Stock Car Races

Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts Wins 1958 NASCAR Virginia Sweepstakes

10/11/1958

Cars race around Martinsville Speedway during NASCAR's 1958 Virginia Sweepstakes. Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts wins the race and receives his trophy from Miss Virginia Barbara Guthrie.

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Anchor script text: In weekend sports news-----(start film)------a modest and unassuming driver has won the Virginia Sweepstakes race for stock cars------(show film)----at Martinsville Speedway. Glenn Fireball Roberts coaxed his 1957 Chevrolet across the finish line two laps ahead of his nearest competitor to cop the prize money of $2750. Another $150 won in an earlier race yesterday, brought Roberts' winnings for the year to almost 37-thousand dollars. Roberts came across the finish line with only three good tires...the fourth having blown on the last lap. The feature race of the day was the last major NASCAR event of the 1958 season. This was Robert's sixth major win of the year. Roberts---who won his nick name as a baseball pitcher at the University of Florida----took over the lead after Joe Weatherly of Norfolk hit a wall and blew a tire. Roberts' received his trophy from Barbara Guthrie, Miss Virginia. Second place went to Jack Smith of Atlanta, who was followed by Rex White of Silver Spring Maryland.

Ray Hendrick Wins the Cardinal 500 Modified Event

11/4/1968

Ray Hendrick wins first place in the Cardinal 500 Modified race at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va. Footage shows stock cars racing around the track and Hendrick accepting the trophy and being driven away.

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Anchor script text: SPORTS USE: 6:00 11/4/68 BW LEAD SECTION LIVE GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE....HERE'S OUR REPORT ON SPORTS. .................................. (HENDRICK WINS RACE) LIVE RAY HENDRICK, OF RICHMOND...IS, ABOUT...38-HUNDRED-DOLLARS, RICHER...TODAY---AS, A RESULT, OF... HIS VICTORY...IN, YESTERDAY'S... CARDINAL-500, MODIFIED--RACE...AT, MARTINSVILLE-SPEEDWAY. (X) COLOR-FILM SILENT RACE (1:00) BUGS STEVENS---IN, CAR, NUMBER-3---WAS ON, THE POLE---AT THE START... OF THE RACE---WHICH COVERED, 250-MILES---OVER, THIS...HALF-MILE TRACK. STEVENS, HAD THE LEAD---AT THE END, OF...90-LAPS. BUT---AT THAT POINT---HENDRICK--- (IN CAR NUMBER-11)---MOVED, INTO... (MORE - HENDRICK) CONTINUE FILM RACE FIRST-PLACE...AND, LED---THE REST, OF THE WAY. HIS AVERAGE-SPEED---FOR, THE 500-LAPS...WAS, 68,550 MILES-AN-HOUR. HENDRICK'S VICTORY...WAS, HIS, 6th...AT, MARTINSVILLE. STEVENS---(THE NATIONAL-MODIFIED CHAMPION)---WOUND-UP...IN, SECOND-PLACE. HENDRICK, IS...NOW...THE TOP... MODIFIED-WINNER...AT, MARTINSVILLE-SPEEDWAY. FRED DeSARRO, OF...WESTERLY, RHODE-ISLAND---DRIVING, CAR-NUMBER, DOUBLE-oh---FINISHED...IN, 4th-PLACE---BEHIND, RUNT HARRIS...OF, RICHMOND---IN, CAR-NUMBER 98--- WHO WAS, 3rd.

Jerry Cook and Ray Hendrick Compete in the Dogwood 500 NASCAR National Championship

3/31/1969

NASCAR drivers Jerry Cook, Ray Hendrick, and others compete in the Dogwood 500 Classic at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Va. Footage shows the modified cars driving around the speedway.

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Anchor script text: NASCAR 3/30/69 GH (ROLL & SHOW FILM) A ROME, NEW YORK DRIVER, JERRY COOK WON THE 28-THOUSAND, 325 DOLLAR DOGWOOD 500 NASCAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MODIFIED RACE TODAY IN MARTINSVILLE. COOK, DRIVING A MODIFIED 1937 CHEVROLET, FINISHED A QUARTER OF A LAP IN FRONT OF BOB SANTOS TO TAKE 3-THOUSAND, 284 DOLLARS IN A WILD RACE THAT WAS SLOWED FOR A TOTAL OF 102 LAPS BY 16 CAUTION FLAGS. SANTOS DROVE A MODIFIED 1938 CHEVVY. COOK AVERAGED 61.509 MILES-PER-HOUR FOR THE 250-MILE, 500-LAP RACE AROUND THE HALF-MILE MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY TRACT. KEN RUSH OF HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA CAME IN THIRD, AND HANK THOMAS OF WINSTON-SALEM FINISHED FOURTH. COOK TOOK THE LEAD BEFORE THE CROWD OF 13-THOUSAND ON THE 452 LAP AND STAYED AHEAD THE REST OF THE WAY.