AAA 400 Drive for Autism

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AAA 400 Drive for Autism
Venue: Dover International Speedway
Main sponsor: Autism Speaks / Hershey Company
First race: 1969
Distance: 400 miles (643.7 km)
Number of laps: 400
Former names: Mason-Dixon 300 (1969-1970)

Mason-Dixon 500 (1971-1983)

Budweiser 500 (1984-1994)

Miller Genuine Draft 500 (1995)

Miller 500 (1996-1997)

MBNA Platinum 400 (1998-2002)

MBNA Armed Forces Family 400 (2003)

MBNA America 400 "A Salute To Heroes" (2004)

MBNA RacePoints 400 (2005)

Neighborhood Excellence 400 presented by Bank of America (2006)

Autism Speaks 400 (2007)

Best Buy 400 benefiting Student Clubs for Autism Speaks (2008)

Autism Speaks 400 presented by Heluva Good! (2009)

Autism Speaks 400 presented by Hershey's Milk & Milkshakes (2010)

The FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks is the first of two races in the NASCAR Sprint Cup held at Dover International Speedway in Dover , Delaware . It is traditionally held in early June. The 2007 season edition was the first race whose name was dedicated to a nonprofit organization.

The race distance has been changed several times over the years. In the inaugural race in 1969 and the following year it was 300  miles (483 km). From 1971 the distance was extended to 500 miles (805 km). Since 1998, the race distance has been shortened to 400 miles (634.7 km).

winner

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Kolber turns focus to stock-car racing" ( Memento from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive )