Race Lineup

The official 2021 Dead On Tools 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Martinsville Speedway.

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.
sun sets at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville, Virginia - October 30, 2021 : The sun sets during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Dead on Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 22 Austin Cindric Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Carquest Auto Parts Team Penske Brian Wilson
2 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Smile Coin Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
3 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hyperice Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
4 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
5 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Hellman's Fridge Hunters Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
6 1 Michael Annett Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 PFJ Veterans Salute Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
7 18 Daniel Hemric Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
8 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Menards / Dupont Air Filtration Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
9 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC Jr Motorsports Dave Elenz
10 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 DEX Imaging Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
11 8 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine John 5 Sinner Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
12 2 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TaxSlayer Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
13 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Dead On Tools Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
14 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Ga… Rss Racing Kevin Starland
15 10 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
16 98 Riley Herbst Ford 0.000 0.000 0.000 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
17 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Larry's Lemonade Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
18 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Spartan Waste / FOX Sports Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
19 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 AAN Adjusters Martins Motorsports Dan Stillman
20 15 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
21 106 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Swann Communications Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
22 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Alloy / Sleep Well / StarTron Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
23 104 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Voyager Jd Motorsports Tommy Machek
24 47 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Daa Bin Mike Harmon Racing Mike Tyska
25 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Rousseau / Prolon Controls / Globoc… Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
26 23 Natalie Decker Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 The Manson Brothers Our Motorsports Ronnie Osmer
27 0 Jeffrey Earnhardt Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 TeamJDMotorsports.com Jd Motorsports Paul Clapprood
28 17 JJ Yeley Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Alcova Mortgage Ss Green Light Racing Jason Miller
29 31 Josh Berry Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Bommarito.com / Solid Rock Carriers Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire
30 26 Colin Garrett Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Veterans Grow America Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
31 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Big Machine Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
32 07 Joe Graf Jr Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 CoverSeal Ss Green Light Racing Joe Williams
33 178 Akinori Ogata Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Pneumatic Tools Bj Mcleod Motorsports Adam Brooks
34 199 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Keen Parts Bj Mcleod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
35 105 Matt Mills Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 JF Electric Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
36 66 David Starr Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 BretBaier.com / Books Motorsports Business Management Johnny Roten
37 61 Stephen Leicht Toyota 0.000 0.000 0.000 Jani-King Hattori Racing Enterprises Michael Contarino
38 90 Preston Pardus Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Danus Utilities Dgm Racing Tony Furr
39 52 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 0.000 0.000 0.000 Sparrow Dynamics Means Motorsports Tim Brown