Martinsville Fans ready for races at the Speedway

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RIDGEWAY (WSLS 10) - Fans from as far as Canada are enjoying the races this weekend at the Martinsville Speedway.

They drove in campers to get the races but some drivers made a grand entrance.

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One fan, decked out his cadillac with camouflage gear.

"If you got a camouflage Cadillac you got to have bull horns, I mean if you ain't got the bull horns you just ain't got the Cadillac," Billy Bennett a fan said.

Like other fans at the races, some came as children and are bringing their children to share the memories.

"I enjoyed it man especially the truck race and martinsville itself, always been one of my top races," Keith France, a Nascar fan said.

One group, Raceway Ministries, is giving fans the ultimate experience this weekend.

"At every nascar track across the country there's a local group of volunteers that comes out and works with guest services," Elliott Yancey, the executive director of Raceway Ministries said.

Yancey said the group has been around about 30 years and about 75 volunteers in the Martinsville region offer services like giving rides on the golf cart, to giving out free food and water.

"We're very enthusiastic about it and we are grateful for the opportunity through the local speedways and those relationships," Yancey said.