Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (fall race)

(Redirected from Smith's 350)

The Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 was a 134-lap, 200-mile long NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race that took place at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Victoria’s Voice Foundation 200 presented by Westgate Resorts
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
VenueLas Vegas Motor Speedway
LocationLas Vegas, Nevada, United States
Corporate sponsorWestgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino[1]
First race1996
Last race2021
Distance201 miles (323 km)
Laps134
Stages 1/2: 30 each
Final stage: 74
Previous namesCarquest 420K (1996)
Carquest Auto Parts 420K (1997)
Sam's Town 250 (1998)
The Orleans 250 (1999)
Orleans 350 (2001)
Las Vegas 350 (2002–2005, 2009, 2017)
Smith's Las Vegas 350 (2006–2007)
Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350 (2008)
Smith's Food & Drug Store 350 (2010)
Smith's 350 (2011–2013)
Rhino Linings 350 (2014–2015)
DC Solar 350 (2016)
World of Westgate 200 (2018–2020)
Victoria's Voice Foundation 200 (2021)
Most wins (driver)Jack Sprague, Mike Skinner, Austin Hill (2)
Most wins (team)ThorSport Racing (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)Toyota, Chevrolet (9)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns4

History

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The checkered flag flies at the 2015 race

The race was first held on November 3, 1996 as the Carquest 420K. The race continued annually until 2000, when the race was removed from the schedule. However, the race returned as the Orleans 350 in 2001.

In 2011, the race was moved to October as part of the IndyCar weekend and became an afternoon race.

In 2012, the race was originally set for October 13 at 12 noon PDT as part of the IndyCar weekend, but Indy Racing League LLC faced issues from the 2011 IZOD IndyCar World Championship, with Truck race being that race's Saturday event, but the IndyCar race was removed as a result of legal issues following the death of Dan Wheldon on Lap 11 of the IndyCar race. As a result, it moved back to late September as a stand-alone race and returned to night time.

For the 2018 race, known as the World of Westgate 200, the event was shortened to 201 miles and 134 laps due to LVMS earned a 2nd race, now each of them had 201 miles and 134 laps.[2]

When the 2022 schedule was released, it was announced that the race would not return, and Las Vegas would be only host one truck race in the spring.[3]

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1996 November 3 24 Jack Sprague Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 175 262.5 (422.452) 2:10:24 120.782 [4]
1997 November 9 80 Joe Ruttman Roush Racing Ford 175 262.5 (422.452) 2:05:09 125.849 [5]
1998 November 8 24 Jack Sprague Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 169* 253.5 (407.968) 1:56:07 130.801 [6]
1999 September 24 50 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 167 250.5 (403.14) 1:58:08 127.229 [7]
2000 Not held
2001 October 14 1 Ted Musgrave Ultra Motorsports Dodge 146 219 (352.446) 1:42:35 128.091 [8]
2002 October 13 75 David Starr Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 146 219 (352.446) 1:37:03 135.394 [9]
2003 September 27 62 Brendan Gaughan Orleans Racing Dodge 146 219 (352.446) 1:46:07 123.826 [10]
2004 September 25 15 Shane Hmiel Billy Ballew Motorsports Chevrolet 146 219 (352.446) 1:46:05 123.865 [11]
2005 September 24 30 Todd Bodine Germain Racing Toyota 152* 228 (366.93) 1:48:22 126.238 [12]
2006 September 23 5 Mike Skinner Bill Davis Racing Toyota 146 219 (352.446) 1:51:32 117.812 [13]
2007 September 22 6 Travis Kvapil Roush Fenway Racing Ford 146 219 (352.446) 1:54:12 115.061 [14]
2008 September 20 5 Mike Skinner Bill Davis Racing Toyota 147* 220.5 (354.86) 2:10:54 101.07 [15]
2009 September 26 13 Johnny Sauter ThorSport/CAPG Racing Chevrolet 146 219 (352.446) 1:42:59 127.593 [16]
2010 September 25 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 146 219 (352.446) 1:51:00 118.378 [17]
2011 October 15 2 Ron Hornaday Jr. Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 146 219 (352.446) 2:06:16 104.065 [18]
2012 September 29 30 Nelson Piquet Jr. Turner Motorsports Chevrolet 146 219 (352.446) 1:57:15 112.068 [19]
2013 September 28 17 Timothy Peters Red Horse Racing Toyota 146 219 (352.446) 1:58:40 110.73 [20]
2014 September 27 51 Erik Jones Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 146 219 (352.446) 1:36:07 136.709 [21]
2015 October 3 05 John Wes Townley Athenian Motorsports Chevrolet 146 219 (352.446) 1:38:58 132.772 [22]
2016 October 1 29 Tyler Reddick Brad Keselowski Racing Ford 146 219 (352.446) 1:31:47 143.163 [23]
2017 September 30 27 Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Toyota 146 219 (352.446) 1:52:39 116.644 [24]
2018 September 14 98 Grant Enfinger ThorSport Racing Ford 144* 216 (347.618) 2:07:30 101.647 [25]
2019 September 13 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 134 201 (323.477) 1:47:00 112.71 [26]
2020 September 25 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 134 201 (323.477) 1:40:37 119.861 [27]
2021 September 24 98 Christian Eckes ThorSport Racing Toyota 134 201 (323.477) 1:54:28 105.358 [28]

Multiple winners (drivers)

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# Wins Driver Years Won
2 Jack Sprague 1996, 1998
Mike Skinner 2006, 2008
Austin Hill 2019, 2020

Multiple winners (Teams)

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# Wins Team Years Won
4 ThorSport Racing 2009, 2017, 2018, 2021
3 Roush Fenway Racing 1997, 1999, 2007
2 Hendrick Motorsports 1996, 1998
Bill Davis Racing 2006, 2008
Hattori Racing Enterprises 2019, 2020

Manufacturer wins

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# Wins Make Years Won
9   Toyota 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
  Chevrolet 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015
5   Ford 1997, 1999, 2007, 2016, 2018
2   Dodge 2001, 2003

References

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  1. ^ "Westgate Resorts named title sponsor of Las Vegas Truck race". 12 June 2018.
  2. ^ Long, Dustin (March 8, 2017). "Las Vegas gets second Cup date in 2018; New Hampshire loses a Cup date". NASCAR Talk. NBC Sports. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "Back to the Future: New venues, return of familiar locations highlight 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series slates". NASCAR. September 29, 2021. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
  4. ^ "1996 Carquest 420K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  5. ^ "1997 Carquest Auto Parts 420K". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "1998 Sam's Town 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "1999 The Orleans 250". Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  8. ^ "2001 Orleans 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  9. ^ "2002 Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "2003 Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  11. ^ "2004 Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  12. ^ a b "2005 Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  13. ^ "2006 Smith's Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  14. ^ "2007 Smith's Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  15. ^ a b "2008 Qwik Liner Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  16. ^ "2009 Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  17. ^ "2010 Smith's 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  18. ^ "2011 Smith's 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  19. ^ "2012 Smith's 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  20. ^ "2013 Smith's 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  21. ^ "2014 Rhino Linings 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  22. ^ "2015 Rhino Linings 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  23. ^ "2016 DC Solar 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  24. ^ "2017 Las Vegas 350". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  25. ^ a b "2018 World of Westgate 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  26. ^ "2019 World of Westgate 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  27. ^ "2020 World of Westgate 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  28. ^ "2021 Victoria's Voice Foundation 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
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