NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Martinsville (spring race)

"Advance Auto Parts 250" redirects here. For the Busch Series race at Myrtle Beach Speedway in 1997, see Myrtle Beach 250.

For the fall Truck Series race at Martinsville, see NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Martinsville (fall race).

Stock car races in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series have been held at Martinsville Speedway in Virginia during the spring since 1999. The 200-lap 105.2 miles (169.3 km) race is currently known as Long John Silver's 200 for sponsorship reasons.

Long John Silver's 200

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue	Martinsville Speedway
Location	Ridgeway, Virginia, United States
Corporate sponsor	Long John Silver's
First race	1995
Distance	105.2 miles (169.3 km) [previously 131.5 miles (211.6 km)]
Laps	200 Stages 1/2: 50 each Final stage: 100
Previous names	Goody's 150 (1995) Hanes 250 (1996–1997) NAPA 250 (1998–2000) Advance Auto Parts 250 (2001–2003) Kroger 250 (2004–2015) Alpha Energy Solutions 250 (2016–2018)[1] TrüNorth Global 250 (2019)[2] Blue-Emu Maximum Pain Relief 200 (2022)
Most wins (driver)	Kevin Harvick Dennis Setzer (3)
Most wins (team)	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports Richard Childress Racing ThorSport Racing (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (14)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt Concrete (turns)
Length	0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Turns	4

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

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race distance		Race time	Average speed (mph)	Ref
						Laps	Miles (km)
1995	Sep 25	84	Joe Ruttman	Irvan-Simo Racing	Ford	150	78.9 (126.977)	1:12:18	65.072	[5]
1996	Sep 21	3	Mike Skinner	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	255*	134.13 (215.861)	2:04:55	64.434	[6]
1997	Sep 27	17	Rich Bickle	Darrell Waltrip Motorsports	Chevrolet (2)	256*	134.656 (216.707)	1:47:18	75.296	[7]
1998	Sep 26	3	Jay Sauter	Richard Childress Racing (2)	Chevrolet (3)	250	131.5 (211.628)	1:49:21	72.154	[8]
1999	April 17	43	Jimmy Hensley	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	250	131.5 (211.628)	1:46:13	74.282	[9]
2000	April 10	4	Bobby Hamilton	Bobby Hamilton Racing	Dodge (2)	250	131.5 (211.628)	1:49:50	71.836	[10]
2001	April 7	2	Scott Riggs	Ultra Motorsports	Dodge (3)	250	131.5 (211.628)	1:51:23	70.836	[11]
2002	April 13	46	Dennis Setzer	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports	Chevrolet (4)	250	131.5 (211.628)	2:02:05	64.628	[12]
2003	April 12	46	Dennis Setzer (2)	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (2)	Chevrolet (5)	250	131.5 (211.628)	1:57:54	66.921	[13]
2004	April 17	14	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing	Ford (2)	254*	133.604 (215.014)	2:10:22	61.49	[14]
2005	April 9	47	Bobby Labonte	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports (3)	Chevrolet (6)	250	131.5 (211.628)	1:58:24	66.639	[15]
2006	April 1	11	David Starr	Red Horse Racing	Toyota	250	131.5 (211.628)	2:13:14	59.219	[16]
2007	March 31	5	Mike Skinner	Bill Davis Racing	Toyota (2)	253*	133.078 (214.168)	2:09:18	61.753	[17]
2008	March 29	18	Dennis Setzer (3)	Bobby Hamilton Racing (2)	Dodge (4)	253*	133.078 (214.168)	2:10:14	61.311	[18]
2009	March 30*	2	Kevin Harvick	Kevin Harvick Inc.	Chevrolet (7)	251*	132.026 (212.475)	2:10:09	60.865	[19]
2010	March 27	2	Kevin Harvick (2)	Kevin Harvick Inc. (2)	Chevrolet (8)	250	131.5 (211.628)	2:05:39	62.793	[20]
2011	April 2	13	Johnny Sauter	ThorSport Racing	Chevrolet (9)	250	131.5 (211.628)	2:01:50	64.761	[21]
2012	March 31	2	Kevin Harvick (3)	Richard Childress Racing (3)	Chevrolet (10)	250	131.5 (211.628)	1:51:31	70.752	[22]
2013	April 6	98	Johnny Sauter (2)	ThorSport Racing (2)	Toyota (3)	250	131.5 (211.628)	2:06:03	62.595	[23]
2014	March 30*	88	Matt Crafton	ThorSport Racing (3)	Toyota (4)	256*	134.656 (216.707)	1:57:32	68.741	[24]
2015	March 28	29	Joey Logano	Brad Keselowski Racing	Ford (3)	258*	135.708 (218.4)	1:59:22	68.214	[25]
2016	April 2	18	Kyle Busch	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota (5)	255*	134.13 (215.861)	2:10:12	61.811	[26]
2017	April 1	23	Chase Elliott	GMS Racing	Chevrolet (11)	250	131.5 (211.628)	2:01:38	64.867	[27]
2018	March 24/26*	8	John Hunter Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet (12)	250	131.5 (211.628)	2:02:05	64.628	[28]
2019	March 23	51	Kyle Busch (2)	Kyle Busch Motorsports (2)	Toyota (6)	250	131.5 (211.628)	1:52:26	70.175	[29]
2020 – 2021	Not held
2022	April 7	7	William Byron	Spire Motorsports	Chevrolet (13)	200	105.2 (169.303)	1:47:36	58.662	[30]
2023	April 14	11	Corey Heim	Tricon Garage	Toyota (7)	124*	65.224 (104.967)	1:23:32	46.849	[31]
2024	April 5	19	Christian Eckes	McAnally-Hilgemann Racing	Chevrolet (14)	200	105.2 (169.303)	1:52:54	55.908	[32]
2025	March 28					200	105.2 (169.303)

• 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)

# Wins	Driver	Years won
3	Dennis Setzer	2002, 2003, 2008
	Kevin Harvick	2009, 2010, 2012
2	Mike Skinner	1996, 2007
	Johnny Sauter	2011, 2013
	Kyle Busch	2016, 2019

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years won
3	Richard Childress Racing	1996, 1998, 2012
	Morgan-Dollar Motorsports	2002, 2003, 2005
	ThorSport Racing	2011, 2013, 2014
2	Bobby Hamilton Racing	2000, 2008
	Kevin Harvick Inc.	2009, 2010
	Kyle Busch Motorsports	2016, 2019

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years won
14	Chevrolet	1996-1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009-2012, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024
7	Toyota	2006, 2007, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2023
4	Dodge	1999-2001, 2008
3	Ford	1995, 2004, 2015

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.
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12. "2002 Advance Auto Parts 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
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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.

External links

• Martinsville Speedway race results at Racing-Reference

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