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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Dude Wipes 250

Martinsville Speedway

April 6th, 2024

Race #7 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
- Extended to 251 laps
Miles Raced : 132.0
Time of Race : 02 Hours 07 minutes 48 seconds
Average Speed: 61.984 mph
Cautions: 11
Caution Laps: 68
Lead Changes: 15

Sam Mayer and Sammy Smith race — Martinsville, Virginia - April 6th, 2024: Sam Mayer, driver of the #1 10X Health Chevrolet, and Sammy Smith, driver of the #8 TMC Transportation Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Xfinity Series DUDE Wipes 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Photo by Jared C Tilton | 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
Aric Almirola	6	2	1	1	1	36	2.2	+5	30	17	+13	30	50	100.0%	148	251	147.6	59
Sam Mayer	9	6	4	2	1	15	6.7	+7	23	24	-1	22	9	100.0%	11	251	110.7	42
Chandler Smith	37	4	3	3	1	37	10.1	+34	59	31	+28	36	25	76.9%	3	251	105.7	37
Carson Kvapil	12	20	10	4	3	36	10.2	+8	46	24	+22	35	11	88.5%	0	251	101.2	40
Justin Allgaier	5	1	7	5	1	35	10.6	+0	52	33	+19	27	16	74.9%	14	251	96.0	42
Sheldon Creed	3	17	2	6	1	36	3.5	-3	23	23	+0	23	27	98.8%	0	251	118.5	45
Sammy Smith	17	16	6	7	1	34	9.9	+10	38	30	+8	14	13	73.7%	42	251	101.7	38
Cole Custer	2	18	5	8	1	36	4.5	-6	27	36	-9	27	13	98.8%	27	251	114.4	43
Jesse Love	11	10	11	9	7	16	11.2	+2	39	47	-8	38	0	96.4%	0	251	80.8	28
Josh Williams	23	22	16	10	10	27	15.4	+13	49	32	+17	24	0	45.8%	0	251	78.2	27
Shane van Gisbergen	19	9	14	11	9	26	17.3	+8	51	54	-3	17	0	30.3%	0	251	70.3	26
Parker Kligerman	18	21	18	12	1	34	20.6	+6	55	53	+2	10	0	9.2%	5	251	70.7	25
Taylor Gray	16	11	13	13	10	30	15.5	+3	49	39	+10	27	0	61.8%	0	251	73.7	0
Brennan Poole	24	24	21	14	14	32	20.7	+10	48	34	+14	1	0	0.4%	0	251	66.2	23
Anthony Alfredo	7	23	9	15	5	29	11.2	-8	50	35	+15	39	0	88.5%	0	251	87.5	27
Blaine Perkins	30	13	25	16	13	36	23.9	+14	44	63	-19	6	0	4.8%	0	251	52.0	21
Ryan Sieg	8	19	15	17	7	36	11.5	-9	35	27	+8	30	1	91.6%	0	251	80.4	25
Hailie Deegan	27	30	22	18	18	38	27.5	+9	33	49	-16	0	0	0.0%	0	251	49.8	19
Myatt Snider	34	12	20	19	12	37	24.1	+15	29	37	-8	0	0	0.8%	0	251	54.3	18
Dexter Bean	33	15	27	20	11	38	25.1	+13	40	42	-2	0	0	0.8%	0	251	51.2	17
Matt DiBenedetto	14	28	26	21	13	31	22.4	-7	33	54	-21	2	0	6.8%	0	251	57.3	16
Jeremy Clements	21	14	23	22	2	32	19.8	-1	45	49	-4	11	0	19.1%	0	251	61.2	15
Kyle Sieg	28	29	24	23	21	32	26.8	+5	41	48	-7	0	0	0.0%	0	251	47.5	14
Dawson Cram	32	26	28	24	23	38	29.2	+8	27	25	+2	0	0	0.0%	0	251	45.0	13
Riley Herbst	22	7	8	25	3	36	11.7	-3	51	44	+7	28	1	79.7%	0	250	77.3	12
Ryan Ellis	29	25	19	26	13	37	22.9	+3	48	50	-2	4	0	0.8%	0	250	53.2	11
Brandon Jones	1	3	12	27	1	36	13.3	-26	61	57	+4	27	2	70.1%	0	250	67.7	14
Joey Gase	36	8	29	28	1	38	29.9	+8	9	27	-18	0	0	1.2%	1	250	33.7	9
Garrett Smithley	31	27	30	29	19	35	26.4	+2	23	41	-18	0	0	0.0%	0	249	42.3	8
Logan Bearden	35	32	31	30	26	36	31.1	+5	15	28	-13	0	0	0.0%	0	247	35.7	7
Leland Honeyman Jr	25	31	32	31	23	36	31.2	-6	14	17	-3	0	0	0.0%	0	244	33.8	6
Jeb Burton	4	5	17	32	3	30	11.5	-28	28	41	-13	28	0	82.9%	0	242	70.3	9
Kyle Weatherman	26	33	33	33	3	36	31.7	-7	14	12	+2	0	0	0.4%	0	75	31.0	4
Austin Hill	10	34	34	34	1	36	27.2	-24	9	10	-1	9	0	28.3%	0	71	59.7	6
Corey Heim	20	35	35	35	11	35	29.5	-15	19	17	+2	12	0	17.5%	0	70	48.0	0
AJ Allmendinger	15	36	36	36	5	26	28.3	-21	11	7	+4	11	5	25.5%	0	70	70.2	7
Parker Retzlaff	13	37	37	37	6	20	29.2	-24	1	5	-4	1	0	25.9%	0	70	65.5	2
Akinori Ogata	38	38	38	38	21	38	37.6	+0	4	7	-3	0	0	0.0%	0	41	23.2	1

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Race Fast Facts

Martinsville Speedway
DUDE Wipes 250
Race Winner: Aric Almirola
Age: 40
Team : No. 20 - He Gets Us Toyota
Owner: Joe Gibbs
Crew Chief: Tyler Allen
Aric Almirola won the DUDE Wipes 250, his fifth victory in 108 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in 2024.
This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Martinsville Speedway.
Sam Mayer (second) posted his fourth top-10 finish in six races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his second top-10 finish in 2024.
Chandler Smith (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Martinsville Speedway.
Jesse Love (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
Chandler Smith leads the point standings by 35 points over Cole Custer.

Race Recap

Aric Almirola claims emotional NASCAR Xfinity Series win at Martinsville

April 6th, 2024

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

With a dramatic victory Saturday night at Martinsville Speedway, Aric Almirola removed an asterisk from his career record and collected a $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus in the process.

With considerable help—perhaps unintentional—from Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Sheldon Creed after an overtime restart, Almirola grabbed the lead from Sam Mayer and won the DUDE Wipes 250 under caution when Riley Herbst, pole winner Brandon Jones and Ryan Ellis wrecked in Turn 2 on the final lap.

The victory was Almirola’s first since retiring from full-time NASCAR Cup Series competition and rejoining Joe Gibbs Racing this season. The record book will show that the driver of the No. 20 JGR Toyota has five NASCAR Xfinity Series wins to his credit, but Almirola has always considered his first one tainted.

In 2007, he won the pole at the Milwaukee Mile and started the race but turned the car over to Denny Hamlin, who was late in his commute from a Cup date at Sonoma Raceway. Hamlin won the race, but Almirola got credit for the victory as the driver of record.

“Man, this is so awesome,” Almirola said. “To win for Joe Gibbs Racing. I’ve had an asterisk next to a win for Coach (Joe Gibbs) for 17 years, and this is so awesome to finally put a real win banner up inside the shop at Joe Gibbs Racing.

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, Coach for calling me and giving me this opportunity to have some fun and still scratch the itch of racing but still get to spend a lot of time with our family.”

Though Almirola led 148 of 251 laps, the outcome was in doubt until he took command after the final restart. Race runner-up Sam Mayer held the lead at that point, but when Almirola’s JGR teammate Sheldon Creed took Almirola and Mayer three-wide in Turn 2 on the penultimate lap, contact slowed Mayer’s progress and allowed Almirola to break clear for the lead.

“Man, those restarts here are just ruthless,” said Mayer, who wrested the top spot from Almirola on Lap 243, moments before a five-car pileup on the frontstretch caused the 10th caution of the race.

“Painful. Obviously, the 20 was really, really good today. It was good that I was able to keep up and be as fast as them and pass all those JGR cars there at the end and march up to the front. That’s the first time I’ve done that here…

“But at the end of the day, we needed a ‘W’, and I got one I feel like stolen from me there a little bit.”

Mayer’s pass on Lap 243 was one of four lead changes over the final 12 laps. On Lap 239, JGR’s Chandler Smith, who started from the back of the field after crashing in practice on Friday, muscled past Almirola, who returned the favor by moving his teammate into the top lane for a pass on Lap 241.

“Chandler, I felt like used me up pretty good, so when I got back to him, I was going to make sure he knew it,” Almirola said. “From there the race was on. Mayer did a great job of getting to me and moving me out of the way.

“And then on that restart I knew it was going to be tough. I was really thankful to be able to hold on to it. They drilled me in the left rear, and I was able to hold on to it and get a good run off (Turn) 2.”

Smith ran third, followed by Carson Kvapil, who finished fourth in his Xfinity Series debut. Justin Allgaier came home fifth after starting from the rear. Creed, Sammy Smith, Cole Custer, Sunoco rookie, Jesse Love and Josh Williams completed the top 10.

New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen was 11th in his first trip to Martinsville.

Almirola was won the Dash 4 Cash bonus as the highest finisher among four eligible drivers. Since he is not competing at Texas next weekend, the four Dash 4 Cash drivers in Fort Worth are Mayer, Smith, Allgaier and Creed.