As the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series returns to Martinsville for the STP 500, we revisit memorable photos from the track's rich history.

1949: Red Byron campaigned the 1949 Raymond Parks Oldsmobile to the top at the track's opening 100-miler at for Strictly Stock cars.

1960: Richard Petty is still the youngest winner at Martinsville Speedway. In 1960, when he was 22 years, 9 months, 8 days old, Petty piloted the No. 43 Plymouth to Victory Lane.

1964: Fred Lorenzen had an incredible season on the NASCAR Cup circuit. His Holman-Moody team entered him in 16 Cup events, and he won half of them, including five starts in a row. He won both Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series races held at Bristol Motor Speedway and Martinsville Speedway. Plus, he was the first recipient of the famous grandfather clock trophy.

1979: Richard Petty (No. 43) also owns the record for most victories at Martinsville with 15. The final one came in 1979, and here he hugs the car of Buddy Baker down the Martinsville straightaway. Baker was runner-up to Petty this day, four seconds behind the winner in his No. 28 Chevrolet.

1987: Darrell Waltrip ranks second in total wins at Martinsville, with 11. Here he celebrates taking the checkered flag in the Goody's 500 on Sept. 27, 1987. Waltrip would win three of the next four races at Martinsville, as well.

1991: Harry Gant (No. 33) leads Mark Martin (No. 6) on his way to winning the Goody's 500 at Martinsville Speedway. The win was Gant's fourth in a row during the latter half of the 1991 season, earning him the nickname 'Mr. September.' This win also earned Gant the record for oldest winner at Martinsville at 51 years, 8 months, 12 days.

2006: We're pretty sure grandfather clocks don't like champagne, but Jimmie Johnson has nine of them. Among them are one from this Subway 500 fall race in 2006, and most recently, one from fall of 2016.

2015: Even after 70 years, history is still being written at Martinsville. Rising young star Chase Elliott got his first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series start at 'The Paperclip' in 2015. The No. 25 NAPA Auto Parts Chevrolet got roughed up in the notorious bumping and banging at the short track and Elliott finished 38th.

2018: Clint Bowyer finally ended the longest winless drought of his career -- 190 races -- by picking up his first Martinsville Grandfather Clock in the spring race. The exuberant afternoon was capped with Bowyer running to celebrate his family in one of the most notable NASCAR photos of all time.

2018: Joey Logano and Martin Truex Jr. battled to the end in this one, with the Team Penske driver putting the bumper to Truex's Toyota on the final lap to move him out of the way and take the checkered. The scene of seeing the pair slide across the finish line with Denny Hamlin nearly sneaking by will be etched in our memories for years to come.