NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway
This article is about the race formerly called the Aaron's 312 held at Atlanta. For the race called the Aaron's 312 held at Talladega, see
MoneyLion 300
.
Raptor King of Tough 250
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Venue
| Atlanta Motor Speedway
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Location
| Hampton, Georgia
,
United States
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Corporate
sponsor
| RAPTOR Coatings
[1]
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First race
| 1992
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Distance
| 251.02 miles (403.98 km)
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Laps
| 163
Stages 1/2:
40 each
Final stage:
83
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Previous names
| Atlanta 300
(1992)
Slick 50 300
(1993)
Busch Light 300
(1994?1996)
Stihl Outdoor Power Tools 300
(1997)
Stihl 300
(1998)
Yellow Freight 300
(1999)
Aaron's 312
(2000?2005)
Nicorette 300
(2006?2008)
Degree Men V12 300
(2009)
Great Clips 300
(2010?2011)
NRA American Warrior 300
(2012)
Great Clips / Grit Chips 300
(2013)
Great Clips 300 benefiting Feed the Children
(2014)
Hisense 250
(2015)
Heads Up Georgia 250
(2016)
Rinnai 250
(2017?2019)
EchoPark 250
(2020?2021)
Nalley Cars 250
(2022)
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Most wins (driver)
| Kevin Harvick
(5)
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Most wins (team)
| Roush Fenway Racing
(7)
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Most wins (manufacturer)
| Chevrolet
(18)
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Surface
| Asphalt
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Length
| 1.54 mi (2.48 km)
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Turns
| 4
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The
Raptor King of Tough 250
is a
NASCAR Xfinity Series
stock car race
held at
Atlanta Motor Speedway
in
Hampton, Georgia
, a few miles south of
Atlanta
. This race had been Atlanta's lone Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity Series date until 2021 when a
second race
was added in July. Although it has been shuffled around the schedule several times, most years, it has been held at the beginning of the season in February or March.
History
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Jeff Gordon
,
Mike Skinner
,
Jamie McMurray
, and
Carl Edwards
have gotten their first series wins in this race.
Following the transfer of the season ending Cup series race from Atlanta to
Homestead-Miami Speedway
after the 2001 season (although due to the
September 11 attacks
, the 2001 Atlanta fall race was the second-to-last race of the season when
the race at New Hampshire
was moved from September to November as the last race of the season), the then 312-mile race was moved to Atlanta's fall race weekend where it remained until Aaron's Rental, who was sponsoring the race, chose instead to sponsor the
lone Busch event at Talladega
. The race gained sponsorship from
GlaxoSmithKline
through its
Nicorette
brand
[2]
[3]
and moved back to its traditional spring date.
In September 2008,
NASCAR
officials announced that Nicorette would not renew its corporate sponsorship for race after the
2008
season. On October 26, 2008 it was announced that
Unilever
's deodorant brand
Degree
will take over sponsorship of this race starting in
2009
. It was later announced that the now-Degree V12 300 would be moving to September as part of the latest round of
NASCAR realignment
, which resulted in the
Pep Boys Auto 500
, the
AMP Energy 500
at Talladega, and the
Pepsi 500
at
Fontana
/Auto Club Speedway
trading places. The Degree V12 300 took the place of the
Camping World RV Service 300
on NASCAR's Labor Day weekend race schedule and serves as an accompanying race to the
AdvoCare 500
.
In 2015, the Xfinity race at Atlanta moved along with the Cup race (
Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500
) to the second weekend of the season and ran as a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon along with the
Truck Series
. The race was also reduced to 250 miles in order to make the race a doubleheader on the same day.
[4]
EchoPark Automotive
became the title sponsor of the race in 2020,
[5]
replacing
Rinnai
. That year, the race had been moved from being in February and the second race of the season and the first race before the three-race west coast swing to March and as the fifth race of the season as the first race after the west coast swing. However, the race was moved again from March to June due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
.
[6]
In 2021, the race returned to March. In 2022, Nalley Automotive Group replaced EchoPark as the title sponsor and the new name of the race was the
Nalley Cars 250
.
[7]
In 2023, Raptor Coatings replaced Nalley as the title sponsor and the new name of the race was the
Raptor King of Tough 250
.
[1]
Past winners
[
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]
Notes
[
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Track length notes
[
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]
- 1992-1997:
1.522 mile true oval
- 1998-present:
1.54 mile quad-oval
Multiple winners (drivers)
[
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]
# Wins
|
Driver
|
Years Won
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5
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Kevin Harvick
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2009, 2013-2015, 2018
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3
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Mark Martin
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1997, 1998, 2000
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2
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Jamie McMurray
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2002, 2010
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Matt Kenseth
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2004, 2008
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Carl Edwards
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2005, 2011
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Jeff Burton
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2006, 2007
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Kyle Busch
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2016, 2017
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Austin Hill
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2023, 2024
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Multiple winners (teams)
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# Wins
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Team
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Years Won
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7
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Roush Fenway Racing
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1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012
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5
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Richard Childress Racing
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2006, 2007, 2013, 2023, 2024
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4
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JR Motorsports
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2010, 2014, 2015, 2021
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Joe Gibbs Racing
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2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
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Manufacturer wins
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# Wins
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Make
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Years Won
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19
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Chevrolet
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1993-1996, 1999, 2001-2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013-2015, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
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10
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Ford
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1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2018
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4
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Toyota
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2016, 2017, 2019, 2022
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References
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]
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a
b
"RAPTOR King of Tough 250 and Fr8 208 Doubleheader"
.
Atlanta Motor Speedway
.
Speedway Motorsports
. Retrieved
November 28,
2022
.
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"NASCAR leaves smoking days farther behind"
.
ESPN
. 2005-01-27. Archived from
the original
on 2015-01-08
. Retrieved
2015-01-01
.
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Horovitz, Bruce (2005-01-26).
"Nicorette, NASCAR sign sponsorship deal"
.
USA Today
. Archived from
the original
on 2016-03-04
. Retrieved
2015-01-01
.
- ^
"NASCAR reveals 2015 schedules for national series"
.
NASCAR
. August 26, 2014
. Retrieved
August 26,
2014
.
- ^
"EchoPark Automotive to sponsor NASCAR Xfinity race on March 14 at AMS"
.
Atlanta Motor Speedway
. March 6, 2020
. Retrieved
March 6,
2020
.
- ^
"NASCAR postpones Atlanta, Homestead races"
.
ESPN
. March 13, 2020
. Retrieved
March 13,
2020
.
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"Nalley Automotive Group, Alsco Uniforms Sponsoring Xfinity Races at Atlanta in 2022"
.
Jayski's Silly Season Site
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. October 21, 2021.
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"1992 Atlanta 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"1993 Slick 50 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"1994 Busch Light 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"1995 Busch Light 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"1996 Busch Light 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"1997 Stihl Outdoor Power Tools 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"1998 Stihl 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"1999 Yellow Fright 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2000 Aaron's 312"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2001 Aaron's 312"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2002 Aaron's 312"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2003 Aaron's 312"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2004 Aaron's 312"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2005 Aaron's 312"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2006 Nicorette 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2007 Nicorette 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2008 Nicorette 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2009 Degree V12 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2010 Great Clips 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2011 Great Clips 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2012 NRA American Warrior 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2013 Great Clips Grit Chips 300"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2014 Great Clips 300 to benefit Feed the Children"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2015 Hisense 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2016 Heads Up Georgia 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
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"2017 Rinnai 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
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"2018 Rinnai 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2019 Rinnai 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2020 Echo Park 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2021 Echo Park 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2022 Nailey Cars 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2023 Raptor King of Tough 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
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"2024 Raptor King of Tough 250"
.
Racing-Reference
. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC
. Retrieved
February 24,
2024
.
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"2020 NASCAR Xfinity Series Atlanta Race Page"
.
Jayski's Silly Season Site
. Retrieved
November 12,
2023
.
External links
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Current (
2024
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Former
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Note
: The Xfinity Series has multiple events at the same racing venue.
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