Alsco 300 (Charlotte)

The Alsco 300 is an annual 300-mile (482.803 km) NASCAR Xfinity Series race held at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina during Memorial Day weekend as a support race for the Coca-Cola 600.

Alsco 300

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue	Charlotte Motor Speedway
Location	Concord, North Carolina, United States
Corporate sponsor	Alsco - Linen and Uniform Rental Services[1]
First race	1978
First race	1982
Distance	300 miles (480 km)
Laps	200 Stages 1/2: 45 each Final stage: 110
Previous names	Sportsman 100 (1978) Sun Drop 300 (1979) Mello Yello 300 (1980–1984) Winn-Dixie 300 (1985–1988) Champion Spark Plug 300 (1989–1994) Red Dog 300 (1995–1996) Carquest Auto Parts 300 (1997–2009) Tech-Net Professional Auto Service 300 presented by CarQuest (2010) Top Gear 300 (2011) History 300 (2012–2014) Hisense 300 (2015) Hisense 4K TV 300 (2016–2017)
Most wins (driver)	Kyle Busch (6)
Most wins (team)	Roush Fenway Racing (6)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Ford (12)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns	4

The race's origins trace back to 1978, when a NASCAR race was held the day before the World 600 as a Late Model Sportsman Series race, and in 1982 it became a Busch Series race. The race just celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2018 as one of the most popular races on the NASCAR XFINITY Series schedule.[2]

From 2005 to 2009 the race was a Saturday night race. For 2010, the starting time was moved to 2:30 p.m. EST in response to fans wanting an afternoon NNS race and allowing for ABC coverage, allowing it to be part of a television doubleheader weekend for ESPN, paired with the Indianapolis 500 the next day. In 2015, the race's broadcast was transferred to Fox NASCAR after the departure of the NASCAR on ESPN content, allowing both of the races in Charlotte (the Hisense 300 on Saturday, and the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday) to air on Fox.

In 2018, Alsco, a linen and uniform rental services company, became the entitlement sponsor for the Charlotte Motor Speedway race. Alsco also sponsors the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kentucky Speedway, making it one of only two companies to serve as an entitlement sponsor of multiple Xfinity Series events.[3]

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
						Laps	Miles (km)
1978	May 27	7	Morgan Shepherd		Pontiac	67	100.5 (161.739)	0:51:45	116.49
1979	May 26		Darrell Waltrip		Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:17:09	131.243
1980	May 24	21	David Pearson		Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:30:17	119.773
1981	May 23		Morgan Shepherd		Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:36:14	115.212
1982	May 29	77	Harry Gant	Harry Gant	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:22:02	126.731
1983	May 28	15	Dale Earnhardt	Robert Gee	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:32:54	117.724
1984	May 26	22	Bobby Allison	Frank Plessinger	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	2:22:38	126.198
1985	May 25	15	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:30:54	119.284
1986	May 24	15	Tim Richmond	Hendrick Motorsports	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:08:50	139.715
1987	May 23	7	Harry Gant	Whitaker Racing	Buick	200	300 (482.803)	2:08:54	139.643
1988	May 28	32	Dale Jarrett	Horace Isenhower	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	2:08:36	139.969
1989	May 27	25	Rob Moroso	Dick Moroso	Oldsmobile	200	300 (482.803)	2:11:55	136.45
1990	May 26	32	Dale Jarrett	Horace Isenhower	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:16:01	132.337
1991	May 25	3	Dale Earnhardt	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:15:06	133.235
1992	May 23	1	Jeff Gordon	Bill Davis Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:21:31	127.207
1993	May 29	30	Michael Waltrip	Bahari Racing	Pontiac	200	300 (482.803)	2:21:08	127.539
1994	May 28	29	Phil Parsons	Phil Parsons Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:20:57	127.704
1995	May 27	23	Chad Little	Mark Rypien Motorsports	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:16:40	131.707
1996	May 25	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	1:55:32	155.799
1997	May 24	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:21:47	126.954
1998	May 23	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:14:53	133.449
1999	May 29	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:30:47	119.377
2000	May 27	9	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:27:50	121.759
2001	May 26	10	Jeff Green	ppc Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:20:24	128.205
2002	May 25	21	Jeff Green	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:29:09	120.684
2003	May 24	17	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:10:09	138.302
2004	May 29	5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:37:31	114.275
2005	May 28	5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:32:35	117.968
2006	May 27	60	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:42:33	110.735
2007	May 26	9	Kasey Kahne	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	200	300 (482.803)	2:16:07	132.24
2008	May 24	32	Kyle Busch	Braun Racing	Toyota	202*	303 (487.631)	2:31:05	120.331
2009	May 23	1	Mike Bliss	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	170*	255 (410.382)	1:58:31	129.096
2010	May 29	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	203*	304.5 (490.045)	2:18:11	132.216
2011	May 28	16	Matt Kenseth	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:11:44	136.64
2012	May 26	22	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	200	300 (482.803)	2:25:51	123.414
2013	May 25	54	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	300 (482.803)	2:18:33	129.917
2014	May 24	42	Kyle Larson	Turner Scott Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:00:11	149.771
2015	May 23	33	Austin Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:08:44	139.824
2016	May 28	18	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	206*	309 (497.287)	2:41:54	114.515
2017	May 27	12	Ryan Blaney	Team Penske	Ford	200	300 (482.803)	2:38:17	113.72
2018	May 26	22	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	204*	306 (492.459)	2:49:04	108.596
2019	May 25	2	Tyler Reddick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	300 (482.803)	2:42:37	110.69
2020	May 25	54	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	203*	304.5 (490.045)	2:43:30	111.743
2021	May 29

• 2008, 2010, 2016, 2018, and 2020: Race extended due to an overtime finish.
• 2009: Race shortened due to rain.[4]
• 2020: Race postponed from May 23 to May 25 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
6	Kyle Busch	2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2020
3	Mark Martin	1996, 1998, 1999
2	Morgan Shepherd	1978, 1981
	Harry Gant	1982, 1987
	Dale Earnhardt	1983, 1991
	Tim Richmond	1985, 1986
	Dale Jarrett	1988, 1990
	Jeff Green	2001, 2002
	Matt Kenseth	2003, 2011
	Brad Keselowski	2012, 2018

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
6	Roush Fenway Racing	1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2011
4	Hendrick Motorsports	1985, 1986, 2004, 2005
	Joe Gibbs Racing	2010, 2013, 2016, 2020
3	Team Penske	2012, 2017, 2018
	Richard Childress Racing	2002, 2015, 2019
2	Horace Isenhower	1988, 1990

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
12	Ford	1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2011, 2017, 2018
11	Chevrolet	1979, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2019
9	Pontiac	1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993
5	Toyota	2008, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2020
3	Oldsmobile	1984, 1988, 1989
2	Dodge	2007, 2012
1	Buick	1987

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-08. Retrieved 2018-03-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. "Alsco Makes History as Entitlement Sponsor for the Alsco 300 NASCAR XFINITY Series Race on May 26". www.charlottemotorspeedway.com.
3. "Alsco named entitlement sponsor for Xfinity race at Charlotte - NASCAR.com". Official Site Of NASCAR. 4 March 2018.
4. "Bliss wins rain-shortened race, first victory since '04". Sporting News Wire Service. NASCAR. May 25, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

External links

• Ultimate Racing History - Charlotte Motor Speedway