Stock car racing events in the

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have been held at

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, during numerous seasons and times of year since 2004.

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The Fr8 208 is a

race held at

. It was initially held from

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until

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

and taken off the schedule in

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

. The race returned to the schedule in

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and since then has been held on the Saturday of the race weekend as a doubleheader with the track's

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race, the Bennett Transportation & Logistics 250, prior to the

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race at the track on Sunday.

History

In 2016, Great Clips became the title sponsor of the race. In 2020, series title sponsor

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sponsored the race along with the Veteran Tickets Foundation (Vet Tix), which is an organization that gives out tickets to sporting events to members of the U.S. Armed Forces. Fr8 (pronounced "freight") Auctions became the title sponsor of the race in 2021. Stages 1 and 2 were both 30 laps long and the final stage was 70 laps long. They returned as the title sponsor in 2022 when the race was lengthened by 8 miles. Therefore, the name of the race became the Fr8 Auctions 208.

Past winners

;Notes *2004–2006, 2018, 2020 and 2023: Race extended due to

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. * 2020: Race postponed from March 14 to June 6 due to the

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Multiple winners (drivers)

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Former Second race

The E-Z-Go 200 was a Truck Series race held at AMS. AMS gained a fall race after

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lost its Truck Series event as a result of the

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, which forced NASCAR to move Darlington's

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tripleheader to

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. Since Texas already hosted two Truck Series races, the additional race was awarded to its sister track giving AMS two Truck events. The E-Z-Go 200 was ultimately replaced by a Truck Series race at

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History

Past winners

Multiple winners (drivers)

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Manufacturer wins

Former Second race

Past winners

Multiple winners (drivers)

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Manufacturer wins

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