Ambetter Health 200

Ambetter Health 200
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue	New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Location	Loudon, New Hampshire, United States
Corporate sponsor	Ambetter[1]
First race	1990
Distance	211.6 miles (340.5 km)
Laps	200; Stages 1/2: 45 each; Final stage: 110
Previous names	Budweiser 300 (1990–1992); NE Chevy 250 (1993–1994); NE Chevy Dealers 250 (1995); Stanley 200 (1996); United States Cellular 200 (1997); Gumout Long Life Formula 200 (1998); Busch 200 (1999–2000, 2002); CVS Pharmacy 200 Presented by Bayer (2001); New England 200 (2003, 2005–2006, 2010–2011); Siemens 200 (2004); Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com (2007); Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by RVs.com (2008); Camping World RV Sales 200 presented by Turtle Wax (2009); F.W. Webb 200 (2012); CNBC Prime's "The Profit" 200 (2013); Sta-Green 200 (2014); Lakes Region 200 (2015, 2018); AutoLotto 200 (2016); Overton's 200 (2017); ROXOR 200 (2019); Ambetter Get Vaccinated 200 (2021); Crayon 200 (2022) Former second race:; NE Chevy 250 (1990–1992)
Most wins (driver)	Kyle Busch (6)
Most wins (team)	Joe Gibbs Racing (12)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Toyota (12)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	1.058 mi (1.703 km)
Turns	4

The Ambetter Health 200 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire. When first held in 1990, the race was 300 laps. It was scaled back to 250 laps, the length of the former fall NHMS race, starting in 1993, and again to its current 200 laps in 1996.

Until 2010, in 23 races held at NHMS, there had never been a repeat Xfinity Series winner, the longest such streak in any of NASCAR's national touring series.[2] Kyle Busch broke the streak with victories in 2009 and 2010. He would also win the 2011, 2013, 2016, and 2017 Xfinity Series races at the track. Brad Keselowski and Christopher Bell would later also become repeat winners of the Xfinity Series race at New Hampshire. Additionally, Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing won this race each year from 2008 to 2021 except for Keselowski's two wins in 2012 and 2014, both of which were for Team Penske. He drove a Dodge in 2012 and a Ford in 2014.

History

Ambetter was the title sponsor of the race in 2021. They switched their title sponsorship to the Cup Series race at New Hampshire in 2022.

From 1990 to 1992, New Hampshire held a second Busch Series race in the fall. The second race was removed from the schedule in 1993, in exchange for a Winston Cup Series race at the track. During the practice for the 2000 event, Adam Petty died after he lost control of his car after his throttle were stuck wide open going into turn three; Petty's death was caused by a basilar skull fracture from the ensuing impact. Cup Series driver Kenny Irwin Jr. also died under similar circumstances during the practice of thatlook.com 300, occurring eight weeks later at the same track, leading NASCAR to make significant rule changes to maintain driver safety.

The 2020 race was canceled and replaced by a race at Kentucky Speedway due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

In 2021, the race returned to the Xfinity Series schedule and Ambetter (owned by Centene Corporation) became the title sponsor of the race. With them being a healthcare company and the race being held during the time when people were getting COVID-19 vaccines, Ambetter added "get vaccinated" in the name of the race next to their own so it would sound like "better get vaccinated" to encourage people to get a COVID-19 vaccine.[4] On May 21, 2022, it was announced that Crayon Software Experts would be the title sponsor of the Xfinity Series of the race[5] after Ambetter became the title sponsor of the Cup Series race at New Hampshire in 2022 (replacing Foxwoods Resort Casino).[6]

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Miles (km)	Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
1990	July 15	99	Tommy Ellis	J&J Racing	Buick	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:41:58	85.797
1990	October 14	22	Rick Mast	A.G. Dillard Motorsports	Buick	250	264.5 (425.671)	2:44:37	94.405
1991	July 14	36	Kenny Wallace	Rusty Wallace Racing	Pontiac	300	317.4 (510.805)	2:54:38	109.093
1991	October 13	25	Ricky Craven	Ricky Craven	Chevrolet	250	264.5 (425.671)	2:54:43	90.832
1992	July 12	8	Jeff Burton	FILMAR Racing	Oldsmobile	300	317.4 (510.805)	3:18:34	95.907
1992	August 23	87	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	264.5 (425.671)	2:47:14	94.897
1993	August 22	59	Robert Pressley	Alliance Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	264.5 (425.671)	2:57:12	89.56
1994	May 7	82	Derrike Cope	Ron Zock	Ford	250	264.5 (425.671)	2:59:16	88.527
1995	May 13	23	Chad Little	Mark Rypien Motorsports	Ford	250	264.5 (425.671)	2:31:11	104.972
1996	July 12	74	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:10:57	96.953
1997	May 10	34	Mike McLaughlin	Team 34	Chevrolet	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:45:25	76.752
1998	May 9	00	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	Pontiac	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:05:55	100.829
1999	May 8	98	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	Ford	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:03:42	103.324
2000	May 13	36	Tim Fedewa	Cicci-Welliver Racing	Chevrolet	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:22:04	89.366
2001	May 12	57	Jason Keller	ppc Racing	Ford	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:56:47	108.714
2002	May 11	25	Bobby Hamilton Jr.	Team Rensi Motorsports	Ford	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:55:02	110.368
2003	July 19	37	David Green	Brewco Motorsports	Pontiac	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:57:33	108.005
2004	July 24	17	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	Ford	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:15:29	93.709
2005	July 16	8	Martin Truex Jr.	Chance 2 Motorsports	Chevrolet	201*	212.658 (342.239)	2:18:33	92.093
2006	July 15	60	Carl Edwards	Roush Racing	Ford	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:00:12	105.624
2007	June 30	21	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:06:07	100.669
2008	June 28	20	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:56:27	109.025
2009	June 27	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:53:26	111.925
2010	June 26	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:54:43	110.673
2011	July 16	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	206*	217.948 (350.753)	2:21:48	92.221
2012	July 14	22	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:58:46	106.899
2013	July 13	54	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	213*	225.354 (362.672)	2:08:40	105.087
2014	July 12	22	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:00:41	105.201
2015	July 18	20	Denny Hamlin	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:09:06	98.342
2016	July 16	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:00:31	98.789
2017	July 15	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	1:56:11	109.276
2018	July 21	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:07:27	99.616
2019	July 20	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:01:39	104.365
2020*	Not held
2021	July 17	54	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:04:26	102.031
2022	July 16	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	200	211.6 (340.537)	2:27:13	86.240
2023	July 15	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	206*	217.948 (350.753)	2:38:40	82.417

2005, 2011, and 2013: Race extended due to a green–white–checker finish. 2013 race took three attempts.
2020: Race canceled and moved to Kentucky due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2023: Race extended due to NASCAR Overtime.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
6	Kyle Busch	2009-2011, 2013, 2016, 2017
3	Christopher Bell	2018, 2019, 2021
2	Brad Keselowski	2012, 2014

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
12	Joe Gibbs Racing	2008-2011, 2013, 2015-2019, 2021, 2023
2	Cicci-Welliver Racing	1997, 2000
2	Team Penske	2012, 2014

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
12	Toyota	2008-2011, 2013, 2015-2019, 2021, 2023
9	Chevrolet	1991 (1 of 2), 1992 (1 of 2), 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2022
8	Ford	1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014
3	Pontiac	1991 (1 of 2), 1998, 2003
2	Buick	1990 (2 of 2)
1	Oldsmobile	1992 (1 of 2)
1	Dodge	2012

References

"Ambetter Health Named Entitlement Partner for 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at NHMS".
New Hampshire Boasts Longest Single-Winner Streak Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
Downey, KC (June 4, 2020). "Coronavirus impact: NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway rescheduled". WMUR-TV. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
"Ambetter from NH Healthy Families Named Entitlement Partner for NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at NHMS". New Hampshire Motor Speedway. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
"Crayon to Sponsor NASCAR Xfinity Race at NHMS". Speed Sport. May 21, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
"Ambetter Named Entitlement Partner for 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Race at New Hampshire". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 24, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.

External links

New Hampshire Motor Speedway race results at Racing-Reference

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[1] "Ambetter Health Named Entitlement Partner for 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at NHMS".

[2] New Hampshire Boasts Longest Single-Winner Streak Archived November 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[3] Downey, KC (June 4, 2020). "Coronavirus impact: NASCAR race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway rescheduled". WMUR-TV. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

[4] "Ambetter from NH Healthy Families Named Entitlement Partner for NASCAR Xfinity Series Race at NHMS". New Hampshire Motor Speedway. July 1, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

[Crayon-5] "Crayon to Sponsor NASCAR Xfinity Race at NHMS". Speed Sport. May 21, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.

[6] "Ambetter Named Entitlement Partner for 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Race at New Hampshire". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. January 24, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2022.