Corporate sponsor Kroger and Dodge Last race 2009 Distance 301,752 m | First race 1999 Laps 250 | |
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Previous names Sam's Town 250 (1999-2001, 2005-2007)
Sam's Town 250 Benefitting St. Jude (2002-2003)
Sam's Town 250 Benefiting St. Jude Childrens Hospital (2004)
Kroger On Track For The Cure 250 (2008-2009) Venue Memphis International Raceway | ||
The Kroger On Track for the Cure 250 presented by the Southern Dodge Dealers was a NASCAR Nationwide Series stock car race that took place at Memphis Motorsports Park in Memphis, Tennessee. The 2007 race had twenty-five caution periods, ten more than any other Nationwide Series race that has been held at MMP. The race has ended under a green-white-checker finish every year since 2004, when the rule was first implemented in the series.
In 2001, the race was scheduled to be shown on Tape Delay on TNT. The Busch Series race was postponed due to rain to Sunday, the same day as the Winston Cup event in Martinsville. However, the same storm delayed the Martinsville race, so the Busch Series race was aired live on NBC.
On October 24, 2009, Brad Keselowski won the race at MMP by holding off Kyle Busch to the finish line on the 11th and final annual racing event at MMP, as Dover Motorsports, Inc. announced the closure of Memphis Motorsports Park, a week after that race.
Past winners
2002: Race postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to rain