Pit Stops

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.

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
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
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.
Sammy Smith and Jeb Burton pit
Martinsville, Virginia - April 15, 2023 : Sammy Smith, driver of the #18 Pilot Flying J Toyota, and Jeb Burton, driver of the #27 J.E. Burton Construction Chevrolet, pit during the NASCAR Xfinity SeriesCall811.com Before You Dig. 250 at Martinsville Speedway.
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Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

Average Driver and Crew Pit Stop Time
Call 811 Before You Dig 250 at Martinsville Speedway Pit Stop Summary
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
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

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

Call 811 Before You Dig 250 at Martinsville Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
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