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Dude Wipes 250

Saturday, April 6th, 2024

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

  • 24 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 8 Ford

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • DUDE Wipes 250
  • Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
  • Age: 27
  • Team : No 9 - Menards/Scotts Chevrolet
  • Owner: Rick Hendrick
  • Crew Chief: Phillip Bell
  • Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the DUDE Wipes 250 with a lap of 19694 seconds, 96151 mph
  • This is his ninth pole in 276 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his first pole and second top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his second pole in eight races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Cole Custer (second) posted his fifth top-10 start of 2024 and his third in three races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Sheldon Creed (third) posted his fifth top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway It is his fifth in seven races this season
  • Jesse Love (11th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, April 6th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Aric Almirola claims emotional NASCAR Xfinity Series win at Martinsville

With a dramatic victory Saturday night at Martinsville Speedway, Aric Almirola removed an asterisk from his career record and collected a $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus in the process.

With considerable help—perhaps unintentional—from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sheldon Creed after an overtime restart, Almirola grabbed the lead from Sam Mayer and won the DUDE Wipes 250 under caution when Riley Herbst, pole winner Brandon Jones and Ryan Ellis wrecked in Turn 2 on the final lap.

The victory was Almirola’s first since retiring from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition and rejoining Joe Gibbs Racing this season. The record book will show that the driver of the No. 20 JGR Toyota has five NASCAR Xfinity Series wins to his credit, but Almirola has always considered his first one tainted.

In 2007, he won the pole at the Milwaukee Mile and started the race but turned the car over to Denny Hamlin, who was late in his commute from a Cup date at Sonoma Raceway. Hamlin won the race, but Almirola got credit for the victory as the driver of record.

“Man, this is so awesome,” Almirola said. “To win for Joe Gibbs Racing. I’ve had an asterisk next to a win for Coach (Joe Gibbs) for 17 years, and this is so awesome to finally put a real win banner up inside the shop at Joe Gibbs Racing.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, Coach for calling me and giving me this opportunity to have some fun and still scratch the itch of racing but still get to spend a lot of time with our family.”

Though Almirola led 148 of 251 laps, the outcome was in doubt until he took command after the final restart. Race runner-up Sam Mayer held the lead at that point, but when Almirola’s JGR teammate Sheldon Creed took Almirola and Mayer three-wide in Turn 2 on the penultimate lap, contact slowed Mayer’s progress and allowed Almirola to break clear for the lead.

“Man, those restarts here are just ruthless,” said Mayer, who wrested the top spot from Almirola on Lap 243, moments before a five-car pileup on the frontstretch caused the 10th caution of the race.

“Painful. Obviously, the 20 was really, really good today. It was good that I was able to keep up and be as fast as them and pass all those JGR cars there at the end and march up to the front. That’s the first time I’ve done that here…

“But at the end of the day, we needed a ‘W’, and I got one I feel like stolen from me there a little bit.”

Mayer’s pass on Lap 243 was one of four lead changes over the final 12 laps. On Lap 239, JGR’s Chandler Smith, who started from the back of the field after crashing in practice on Friday, muscled past Almirola, who returned the favor by moving his teammate into the top lane for a pass on Lap 241.

“Chandler, I felt like used me up pretty good, so when I got back to him, I was going to make sure he knew it,” Almirola said. “From there the race was on. Mayer did a great job of getting to me and moving me out of the way.

“And then on that restart I knew it was going to be tough. I was really thankful to be able to hold on to it. They drilled me in the left rear, and I was able to hold on to it and get a good run off (Turn) 2.”

Smith ran third, followed by Carson Kvapil, who finished fourth in his Xfinity Series debut. Justin Allgaier came home fifth after starting from the rear. Creed, Sammy Smith, Cole Custer, Sunoco rookie, Jesse Love and Josh Williams completed the top 10.

New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen was 11th in his first trip to Martinsville.

Almirola was won the Dash 4 Cash bonus as the highest finisher among four eligible drivers. Since he is not competing at Texas next weekend, the four Dash 4 Cash drivers in Fort Worth are Mayer, Smith, Allgaier and Creed.

  • Drivers Entered: 39 (1 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Laps Actual: 251 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 7 Minutes 48 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 61.984
  • Cautions: 11 for 68 laps
  • Lead Changes: 15
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,273 (7.0 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • DUDE Wipes 250
  • Race Winner: Aric Almirola
  • Age: 40
  • Team : No 20 - He Gets Us Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs
  • Crew Chief: Tyler Allen
  • Aric Almirola won the DUDE Wipes 250, his fifth victory in 108 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Martinsville Speedway
  • Sam Mayer (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Martinsville Speedway It is his second top-10 finish in 2024
  • Chandler Smith (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Martinsville Speedway
  • Jesse Love (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 35 points over Cole Custer
Sam Mayer and Sammy Smith race
Martinsville, Virginia - April 6, 2024 : Sam Mayer, driver of the #1 10X Health Chevrolet, and Sammy Smith, driver of the #8 TMC Transportation Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series DUDE Wipes 250 at Martinsville Speedway.
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Dude Wipes 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 10,800 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 251 147.60 6 1 45 5 50 28.9 22.50 148 59.0 37.00 109.50
4 9,600 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 251 110.70 9 2 42 7 9 5.2 4.05 11 4.4 2.75 55.80
2 11,000 Chandler Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 81 Toyota 251 105.70 37 3 41 34 25 14.45 11.25 3 1.2 0.75 87.00
5 8,500 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports 88 Chevrolet 251 101.20 12 4 40 8 11 6.36 4.95 0 0.0 0.00 52.95
6 10,500 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 251 96.00 5 5 39 0 16 9.25 7.20 14 5.6 3.50 49.70
7 10,000 Sheldon Creed Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 251 118.50 3 6 38 -3 27 15.61 12.15 0 0.0 0.00 47.15
3 9,800 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 251 101.70 17 7 37 10 13 7.51 5.85 42 16.7 10.50 63.35
9 10,300 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 251 114.40 2 8 36 -6 13 7.51 5.85 27 10.8 6.75 42.60
15 9,400 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 251 80.80 11 9 35 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 37.00
8 7,100 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 251 78.20 23 10 34 13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 47.00
11 7,500 Shane van Gisbergen Kaulig Racing 97 Chevrolet 251 70.30 19 11 32 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 40.00
14 7,700 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 251 70.70 18 12 31 6 0 0 0.00 5 2.0 1.25 38.25
18 8,000 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 251 73.70 16 13 30 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 33.00
12 5,700 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 251 66.20 24 14 29 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 39.00
22 6,500 Anthony Alfredo Our Motorsports 5 Chevrolet 251 87.50 7 15 28 -8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 20.00
10 5,200 Blaine Perkins RSS Racing 29 Ford 251 52.00 30 16 27 14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 41.00
25 6,800 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 251 80.40 8 17 26 -9 1 0.58 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 17.45
17 6,000 Hailie Deegan AM Racing 15 Ford 251 49.80 27 18 25 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 34.00
12 5,600 Myatt Snider SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevrolet 251 54.30 34 19 24 15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 39.00
16 0 Dexter Bean DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 251 51.20 33 20 23 13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 36.00
29 7,000 Matt DiBenedetto RSS Racing 38 Ford 251 57.30 14 21 21 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 14.00
23 6,400 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 251 61.20 21 22 20 -1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 19.00
20 5,900 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing 28 Ford 251 47.50 28 23 19 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
19 4,500 Dawson Cram JD Motorsports 4 Chevrolet 251 45.00 32 24 18 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 26.00
28 9,000 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 250 77.30 22 25 17 -3 1 0.58 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 14.45
23 5,000 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 250 53.20 29 26 16 3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 19.00
34 8,300 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 250 67.70 1 27 15 -26 2 1.16 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -10.10
21 4,900 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports 53 Ford 250 33.70 36 28 14 8 0 0 0.00 1 0.4 0.25 22.25
27 5,500 Garrett Smithley JD Motorsports 6 Chevrolet 249 42.30 31 29 13 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 15.00
26 5,300 Logan Bearden SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevrolet 247 35.70 35 30 12 5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
30 4,800 Leland Honeyman Jr N/A 42 Chevrolet 244 33.80 25 31 10 -6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 4.00
37 6,700 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 242 70.30 4 32 9 -28 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -19.00
32 6,200 Kyle Weatherman DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 75 31.00 26 33 8 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 1.00
36 9,200 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 71 59.70 10 34 7 -24 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -17.00
33 7,800 Corey Heim Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 70 48.00 20 35 6 -15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -9.00
35 8,700 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 70 70.20 15 36 5 -21 5 2.89 2.25 0 0.0 0.00 -13.75
38 7,300 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 70 65.50 13 37 4 -24 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -20.00
31 4,700 Akinori Ogata Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Chevrolet 41 23.20 38 38 3 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00