TheFresh From Florida 250 is the first race of theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season atDaytona International Speedway and as of 2004 has been held under the lights. It is the Truck Series event ofSpeedweeks – the series of races leading up to theDaytona 500.

Fresh From Florida 250

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
Venue	Daytona International Speedway
Location	Daytona Beach, Florida,United States
Corporatesponsor	Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services[1]
First race	2000
Distance	250 miles (400 km)
Laps	100 Stages 1/2: 20 each Final stage: 60
Previous names	Daytona 250 (2000) Florida Dodge Dealers 250 (2001–2005) GM Flex Fuel 250 (2006) Chevy Silverado HD 250 (2007–2008) NextEra Energy Resources 250 (2009–2018) NextEra Energy 250 (2019–2023)
Most wins (driver)	Johnny Sauter (3)
Most wins (team)	GMS Racing,Bobby Hamilton Racing &ThorSport Racing (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Toyota (11)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Turns	4

Winners of the event includeMike Wallace,Joe Ruttman,Robert Pressley,Rick Crawford,Carl Edwards,Bobby Hamilton,Mark Martin,Jack Sprague,Todd Bodine (twice),Timothy Peters,Michael Waltrip,John King,Johnny Sauter (three times),Kyle Busch,Tyler Reddick,Kaz Grala,Austin Hill, andZane Smith (twice).

The Truck Series does not runrestrictor plates, devices used by theXfinity Series stock cars to reduce horsepower and slow the cars down at Daytona andTalladega. However, a "spacer plate", and aerodynamic disadvantages in the trucks compensate for the lack of a restrictor plate.

Corey Heim was the 2025 winner of the event.

The inaugural running of therace in 2000 featured one of the most horrific wrecks in NASCAR history. Just past the halfway point of the race,Kurt Busch's truck made contact with that of Rob Morgan, turning him intoGeoff Bodine's truck, sending Bodine careening airborne into the wall andcatch fence just past the start-finish line. Bodine's truck burst into flames and flipped at least 10 times before coming to a stop toward Turn 1, causing a major wreck involving 13 trucks. Despite having serious injuries, Bodine survived and raced again later that year in May atRichmond. Although this race was largely overshadowed by this wreck, it was truly exciting as Mike Wallace made the last lap pass onAndy Houston for the inaugural victory.^[2]

In 2001,Joe Ruttman was the first driver to win the race from the pole position. He also won the pole the year before. RookieRicky Hendrick finished in second.^[3]

Robert Pressley won the race in 2002 in his first Truck Series start.^[4]

The 2003 race featured a three-wide finish on the final lap betweenRick Crawford, defending Daytona winnerRobert Pressley, and that year's eventual championTravis Kvapil where the margin of victory was 0.027 seconds.^[5]

In early 2004, it was announced that the race would move from Friday afternoon to Friday night and be run under the lights. Carl Edwards would go on to win the race and Travis Kvapil (in a Toyota) finished second. The race was Toyota's first truck race.^[6]

Kerry Earnhardt started from the pole in the 2005 race, but finished in 35th due to an accident.Bobby Hamilton won from the 36th starting position, the farthest starting position for a driver to win.^[7] The race was marred by a late caution resulting in a confusion:Jimmy Spencer had held off Hamilton on the final lap before a caution was called just before both reached the finish line. Spencer, thinking he was the winner, celebrated in the Victory Lane before NASCAR officials reviewed the finish and determined Hamilton was the leader at the time the caution was called and thus, the winner.^[8]

In 2007, another three-wide finish betweenTravis Kvapil,Johnny Benson, andJack Sprague who won the race; the margin of victory was 0.031 seconds (second-closest finish). Sprague was the third driver to win from the pole.^[9]

The 2009 race was the first under the new series title sponsorship ofCamping World and for race title sponsorNextEra Energy Resources. Todd Bodine won becoming the first driver to win back-to-back season opening truck races at the Daytona International Speedway;^[10]Kyle Busch finished second in both races. Also, Todd Bodine won the 2009 race without a sponsor.^[10] Six days after the race, fifth-place finisherRon Hornaday Jr. was docked 25 points and ownerDeLana Harvick was docked 25 owner points as a penalty for illegal shocks used in the race. Crew chief Rick Ren was placed on probation and fined $5,000 because of the violations.^[11]

The2011 running was held on the tenth anniversary ofDale Earnhardt'sdeath in the2001 Daytona 500.Michael Waltrip, who won that infamous 500, pulled off a slingshot last lap pass onElliott Sadler to win his first career Truck race in a No. 15 truck, the same number on his Cup car in the 2001 500, with his brotherDarrell in the broadcast booth. The victory made Waltrip the 22nd driver to win in all of NASCAR's top three divisions. Although his truck failed post-race inspection because the right side of the spoiler had snapped, resulting in a penalty for his team, he kept the win as he was not running for Truck points.^[12][13]

18-year-oldKaz Grala scored his maiden Truck Series victory in the 2017 event, becoming the youngest race winner in Daytona history.Matt Crafton had been leading the race on the final lap before he turned by a spinningBen Rhodes and sent into a flip.^[14]

In the 2019 race, only nine drivers finished the race, with many being involved in wrecks.Austin Hill survived the carnage to win his first career Truck race.^[15]

The 2020 edition sawGrant Enfinger win for the first time since Las Vegas in September 2018. Enfinger won in a three-wide photo finish in which he beatJordan Anderson by 0.010 of a second withCodie Rohrbaugh in tow; the margin of victory made it the closest finish in the event's history.^[16]Natalie Decker brokeJennifer Jo Cobb's record as the highest finishing woman in a Truck Series event by finishing fifth; Cobb's best finish was sixth in the 2011 event.^[17] On lap 16, rookieTy Majeski flipped onto his roof, sliding on it for several hundred feet on the banking before landing on its roof on the apron.^[18]

On August 16, 2020, the Truck Series ran a second race on the Daytona road course; the event replaced the June 12Iowa Speedway race, which was canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[19] Known as theSunoco 159, it was held as part of a doubleheader with the Cup Series'Go Bowling 235.^[20]

The 2023 event marked the first time that the event failed to go the 250-mile/100-lap distance. On and off again showers plagued the event on five different occasions with three red flags. After an hour-long rain delay with 74 laps completed, drivers got back to their trucks only for it to start raining again, causing them to come back down to pit road. With 79 laps completed, NASCAR called the race over with Zane Smith becoming just the second driver to win the event back-to-back (Todd Bodine was the first in 2008-2009). Of the 79 laps, only 38 were under green.

In2024, Fresh From Florida (an initiative/campaign of theFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) became the title sponsor of the race, replacingNextEra Energy Resources, which had been the title sponsor of the race since2009. This ended NextEra's long 15 year run as the title sponsor of the race.^[1]

• 2001, 2003, 2006, 2011–12, 2019–22, 2024: The race was extended due to aNASCAR Overtime finish. The 2012 event took three attempts, and the 2019 running took two attempts at overtime.
• 2005:Jimmy Spencer was initially thought to be the winner after a caution was called just before the checkered flag, but Bobby Hamilton was ruled to be the leader when the caution was called and was scored as the winner.
• 2006: Record for race time and average speed, even with overtime.
• 2010: Race postponed from Friday to Saturday due to rain.
• 2023: Race shortened due to rain.
• 2025: Corey Heim scored as winner afterParker Kligerman was disqualified in post-race inspection.

• Daytona International Speedway race results at Racing-Reference