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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Dead On Tools 250

Martinsville Speedway

October 28th, 2023

Race #32 of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 250
- Extended to 256 laps
Miles Raced : 134.7
Time of Race : 02 Hours 26 minutes 07 seconds
Average Speed: 55.294 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.032 seconds
Cautions: 15
Caution Laps: 101
Lead Changes: 13
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 20 (53%)

Justin Allgaier and Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrate in victory lane — Martinsville, Virginia - October 28th, 2023: Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Hellmann's Chevrolet, (L) and NASCAR Hall of Famer and JR Motorsports owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrate in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Photo by Chris Graythen | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	2	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	50	40	10	6	256	21	2	1	0	Running
2	8	2	Sheldon Creed	Chevrolet	42	35	7	0	256	1	1	0	4	Running
3	1	18	Sammy Smith	Toyota	50	34	16	1	256	147	3	5	1	Running
4	4	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	38	33	5	0	256	0	0	7	10	Running
5	12	8	Josh Berry	Chevrolet	41	32	9	0	256	0	0	0	2	Running
6	14	10	Daniel Hemric	Chevrolet	31	31	0	0	256	0	0	0	0	Running
7	10	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	35	30	5	0	256	0	0	0	6	Running
8	22	78	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	34	29	5	0	256	0	0	6	0	Running
9	38	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	256	0	0	0	0	Running
10	15	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	256	0	0	0	0	Running
11	19	11	Layne Riggs	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	256	9	1	0	0	Running
12	26	44	Rajah Caruth	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	256	0	0	0	0	Running
13	34	28	CJ McLaughlin	Ford	24	24	0	0	256	0	0	0	0	Running
14	24	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	256	0	0	0	0	Running
15	11	19	Myatt Snider	Toyota	33	22	11	0	256	1	1	8	3	Running
16	6	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	23	21	2	0	256	0	0	0	9	Running
17	20	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	20	20	0	0	256	0	0	0	0	Running
18	5	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Toyota	27	19	8	0	256	54	2	3	0	Running
19	3	0	Cole Custer	Ford	30	18	12	0	256	1	1	2	8	Running
20	16	25	Brett Moffitt	Ford	17	17	0	0	256	0	0	0	0	Running
21	9	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	23	16	7	0	255	22	3	4	0	Accident
22	31	2	Blaine Perkins	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	255	0	0	0	0	Accident
23	18	91	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	15	14	1	0	255	0	0	10	0	Accident
24	32	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	245	0	0	0	0	Transmission
25	17	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	244	0	0	0	0	Accident
26	29	45	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	244	0	0	0	0	Accident
27	30	8	Chad Finchum	Ford	10	10	0	0	244	0	0	0	0	Accident
28	23	26	Kaz Grala	Toyota	15	9	6	0	243	0	0	0	5	Accident
29	33	38	Joe Graf Jr	Ford	8	8	0	0	240	0	0	0	0	Running
30	35	35	Chris Hacker	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	237	0	0	0	0	Radiator
31	25	24	Connor Mosack	Toyota	6	6	0	0	232	0	0	0	0	Radiator
32	27	6	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	218	0	0	0	0	Engine
33	36	53	Akinori Ogata	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	217	0	0	0	0	Oil Line
34	21	4	JJ Yeley	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	207	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	13	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	2	2	0	0	203	0	0	0	0	Steering
36	7	16	Chandler Smith	Chevrolet	7	1	6	0	187	0	0	9	7	Accident
37	37	7	Devin Jones	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	131	0	0	0	0	Engine
38	28	29	Kyle Sieg	Ford	1	1	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Justin Allgaier	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Brett Moffitt	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeb Burton	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeffrey Earnhardt	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chris Hacker	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Joe Graf Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	6	10	Yellow
Layne Riggs	Driving through more than 3 pit boxes On Entry	Tail End	45	49	Yellow
Anthony Alfredo	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	90	94	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	124	129	Yellow
Josh Berry	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	156	160	Yellow
Layne Riggs	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	156	160	Yellow
Chris Hacker	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	159	160	Yellow
Chandler Smith	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	165	169	Yellow
Connor Mosack	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	165	169	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	177	182	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	177	182	Yellow
JJ Yeley	Equipment Interference	Tail End	178	182	Yellow
Chris Hacker	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	181	182	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	187	196	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	187	196	Yellow
Chandler Smith	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	187	0	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Unspecified Equipment over the wall too soon	Tail End	191	196	Yellow
Ryan Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	200	0	Yellow
Chris Hacker	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	210	214	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	213	214	Yellow
Chris Hacker	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	239	0	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	244	254	Yellow
Josh Williams	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	244	254	Yellow
Josh Williams	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	245	254	Yellow
Myatt Snider	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	245	254	Yellow
Layne Riggs	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	245	254	Yellow
Josh Berry	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	246	0	Yellow
Ryan Ellis	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	248	0	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	248	254	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Martinsville Speedway
Dead On Tools 250
Race Winner: Justin Allgaier
Age: 37
Team : No. 7 - Hellmann's Chevrolet
Owner: Kelley Earnhardt-Miller
Crew Chief: James Pohlman
Justin Allgaier won the Dead On Tools 250, his 23rd victory in 437 Xfinity Series races.
This is his fourth victory and 19th top-10 finish in 2023.
This is his first victory and sixth top-10 finish in seven races at Martinsville Speedway.
Sheldon Creed (second) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2023.
Sammy Smith (third) posted his second top-10 finish in three races at Martinsville Speedway.
Sammy Smith (third) was the highest finishing rookie.
Sam Mayer, Justin Allgaier, John Hunter Nemechek and Cole Custer advance to the Championship Four in Phoenix.

Race Recap

Justin Allgaier avoids last-lap melee to win NASCAR Xfinity race at Martinsville

October 28th, 2023

By Reid Spencer - NASCAR Wire Service

At the end of Saturday’s chaotic Dead on Tools 250, Justin Allgaier rescued his season with an improbable victory that earned the driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet a berth in the Nov. 4 NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship 4 event at Phoenix Raceway.

Allgaier’s Camaro crossed the finish line glued to the side of Sheldon Creed’s No. 2 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet, scoring his first win at Martinsville, his fourth of the season and the 23rd of his career by 0.032 seconds over Creed, who needed a victory to advance to the title race.

Repeated contact between Creed’s car and the Chevrolet of teammate Austin Hill during two overtime laps eventually victimized Hill, the regular-season champion, in a chain-reaction wreck in the final corner and deprived Hill of a chance to race for the championship next weekend.

Before the final restart, Allgaier’s chances of qualifying for the title race had dimmed, as both Hill, the race leader at the time, and Cole Custer (seventh for the restart) had control of the final two Championship 4 spots.

Though Custer was collected in the last-lap wreck, which produced the 16th caution of the race, he was credited with a 19th-place finish to Hill’s 21st and bumped the RCR driver out of the Playoffs by seven points.

But no one benefited from the closing mayhem more than Allgaier, who got repeated encouragement from spotter Eddie D’Hondt and crew chief Jim Pohlman during the late stages of the race.

“Both of those guys kept telling me, ‘It’s not over,’” Allgaier said. “Coming to the start/finish line, I don’t think I saw a single person sitting down. I was just hanging on… This car has been lights-out fast all year.

“We’ve got a shot at going for a championship at Phoenix. This is an emotional one. I’ve wanted to win at Martinsville for a long time, and I’ve been on the other end of that (pointing at the crashed cars on the frontstretch) too many times.”

The overtime restart was a recipe for disaster. Hill had lane choice and picked the bottom, with Creed lined up to his outside. Hill initially cleared Creed’s Chevrolet, but the driver of the No. 2 Chevy used his bumper to force Hill up the track and draw alongside.

As the cars ran through Turns 3 and 4 for the final time, John Hunter Nemechek turned Hill’s Camaro and ignited the last-lap wreck that ultimately settled the field for the Championship 4.

Creed, who is leaving RCR at the end of the season, was subdued but unapologetic.

“I’m not proud of racing like that, but I didn’t blast him,” Creed said. “He was still with me (on the final lap)… I feel like I raced pretty fair for the situation, and he’s going to be mad, but it’s for a Championship 4 spot, and I’m going to fight for my guys all the way to the end.”

As might be expected, Hill had a different view of the final two laps.

“Man, it’s uncalled for for that to happen, and then for neither of the RCR guys to make it to the final four,” Hill said. “It’s frustrating. I’m pretty excited for him to go to his next adventure over at Gibbs, and I don’t have to put up with him anymore.”

(Hill may have anticipated Creed’s next move, which is yet to be announced.)

Pole winner Sammy Smith, another driver in a must-win situation to continue in the Playoffs, led 147 of the 256 laps and finished third. But Smith also left Martinsville with a grudge against a teammate—John Hunter Nemechek, who had clinched a Championship 4 berth on points by the end of the second stage.

In Smith’s view, Nemechek made it impossible for him to fight for the win in overtime.

“They were telling me that he wasn’t going to make any enemies,” Smith said. “I asked him if he was going to choose the top, and he said he wasn’t going to do that. I had a good run on him, and he went to block me down to the bottom.

“He didn’t want to make any enemies, but I’m really frustrated right now. He definitely made one. I’m not going to let that one go, and we will see how things go.”

In a race that started in daylight and ended under a full moon after a 28-minute stoppage to clear the track after a 12-car wreck on Lap 244, Riley Herbst ran fourth, followed by Josh Berry and Daniel Hemric.

Parker Retzlaff, Anthony Alfredo, Jeb Burton and Parker Kligerman completed the top 10.

Sam Mayer, already part of the Championship 4 by virtue of last week’s victory at Homestead, was knocked out of the race in the Lap 244 wreck and finished 25th. Playoff driver Chandler Smith completed 187 laps before being sidelined by an accident and eliminated from the postseason.