Practice #1

The 2022 Dead On Tools 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series practice results offer insights into driver performance, including lap times, top speeds, and practice session leaders at Martinsville Speedway.

Dead On Tools 250

Saturday, October 29th, 2022

Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, VA

  • 28 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • 3rd Annual Dead On Tools 250
  • Pole Winner: Brandon Jones
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No. 19 - Menards/Tuscany Faucets Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jeff Meendering
  • Brandon Jones won the Pole Award for the 3rd Annual Dead On Tools 250 with a lap of 19.832 seconds, 95.482 mph.
  • This is his eighth pole in 235 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fifth pole and 21st top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his first pole in five races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his 19th top-10 start of 2022 and his second in two races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Sammy Smith (third) posted his first top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his sixth in eight races this season.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, October 29th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Ty Gibbs wrecks teammate Brandon Jones for Xfinity win at Martinsville

Ty Gibbs took no prisoners Saturday with a race-winning move that dramatically altered the composition of the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4 field.

On the final lap of the third attempt at overtime, Gibbs rammed soon-to-be-ex-teammate Brandon Jones so hard the contact buckled the hood of Gibbs No. 54 Toyota.

The contact sent Jones, who had taken the lead on the previous lap, into the outside wall in Turns 1 and 2, and Gibbs had the lead when NASCAR called the 14th caution of the race because of wreck.

By then Gibbs already had clinched one of the two remaining spots in the Championship 4 Round, but the bulldozing move deprived Jones of an opportunity to race for the series title next Saturday at Phoenix Raceway.

As a chorus of boos rained down from the grandstand, Gibbs was unapologetic for that tactic that made him a race winner for the sixth time this season, for the first time at Martinsville and for the 10th time in 50 Xfinity Series starts.

"It was definitely not a clean move, for sure," Gibbs said. "I definitely didn't want to wreck him, but I definitely wanted to move him out of the groove so I could go win. I felt like we lost the spring race getting moved by him.

"He's my teammate, but definitely want to get the win here. It's important to get the win. And now we're going to the championships. It's cool. Hopefully, I don't get hit by any cans or anything right here.

"We got moved out of the way earlier this year so, it's part of it."

Jones won the pole and led 98 laps to Gibbs 102, but finished 23rd, the last driver on the lead lap.

"I know Ty enough to where I know he doesn't care about what he did," said Jones, who will move to JR Motorsports next season. "He's pretty much, well - he wasn't ‘pretty much' - he was locked into the next round. So really, what did that do?

"I don't really understand the move. I understand trying to get aggressive - you want to win the race. But to just destroy the race car, I don't see it. I don't get any satisfaction from it. Maybe he does. Maybe he likes to win that way? But I never have and never felt strong about racing that way. So we'll just take it and go for it."

Jones' misfortune elevated veteran Justin Allgaier, his soon-to-be-teammate at JR Motorsports into the final Championship 4 berth. Jones needed a victory to claim the spot, but Allgaier was in a position to advance on points, which he did by 12 points over Regular Season Champion AJ Allmendinger.

Allgaier finished fifth and Allmendinger 16th after contact between their cars cut Allmendinger's left rear tire as the drivers played bumper tag and swapped positions during the closing stages of the race. Allgaier was happy to advance but less than thrilled with the way it happened.

"I can't even describe it," Allgaier said. "It's disappointing that it's gotten to the point where it's - unfortunately easier to drive through somebody than it is to pass them. Really proud of our team. We never gave up until the checkered flag fell. Had a ton of damage right there (from a collision on Lap 262 in the second overtime) but made it to the final round."

After the race, Allmendinger sought Allgaier out on pit road and congratulated him.

"You get down to the end, (Allmendinger) was pushing pretty hard," Allgaier said. "He chose to run into us enough times that you get to the point where you have to go for it. He knew when he turned back left that we were going to hit.

"I hate it for those guys. I don't know if we could have run 25 laps battling as hard as we did there at the end. They've had a great season. We've had a great season. It's just so hard when it comes to the last race, especially at a place like Martinsville."

Gibbs and Allgaier will race for the series championship at Phoenix against Josh Berry and Noah Gragson, who earned their spots in the Championship 4 with respective victories at Las Vegas and Homestead-Miami in the Round of 8.

Non-Playoff drivers Sheldon Creed and Riley Herbst finished second and third after the late-race melee, followed by the JR Motorsports trio of Gragson, Allgaier and Sam Mayer. Nick Sanchez, Daniel Hemric, Austin Hill and Blaine Perkins completed the top 10.

Along with Allmendinger and Jones, Hill and Mayer were eliminated from the Playoffs.

  • Drivers Entered: 40 (2 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Laps Actual: 269 - NASCAR OVERTIME!
  • Margin of Victory: Under Caution Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 20 Minutes 32 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 60.410
  • Cautions: 14 for 91 laps
  • Lead Changes: 18
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,420 (8.0 passes per green flag lap)

  • Martinsville Speedway
  • 3rd Annual Dead On Tools 250
  • Race Winner: Ty Gibbs
  • Age: 20
  • Team : No. 54 - Monster Energy Toyota
  • Owner: Joe Gibbs Racing
  • Crew Chief: Chris Gayle
  • Ty Gibbs won the 3rd Annual Dead On Tools 250, his 10th victory in 50 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his sixth victory and 22nd top-10 finish in 2022.
  • This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Riley Herbst (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Martinsville Speedway.
  • Sheldon Creed (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Noah Gragson, Ty Gibbs, Josh Berry and Justin Allgaier have all advanced to the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Championship 4 Round.
Ty Gibbs and AJ Allmendinger talk
Martinsville, Virginia - October 28, 2022 : Ty Gibbs, driver of the #54 Monster Energy Toyota, (R) and AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Action Industries Chevrolet, talk on the grid during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway.
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Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway Practice results
# DRIVER MAKE RNK SPD TME BHND LAP LAPS 5- 10- 15- 20- 25- 30- 10-LAP FRM TO
16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 3 92.937 20.375 0.027 6 28 20.426 20.483 20.643 0 0 0 92.448 2 11
66 JJ Yeley Ford 39 90.438 20.938 0.590 10 20 21.036 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 5 92.651 20.438 0.090 6 24 20.476 20.540 20.576 0 0 0 92.192 2 11
7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 10 92.371 20.500 0.152 5 26 20.592 20.632 20.663 0 0 0 91.779 11 20
27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 24 91.686 20.653 0.305 4 27 20.766 20.852 20.904 0 0 0 90.818 1 10
39 Ryan Sieg Ford 4 92.878 20.388 0.040 8 28 20.501 20.623 20.643 0 0 0 91.824 2 11
34 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 40 89.490 21.160 0.812 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 6 92.560 20.458 0.110 4 16 20.540 20.553 20.574 0 0 0 92.133 2 11
13 Chad Finchum Ford 36 90.864 20.840 0.492 3 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet 32 91.394 20.719 0.371 5 17 20.795 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 17 92.155 20.548 0.200 9 25 20.596 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 11 92.348 20.505 0.157 3 33 20.571 20.584 20.646 0 0 0 91.994 3 12
08 Brandon Brown Ford 26 91.602 20.672 0.324 8 24 20.755 20.822 0 0 0 0 90.944 2 11
19 Brandon Jones Toyota 7 92.551 20.460 0.112 10 33 20.528 20.570 20.622 0 0 0 92.055 20 29
38 CJ McLaughlin Ford 38 90.698 20.878 0.530 8 26 21.050 21.077 0 0 0 0 89.847 4 13
51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 30 91.434 20.710 0.362 15 21 20.765 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
07 Joe Graf Jr Ford 9 92.393 20.495 0.147 7 33 20.598 20.776 20.895 21.011 21.161 21.223 91.154 4 13
92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 29 91.461 20.704 0.356 9 22 20.770 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
5 Matt Mills Chevrolet 34 90.877 20.837 0.489 12 15 20.896 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 19 92.065 20.568 0.220 10 20 20.721 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 15 92.209 20.536 0.188 14 34 20.587 20.606 20.655 0 0 0 91.876 5 14
98 Riley Herbst Ford 8 92.524 20.466 0.118 7 32 20.616 20.654 20.788 0 0 0 91.632 6 15
91 Mason Massey Chevrolet 21 92.016 20.579 0.231 9 22 20.754 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 16 92.173 20.544 0.196 13 23 20.643 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
35 Patrick Emerling Toyota 35 90.872 20.838 0.490 8 21 20.916 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
77 Ronnie Bassett Jr Chevrolet 27 91.540 20.686 0.338 9 22 20.760 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
6 Ryan Vargas Chevrolet 33 91.258 20.750 0.402 12 15 20.853 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
78 Stefan Parsons Chevrolet 31 91.408 20.716 0.368 14 27 20.771 20.791 20.837 0 0 0 91.079 7 16
2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet 2 93.029 20.355 0.007 4 33 20.600 20.736 20.728 0 0 0 91.345 2 11
8 Josh Berry Chevrolet 22 91.829 20.621 0.273 17 20 20.692 20.708 0 0 0 0 91.434 4 13
68 Kris Wright Chevrolet 25 91.682 20.654 0.306 7 24 20.719 20.856 0 0 0 0 90.804 4 13
54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 1 93.061 20.348 0.000 6 33 20.411 20.496 20.525 0 0 0 92.371 19 28
02 Blaine Perkins Chevrolet 13 92.308 20.514 0.166 10 31 20.549 20.638 20.684 0 0 0 91.755 3 12
1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 14 92.299 20.516 0.168 8 32 20.564 20.594 20.714 0 0 0 91.934 7 16
47 Dawson Cram Chevrolet 37 90.751 20.866 0.518 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 0 0
26 Derek Griffith Toyota 23 91.722 20.645 0.297 19 40 20.700 20.706 20.733 20.759 20.785 20.805 91.454 10 19
45 Howie Disavino III Chevrolet 28 91.487 20.698 0.350 6 26 20.818 21.156 0 0 0 0 89.534 2 11
48 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet 20 92.039 20.574 0.226 8 23 20.599 20.741 20.860 0 0 0 91.401 4 13
44 Rajah Caruth Chevrolet 18 92.115 20.557 0.209 9 31 20.587 20.625 20.831 0 0 0 91.813 6 15
18 Sammy Smith Toyota 12 92.339 20.507 0.159 18 26 20.573 20.611 20.684 0 0 0 91.818 5 14