NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Darlington

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NASCAR Truck Series at Darlington
Darlington Raceway 2024.svg
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue Darlington Raceway
Location Darlington, South Carolina, United States
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Turns4

Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held at Darlington Raceway, in Darlington, South Carolina during numerous seasons and times of year since 2001.

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Current race

Sober or Slammer 200
25 DAR Sober-or-Slammer-200 4C logo.png
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue Darlington Raceway
Location Darlington, South Carolina
Corporate sponsor South Carolina Department of Public Safety
First race2001 (2001)
Distance200.802 miles (323.159 km)
Laps147
Stages 1/2: 45 each
Final stage: 57
Previous namesDarlington 200 (2001, 2004)
Craftsman Anniversary 200 (2002)
Craftsman 200 (2003)
Too Tough To Tame 200 (2010–2011)
South Carolina Education Lottery 200 (2020)
LiftKits4Less.com 200 (2021)
Dead On Tools 200 (2022)
Buckle Up South Carolina 200 (2023–2024)
Most wins (driver) Bobby Hamilton
Kasey Kahne (2)
Most wins (team) Bobby Hamilton Racing
Ultra Motorsports
Kyle Busch Motorsports (2)
Most wins (manufacturer) Dodge
Toyota (4)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Turns4

The Sober or Slammer 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at Darlington Raceway. The distance of the race is approximately 201 miles (323 km), contested over 147 laps.

Layne Riggs is the defending winner of this race, having won it in 2025.

History

LiftKits4Less.com was the title sponsor of the spring race in 2021 LiftKits4Less.com 200 logo.png
LiftKits4Less.com was the title sponsor of the spring race in 2021
The logo of the race from 2023 to 2024 Buckle Up South Carolina 200 logo.png
The logo of the race from 2023 to 2024

First ran in 2001, it was taken off the schedule after the 2004 season. In 2009, they announced after a six-year hiatus, Darlington would return to the Truck Series in August 2010. At the end of the year, they moved the race from August to mid-March for 2011. The race had been held under the lights since 2004. On November 21, 2011, it was announced that the event would once again be removed from the schedule.

The race returned to the Truck Series schedule in 2020 on Labor Day weekend initially as a one-off replacement date for the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also became part of "throwback weekend" with the Cup and Xfinity Series, which already had races at Darlington that weekend. [1] It became a permanent date on the 2021 schedule and was pushed to the throwback weekend, now in May. The Truck Series race would continue to race with the Cup and Xfinity Series there as part of a new second race weekend for those two series there. [2]

The South Carolina Education Lottery sponsored the race in 2020. [3] When it was retained on the 2021 schedule, The 4Less Group took over as title sponsor with its LiftKits4Less.com brand. [4] The State of South Carolina took over naming rights for the temporary 2021 race and the South Carolina Education Lottery returned as the race's associate sponsor after being the title sponsor in 2020. The name of the race was the In It To Win It 200 (presented by the South Carolina Education Lottery) as the state government partnered with the track to give away prizes to those who received a COVID-19 vaccine at the track on the day of the race. [5] Dead On Tools became the title sponsor of the track's one race in 2022. [6]

For the races in 2023 and in 2024, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety sponsored the race called the Buckle Up South Carolina 200. [7]

For 2025, the race would move to the Southern 500 weekend, where it will be held while the Xfinity Series will be racing at Portland International Raceway that weekend. Both the Truck and Cup races will start their respective series' playoffs. On May 7, it was announced that the South Carolina Department of Public Safety would remain as the sponsor for the Sober or Slammer 200.

Past winners

YearDateDriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)
Ref
LapsMiles (km)
2001 May 12 Bobby Hamilton Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge 135*184.41 (296.779)1:44:55105.461 [8]
2002 March 15 Ted Musgrave Ultra Motorsports Dodge 147200.802 (323.159)1:50:32109 [9]
2003 March 14 Bobby Hamilton Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge 147200.802 (323.159)1:30:09133.645 [10]
2004 November 13 Kasey Kahne Ultra Motorsports Dodge 150*204.9 (329.754)1:57:10104.927 [11]
2005

2009
Not held
2010 August 14 Todd Bodine Germain Racing Toyota 147200.802 (323.159)1:52:04107.509 [12]
2011 March 12 Kasey Kahne Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 147200.802 (323.159)1:59:44100.625 [13]
2012

2019
Not held
2020 September 6 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 147200.802 (323.159)1:53:44109.536 [14]
2021 May 7 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 147200.802 (323.159)2:28:4081.041 [15]
2022 May 6 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 149*203.534 (327.555)2:13:1791.625 [16]
2023 May 12 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 158*213.096 (342.944)2:02:42105.539 [17]
2024 May 10 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 150*204.9 (329.754)2:00:33101.983 [18]
2025 August 30 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota 147200.802 (323.159)1:39:09121.514 [19]

Multiple winners (drivers)

# WinsDriverYears Won
2 Bobby Hamilton 2001, 2003
Kasey Kahne 2004, 2011

Multiple winners (teams)

# WinsTeamYears Won
2 Bobby Hamilton Racing 2001, 2003
Ultra Motorsports 2002, 2004
Kyle Busch Motorsports 2011, 2022

Manufacturer wins

# WinsMakeYears Won
4 Flag of Germany.svg Dodge 2001-2004
Flag of Japan.svg Toyota 2010, 2011, 2022, 2025
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet 2021, 2023, 2024
1 Flag of the United States.svg Ford 2020

Second race

In It To Win It 200
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue Darlington Raceway
Location Darlington, South Carolina
First race2021
Last race2021
Distance200 miles (320 km)
Laps147
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Turns4

The In It To Win It 200 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway.

History

A temporary race called the In It To Win It 200 was added for September 2021 when the pandemic forced the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park race to be called off again. [20]

Past winners

YearDateDriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)
Ref
LapsMiles (km)
2021 September 5 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 147200.802 (323.159)1:54:23105.331 [21]

References

  1. Williams, Heather (August 6, 2020). "NASCAR releases the 2020 playoff schedule, no changes for Bristol". WCYB-TV . Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. "Darlington Raceway to Host 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race on May 7, 2021". Darlington Raceway . November 19, 2020. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. "Darlington Raceway & South Carolina Education Lottery partner on NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series entitlement for South Carolina Education Lottery 200". Darlington Raceway (Press release). August 11, 2020. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. "LiftKits4Less.com to sponsor Truck Series race at Darlington Raceway May 7". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 22, 2021.
  5. "Darlington Raceway Partners with State of South Carolina for In It To Win It 200". Darlington Raceway . August 3, 2021. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  6. "Dead On Tools Title Sponsor of NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race at Darlington Raceway". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. February 1, 2022. Retrieved January 31, 2022.
  7. "Darlington Raceway's NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race, Ross Chastain to raise awareness for South Carolina Department of Public Safety". Jayski's Silly Season Site . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
  8. "2001 Darlington 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  9. "2002 Craftsman Anniversary 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  10. "2003 Craftsman 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  11. "2004 Darlington 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  12. "2010 Too Tough to Tame 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  13. "2011 Too Tough to Tame 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  14. "2020 South Carolina Education Lottery 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  15. "2021 Liftkits4Less.com 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  16. "2022 Dead on Tools 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  17. "2023 Buckle Up South Carolina 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
  18. "2024 Buckle Up South Carolina 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  19. "2025 Sober or Slammer 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  20. Utter, Jim (May 25, 2021). "NASCAR cancels Truck race at Mosport, adds Darlington". Motorsport.com . Motorsport Network. Archived from the original on July 23, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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