Goody's Cool Orange 500

NASCAR race infobox
Name=Goody's Cool Orange 500
Logo=2008GoodysCoolOrange.png Img_size=170px
Venue=Martinsville Speedway
Sponsor=Goody's
First race=1949
Distance=convert|263|mi|km
Laps=500
Previous names=Unnamed (1949-1955)

Virginia 500 (1956-1981, 2001-2003)

Virginia National Bank 500 (1982-1983)

Sovran Bank 500 (1984-1987)

Pannill Sweatshirts 500 (1988-1989)

Hanes Activewear 500 (1990)

Hanes 500 (1991-1995)

Goody's Headache Powder 500 (1996-1998)

Goody's Body Pain 500 (1999-2000)

Advance Auto Parts 500 (2004-2005)

DirecTV 500 (2006)

Goody's Cool Orange 500 (2007)

The Goody's Cool Orange 500 is a 500-lap NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at the convert|0.526|mi|km Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.

Long time sponsor Goody's 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 is now the TUMS QuikPak 500.

The race on April 1, 2007 was the second race for NASCAR's car design, the Car of Tomorrow.

Past winners

Goody's Cool Orange 500
* 2008 Denny Hamlin
* 2007 Jimmie Johnson (first COT win at Martinsville)-DirecTV 500
* 2006 Tony StewartAdvance Auto Parts 500
* 2005 Jeff Gordon
* 2004 Rusty WallaceVirginia 500
* 2003 Jeff Gordon
* 2002 Bobby Labonte
* 2001 Dale JarrettGoody's Body Pain 500
* 2000 Mark Martin
* 1999 John AndrettiGoody's Headache Powder 500
* 1998 Bobby Hamilton
* 1997 Jeff Gordon
* 1996 Rusty WallaceHanes 500
* 1995 Rusty Wallace (356 laps due to rain)
* 1994 Rusty Wallace
* 1993 Rusty Wallace
* 1992 Mark Martin
* 1991 Dale EarnhardtHanes Activewear 500
* 1990 Geoffrey BodinePannill Sweatshirts 500
* 1989 Darrell Waltrip
* 1988 Dale EarnhardtSovran Bank 500
* 1987 Dale Earnhardt
* 1986 Ricky Rudd
* 1985 Harry Gant
* 1984 Geoffrey BodineVirginia National Bank 500
* 1983 Darrell Waltrip
* 1982 Harry GantVirginia 500
* 1981 Morgan Shepherd
* 1980 Darrell Waltrip
* 1979 Richard Petty
* 1978 Darrell Waltrip
* 1977 Cale Yarborough (384 laps due to rain)
* 1976 Darrell Waltrip
* 1975 Richard Petty
* 1974 Cale Yarborough
* 1973 David Pearson
* 1972 Richard Petty
* 1971 Richard Petty
* 1970 Bobby Isaac (376 laps)
* 1969 Richard Petty
* 1968 Cale Yarborough
* 1967 Richard Petty
* 1966 Jim Paschal
* 1965 Fred Lorenzen
* 1964 Fred Lorenzen
* 1963 Richard Petty
* 1962 Richard Petty
* 1961 Junior Johnson
* 1960 Richard Petty
* 1959 Lee Petty
* 1958 Bob Welborn
* 1957 Buck Baker
* 1956 Buck BakerUnnamed
* 1955 Tim Flock
* 1954 Jim Paschal
* 1953 Lee Petty
* 1952 Dick Rathmann
* 1951 Curtis Turner
* 1950 Curtis Turner
* 1949 Red Byron

External links

* [http://www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/s/sovranbank500.php Crittenden Automotive Library: Sovran Bank 500]