From the worlds fastest half-mile track at Bristol last week to a slower, but just as exciting, half-mile track at Martinsville this week. Running on the two shortest tracks on the NASCAR circuit back-to-back is one of the little quirks on the schedule.

My description of Martinsville being just as exciting as Bristol would have generated laughs among NASCAR fans several years ago, before Bristol was re-configured, but I think that is the case today.