Rinnai 250

The Rinnai 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia, a few miles south of Atlanta. This race has long served as Atlanta's lone Busch/Nationwide Series date, and has been shuffled around the schedule several times. From its inception until 2001 the race was run as part of Atlanta's spring Winston Cup race weekend, as the then-Busch Series ended its season at a different track than the then-Winston Cup series.
Following the transfer of the season ending Cup series race from Atlanta to Homestead-Miami Speedway after the 2001 season (although due to extenuating circumstances the 2001 Atlanta fall race was not the final race of the season), the then 312-mile race was moved to Atlanta's fall race weekend where it remained until Aaron's Rental, who was sponsoring the race, chose instead to sponsor the lone Busch event at Talladega. The race gained sponsorship from GlaxoSmithKline through its Nicorette brand and moved back to its traditional spring date.
In September 2008, NASCAR officials announced that Nicorette would not renew its corporate sponsorship for race after the 2008 season. On October 26, 2008 it was announced that Unilever's deodorant brand Degree will take over sponsorship of this race starting in 2009. It was later announced that the now-Degree V12 300 would be moving to September as part of the latest round of NASCAR realignment, which resulted in the Pep Boys Auto 500, the AMP Energy 500 at Talladega, and the Pepsi 500 at Fontana trading places. The Degree V12 300 took the place of the Camping World RV Service 300 on NASCAR's Labor Day weekend race schedule and serves as an accompanying race to the AdvoCare 500.
In 2015, the Xfinity race at Atlanta moved along with the Cup race (Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500) to the second weekend of the season and ran as a doubleheader on Saturday afternoon along with the Camping World Truck Series. The race was also reduced to 250 miles in order to make the race a doubleheader on the same day.
Jeff Gordon, Mike Skinner, Jamie McMurray, and Carl Edwards got their first series wins at Atlanta.
==Past winners==
Year 	Date 	Car number	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Race Distance	Race Distance 	Race Time	Average Speed(mph)
Year 	Date 	Car number	Driver 	Team 	Manufacturer	Laps 	Miles (km) 	Race Time	Average Speed(mph)
1992 	March 14 	1 	Jeff Gordon 	Bill Davis Racing 	Ford 	197 	299.834 (482.536)	2:24:36 	124.412
1993 	November 13*	2 	Ward Burton 	A.G. Dillard Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	197 	299.834 (482.536)	2:44:05 	109.64
1994 	March 12 	7 	Harry Gant 	Whitaker Racing 	Chevrolet 	197 	299.834 (482.536)	2:20:56 	127.649
1995 	March 11 	74 	Johnny Benson Jr. 	BACE Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	197 	299.834 (482.536)	2:03:45 	145.767
1996 	March 9 	5 	Terry Labonte 	Labonte Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	197 	299.834 (482.536)	2:08:15 	139.656
1997*	March 8 	60 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	197 	299.834 (482.536)	1:58:55 	151.751
1998*	November 7 	60 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:10:23 	138.193
1999 	March 13 	19 	Mike Skinner 	Emerald Performance Group 	Chevrolet 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:33:46 	117.178
2000 	March 11* 	60 	Mark Martin 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	203 	312.62 (503.113) 	2:27:47 	126.924
2001 	March 10 	87 	Joe Nemechek 	NEMCO Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	203 	312.62 (503.113) 	2:10:18 	143.954
2002 	October 26 	27 	Jamie McMurray 	Brewco Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	203 	312.62 (503.113) 	2:15:09 	138.788
2003 	October 25 	7 	Greg Biffle 	Evans Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	203 	312.62 (503.113) 	2:08:17 	146.217
2004 	October 30 	17 	Matt Kenseth 	Reiser Enterprises 	Ford 	208* 	320.32 (515.505) 	2:24:08 	133.343
2005 	March 19 	60 	Carl Edwards 	Roush Racing 	Ford 	203 	312.62 (503.113) 	2:23:34 	130.651
2006 	March 18 	21 	Jeff Burton 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:20:47 	127.984
2007 	March 17 	29 	Jeff Burton 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:21:39 	127.201
2008 	March 8 	17 	Matt Kenseth 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	198* 	304.92 (490.721) 	2:19:21 	131.29
2009 	September 5 	33 	Kevin Harvick 	Kevin Harvick Inc. 	Chevrolet 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:04:04 	145.228
2010 	September 4 	88 	Jamie McMurray 	JR Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:04:44 	144.452
2011 	September 3 	60 	Carl Edwards 	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:15:40 	132.811
2012 	September 1 	6 	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	Roush Fenway Racing 	Ford 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:32:51 	117.88
2013 	August 31 	33 	Kevin Harvick 	Richard Childress Racing 	Chevrolet 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:08:01 	140.747
2014 	August 30 	5 	Kevin Harvick 	JR Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	195 	300.3 (483.286) 	2:08:37 	140.091
2015 	February 28 	88 	Kevin Harvick 	JR Motorsports 	Chevrolet 	163 	251.02 (403.977) 	1:40:32 	149.813
2016 	February 27 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	163 	251.02 (403.977) 	1:49:53 	137.065
2017 	March 4 	18 	Kyle Busch 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	Toyota 	163 	251.02 (403.977) 	1:57:16 	128.435
2018 	February 24 	98 	Kevin Harvick 	Stewart-Haas Racing with Biagi-DenBeste	Ford 	163 	251.02 (403.977) 	1:56:09 	129.67
*1993: Race postponed from March to November due to Southeastern Blizzard.
*1998: After reconfiguration of the track between the two 1997 Cup races, the track was remeasured to 1.54 miles and laps reduced to 195 laps as a result.
*2000: Race started during the day, but finished under the lights due to a rain delay of almost 6 hours on Lap 92.
*2004 and 2008: Race extended due to NASCAR overtime.
===Multiple winners (drivers)===
# Wins	Driver 	Years Won
5 	Kevin Harvick 	2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
3 	Mark Martin 	1997, 1998, 2000
2 	Jamie McMurray	2002, 2010
2 	Matt Kenseth 	2004, 2008
2 	Carl Edwards 	2005, 2011
2 	Jeff Burton 	2006, 2007
2 	Kyle Busch 	2016, 2017
===Multiple winners (teams)===
# Wins	Team 	Years Won
7 	Roush Fenway Racing 	1997, 1998, 2000, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012
3 	Richard Childress Racing	2006, 2007, 2013
3 	JR Motorsports 	2010, 2014, 2015
2 	Joe Gibbs Racing 	2016, 2017
===Manufacturer wins===
# Wins	Make 	Years Won
15 	Chevrolet	1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015
10 	Ford 	1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2018
2 	Toyota 	2016, 2017
==Television broadcasters==
Year	Network	Lap-by-lap 	Color commentator(s)
1992	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
1993	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
1994	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
1995	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
1996	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
1997	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
1998	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
1999	ESPN 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
2000	ABC 	Bob Jenkins 	Ned JarrettBenny Parsons
2001	FX 	Mike Joy 	Darrell WaltripLarry McReynolds
2002	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2003	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2004	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2005	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2006	TNT 	Allen Bestwick	Benny ParsonsWally Dallenbach
2007	ABC 	Allen Bestwick	Rusty WallaceAndy Petree
2008	ABC 	Allen Bestwick	Rusty WallaceAndy Petree
2009	ABC 	Allen Bestwick	Rusty WallaceAndy Petree
2010	ESPN 	Marty Reid 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2011	ESPN 	Marty Reid 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2012	ESPN 	Marty Reid 	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2013	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2014	ESPN 	Allen Bestwick	Dale JarrettAndy Petree
2015	FS1 	Adam Alexander	Michael WaltripBrad Keselowski
2016	FS1 	Adam Alexander	Michael WaltripClint Bowyer
2017	FS1 	Adam Alexander	Michael WaltripChase Elliott
2018	FS1 	Adam Alexander	Michael WaltripChase Elliott
 	 	 	Michael WaltripChase Elliott
 	 	 	Michael WaltripChase Elliott
==References==
*Racing-Reference.info – Atlanta Motor Speedway Race Results
*Rinnai to Sponsor March 4 NASCAR XFINITY Series Race at Atlanta Motor Speedway
==External links==
*"What's Behind The Aaron's 312?"-referring to the race in Atlanta
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