Buying Martinsville Speedway tickets brings NASCAR fans back to the roots of the sport, back to the glory and excitement of the dominant form of racing in the US - short tracks. Travel packages to Martinsville, located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, are an outstanding value for this vacation destination with beautiful mountain vistas, lakes, rivers, museums and above all, great Nextel Cup racing. Buy your Martinsville tickets and see outstanding short track action.

Jeff Gordon climbed back to the top of the NASCAR world at Martinsville, recording his 71st career victory, beating Kasey Kahne by a half-second, followed by Mark Martin, Ryan Newman and Rusty Wallace at the Advance Auto Parts 500. Gordon had been down by three laps early in the event, but battled back to take the checkered flag for the sixth time at the Virginia short track. Gordon is the winningest active driver in Nextel Cup at seventh place, sixteen ahead of Rusty Wallace, the closest active driver. Gordon is just five wins short of tying the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr. for sixth on the all-time list.

Tony Stewart led the most laps (247), followed by Wallace (47), and Johnson (37). There were seventeen lead changes, and sixteen cautions for 91 laps - nearly 20% of the total race distance. Stewart dominated early, but was not competitive after his right front wheel broke off of his car on lap 433, bringing out caution number fourteen. En route to his win, Gordon bumped Kurt Busch, sending the Roush driver into the wall; Gordon later passed Sterling Marlin with 34 laps to go to take the lead for the final time.

Jimmie Johnson's 8th place finish helped him to increase his series points lead; Greg Biffle held onto second place despite a 29th place finish. Elliott Sadler picked up two spots to move to third, Mark Martin's third place finish moved him up six places to fourth, Tony Stewart dropped two spots to fifth, and Gordon again made a big jump in the standings, picking up six places to leave him in sixth place after Martinsville.

The Nextel Cup Series returns to Martinsville for the Subway 500 on October 23, six races into the Chase for the Nextel Cup.