Stock car races in the now-NASCAR Xfinity Series were held at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis in Clermont, Indiana, between 1982 and 2011.

It originally debuted as a summer night race, and was the only major NASCAR event in the state of Indiana.

In previous years, USAC stock car races were held at the facility, although the two events were not associated.

In 1994, the Kroger 200 was moved to the night before the Winston Cup Series' Brickyard 400 at the nearby Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

It appropriately began serving as an unofficial support race for larger Speedway's event.