VFW 200
Venue: | Michigan International Speedway |
Main sponsor: | Cool City Customs |
First race: | 1999 |
Distance: | 200 miles (321.86 km) |
Number of laps: | 100 |
Former names: |
goracing.com 200 (1999)
Michigan 200 (2000, 2002, 2009) Sears 200 (2003) Line-X Spray-On Truck Bedliners 200 (2004) Paramount Health Insurance 200 (2005) Con-way Approved 200 (2006-2007) Cool City Customs 200 (2008) Michigan 200 (2009) |
The VFW 200 is a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series car race that takes place at Michigan International Speedway near Brooklyn in southeastern Michigan . It has only been on the racing calendar since 1999; in 2001 it was not held. It covers a distance of 200 miles, which corresponds to 100 laps. This race distance, which has been contested since the first event, has never been changed. In 2004 there was a green-white checkered finish , as there was another yellow phase a few laps before the end. As a result, a total of 204 miles and thus two laps more than planned were driven in the race.
The first time the race was called goracing.com 200 , in 2000 and 2002 there was no main sponsor and in the following years Sears and Con-way sponsored the race among others .
Previous pole positions and race winners
Pole position | Race winner | ||||||
season | driver | Car brand | driver | Car brand | Victory Bonus ( US Dollars ) |
Diztanz ( miles ) |
Average speed ( mph ) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
goracing.com 200 | |||||||
1999 | Stacy Compton | Dodge | Greg Biffle | ford | 46,400 | 200 | 121.889 |
Michigan 200 | |||||||
2000 | Jamie McMurray | Dodge | Greg Biffle | ford | 52,090 | 200 | 138,408 |
2002 | Ted Musgrave | Dodge | Robert Pressley | Dodge | 48,250 | 200 | 142.208 |
Sears 200 | |||||||
2003 | Jason Leffler | Dodge | Brendan Gaughan | Dodge | 47,850 | 200 | 154.044 |
Line-X Spray-On Truck Bedliners 200 | |||||||
2004 | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | Travis Kvapil | Toyota | 49,100 | 204 * | 125.479 |
Paramount Health Insurance 200 | |||||||
2005 | Kyle Busch | Chevrolet | Dennis Setzer | Chevrolet | 56,325 | 200 | 122.387 |
Con-way Approves 200 | |||||||
2006 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Johnny Benson | Toyota | 56,600 | 200 | 116.534 |
2007 | Travis Kvapil | ford | Travis Kvapil | ford | 56,950 | 200 | 135.364 |
Cool City Customs 200 | |||||||
2008 | Mike Skinner | Toyota | Erik Darnell | ford | 58,375 | 200 | 140.433 |
Michigan 200 | |||||||
2009 | Brian Ickler | Toyota | Colin Braun | ford | 52,225 | 200 | 130.838 |
VFW 200 | |||||||
2010 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | Aric Almirola | Toyota |
* = Green-White-Checkered-Finish