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Raptor King of Tough 250

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, seeMoneyLion 300.

TheRaptor King of Tough 250is aNASCAR Xfinity Seriesstock car raceheld atAtlanta Motor SpeedwayinHampton, Georgia,a few miles south ofAtlanta.This race had been Atlanta's lone Busch/Nationwide/Xfinity Series date until 2021 when asecond racewas 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.

Raptor King of Tough 250
NASCAR Xfinity Series
VenueAtlanta Motor Speedway
LocationHampton, Georgia,United States
CorporatesponsorRAPTOR Coatings[1]
First race1992
Distance251.02 miles (403.98 km)
Laps163
Stages 1/2:40 each
Final stage:83
Previous namesAtlanta 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)
Most wins (driver)Kevin Harvick(5)
Most wins (team)Roush Fenway Racing(7)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet(18)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.54 mi (2.48 km)
Turns4

History

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EchoPark Automotivewas the title sponsor of the race in 2020 and 2021.
The 2022 Nalley Cars 250

Jeff Gordon,Mike Skinner,Jamie McMurray,andCarl Edwardshave gotten their first series wins in this race.

Following the transfer of the season ending Cup series race from Atlanta toHomestead-Miami Speedwayafter the 2001 season (although due to theSeptember 11 attacks,the 2001 Atlanta fall race was the second-to-last race of the season whenthe race at New Hampshirewas 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 thelone Busch event at Talladega.The race gained sponsorship fromGlaxoSmithKlinethrough itsNicorettebrand[2][3]and moved back to its traditional spring date.

In September 2008,NASCARofficials announced that Nicorette would not renew its corporate sponsorship for race after the2008season. On October 26, 2008 it was announced thatUnilever's deodorant brandDegreewill take over sponsorship of this race starting in2009.It was later announced that the now-Degree V12 300 would be moving to September as part of the latest round ofNASCAR realignment,which resulted in thePep Boys Auto 500,theAMP Energy 500at Talladega, and thePepsi 500atFontana/Auto Club Speedwaytrading places. The Degree V12 300 took the place of theCamping World RV Service 300on NASCAR's Labor Day weekend race schedule and serves as an accompanying race to theAdvoCare 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 theTruck Series.The race was also reduced to 250 miles in order to make the race a doubleheader on the same day.[4]

EchoPark Automotivebecame the title sponsor of the race in 2020,[5]replacingRinnai.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 theCOVID-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 theNalley Cars 250.[7]In 2023, Raptor Coatings replaced Nalley as the title sponsor and the new name of the race was theRaptor King of Tough 250.[1]

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1992 March 14 1 Jeff Gordon Bill Davis Racing Ford 197 299.834 (482.536) 2:24:36 124.412 [8]
1993 November 13* 2 Ward Burton A.G. Dillard Motorsports Chevrolet 197 299.834 (482.536) 2:44:05 109.64 [9]
1994 March 12 7 Harry Gant Whitaker Racing Chevrolet 197 299.834 (482.536) 2:20:56 127.649 [10]
1995 March 11 74 Johnny Benson Jr. BACE Motorsports Chevrolet 197 299.834 (482.536) 2:03:45 145.767 [11]
1996 March 9 5 Terry Labonte Labonte Motorsports Chevrolet 197 299.834 (482.536) 2:08:15 139.656 [12]
1997* March 8 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 197 299.834 (482.536) 1:58:55 151.751 [13]
1998* November 7 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:10:23 138.193 [14]
1999 March 13 19 Mike Skinner Emerald Performance Group Chevrolet 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:33:46 117.178# [15]
2000 March 11* 60 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 203 312.62 (503.113) 2:27:47 126.924 [16]
2001 March 10 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 203 312.62 (503.113) 2:10:18 143.954 [17]
2002 October 26 27 Jamie McMurray Brewco Motorsports Chevrolet 203 312.62 (503.113) 2:15:09 138.788 [18]
2003 October 25 7 Greg Biffle Evans Motorsports Chevrolet 203 312.62 (503.113) 2:08:17 146.217 [19]
2004 October 30 17 Matt Kenseth Reiser Enterprises Ford 208* 320.32 (515.505) 2:24:08 133.343 [20]
2005 March 19 60 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford 203 312.62 (503.113) 2:23:34 130.651 [21]
2006 March 18 21 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:20:47 127.984 [22]
2007 March 17 29 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:21:39 127.201 [23]
2008 March 8 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford 198* 304.92 (490.721) 2:19:21 131.29 [24]
2009 September 5 33 Kevin Harvick Kevin Harvick Inc. Chevrolet 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:04:04 145.228 [25]
2010 September 4 88 Jamie McMurray JR Motorsports Chevrolet 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:04:44 144.452 [26]
2011 September 3 60 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:15:40 132.811 [27]
2012 September 1 6 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Roush Fenway Racing Ford 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:32:51 117.88 [28]
2013 August 31 33 Kevin Harvick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:08:01 140.747 [29]
2014 August 30 5 Kevin Harvick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 195 300.3 (483.286) 2:08:37 140.091 [30]
2015 February 28 88 Kevin Harvick JR Motorsports Chevrolet 163 251.02 (403.977) 1:40:32 149.813 [31]
2016 February 27 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 163 251.02 (403.977) 1:49:53 137.065 [32]
2017 March 4 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 163 251.02 (403.977) 1:57:16 128.435 [33]
2018 February 24 98 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racingwith
Biagi-DenBeste 		Ford 163 251.02 (403.977) 1:56:09 129.67 [34]
2019 February 23 20 Christopher Bell Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota* 163 251.02 (403.977) 1:48:00 139.456 [35]
2020 June 6* 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 163 251.02 (403.977) 2:02:37 122.832 [36]
2021 March 20 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 163 251.02 (403.977) 2:10:50 115.117 [37]
2022 March 19 54 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 172* 264.88 (426.282) 2:36:39 101.454 [38]
2023 March 18 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 163 251.02 (403.977) 2:44:49 91.382 [39]
2024 February 24 21 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 169* 260.26 () 1:55:16 135.474 [40]

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
5 Kevin Harvick 2009, 2013-2015, 2018
3 Mark Martin 1997, 1998, 2000
2 Jamie McMurray 2002, 2010
Matt Kenseth 2004, 2008
Carl Edwards 2005, 2011
Jeff Burton 2006, 2007
Kyle Busch 2016, 2017
Austin Hill 2023, 2024

Multiple winners (teams)

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# Wins Team Years Won
7 Roush Fenway Racing 1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012
5 Richard Childress Racing 2006, 2007, 2013, 2023, 2024
4 JR Motorsports 2010, 2014, 2015, 2021
Joe Gibbs Racing 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022

Manufacturer wins

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# Wins Make Years Won
19 Chevrolet 1993-1996, 1999, 2001-2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013-2015, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
10 Ford 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2018
4 Toyota 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022

References

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  28. ^"2012 NRA American Warrior 300".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedNovember 12,2023.
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  31. ^"2015 Hisense 250".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedNovember 12,2023.
  32. ^"2016 Heads Up Georgia 250".Racing-Reference.NASCAR Digital Media, LLC.RetrievedNovember 12,2023.
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