Kroger On Track for the Cure 250

"Sam's Town 250" redirects here. For the Truck Series race at Las Vegas in 1998, see Bucked Up 200.

The Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 presented by the Southern Dodge Dealers was a NASCAR Nationwide Series stock car race that took place at Memphis International Raceway in Memphis, Tennessee, from 1999 to 2009. The 2007 race had twenty-five caution periods, ten more than any other Nationwide Series race that has been held at MMP. The race ended under a green-white-checker finish every year from 2004, when the rule was first implemented in the series, to 2009, the final race at the track.

Kroger On Track for the Cure 250

NASCAR Nationwide Series
Venue	Memphis International Raceway
Corporate sponsor	Kroger and Dodge
First race	1999
Last race	2009
Distance	187.5 miles (301.8 km)
Laps	250
Previous names	Sam's Town 250 (1999–2001, 2006–2007) Sam's Town 250 Benefitting St. Jude (2002–2003) Sam's Town 250 Benefiting St. Jude Childrens Hospital (2004-2005) Kroger On Track For The Cure 250 (2008–2009)

In 2001, the race was scheduled to be shown on tape delay on TNT. The Busch Series race was postponed due to rain to Sunday, the same day as the Winston Cup event in Martinsville. However, the same storm delayed the Martinsville race, so the Busch Series race was aired live on NBC.

On October 24, 2009, Brad Keselowski won the race at MMP by holding off Kyle Busch to the finish line on the 11th and final annual racing event at MMP, as Dover Motorsports, Inc. announced the closure of Memphis Motorsports Park, a week after that race.

Past winners

Year	Date	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)	Ref
					Laps	Miles (km)
1999	October 31	Jeff Green	Progressive Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:26:54	76.583	^[1]
2000	October 29	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:01:49	92.352	^[2]
2001	October 14*	Randy LaJoie	Evans Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:29:54	75.05	^[3]
2002	October 20*	Scott Wimmer	Bill Davis Racing	Pontiac	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:21:48	79.337	^[4]
2003	October 18	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Team Rensi Motorsports	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:08:19	87.674	^[5]
2004	October 23	Martin Truex Jr.	Chance 2 Motorsports	Chevrolet	255*	191.25 (307.787)	2:26:04	78.561	^[6]
2005	October 22	Clint Bowyer	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	254*	190.5 (306.58)	2:35:34	73.473	^[7]
2006	October 28	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	252*	189 (304.166)	2:32:33	74.336	^[8]
2007	October 27	David Reutimann	Michael Waltrip Racing	Toyota	253*	189.75 (305.373)	3:02:12	62.487	^[9]
2008	October 25	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	253*	189.75 (305.373)	2:08:14	88.783	^[10]
2009	October 24	Brad Keselowski	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	254*	190.5 (306.58)	2:33:41	74.374	^[11]

• 2001–2002: Race postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to rain.
• 2004–2009: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish.

References

1. "1999 Sam's Town 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
2. "2000 Sam's Town 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
3. "2001 Sam's Town 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
4. "2002 Sam's Town 250 Benefiting St. Jude". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
5. "2003 Sam's Town 250 Benefiting St. Jude". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
6. "2004 Sam's Town 250 Benefiting St. Jude". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
7. "2005 Sam's Town 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
8. "2006 Sam's Town 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
9. "2007 Sam's Town 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
10. "2008 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
11. "2009 Kroger On Track for the Cure 250". Racing-Reference. Retrieved November 15, 2021.

External links

• Memphis International Raceway race results at Racing-Reference