NASCAR Xfinity Series at Charlotte (fall race)

Drive for the Cure 250
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue	Charlotte Motor Speedway
Location	Concord, North Carolina, United States
Corporate sponsor	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
First race	1973
Distance	250 kilometres (155.34 mi)
Laps	67; Stages 1/2: 20 each; Final stage: 27
Previous names	World Service Life 300 (1973–1978); Unnamed/Unknown (1979); Charlotte 300 (1980); Miller High Life 300 (1981); Miller Time 300 (1982–1984); Miller 400 (1985); All Pro 300 (1986–1994); All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300 (1995–2000); Little Trees 300 (2001–2003); Lowe's Presents the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 300 (2004); Dollar General 300 (2005–2010, 2012–2013); Dollar General 300 Miles of Courage (2011); Drive for the Cure 300 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (2014–2017); Drive for the Cure 200 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (2018)
Most wins (driver)	Darrell Waltrip; A. J. Allmendinger (4)
Most wins (team)	Roush Fenway Racing (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (22)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2.28 mi (3.67 km)
Turns	17

The Drive for the Cure 250 presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina is a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race that takes place at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. The 1985 race was extended to 400.5 miles (644.5 km), which still stands as the longest race distance run in Xfinity Series history.

It is held before the NASCAR Cup Series' Bank of America Roval 400 in the playoffs.

In 2018, the race was shifted to run the "Roval" infield road course configuration of Charlotte. With this, the race length was shortened from 300 miles to 200 kilometers (125 miles). It would also move up a week on the Xfinity Series schedule, the middle race of the first round of the playoffs. Chase Briscoe became the first Xfinity Series driver to win the race in its Roval configuration.^[1] The race was increased to 67 laps and 250 km (155.34 mi) in 2019.^[2]

Past winners

The 2018 Drive for the Cure 200, the first race held on the road course configuration

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
Oval
1973	October 6	12	Bobby Allison		Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:08:46	123.969
1974	October 5		Bobby Allison		Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:30:07	119.973
1975	October 4		Ray Hendrick		Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:32:36	117.955
1976	October 23*		Ray Hendrick	Dick Armstrong	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:34:03	116.845
1977	October 8		Darrell Waltrip		Chevrolet	178*	267 (429.695)
1978	October 7	12	Bobby Allison		AMC	200	300 (482.803)	2:17:20	131.068
1979	October 6		Darrell Waltrip		Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)
1980	October 4		Dave Marcis		Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:30:03	119.96
1981	October 10		Gary Balough		Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)		135.678
1982	October 9	17	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal, Inc.	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:25:46	123.485
1983	October 8	00	Sam Ard	Thomas Brothers Racing	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	2:07:25	141.269
1984	October 6	17	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal, Inc.	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:26:45	123.499
1985	October 5	17	Terry Labonte	DarWal, Inc.	Pontiac	267	400.5 (644.542)	2:51:03	140.485
1986	October 4	8	Dale Earnhardt	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:09:07	138.746
1987	October 10	7	Harry Gant	Whitaker Racing	Buick	200	300 (482.803)	2:16:30	131.868
1988	October 8	25	Rob Moroso	Dick Moroso	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	2:25:32	123.683
1989	October 7	25	Rob Moroso	Dick Moroso	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	2:22:49	126.035
1990	October 6	48	Sterling Marlin	Fred Turner	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	2:16:05	132.272
1991	October 5	7	Harry Gant	Whitaker Racing	Buick	200	300 (482.803)	2:27:37	121.937
1992	October 10	1	Jeff Gordon	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:28:49	120.954
1993	October 9	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:37:37	113.96
1994	October 8	14	Terry Labonte	Labonte Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:13:30	134.831
1995	October 7	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:11:57	136.415
1996	October 5	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:24:03	124.957
1997	October 4	20	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:21:38	127.089
1998	October 3	34	Mike McLaughlin	Team 34	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:03:49	145.376
1999	October 9	21	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:15:06	133.235
2000	October 7	17	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:04:05	145.064
2001	October 6	60	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:09:05	139.445
2002	October 12	9	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:06:22	142.443
2003	October 11*	7	Greg Biffle	Evans Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:01:09	148.576
2004	October 15	20	Mike Bliss	Joe Gibbs Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:43:21	110.193
2005	October 14	39	Ryan Newman	Penske Racing	Dodge	200	300 (482.803)	2:55:36	102.506
2006	October 13	32	Dave Blaney	Braun Racing	Chevrolet	203*	304.5 (490.045)	2:50:45	106.999
2007	October 12	29	Jeff Burton	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:29:40	120.267
2008	October 10	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	300 (482.803)	2:53:40	103.647
2009	October 16	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	300 (482.803)	2:19:41	128.863
2010	October 15	22	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	200	300 (482.803)	2:23:16	125.64
2011	October 14	60	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:14:08	134.195
2012	October 12	20	Joey Logano	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	300 (482.803)	2:10:07	138.337
2013	October 11	54	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	300 (482.803)	2:14:53	133.449
2014	October 10	22	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:27:20	122.172
2015	October 9	33	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	1:58:24	152.027
2016	October 9*	12	Joey Logano	Team Penske	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:05:23	143.56
2017	October 7	42	Alex Bowman	Chip Ganassi Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:26:43	122.685
"Roval" road course
2018	September 29	98	Chase Briscoe	Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste	Ford	55	125.4 (201.812)	1:32:35	81.267
2019	September 28	10	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	67	155.34 (249.996)	2:06:30	73.726
2020	October 10	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	68*	157.76 (253.890)	2:43:05	58.041
2021	October 9	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	68*	157.76 (253.890)	2:07:14	74.396
2022	October 8	16	A. J. Allmendinger	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	72*	164.16 (264.525)	2:21:37	70.771
2023	October 7	1	Sam Mayer	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	67	155.34 (249.996)	2:00:31	77.387
2024	October 12	1	Sam Mayer	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	72*	164.16 (264.525)	2:28:35	66.290

1976: Race postponed from October 9 due to rain.
1977: Race shortened due to rain.
2003: Race postponed from Friday to Saturday due to rain.
2006, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2024: Races extended due to NASCAR overtime.
2016: Race postponed from Friday to Sunday afternoon due to rain.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
4	Darrell Waltrip	1977, 1979, 1982, 1984
4	A. J. Allmendinger	2019-2022
3	Bobby Allison	1973, 1974, 1978
	Mark Martin	1993, 1995, 1996
	Kyle Busch	2008, 2009, 2013
2	Ray Hendrick	1975, 1976
	Rob Moroso	1988, 1989
	Harry Gant	1987, 1991
	Terry Labonte	1985, 1994
	Greg Biffle	2001, 2003
	Jeff Burton	2002, 2007
	Brad Keselowski	2010, 2014
	Joey Logano	2012, 2016
	Sam Mayer	2023, 2024

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
6	Roush Fenway Racing	1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2011
5	Joe Gibbs Racing	2004, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
4	Team Penske	2005, 2010, 2014, 2016
4	Kaulig Racing	2019-2022
3	DarWal, Inc.	1982, 1984, 1985
2	Whitaker Racing	1987, 1991
	Dick Moroso	1988, 1989
	Richard Childress Racing	2007, 2015
	JR Motorsports	2023, 2024

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
22	Chevrolet	1973–1977, 1994, 1997–2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2015, 2017, 2019–2024
10	Ford	1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2014, 2016, 2018
7	Pontiac	1979–1982, 1984–1986
4	Oldsmobile	1983, 1988–1990
4	Toyota	2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
2	Buick	1987, 1991
2	Dodge	2005, 2010
1	AMC	1978

References

^ Spencer, Reid (September 29, 2018). "Chase Briscoe gets first Xfinity win in inaugural Charlotte road course race". NASCAR. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
^ "Charlotte Motor Speedway Enhances ROVAL™ with Expanded Backstretch Chicane". Charlotte Motor Speedway. June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

External links

Charlotte Motor Speedway (oval) race results at Racing-Reference
Charlotte Motor Speedway Road Course race results at Racing-Reference

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[1] Spencer, Reid (September 29, 2018). "Chase Briscoe gets first Xfinity win in inaugural Charlotte road course race". NASCAR. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

[2] "Charlotte Motor Speedway Enhances ROVAL™ with Expanded Backstretch Chicane". Charlotte Motor Speedway. June 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2019.

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