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We felt a little funny working the events at Martinsville from the garage area after being up here on the spotter's stand for most of the races we've attended here for the past 10 years.
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Jack Sprague's crew marshalls their way through the tech process at Martinsville.
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Since the Truck Series team can't park their haulers in the garage at Martinsville because of the already cramped quarters, they have to literally bring everything inside the truck to pit road. Here's a Roush Racing cart loaded to the gills with springs the team might need in getting their trucks ready for the race.
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Tony Stewart heads toward the track at Martinsville Saturday morning. The 2005 Nextel Cup champ scored his first win of the year leading a whopping 288 of 500 laps Sunday at Martinsville.
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Tony Stewart's team kept a close watch on their car and driver during practice Saturday morning. The combination proved to be a winning one as Stewart scored his first win of the 2006 Nextel Cup season on Sunday in the DirecTV 500.
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series director Wayne Auton briefs the competitors about the rules of the race during the driver's meeting prior to Saturday's NCTS event at Martinsville.
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Martin Truex, Jr. leads a line of cars out on the track at Martinsville during the first of two practice sessions. Also shown here are the cars of J.J. Yelley (18) and JOe Nemechek (01).
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Mike Hillman relaxes in the sun at Martinsville. The veteran NASCAR top kick is the manager at Germain Racing these days, home of the No. 9 Ted Musgrave and No. 30 Todd Bodine Toyota Tundras.
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Ted Musgrave and his Team ASE Toyota pitted early and stayed out in the late going to gain track position and a second-place finish at Martinsville. Musgrave has finished in the Top-5 in every NCTS event so far this season.
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Ryan Newman pinballed his way to an 18th-place finish in Sunday's DirecTV 500 NASCAR Nextel Cup race at Martinsville, VA.
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Getting the blade right - Here, two NASCAR officials make sure the spoiler on Mike Skinner's truck is the appropriate size. This weekend, NASCAR hinted the new "Car of Tomorrow" that will debut in Cup next season will have an adjustable wing instead of the traditional spoiler seen here.
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Steve Park's No. 59 Harris Trucking entry didn't fare well, the first truck out of the race after a crash in the early going.
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