The SpeedyCash.com 250 is an annual
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at the
Texas Motor Speedway near
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas and the 13th-largest city in the United States. It is the county seat of Tarrant County, covering nearly into four other counties: Denton, Johnson, Parker, and Wise. According ...
. 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).
History
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
Charlotte Motor Speedway (previously known as Lowe's Motor Speedway from 1999 to 2009) is a motorsport complex located in Concord, North Carolina, outside Charlotte. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including th ...
. 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. 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.
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
Notes
*2006–2008, 2010–2011, 2020, 2022 and 2023: The race was extended due to a
NASCAR Overtime finish.
*2020: Race postponed from June 5 to October 25 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Multiple winners (drivers)
Multiple winners (teams)
Manufacturer wins
References
External links
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1997 establishments in Texas
NASCAR Truck Series races
Recurring sporting events established in 1997
Annual sporting events in the United States