Toyota Care 250

This article is about the spring Xfinity Series race. For the fall Xfinity Series race, see Virginia 529 College Savings 250.

Toyota Care 250
NASCAR Xfinity Series


Venue	Richmond International Raceway
Location	Richmond, Virginia, United States
Corporate sponsor	Toyota
First race	1982
Distance	26.25 miles (42.25 km) (heat races) 105 miles (169 km) (feature)
Laps	35 (heat races) 140 (feature)
Previous names	Eastern 150 (1982–1983) Wrangler 150 (1984) Pontiac 200 (1990–1991) Hardee's 200 (1992–1993) Hardee's Frisco 250 (1994) Hardee's 250 (1995, 1998–2003) Hardee's Fried Chicken 250 (1996–1997) Funai 250 (2004–2005) Circuit City 250 (2006–2007) Lipton Tea 250 (2008–2009) Bubba Burger 250 (2010–2011) Virginia 529 College Savings Plan 250 (2012) ToyotaCare 250 (2013-present)
Most wins (driver)	Denny Hamlin Kevin Harvick Mark Martin (3)
Most wins (team)	Joe Gibbs Racing Roush Racing (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (11)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	0.75 mi (1.21 km)
Turns	4

The ToyotaCare 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race that takes place at Richmond International Raceway in Richmond, Virginia. The race was first held during the inaugural season for the Xfinity Series in 1982, as a 150 lap event. The race was removed from the schedule after 1984. It returned to the series starting in 1990 as a 200 lap race. It was expanded to 250 lap distance in 1994. In 2016 as part of an overhauling of the Richmond spring race weekend, including the new Dash4Cash format, the total of 210-laps and will have two 35-lap heat races and a 140-lap feature.^[1]

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
1982	February 20	Tommy Houston	Mike Day	Chevrolet	150	81.3 (130.839)	1:24:35	57.667
1983	February 26	Sam Ard	Thomas Brothers Racing	Oldsmobile	150	81.3 (130.839)	1:06:14	73.639
1984	February 25	Sam Ard	Thomas Brothers Racing	Oldsmobile	150	81.3 (130.839)	1:04:58	75.084
1985 – 1989	Not held
1990	February 24	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	200	150 (241.401)	1:42:10	88.091
1991	February 23	Harry Gant	Whitaker Racing	Buick	200	150 (241.401)	1:37:40	92.156
1992	March 7	Harry Gant	Whitaker Racing	Buick	200	150 (241.401)	1:32:15	97.561
1993	March 6	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	200	150 (241.401)	1:26:44	103.766
1994	March 5	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:03:17	91.253
1995	March 4	Kenny Wallace	FILMAR Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:56:50	96.291
1996	March 2	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:54:36	98.168
1997	March 1	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:10:08	86.45
1998	June 5	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:57:26	95.799
1999	May 14	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:04:55	90.06
2000	May 5	Jeff Green	ppc Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:18:51	81.023
2001	May 4	Jimmy Spencer	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:13:53	84.028
2002	May 3	Jason Keller	ppc Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:20:23	80.138
2003	May 2	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:30:42	74.652
2004	May 14	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:12:19	85.023
2005	May 13	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford	253*	189.75 (305.373)	2:12:50	85.709
2006	May 5/6*	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:22:17	79.068
2007	May 4	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:02:25	91.899
2008	May 2	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	253*	189.75 (305.373)	1:58:18	96.238
2009	May 1	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:09:48	86.672
2010	April 30	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	252*	189 (304.166)	2:04:21	91.194
2011	April 29	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	251*	188.25 (302.959)	1:44:11	108.415
2012	April 27	Kurt Busch	Kyle Busch Motorsports	Toyota	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:48:06	104.07
2013	April 26	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:14:18	83.768
2014	April 25	Kevin Harvick	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:58:54	94.617
2015	April 24	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:50:47	101.55
2016*	April 23	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	149*	111.75 (179.844)	1:11:37	93.623

2005, 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2016: Race extended due to overtime.
2006: Race was delayed because of rain and finished at midnight.
2016: The main event was reduced to 140 laps, while 70 other laps were divided into two heat races for the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash program.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
3	Mark Martin	1993, 1997, 1999
	Kevin Harvick	2003, 2006, 2014
	Denny Hamlin	2008, 2011, 2015
2	Sam Ard	1983, 1984
	Harry Gant	1991, 1992
	Kyle Busch	2004, 2009
	Brad Keselowski	2010, 2013

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
4	Roush Racing	1993, 1997, 1998, 1999
4	Joe Gibbs Racing	2008, 2009, 2011, 2015
3	Richard Childress Racing	2003, 2006, 2007
2	Thomas Brothers Racing	1983, 1984
	Whitaker Racing	1991, 1992
	Phoenix Racing	1996, 2001
	ppc Racing	2000, 2002
	Penske Racing	2010, 2013
	JR Motorsports	2014, 2016

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
11	Chevrolet	1982, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2016
8	Ford	1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2013
5	Toyota	2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015
2	Oldsmobile	1983, 1984
2	Buick	1991, 1992
1	Pontiac	1990
1	Dodge	2010

Qualifying race winners

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)
2016	April 23	1^[2]	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	35	26.25 (42.25)	00:13:43	114.824
2016	April 23	2^[3]	Ty Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	35	26.25 (42.25)	00:13:42	114.964

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Host	Pre-race analysts	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)	Pit reporters
2001	TNT	Bill Weber	Tony Stewart	Allen Bestwick	Benny Parsons Wally Dallenbach	Bill Weber Dave Burns Marty Snider Matt Yocum
2002					Benny Parsons Rusty Wallace	Bill Weber Dave Burns Marty Snider Matt Yocum
2003					Tony Stewart Wally Dallenbach	Bill Weber Dave Burns Marty Snider Matt Yocum Benny Parsons
2004	Fx	Chris Myers	Jeff Hammond Darrell Waltrip Phil Parsons	Mike Joy	Darrell Waltrip Larry McReynolds	Dick Berggren Steve Byrnes Matt Yocum Jeanne Zelasko
2005
2006
2007	ABC	Jerry Punch	Suzy Kolber	Brad Daugherty	Rusty Wallace Andy Petree	Dave Burns Jamie Little Allen Bestwick Mike Massaro
2008			Allen Bestwick Marty Reid	Brad Daugherty Rusty Wallace	Rusty Wallace Carl Edwards Andy Petree Michael Waltrip Darrel Waltrip	Dave Burns Jamie Little Shannon Spake Mike Massaro
2009						Dave Burns Jamie Little Shannon Spake Vince Welch
2010	ESPN SPEED	Allen Bestwick				Dave Burns Jamie Little Jerry Punch Mike Massaro Krista Voda Hermie Sadler Ray Dunlap
2011		Nicole Briscoe	Allen Bestwick Marty Reid Rick Allen
2012
2013
2014
2015	FS1	Danielle Trotta	Michael Waltrip	Adam Alexander	Brad Keselowski Michael Waltrip	Chris Neville Matt Yocum Vince Welch
2016	FS1	Danielle Trotta	Michael Waltrip	Adam Alexander	Michael Waltrip Joey Logano	Chris Neville Hermie Sadler Vince Welch

The 2013 race was moved to ESPNews due to ESPN airing the NBA playoffs and ESPN2 airing NFL Draft coverage.^[4]

References

↑ Racing-Reference.info - Richmond International Raceway Race Results
↑ "2016 Toyota Care 250 Heat 1 Results" (PDF). Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
↑ "2016 Toyota Care 250 Heat 2 Results" (PDF). Jayski's Silly Season Site. ESPN Internet Ventures. April 23, 2016. Retrieved April 23, 2016.
↑ Dougherty, Pete (April 26, 2013). "Tonight’s NASCAR Nationwide race on ESPNews". Times Union. Retrieved April 18, 2014.

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