Go Bowling 250

Go Bowling 250
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue	Richmond Raceway
Location	Richmond, Virginia, United States
Corporate sponsor	Go Bowling
First race	1982
Last race	2021
Distance	187.5 miles (301.8 km)
Laps	250; Stages 1/2: 75 each; Final stage: 100
Previous names	Harvest 150 (1982); Miller Time 150 (1983); Miller 150 (1984); 7-Eleven 150 (1985); Freedlander 200 (1986–1987); Commonwealth 200 (1988–1989); Autolite 200 (1990–1992); Autolite 250 (1993–1995); Autolite Platinum 250 (1996–1999); Autolite / Fram 250 (2000–2001); Funai 250 (2002–2003); Emerson Radio 250 (2004–2008); Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (2009–2017)
Most wins (driver)	Kevin Harvick; Kyle Busch (4)
Most wins (team)	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.; Joe Gibbs Racing (5)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Chevrolet (16)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	0.75 mi (1.21 km)
Turns	4

The Go Bowling 250 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race that took place at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia in the month of September. It is held the night before the NASCAR Cup Series race, the Federated Auto Parts 400. Noah Gragson won the 2021 race which was the last year it was run.

In 2018, as part of schedule realignment, the event became the first race of the NASCAR Xfinity Series playoffs.

In 2020, as part of schedule realignment, this became the only Xfinity Series race at the track as NASCAR decided to give the track one Truck Series race instead. This schedule change was done in a swap with Martinsville Speedway, which previously had two Truck Series races and zero Xfinity Series races and would now have one Truck Series race and one Xfinity Series race (which replaced the spring race at Richmond).

In 2022, the September Xfinity Series race at Richmond was moved to the spring (in exchange for moving the Truck Series race to the summer race weekend) and there was no September race at the track for the first time in the series' history.

Past winners

2017 Virginia 529 College Savings 250

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)
1982	September 11	01	Butch Lindley	Emanuel Zervakis	Pontiac	150	81.3 (130.839)	1:03:29	76.839
1983	September 10	7	Morgan Shepherd	Whitaker Racing	Oldsmobile	150	81.3 (130.839)	1:16:24	63.848
1984	September 8	12	Tommy Ellis	Ellis Racing	Pontiac	150	81.3 (130.839)	1:14:49	65.199
1985	September 7	12	Tommy Ellis	Ellis Racing	Pontiac	150	81.3 (130.839)	1:00:54	80.539
1986	September 6	8	Dale Earnhardt	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	200	108.4 (174.452)	1:25:23	76.174
1987*	September 12	21	Mark Martin	Bruce Lawmaster	Ford	180*	97.56 (157.007)	1:28:27	66.18
1988	September 10	7	Harry Gant	Whitaker Racing	Buick	200	150 (241.401)	1:40:38	89.434
1989	September 9	8	Bobby Hamilton	FILMAR Racing	Oldsmobile	200	150 (241.401)	1:37:45	92.071
1990	September 8	22	Rick Mast	A.G. Dillard Motorsports	Buick	200	150 (241.401)	1:30:13	99.759
1991*	September 6	7	Harry Gant	Whitaker Racing	Buick	200	150 (241.401)	1:43:47	86.719
1992	September 11	59	Robert Pressley	Alliance Motorsports	Oldsmobile	200	150 (241.401)	1:34:22	95.373
1993	September 10	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:54:12	98.511
1994	September 9	8	Kenny Wallace	FILMAR Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:55:24	97.487
1995	September 8	32	Dale Jarrett	Dale Jarrett	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:47:13	104.928
1996	September 8*	8	Kenny Wallace	FILMAR Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:51:24	100.987
1997	September 5	3	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:24:42	77.747
1998	September 11	3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:17:05	82.067
1999	September 10	3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:08:12	87.754
2000	September 8	9	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:06:07	89.203
2001	September 7	1	Jimmy Spencer	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:04:47	90.156
2002	September 6	8	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:24:04	78.089
2003	September 5	43	Johnny Sauter	Curb Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:53:01	99.543
2004	September 10	55	Robby Gordon	Robby Gordon Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:10:15	86.372
2005	September 9	21	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	253*	189.75 (305.373)	2:08:27	88.634
2006	September 8	21	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:11:23	85.627
2007	September 7	5	Kyle Busch	Hendrick Motorsports	Chevrolet	252*	189 (304.166)	2:00:45	93.913
2008	September 7*	60	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:03:55	90.787
2009	September 11	60	Carl Edwards	Roush Fenway Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:50:53	101.458
2010	September 10	33	Kevin Harvick	Kevin Harvick Inc.	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:54:45	98.039
2011	September 9	18	Kyle Busch^[2]	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:03:45	90.909
2012	September 7	33	Kevin Harvick	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:02:39	91.724
2013*	September 6	22	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:55:37	97.304
2014	September 5	54	Kyle Busch*	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:01:11	92.835
2015	September 11	9	Chase Elliott	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:04:54	90.072
2016	September 9	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:48:30	103.687
2017	September 8	22	Brad Keselowski	Team Penske	Ford	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:55:15	97.614
2018	September 21	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:03:08	91.364
2019	September 20	20	Christopher Bell	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	250	187.5 (301.752)	1:57:16	95.935
2020*	September 11	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:02:59	91.476
2021	September 11	9	Noah Gragson	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	250	187.5 (301.752)	2:14:57	83.364

1987: Race shortened due to rain. Last race on old half-mile layout.
1991: Race moved to a Friday night event.
1996: Race postponed from Friday to Sunday due to power outage.
2005 & 2007: Races extended due to NASCAR overtime.
2008: Race postponed from Friday to Sunday due to rain from Hurricane Hanna.
2013: Marked the 1,000th race held in series.^[3]
2014: Kyle Busch led all 250 laps.
2020: Race held as the first race of a doubleheader weekend (the second race replaced the race at Michigan International Speedway due to COVID-19).

Track length

1982–1987: 0.5-mile oval
1988–present: 0.75-mile D-shaped oval

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
4	Kevin Harvick	2005–2006, 2010, 2012
4	Kyle Busch	2007, 2011, 2014, 2016
3	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	1998–1999, 2002
2	Tommy Ellis	1984–1985
	Mark Martin	1987, 1993
	Harry Gant	1988, 1991
	Kenny Wallace	1994, 1996
	Carl Edwards	2008–2009
	Brad Keselowski	2013, 2017
	Christopher Bell	2018–2019

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
5	Dale Earnhardt, Inc.	1986, 1997–1999, 2002
5	Joe Gibbs Racing	2011, 2014, 2016, 2018–2019
4	Roush Fenway Racing	1993, 2000, 2008–2009
3	Whitaker Racing	1983, 1988, 1991
	FILMAR Racing	1989, 1994, 1996
	Richard Childress Racing	2005–2006, 2012
	JR Motorsports	2015, 2020–2021
2	Team Penske	2013, 2017

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
16	Chevrolet	1986, 1997–1999, 2001–2003, 2005–2007, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2020–2021
10	Ford	1987, 1993–1996, 2000, 2008–2009, 2013, 2017
5	Toyota	2011, 2014, 2016, 2018–2019
3	Pontiac	1982, 1984–1985
	Oldsmobile	1983, 1989, 1992
	Buick	1988, 1990–1991

References

^ "Richmond Raceway Strikes with Go Bowling as Fall NASCAR Xfinity Series Entitlement Sponsor for the Go Bowling 250". Richmond Raceway. February 5, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
^ Kurz Jr., Hank (September 9, 2011). "Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race at Richmond, his eighth of the season". Washington Times. Richmond, Virginia. Associated Press. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
^ NASCAR (September 3, 2013). "Richmond to be 1000th Nationwide Series race". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.

External links

Richmond Raceway race results at Racing-Reference

[1] "Richmond Raceway Strikes with Go Bowling as Fall NASCAR Xfinity Series Entitlement Sponsor for the Go Bowling 250". Richmond Raceway. February 5, 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2021.

[kylewins-2] Kurz Jr., Hank (September 9, 2011). "Kyle Busch wins Nationwide race at Richmond, his eighth of the season". Washington Times. Richmond, Virginia. Associated Press. Retrieved February 25, 2012.

[3] NASCAR (September 3, 2013). "Richmond to be 1000th Nationwide Series race". Yahoo! Sports. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2013.

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