The 2023 Call 811 Before You Dig 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Martinsville Speedway.
Saturday, April 15th, 2023
Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA
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.
Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.
DRIVER | ST | FIN | STATUS | PIT STOPS | AVG DRVR TIME | DRVR RANK | AVG CREW TIME | CREW RANK | AVG TTL TIME | TTL RANK | FST STOP | SLW STOP |
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Dawson Cram | 29 | 36 | Accident | 2 | 35.167 | 18 | 10.311 | 1 | 45.477 | 1 | 45.367 | 45.587 |
John Hunter Nemechek | 2 | 1 | Running | 3 | 33.277 | 1 | 15.604 | 6 | 48.882 | 2 | 48.648 | 49.091 |
Sammy Smith | 7 | 2 | Running | 3 | 33.755 | 4 | 15.315 | 3 | 49.070 | 3 | 47.947 | 50.697 |
Chandler Smith | 11 | 10 | Running | 3 | 33.689 | 2 | 15.760 | 9 | 49.449 | 4 | 48.662 | 49.984 |
Sheldon Creed | 3 | 27 | Running | 3 | 33.867 | 7 | 15.604 | 5 | 49.471 | 5 | 48.760 | 50.376 |
Josh Williams | 20 | 19 | Running | 2 | 36.602 | 26 | 13.030 | 2 | 49.632 | 6 | 45.309 | 53.954 |
Brandon Jones | 10 | 5 | Running | 3 | 34.380 | 14 | 15.360 | 4 | 49.739 | 7 | 48.279 | 50.536 |
Daniel Hemric | 13 | 7 | Running | 3 | 33.694 | 3 | 16.133 | 11 | 49.826 | 8 | 49.357 | 50.437 |
Austin Hill | 15 | 16 | Running | 1 | 34.158 | 11 | 15.682 | 8 | 49.840 | 9 | 49.840 | 49.840 |
Derek Kraus | 12 | 8 | Running | 3 | 34.532 | 15 | 15.777 | 10 | 50.309 | 10 | 49.481 | 51.363 |
Jeb Burton | 31 | 14 | Running | 3 | 33.767 | 5 | 16.572 | 12 | 50.339 | 11 | 45.790 | 53.313 |
Josh Berry | 6 | 4 | Running | 3 | 35.016 | 17 | 15.612 | 7 | 50.629 | 12 | 47.919 | 52.648 |
Riley Herbst | 9 | 30 | Accident | 3 | 33.871 | 8 | 16.816 | 13 | 50.688 | 13 | 49.480 | 52.027 |
Cole Custer | 1 | 3 | Running | 3 | 33.948 | 9 | 16.983 | 14 | 50.931 | 14 | 49.308 | 53.139 |
Ryan Truex | 14 | 12 | Running | 3 | 34.311 | 12 | 16.984 | 15 | 51.295 | 15 | 50.611 | 52.590 |
Justin Allgaier | 8 | 6 | Running | 2 | 33.808 | 6 | 17.985 | 17 | 51.793 | 16 | 49.983 | 53.602 |
Kaz Grala | 19 | 15 | Running | 3 | 35.722 | 21 | 17.151 | 16 | 52.873 | 17 | 52.189 | 53.398 |
Sam Mayer | 5 | 31 | Accident | 3 | 34.540 | 16 | 18.352 | 18 | 52.891 | 18 | 51.549 | 54.851 |
Parker Retzlaff | 4 | 11 | Running | 3 | 34.046 | 10 | 19.041 | 22 | 53.087 | 19 | 51.669 | 54.780 |
Ryan Sieg | 17 | 18 | Running | 2 | 34.364 | 13 | 19.837 | 24 | 54.200 | 20 | 53.271 | 55.129 |
Jeremy Clements | 22 | 32 | Accident | 2 | 35.483 | 20 | 18.932 | 21 | 54.414 | 21 | 53.912 | 54.916 |
Parker Kligerman | 21 | 17 | Running | 2 | 36.130 | 23 | 18.635 | 20 | 54.765 | 22 | 54.594 | 54.936 |
Connor Mosack | 18 | 33 | Running | 2 | 36.675 | 27 | 18.619 | 19 | 55.293 | 23 | 54.347 | 56.239 |
Gray Gaulding | 37 | 23 | Running | 1 | 35.454 | 19 | 20.391 | 25 | 55.845 | 24 | 55.845 | 55.845 |
Ryan Ellis | 35 | 28 | Running | 2 | 36.594 | 25 | 19.685 | 23 | 56.278 | 25 | 55.943 | 56.613 |
Brennan Poole | 32 | 29 | Running | 1 | 35.905 | 22 | 20.854 | 27 | 56.759 | 26 | 56.759 | 56.759 |
Joe Graf Jr | 34 | 37 | Accident | 1 | 36.469 | 24 | 20.752 | 26 | 57.221 | 27 | 57.221 | 57.221 |
Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.
DRIVER | LDR LAP | DRV LAP | DRV TIME | CREW TIME | TOT TIME | TYPE |
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Ryan Truex | 210 | 210 | 34.295 | 16.316 | 50.611 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Truex | 124 | 124 | 33.933 | 16.750 | 50.683 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Truex | 64 | 64 | 34.705 | 17.885 | 52.590 | 4-wheel change |
Justin Allgaier | 163 | 163 | 33.700 | 16.283 | 49.983 | 4-wheel change |
Justin Allgaier | 64 | 64 | 33.916 | 19.686 | 53.602 | 4-wheel change |
Parker Kligerman | 124 | 124 | 36.743 | 17.851 | 54.594 | 4-wheel change |
Parker Kligerman | 211 | 210 | 35.517 | 19.419 | 54.936 | 4-wheel change |
Jeb Burton | 39 | 38 | 34.212 | 11.578 | 45.790 | Right-sides only |
Jeb Burton | 210 | 210 | 33.063 | 18.852 | 51.915 | 4-wheel change |
Jeb Burton | 124 | 124 | 34.027 | 19.286 | 53.313 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Ellis | 125 | 124 | 36.226 | 19.717 | 55.943 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Ellis | 65 | 64 | 36.961 | 19.652 | 56.613 | 4-wheel change |
Gray Gaulding | 65 | 64 | 35.454 | 20.391 | 55.845 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Sieg | 124 | 124 | 34.585 | 18.686 | 53.271 | 4-wheel change |
Ryan Sieg | 210 | 210 | 34.142 | 20.987 | 55.129 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Hemric | 210 | 210 | 33.541 | 15.816 | 49.357 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Hemric | 64 | 64 | 34.035 | 15.650 | 49.685 | 4-wheel change |
Daniel Hemric | 124 | 124 | 33.505 | 16.932 | 50.437 | 4-wheel change |
Brennan Poole | 139 | 134 | 35.905 | 20.854 | 56.759 | 4-wheel change |
Cole Custer | 210 | 210 | 33.593 | 15.715 | 49.308 | 4-wheel change |
Cole Custer | 124 | 124 | 34.498 | 15.849 | 50.347 | 4-wheel change |
Cole Custer | 64 | 64 | 33.753 | 19.386 | 53.139 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 124 | 124 | 33.066 | 15.582 | 48.648 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 210 | 210 | 33.224 | 15.682 | 48.906 | 4-wheel change |
John Hunter Nemechek | 64 | 64 | 33.542 | 15.549 | 49.091 | 4-wheel change |
Kaz Grala | 124 | 124 | 35.539 | 16.650 | 52.189 | 4-wheel change |
Kaz Grala | 210 | 210 | 36.115 | 16.917 | 53.032 | 4-wheel change |
Kaz Grala | 64 | 64 | 35.513 | 17.885 | 53.398 | 4-wheel change |
Austin Hill | 38 | 38 | 34.158 | 15.682 | 49.840 | 4-wheel change |
Brandon Jones | 124 | 124 | 33.798 | 14.481 | 48.279 | 4-wheel change |
Brandon Jones | 64 | 64 | 34.754 | 15.649 | 50.403 | 4-wheel change |
Brandon Jones | 210 | 210 | 34.587 | 15.949 | 50.536 | 4-wheel change |
Jeremy Clements | 124 | 124 | 34.768 | 19.144 | 53.912 | 4-wheel change |
Jeremy Clements | 64 | 64 | 36.197 | 18.719 | 54.916 | 4-wheel change |
Joe Graf Jr | 125 | 124 | 36.469 | 20.752 | 57.221 | 4-wheel change |
Josh Williams | 164 | 163 | 37.034 | 8.275 | 45.309 | Right-sides only |
Josh Williams | 125 | 124 | 36.170 | 17.784 | 53.954 | 4-wheel change |
Riley Herbst | 124 | 124 | 34.232 | 15.248 | 49.480 | 4-wheel change |
Riley Herbst | 210 | 210 | 33.473 | 17.083 | 50.556 | 4-wheel change |
Riley Herbst | 64 | 64 | 33.909 | 18.118 | 52.027 | 4-wheel change |
Sheldon Creed | 124 | 124 | 33.678 | 15.082 | 48.760 | 4-wheel change |
Sheldon Creed | 210 | 210 | 33.362 | 15.915 | 49.277 | 4-wheel change |
Sheldon Creed | 64 | 64 | 34.561 | 15.815 | 50.376 | 4-wheel change |
Josh Berry | 210 | 210 | 34.039 | 13.880 | 47.919 | 4-wheel change |
Josh Berry | 124 | 124 | 34.144 | 17.175 | 51.319 | 4-wheel change |
Josh Berry | 38 | 38 | 36.866 | 15.782 | 52.648 | 4-wheel change |
Sam Mayer | 210 | 210 | 33.865 | 17.684 | 51.549 | 4-wheel change |
Sam Mayer | 124 | 124 | 34.723 | 17.551 | 52.274 | 4-wheel change |
Sam Mayer | 64 | 64 | 35.031 | 19.820 | 54.851 | 4-wheel change |
Dawson Cram | 41 | 40 | 35.257 | 10.110 | 45.367 | Left-sides only |
Dawson Cram | 39 | 38 | 35.076 | 10.511 | 45.587 | Right-sides only |
Derek Kraus | 64 | 64 | 34.383 | 15.098 | 49.481 | 4-wheel change |
Derek Kraus | 124 | 124 | 34.533 | 15.549 | 50.082 | 4-wheel change |
Derek Kraus | 210 | 210 | 34.680 | 16.683 | 51.363 | 4-wheel change |
Chandler Smith | 210 | 210 | 33.814 | 14.848 | 48.662 | 4-wheel change |
Chandler Smith | 124 | 124 | 33.385 | 16.316 | 49.701 | 4-wheel change |
Chandler Smith | 64 | 64 | 33.868 | 16.116 | 49.984 | 4-wheel change |
Parker Retzlaff | 124 | 124 | 33.985 | 17.684 | 51.669 | 4-wheel change |
Parker Retzlaff | 210 | 210 | 34.160 | 18.652 | 52.812 | 4-wheel change |
Parker Retzlaff | 64 | 64 | 33.993 | 20.787 | 54.780 | 4-wheel change |
Connor Mosack | 124 | 124 | 35.528 | 18.819 | 54.347 | 4-wheel change |
Connor Mosack | 64 | 64 | 37.821 | 18.418 | 56.239 | 4-wheel change |
Sammy Smith | 210 | 210 | 33.633 | 14.314 | 47.947 | 4-wheel change |
Sammy Smith | 124 | 124 | 33.518 | 15.048 | 48.566 | 4-wheel change |
Sammy Smith | 64 | 64 | 34.113 | 16.584 | 50.697 | 4-wheel change |