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Sunday, October 22. 2006 NEWS JOURNAL SPORTS 7D NASCAR Nextel Cup A frank discussion on Martinsville Martinsville Speedway, site of the Subway 500, is renowned "I was 9 years old. They had those hot dogs then," tor its red hot dogs. Fans just gobble 'em up. Eddie Wood, Wood said.

They've always tasted the same. Early co-owner of Wood Brothers Racing, has been a big fan in the morning you'd get a slaw dog. Then later on since the early 1 960s. you'd get one with mustard, onions, chili." Grandstands 65,000 seats Turn "ov 4 Turn Track Stats 3 Track length 0.526 mile lll8f niiiniii-inf Seeing red The Jesse Jones Co. was founded in 1926 and has been supplying hot dogs to the track since the first race in 1947.

The frankfurter is a Southern-style, thin hot dog, made of beef, pork and chicken and, despite the red color, not spicy hot. If fans order a Martinsville hot dog all the way, they'll get the basic wiener with the requisite embellishments mustard, chili, onions and slaw wrapped in wax paper. And the price is especially palatable: two hot dogs and a drink costs $6. vjS Race length 500 laps, 263 miles 3 First NASCAR race July 4, 1948 jf Banking in jT' corners: Turn 0 banking ta''lj 150 Ohio 3' 7-vv- Turn Paul Nunamaker moved to Alaska from Fredericktown. (Submitted photo) Great Outdoors Former area resident calls Alaska home Martinsville 1 Richmond i Supply and demand NASCAR in Brief Jon Wood carrying family tradition on his shoulders Few of NASCARs hot young drivers have a racing pedigree to equal that of Jon Wood.

Wood, who will turn 25 next Wednesday, is the grandson of Glen Wood, founder of the Wood Brothers race team, one of the pioneer teams in NASCAR. Jon's father, Eddie, is now co-owner of the team that, under his lather and uncle Leonard Wood, also is credited with turning pit stops from a relatively leisurely endeavor into the current 1 5-second art form. But the Wood Brothers haven't had much success in recent years. The only victory in the past 12 seasons came in 2001 with Elliott Sadler behind the wheel. The team plans to field its traditional No.

21 entry in Nextel Cup, as well as two Busch Series cars and two entnes in the Craftsman Truck Series, in 2007. More important, Jon Wood will share the No. 21 Ford with the current driver, veteran Kenny Schrader.The idea is for Wood, currently racing full-time in the Busch Series, to serve an apprenticeship in Cup that eventually will lead to a second team entry in that series. That's a big load on the shoulders of a youngster who has two NASCAR wins, both in the truck series in 2003. "First and foremost, it's like the time has finally arrived and I've been given the opportunity that has been, I guess, a mere fantasy for many, many years," Jon Wood said.

'Circumstances will allow me to drive my family's Cup car in selected races. It is a pretty big deal when you think about it." The Associated Press eat 15 to 20 a week vmKXi, Hi end and not think twice about it. I love them." Eddie Wood Martinsville sold 48,000 hot dogs during the last race weekend (March 31 to April 2). At a Glance I What: Subway 500 I When: 12:30 p.m., today, NBC (race starts at 1 p.m.) I Weather forecast: Partly cloudy: high, 67; low, 43 1 2005 winner: Jeff Gordon I Posted awards: $4.8 million I Quick hit: Gordon leads active drivers at Martinsville in wins (seven), poles (five) and top-fives (14) and has no DNF (did not finish) in 27 starts at the paper-clip shaped track. I How drivers In top 1 0 have fared at Martinsville: Starts Poles Wins An outdoorsman in paradise is a good way to describe former Frederick-town resident Paul Nunamaker.

Paul is a pharmacist living in Soluoma, a town of 6,000 on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. He and his wife. Rachel, 2,041 (27 races) Jeff Burton 24 MattKenseth 13 Lap leaders at Martinsville (active drivers) fj- Jeff Gordon Tony Stewart Jeff Burton Kevin Harvick 10 Mark Martin 41 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 13 Denny Hamlin 2 Jimmie Johnson 9 (also a pharmacist) moved first from Fredericktown to Oregon, then looking for even wilder country made the move to Soluotna five years ago. His life has been a near non-stop adventure ever since.

F'or the fell L-k, "There aren't too many places you go where every single person says, 'You have to go get one of these'." David Gilliland, driver of the No. 38 Robert Yates Racing Ford iBft 574 (24) Terry Labonte 508 53 Sterling Martin 503 (40) Dale Earnhardt Jr. Hfiiftm, 451 (13) DICK MARTIN NEWS JOURNAL Kasey Kahne Kyle Busch Jeff Gordon 5 3 27 past three Sources: Martinsville Speedway; Joe Poling, Poling Enterprises Reporting by Nate Ryan and A.J. Perez, graphic by Robert AhrensUSA TODAY be the first to own it 1 1 A nrinn available NOW from Alltel Wireless h'ii one M-f 'ji I Camera with flash Bluetooth'" wireless technology integrated music player touch sensor controls instantly control your music expandable memory Bluetooth wireless technology 1.3 megapixel camera Xr if 99 $49 with 2-yr. service agreement after $30 mail-in rebates.

See below for details. Samsunq '(, Kf yj.i-! Camera with flash years, Paul has made an annual hunt with three friends to territory north of Kotzebue, flying in via float plane and staying in eight-man tents equipped with bunk beds, a table, chairs and cooking gear with a Zodiac and 20 hp motor to get up and down a river there. His first year's hunt was typical. "We hunted near the river," he said, "and spent our time looking for caribou, moose and grizzly bear, all of which are legal in September. I got three nice caribou that first year and three more the next, two of them wallhangers." His first big bull didn't come easy.

Paul was hunting with a partner and headed up the river for two or three miles looking for action. A small herd of cows and calves passed first, then far across the tundra they saw a nice bull. He was moving and they hurried across muskeg with backpacks and rifles, then stopped to glass the area again. This time the pair spotted two fine bulls and four cows in a little stand of low trees. They had to belly crawl to keep out of sight, finally reaching a small knoll.

Then Paul chose one of the bulls, his partner the other and he made a rib cage shot with his .338 Winchester magnum to drop the animal. It's being mounted now. This year he made a heart-thumping find on his annual hunt. "I wasn't much interested in caribou this time," he said. "What 1 really wanted was a grizzly bear and I found one." He was two miles north of camp, walking along a gravel bar near the river, looked off to his right and said "Hey Dennis, there's a bear." It was on a hillside, just moving along slowly and Paul first looked for cubs since he wouldn't shoot a sow with young.

There were no cubs. This time he was using heavy artillery suitable for any bear, a .375 Remington with his own hand-loads, but even then it took two good hits before going down. "It was a nice bear, not huge, but nice. I got it at about 100 yards." Paul did his hunting in some beautiful country with temperatures of 50 to 60 during the day and in he 30s at night. Since he hunted in September, black flies and mosquitoes weren't much of a problem.

That's an enviable trip for anyone. There's good fishing in Alaska, too, and this avid outdoorsman does his share. This year he fished the Russian River. His young son Jacob took a nice 15-pound salmon. The fish were there literally by the hundreds, swimming in water little more than knee deep.

Paul fishes for coho and king salmon. His largest so far is a caught in the Kenai River. The fish and caribou are stored for winter food each year. He likes to smoke his own salmon using a cherry-alder mix. Does this all sound great? "I've got to admit that the winters are long when you get only a few hours of daylight a day," Paul said.

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