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The post-race loop data for the 2021 Cookout 250 at Martinsville Speedway includes in-depth driver stats, average speeds, and key performance metrics from the NASCAR XFINITY Series race.

Cookout 250

Friday, April 9th, 2021

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

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  • 30 Chevrolet
  • 4 Ford
  • 9 Toyota

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Cookout 250
  • Pole Winner: Harrison Burton
  • Age: 20
  • Team: No. 20 - DEX Imaging Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jason Ratcliff
  • Start positions set by NASCAR's Performance Metrics Qualifying (PMQ).
  • Harrison Burton won the Pole Award for the Cookout 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.

  • Sunday, April 11th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Josh Berry claims first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Martinsville

Josh Berry had to wait nearly two days for the Sunday conclusion of the Cook Out 250 at Martinsville Speedway, but it was a worthwhile delay for the late model ace.

Driving for JR Motorsports car owners Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller, Berry took the lead from Ty Gibbs on Lap 223 of 250 and held it the rest of the way to win his first NASCAR Xfinity Series race in his 13th start.

In a race that was halted by rain after 91 laps on Friday night and restarted at noon on Sunday, Berry beat JR Motorsports teammate Noah Gragson to the finish line by .590 seconds. Both Gragson and Daniel Hemric passed Gibbs during the closing run to finish second and third, respectively.

For Gragson, that meant an extra payday of $100,000 as the highest finisher among four eligible Xfinity Dash 4 Cash drivers.

But the day belonged to Berry, who led a race-high 95 laps, 10 before the rain arrived on Friday and 85 on Sunday. Berry is the first driver to win an Xfinity race in the No. 8 car since Earnhardt Jr. prevailed at Michigan in 2006.

"Oh, gosh, I have so many people I could thank I could be here until tomorrow morning," Berry said after climbing from his car on the frontstretch at the .526-mile short track. "Just Dale, L.W. (Miller), Kelley, everybody for believing in me, everyone on this No. 8 team.

"Man, they've been through a lot the last couple of years. Had a ton of different drivers. Man, I wanted to win so bad for these guys. They're such a great group. I knew this would be a good opportunity to win. (Crew chief) Taylor (Moyer) called a perfect race. The car was good, and we just kept tweaking on it. The tires were pretty worn out there at the end. I was struggling a little bit with wheel-hop...This is just unbelievable."

Gragson had good reason to feel mixed emotions about finishing second to a driver he called "a legend in short-track racing." The driver of the No. 9 JRM Chevrolet had to play defense during the final run to keep Hemric behind him.

"I really wanted to win there," Gragson said, "but I was having to protect the bottom to keep the guys behind me from moving me out of the way. I couldn't open up my arc the way I needed to and make speed with that."

The Dash 4 Cash bonus was a welcome consolation.

"One hundred thousand dollars richer," Gragson said, displaying the big check. "I'm pumped up. Great 1-2 finish for our team at JR Motorsports."

Gibbs held the fourth spot, followed by Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Brandon Jones, who had just taken the lead from Berry when storms stopped the action on Friday night.

Series leader and defending champion Austin Cindric ran sixth, with Harrison Burton, Justin Haley, Justin Allgaier and Michael Annett completing the top 10. All four JR Motorsports drivers finished in the top 10 (Berry, Gragson, Allgaier and Annett).

Though he's not driving in the series full-time, Berry also earned eligibility for the Dash 4 Cash bonus in the April 24 Xfinity race at Talladega, along with Gragson, Hemric and Jones.

  • Drivers Entered: 43 (5 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Margin of Victory: 0.590 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 12 Minutes 2 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 59.758
  • Cautions: 12 for 75 laps
  • Lead Changes: 13
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,965 (11.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • Cook Out 250
  • Race Winner: Josh Berry
  • Age: 30
  • Team : No. 8 - Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet
  • Owner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr
  • Crew Chief: Taylor Moyer
  • Josh Berry won the Cook Out 250, his first victory in 14 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in two races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Noah Gragson (second) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his third top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Daniel Hemric (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Josh Berry (first) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Cindric leads the point standings by 42 points over Daniel Hemric.
Harrison Burton leads the field
Martinsville, Virginia - April 11, 2021 : Harrison Burton, driver of the #20 DEX Imaging Toyota, leads the field during the NASCAR Xfinity Series Cook Out 250 at Martinsville Speedway on April 11, 2021 in Martinsville, Virginia.
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Cookout 250 at Martinsville Speedway : Loop Data Box Score results
DRIVER ST MID CLO FIN HI LOW ARP PL DIF GFP GFxP PD QPS % QPS FST % T15 LED % LED LAPS DR TOT PTS
Josh Berry 29 5 1 1 1 32 7.6 28 48 17 31 22 45.83 27 75.2 95 38.0 250 137.30 41
Noah Gragson 8 1 2 2 1 22 6.2 6 54 16 38 43 79.63 21 94.4 12 4.8 250 122.70 54
Daniel Hemric 4 25 7 3 1 30 9.0 1 58 34 24 40 68.97 25 78.8 28 11.2 250 110.50 44
Ty Gibbs 16 14 3 4 1 29 9.0 12 66 31 35 40 60.61 17 83.6 28 11.2 250 109.40 40
Brandon Jones 24 13 4 5 1 34 9.4 19 50 23 27 21 42.00 11 68.8 16 6.4 250 107.40 32
Austin Cindric 6 12 6 6 2 25 6.6 0 44 30 14 38 86.36 18 91.2 0 0.0 250 112.90 40
Harrison Burton 1 15 5 7 1 27 7.0 -6 30 21 9 20 66.67 9 89.6 52 20.8 250 111.50 30
Justin Haley 5 6 8 8 2 28 8.3 -3 61 32 29 39 63.93 18 86.8 0 0.0 250 107.60 37
Justin Allgaier 2 17 9 9 1 28 10.2 -7 48 40 8 22 45.83 3 81.6 0 0.0 250 98.30 28
Michael Annett 10 4 11 10 4 37 13.8 0 52 42 10 20 38.46 0 70.8 0 0.0 250 87.20 34
Jeb Burton 13 2 10 11 2 38 11.4 2 63 43 20 44 69.84 2 84.4 0 0.0 250 92.40 34
Brett Moffitt 27 19 12 12 1 37 14.5 15 70 43 27 23 32.86 1 67.6 7 2.8 250 84.40 0
AJ Allmendinger 3 34 13 13 2 39 26.7 -10 50 54 -4 11 22.00 1 26.4 0 0.0 250 79.30 24
Jeremy Clements 11 28 15 14 4 28 14.4 -3 50 31 19 23 46.00 0 70.0 0 0.0 250 80.20 33
Myatt Snider 9 10 14 15 3 33 12.4 -6 72 31 41 35 48.61 5 73.2 0 0.0 250 85.90 27
Josh Williams 15 37 16 16 8 38 23.5 -1 49 31 18 15 30.61 0 22.8 0 0.0 250 72.80 21
Brandon Gdovic 25 21 18 17 13 37 24.9 8 82 79 3 7 8.54 0 6.8 0 0.0 250 57.80 20
George Gorham Jr 37 11 17 18 7 38 21.2 19 70 58 12 6 8.57 0 15.6 0 0.0 250 64.00 21
Jade Buford 30 32 19 19 3 39 26.1 11 46 93 -47 2 4.35 0 8.4 0 0.0 250 48.20 18
Stefan Parsons 38 7 20 20 2 38 23.0 18 61 58 3 9 14.75 0 19.6 0 0.0 249 59.20 21
Gray Gaulding 39 29 21 21 9 39 24.1 18 58 54 4 3 5.17 0 11.6 0 0.0 249 51.80 16
David Starr 34 30 23 22 4 38 27.3 12 52 77 -25 0 0.00 0 2.4 0 0.0 249 44.30 15
Ryan Sieg 12 31 26 23 3 37 21.2 -11 51 39 12 17 33.33 0 33.2 0 0.0 249 66.00 14
JJ Yeley 33 20 24 24 6 35 22.2 9 82 64 18 7 8.54 0 11.2 0 0.0 249 55.80 19
Kyle Weatherman 31 18 25 25 11 38 25.1 6 57 80 -23 11 19.30 0 12.0 0 0.0 249 51.80 12
Bayley Currey 26 8 22 26 1 35 20.2 0 36 76 -40 6 16.67 0 26.8 7 2.8 249 58.20 12
Brandon Brown 19 22 28 27 5 37 22.0 -8 69 54 15 17 24.64 0 20.8 0 0.0 248 59.20 16
Matt Jaskol 40 36 29 28 6 40 33.0 12 16 46 -30 0 0.00 0 1.6 0 0.0 248 32.50 9
Riley Herbst 7 9 31 29 2 38 20.8 -22 47 61 -14 17 36.17 3 45.6 0 0.0 248 71.00 8
Timmy Hill 20 27 30 30 6 37 29.2 -10 44 77 -33 0 0.00 0 0.4 0 0.0 248 33.50 7
Alex Labbe 22 23 27 31 7 37 20.9 -9 63 46 17 16 25.40 0 36.0 0 0.0 248 58.30 6
Jesse Little 21 35 32 32 3 39 30.2 -11 31 92 -61 3 9.68 0 4.4 0 0.0 245 30.50 5
Matt Mills 36 38 33 33 33 40 37.7 3 5 0 5 0 0.00 0 0.0 0 0.0 241 33.00 4
Tommy Joe Martins 17 3 35 34 1 37 22.5 -17 36 61 -25 14 38.89 0 36.8 5 2.2 231 65.50 8
Blaine Perkins 32 39 36 35 6 39 31.4 -3 32 29 3 5 15.63 0 11.6 0 0.0 226 35.30 2
Jeffrey Earnhardt 18 26 34 36 5 33 23.6 -18 38 70 -32 6 15.79 0 9.2 0 0.0 213 47.00 3
Landon Cassill 14 24 37 37 12 34 27.0 -23 28 67 -39 0 0.00 0 4.0 0 0.0 197 35.80 1
Joe Graf Jr 28 33 38 38 9 37 28.6 -10 36 71 -35 5 13.89 0 6.8 0 0.0 179 35.20 1
Colby Howard 23 16 39 39 11 38 32.3 -16 33 50 -17 13 39.39 1 7.6 0 0.0 153 45.20 1
Ryan Vargas 35 40 40 40 12 37 35.7 -5 27 33 -6 1 3.70 0 2.4 0 0.0 97 30.20 1