| Race Title: | Bush's Beans 200 |
| Series Long: | ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East |
| Sponsor: | Bush Brothers and Company |
| Venue: | Bristol Motor Speedway |
| Location: | Bristol, Tennessee United States |
| First Race: | 2019 |
| Distance: | 106.6 miles (171.556) |
| Laps: | 200 |
| Previous Names: | Bush's Beans 150 (2019) |
| Surface: | Concrete |
| Length Mi: | .533 |
| Turns: | 4 |
The Bush's Beans 200 is an annual 200-lap 106.6miles ARCA Menards Series and ARCA Menards Series East combination race held at Bristol Motor Speedway. It is held as part of the fall NASCAR weekend at the track.
The event was run under the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East banner for its inaugural edition in 2019 before becoming a combination race for the East Series (now the ARCA East Series after NASCAR's acquisition of ARCA) and the ARCA Menards Series starting in 2020. Since 2021, the race has been the season-finale for the East Series. Starting in 2022, the race has been the final race of the Sioux Chief Showdown, a group of 10 races during the main ARCA Series season, all of which drivers under the age of 18 (who cannot run all the races during the season) are eligible to compete in, have the opportunity to win a championship in the series. (To promote the fact that it was the last race of the Sioux Chief Showdown in 2022, ARCA's website promoted the race as the Bush's Beans 200|Sioux Chief Showdown.)[1]
In advance of the 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East season, the tour added a second event at Bristol.[2] The race was then shifted to the ARCA Menards Series after the East Series was absorbed by ARCA.[3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the race became a combination race for the AMS and the East Series, now known as the ARCA Menards Series East, in 2020,[4] and it has remained a combination race for both series ever since.
| Year | Date | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race distance | Race time | Average speed (mph) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laps | Miles | |||||||||
| NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race | ||||||||||
| 2019[5] | August 15 | 21 | 150 | 80 (128.7) | 0:51:04 | 93.936 | ||||
| ARCA Menards Series East/ARCA Menards Series combination race | ||||||||||
| 2020[6] | September 17 | 21 | Sam Mayer (2) | GMS Racing (2) | Chevrolet (2) | 200 | 106.6 (171.556) | 1:43.48 | 61.618 | |
| 2021[7] | September 16 | 18 | Ty Gibbs | Joe Gibbs Racing | Toyota | 200 | 106.6 (171.556) | 1:39:44 | 64.131 | |
| 2022[8] | September 15 | 18 | Sammy Smith | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota (2) | 200 | 106.6 (171.556) | 1:33:43 | 68.248 | |
| 2023 | September 14 | 18 | William Sawalich | Kyle Busch Motorsports | Toyota (3) | 200 | 106.6 (171.556) | 1:37:12 | 120.308 | |
| Previous race: Kansas Lottery 150 | ARCA Menards Series Bush's Beans 200 | Next race: Herr's Snacks 200 | |
| Previous race: Sprecher 150 | ARCA Menards Series East Bush's Beans 200 | Next race: Race to Stop Suicide 200 (the next season) |