The Textilease/Medique 300 was a

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held at

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, in

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. One of the inaugural events of the series from its

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

season, it was one of three races at the track in 1982, five in 1983, three in 1984 to 1985, four in 1986 and, from 1987 to 1991, was the series' second annual visit to the track; no Busch Series events were held at South Boston Speedway in 1992 or 1993, during which time the track was reconfigured from to in length, but in 1994 a single race returned to the track, and was run annually until 2000, after which South Boston Speedway departed the series schedule. The race distance was 200 laps () in 1982 and from 1985 to 1990, 300 laps () from 1983 to 1984 and in 1991, and 300 laps () from 1994 to 2000. Tommy Houston won the race three times, the most of any driver; Dennis Setzer scored his first career Busch Series victory in the 1994 event.

Past winners

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* Former NASCAR races NASCAR Xfinity Series races NASCAR races at South Boston Speedway 1982 establishments in Virginia 2000 disestablishments in Virginia {{Virginia-sport-stub