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Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400
NASCAR Cup Series
VenueTexas Motor Speedway
LocationFort Worth, Texas, United States
Corporate sponsorAutotrader.com/EchoPark Automotive[1]
First race1997 (original)
2005 (current)
Distance400 mi (643.738 km)
Laps267
Stage 1: 80
Stage 2: 85
Final stage: 102
Previous namesDickies 500 (2005–2009)
AAA Texas 500 (2010–2019)
Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 (2020–2022)
Former second race:
    • Interstate Batteries 500 (1997)
    • Texas 500 (1998)
    • Primestar 500 (1999)
    • DirecTV 500 (2000)
    • Harrah's 500 (2001)
    • Samsung / RadioShack 500 (2002–2006)
    • Samsung 500 (2007–2009)
    • Samsung Mobile 500 (2010–2012)
    • NRA 500 (2013)
    • Duck Commander 500 (2014–2016)
    • O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 (2017-2020)
Most wins (driver)Jimmie Johnson (5)
Most wins (team)Hendrick Motorsports (8)
Most wins (manufacturer)Chevrolet (11)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Turns4

Stock car races in the NASCAR Cup Series have been held at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas since 1997. The 400-mile (640 km) event, currently known as Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 400 for sponsorship reasons, has been held sometime in October or November each year, except for 2024 when it was held in April, where the track's original spring race (held from 1997 to 2020) was traditionally held.

The race's trophy is in the shape of a cowboy hat on top of a piston. Traditionally, the winning driver wears a black cowboy hat and fires a couple of six-shooters in the air on victory lane.[2]

Chase Elliott is the defending winner of the event, having won it in 2024.

History

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Joe Nemechek's No. 01 car during a pit stop in the 2006 Dickies 500

The track's original race, held in spring, was held from 1997 to 2020. The first two runnings of the race were controversial, crash-strewn affairs, with universal criticism that the track's design was one groove; Kenny Wallace argued, "They're so busy building condos they don't have time to fix the racetrack." Traditionalist fans also criticized the replacement of North Wilkesboro Speedway with the Texas in the schedule.

There were twelve different winners in the first twelve races, the longest such streak for any NASCAR track in the Cup Series. This list includes Texas native Terry Labonte, who won in 1999, Dale Earnhardt Jr. winning his first race in 2000, and Tony Stewart's 2006 fall victory despite missing the Chase that year. Jeff Burton, the winner of the inaugural race, broke that streak by getting his second Texas win in a last-lap pass in 2007's spring race. In 2011, the race became a Saturday night event, whereas before it was always a Sunday afternoon race. This was done since the night race at Phoenix was moved to February and became a day race. The 2011 race was run on April 9, 2011, and was the first scheduled night race of the season, and in Texas Motor Speedway history for the Cup Series.

The track's fall race was acquired as a result of the Ferko lawsuit, which forced NASCAR to relinquish the sport's fourth major, the Mountain Dew Southern 500 (which only returned in 2020) and in the process end its Grand Slam, as the Southern 500 was one of the four races that made it up. The fall race has been derisively referred to as the "Francis Ferko 500", mostly by traditionalist fans upset by the demise of the Southern 500.

In 2013, NASCAR became involved in controversy when the National Rifle Association (NRA) began to sponsor the spring race; although race sponsorships are negotiated with the track owner, not NASCAR itself, the sanctioning organization has final approval and did not object to the sponsorship.[3][4][5][6] Both NASCAR's acceptance of this sponsorship, and its timing, has been controversial, and offensive to gun control activists.[7][8][9][10] Because of the sponsorship, Senator Chris Murphy asked Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corporation owns Fox Sports, which was scheduled to air the race, to not broadcast it.[11] Fox broadcast the race as scheduled, not least because failure to do so would have been a breach of the network's contract with NASCAR. However, Fox only used the official sponsored name once per hour (the minimum mandated by NASCAR) and otherwise referred to it generically (in this case as the "Texas 500"), the network's usual practice when a race's title sponsor does not buy ads during the race broadcast; the NRA reportedly did not seek to purchase any such ads.[3] The NRA would return as a race sponsor in 2016 for the Bristol Night Race in August at Speedway's owned Bristol Motor Speedway.[12]

In 2014, the race returned to being a Sunday afternoon race because of the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four games being held at AT&T Stadium in nearby Arlington so that the race occurs on a day in between tournament games.[13] On February 6, 2014, Duck Commander, the business that is the subject of the TV show Duck Dynasty, bought the naming rights for the race.[14] The race returned to its Saturday night date in 2015.[15] In 2017, the race would once again return to Sunday afternoon and the race was renamed under a new sponsorship deal with O'Reilly Auto Parts.[16]

Since 2002, the trophy awarded to the winner has been cowboy boots, a white cowboy hat, and a pair of six-shooters to fire off in victory lane. The winner of the event (both spring and fall race when it joined the calendar in 2005) bolts their name onto a Wall of Champions that have their name engraved on a plate using a laser engraver.

Samsung sponsored the spring race from 2002 to 2012, while RadioShack was previously a co-sponsor. The spring race's joint sponsorship was grandfathered in 2003 by NASCAR's grandfather clause when Nextel became a NASCAR sponsor, as they banned rival wireless sponsorships (Nextel used Motorola exclusively); the ban was lifted after the 2005 merger of Sprint and Nextel because Sprint is sold at RadioShack, and Sprint offers Samsung products.

The track scaled down to just one race starting from the 2021 season, dropping the spring race in favor of hosting the NASCAR All-Star Race and the addition of Circuit of the Americas in Austin to the schedule.[17] In 2024, the race was moved to the former spring slot.

Year-by-year (fall race)

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  • 2005: The inaugural Fall race saw Carl Edwards dominate the second half of the race. With 15 laps to go, the caution came out for debris. Most of the leaders stayed out, but Edwards took two right-sides to restart 6th with 11 laps to go. Edwards charged through traffic to deny Mark Martin (who stayed out) from becoming the first repeat winner in Texas Motor Speedway history by passing him on the penultimate lap. Edwards became the 10th different winner in 10 races.
  • 2006: Tony Stewart led 278 of 339 laps to become the 12th different winner in 12 races. Despite the record for most laps led in one event, Stewart has the record of most laps led by a race winner.
  • 2007: Jimmie Johnson's path to his second-straight Cup title saw him win his third-straight Cup race after dueling with Matt Kenseth in the closing laps. Johnson would go on to win the next week for 4 in a row to seal a 10-win season.
  • 2008: Carl Edwards' win makes him the first driver to sweep both races at Texas and the first 3-time winner at TMS. He was able to eke out the final 69 laps on his final tank of gas and coast to victory.
  • 2009: Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch dominated the race as the brothers swapped the lead at different points in the race leading a combined 321 of 334 laps. Coming down to fuel mileage, Kyle had led 232 laps and was on his way to a dominant win until he ran out with less than 3 to go. Brother Kurt led 89 laps and was able to stretch his gas tank to win the event by over 25 seconds as others were running out of gas. Aside from the Busch brothers, only Denny Hamlin (2 laps led) and Jeff Gordon (11 laps led) led laps.
  • 2010: Denny Hamlin became the second driver to sweep both races at Texas when he won the Samsung Mobile 500 in spring and the AAA Texas 500 in fall. Also, around mid-race, a shoving match occurred when Jeff Burton and Jeff Gordon crashed in turn 2.
  • 2011: Tony Stewart's surge towards the 2011 Cup championship continued between him and Carl Edwards, a theme through the 2011 Cup Playoffs. Stewart dominated and won his fourth race in eight starts since he went winless during the regular season, with Edwards finishing 2nd. Eddie Gossage, the track's president awarded Stewart with a robe and a pair of boxing gloves to continue the Stewart-Edwards battle. It was Tony's second win at Texas, having won 5 years prior.
  • 2012: The first 100 laps of the race went green, combine that with the last 234 laps of the April 2012 race that went green, means a total of 334 consecutive laps were run caution-free, a full scheduled race at Texas. Jimmie Johnson won, for his 60th NASCAR Cup Series win, and also Chevrolet's 700th win.
  • 2013: Johnson's second consecutive fall win makes him Texas Motor Speedway's second 3-time winner, putting him in a tie with Carl Edwards.
  • 2014: Johnson took his third straight win in the fall race, leading 191 of 341 laps. On a green-white-checkered restart, Brad Keselowski tried to go three-wide and made contact with Jeff Gordon, cutting Gordon's left rear tire and causing him to spin in turn 4. Gordon lost a lap and finished 29th while Keselowski finished third. Tempers boiled over, escalating into a post-race brawl on pit road between Keselowski, Gordon, and their pit crews that were apparently instigated by Kevin Harvick.
  • 2015: In the 2015 running, Jimmie Johnson grabbed his fourth straight win in the fall race and became the third driver in the track's history to sweep both races at Texas, as well as winning his third consecutive event at the track. Brad Keselowski led 312 of 334 laps (a track record). Dale Earnhardt Jr. tagged the wall with his right-rear corner. This affected the handling of his car and he began to fall back through the field. He spun in the turn 3 apron on lap 167, Kevin Harvick made an unscheduled stop with 53 laps to go for a flat right-rear tire. He fell to 20th–place in the running order and down a lap. Carl Edwards kicked off the final cycle of pit stops with 38 laps to go. Keselowski hit pit road with 37 laps to go and the lead cycled to Harvick. Denny Hamlin was tagged for speeding on pit road and was forced to serve a drive-through penalty. On 16-lap older tires, he was no match for Keselowski as he was passed with ease with 35 laps to go. Keselowski was leading in the closing laps, a few circuits away from locking a spot in the Championship 4 at Homestead. His dominant performance did not end with the win as Johnson got around Brad with 4 laps to go, settling for 2nd. The next week, Keselowski had no luck and failed to advance to the Championship 4.
  • 2016: Originally scheduled to be broadcast on NBC, the 2016 running was moved to NBCSN due to inclement weather, Carl Edwards grabbed the win after the race was called for inclement weather after 293 laps. It would turn out to be Edward's final Cup win before abruptly announcing his retirement after the 2016 season. As of 2020, this is the only Cup race at Texas that has failed to go the scheduled distance.
  • 2017: Kevin Harvick took advantage of lapped traffic holding up leader Martin Truex Jr. and take the lead with 10 to go in the first Fall race on the new configuration. It was Harvick's first win at Texas Motor Speedway in his 30th start at the track.
  • 2018: Harvick won the race in dominating fashion, but he along with Ryan Blaney who finished second, and Erik Jones who finished fourth all failed post-race tech. Kevin's win would be encumbered and would have to sweat out to point his way to the Championship 4. The scenario would later fuel the fans' desire to see a winning car that fails tech be disqualified and stripped of the win. In 2019, NASCAR came up with the rule that has been used since. As soon as the winning car is wheeled out of victory circle, it undergoes post-race tech that takes 90–120 minutes immediately, and the results of if it passed or failed are confirmed that day, knowing who the winner is instead of a few days later. Had the rule been in effect at the time, third-place finisher Joey Logano would have won the race.
  • 2019: Harvick won the fall race at Texas for the third year in a row in dominating fashion, this time passing post-race tech to advance to the Championship 4.
Autotrader and EchoPark, the current title sponsors of the race, were the title sponsors of the race when it was 500 miles from 2020 to 2022
  • 2020: The race was red-flagged on Sunday on lap 52 due to rain and mist and would be subject to the longest red-flag in NASCAR's history, first being postponed to the following Monday morning, then again to Tuesday afternoon due to the same inclement weather, then again a third time to Wednesday afternoon as a result of the mist, a total of nearly 72 hours. Rather ironically, the two most prominent drivers retiring at the end of the year, Clint Bowyer and Jimmie Johnson, were scored 1st and 2nd, respectively, at the time of the red flag. After the race resumed, Kyle Busch held off Martin Truex Jr. to claim his first Cup Series win of the 2020 season, keeping a 16-year winning streak alive (since 2005 when he became a full-time driver). It snapped a 33-race winless skid, with his last being at Homestead in November 2019 when he won the race and championship. Kyle also tied Carl Edwards for second-most wins at Texas with his 4th.
  • 2021: Kyle Larson won his eighth race of the season en route to winning the championship that year. This win also made him sweep the 2021 Cup Series races at Texas as he also won the 2021 NASCAR All-Star Race earlier in the year at the track.
  • 2022: The race was marred with controversy, with a record of 16 cautions throughout the race. Most of them were for tire failures in turn 4. Cody Ware would crash head-on into the turn 4 wall on lap 168, then careened down pit road almost hitting the pit road opening to the garage at high speed. Kevin Harvick, Martin Truex, Jr., and Chase Elliott would all suffer tire blowouts while leading that took them out of contention, while playoff drivers Alex Bowman and Christopher Bell would crash from tire failures (Bowman would later be revealed to have suffered from concussion-like symptoms from the crash that sat him out of the next race). During a caution period for Truex's incident, William Byron shoved Denny Hamlin on the tri-oval from 2nd spinning Hamlin out in retaliation from Hamlin running Byron into the turn 2 wall earlier in the race. NASCAR officials missed the replay of the incident and instead sent Hamlin to 15th for not maintaining position under caution while Byron was fined $50,000 and docked 25 driver and owner points two days after the race. Ty Gibbs was also fined $75,000 and docked 25 owner points (as he is competing for the Xfinity points, he could not receive or lose Cup points) for contact with Ty Dillon on the pit road, the second time in a year for Gibbs. Tyler Reddick would go on to win the race for his 3rd win with Richard Childress Racing and becoming the 4th non-playoff driver in a row to win a race, after being eliminated from the Round of 16 by 2 points.

Past winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
2005 November 6 99 Carl Edwards Roush Racing Ford Office Depot 334 501 (806.281) 3:19:00 151.055 Report [18]
2006 November 5 20 Tony Stewart Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet The Home Depot 339* 508.5 (818.351) 3:46:11 134.891 Report [19]
2007 November 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's/Kobalt Tools 334 501 (806.281) 3:49:05 131.219 Report [20]
2008 November 2 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford Office Depot 334 501 (806.281) 3:28:26 144.219 Report [21]
2009 November 8 2 Kurt Busch Penske Racing Dodge Operation Homefront/Miller Lite 334 501 (806.281) 3:24:18 147.137 Report [22]
2010 November 7 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota FedEx Office 334 501 (806.281) 3:34:01 140.456 Report [23]
2011 November 6 14 Tony Stewart Stewart-Haas Racing Chevrolet Office Depot/Mobil 1 334 501 (806.281) 3:16:51 152.705 Report [24]
2012 November 4 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 335* 502.5 (808.695) 3:41:30 136.117 Report [25]
2013 November 3 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 334 501 (806.281) 3:18:05 151.754 Report [26]
2014 November 2 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's Red Vest 341* 511.5 (823.179) 3:52:05 132.239 Report [27]
2015 November 8 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's 334 501 (806.281) 3:38:38 137.49 Report [28]
2016 November 6 19 Carl Edwards Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Sport Clips 293* 439.5 (707.306) 3:16:00 134.541 Report [29]
2017 November 5 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mobil 1 334 501 (806.281) 3:29:52 143.234 Report [30]
2018 November 4 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mobil 1 337* 505.5 (813.523) 3:21:27 150.558 Report [31]
2019 November 3 4 Kevin Harvick Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Busch Beer/Ducks Unlimited 334 501 (806.281) 3:44:44 133.759 Report [32]
2020 October 25 & 28* 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Skittles Zombie 334 501 (806.281) 3:42:14 135.263 Report [33]
2021 October 17 5 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet HendrickCars.com 334 501 (806.281) 3:42:54 134.859 Report [34]
2022 September 25 8 Tyler Reddick Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Lenovo ThinkEdge 334 501 (806.281) 4:21:53 114.784 Report [35]
2023 September 24 24 William Byron Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Liberty University 267 400.5 (644.541) 3:14:28 123.569 Report [36]
2024 April 14 9 Chase Elliott Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Hooters 276* 414 (666.267) 3:33:14 116.492 Report [37]
  • 2006, 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2024: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish. 2014 took two attempts.
  • 2016: Race shortened due to rain.[38]
  • 2020: Race started on Sunday, was suspended multiple times due to rain and persistent moisture, and finished on Wednesday.[39]

Multiple winners (drivers)

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# Wins Driver Years Won
5 Jimmie Johnson 2007, 2012–2015
3 Carl Edwards 2005, 2008, 2016
Kevin Harvick 2017–2019
2 Tony Stewart 2006, 2011

Multiple winners (teams)

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# Wins Team Years Won
8 Hendrick Motorsports 2007, 2012–2015, 2021, 2023–2024
4 Stewart-Haas Racing 2011, 2017–2019
Joe Gibbs Racing 2006, 2010, 2016, 2020
2 Roush Fenway Racing 2005, 2008

Manufacturer wins

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# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
11 Chevrolet 2006–2007, 2011–2015, 2021–2024
5 Ford 2005, 2008, 2017–2019
3 Toyota 2010, 2016, 2020
1 Dodge 2009

Former second race

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Sponsor Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
1997 April 6 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide Batteries 334 501 (806.281) 4:00:16 125.111 Report [40]
1998 April 5 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline/Cummins 334 501 (806.281) 3:39:47 136.771 Report [41]
1999 March 28 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's 334 501 (806.281) 3:28:21 144.276 Report [42]
2000 April 2 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Budweiser 334 501 (806.281) 3:49:12 131.152 Report [43]
2001 April 1 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford UPS 334 501 (806.281) 3:31:59 141.804 Report [44]
2002 April 8* 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Racing Ford DeWalt 334 501 (806.281) 3:31:01 142.453 Report [45]
2003 March 30 12 Ryan Newman Penske Racing Dodge Alltel 334 501 (806.281) 3:43:28 134.517 Report [46]
2004 April 4 38 Elliott Sadler Robert Yates Racing Ford M&M's 334 501 (806.281) 3:36:30 138.845 Report [47]
2005 April 17 16 Greg Biffle Roush Racing Ford Post-It/National Guard 334 501 (806.281) 3:51:08 130.055 Report [48]
2006 April 9 9 Kasey Kahne Evernham Motorsports Dodge Dodge Dealers/UAW 334 501 (806.281) 3:37:55 137.943 Report [49]
2007 April 15 31 Jeff Burton Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Prilosec OTC 334 501 (806.281) 3:39:41 143.359 Report [50]
2008 April 6 99 Carl Edwards Roush Fenway Racing Ford Aflac 339* 508.5 (818.351) 3:30:41 144.814 Report [51]
2009 April 5 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont/National Guard/GED Plus 334 501 (806.281) 3:25:22 146.372 Report [52]
2010 April 19* 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota FedEx Ground 334 501 (806.281) 3:25:34 146.23 Report [53]
2011* April 9 17 Matt Kenseth Roush Fenway Racing Ford Crown Royal Black 334 501 (806.281) 3:21:26 149.231 Report [54]
2012 April 14 16 Greg Biffle Roush Fenway Racing Ford 3M/Filtrete 334 501 (806.281) 3:07:12 160.577 Report [55]
2013 April 13 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries 334 501 (806.281) 3:27:40 144.751 Report [56]
2014 April 7*[57] 22 Joey Logano Team Penske Ford Shell/Pennzoil/Hertz 340* 510 (820.765) 3:39:02 134.191 Report [58]
2015 April 11 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's Pro Services 334 501 (806.281) 3:33:57 140.5 Report [59]
2016 April 9–10* 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries 334 501 (806.281) 3:37:16 138.355 Report [60]
2017 April 9 48 Jimmie Johnson Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Lowe's/Hitachi 334 501 (806.281) 3:24:18 147.137 Report [61]
2018 April 8 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota Interstate Batteries 334 501 (806.281) 3:32:07 141.714 Report [62]
2019 March 31 11 Denny Hamlin Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota FedEx Office 334 501 (806.281) 3:16:11 153.224 Report [63]
2020 July 19 3 Austin Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops/Tracker Off-Road 334 501 (806.281) 3:38:57 137.292 Report [64]

Notes

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  • 2002, 2010, & 2014: Race moved from Sunday afternoon to Monday afternoon due to rain.
  • 2008 and 2014: Race extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish
  • 2011: First scheduled night event in NASCAR Cup Series history at Texas Motor Speedway.
  • 2016: The race was delayed by rain for 2 hours. Race was completed early Sunday morning at 2:45 am CT.[65]
  • 2020: Race postponed from March 29 to July 19 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[66][67]

Multiple winners (drivers)

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# Wins Driver Years Won
3 Kyle Busch 2013, 2016, 2018
2 Jeff Burton 1997, 2007
Matt Kenseth 2002, 2011
Greg Biffle 2005, 2012
Jimmie Johnson 2015, 2017
Denny Hamlin 2010, 2019

Multiple winners (teams)

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# Wins Team Years Won
7 Roush Fenway Racing 1997, 1998, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012
5 Joe Gibbs Racing 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019
4 Hendrick Motorsports 1999, 2009, 2015, 2017
2 Robert Yates Racing 2001, 2004
Team Penske 2003, 2014
Richard Childress Racing 2007, 2020

Manufacturer wins

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# Wins Manufacturer Years Won
10 Ford 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014
7 Chevrolet 1999, 2000, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017, 2020
5 Toyota 2010, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019
2 Dodge 2003, 2006
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# Wins Sponsor Years Won
3 Interstate Batteries 2013, 2016, 2018
2 National Guard 2005, 2009
FedEx 2010, 2019
Lowe's 2015, 2017

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