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NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Darlington Raceway

NASCAR Truck Series race at Darlington

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The Buckle Up South Carolina 200 is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race held at Darlington Raceway. The distance of the race is approximately 201 miles (323 km), contested over 147 laps.

Corey Heim is the defending winner of this race, having won it in 2026.

01History

First ran in 2001, it was taken off the schedule after the 2004 season. In 2009, they announced after a six-year hiatus, Darlington would return to the Truck Series in August 2010. At the end of the year, they moved the race from August to mid-March for 2011. The race had been held under the lights since 2004. On November 21, 2011, it was announced that the event would once again be removed from the schedule.

The race returned to the Truck Series schedule in 2020 on Labor Day weekend initially as a one-off replacement date for the Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It also became part of "throwback weekend" with the Cup and Xfinity Series, which already had races at Darlington that weekend. It became a permanent date on the 2021 schedule and was pushed to the throwback weekend, now in May. The Truck Series race would continue to race with the Cup and Xfinity Series there as part of a new second race weekend for those two series there.

The South Carolina Education Lottery sponsored the race in 2020. When it was retained on the 2021 schedule, The 4Less Group took over as title sponsor with its LiftKits4Less.com brand. The State of South Carolina took over naming rights for the temporary 2021 race and the South Carolina Education Lottery returned as the race's associate sponsor after being the title sponsor in 2020. The name of the race was the In It To Win It 200 (presented by the South Carolina Education Lottery) as the state government partnered with the track to give away prizes to those who received a COVID-19 vaccine at the track on the day of the race. The race at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park was canceled and moved to Darlington due to the COVID pandemic. Dead On Tools became the title sponsor of the track's one race in 2022.

For the races in 2023 and in 2024, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety sponsored the race called the Buckle Up South Carolina 200.

For 2025, the race would move to the Southern 500 weekend, where it was held while the Xfinity Series held a race at Portland International Raceway that weekend. Both the Truck and Cup races started their respective series' playoffs. On May 7, it was announced that the South Carolina Department of Public Safety would remain as the sponsor, this time calling it the Sober or Slammer 200.

In 2026, the race moved back to the spring as a support race of the Cup Series' Goodyear 400 and O'Reilly Series Sports Clips Haircuts VFW 200.

Past winners

Year Date Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)
Report Ref
Laps Miles (km)
2001 May 12 Bobby Hamilton Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge 135* 184.41 (296.779) 1:44:55 105.461 Report
2002 March 15 Ted Musgrave Ultra Motorsports Dodge 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:50:32 109 Report
2003 March 14 Bobby Hamilton Bobby Hamilton Racing Dodge 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:30:09 133.645 Report
2004 November 13 Kasey Kahne Ultra Motorsports Dodge 150* 204.9 (329.754) 1:57:10 104.927 Report
2005
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2009
Not held
2010 August 14 Todd Bodine Germain Racing Toyota 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:52:04 107.509 Report
2011 March 12 Kasey Kahne Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:59:44 100.625 Report
2012
,
2019
Not held
2020 September 6* Ben Rhodes ThorSport Racing Ford 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:53:44 109.536 Report
2021 May 7 Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 2:28:40 81.041 Report
September 5* Sheldon Creed GMS Racing Chevrolet 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:54:23 105.331 Report
2022 May 6 John Hunter Nemechek Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota 149* 203.534 (327.555) 2:13:17 91.625 Report
2023 May 12 Christian Eckes McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet 158* 213.096 (342.944) 2:02:42 105.539 Report
2024 May 10 Ross Chastain Niece Motorsports Chevrolet 150* 204.9 (329.754) 2:00:33 101.983 Report
2025 August 30 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota 147 200.802 (323.159) 1:39:09 121.514 Report
2026 March 20 Corey Heim Tricon Garage Toyota 157* 214.462 (345.142) 2:12:39 97.005 Report

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins Driver Years won
2 Bobby Hamilton 2001, 2003
Kasey Kahne 2004, 2011
Sheldon Creed 2021 I, 2021 II
Corey Heim 2025, 2026

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins Team Years won
2 Bobby Hamilton Racing 2001, 2003
Ultra Motorsports 2002, 2004
Kyle Busch Motorsports 2011, 2022
GMS Racing 2021 I, 2021 II
Tricon Garage 2025, 2026

Manufacturer wins

# Wins Make Years won
5 Toyota 2010, 2011, 2022, 2025, 2026
4 Dodge 2001-2004
Chevrolet 2021 I, 2021 II, 2023, 2024
1 Ford 2020
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