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Toyota 200 presented by CK Power

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Toyota 200
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
VenueWorld Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
LocationMadison, Illinois, U.S.
Corporate sponsorToyota (title sponsor)
CK Power (presenting sponsor)
First race1998
Last race2024
Distance200 miles (321.869 km)
Laps160[1]
Stages 1/2: 55 each
Final stage: 50
Previous namesRam Tough 200 Presented by Pepsi (1998, 2001)
Ram Tough 200 (1999)
Ram Tough 200 by Pepsi (2000)
Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200 (2002–2004, 2006–2007)
Dodge Ram Tough 200 (2005)
Camping World 200 Presented by Honda Power Equipment (2008)
Copart 200 (2009)
CampingWorld.com 200 (2010)
Drivin' for Linemen 200 (2014–2017)
Villa Lighting delivers the Eaton 200 presented by CK Power (2018)
CarShield 200 presented by CK Power (2019–2020)
Toyota 200 (2021–2024)
Most wins (driver)Ted Musgrave
Sheldon Creed
Corey Heim (2)
Most wins (team)GMS Racing (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (12)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.25 mi (2.01 km)
Turns4

The Toyota 200 was a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway (formerly Gateway Motorsports Park). The race has been held each year since 1998 except for 2011, 2012 and 2013. The track closed after the 2010 race, reopened in 2012 under new ownership, and the race returned to the schedule in 2014.

Race history

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CarShield was the title sponsor of the race in 2019 and 2020

Rick Carelli won the first truck race at Gateway. A year later Greg Biffle won the first night race for the series at Gateway. In 2000, the race date was moved to May, and the time of race was once again day. Jack Sprague not only won that race, but holds the average speed record for the event to this day. A year later Ted Musgrave won the event after showers moved the race back into the evening.

In 2004, the NASCAR Craftsman truck was using its version of the green-white-checkered rule, which stated that every race must end under green, for the last time. With five laps left in the race Jack Sprague cut a tire bringing out the caution. Caution would come out. On the first green-white-checkered attempt a wreck in turn 1 brought the yellow flag out again. The very next green flag saw first and second position drivers, Shane Hmiel and Bobby Hamilton get together bringing the yellow out again. On the second attempt on the back straightway, Rick Crawford's truck was involved in an accident that had the truck sliding on its side against the wall. On the fourth attempt, David Starr came out on top in a race with a record for most green-white-checkered laps and most attempts. Shortly thereafter NASCAR adopted a universal green-white-checkered rule for all three of its major series which said that if the caution flag comes out at any time during the green-white-checkered run the race will end under caution.

NASCAR-sanctioned events stopped being run at the track after the 2010 season when Dover Motorsports shut down the circuit at the end of the 2010 season. The circuits were sold to former club racer and INDYCAR Indy Lights driver Curtis Francois in 2011, who promptly brought back the NHRA tour in 2012. Francois and NASCAR successfully negotiated the Truck Series return on June 14, 2014.[2]

During the 2016 race, Spencer Gallagher and John Wes Townley crashed in turn one and got into a fight after climbing out of their trucks.[3]

In March 2018, CK Power was announced as the new presenting sponsor for the race (which they remain to this day),[4] and in June, Villa Lighting and Eaton Electrical Products were announced as that year's title sponsors.[5] CarShield became the title sponsor in 2019 and returned in 2020.[6] Toyota (specifically their dealerships in or near St. Louis) became the title sponsor for the 2021 race at the track,[7] which was the first time that it was the opening race of the Truck Series playoffs.[8]

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1998 September 19 6 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 2:00:17 99.764 [9]
1999 August 20 50 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford 160 200 (321.868) 1:47:17 111.853 [10]
2000 May 7 24 Jack Sprague Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 1:45:31 113.726 [11]
2001 May 6 1 Ted Musgrave Ultra Motorsports Dodge 160 200 (321.868) 1:46:56 112.237 [12]
2002 May 5 29 Terry Cook K Automotive Racing Ford 160 200 (321.868) 1:49:46 109.323 [13]
2003 July 19 62 Brendan Gaughan Orleans Racing Dodge 160 200 (321.868) 2:00:37 99.489 [14]
2004 July 17 75 David Starr Spears Motorsports Chevrolet 174* 217.5 (350.032) 2:19:17 93.694 [15]
2005 April 30 1 Ted Musgrave Ultra Motorsports Dodge 160 200 (321.868) 1:58:59 100.854 [16]
2006 April 29 30 Todd Bodine Germain Racing Toyota 160 200 (321.868) 2:21:14 84.966 [17]
2007 September 1 23 Johnny Benson Jr. Bill Davis Racing Toyota 160 200 (321.868) 1:55:46 103.657 [18]
2008 September 6 33 Ron Hornaday Jr. Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 2:07:51 93.86 [19]
2009 September 12 5 Mike Skinner Randy Moss Motorsports Toyota 162* 202.5 (325.892) 2:16:06 89.273 [20]
2010* July 17* 2 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 1:57:40 101.983 [21]
2011
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2013 		Not held
2014 June 14 54 Bubba Wallace Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 160 200 (321.868) 2:06:16 95.037 [22]
2015 June 13 00 Cole Custer JR Motorsports Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 2:03:45 96.97 [23]
2016 June 25 4 Christopher Bell Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 160 200 (321.868) 2:14:48 89.021 [24]
2017 June 17 8 John Hunter Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 1:47:18 111.836 [25]
2018 June 23 24 Justin Haley GMS Racing Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 2:20:38 85.328 [26]
2019 June 22 45 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 1:57:27 102.171 [27]
2020 August 30 2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 160 200 (321.868) 2:00:23 99.682 [28]
2021 August 20 2 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 163* 203.75 (327.63) 2:31:31 80.684 [29]
2022 June 4 51 Corey Heim Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 165* 206.25 (331.926) 2:23:14 86.397 [30]
2023 June 3 23 Grant Enfinger GMS Racing Chevrolet 162* 202.5 (325.892) 2:30:29 116.898 [31]
2024 June 1 11 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota 160 200 (321.868) 2:01:27 98.806 [32]
  • 2004, 2009, 2021, 2022, and 2023: The race was extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish; 2004 took four attempts.
  • 2010: The race was postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon due to power outage and was Susposed to be the last race at Gateway .[33]
  • 2020: Race postponed from August 21 to August 30 due to schedule changes resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Multiple winners (drivers)

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# Wins Driver Years Won
2 Ted Musgrave 2001, 2005
Sheldon Creed 2020, 2021
Corey Heim 2022, 2024

Multiple winners (teams)

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# Wins Team Years Won
4 GMS Racing 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
3 Kyle Busch Motorsports 2014, 2016, 2022
2 Ultra Motorsports 2001, 2005
Kevin Harvick Inc. 2008, 2010

Manufacturer wins

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# Wins Make Years Won
12 United States Chevrolet 1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017-2021, 2023
7 Japan Toyota 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2024
3 United States Dodge 2001, 2003, 2005
2 United States Ford 1999, 2002

References

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  1. ^ "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. ^ Roberts, Ken (October 25, 2013). "NASCAR returns to Gateway with truck series race". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, MO. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  3. ^ Bonkowski, Jerry (June 26, 2016). "Townley, Gallagher wreck, wrestle and then slug it out after Gateway wreck". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  4. ^ "CK Power named presenting sponsor of Gateway Truck race". Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN. March 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Villa Lighting, Eaton electrical products to sponsor Gateway Motorsports Park's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race". Catchfence. June 1, 2018. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  6. ^ "Saturday, June 22: NASCAR Truck Series-ARCA Menards Series doubleheader". World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway. June 17, 2019. Archived from the original on June 17, 2019.
  7. ^ "St. Louis Area Toyota Dealers to sponsor NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. August 10, 2021.
  8. ^ Norman, Brad (April 3, 2019). "2020 schedules for Xfinity Series, Gander Trucks unveiled". NASCAR. Retrieved January 6, 2020.
  9. ^ "1998 Ram Tough 200 presented by Pepsi". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "1999 Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  11. ^ "2000 Ram Tough 200 by Pepsi". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  12. ^ "2001 Ram Tough 200 presented by Pepsi". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  13. ^ "2002 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  14. ^ "2003 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  15. ^ "2004 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  16. ^ "2005 Dodge Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  17. ^ "2006 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  18. ^ "2007 Missouri-Illinois Dodge Dealers Ram Tough 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  19. ^ "2008 Camping World 200 Presented by Honda Power Equipment". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  20. ^ "2009 Copart 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  21. ^ "2010 CampingWorld.com 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  22. ^ "2014 Drivin' For Linemen 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  23. ^ "2015 Drivin' For Linemen 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  24. ^ "2016 Drivin' For Linemen 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  25. ^ "2017 Drivin' For Linemen 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  26. ^ "2018 Villa Lighting Delivers the Eaton 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  27. ^ "2019 CarShield 200". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  28. ^ "2020 CarShield 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  29. ^ "2021 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
  30. ^ "2022 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  31. ^ "2023 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  32. ^ "2024 Toyota 200 presented by CK Power". Racing-Reference. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  33. ^ Pearce, Al (July 15, 2010). "NASCAR Truck Series race postponed due to power outage". Autoweek. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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