| Race Title: | United Rentals 250 |
| Series Long: | NASCAR Xfinity Series |
| Venue: | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Location: | Talladega, Alabama, United States |
| First Race: | 2020 |
| Distance: | 250.04miles |
| Laps: | 113 Stages 1/2: 20 each Final stage: 54 |
| Previous Names: | Ag-Pro 300 (2020) Sparks 300 (2021-2022) |
| Most Wins Team: | Kaulig Racing (2) |
| Most Wins Manufacturer: | Chevrolet (3) |
| Surface: | Asphalt |
| Length Mi: | 2.66 |
| Turns: | 4 |
The race currently known as United Rentals 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. It is one of two Xfinity races at the superspeedway alongside the Ag-Pro 300.
The event was created in 2020 as a temporary round after the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course race was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the inaugural running marked the first time that the Xfinity Series raced at Talladega in the fall.[1] [2] Justin Haley won the race to complete a sweep of the season's Talladega rounds.[3] The race joined the Xfinity schedule in 2021 and is the second race in the series' playoffs.[4]
A. J. Allmendinger is the defending race winner. The race was held in support of the NASCAR Cup Series' YellaWood 500.
The race was not on the schedule in 2023, as it was replaced by the Chicago street race. However, because of logistics of scheduling the second half of the Xfinity Series season in 2024 as part of NBC Sports' forced two-week break for the Olympic Games in Paris, the race is scheduled to return as part of YellaWood 500 weekend. In 2024, United Rentals became the new entitlement sponsor with both support races cut -- 25 miles for the Truck Series and 50 miles for the Xfinity Series. It will be 94 laps, the first time at the distance. [5]
| Year | Date | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race distance | Race time | Average speed (mph) | Report | Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laps | Miles (km) | |||||||||||
| 2020 | October 3 | 11 | Justin Haley | Chevrolet | 113 | 300.58 (483.736) | 2:08:24 | 140.458 | Report | [6] | ||
| 2021 | October 2 | 68 | Brandon Brown | Chevrolet | 108* | 287.28 (462.332) | 2:04:55 | 128.486 | Report | [7] | ||
| 2022 | October 1 | 16 | A. J. Allmendinger | Kaulig Racing | Chevrolet | 113 | 300.58 (483.736) | 1:53:33 | 158.827 | Report | [8] | |
| 2023 | Not held | |||||||||||
| 2024 | October 5 | Report | ||||||||||