Textilease/Medique 300 Explained

Race Title:Textilease/Medique 300
Series Long:NASCAR Busch Series
Track Map:South Boston Speedway.png
Venue:South Boston Speedway
First Race:1982
Last Race:2000
Distance:120miles
Laps:300
Previous Names:Lowe's 200 (1982)
Miller 300 (1983–1984)
Miller 200 (1985)
Coors 200 (1986–1990)
Coors Light 300 (1991)
Ford Credit 300 (1994–1995)
Winston Motorsports 300 (1996–1997)
Lycos.com 300 presented by Valleydale Foods (1998)
Textilease/Medique 300 presented by Advance Auto Parts (1999)
Textilease/Medique 300 (2000)

The Textilease/Medique 300 was a NASCAR Busch Series stock car race held at South Boston Speedway, in South Boston, Virginia. One of the inaugural events of the series from its 1982 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 0.357miles to 0.4miles in length, but in 1994 a single race returned to the track,[1] and was run annually until 2000, after which South Boston Speedway departed the series schedule.[2] The race distance was 200 laps (71.4miles) in 1982 and from 1985 to 1990, 300 laps (107.1miles) from 1983 to 1984 and in 1991, and 300 laps (120miles) from 1994 to 2000.[2]

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.[1]

Past winners

YearDateDriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)		Ref
LapsMiles (km)
1982July 24Sam ArdThomas Brothers RacingOldsmobile20071.4 (114.91)0:57.4974.096[3]
1983September 17Sam ArdThomas Brothers RacingOldsmobile300107.1 (172.36)1:22.1778.096[4]
1984August 18Tommy HoustonMason Day RacingChevrolet300107.1 (172.36)1:50:5957.9[5]
1985July 20Jack IngramJack Ingram RacingPontiac20071.4 (114.91)1:01:5869.133[6]
1986June 28Jack IngramJack Ingram RacingPontiac20071.4 (114.91)0:57:2074.72[7]
1987July 18Larry PearsonPearson RacingChevrolet20071.4 (114.91)0:52:5680.931[8]
1988July 16Larry PearsonPearson RacingChevrolet20071.4 (114.91)0:56:2975.845[9]
1989July 15Tommy HoustonArndt RacingBuick20071.4 (114.91)1:05:5764.958[10]
1990July 21Tommy HoustonHouston RacingBuick20071.4 (114.91)0:53:3380[11]
1991July 20Steve GrissomGrissom Racing EnterprisesOldsmobile300107.1 (172.36)1:37:5465.638[12]
1992
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1993		Not held
1994July 16Dennis SetzerAlliance MotorsportsChevrolet300120 (193.12)1:54:1563.02[13]
1995July 29Chad LittleMark Rypien MotorsportsFord300120 (193.12)1:42:3370.21[14]
1996June 8Todd BodinePro Tech MotorsportsChevrolet300120 (193.12)1:41:4370.785[15]
1997June 13Randy LaJoieBACE MotorsportsChevrolet300120 (193.12)1:56:4461.679[16]
1998July 25Tim FedewaBACE MotorsportsChevrolet300120 (193.12)1:49:0765.984[17]
1999June 12Dale Earnhardt Jr.Dale Earnhardt, Inc.Chevrolet300120 (193.12)1:52:4363.877[18]
2000June 10Jeff Greenppc RacingChevrolet300120 (193.12)2:09:3355.577[19]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Busch winner gives credit to Pearson. Green. David. July 17, 1994. Spartanburg Herald-Journal. D7. 2013-08-23. Spartanburg, SC.
  2. Web site: Race Results at South Boston Speedway. Racing-Reference. USA Today Sports Media Group. 2013-08-23.
  3. Web site: 1982 Lowes 200. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  4. Web site: 1983 Miller 300. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  5. Web site: 1984 Miller 300. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  6. Web site: 1985 Miller 200. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  7. Web site: 1986 Coors 200. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  8. Web site: 1987 Coors 200. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  9. Web site: 1988 Coors 200. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  10. Web site: 1989 Coors 200. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  11. Web site: 1990 Coors 200. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  12. Web site: 1991 Coors Light 300. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  13. Web site: 1994 Ford Credit 300. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  14. Web site: 1995 Ford Credit 300. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  15. Web site: 1996 Winston Motorsports 300. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  16. Web site: 1997 Winston Motorsports 300. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  17. Web site: 1998 Lycos.com 300 presented by Valleydale Foods. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  18. Web site: 1999 Textilease/Medique 300 presented by Advance Auto Parts. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.
  19. Web site: 2000 Textilease/Medique 300. Racing-Reference. November 18, 2021.

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