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Call 811 Before You Dig 250

Saturday, April 15th, 2023

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

  • 6 Toyota
  • 25 Chevrolet
  • 8 Ford

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Call811.com Before You Dig. 250
  • Pole Winner: Cole Custer
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 00 - Haas Automation Ford
  • Owner: Stewart-Haas Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
  • Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the Call811.com Before You Dig. 250 with a lap of 20.057 seconds, 94.411 mph.
  • This is his 14th pole in 118 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second pole and seventh top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his first pole in one races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • John Hunter Nemechek (second) posted his eighth top-10 start of 2023 and his first in one race at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (third) posted his third top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his sixth in eight races this season.
  • Parker Retzlaff (fourth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, April 15th, 2023
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John Hunter Nemechek Wins with Dominating Performance in Martinsville

John Hunter Nemechek led a dominating 198 of 250 laps to win Saturday night's Call811.com Before You Dig 250 – besting his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sammy Smith by 1.518-seconds to earn his second NASCAR Xfinity Series victory of the 2023 season and first win in his first series-start at Martinsville (Va.) Speedway.

The 25-year-old Nemechek, of Mooresville, N.C., took the lead for good on a race restart with 32 laps remaining after winning the first two stages of the race. He, Smith and third place finisher Cole Custer were easily the class of the field all night running some version of 1-2-3 for most of the race.

Smith was able to nudge his way past Custer on the final lap for that runner-up showing.

As Nemechek took his No. 20 JGR Toyota to the front stretch to do a traditional burnout celebration, he literally set the track on fire briefly – perhaps a fitting finale to his hot night behind the wheel. Not only did he win the race, he won the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash incentive prize awarded by series sponsor Xfinity.

"I can't say enough about this whole team, if you would have asked me yesterday if we would have won, I thought we were a 10th place car in practice," said Nemechek, whose car was ironically sponsored by a fire extinguisher company (Pye Barker Fire & Safety). "Just grateful the guys made the right adjustments.

"Let's celebrate."

While Nemechek's car was so good on the night, there was still a lot of compelling wheel-to-wheel competition behind him. Fourth place finisher Josh Berry, for example, led the next highest number of laps (27) – his No. 8 JR Motorsport Chevrolet looking especially strong until a tire situation forced a long pit stop midway through the race. He rallied back through the field, however, to take his seventh-consecutive top-10 finish on the year tying the the longest stretch of his career.

Berry's JR Motorsports teammate Brandon Jones finished fifth – his first top 10 of the season in the No. 9 JRM Chevrolet – followed by another teammate, Justin Allgaier, who was able to keep his No. 7 JRM Chevy in the lead group of cars despite not feeling well himself and finishing the race on much older tires than the rest of the lead group.

Nemechek – who swept both stage wins – Smith, Custer and Berry are now eligible for the next installment of the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash $100,000 award – next week at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. The top finishing driver from among that four gets the big check.

"Congrats to them, they were the best car all night," Smith said.

Kaulig Racing teammates Daniel Hemric and Derek Kraus, AM Racing's Brett Moffitt and Kaulig's Chandler Smith rounded out the top 10.

Austin Hill – who leads all drivers with three wins this season – finished 16th and with Nemechek's win the second-generation driver takes over the points lead by 21 points over Hill.

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 12 Minutes 50 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 59.398
  • Cautions: 10 for 82 laps
  • Lead Changes: 7
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,497 (8.9 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Call811.com Before You Dig. 250
  • Race Winner: John Hunter Nemechek
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 20 - Pye Barker Fire & Safety Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Ben Beshore
  • John Hunter Nemechek won the Call811.com Before You Dig. 250, his fourth victory in 75 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his second victory and seventh top-10 finish in 2023.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Sammy Smith (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2023.
  • Cole Custer (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Sammy Smith (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • John Hunter Nemechek won the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash at Martinsville. Nemechek, Cole Custer, Sammy Smith and Jsoh Berry have qualified for the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash at Talladega Superspeedway.
A general view of racing at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville, Virginia - April 15, 2023 : A general view of racing during the NASCAR Xfinity SeriesCall811.com Before You Dig. 250 at Martinsville Speedway.
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Call 811 Before You Dig 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 11,000 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 250 150.00 2 1 45 1 62 38.99 27.90 198 79.2 49.50 123.40
3 9,800 Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 250 119.70 7 2 42 5 21 13.21 9.45 6 2.4 1.50 57.95
4 9,300 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 250 120.50 1 3 41 -2 18 11.32 8.10 5 2.0 1.25 48.35
2 10,500 Josh Berry JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 250 106.90 6 4 40 2 26 16.35 11.70 27 10.8 6.75 60.45
6 8,400 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 250 103.60 10 5 39 5 4 2.52 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 45.80
8 10,700 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 250 90.80 8 6 38 2 3 1.89 1.35 6 2.4 1.50 42.85
7 8,300 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 250 108.30 13 7 37 6 4 2.52 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 44.80
10 7,500 Derek Kraus Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 250 90.20 12 8 36 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 40.00
9 8,100 Brett Moffitt AM Racing 25 Ford 250 77.20 16 9 35 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 42.00
13 10,200 Chandler Smith Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 250 96.90 11 10 34 1 2 1.26 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 35.90
21 7,400 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 250 87.30 4 11 32 -7 1 0.63 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 25.45
14 9,100 Ryan Truex Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 250 82.20 14 12 31 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 33.00
10 5,700 Blaine Perkins Our Motorsports 02 Chevrolet 250 71.70 23 13 30 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 40.00
5 6,700 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 250 73.00 31 14 29 17 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 46.00
16 7,700 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 250 74.30 19 15 28 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
19 10,000 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 250 76.70 15 16 27 -1 3 1.89 1.35 8 3.2 2.00 29.35
18 8,800 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 250 63.00 21 17 26 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
23 7,900 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 250 72.20 17 18 25 -1 2 1.26 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 24.90
22 5,900 Josh Williams DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 250 55.70 20 19 24 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
20 6,200 Jeffrey Earnhardt Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 250 54.70 25 20 23 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 28.00
12 5,100 Patrick Emerling N/A 35 Toyota 250 44.30 36 21 21 15 1 0.63 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 36.45
24 4,600 Matt Mills N/A 53 Ford 250 50.20 26 22 20 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
14 5,600 Gray Gaulding SS-Green Light Racing 08 Ford 250 43.80 37 23 19 14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 33.00
16 7,300 Anthony Alfredo BJ McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 250 36.70 38 24 18 14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
25 4,900 Leland Honeyman Jr Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevrolet 250 39.50 30 25 17 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
28 7,100 Alex Labbe DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 250 46.30 24 26 16 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 14.00
37 8,900 Sheldon Creed Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 250 70.50 3 27 15 -24 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -9.00
26 5,300 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 249 33.20 35 28 14 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 21.00
27 4,800 Brennan Poole JD Motorsports 6 Chevrolet 246 32.80 32 29 13 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 16.00
36 8,600 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 222 89.30 9 30 12 -21 4 2.52 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 -7.20
38 9,500 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 221 82.60 5 31 10 -26 7 4.4 3.15 0 0.0 0.00 -12.85
31 6,600 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 210 40.00 22 32 9 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -1.00
35 6,300 Connor Mosack Sam Hunt Racing 24 Toyota 205 52.10 18 33 8 -15 1 0.63 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 -6.55
30 5,500 Kyle Weatherman FRS Racing 96 Chevrolet 198 46.70 27 34 7 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.00
31 6,000 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing 28 Ford 145 51.50 28 35 6 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -1.00
33 0 Dawson Cram N/A N/A N/A 143 49.20 29 36 5 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -2.00
29 6,400 Joe Graf Jr RSS Racing 38 Ford 133 26.50 34 37 4 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 1.00
33 4,500 Kaden Honeycutt CHK Racing 74 Chevrolet 83 23.20 33 38 3 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -2.00