Clean Harbors 150

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Clean Harbors 150
Clean Harbors 150 logo.webp
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Venue Knoxville Raceway
Location Knoxville, Iowa
Corporate sponsor Clean Harbors
First race2021
Last race2022
Distance75 miles (121 km)
Laps150 [1]
Stage 1: 40
Stage 2: 50
Final stage: 60
Previous namesCorn Belt 150 presented by Premier Chevy Dealers (2021)
Circuit information
SurfaceDirt
Length.5 mi (0.80 km)
Turns4

The Clean Harbors 150 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series racing event at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa. The inaugural running of the race was on July 9, 2021, the first NASCAR national touring event held at Knoxville Raceway, and was sponsored by Chevrolet. The second and final race was in June 2022 and was sponsored by Clean Harbors.

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History

The race logo in 2021 Corn Belt 150 logo.png
The race logo in 2021

In 2013, the Camping World Truck Series raced the Eldora Dirt Derby at Eldora Speedway in NASCAR's first national touring series dirt track race since 1970; [2] the event ran from 2013 to 2019, before being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then not renewed for 2021 as NASCAR shuffled its national touring series schedules. [3]

Clean Harbors 150

In November 2020, NASCAR revealed the 2021 Camping World Truck Series schedule, which featured two dirt-track events, one being the Pinty's Dirt Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in March, and the other at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa in July. [4] [5]

At the July event, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series anchored the weekend's races, accompanied by the Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Clash for the United States Auto Club's AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series and the POWRi W.A.R. Sprint Car Series. [6] The race, 150 laps on the half-mile dirt track, [7] was the first time an event sanctioned by one of NASCAR's national touring series – the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series – was held at Knoxville Raceway. [8] [9] On June 25, 2021, the association of Iowa Chevrolet dealerships (Premier Chevy Dealers) was announced as the presenting sponsor of the 150-lap race. [10]

In 2022, the race was moved from July (on the same weekend as the Cup and Xfinity Series races at Atlanta) to June (on the only off weekend of the year for the Cup Series and Xfinity Series off weekend). In April 2022, Clean Harbors was announced as the race's title sponsor. [11]

The race was removed from the schedule in 2023.

Past winners

Grandstands at Knoxville Raceway Knoxvilleraceway-frontgrandstands.jpg
Grandstands at Knoxville Raceway
YearDayDateNo.DriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)		Reference
LapsMiles (km)
2021 FridayJuly 916 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 179*89.5 (144.393)2:25:5536.802 [12]
2022 SaturdayJune 1817 Todd Gilliland David Gilliland Racing Ford 15075 (120.999)2:12:0734.061 [13]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR . January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. ↑ Billing, Greg (November 28, 2012). "Eldora to host first NASCAR dirt race since 1970". Dayton Daily News . Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. ↑ Orner, Ben (November 18, 2020). "Ohio's famed Eldora Speedway loses NASCAR race, gains event in owner's new series". WCMH-TV . Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. ↑ Estrada, Chris (December 15, 2020). "How Knoxville Raceway made the 2021 NASCAR Truck Series schedule". The Athletic . Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ Pryson, Mike (November 20, 2020). "NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Schedule for 2021 Includes 2 Dirt Short Tracks". Autoweek . Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  6. ↑ "NASCAR truck race coming to Knoxville Raceway". KCCI. November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  7. ↑ Birch, Tommy (November 19, 2020). "NACAR Truck Series coming to Knoxville Raceway in 2021". Des Moines Register. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Knoxville Raceway to Host NASCAR Truck Series in 2021". Dirt Track Digest. November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Knoxville Raceway Headlines Truck Series Calendar". Speed Sport . November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Premier Chevy Dealers partners with Knoxville Raceway to present inaugural NASCAR Truck Series event". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 25, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Truck Series Race at Knoxville Raceway Named Clean Harbors 150". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 29, 2022.
  12. ↑ "2021 Corn Belt 150 Presented by Premier Chevy Dealers". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  13. ↑ "2022 Clean Harbors 150". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
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