Chevy Silverado HD 250 Brief History

Car racing is one of the most exciting sports in United States of America. It has a very large television audience and huge support, consequently a lot of revenue is generated from the television advertisements making it a very lucrative sport for all the stakeholders. Chevy Silverado HD 250 is a part of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and is considered as the biggest and fascinating event in this series. It has also earned the title of the richest race on the series calendar. It originated in year 2000 and was won by Mike Wallace.

Chevy Silverado HD 250 is the opening race of the season for NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. This series is one of the three series that is owned and managed by NASCAR. It allows modified trucks to compete in races. The race is held during the opening months of the year. The race consists of 100 laps around the Daytona circuit. The venue for this race is Daytona International Speedway, which is famous for its racing activities during whole year.

The current sponsor for this event is General Motors. Despite sponsoring the event since 2006, no car belonging to General Motors has been able to win the race. From 2004, Chevy Silverado HD 250 is held under lights, making it a spectacle and attracting many fans, from all over the United States, to witness it. This race is also famous for a huge wreck, involving 14 automobiles crashing into each other, in the year 2000. The race of 2003 is considered as the most exciting race in recent past due to amazing racing between rival drivers that included past champions like Rick Crawford and Robert Pressley. Last season, there were 36 trucks that made the starting line-up. Jack Sprague was the winner of the race in 2007.