NASCAR Xfinity Series at Atlanta

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NASCAR Xfinity Series at Atlanta
Atlanta Motor Speedway 2024.svg
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue Atlanta Motor Speedway
Location Hampton, Georgia, United States
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Turns4

Stock car racing events in the NASCAR Xfinity Series have been held at Atlanta Motor Speedway, in Hampton, Georgia during numerous seasons and times of year since 1992.

Contents

Spring race

Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250
EchoPark Speedway Bennett Transportation and Logistics 250 logo.png
First race1992
Distance251.02 miles (403.98 km)
Laps163
Stages 1/2: 40 each
Final stage: 83
Previous namesAtlanta 300 (1992)
Slick 50 300 (1993)
Busch Light 300 (1994–1996)
Stihl Outdoor Power Tools 300 (1997)
Stihl 300 (1998)
Yellow Freight 300 (1999)
Aaron's 312 (2000–2005)
Nicorette 300 (2006–2008)
Degree Men V12 300 (2009)
Great Clips 300 (2010–2011)
NRA American Warrior 300 (2012)
Great Clips / Grit Chips 300 (2013)
Great Clips 300 benefiting Feed the Children (2014)
Hisense 250 (2015)
Heads Up Georgia 250 (2016)
Rinnai 250 (2017–2019)
EchoPark 250 (2020–2021)
Nalley Cars 250 (2022)
Raptor King of Tough 250 (2023–2024)
Most wins (driver) Kevin Harvick (5)
Most wins (team) Roush Fenway Racing (7)
Most wins (manufacturer) Chevrolet (20)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Turns4

The Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Austin Hill is the defending race winner.

History

Jeff Gordon, Mike Skinner, Jamie McMurray, and Carl Edwards have gotten their first series wins in this race.

Following the transfer of the season ending Cup series race from Atlanta to Homestead–Miami Speedway after the 2001 season (although due to the September 11 attacks, the 2001 Atlanta fall race was the second-to-last race of the season when the race at New Hampshire was moved from September to November as the last race of the season), the then 312-mile race was moved to Atlanta's fall race weekend where it remained until Aaron's Rental, who was sponsoring the race, chose instead to sponsor the lone Busch event at Talladega. The race gained sponsorship from GlaxoSmithKline through its Nicorette brand [1] [2] and moved back to its traditional spring date.

In September 2008, NASCAR officials announced that Nicorette would not renew its corporate sponsorship for race after the 2008 season. On October 26, 2008 it was announced that Unilever's deodorant brand Degree will take over sponsorship of this race starting in 2009. It was later announced that the now-Degree V12 300 would be moving to September as part of the latest round of NASCAR realignment, which resulted in the Pep Boys Auto 500, the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega, and the Pepsi 500 at Fontana /Auto Club Speedway trading places. The Degree V12 300 took the place of the Camping World RV Service 300 on NASCAR's Labor Day weekend race schedule and serves as an accompanying race to the AdvoCare 500.

In 2015, the Xfinity race at Atlanta moved along with the Cup race (Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500) to the second weekend of the season and ran as a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon along with the Truck Series. The race was also reduced to 250 miles in order to make the race a doubleheader on the same day. [3]

EchoPark Automotive was the title sponsor of the race in 2020 and 2021. EchoPark 250 logo.jpeg
EchoPark Automotive was the title sponsor of the race in 2020 and 2021.
RAPTOR Coatings was the title sponsor of the race in 2023 and 2024. RAPTOR KING OF TOUGH 250 logo.jpeg
RAPTOR Coatings was the title sponsor of the race in 2023 and 2024.
The 2022 Nalley Cars 250 2022 Nalley Cars 250 from frontstretch.jpeg
The 2022 Nalley Cars 250

EchoPark Automotive became the title sponsor of the race in 2020, [4] replacing Rinnai. That year, the race had been moved from being in February and the second race of the season and the first race before the three-race west coast swing to March and as the fifth race of the season as the first race after the west coast swing. However, the race was moved again from March to June due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] In 2021, the race returned to March. In 2022, Nalley Automotive Group replaced EchoPark as the title sponsor and the new name of the race was the Nalley Cars 250. [6] In 2023, Raptor Coatings replaced Nalley as the title sponsor and the new name of the race was the Raptor King of Tough 250. [7] In 2025, Bennett Transportation & Logistics, the primary sponsor of defending Atlanta Xfinity Series race winner Austin Hill, would become the title sponsor of this race, replacing Raptor. [8]

Past winners

YearDateNo.DriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)
Ref
LapsMiles (km)
1992 March 141 Jeff Gordon Bill Davis Racing Ford 197299.834 (482.536)2:24:36124.412 [9]
1993 November 13*2 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 197299.834 (482.536)2:44:05109.64 [10]
1994 March 127 Harry Gant Whitaker Racing Chevrolet 197299.834 (482.536)2:20:56127.649 [11]
1995 March 1174 Johnny Benson Jr. BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 197299.834 (482.536)2:03:45145.767 [12]
1996 March 95 Terry Labonte Labonte Motorsports Chevrolet 197299.834 (482.536)2:08:15139.656 [13]
1997*March 860 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 197299.834 (482.536)1:58:55151.751 [14]
1998*November 760 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 195300.3 (483.286)2:10:23138.193 [15]
1999 March 1319 Mike Skinner Emerald Performance Group Chevrolet 195300.3 (483.286)2:33:46117.178# [16]
2000 March 11*60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 203312.62 (503.113)2:27:47126.924 [17]
2001 March 1087 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 203312.62 (503.113)2:10:18143.954 [18]
2002 October 2627 Jamie McMurray Brewco Motorsports Chevrolet 203312.62 (503.113)2:15:09138.788 [19]
2003 October 257 Greg Biffle Evans Motorsports Chevrolet 203312.62 (503.113)2:08:17146.217 [20]
2004 October 3017 Matt Kenseth Reiser Enterprises Ford 208*320.32 (515.505)2:24:08133.343 [21]
2005 March 1960 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 203312.62 (503.113)2:23:34130.651 [22]
2006 March 1821 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195300.3 (483.286)2:20:47127.984 [23]
2007 March 1729 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195300.3 (483.286)2:21:39127.201 [24]
2008 March 817 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 198*304.92 (490.721)2:19:21131.29 [25]
2009 September 533 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 195300.3 (483.286)2:04:04145.228 [26]
2010 September 488 Jamie McMurray JR Motorsports Chevrolet 195300.3 (483.286)2:04:44144.452 [27]
2011 September 360 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 195300.3 (483.286)2:15:40132.811 [28]
2012 September 16 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 195300.3 (483.286)2:32:51117.88 [29]
2013 August 3133 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195300.3 (483.286)2:08:01140.747 [30]
2014 August 305 Kevin Harvick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 195300.3 (483.286)2:08:37140.091 [31]
2015 February 2888 Kevin Harvick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 163251.02 (403.977)1:40:32149.813 [32]
2016 February 2718 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 163251.02 (403.977)1:49:53137.065 [33]
2017 March 418 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 163251.02 (403.977)1:57:16128.435 [34]
2018 February 2498 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing with
Biagi-DenBeste
Ford 163251.02 (403.977)1:56:09129.67 [35]
2019 February 2320 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota*163251.02 (403.977)1:48:00139.456 [36]
2020 June 6*16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 163251.02 (403.977)2:02:37122.832 [37]
2021 March 207 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 163251.02 (403.977)2:10:50115.117 [38]
2022 March 1954 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 172*264.88 (426.282)2:36:39101.454 [39]
2023 March 1821 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163251.02 (403.977)2:44:4991.382 [40]
2024 February 2421 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 169*260.26 (418)1:55:16135.474 [41]
2025 February 2221 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163251.02 (403.977)2:21:18106.59 [42]

Multiple winners (drivers)

# WinsDriverYears Won
5 Kevin Harvick 2009, 2013-2015, 2018
3 Mark Martin 1997, 1998, 2000
Austin Hill 2023-2025
2 Jamie McMurray 2002, 2010
Matt Kenseth 2004, 2008
Carl Edwards 2005, 2011
Jeff Burton 2006, 2007
Kyle Busch 2016, 2017

Multiple winners (teams)

# WinsTeamYears Won
7 Roush Fenway Racing 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012
6 Richard Childress Racing 2006, 2007, 2013, 2023-2025
4 JR Motorsports 2010, 2014, 2015, 2021
Joe Gibbs Racing 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022

Manufacturer wins

# WinsMakeYears Won
20 Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet 1993-1996, 1999, 2001-2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013-2015, 2020, 2021, 2023-2025
10 Flag of the United States.svg Ford 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2018
4 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022

Summer race

Focused Health 250
EchoPark Speedway Focused Health 250 logo.png
Corporate sponsor Focused Health
First race2021
Distance251.02 miles (403.98 km)
Laps163 [43]
Stages 1/2: 40 each
Final stage: 83
Previous namesCredit Karma Money 250 (2021)
Alsco Uniforms 250 (2022-2023)
Most wins (driver) Austin Hill (2)
Most wins (team) Joe Gibbs Racing
Richard Childress Racing (2)
Most wins (manufacturer) Chevrolet (3)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Turns4

The Focused Health 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia. Nick Sanchez is the defending race winner.

History

Credit Karma was the title sponsor of the race in its first year in 2021 Credit Karma Money 250 logo.png
Credit Karma was the title sponsor of the race in its first year in 2021

The track had previously always held one Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity Series race, but in 2021, when the NASCAR Cup Series got a second race at Atlanta for the first time since 2010, this Xfinity Series race was added to the schedule on the same weekend in July as the new Cup Series race. [44] Credit Karma held the naming rights to the race that year. [45] In 2022, Alsco replaced Credit Karma as the title sponsor. [46] When the start times for all of NASCAR's events were announced, the 2023 event would become a Saturday night event to coincide with the track's second Cup race returning to a nighttime event. [47] In 2024, with collaboration with Speedway Motorsports, Focused Health took over as the title sponsor in Atlanta and COTA. [48]

Past winners

YearDateNo.DriverTeamManufacturerRace distanceRace timeAverage speed
(mph)
Ref
LapsMiles (km)
2021 July 1054 Kyle Busch* Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 164*252.56 (406.72)2:18:59109.032 [49]
2022 July 921 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163251.02 (404.24)1:57:36128.071 [50]
2023 July 820 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 169*260.26 (419.119)2:24:33108.029 [51]
2024 September 721 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163251.02 (404.24)2:07:05118.514 [52]
2025 June 27–28*48 Nick Sanchez Big Machine Racing Chevrolet 163251.02 (404.24)2:36:1496.402 [53]
  • 2021 & 2023: Races extended due to an overtime.
  • 2025: After a long red flag delay for lightning strikes, the first two stages of the race were held on Friday, with the final stage ending on Saturday.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# WinsDriverYears Won
2 Austin Hill 2022, 2024

Multiple winners (teams)

# WinsTeamYears Won
2 Joe Gibbs Racing 2021, 2023
Richard Childress Racing 2022, 2024

Manufacturer wins

# WinsMakeYears Won
3 Flag of the United States.svg Chevrolet 2022, 2024, 2025
2 Flag of Japan.svg Toyota 2021, 2023

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