Galaxy Food Centers 300

The Galaxy Food Centers 300 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race held at Hickory Motor Speedway, a .363-mile (0.584 km) paved oval track located in Hickory, North Carolina. One of the inaugural events of the Busch Series from its 1982 season, it was one of five races the series ran at the track in 1982, four from 1983 to 1985, three in 1986 and, from 1987 to 1994, was the series' first of two annual visits to the track; from 1995 to 1998 it was the only visit to the track by the series annually. until Hickory Motor Speedway departed the series schedule after the 1998 season.^[1] The race distance was 300 laps (108.9 miles (175.3 km)) in 1982 and from 1992 to 1998, 200 laps (72.6 miles (116.8 km)) from 1983 to 1990, and 276 laps (100.2 miles (161.3 km)) in 1992.^[1]

Galaxy Food Centers 300

NASCAR Busch Series
Venue	Hickory Motor Speedway
First race	1982
Last race	1998
Distance	108.9 miles (175.3 km)
Laps	300
Previous names	Mountain Dew 300 (1982) Mello Yello 200 (1983) Mountain Dew 200 (1984) Mountain Dew 400 (1985-1993) Sundrop 400 (1994-1995) Sundrop 300 (1996) Galaxy Foods 300 (1997) Galaxy Food Centers 300 (1998)

Jack Ingram won the event three times, the most of any driver; his 1987 victory in the race would prove to be the final win of his Busch Series career.^[2] Tommy Houston won the event twice, his victory in 1992 being the final win of his Busch Series career.^[3] The 1992 running of the event was marred by track damage from poorly cured asphalt, resulting in 132 of the race's 300 laps being run under the yellow flag; both the number of caution laps and the 26 caution periods set all-time NASCAR records.^[4] Jimmy Spencer scored his first career Busch Series victory in the 1989 Mountain Dew 400;^[5] the final running of the race, the 1998 Galaxy Food Centers 300, was the first and only career Busch Series victory for Ed Berrier.^[6]

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
					Laps	Miles (km)
1982	April 10	Jack Ingram	Jack Ingram Racing	Pontiac	300	108.9 (1175.26)	n/a	n/a
1983	March 13	Tommy Ellis	Ellis Racing	Pontiac	200	72.6 (116.84)	n/a	50.967
1984	March 11	Jack Ingram	Jack Ingram Racing	Pontiac	200	72.6 (116.84)	0:59:08	73.664
1985	March 10	Jimmy Hensley	Thomas Brothers Racing	Oldsmobile	200	72.6 (116.84)	0:57:32	75.712
1986	March 9	Ronnie Silver	Silver Racing	Pontiac	200	72.6 (116.84)	0:59:47	72.863
1987	March 15	Jack Ingram	Jack Ingram Racing	Pontiac	200	72.6 (116.84)	0:47:04	86.206
1988	February 28	Mike Alexander	Alexander Motorsports	Buick	200	72.6 (116.84)	0:58:30	74.462
1989	March 25	Jimmy Spencer	Frank Cicci Racing	Buick	200	72.6 (116.84)	1:08:56	63.191
1990	March 25	Tommy Houston	Houston Racing	Buick	200	72.6 (116.84)	n/a	74.631
1991	March 31	Butch Miller	Day Enterprises	Chevrolet	276	100.2 (161.26)	1:43:22	88.184
1992	April 18	Tommy Houston	Houston Racing	Buick	300	108.9 (175.26)	2:01:20	53.852
1993	April 10	Steve Grissom	Grissom Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet	300	108.9 (175.26)	1:57:00	55.846
1994	April 3	Ricky Craven	Ricky Craven Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	108.9 (175.26)	1:43:24	63.191
1995	April 15	Johnny Benson Jr.	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	300	108.9 (175.26)	1:43:31	63.120
1996	April 6	David Green	American Equipment Racing	Chevrolet	300	108.9 (175.26)	1:48:19	60.323
1997	March 29	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	Chevrolet	300	108.9 (175.26)	1:50:40	59.042
1998	April 11	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	Ford	300	108.9 (175.26)	1:49:22	59.744

References

1. "Race Results at Hickory Speedway". Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
2. Mittman, Dick (July 30, 1991). "NASCAR vet calling it a career". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, IN. p. A12. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
3. Gillispie, Tom (September 6, 2012). "Houston has great memories of Hickory Motor Speedway". Hickory Daily Record. Hickory, NC. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
4. Higgins, Tom (April 21, 1992). "Drivers: Lights may revolutionize NASCAR". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, SC. p. D2. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
5. "Mansell captures Brazilian Grand Prix". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Spartanburg, SC. March 27, 1989. p. D6. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
6. "Berrier wins Galaxy Foods 300". The Sunday Argus-Press. Owosso, MI. April 12, 1998. p. B3. Retrieved 2013-08-23.

External links

• Hickory Speedway race results at Racing-Reference