Three drivers collected their first Winston Cup starts at Martinsville: Dale Jarrett (4/29/84 – started 24th and finished 14th), Mike Skinner (4/27/86 – started 27th and finished 22nd) and Stacy Compton (4/21/86 – started ninth and finished 33rd). And….Lee Petty holds the record for the driver that started the farthest back at Martinsville to win a race. He started 24th in the 1959 Virginia 500(Speed Magazine)(4-4-2000)
