Sprint All-Star Race

The NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, formerly known as The Winston until 2004, then the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge from 2004 to 2007, is an annual NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car exhibition race between race winners from the previous season and the beginning of the current season, as well as all past event winners, previous Sprint Cup Series champions who attempted to run the entire previous season. Two other ways to become eligible to race in the event are winning one of the two the Sprint Showdown races (a twin 20-lap race for drivers not eligible for the main event), or by winning the fan vote. The race's distance is 110 laps, 165 miles (264 km) and is separated into four segments of 25 laps and a final 10 lap run to the finish.