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Texas Motor Speedway isn't just another cookie cutter mile and a half track on the NASCAR circuit.  TMS is built for speed and all the drivers will tell you that this track is tough to tame.  The track runs so fast that in 2001 they had to cancel a Champ Car race because the drivers were experiencing over 5 G's.  That much G force could cause someone to black out and drivers zooming around the track incapacitated at 230 mph isn't exactly a safest idea.

Stock cars don't quite make it to 200 mph  but with 43 cars on the track it becomes a speed infested free-for-all.  After TMS was repaved in 2006, it became the fastest track on the modern NASCAR circuit.  Faster times have been recorded at active tracks but the speeds were recorded before NASCAR took measures to limit horse power for safety reasons.

Many race fans enjoy the speed of Atlanta or the four-wide racing at Talladega or Daytona, but some race enthusiasts love the short track.  Short track racing is highlighted every NASCAR season with 2 races at the unique half-mile track in Martinsville, VA.  This track is noted for being unique because of the "paper clip" like shape that makes Martinsville Speedway so identifiable.  The long straightaways and suffocating turns are a recipe for great racing every year at Martinsville.  2012 will be no different.  This year the Goody's Fast Relief 500 returns to the same slot on the schedule for the eighth consecutive year.