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The STP 500 is a 500-lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, just outside of Martinsville. It had no name from 1950 to 1955, before taking the name Virginia 500 in 1956, the other one being the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Longtime sponsor GlaxoSmithKline returned as race sponsor for the 2007 spring race with their new orange-flavored brand with the race title being Goody's Cool Orange 500; the Goody's 500 was originally the name of the fall race, which since 2008 has also been sponsored by the British pharmaceutical conglomerate, as the TUMS QuikPak 500. The race on April 1, 2007, was the second race for NASCAR's car design, the Car of Tomorrow. This event is currently the sixth race of the season, the first race where current points standings (instead of the previous year, as in the first five races) determine exemptions. ==Past winners== *1957: Race shortened due to crash. *1961 (first): Race abandoned as a result of rain. Under current rules, it would not be declared official as less than 50.1% of the race distance was completed. *1961 (second): A replacement race for the original 1961 race. *1970, 1977, & 1995: Race shortened due to rain. *1974: Race shortened due to energy crisis. *2010: Race postponed from Sunday to Monday due to rain. *2010 & 2012: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish. 2012 took two attempts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「STP 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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