Clean Harbors 150

The Clean Harbors 150 was a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series racing event at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa. The inaugural running of the race was on July 9, 2021, the first NASCAR national touring event to be held at the historic facility. This is the third dirt track that the Truck Series has raced at, with the first being Eldora Speedway and the second being the dirt iteration of Bristol Motor Speedway.

Clean Harbors 150
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
VenueKnoxville Raceway
LocationKnoxville, Iowa
Corporate sponsorClean Harbors
First race2021
Last race2022
Distance75 miles (121 km)
Laps150[1]
Stage 1: 40
Stage 2: 50
Final stage: 60
Previous namesCorn Belt 150 presented by Premier Chevy Dealers (2021)
Circuit information
SurfaceDirt
Length.5 mi (0.80 km)
Turns4

History
The race logo in 2021

In 2013, the Camping World Truck Series raced the Eldora Dirt Derby at Eldora Speedway in NASCAR's first national touring series dirt track race since 1970;[2] the event ran from 2013 to 2019, before being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and then not renewed for 2021 as NASCAR shuffled its national touring series schedules.[3]

On November 19, 2020, NASCAR revealed the 2021 Camping World Truck Series schedule, which featured two dirt-track events, one being the Pinty's Dirt Truck Race at Bristol Motor Speedway in March, and the other at Knoxville Raceway in Iowa,[4] a historic one-half-mile dirt oval track that began competition in 1901 and is best known for hosting the Knoxville Nationals sprint car championships, which led to the moniker "Sprint Car Capital of the World".[5]

The event, scheduled to take place on July 9, has the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series anchoring the weekend's races, accompanied by the Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Clash for the United States Auto Club's AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series and the POWRi W.A.R. Sprint Car Series.[6] The race, scheduled to run for 150 laps on the half-mile dirt track,[7] is the first time an event sanctioned by one of NASCAR's national touring series – the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, and Camping World Truck Series – has been held in the history of Knoxville Raceway.[8][9] On June 25, 2021, the association of Iowa Chevrolet dealerships (Premier Chevy Dealers) was announced as the presenting sponsor of the 150-lap race.[10]

In 2022, the race was moved from July (on the same weekend as the Cup and Xfinity Series races at Atlanta) to June (on the only off weekend of the year for the Cup Series and Xfinity Series off weekend). On April 29, 2022, Clean Harbors was announced as the race's title sponsor.[11]

The race was removed from the schedule in 2023

Past winners
Grandstands at Knoxville Raceway
Year Day Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph)		 Reference
Laps Miles (km)
2021 Friday July 9 16 Austin Hill Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota 179* 89.5 (144.393) 2:25:55 36.802 [12]
2022 Saturday June 18 17 Todd Gilliland David Gilliland Racing Ford 150 75 (120.999) 2:12:07 34.061 [13]

Notes

References
  1. "Stage lengths for 2021 NASCAR season". NASCAR. January 25, 2021. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
  2. Billing, Greg (November 28, 2012). "Eldora to host first NASCAR dirt race since 1970". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. Orner, Ben (November 18, 2020). "Ohio's famed Eldora Speedway loses NASCAR race, gains event in owner's new series". WCMH-TV. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. Estrada, Chris (December 15, 2020). "How Knoxville Raceway made the 2021 NASCAR Truck Series schedule". The Athletic. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  5. Pryson, Mike (November 20, 2020). "NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Schedule for 2021 Includes 2 Dirt Short Tracks". Autoweek. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  6. "NASCAR truck race coming to Knoxville Raceway". KCCI. November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  7. Birch, Tommy (November 19, 2020). "NACAR Truck Series coming to Knoxville Raceway in 2021". Des Moines Register. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  8. "Knoxville Raceway to Host NASCAR Truck Series in 2021". Dirt Track Digest. November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  9. "Knoxville Raceway Headlines Truck Series Calendar". Speed Sport. November 19, 2020. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  10. "Premier Chevy Dealers partners with Knoxville Raceway to present inaugural NASCAR Truck Series event". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. June 25, 2021.
  11. "Truck Series Race at Knoxville Raceway Named Clean Harbors 150". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 29, 2022.
  12. "2021 Corn Belt 150 Presented by Premier Chevy Dealers". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  13. "2022 Clean Harbors 150". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 19, 2022.
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