Fresh From Florida 250

Date
Fri 16th February 2024 (UTC)
Fri 16th February 2024 (Local)

Timestamp
2024-02-16T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC

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League
NASCAR Truck Series

Season
2024

Round
1

Status
Match Finished

Location
Daytona International Speedway

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Description

The Fresh From Florida 250 is the first race of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season at Daytona International Speedway and as of 2004 has been held under the lights. It is the Truck Series event of Speedweeks – the series of races leading up to the Daytona 500.

Winners of the event include Mike Wallace, Joe Ruttman, Robert Pressley, Rick Crawford, Carl Edwards, Bobby Hamilton, Mark Martin, Jack Sprague, Todd Bodine (twice), Timothy Peters, Michael Waltrip, John King, Johnny Sauter (three times), Kyle Busch, Tyler Reddick, Kaz Grala, Austin Hill, and Zane Smith (twice).

The Truck Series does not run restrictor plates, devices used by the Xfinity and Cup stock cars to reduce horsepower and slow the cars down at Daytona and Talladega. However, a "spacer plate", and aerodynamic disadvantages in the trucks compensate for the lack of a restrictor plate.

Nick Sanchez was the 2024 winner of the event.