Lilly Diabetes 250

Lilly Diabetes 250

NASCAR Xfinity Series
Venue	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Location	Speedway, Indiana, United States
Corporate sponsor	Eli Lilly and Company
First race	2012
Distance	50 miles (80 km) (heat races) 150 miles (240 km) (feature)
Laps	20 (heat races) 60 (feature)
Previous names	Indiana 250 (2012–2013) Lilly Diabetes 250 (2014–)
Most wins (driver)	Kyle Busch (3)
Most wins (team)	Joe Gibbs Racing (3)
Most wins (manufacturer)	Toyota (3)
Circuit information
Surface	Asphalt
Length	2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Turns	4

The Lilly Diabetes 250^[1] is a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 2012. It takes place the Saturday of Kroger Super Weekend.^[2][3] This race replaced the Kroger 200, which had been held at the nearby Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, formerly known as Indianapolis Raceway Park, for the previous 30 years. Brad Keselowski won the inaugural event.

For 2016, as part of the Xfinity "Dash for Cash" format, the race was 250 miles in total, but two 20-lap heat races, similar to the Can-Am Duel, was to be added to be run prior to the 60-lap main event.

Past winners

Year	Date	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
						Laps	Miles (km)
2012	July 28	22	Brad Keselowski	Penske Racing	Dodge	100	250 (402.336)	1:59:00	126.05
2013	July 27	54	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	100	250 (402.336)	1:51:26	134.61
2014	July 26	3	Ty Dillon	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	100	250 (402.336)	1:49:22	137.153
2015	July 25	54	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	100	250 (402.336)	1:49:52	136.529
2016	July 23	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	63*	157.5 (253.471)	1:09:20	136.298

• 2016: The main event was reduced to 60 laps, while 40 other laps were divided into two heat races for the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash program. However, the race was extended to 63 laps because of overtime.

Multiple winners (drivers)

# Wins	Driver	Years Won
3	Kyle Busch	2013, 2015, 2016

Multiple winners (teams)

# Wins	Team	Years Won
3	Joe Gibbs Racing	2013, 2015, 2016

Manufacturer wins

# Wins	Make	Years Won
3	Toyota	2013, 2015, 2016
1	Dodge	2012
	Chevrolet	2014

Race recaps

• 2012 – Brad Keselowski won the inaugural event and marked the last NASCAR Nationwide Series win for manufacturer Dodge after announcing they would not return to the top 3 divisions in 2013.
• 2013 – Brian Scott looked like he could win his first NNS race until Kyle Busch passed him in the final laps en route to victory.
• 2014 – Kyle Busch seemed like he had the race won but Ty Dillon made a move that won him the race. Dillon thus became the first Nationwide regular to win the event.
• 2015 – Ryan Blaney led at the white flag, but Kyle Busch passed him down the backstretch to win his second career Xfinity Series race at the Brickyard.

Qualifying race winners

Year	Date	Race	No.	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Race Distance		Race Time	Average Speed (mph)
							Laps	Miles (km)
2016	July 23	1	18	Kyle Busch	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	20	50 (80.467)	00:17:23	172.911
		2	20	Erik Jones	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	20	50 (80.467)	00:17:24	172.414

Television broadcasters

Year	Network	Host	Pre-race analyst (s)	Lap-by-lap	Color commentator(s)	Pit reporters
2012	ESPN	Nicole Briscoe	Brad Daugherty Rusty Wallace	Marty Reid Allen Bestwick	Dale Jarrett Andy Petree	Dave Burns Jamie Little Jerry Punch Vince Welch
2013
2014
2015	NBC	Krista Voda	Kyle Petty Dale Jarrett Rutledge Wood	Rick Allen	Jeff Burton Steve Letarte	Dave Burns Marty Snider Mike Massaro Kelli Stavast
2016	NBCSN

References

1. "INDY NATIONWIDE RACE GETS NEW SPONSOR, NAME". NASCAR. 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-14.
2. "Super Weekend At The Brickyard Coming To IMS in July 2012". IndianapolisMotorSpeedway.com. 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
3. "Brickyard Schedule". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved 2012-07-22.