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Drivin' for Linemen 200

Drivin' for Linemen 200

The CarShield 200 presented by CK Power is a NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway held 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.

CarShield 200 presented by CK Power
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NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series
VenueWorld Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway
LocationMadison, Illinois, United States
Corporate sponsorCarShield[1]
CK Power[2]
First race1998
Distance200 miles (321.869 km)
Laps160 (Stage 1: 35 Stage 2: 35 Stage 3: 90)
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)[3]
Most wins (driver)Ted Musgrave (2)
Most wins (team)Kevin Harvick, Inc.
Ultra Motorsports
Kyle Busch Motorsports (2)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (9)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.25 mi (2.01 km)
Turns4

Race history

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 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.[4]

During the 2016 race, Spencer Gallagher and John Wes Townley crashed in turn one and engaged in a fight.[5]

Past winners

YearDateNo.DriverTeamManufacturerRace DistanceRace TimeAverage Speed
(mph)
LapsMiles (km)
1998Sep 196Rick CarelliChesrown RacingChevrolet160200 (321.868)2:00:1799.764
1999Aug 2050Greg BiffleRoush RacingFord160200 (321.868)1:47:17111.853
2000May 724Jack SpragueHendrick MotorsportsChevrolet160200 (321.868)1:45:31113.726
2001May 61Ted MusgraveUltra MotorsportsDodge160200 (321.868)1:46:56112.237
2002May 529Terry CookK Automotive RacingFord160200 (321.868)1:49:46109.323
2003July 1962Brendan GaughanOrleans RacingDodge160200 (321.868)2:00:3799.489
2004July 1775David StarrSpears MotorsportsChevrolet174*217.5 (350.032)2:19:1793.694
2005April 301Ted MusgraveUltra MotorsportsDodge160200 (321.868)1:58:59100.854
2006April 2930Todd BodineGermain RacingToyota160200 (321.868)2:21:1484.966
2007Sep 123Johnny Benson Jr.Bill Davis RacingToyota160200 (321.868)1:55:46103.657
2008Sep 633Ron Hornaday Jr.Kevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet160200 (321.868)2:07:5193.86
2009Sep 125Mike SkinnerRandy Moss MotorsportsToyota162*202.5 (325.892)2:16:0689.273
2010July 17*2Kevin HarvickKevin Harvick Inc.Chevrolet160200 (321.868)1:57:40101.983
2011

2013
Not held
2014June 1454Darrell Wallace Jr.Kyle Busch MotorsportsToyota160200 (321.868)2:06:1695.037
2015June 1300Cole CusterJR MotorsportsChevrolet160200 (321.868)2:03:4596.97
2016June 254Christopher BellKyle Busch MotorsportsToyota160200 (321.868)2:14:4889.021
2017June 178John Hunter NemechekNEMCO MotorsportsChevrolet160200 (321.868)1:47:18111.836
2018June 2324Justin HaleyGMS RacingChevrolet160200 (321.868)2:20:3885.328
2019June 2245Ross ChastainNiece MotorsportsChevrolet160200 (321.868)1:57:27102.171
  • 2004 and 2009: The race was extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish; 2004 took four attempts at overtime.

  • 2010: The race was postponed from Friday night to Saturday afternoon due to power outage.[6]

Multiple winners (drivers)

Wins

DriverYears Won
2Ted Musgrave2001, 2005

Multiple winners (teams)

Wins

TeamYears Won
2Ultra Motorsports2001, 2005
Kevin Harvick Inc.2008, 2010
Kyle Busch Motorsports2014, 2016

Manufacturer wins

Wins

MakeYears Won
9United StatesChevrolet1998, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
5JapanToyota2006, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2016
3United StatesDodge2001, 2003, 2005
2United StatesFord1999, 2002

References

[1]
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[2]
Citation Linkwww.espn.comJayski's Silly Season Site (March 1, 2018). "CK Power named presenting sponsor of Gateway Truck race". ESPN. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
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[3]
Citation Linkwww.catchfence.com"Villa Lighting, Eaton electrical products to sponsor Gateway Motorsports Park's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race". Catchfence. June 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
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[4]
Citation Linkwww.stltoday.comRoberts, Ken (October 25, 2013). "NASCAR returns to Gateway with truck series race". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, MO. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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[5]
Citation Linknascar.nbcsports.comBonkowski, Jerry (June 26, 2016). "Townley, Gallagher wreck, wrestle and then slug it out after Gateway wreck". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
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[6]
Citation Linkautoweek.comPearce, Al (July 15, 2010). "NASCAR Truck Series race postponed due to power outage". Autoweek. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
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Citation Linkwww.wwtraceway.com"Saturday, June 22: NASCAR Truck Series-ARCA Menards Series doubleheader"
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Citation Linkweb.archive.orgArchived
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Citation Linkwww.espn.com"CK Power named presenting sponsor of Gateway Truck race"
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Citation Linkwww.catchfence.com"Villa Lighting, Eaton electrical products to sponsor Gateway Motorsports Park's NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race"
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Citation Linkwww.stltoday.com"NASCAR returns to Gateway with truck series race"
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Citation Linknascar.nbcsports.com"Townley, Gallagher wreck, wrestle and then slug it out after Gateway wreck"
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