The Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 stock car race, which is one of NASCAR's most exciting events, is held annually in early April at the Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, which is just south of Martinsville itself. As a matter of length, the Speedway is the shortest on NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series racing circuit, a fact which means that the racing is super hot and exciting. Fans eagerly line up to purchase Goody's Fast Pain Relief tickets in anticipation of such events at the venue.

At a distance of approximately .526 miles, the race venue and the race itself at 500 laps means that fans are entertained for over 260 miles of bumper-to-bumper racing by some of NASCAR's best drivers and teams. With drivers dueling with each other from the get-go, fans are often amazed by flat-out driving performances and scintillating lead changes, which have been with great frequency. Sales of Goody's Fast Pain Relief tickets reflect such great racing.

Historically, the race has roots going all the way back to 1949, though there was never an official name for the race for much of its very early history until 1961. Legendary names back then competing for top honors included Richard Petty -- who won a number of times from 1960 all the way through 1979, when he took his final checkered flag at the race -- and all-time NASCAR stock car driver name Junior Johnson. Goody's Fast Pain Relief tickets sell very well because of this link to its storied past.

Recent winners have included some of today’s top NASCAR stock car drivers and teams, including future NASCAR Hall of Fame drivers Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, Rusty Wallace and Tony Stewart. Johnson took last year's checkered flag, with Stewart taking honors in 2006 and Gordon and Wallace snagging the flag in 2005 and 2004, respectively. All of these races were top-notch events and fans were rewarded for their purchases of Goody's Fast Pain Relief tickets.

This race was also the second event in 2007 that featured NASCAR's current Car of Tomorrow, a design which is at once less expensive but which also is far more high-tech and mindful of the need for drivers to exhibit all of the tricks and skills they have in order to pilot the car with skill and grace. Goody's has been a longtime sponsor of this event, and is a part of NASCAR that all fans of the sport have come to know and love. Reflecting this, most race enthusiasts lined up to buy Goody's Fast Pain Relief tickets as often as possible.

In 2010, the race is destined to be one way or true NASCAR gladiators lineup with some of the sports best young drivers to produce a style of racing that is at once frenetic and yet beautiful in its sublime skill and effortless speed. With Jimmie Johnson coming back to defend his title, and all of the top names like Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon lining up to take everything away from him, it's a sure bet that fans will snap up Goody's Fast Pain Relief tickets as soon as they go on sale.