Long John Silver's 200

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Long John Silver's 200
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue Martinsville Speedway
Location Ridgeway, Virginia, United States
Corporate sponsor Long John Silver's
First race1995
Distance105.2 miles (169.3 km) [previously 131.5 miles (211.6 km)]
Laps200
Stages 1/2: 50 each
Final stage: 100
Previous namesGoody'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
SurfaceAsphalt
Concrete (turns)
Length0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Turns4

The Long John Silver's 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at Martinsville Speedway in the spring.

Contents

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.

History

TruNorth Global was the title sponsor of the race in 2019 TruNorth Global 250 logo.png
TrüNorth Global was the title sponsor of the race in 2019
The 2019 Truck Series spring race at Martinsville 2019 TruNorth Global 250 from frontstretch.jpeg
The 2019 Truck Series spring race at Martinsville
Blue-Emu was the title sponsor of the race in 2022 Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 logo.webp
Blue-Emu was the title sponsor of the race in 2022

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]

Past winners

YearDateNo.DriverTeamManufacturerRace distanceRace timeAverage speed
(mph)
Ref
LapsMiles (km)
1995 Sep 2584 Joe Ruttman Irvan-Simo Racing Ford 15078.9 (126.977)1:12:1865.072 [5]
1996 Sep 213 Mike Skinner Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 255*134.13 (215.861)2:04:5564.434 [6]
1997 Sep 2717 Rich Bickle Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet (2)256*134.656 (216.707)1:47:1875.296 [7]
1998 Sep 263 Jay Sauter Richard Childress Racing (2) Chevrolet (3)250131.5 (211.628)1:49:2172.154 [8]
1999 April 1743 Jimmy Hensley Petty Enterprises Dodge 250131.5 (211.628)1:46:1374.282 [9]
2000 April 104 Bobby Hamilton Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge (2)250131.5 (211.628)1:49:5071.836 [10]
2001 April 72 Scott Riggs Ultra Motorsports Dodge (3)250131.5 (211.628)1:51:2370.836 [11]
2002 April 1346 Dennis Setzer Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Chevrolet (4)250131.5 (211.628)2:02:0564.628 [12]
2003 April 1246 Dennis Setzer (2) Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (2) Chevrolet (5)250131.5 (211.628)1:57:5466.921 [13]
2004 April 1714 Rick Crawford Circle Bar Racing Ford (2)254*133.604 (215.014)2:10:2261.49 [14]
2005 April 947 Bobby Labonte Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (3) Chevrolet (6)250131.5 (211.628)1:58:2466.639 [15]
2006 April 111 David Starr Red Horse Racing Toyota 250131.5 (211.628)2:13:1459.219 [16]
2007 March 315 Mike Skinner Bill Davis Racing Toyota (2)253*133.078 (214.168)2:09:1861.753 [17]
2008 March 2918 Dennis Setzer (3) Bobby Hamilton Racing (2) Dodge (4)253*133.078 (214.168)2:10:1461.311 [18]
2009 March 30*2 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet (7)251*132.026 (212.475)2:10:0960.865 [19]
2010 March 272 Kevin Harvick (2) Kevin Harvick Inc. (2) Chevrolet (8)250131.5 (211.628)2:05:3962.793 [20]
2011 April 213 Johnny Sauter ThorSport Racing Chevrolet (9)250131.5 (211.628)2:01:5064.761 [21]
2012 March 312 Kevin Harvick (3) Richard Childress Racing (3) Chevrolet (10)250131.5 (211.628)1:51:3170.752 [22]
2013 April 698 Johnny Sauter (2) ThorSport Racing (2) Toyota (3)250131.5 (211.628)2:06:0362.595 [23]
2014 March 30*88 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing (3) Toyota (4)256*134.656 (216.707)1:57:3268.741 [24]
2015 March 2829 Joey Logano Brad Keselowski Racing Ford (3)258*135.708 (218.4)1:59:2268.214 [25]
2016 April 218 Kyle Busch Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota (5)255*134.13 (215.861)2:10:1261.811 [26]
2017 April 123 Chase Elliott GMS Racing Chevrolet (11)250131.5 (211.628)2:01:3864.867 [27]
2018 March 24/26*8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet (12)250131.5 (211.628)2:02:0564.628 [28]
2019 March 2351 Kyle Busch (2) Kyle Busch Motorsports (2) Toyota (6)250131.5 (211.628)1:52:2670.175 [29]
2020

2021
Not held
2022 April 77 William Byron Spire Motorsports Chevrolet (13)200105.2 (169.303)1:47:3658.662 [30]
2023 April 1411 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota (7)124*65.224 (104.967)1:23:3246.849 [31]
2024 April 519 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet (14)200105.2 (169.303)1:52:5455.908 [32]

Multiple winners (drivers)

# WinsDriverYears won
3 Dennis Setzer 2002, 2003, 2008
Kevin Harvick 2009, 2010, 2012
2 Mike Skinner 1996, 2007
Johnny Sauter 2011, 2013
Kyle Busch 2016, 2019

Multiple winners (teams)

# WinsTeamYears won
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

Manufacturer wins

# WinsMakeYears won
14 Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet 1996-1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009-2012, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
7 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota 2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023
4 Flag of the United States.svg Dodge 1999-2001, 2008
3 Flag of the United States.svg Ford 1995, 2004, 2015

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