The Clean Harbors 150 was a

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racing event at

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. The inaugural running of the race was on July 9, 2021, the first NASCAR national touring event to be held at the historic facility. This is the third dirt track that the Truck Series has raced at, with the first being

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and the second being the dirt iteration of

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History

In 2013, the Camping World Truck Series raced the

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's first national touring series dirt track race since 1970; the event ran from 2013 to 2019, before being canceled in 2020 due to the

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, and then not renewed for 2021 as NASCAR shuffled its national touring series schedules. On November 19, 2020, NASCAR revealed the 2021 Camping World Truck Series schedule, which featured two dirt-track events, one being the

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in March, and the other at

in Iowa, a historic one-half-mile dirt oval track that began competition in 1901 and is best known for hosting the

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championships, which led to the moniker "Sprint Car Capital of the World". The event, scheduled to take place on July 9, has the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series anchoring the weekend's races, accompanied by the Brandt Professional Agriculture Corn Belt Clash for the

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's AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series and the

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W.A.R. Sprint Car Series. The race, scheduled to run for 150 laps on the half-mile dirt track, is the first time an event sanctioned by one of NASCAR's national touring series – the

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, and Camping World Truck Series – has been held in the history of Knoxville Raceway. On June 25, 2021, the association of Iowa

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dealerships (Premier Chevy Dealers) was announced as the presenting sponsor of the 150-lap race. In 2022, the race was moved from July (on the same weekend as the Cup and Xfinity Series races at Atlanta) to June (on the only off weekend of the year for the Cup Series and Xfinity Series off weekend). On April 29, 2022,

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was announced as the race's title sponsor. The race was removed from the schedule in 2023

Past winners

Notes

*2021: The race was extended due to a NASCAR Overtime finish.

References

External links

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