Dale Earnhardt Jr. roamed around Martinsville Speedway as a child, soaking in the sights and the sounds and the smells while his dad collected six of the treasured grandfather clocks awarded to the winner. Earnhardt raced to his first Martinsville victory Sunday, a week after he was eliminated from the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. This is very personal and very special to me to be able to win here.'' It was 10 years ago this weekend that a Hendrick Motorsports plane on its way to the race crashed, killing all 10 on board. Lost on that day were team owner Rick Hendrick's son, brother, twin nieces, the team general manger, head engine builder, a key sponsor representative, two Hendrick pilots and a pilot for Tony Stewart. More...