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Long John Silver's 200

Long John Silver's 200

NASCAR Truck Series spring race at Martinsville


The Long John Silver's 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race that takes place at Martinsville Speedway in the spring.

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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

TrüNorth Global was the title sponsor of the race in 2019
The 2019 Truck Series spring race at Martinsville
Blue-Emu was the title sponsor of the race in 2022

Joe Ruttman won the inaugural Truck Series spring race, at Martinsville in 1999.[3]

In the 2004 race, Brad Keselowski made his NASCAR national series debut.

Dennis Setzer's win in the 2008 race was the last Truck Series win for Dodge before they rebranded their Truck Series vehicles to Ram Trucks starting in 2009. It was also the last win for his team, Bobby Hamilton Racing, which closed down at the end of the season.

In the 2013 race, Chase Elliott made his NASCAR national series debut.

Kyle Busch won the last Truck Series spring race at Martinsville before the race was removed from the schedule in 2020.

When the Truck Series had a spring race at Martinsville again in 2022 as a result of the fall race being moved to the spring, the race length was 200 laps instead of 250 like the previous Truck Series spring races at Martinsville.

In 2023, Long John Silver's became the title sponsor of the race, replacing Blue-Emu.[4]

Past winners

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  • 1996, 1997, 2004, 2007–09 and 2014–2016: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.
  • 2009: Race postponed from Saturday to Monday due to rain.
  • 2014: Race postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to rain.[33]
  • 2018: Race red-flagged after 23 laps due to snow and rain, forcing the remainder to be postponed from Saturday to Monday.[34]
  • 2023: Race shortened due to rain.

Multiple winners (drivers)

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Multiple winners (teams)

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Manufacturer wins

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References

  1. "Alpha Energy Solutions To Sponsor Both Martinsville Speedway Truck Series Races". Alpha Energy Solutions. January 23, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  2. "TrüNorth Global Backs Martinsville Truck Race". Speed Sport. March 21, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  3. Rodman, Dave (April 13, 1999). "NASCAR-TRUCK: Joe Ruttman returns to Truck Series". Motorsport.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  4. "Long John Silver's sponsoring Truck Series race at Martinsville". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. March 6, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
  5. "1995 Goody's 150". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  6. "1996 Hanes 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  7. "1997 Hanes 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  8. "1998 NAPA 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  9. "1999 NAPA 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  10. "2000 NAPA 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  11. "2001 Advance Auto Parts 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  12. "2002 Advance Auto Parts 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  13. "2003 Advance Auto Parts 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  14. "2004 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  15. "2005 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  16. "2006 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  17. "2007 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  18. "2008 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  19. "2009 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  20. "2010 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  21. "2011 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  22. "2012 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  23. "2013 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  24. "2014 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  25. "2015 Kroger 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  26. "2016 Alpha Energy Solutions 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  27. "2017 Alpha Energy Solutions 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  28. "2018 Alpha Energy Solutions 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  29. "2019 TruNorth Global 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  30. "2022 Blue Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  31. "2023 Long John Silver's 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
  32. "2024 Long John Silver's 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  33. "RAIN RUINS SATURDAY'S SLATE; DOUBLEHEADER PLANNED". NASCAR. March 29, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  34. Utter, Jim (March 24, 2018). "Martinsville Truck race halted and postponed after just 24 laps". Motorsport.com. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
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