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Toyota 200 presented by CK Power

Toyota 200 presented by CK Power

NASCAR Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway)


The Toyota 200 presented by CK Power is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (formerly Gateway Motorsports Park). The race has been held each year since 1998 except for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The track closed after the 2010 race, reopened in 2012 under new ownership, and the race returned to the schedule in 2014.

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Race history

CarShield was the title sponsor of the race in 2019 and 2020

Rick Carelli won the first truck race at Gateway. A year later Greg Biffle won the first night race for the series at Gateway. In 2000, the race date was moved to May, and the time of race was once again day. Jack Sprague not only won that race, but holds the average speed record for the event to this day. A year later Ted Musgrave won the event after showers moved the race back into the evening.

In 2004, the NASCAR Craftsman truck was using its version of the green-white-checkered rule, which stated that every race must end under green, for the last time. With five laps left in the race Jack Sprague cut a tire bringing out the caution. Caution would come out. On the first green-white-checkered attempt a wreck in turn 1 brought the yellow flag out again. The very next green flag saw first and second position drivers, Shane Hmiel and Bobby Hamilton get together bringing the yellow out again. On the second attempt on the back straightway, Rick Crawford's truck was involved in an accident that had the truck sliding on its side against the wall. On the fourth attempt, David Starr came out on top in a race with a record for most green-white-checkered laps and most attempts. Shortly thereafter NASCAR adopted a universal green-white-checkered rule for all three of its major series which said that if the caution flag comes out at any time during the green-white-checkered run the race will end under caution.

NASCAR-sanctioned events stopped being run at the track after the 2010 season when Dover Motorsports shut down the circuit at the end of the 2010 season. The circuits were sold to former club racer and INDYCAR Indy Lights driver Curtis Francois in 2011, who promptly brought back the NHRA tour in 2012. Francois and NASCAR successfully negotiated the Truck Series return on June 14, 2014.[2]

During the 2016 race, Spencer Gallagher and John Wes Townley crashed in turn one and got into a fight after climbing out of their trucks.[3]

In March 2018, CK Power was announced as the new presenting sponsor for the race (which they remain to this day),[4] and in June, Villa Lighting and Eaton Electrical Products were announced as that year's title sponsors.[5] CarShield became the title sponsor in 2019 and returned in 2020.[6] Toyota (specifically their dealerships in or near St. Louis) became the title sponsor for the 2021 race at the track,[7] which was the first time that it was the opening race of the Truck Series playoffs.[8]

Past winners

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  • 2004, 2009, 2021, 2022, and 2023: The race was extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish; 2004 took four attempts.
  • 2010: The race was postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon due to power outage and was Susposed to be the last race at Gateway .[32]
  • 2020: Race postponed from August 21 to August 30 due to schedule changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Multiple winners (drivers)

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Multiple winners (teams)

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Manufacturer wins

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References

  1. "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. Roberts, Ken (October 25, 2013). "NASCAR returns to Gateway with truck series race". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, MO. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  3. Bonkowski, Jerry (June 26, 2016). "Townley, Gallagher wreck, wrestle and then slug it out after Gateway wreck". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  4. Norman, Brad (April 3, 2019). "2020 schedules for Xfinity Series, Gander Trucks unveiled". NASCAR. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  5. "1998 Ram Tough 200 presented by Pepsi". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  6. "1999 Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  7. "2000 Ram Tough 200 by Pepsi". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  8. "2001 Ram Tough 200 presented by Pepsi". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  9. "2002 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  10. "2003 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  11. "2004 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  12. "2005 Dodge Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  13. "2006 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  14. "2007 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  15. "2008 Camping World 200 Presented by Honda Power Equipment". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  16. "2009 Copart 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  17. "2010 CampingWorld.com 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  18. "2014 Drivin' For Linemen 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  19. "2015 Drivin' For Linemen 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  20. "2016 Drivin' For Linemen 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  21. "2017 Drivin' For Linemen 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  22. "2018 Villa Lighting Delivers the Eaton 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  23. "2019 CarShield 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  24. "2020 CarShield 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  25. "2021 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  26. "2022 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  27. "2023 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  28. Pearce, Al (July 15, 2010). "NASCAR Truck Series race postponed due to power outage". Autoweek. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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