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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Cookout 250

Martinsville Speedway

April 9th, 2021

Race #7 of the 2021 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
Miles Raced : 131.5
Time of Race : 02 Hours 12 minutes 02 seconds
Average Speed: 59.758 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.590 seconds
Cautions: 12
Caution Laps: 75
Lead Changes: 13

Harrison Burton leads the field — Martinsville, Virginia - April 11th, 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. Photo by Brian Lawdermilk | Getty Images

Driver	ST	50%	10%	FIN	HI	LW	AVG	PC D	Pass	Passed	PS D	Q PASS	Fast	%T15	TOT Led	Laps	Rating	TOT PTS
Josh Berry	29	5	1	1	1	32	7.6	+28	48	17	+31	22	27	75.2%	95	250	137.3	41
Noah Gragson	8	1	2	2	1	22	6.2	+6	54	16	+38	43	21	94.4%	12	250	122.7	54
Daniel Hemric	4	25	7	3	1	30	9.0	+1	58	34	+24	40	25	78.8%	28	250	110.5	44
Ty Gibbs	16	14	3	4	1	29	9.0	+12	66	31	+35	40	17	83.6%	28	250	109.4	40
Brandon Jones	24	13	4	5	1	34	9.4	+19	50	23	+27	21	11	68.8%	16	250	107.4	32
Austin Cindric	6	12	6	6	2	25	6.6	+0	44	30	+14	38	18	91.2%	0	250	112.9	40
Harrison Burton	1	15	5	7	1	27	7.0	-6	30	21	+9	20	9	89.6%	52	250	111.5	30
Justin Haley	5	6	8	8	2	28	8.3	-3	61	32	+29	39	18	86.8%	0	250	107.6	37
Justin Allgaier	2	17	9	9	1	28	10.2	-7	48	40	+8	22	3	81.6%	0	250	98.3	28
Michael Annett	10	4	11	10	4	37	13.8	+0	52	42	+10	20	0	70.8%	0	250	87.2	34
Jeb Burton	13	2	10	11	2	38	11.4	+2	63	43	+20	44	2	84.4%	0	250	92.4	34
Brett Moffitt	27	19	12	12	1	37	14.5	+15	70	43	+27	23	1	67.6%	7	250	84.4	0
AJ Allmendinger	3	34	13	13	2	39	26.7	-10	50	54	-4	11	1	26.4%	0	250	79.3	24
Jeremy Clements	11	28	15	14	4	28	14.4	-3	50	31	+19	23	0	70.0%	0	250	80.2	33
Myatt Snider	9	10	14	15	3	33	12.4	-6	72	31	+41	35	5	73.2%	0	250	85.9	27
Josh Williams	15	37	16	16	8	38	23.5	-1	49	31	+18	15	0	22.8%	0	250	72.8	21
Brandon Gdovic	25	21	18	17	13	37	24.9	+8	82	79	+3	7	0	6.8%	0	250	57.8	20
George Gorham Jr	37	11	17	18	7	38	21.2	+19	70	58	+12	6	0	15.6%	0	250	64.0	21
Jade Buford	30	32	19	19	3	39	26.1	+11	46	93	-47	2	0	8.4%	0	250	48.2	18
Stefan Parsons	38	7	20	20	2	38	23.0	+18	61	58	+3	9	0	19.6%	0	249	59.2	21
Gray Gaulding	39	29	21	21	9	39	24.1	+18	58	54	+4	3	0	11.6%	0	249	51.8	16
David Starr	34	30	23	22	4	38	27.3	+12	52	77	-25	0	0	2.4%	0	249	44.3	15
Ryan Sieg	12	31	26	23	3	37	21.2	-11	51	39	+12	17	0	33.2%	0	249	66.0	14
JJ Yeley	33	20	24	24	6	35	22.2	+9	82	64	+18	7	0	11.2%	0	249	55.8	19
Kyle Weatherman	31	18	25	25	11	38	25.1	+6	57	80	-23	11	0	12.0%	0	249	51.8	12
Bayley Currey	26	8	22	26	1	35	20.2	+0	36	76	-40	6	0	26.8%	7	249	58.2	12
Brandon Brown	19	22	28	27	5	37	22.0	-8	69	54	+15	17	0	20.8%	0	248	59.2	16
Matt Jaskol	40	36	29	28	6	40	33.0	+12	16	46	-30	0	0	1.6%	0	248	32.5	9
Riley Herbst	7	9	31	29	2	38	20.8	-22	47	61	-14	17	3	45.6%	0	248	71.0	8
Timmy Hill	20	27	30	30	6	37	29.2	-10	44	77	-33	0	0	0.4%	0	248	33.5	7
Alex Labbe	22	23	27	31	7	37	20.9	-9	63	46	+17	16	0	36.0%	0	248	58.3	6
Jesse Little	21	35	32	32	3	39	30.2	-11	31	92	-61	3	0	4.4%	0	245	30.5	5
Matt Mills	36	38	33	33	33	40	37.7	+3	5	0	+5	0	0	0.0%	0	241	33.0	4
Tommy Joe Martins	17	3	35	34	1	37	22.5	-17	36	61	-25	14	0	36.8%	5	231	65.5	8
Blaine Perkins	32	39	36	35	6	39	31.4	-3	32	29	+3	5	0	11.6%	0	226	35.3	2
Jeffrey Earnhardt	18	26	34	36	5	33	23.6	-18	38	70	-32	6	0	9.2%	0	213	47.0	3
Landon Cassill	14	24	37	37	12	34	27.0	-23	28	67	-39	0	0	4.0%	0	197	35.8	1
Joe Graf Jr	28	33	38	38	9	37	28.6	-10	36	71	-35	5	0	6.8%	0	179	35.2	1
Colby Howard	23	16	39	39	11	38	32.3	-16	33	50	-17	13	1	7.6%	0	153	45.2	1
Ryan Vargas	35	40	40	40	12	37	35.7	-5	27	33	-6	1	0	2.4%	0	97	30.2	1

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Race Fast Facts

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.

Race Recap

Josh Berry claims first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Martinsville

April 11th, 2021

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

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.