Hanes 500

At one time, two different NASCAR races were known as the Hanes 500:

Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500

The Goody's Headache Relief Shot 500 powered by Kroger is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia, the other one being the STP 500 in March, The race has been run in every Sprint Cup season, starting with the inaugural 1949 season, making it the oldest NASCAR race still run today. It is the seventh race of ten in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, and the first race in the Eliminator Round of the current Chase format. Starting 2015, NBC has the rights for the final 20 races of the season (17 of 20), including this race.

The 1:30 p.m. Eastern start time is the earliest start time among the Chase races on the current schedule (as the three Chase races after Martinsville start at 3:00 PM EST, five of the first six start at 2:00 PM EDT, and Charlotte starts at 7:30 PM EDT). The track does not have permanent lights installed, and shadows cast heavily over the facility in mid-October, when the race has been held since 2001. The Tums sponsorship returned sponsorship to GlaxoSmithKline for 2008, as their Goody's Powder brand sponsored the race from 1983-1995 and recently returned as sponsor for the spring race. As per Martinsville tradition, the winner of this race receives a custom-built grandfather clock.

STP 500

The STP 500 is an annual 500-lap NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held at the 0.526-mile (0.847 km) Martinsville Speedway in Ridgeway, Virginia. It had no name from 1950 to 1955, before taking the name Virginia 500 in 1956, the other one being the Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 in the Chase for the Sprint Cup.

Longtime sponsor GlaxoSmithKline 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 since 2008 has also been sponsored by the British pharmaceutical conglomerate, as the TUMS QuikPak 500.

The race on April 1, 2007, was the second race for NASCAR's car design, the Car of Tomorrow. This event is currently the sixth race of the season, the first race where current points standings (instead of the previous year, as in the first five races) determine exemptions. Denny Hamlin is the most recent winner of the race, having won it in 2015.