The Goody's 250 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race held at Martinsville Speedway, in Martinsville, Virginia. The race was only held once, on July 22, 2006, as a standalone event during the summer. It had been planned the race would be held at night, under a temporary lighting system to be installed at the track, instead it was held in the afternoon instead. The Goody's 250 replaced the ITT Industries & Goulds Pumps Salute to the Troops 250 on the Busch Series schedule. After a Busch Series Martinsville record high 19 cautions for 87 laps, the Goody's 250 was replaced in 2007 by the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course in Montreal, Quebec, Canada; second-division NASCAR racing would not return to the track until 2020. The race was the final start in NASCAR for Darrell Waltrip and Ricky Craven.

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The Goody's 250 was the 21st out of 35 scheduled stock car races of the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series. It was held on July 22, 2006 at Martinsville Speedway, in Martinsville, Virginia, a short track that holds NASCAR races. The standard track at Martinsville Speedway is a four-turn, oval. Its turns are banked at eleven degrees, and neither the front stretch (the location of the finish line) nor the back stretch is banked.

Before the race, Kevin Harvick led the Drivers' Championship with 3,092 points, with Carl Edwards in second and Clint Bowyer third. Denny Hamlin and J. J. Yeley were fourth and fifth, and Greg Biffle, Paul Menard, Kyle Busch, Johnny Sauter and Kenny Wallace rounded out the top ten. This was the first Busch Series race to be held at Martinsville since October 1994, and it had been planned the race would be held under night conditions with a temporary lighting system installed at the track, but it was held in the afternoon instead.

Two drivers chose to make a one-off return to NASCAR at the race. Three-time Winston Cup Series champion Darrell Waltrip drove the No. 99 Michael Waltrip Racing car by gaining his wife Stevie's permission after his younger brother Michael Waltrip asked if he wanted to race. Since his car was 16th in the Owner's Championship, Waltrip earned an automatic qualifying berth for the event. Despite winning eleven times at Martinsville in the Nextel Cup Series, the Goody's 250 marked Waltrip's first appearance at the track in the Busch Series. Waltrip said he was entering the race because of his belief he could be competitive: "I’m going to come in there, I’ve got the latest and greatest equipment and Michael’s bunch is excited, I’m pumped and I think we’ll have a lot of fun." 1992 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year and two-time Nextel Cup winner Ricky Craven returned to drive the No. 14 car owned by FitzBradshaw Racing. However, unlike Waltrip, Craven needed to qualify since both FitzBradshaw cars were not within the top-thirty placings in the Owners' Championship. Other drivers returning to compete in the Busch Series included Burney Lamar and Boris Said.

Entry list (R) denotes rookie driver #DriverTeamMake 00 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 0 Kertus Davis Davis Motorsports Chevrolet 01 Jay Sauter Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports Chevrolet 1 Mike Wallace Phoenix Racing Dodge 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 4 Auggie Vidovich Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge 5 Dennis Setzer Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 06 Todd Kluever (R) Roush Racing Ford 08 Jason White Ashton Gray Racing Dodge 9 Boris Said Evernham Motorsports Dodge 10 John Andretti (R) ppc Racing Ford 11 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 12 Carlos Contreras FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 14 Ricky Craven FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 20 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 21 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 22 Kenny Wallace ppc Racing Ford 23 Carl Long Keith Coleman Racing Chevrolet 25 Ashton Lewis Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 27 David Green Brewco Motorsports Ford 32 Chase Pistone Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 34 Mike Bliss Frank Cicci Racing Chevrolet 35 Regan Smith Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 36 Tim Sauter McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 38 Jason Leffler Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 41 Kevin Hamlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 47 Jon Wood Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 49 Shane Hall Jay Robinson Racing Ford 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. (R) Roush Racing Ford 56 Kevin Grubb Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 59 Stacy Compton Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 64 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 66 Greg Biffle Brewco Motorsports Ford 71 Ron Young RB1 Motorsports Chevrolet 72 Randy MacDonald MacDonald Motorsports Chevrolet 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet 77 Burney Lamar (R) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 78 Jerry Robertson Furniture Row Racing Chevrolet 84 David Gilliland Clay Andrews Racing Chevrolet 85 Eric McClure Premier Motorsports Chevrolet 88 Mark McFarland (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 89 Richard Landreth Long Brothers Racing Ford 90 Matt McCall Robert Yates Racing Ford 99 Darrell Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing DodgeEntry list

Practice and qualifying

Three practice sessions were held before the Saturday race: all three took place on Friday. The first session ran for 60 minutes, with a half hour practice session reserved for rookie drivers following shortly after. The final practice session lasted 60 minutes. A one-hour test session was scheduled beforehand and it saw Jason Leffler set the only lap time to go under the twenty seconds mark at 19.888 seconds, ahead of the No. 64 car shared by Steve Wallace and his father Rusty Wallace. Sauter was third, Mark McFarland placed fourth, and Menard rounded out the top five. Mike Bliss, Caleb Holman and Eric McClure crashed during the session and the damage to their cars necessitated their withdrawal from the race.

In the first practice session, Stacy Compton was the quickest driver in the field with a lap of 20.010 seconds, seven thousands of a second faster than anyone else on the track. His closest challenger was Steve Wallace in second, with Leffler third, and Brandon Miller fourth. McFarland was fifth-fastest, and Matt McCall came sixth. Kevin Hamlin, Randy LaJoie, David Green, and Dennis Setzer rounded out the session's top ten drivers. Sauter paced the final practice session with a time of 19.877 seconds; Leffler was 0.026 seconds in arrears in second and Casey Atwood came third. Menard was fourth-quickest, ahead of Green and Aric Almirola. McFarland was seventh-fastest, Lamar placed eighth, Ron Hornaday Jr. ninth and Jason Keller completed the top ten heading into qualifying.

Starting grid Grid Driver Team Manufacturer 1 2 Clint Bowyer Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 2 01 Jay Sauter Duesenberg & Leik Motorsports Chevrolet 3 20 Denny Hamlin** *** Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 4 88 Mark McFarland (R) JR Motorsports Chevrolet 5 00 Johnny Sauter Haas CNC Racing Chevrolet 6 21 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 7 66 Greg Biffle Brewco Motorsports Ford 8 5 Kyle Busch** *** Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 9 41 Reed Sorenson** *** Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge 10 18 J. J. Yeley Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 11 64 Steve Wallace Rusty Wallace Inc. Dodge 12 38 Jason Leffler Braun-Akins Motorsports Chevrolet 13 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 14 36 Tim Sauter McGill Motorsports Chevrolet 15 11 Paul Menard Dale Earnhardt Inc. Chevrolet 16 77 Burney Lamar (R) Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 17 10 John Andretti (R) ppc Racing Ford 18 4 Auggie Vidovich Biagi Brothers Racing Dodge 19 1 Mike Wallace Phoenix Racing Chevrolet 20 27 David Green Brewco Motorsports Ford 21 25 Ashton Lewis Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 22 78 Jerry Robertson Furniture Row Motorsports Chevrolet 23 22 Kenny Wallace ppc Racing Ford 24 56 Kevin Grubb Mac Hill Motorsports Chevrolet 25 90 Matt McCall Robert Yates Racing Ford 26 9 Boris Said Evernham Motorsports Dodge 27 84 David Gilliland Clay Andrews Racing Chevrolet 28 08 Jason White Ashton Gray Racing Dodge 29 33 Ron Hornaday Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 30 0 Kertus Davis Davis Motorsports Chevrolet 31 12 Carlos Contreras FitzBradshaw Motorsports Dodge 32 32 Chase Pistone Braun-Akins Racing Chevrolet 33 06 Todd Kluever (R) Roush Racing Ford 34 59 Stacy Compton Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 35 35 Regan Smith Team Rensi Motorsports Ford 36 47 Jon Wood Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford 37 49 Shane Hall Jay Robinson Racing Ford 38 50 Danny O'Quinn Jr. (R) Roush Racing Ford 39 72 Randy MacDonald MacDonald Motorsports Chevrolet 40 14 Ricky Craven FitzBradshaw Racing Dodge 41 99 Darrell Waltrip Michael Waltrip Racing Dodge 42 71 Ron Young RB1 Motorsports Chevrolet 43 23 Carl Long* Keith Coleman Racing ChevroletFailed to Qualify, driver changes, or withdrew 44 89 Richard Landreth Long Brothers Racing Ford DC 5 Dennis Setzer Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DC 20 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet DC 41 Kevin Hamlin Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge WD 34 Mike Bliss Frank Cicci Racing Chevrolet WD 75 Caleb Holman Henderson Motorsports Chevrolet WD 85 Eric McClure Premier Motorsports ChevroletStarting grid

* – Made the field via owners points.

** – There were 3 different driver changes by Raceday as there were drivers qualifying the cars for the Cup Series drivers. Dennis Setzer qualified for Kyle Busch, Aric Almirola qualified for Denny Hamlin, and Kevin Hamlin qualified for Reed Sorenson. This was during the peak of the Buschwhacker era where Cup Series drivers would drive in the Busch Series and would ask for other drivers to qualify their Busch Series car while they tried to qualify the Cup Series race which would be the Pennsylvania 500 at the Pocono Raceway.

*** – Had to start at the rear of the field due to driver change.

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