The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Championship Race is a

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race held at

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. The 150-lap, 1 mile (1.6 km) race can also be known as the Craftsman 150 as the race winner's (not championship) trophy has the name on it. The race has been the last race of the year for the Truck Series since

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is the race's defending winner.

History

From

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

until

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, two races were held each year at Phoenix for the series. The first of the two Phoenix races in 1995 was the first-ever race for the series in its history. Since

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

, the track has had one Truck Series race each year and which has been held the fall each year except for 1999 and

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

when it was held in March and

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

when it was held in February. Since 2020, it has been part of the NASCAR Championship Weekend replacing Homestead–Miami. In

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

, when Craftsman returned to become the title sponsor of the Truck Series, they took over the title sponsorship of the race, replacing Lucas Oil. The 2023 race was controversial. Fans had noted that drivers had no respect on the track, which contributed to the amount of wrecks and overtime restarts in the final laps. The race would end up finishing around 11 PM MST, one of the latest that a NASCAR race has finished. With a race time of 2 hours, 27 minutes, and 32 seconds, it is also one of the longest Truck Series races in history.

Past winners

* 2001, 2002, 2009, 2012, 2020, 2022, and 2023: Race extended due to NASCAR overtime. 2001 race took 2 attempts. 2023 race took 4 attempts. * 2014: Race shortened due to power outage.

Multiple winners (drivers)

Multiple winners (teams)

Manufacturer wins

References

External links

* {{NASCAR Truck Series races, state=collapsed NASCAR Truck Series races Annual sporting events in the United States 1995 establishments in Arizona Recurring sporting events established in 1995