Drivin' for Linemen 200

Drivin' for Linemen 200

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Venue	Gateway Motorsports Park
Location	Madison, Illinois, United States
Corporate sponsor	American Ethanol
First race	1998
Distance	200 miles (321.869 km)
Laps	160
Previous names	Ram 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) resented by Honda Power Equipment (2008) Copart 200 (2009) CampingWorld.com 200 (2010) Drivin' for Linemen 200 (2014–)
Most wins (driver)	Ted Musgrave (2)
Most wins (team)	Kevin Harvick, Inc. Ultra Motorsports (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (6)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.25 mi (2.01 km)
Turns	4

The Drivin' for Linemen 200 is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Gateway Motorsports Park since 1998, and ran until 2010 when the track closed. With new ownership in place in 2012, the race returned to the schedule in 2014.

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 5 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 Motorports 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.^[1]

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
					Laps	Miles (km)
1998	Sept 19	Rick Carelli	Chesrown Racing	Chevrolet	160	200 (321.868)	2:00:17	99.764
1999	Aug 20	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing	Ford	160	200 (321.868)	1:47:17	111.853
2000	May 7	Jack Sprague	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	200 (321.868)	1:45:31	113.726
2001	May 6	Ted Musgrave	Ultra Motorsports	Dodge	160	200 (321.868)	1:46:56	112.237
2002	May 5	Terry Cook	K Automotive Racing	Ford	160	200 (321.868)	1:49:46	109.323
2003	July 19	Brendan Gaughan	Orleans Racing	Dodge	160	200 (321.868)	2:00:37	99.489
2004	July 17	David Starr	Spears Motorsports	Chevrolet	174*	217.5 (350.032)	2:19:17	93.694
2005	April 30	Ted Musgrave	Ultra Motorsports	Dodge	160	200 (321.868)	1:58:59	100.854
2006	April 29	Todd Bodine	Germain Racing	Toyota	160	200 (321.868)	2:21:14	84.966
2007	Sept 1	Johnny Benson Jr.	Bill Davis Racing	Toyota	160	200 (321.868)	1:55:46	103.657
2008	Sept 6	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Kevin Harvick Inc.	Chevrolet	160	200 (321.868)	2:07:51	93.86
2009	Sept 12	Mike Skinner	Randy Moss Motorsports	Toyota	162*	202.5 (325.892)	2:16:06	89.273
2010	July 17*	Kevin Harvick	Kevin Harvick Inc.	Chevrolet	160	200 (321.868)	1:57:40	101.983
2011 – 2013	Not held
2014	June 14	Darrell Wallace Jr.	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	160	200 (321.868)	2:06:16	95.037
2015	June 13	Cole Custer	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	160	200 (321.868)	2:03:45	96.97

• 2004 & 2009: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish; 2004 took four attempts.
• 2010: Race postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon due to power outage.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
2	Ted Musgrave	2001, 2005

Multiple winners (teams)

2014 race logo

# Wins	Team	Years Won
2	Ultra Motorsports	2001, 2005
	Kevin Harvick Inc.	2008, 2010

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
6	Chevrolet	1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015
4	Toyota	2006, 2007, 2009, 2014
3	Dodge	2001, 2003, 2005
2	Ford	1999, 2002

References

1. Roberts, Ken (October 25, 2013). "NASCAR returns to Gateway with truck series race". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, MO. Retrieved 2013-10-26.