(Whereas Clay Earles and his partners, Sam Rice and Henry Lawrence, opened the Martinsville Speedway in 1947 on a 30-acre site, one of the first of its kind in the nation ...) It is also the only race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

The racing event (in what is now known as the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) took approximately three hours and forty-four minutes to completely finish.

[2][3] Terry Murchinson had a clutch problem with his unsponsored 1964 Ford Galaxie after only two laps of racing and became the last-place finisher of the day.

Petty Enterprises ended up going into drag racing until Dodge solved its issues with the people who ran NASCAR at that time.

[9] Notable crew chiefs for this race include Don Snyder, Lanty McClung, Herb Nab, and John Ervin.