2011 TUMS Fast Relief 500 Betting Odds at Martinsville Speedway Driver odds

2011 TUMS Fast Relief 500

NASCAR Sprint Cup race
Sun, October 30, 2011
Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville, Virginia
Headcoach : Chevrolet
Champion: Denny Hamlin

This stop on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is one of the drivers' favorites, because of Martinsville Speedway's low banked turns and long straight-aways.

Bet 2011 TUMS Fast Relief 500 Live Lines and Martinsville Speedway Driver Odds

Martinsville starts the second half of the chase for the Sprint Cup with the TUMS Fast Relief 500! Formerly known as the Subway 500 and TUMS Quikpak 500, it is the final short track race of the year, and always provides great NASCAR action and championship excitement.

TUMS 500 also has one of the earliest starts of any race included in The Chase. The early start is required given that Martinsville does not have permanent lighting installed, and the mid-October shadows making it otherwise difficult for drivers to see and perform to the best of their ability. In comparison, ever since 2005, most other NASCAR events have set starting times of 2 p.m. or later.

This 32nd stock car race of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, to be held at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia, the 500-lap, 263-mile, TUMS Fast Relief 500 is the only Chase event that is scheduled to be run on a short track (.526 miles) and, as the final short-track race of the season, a race which always promises to provide plenty of thrills, spills, and all-around great NASCAR action and excitement.

TUMS Fast Relief 500 Winners

Richard Petty won the race six times in five years in the late sixties and early seventies. Darrell Waltrip has also made his mark on the Tums QuickPak 500 history books, winning the checkered flag six times in the 1980s. 2004 and 2006 champion Jimmie Johnson should return to make another run at glory at the "Pretty Paperclip."

2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500 Winner

Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin, who qualified first, won the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2010 TUMS Fast Relief 500, his seventh win of the season. Mark Martin finished second during the race. He moved several positions at the end of the race, after colliding into the wall earlier in the race. Kevin Harvick was the leader with twenty-nine lap remaining, after which Hamlin became the leader. Harvick was unable to catch him, and fell one position to finish third