Clean Harbors 250 Explained

Race Title:Clean Harbors 250
Series Long:NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue:Richmond Raceway
Sponsor:Clean Harbors
First Race:1995
Distance:187.5miles
Laps:250
Stages 1/2: 70 each
Final stage: 110
Previous Names:Fas Mart Supertruck Shootout (1995–1996)
Virginia Is For Lovers 200 (1997–1999, 2003)
Kroger 200 (2000–2001, 2004)
Richmond Is For Lovers 200 (2002)
Cheerios Betty Crocker 200 (2005)
ToyotaCare 250 (2020–2021)
Worldwide Express 250 (2022–2023)

The Clean Harbors 250 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Richmond Raceway. The race was initially held from 1995 to 2005 before being removed from the schedule in 2006. The race returned to the Truck Series schedule 14 years later in 2020.[1] In the race's first stint on the Truck Series schedule, it was 200 laps. When it returned in 2020, the distance was 250 laps.

In 2020, NASCAR removed the spring Truck Series race at Martinsville Speedway in favor of a race at Richmond Raceway in the spring. This schedule change was done in a swap with Martinsville, which previously had two Truck Series races and zero Xfinity Series races and would now have one Truck Series race and one Xfinity Series race. As a result, the Xfinity Series would lose their spring race at Richmond in favor of a race at Martinsville in the fall. In its first year back on the schedule in 2020, the Truck Series race at Richmond would be moved to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The race would be held as scheduled in April in 2021. In 2022, the race was moved to August. Worldwide Express would become the title sponsor of the race as Toyota moved their title sponsorship to the track's one Xfinity Series race (replacing GoBowling.com as the title sponsor of that race).[2]

Past winners

YearDateDriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)		Ref
LapsMiles (km)
1995September 75Terry LabonteHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet150112.5 (181.051)1:25:5378.595[3]
1996September 53Mike SkinnerRichard Childress RacingChevrolet12493 (149.668)1:10:5678.665[4]
1997September 429Bob KeselowskiK Automotive RacingDodge200150 (241.401)1:26:21104.227[5]
1998September 1024Jack SpragueHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet200150 (241.401)1:44:4885.878[6]
1999September 950Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord196*147 (236.573)1:42:2886.007[7]
2000September 766Rick CarelliPhelon MotorsportsFord200150 (241.401)1:31:1298.684[8]
2001September 624Jack SpragueHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet200150 (241.401)1:34:0495.677[9]
2002September 533Tony StewartAndy Petree RacingChevrolet200150 (241.401)1:38:3291.34[10]
2003September 433Tony StewartAndy Petree RacingChevrolet200150 (241.401)1:38:5091.062[11]
2004September 91Ted MusgraveUltra MotorsportsDodge209*156.75 (252.264)1:51:4384.186[12]
2005September 85Mike SkinnerBill Davis RacingToyota201*150.75 (242.608)1:49:3582.54[13]
2006
–
2019		Not held
2020September 10*98Grant EnfingerThorSport RacingFord250187.50 (301.752)1:58:5994.551[14]
2021April 174John Hunter NemechekKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota250187.50 (301.752)2:25:5877.072[15]
2022August 1318Chandler SmithKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota250187.50 (301.752)1:56:5696.209[16]
2023July 2942Carson HocevarNiece MotorsportsChevrolet250187.50 (301.752)1:59:3294.116[17]
2024August 1098Ty MajeskiThorSport RacingFord250187.50 (301.752)2:25:1877.426[18]

Multiple winners (drivers)

  1. Wins
DriverYears Won
2Mike Skinner1996, 2005
Jack Sprague1998, 2001
Tony Stewart2002, 2003

Multiple winners (teams)

  1. Wins
TeamYears Won
3Hendrick Motorsports1995, 1998, 2001
2Andy Petree Racing2002, 2003
Kyle Busch Motorsports2021, 2022
ThorSport Racing2020, 2024

Manufacturer wins

  1. Wins
MakeYears Won
7 Chevrolet1995, 1996, 1998, 2001-2003, 2023
4 Ford1999, 2000, 2020, 2024
3 Toyota2005, 2021, 2022
2 Dodge1997, 2004

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tim . Pearrell . NASCAR Truck Series returning to Richmond in 2020 . . April 3, 2019 . January 6, 2020.
  2. Web site: Richmond Raceway Partners with Worldwide Express for NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoff Race Entitlement . . NASCAR Digital Media, LLC . June 23, 2022.
  3. Web site: 1995 FAS Mart Supertruck Shootout. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  4. Web site: 1996 FAS Mart Supertruck Shootout. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  5. Web site: 1997 Virginia is For Lovers 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  6. Web site: 1998 Virginia is For Lovers 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  7. Web site: 1999 Virginia is For Lovers 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  8. Web site: 2000 Kroger 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  9. Web site: 2001 Kroger 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  10. Web site: 2002 Virginia Is For Lovers 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  11. Web site: 2003 Virginia Is For Lovers 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  12. Web site: 2004 Kroger 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  13. Web site: 2005 Cheerios Betty Crocker 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  14. Web site: 2020 ToyotaCare 200. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  15. Web site: 2021 ToyotaCare 250. Racing-Reference. December 31, 2021.
  16. Web site: 2022 Worldwide Express 250. Racing-Reference. August 13, 2022.
  17. Web site: 2023 Worldwide Express 250. Racing-Reference. July 29, 2023.
  18. Web site: 2024 Clean Harbors 250. Racing-Reference. July 29, 2023.
  19. Weaver. Matt. Richmond, Chicagoland, Sonoma Lose NASCAR Race Dates for 2020. Autoweek. May 8, 2020. March 2, 2021.
  20. Crandall. Kelly. NASCAR confirms rest of 2020 schedules. Racer. August 6, 2020. March 2, 2021.

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