeland, Florida for a date with USA International Speedway.  This .75 mile high-banked oval only exists now in memory and in the virtual racing world.  The track was demolished in 2012 but that does not stop the online racing fun.  USA brought many elements … Read the Rest »

SK Mods Rumble at Martinsville

November 25th, 2013 by

A true short track car at a true short track; it doesn’t get much more exciting than that. Whether you call it Marty, The Paper Clip or Martinsville Speedway, NASCAR’s Bull Ring is a great playground for the sim-racers competing in the NASCAR iRacing. com SK Modified Series. Week 2 saw the SK Modifieds tackle … Read the Rest »

Hudson Keeps-on Rolling at Marty

November 1st, 2013 by

With only four weeks remaining in the season, the NASCAR iRacing Series made its last stop of the season at Martinsville Speedway. After last week’s wild card race at Talladega, point leader Tyler D Hudson has a lead of just over 700 points second placed Landon Harrison. There is also one good battle in the … Read the Rest »

Harrison Gains on the High Banks

October 21st, 2013 by

With just five races remaining, the sands are starting to run-out on the first season of the NASCAR iRacing Series.  Heading to this week’s four pack of online races at Talladega Superspeedway, newly-crowned NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship champ Tyler Hudson continued to enjoy a healthy lead in the standings over the second-placed Landon Harrison … Read the Rest »

Berry Takes Vegas and Martinsville

October 8th, 2013 by

Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway are complete opposites of each other. One is a 1.5-mile high banked speedway and the other is a half-mile flat paperclip, but that didn’t stop Josh Berry (Mid-South) from conquering each during Weeks Nine and Ten of the NASCAR iRacing Class C Fixed Series. A combined total of … Read the Rest »

Late Models at Marty

September 18th, 2013 by

Martinsville – aka NASCAR’s Bull Ring, “Marty,” “the Paper Clip,” the most iconic short track in the world . . . and a magnet for clean racing and minimal tempers? Usually not, but that was the story for the top guns in the NASCAR iRacing.com Late Model Tour as they duked it out on the … Read the Rest »

SoBo Shuffle

September 9th, 2013 by

South Boston Speedway is one of those tracks that require both setup knowledge as well as finesse. It is not a traditional short track in many ways as at exit of the corner many drivers will use the apron to battle understeer. Other drivers, however, will fight a car that is tight into the corner … Read the Rest »