NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series | |
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Venue | Texas Motor Speedway |
Location | Fort Worth, Texas, United States |
Corporate sponsor | Speedy Cash [1] |
First race | 1997 |
Distance | 250.5 miles (403.1 km) |
Laps | 167 |
Previous names | Pronto Auto Parts 400K (1997–2000) O'Reilly 400K (2001–2004) Chex 400K (2005) Sam's Town 400 (2006–2008) Winstar World Casino 400 (2009) Winstar World Casino 400K (2010–2013) WinStar World Casino & Resort 400 (2014–2015) Rattlesnake 400 (2016) winstaronlinegaming.com 400 (2017) PPG 400 (2018) SpeedyCash.com 400 (2019–2020) SpeedyCash.com 220 (2021–2022) |
Most wins (driver) | Todd Bodine (4) |
Most wins (team) | Germain Racing Kyle Busch Motorsports (4) |
Most wins (manufacturer) | Toyota (12) |
Circuit information | |
Surface | Asphalt |
Length | 1.5 mi (2.4 km) |
Turns | 4 |
The SpeedyCash.com 250 is an annual NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at the Texas Motor Speedway near Fort Worth, Texas. The race was held on the same weekend as the IndyCar Series race at the track, the PPG 375 and was a standalone race for the Truck Series (no other NASCAR series had races at the track that weekend).
The race was originally a standalone race for NASCAR in the month of June that shared a weekend with the track's IndyCar Series race, the Genesys 600. In 2021, the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series' spring race weekend at Texas, usually in late March or early-to-mid-April, was removed from the schedule and both series joined the Truck Series on the June weekend. The Cup Series race would now be their All-Star Race, which was previously held at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The distance was also shortened from 250.5 miles (403.14 km) to 220.5 miles in 2021, and the race name was changed to reflect the miles (which is the case for most NASCAR races) instead of the kilometers. [2] The race was now 147 laps in length (with the first 2 stages being 35 laps each and the final stage being 77 laps) with the shortened distance. [3]
In 2023, NASCAR moved the Cup Series All-Star Race from Texas Motor Speedway to the reopened North Wilkesboro Speedway and the Truck Series race at Texas became a standalone race (for NASCAR with no other NASCAR series there on that weekend) as it was from 2019 on back. As was also the case for the previous Truck Series standalone races at Texas, the race was held on the same weekend as the track's IndyCar race. Unlike the previous Truck Series/IndyCar race weekends which were in June, their 2023 race weekend was in April. Additionally, the race length of the Truck Series race was increased from 220 miles to 250 miles that year (its former distance from 2020 on back).
Year | Date | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) | Ref | |
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Laps | Miles (km) | |||||||||
1997 | June 6 | 98 | Kenny Irwin Jr. | Liberty Racing | Ford | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:54:01 | 131.823 | [4] |
1998 | June 5 | 19 | Tony Raines | Roehrig Motorsports | Ford | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 2:15:23 | 111.018 | [5] |
1999 | June 11 | 1 | Dennis Setzer | K Automotive Racing | Dodge | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 2:21:11 | 122.805 | [6] |
2000 | June 9 | 50 | Greg Biffle | Roush Racing | Ford | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:58:24 | 126.932 | [7] |
2001 | June 8 | 24 | Jack Sprague | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:52:29 | 133.62 | [8] |
2002 | June 7 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Orleans Racing | Dodge | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:56:00 | 129.569 | [9] |
2003 | June 7 | 62 | Brendan Gaughan | Orleans Racing | Dodge | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:46:53 | 140.621 | [10] |
2004 | June 11 | 46 | Dennis Setzer | Morgan-Dollar Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:40:54 | 148.959 | [11] |
2005 | June 10 | 16 | Jack Sprague | Xpress Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:43:46 | 144.844 | [12] |
2006 | June 9 | 30 | Todd Bodine | Germain Racing | Toyota | 168* | 252 (405.554) | 1:54:26 | 132.129 | [13] |
2007 | June 8 | 30 | Todd Bodine | Germain Racing | Toyota | 169* | 253.5 (407.968) | 2:08:50 | 118.057 | [14] |
2008 | June 6 | 33 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | Kevin Harvick Inc. | Chevrolet | 172* | 258 (415.21) | 2:20:44 | 109.988 | [15] |
2009 | June 5 | 30 | Todd Bodine | Germain Racing | Toyota | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:38:09 | 153.133 | [16] |
2010 | June 4 | 30 | Todd Bodine | Germain Racing | Toyota | 169* | 253.5 (407.968) | 1:59:33 | 125.739 | [17] |
2011 | June 10 | 33 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | Kevin Harvick Inc. | Chevrolet | 168* | 252 (405.554) | 2:15:18 | 111.752 | [18] |
2012 | June 8 | 13 | Johnny Sauter | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 2:01:17 | 123.925 | [19] |
2013 | June 7 | 4 | Jeb Burton | Turner Scott Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:45:07 | 142.984 | [20] |
2014 | June 6 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:53:02 | 132.97 | [21] |
2015 | June 5 | 88 | Matt Crafton | ThorSport Racing | Toyota | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:51:50 | 134.396 | [22] |
2016 | June 10 | 9 | William Byron | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 1:51:24 | 134.919 | [23] |
2017 | June 9 | 4 | Christopher Bell | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 2:05:52 | 119.412 | [24] |
2018 | June 8 | 21 | Johnny Sauter | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 2:09:57 | 115.66 | [25] |
2019 | June 7 | 51 | Greg Biffle | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 2:29:39 | 100.434 | [26] |
2020 | October 25* | 2 | Sheldon Creed | GMS Racing | Chevrolet | 152* | 228 (366.929) | 2:08:00 | 106.875 | [27] |
2021 | June 12 | 4 | John Hunter Nemechek | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota | 147 | 220.5 (354.9) | 1:55:17 | 114.761 | [28] |
2022 | May 20 | 52 | Stewart Friesen | Halmar Friesen Racing | Toyota | 149* | 223.5 (359.728) | 1:55:02 | 116.575 | [29] |
2023 | April 1 | 42 | Carson Hocevar | Niece Motorsports | Chevrolet | 172* | 258 (415.21) | 2:34:45 | 99.39 | [30] |
2024 | April 12 | 7 | Kyle Busch | Spire Motorsports | Chevrolet | 167 | 250.5 (403.14) | 2:06:52 | 118.471 | [31] |
# Wins | Driver | Years Won |
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4 | Todd Bodine | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 |
2 | Dennis Setzer | 1999, 2004 |
Jack Sprague | 2001, 2005 | |
Brendan Gaughan | 2002, 2003 | |
Ron Hornaday Jr. | 2008, 2011 | |
Matt Crafton | 2014, 2015 | |
Johnny Sauter | 2012, 2018 | |
Greg Biffle | 2000, 2019 |
# Wins | Team | Years Won |
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4 | Germain Racing | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 |
Kyle Busch Motorsports | 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 | |
3 | ThorSport Racing | 2012, 2014, 2015 |
2 | Orleans Racing | 2002, 2003 |
Kevin Harvick Inc. | 2008, 2011 | |
GMS Racing | 2018, 2020 |
# Wins | Make | Years Won |
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12 | Toyota | 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014-2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 |
10 | Chevrolet | 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024 |
3 | Ford | 1997, 1998, 2000 |
Dodge | 1999, 2002, 2003 |
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