From the fact that it's the lone track to have been on the sport's schedule every year since the sport's beginning to the Grandfather clock handed out to the winner, no racetrack better represents time in NASCAR than Martinsville Speedway.

Eight of NASCAR's biggest and brightest talents entered into the Round of 8 with dreams of grandeur. Only four advanced, with the final two having to wait until Sunday's race at Martinsville to punch their ticket.