SpeedyCash.com 250

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The SpeedyCash.com 250 is an annual NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at the Texas Motor Speedway near Fort Worth, Texas. The race is currently held on the same weekend as the IndyCar Series race at the track, the PPG 375 and is a standalone race for the Truck Series (no other NASCAR series have races at the track that weekend).

SpeedyCash.com 250
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
VenueTexas Motor Speedway
LocationFort Worth, Texas, United States
Corporate sponsorSpeedy Cash[1]
First race1997
Distance250.5 miles (403.1 km)
Laps167
Previous namesPronto 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
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns4

History edit

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).

Past winners edit

Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Ref
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]

Notes edit

Multiple winners (drivers) edit

# Wins Driver Years Won
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

Multiple winners (teams) edit

# Wins Team Years Won
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

Manufacturer wins edit

# Wins Make Years Won
12   Toyota 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014-2017, 2019, 2021, 2022
9   Chevrolet 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2020, 2023
3   Ford 1997, 1998, 2000
  Dodge 1999, 2002, 2003

References edit

  1. ^ Page, Scott (May 9, 2019). "Speedy Cash sponsoring Truck race at Texas". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "SpeedyCash.Com 220 Kicks Off NASCAR All-Star Weekend at Texas Motor Speedway". Texas Motor Speedway. February 8, 2021. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "1997 Pronto Auto Parts 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  5. ^ "1998 Pronto Auto Parts 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  6. ^ "1999 Pronto Auto Parts 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "2000 Pronto Auto Parts 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  8. ^ "2001 O'Reilly 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  9. ^ "2002 O'Reilly 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "2003 O'Reilly 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  11. ^ "2004 O'Reilly 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  12. ^ "2005 Chex 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  13. ^ "2006 Sam's Town 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  14. ^ "2007 Sam's Town 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  15. ^ "2008 Sam's Town 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  16. ^ "2009 Winstar World Casino 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  17. ^ "2010 Winstar World Casino 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  18. ^ "2011 Winstar World Casino 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  19. ^ "2012 Winstar World Casino 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  20. ^ "2013 Winstar World Casino 400K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  21. ^ "2014 Winstar World Casino & Resort 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  22. ^ "2015 Winstar World Casino & Resort 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  23. ^ "2016 Rattlesnake 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  24. ^ "2017 WinstarOnlineGaming.com 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  25. ^ "2018 PPG 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  26. ^ "2019 SpeedyCash.com 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  27. ^ "2020 SpeedyCash.com 400". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  28. ^ "2021 SpeedyCash.com 220". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  29. ^ "2022 SpeedyCash.com 220". Racing-Reference. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  30. ^ "2023 SpeedyCash.com 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 1, 2023.

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