NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Martinsville (fall race)

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United Rentals 200
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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue Martinsville Speedway
Location Ridgeway, Virginia, United States
First race2003
Distance105.2 miles (169.3 km)
Laps200
Stages 1/2: 50 each
Final stage: 100
Previous namesAdvance Auto Parts 200 (2003)
Kroger 200 (2004–2015)
Texas Roadhouse 200 presented by Alpha Energy Solutions (2016–2018)
NASCAR Hall of Fame 200 (2019–2020)
United Rentals 200 (2021)
Most wins (driver) Denny Hamlin
Bubba Wallace
Johnny Sauter (2)
Most wins (team) Kyle Busch Motorsports (6)
Most wins (manufacturer) Toyota (11)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Concrete (turns)
Length0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Turns4

The United Rentals 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that took place in the fall at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia. The race was first run in 2003 and was the first fall Truck Series race at Martinsville since the Kroger 250 moved from the fall to the spring in 1999.

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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

Although winners of the NASCAR Cup Series races at Martinsville were given grandfather clocks in substitution of a race trophy, only the winners of the spring Truck Series race would also get a grandfather clock. That would change in 2010 as the winners of both Truck Series races at Martinsville got a grandfather clock. [1]

In the 2013 race, Bubba Wallace became the first African American to win in a Truck Series race in series history and the first African American driver since 1963 to win a race in any of NASCAR's three national series. [2] He won back-to-back races at Martinsville when he drove his Kyle Busch Motorsports truck to the win in the 2014 fall Martinsville race. That year, his truck number was changed from No. 54 to No. 34 for this one race as a tribute to fellow African American driver Wendell Scott being inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame a few months later.

The 2020 race was held at night and became the Truck Series' only annual visit to Martinsville. [3] [4] That year and in 2019, the NASCAR Hall of Fame was the title sponsor. [5] United Rentals became the title sponsor of the fall Truck Series race at Martinsville in 2021, [6] which was the last year the Truck Series held a race in the fall at the track.

Past winners

YearDateNo.DriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)		Ref
LapsMiles (km)
2003 October 1850 Jon Wood Roush Racing Ford 200105.2 (169.302)1:27:3572.069 [7]
2004 October 232 Jamie McMurray Ultra Motorsports Dodge 200105.2 (169.302)1:43:4760.819 [8]
2005 October 2299 Ricky Craven Roush Racing Ford 200105.2 (169.302)1:38:0764.332 [9]
2006 October 2160 Jack Sprague Wyler Racing Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:44:5460.172 [10]
2007 October 205 Mike Skinner Bill Davis Racing Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:45:5859.566 [11]
2008 October 1823 Johnny Benson Jr. Bill Davis Racing Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:32:3268.213 [12]
2009 October 241 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:31:0469.312 [13]
2010 October 2333 Ron Hornaday Jr. Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 206*108.356 (174.382)1:42:3763.356 [14]
2011 October 2918 Denny Hamlin Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:35:4965.876 [15]
2012 October 2751 Denny Hamlin Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:30:4269.579 [16]
2013 October 2654 Bubba Wallace Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:34:4766.594 [17]
2014 October 2534 Bubba Wallace Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:44:2060.498 [18]
2015 October 3188 Matt Crafton ThorSport Racing Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:44:0860.615 [19]
2016 October 2921 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 200105.2 (169.302)1:25:2973.839 [20]
2017 October 2818 Noah Gragson Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 200105.2 (169.302)1:32:5567.932 [21]
2018 October 2721 Johnny Sauter GMS Racing Chevrolet 200105.2 (169.302)1:31:0569.299 [22]
2019 October 264 Todd Gilliland Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 201*105.726 (170.148)1:50:0257.651 [23]
2020 October 3098 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 200105.2 (169.302)2:00:2752.403 [24]
2021 October 2921 Zane Smith GMS Racing Chevrolet 204*107.304 (172.788)1:54:0956.402 [25]
2024 November 1

Multiple winners (drivers)

# WinsDriverYears Won
2 Denny Hamlin 2011, 2012
Bubba Wallace 2013, 2014
Johnny Sauter 2016, 2018

Multiple winners (teams)

# WinsTeamYears Won
6 Kyle Busch Motorsports 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019
3 GMS Racing 2016, 2018, 2021
2 Roush Racing 2003, 2005
Bill Davis Racing 2007, 2008
ThorSport Racing 2015, 2020

Manufacturer wins

# WinsMakeYears Won
11 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
4 Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet 2010, 2016, 2018, 2021
3 Flag of the United States.svg Ford 2003, 2005, 2020
1 Flag of the United States.svg Dodge 2004

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