NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Darlington Raceway

NASCAR Truck Series at Darlington

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue	Darlington Raceway
Location	Darlington, South Carolina, United States
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Turns	4

Pickup truck 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.

Current race

"Darlington 200" redirects here. For the Busch Series race in 1984, see BI-LO 200.

Sober or Slammer 200

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue	Darlington Raceway
Location	Darlington, South Carolina
Corporate sponsor	South Carolina Department of Public Safety
First race	2001 (2001)
Distance	200.802 miles (323.159 km)
Laps	147 Stages 1/2: 45 each Final stage: 57
Previous names	Darlington 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 I) In It To Win It 200 (2021 II) 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
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.366 mi (2.198 km)
Turns	4

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.

Corey Heim is the defending winner of this race, having won it in 2025.

History

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.

In 2026, the race was moved back to the spring as a support race of the Cup Series' Goodyear 400 and O'Reilly Series Sports Clips Haircuts VFW 300. ^[8]

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Report	Ref
					Laps	Miles (km)
2001	May 12	Bobby Hamilton	Bobby Hamilton Racing	Dodge	135*	184.41 (296.779)	1:44:55	105.461	Report	[9]
2002	March 15	Ted Musgrave	Ultra Motorsports	Dodge	147	200.802 (323.159)	1:50:32	109	Report	[10]
2003	March 14	Bobby Hamilton	Bobby Hamilton Racing	Dodge	147	200.802 (323.159)	1:30:09	133.645	Report	[11]
2004	November 13	Kasey Kahne	Ultra Motorsports	Dodge	150*	204.9 (329.754)	1:57:10	104.927	Report	[12]
2005 – 2009	Not held
2010	August 14	Todd Bodine	Germain Racing	Toyota	147	200.802 (323.159)	1:52:04	107.509	Report	[13]
2011	March 12	Kasey Kahne	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	147	200.802 (323.159)	1:59:44	100.625	Report	[14]
2012 – 2019	Not held
2020	September 6	Ben Rhodes	ThorSport Racing	Ford	147	200.802 (323.159)	1:53:44	109.536	Report	[15]
2021	May 7	Sheldon Creed	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	147	200.802 (323.159)	2:28:40	81.041	Report	[16]
	September 5*	Sheldon Creed	GMS Racing	Chevrolet	147	200.802 (323.159)	1:54:23	105.331	Report	[17]
2022	May 6	John Hunter Nemechek	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	149*	203.534 (327.555)	2:13:17	91.625	Report	[18]
2023	May 12	Christian Eckes	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet	158*	213.096 (342.944)	2:02:42	105.539	Report	[19]
2024	May 10	Ross Chastain	Niece Motorsports	Chevrolet	150*	204.9 (329.754)	2:00:33	101.983	Report	[20]
2025	August 30	Corey Heim	Tricon Garage	Toyota	147	200.802 (323.159)	1:39:09	121.514	Report	[21]
2025	March 20								Report

• 2001: Race shortened due to rain.
• 2004, 2022, 2023 & 2024: Races extended due to a green–white–checkered finish.
• 2021 II: Replaced the race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years won
2	Bobby Hamilton	2001, 2003
	Kasey Kahne	2004, 2011
	Sheldon Creed	2021 I, 2021 II

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years won
2	Bobby Hamilton Racing	2001, 2003
	Ultra Motorsports	2002, 2004
	Kyle Busch Motorsports	2011, 2022
	GMS Racing	2021 I, 2021 II

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years won
4	Dodge	2001-2004
	Toyota	2010, 2011, 2022, 2025
	Chevrolet	2021 I, 2021 II, 2023, 2024
1	Ford	2020

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. "NASCAR releases 2026 schedule, adding Chicagoland and shifting All-Star to Dover". NASCAR . August 20, 2025. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
9. "2001 Darlington 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
10. "2002 Craftsman Anniversary 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
11. "2003 Craftsman 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
12. "2004 Darlington 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
13. "2010 Too Tough to Tame 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
14. "2011 Too Tough to Tame 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
15. "2020 South Carolina Education Lottery 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
16. "2021 Liftkits4Less.com 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
17. "2021 In It To Win It 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
18. "2022 Dead on Tools 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
19. "2023 Buckle Up South Carolina 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
20. "2024 Buckle Up South Carolina 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
21. "2025 Sober or Slammer 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved August 30, 2025.

External links

• Darlington Raceway race results at Racing-Reference

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