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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
Cars in Race : 40
Finished On Lead Lap: 19 (48%)

Josh Berry celebrates after winning — Martinsville, Virginia - April 11th, 2021: Josh Berry, driver of the #8 Chevrolet Accessories Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Cook Out 250 at Martinsville Speedway on April 11, 2021 in Martinsville, Virginia. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	29	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	41	40	1	5	250	95	4	0	10	Running
2	8	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	54	35	19	1	250	12	2	1	2	Running
3	4	18	Daniel Hemric	Toyota	44	34	10	1	250	28	1	0	1	Running
4	16	54	Ty Gibbs	Toyota	40	33	7	0	250	28	1	4	0	Running
5	24	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	32	32	0	0	250	16	2	0	0	Running
6	6	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	40	31	9	0	250	0	0	2	0	Running
7	1	20	Harrison Burton	Toyota	30	30	0	0	250	52	1	0	0	Running
8	5	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	37	29	8	0	250	0	0	3	0	Running
9	2	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
10	10	1	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	34	27	7	0	250	0	0	0	4	Running
11	13	10	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	34	26	8	0	250	0	0	0	3	Running
12	27	02	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	250	7	1	0	0	Running
13	3	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
14	11	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	33	23	10	0	250	0	0	7	5	Running
15	9	2	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	27	22	5	0	250	0	0	6	0	Running
16	15	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	21	21	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
17	25	126	Brandon Gdovic	Toyota	20	20	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
18	37	90	George Gorham Jr	Chevrolet	21	19	2	0	250	0	0	0	9	Running
19	30	48	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Running
20	38	99	Stefan Parsons	Chevrolet	21	17	4	0	249	0	0	0	7	Running
21	39	52	Gray Gaulding	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
22	34	61	David Starr	Toyota	15	15	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
23	12	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	14	14	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
24	33	17	JJ Yeley	Ford	19	13	6	0	249	0	0	8	8	Running
25	31	47	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
26	26	74	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	12	11	1	0	249	7	1	10	0	Running
27	19	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	16	10	6	0	248	0	0	5	0	Running
28	40	13	Matt Jaskol	Toyota	9	9	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
29	7	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	8	8	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
30	20	66	Timmy Hill	Toyota	7	7	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
31	22	36	Alex Labbe	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	248	0	0	0	0	Running
32	21	78	Jesse Little	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Running
33	36	5	Matt Mills	Toyota	4	4	0	0	241	0	0	0	0	Running
34	17	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	8	3	5	0	231	5	1	0	6	Running
35	32	23	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	226	0	0	0	0	Running
36	18	0	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	3	1	2	0	213	0	0	9	0	Suspension
37	14	4	Landon Cassill	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	197	0	0	0	0	Engine
38	28	07	Joe Graf Jr	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	179	0	0	0	0	Accident
39	23	15	Colby Howard	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	153	0	0	0	0	Suspension
40	35	6	Ryan Vargas	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	97	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Cookout 250 at Martinsville Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
AJ Allmendinger	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	26	32	Yellow
AJ Allmendinger	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	26	32	Yellow
Myatt Snider	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	26	32	Yellow
Matt Jaskol	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	29	32	Yellow
AJ Allmendinger	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	44	47	Yellow
David Starr	Disobeying a NASCAR request	Tail End	46	47	Yellow
Jeb Burton	Disobeying a NASCAR request	Tail End	46	47	Yellow
AJ Allmendinger	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	92	96	Yellow
Brandon Brown	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	92	96	Yellow
Bayley Currey	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	93	96	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	95	96	Yellow
Josh Williams	Intentionally causing a caution	1 Lap	105	107	Yellow
Josh Williams	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	107	112	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	126	131	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	141	145	Yellow
Colby Howard	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	154	159	Yellow
Blaine Perkins	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	178	183	Yellow
Jesse Little	Speeding on pit road	Pass Thru	188	192	Green

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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.