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Dead On Tools 250

Saturday, October 30th, 2021

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

  • 27 Chevrolet
  • 10 Toyota
  • 3 Ford

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Dead On Tools 250
  • Pole Winner: Austin Cindric
  • Age: 23
  • Team: No. 22 - Carquest Auto Parts Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Brian Wilson
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Austin Cindric won the Pole Award for the Dead On Tools 250 by having the highest total PMQ.
  • PMQ is a total number calculated on four performance metrics from the previous race:
  • 15% of the driver's fastest lap time position.
  • 25% of the driver's final race finish position.
  • 25% of the owner's final race position.
  • 35% of the Owner Points position.

  • Saturday, October 30th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Noah Gragson snags Championship 4 spot with dramatic Martinsville victory

To get to the Championship 4, you have to drive like a champion.

That's what Noah Gragson did on Saturday night in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff race Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway.

Faced with the necessity of winning the race to keep his NASCAR Xfinity Series title hopes alive, Gragson did just that, pulling off a dramatic pass of Daniel Hemric from the outside lane in the first attempt at overtime and holding off series leader Austin Cindric in the second extra period.

With Cindric's Ford to his inside, Gragson won a drag race off Turn 4 to the finish line by .064 seconds, the closest Xfinity Series finish ever at Martinsville Speedway.

Gragson, who led a race-high 153 of 207 laps, got the lead after a restart on Lap 201, when he spun then-race-leader Ty Gibbs in a chain-reaction collision in Turn 4. After surrendering the top spot to Hemric on Lap 232, Gragson took advantage of a Lap 243 caution to regain the lead on the first overtime restart.

"This team, this Bass Pro Shops team," said Gragson, who won for the third time this season and the fifth time in his career. "It's been a rough, rough season. We had a couple of wins there, at Darlington and Richmond. After that deal last weekend (crashing out in 35th place at Kansas), I was pretty fired up. I told my guys we still have an opportunity. We're still in it.

"I'm just so thankful. It's just such an awesome opportunity. My second win here at Martinsville (his first came in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series). Get to take home another clock…This team is unbelievable. How about these badass fans out here?

"After the contact with the 54 (Gibbs) - I didn't mean to get into him, I got hit in the back by the 22 (Cindric) - it was just a bad deal."

Gragson's victory was bittersweet for JR Motorsports. Though Gragson clinched a spot in next Saturday's Championship 4 race at Phoenix, his victory simultaneously eliminated teammate Justin Allgaier, ending a string of three straight appearances in the final four.

"We played the safe strategy," said Allgaier, who finished fifth and would have advanced if Cindric or Hemric had won the race. "We talked about it before the race and thought that was the smart strategy… Hats off to the 9 guys—same shop—so at least we've got one car going to the Playoff."

Hemric came home third to earn the final Championship 4 berth by six points over Allgaier. Regular Season Champion AJ Allmendinger ran seventh, qualified on points and will race against defending series champion Cindric, Gragson and Hemric for the title.

Eliminated from the Playoff along with Allgaier were Brandon Jones (sixth), Harrison Burton (who suffered damage in a wreck with Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Gibbs and finished 20th), and Justin Haley (who fell out of the race with brake problems after completing 222 laps).

Burton's waterloo came in the same Lap 201 incident when Gragson inadvertently turned Gibbs. With no way to avoid his teammate, Burton ran into Gibbs's Toyota and severely damaged the nose and front-left quarter panel of his Supra.

"We had a winning car today," Burton said. "Just so many things have to go right in racing to win that it makes it challenging to do on the drop of a dime. We just had a couple things go wrong. It's just a bummer deal that we didn't get to show our speed at the end.

"Wish we could have won this thing. I felt like we were definitely capable of it. Our times were better than the 9 (Gragson) and he won. We just needed to show it."

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Laps Actual: 257 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: 0.064 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 10 Minutes 48 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 62.010
  • Cautions: 13 for 75 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,453 (8.0 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • 2nd Annual Dead On Tools 250
  • Race Winner: Noah Gragson
  • Age: 23
  • Team : No. 9 - Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber BRCC Chevrolet
  • Owner: JR Motorsports
  • Crew Chief: David Elenz
  • Noah Gragson won the 2nd Annual Dead On Tools 250, his fifth victory in 101 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his third victory and 20th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in three races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his third top-10 finish in three races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 25th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Sam Mayer (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Cindric, AJ Allmendinger, Daniel Hemric and Noah Gragson have advanced to the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4 Round.
Noah Gragson celebrates
Martinsville, Virginia - October 30, 2021 : Noah Gragson, driver of the #9 Bass Pro Shops/TrueTimber/BRCC Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Dead on Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway.
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Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway Draftkings results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS FAST LAP POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE LAPS DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS FST % FST FST PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
1 10,500 Noah Gragson JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 257 143.10 9 1 45 8 26 15.66 11.70 153 59.5 38.25 102.95
2 11,200 Austin Cindric Team Penske 22 Ford 257 127.40 1 2 42 -1 34 20.48 15.30 64 24.9 16.00 72.30
3 10,000 Daniel Hemric Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 257 118.50 7 3 41 4 25 15.06 11.25 18 7.0 4.50 60.75
4 9,000 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 257 103.50 11 4 40 7 16 9.64 7.20 0 0.0 0.00 54.20
10 9,700 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 257 103.00 5 5 39 0 11 6.63 4.95 0 0.0 0.00 43.95
14 9,200 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 257 93.50 8 6 38 2 3 1.81 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 41.35
17 9,500 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 257 108.80 3 7 37 -4 13 7.83 5.85 0 0.0 0.00 38.85
5 7,200 Alex Labbe DGM Racing 36 Chevrolet 257 77.50 25 8 36 17 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 53.00
9 7,400 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 257 88.00 18 9 35 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 44.00
13 8,000 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 257 87.20 16 10 34 6 4 2.41 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 41.80
11 5,900 Josh Williams DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 257 75.80 22 11 32 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 43.00
12 6,800 Landon Cassill JD Motorsports 104 Chevrolet 257 69.70 23 12 31 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 42.00
21 7,900 Myatt Snider Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 257 78.30 12 13 30 -1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 29.00
6 6,100 Colin Garrett Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 257 56.00 30 14 29 16 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 45.00
6 4,600 Joe Graf Jr N/A 07 Chevrolet 257 59.30 32 15 28 17 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 45.00
16 6,600 JJ Yeley N/A 17 Toyota 257 64.30 28 16 27 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 39.00
15 6,400 Jade Buford Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 257 62.30 31 17 26 14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 40.00
6 8,400 Preston Pardus DGM Racing 90 Chevrolet 257 61.30 38 18 25 20 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 45.00
27 8,200 Brett Moffitt Our Motorsports 02 Chevrolet 257 68.20 13 19 24 -6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 18.00
24 10,300 Harrison Burton Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 257 94.70 10 20 23 -10 19 11.45 8.55 2 0.8 0.50 22.05
18 5,400 Stephen Leicht Hattori Racing Enterprises 61 Toyota 257 50.70 37 21 21 16 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 37.00
22 5,300 Jeffrey Earnhardt JD Motorsports 0 Chevrolet 257 56.20 27 22 20 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
19 6,200 Ryan Ellis BJ McLeod Motorsports 199 Chevrolet 257 43.50 34 23 19 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
19 5,200 David Starr Motorsports Business Management 66 Toyota 257 49.00 36 24 18 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
27 4,800 Natalie Decker Our Motorsports 23 Chevrolet 257 39.50 26 25 17 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 18.00
23 4,500 Akinori Ogata BJ McLeod Motorsports 178 Toyota 257 33.50 33 26 16 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 23.00
32 11,500 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota 257 99.20 2 27 15 -25 8 4.82 3.60 16 6.2 4.00 -2.40
29 10,800 Josh Berry Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 256 73.00 29 28 14 1 3 1.81 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 16.35
26 5,100 Matt Mills BJ McLeod Motorsports 105 Chevrolet 255 40.30 35 29 13 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 19.00
25 4,700 Spencer Boyd N/A 52 Chevrolet 254 32.50 39 30 12 9 0 0 0.00 4 1.6 1.00 22.00
34 7,600 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 253 72.50 14 31 10 -17 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -7.00
31 4,900 Ryan Vargas JD Motorsports 106 Chevrolet 249 32.30 21 32 9 -11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -2.00
39 8,800 Justin Haley Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 222 71.60 4 33 8 -29 1 0.6 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -20.55
33 5,500 Kyle Weatherman Mike Harmon Racing 47 Chevrolet 221 44.80 24 34 7 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -3.00
35 5,800 Bayley Currey JD Motorsports 15 Chevrolet 212 34.80 20 35 6 -15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -9.00
36 7,000 Brandon Brown Brandonbilt Motorsports 68 Chevrolet 204 60.00 17 36 5 -19 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -14.00
37 8,600 Jeb Burton Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 194 79.30 15 37 4 -22 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -18.00
40 7,800 Michael Annett JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 192 66.20 6 38 3 -32 3 1.81 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 -27.65
30 0 Mike Harmon N/A N/A N/A 38 23.70 40 39 2 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00
38 5,600 Tommy Joe Martins Martins Motorsports 44 Chevrolet 36 32.80 19 40 1 -21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -20.00