Ag-Pro 300 (spring race)
The Ag-Pro 300 is a NASCAR Xfinity Series race held at Talladega Superspeedway, a 300-mile race. It is held annually before the NASCAR Cup Series race, the GEICO 500.
| NASCAR Xfinity Series | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Talladega Superspeedway |
| Location | Talladega, Alabama, United States |
| Corporate sponsor | Ag-Pro |
| First race | 1992 |
| Distance | 300.58 miles (483.74 km) |
| Laps | 113 Stages 1/2: 25 each Final stage: 63 |
| Previous names | Fram Filter 500K (1992–1994) Humminbird Fishfinder 500K (1995–1996) Birmingham Auto Dealers 500K (1997) Touchstone Energy 300 (1998–2000) Subway 300 (2001) Aaron's 312 at Talladega (2002) Aaron's 312 (2003–2014) Winn-Dixie 300 (2015) Sparks Energy 300 (2016–2018) MoneyLion 300 (2019) Unhinged 300 (2020) |
| Most wins (driver) | Martin Truex Jr. (3) |
| Most wins (team) | Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Joe Gibbs Racing (5) |
| Most wins (manufacturer) | Chevrolet (20) |
| Circuit information | |
| Surface | Asphalt |
| Length | 2.66 mi (4.28 km) |
| Turns | 4 |
From its inception in 1992 through 1996, the race was held in the summer, as a support race to the Alabama 500. When that race moved to the fall, this race moved to the spring as a support race to the corresponding Cup race.
Large wrecks involving 20 or more cars have occurred a number of times in the history of the event, most notably in 2002, when 31 cars were involved in an accident on the backstretch on lap 14, with 19 of them knocked out at that point. The remainder of the race, following a long red-flag period, had little resemblance to typical restrictor plate racing as only two cars were within short distance at the checkered flag and only three finished on the lead lap.