NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | |
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Venue | Martinsville Speedway |
Location | Ridgeway, Virginia, United States |
Corporate sponsor | Long John Silver's |
First race | 1995 |
Distance | 105.2 miles (169.3 km) [previously 131.5 miles (211.6 km)] |
Laps | 200 Stages 1/2: 50 each Final stage: 100 |
Previous names | Goody's 150 (1995) Hanes 250 (1996–1997) NAPA 250 (1998–2000) Advance Auto Parts 250 (2001–2003) Kroger 250 (2004–2015) Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (2016–2018) [1] TrüNorth Global 250 (2019) [2] Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 (2022) |
Most wins (driver) | Kevin Harvick Dennis Setzer (3) |
Most wins (team) | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Richard Childress Racing ThorSport Racing (3) |
Most wins (manufacturer) | Chevrolet (14) |
Circuit information | |
Surface | Asphalt Concrete (turns) |
Length | 0.526 mi (0.847 km) |
Turns | 4 |
The Long John Silver's 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at Martinsville Speedway in the spring.
In 2020, as part of schedule realignment, the fall race became the only Truck Series race at the track as NASCAR decided to give the track one Xfinity Series race instead. This schedule change was done in a swap with Richmond Raceway, which previously had two Xfinity Series races and zero Truck Series races and would now have one Xfinity Series race and one Truck Series race (which replaced the spring race at Martinsville).
In 2022, the fall Truck Series race at Martinsville was moved to the spring and there was no fall Truck Series race at the track for the first time since 2002.
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Joe Ruttman won the inaugural Truck Series spring race, at Martinsville in 1999. [3]
In the 2004 race, Brad Keselowski made his NASCAR national series debut.
Dennis Setzer's win in the 2008 race was the last Truck Series win for Dodge before they rebranded their Truck Series vehicles to Ram Trucks starting in 2009. It was also the last win for his team, Bobby Hamilton Racing, which closed down at the end of the season.
In the 2013 race, Chase Elliott made his NASCAR national series debut.
Kyle Busch won the last Truck Series spring race at Martinsville before the race was removed from the schedule in 2020.
When the Truck Series had a spring race at Martinsville again in 2022 as a result of the fall race being moved to the spring, the race length was 200 laps instead of 250 like the previous Truck Series spring races at Martinsville.
In 2023, Long John Silver's became the title sponsor of the race, replacing Blue-Emu. [4]
Year | Date | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race distance | Race time | Average speed (mph) | Ref | |
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Laps | Miles (km) | |||||||||
1995 | Sep 25 | 84 | Joe Ruttman | Irvan-Simo Racing | Ford | 150 | 78.9 (126.977) | 1:12:18 | 65.072 | [5] |
1996 | Sep 21 | 3 | Mike Skinner | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 255* | 134.13 (215.861) | 2:04:55 | 64.434 | [6] |
1997 | Sep 27 | 17 | Rich Bickle | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Chevrolet (2) | 256* | 134.656 (216.707) | 1:47:18 | 75.296 | [7] |
1998 | Sep 26 | 3 | Jay Sauter | Richard Childress Racing (2) | Chevrolet (3) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 1:49:21 | 72.154 | [8] |
1999 | April 17 | 43 | Jimmy Hensley | Petty Enterprises | Dodge | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 1:46:13 | 74.282 | [9] |
2000 | April 10 | 4 | Bobby Hamilton | Bobby Hamilton Racing | Dodge (2) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 1:49:50 | 71.836 | [10] |
2001 | April 7 | 2 | Scott Riggs | Ultra Motorsports | Dodge (3) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 1:51:23 | 70.836 | [11] |
2002 | April 13 | 46 | Dennis Setzer | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports | Chevrolet (4) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 2:02:05 | 64.628 | [12] |
2003 | April 12 | 46 | Dennis Setzer (2) | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (2) | Chevrolet (5) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 1:57:54 | 66.921 | [13] |
2004 | April 17 | 14 | Rick Crawford | Circle Bar Racing | Ford (2) | 254* | 133.604 (215.014) | 2:10:22 | 61.49 | [14] |
2005 | April 9 | 47 | Bobby Labonte | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (3) | Chevrolet (6) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 1:58:24 | 66.639 | [15] |
2006 | April 1 | 11 | David Starr | Red Horse Racing | Toyota | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 2:13:14 | 59.219 | [16] |
2007 | March 31 | 5 | Mike Skinner | Bill Davis Racing | Toyota (2) | 253* | 133.078 (214.168) | 2:09:18 | 61.753 | [17] |
2008 | March 29 | 18 | Dennis Setzer (3) | Bobby Hamilton Racing (2) | Dodge (4) | 253* | 133.078 (214.168) | 2:10:14 | 61.311 | [18] |
2009 | March 30* | 2 | Kevin Harvick | Kevin Harvick Inc. | Chevrolet (7) | 251* | 132.026 (212.475) | 2:10:09 | 60.865 | [19] |
2010 | March 27 | 2 | Kevin Harvick (2) | Kevin Harvick Inc. (2) | Chevrolet (8) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 2:05:39 | 62.793 | [20] |
2011 | April 2 | 13 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing | Chevrolet (9) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 2:01:50 | 64.761 | [21] |
2012 | March 31 | 2 | Kevin Harvick (3) | Richard Childress Racing (3) | Chevrolet (10) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 1:51:31 | 70.752 | [22] |
2013 | April 6 | 98 | Johnny Sauter (2) | ThorSport Racing (2) | Toyota (3) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 2:06:03 | 62.595 | [23] |
2014 | March 30* | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing (3) | Toyota (4) | 256* | 134.656 (216.707) | 1:57:32 | 68.741 | [24] |
2015 | March 28 | 29 | Joey Logano | Brad Keselowski Racing | Ford (3) | 258* | 135.708 (218.4) | 1:59:22 | 68.214 | [25] |
2016 | April 2 | 18 | Kyle Busch | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota (5) | 255* | 134.13 (215.861) | 2:10:12 | 61.811 | [26] |
2017 | April 1 | 23 | Chase Elliott | GMS Racing | Chevrolet (11) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 2:01:38 | 64.867 | [27] |
2018 | March 24/26* | 8 | John Hunter Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet (12) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 2:02:05 | 64.628 | [28] |
2019 | March 23 | 51 | Kyle Busch (2) | Kyle Busch Motorsports (2) | Toyota (6) | 250 | 131.5 (211.628) | 1:52:26 | 70.175 | [29] |
2020 – 2021 | Not held | |||||||||
2022 | April 7 | 7 | William Byron | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet (13) | 200 | 105.2 (169.303) | 1:47:36 | 58.662 | [30] |
2023 | April 14 | 11 | Corey Heim | Tricon Garage | Toyota (7) | 124* | 65.224 (104.967) | 1:23:32 | 46.849 | [31] |
2024 | April 5 | 19 | Christian Eckes | McAnally-Hilgemann Racing | Chevrolet (14) | 200 | 105.2 (169.303) | 1:52:54 | 55.908 | [32] |
# Wins | Driver | Years won |
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3 | Dennis Setzer | 2002, 2003, 2008 |
Kevin Harvick | 2009, 2010, 2012 | |
2 | Mike Skinner | 1996, 2007 |
Johnny Sauter | 2011, 2013 | |
Kyle Busch | 2016, 2019 |
# Wins | Team | Years won |
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3 | Richard Childress Racing | 1996, 1998, 2012 |
Morgan-Dollar Motorsports | 2002, 2003, 2005 | |
ThorSport Racing | 2011, 2013, 2014 | |
2 | Bobby Hamilton Racing | 2000, 2008 |
Kevin Harvick Inc. | 2009, 2010 | |
Kyle Busch Motorsports | 2016, 2019 |
# Wins | Make | Years won |
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14 | Chevrolet | 1996-1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009-2012, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024 |
7 | Toyota | 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023 |
4 | Dodge | 1999-2001, 2008 |
3 | Ford | 1995, 2004, 2015 |
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