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Martinsville offers high-octane made-for-TV racing

By Ed Hinton
ESPN.com

Saturday, October 24, 2009

AP Photo/Steve Helber They don't call Martinsville Speedway "The Paper Clip" for nothing. One thing you can't call Martinsville Speedway is a cookie-cutter track. An anachronism, maybe … a paper clip of asphalt patched with concrete … two parallel drag strips connected by hairpin turns … NASCAR's only remaining answer to the bumper-car rides at county fairs … But not in the least mundane, and therefore NASCAR's best soundstage for studio racing, made for TV. ...

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