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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
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 24 (63%)

Aric Almirola celebrates in victory lane — Martinsville, Virginia - April 6th, 2024: Aric Almirola, driver of the #20 He Gets Us Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series DUDE Wipes 250 at Martinsville Speedway. 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	6	20	Aric Almirola	Toyota	59	40	19	6	251	148	6	1	2	Running
2	9	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	42	35	7	0	251	11	2	4	0	Running
3	37	81	Chandler Smith	Toyota	37	34	3	0	251	3	2	0	8	Running
4	12	88	Carson Kvapil	Chevrolet	40	33	7	0	251	0	0	0	4	Running
5	5	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	42	32	10	1	251	14	1	0	1	Running
6	3	18	Sheldon Creed	Toyota	45	31	14	0	251	0	0	2	6	Running
7	17	8	Sammy Smith	Chevrolet	38	30	8	0	251	42	1	0	3	Running
8	2	00	Cole Custer	Ford	43	29	14	0	251	27	1	3	5	Running
9	11	2	Jesse Love	Chevrolet	28	28	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
10	23	11	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	27	27	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
11	19	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	26	26	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
12	18	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	25	25	0	0	251	5	1	0	0	Running
13	16	19	Taylor Gray	Toyota	0	0	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
14	24	44	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	23	23	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
15	7	5	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	27	22	5	0	251	0	0	6	0	Running
16	30	29	Blaine Perkins	Ford	21	21	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
17	8	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	25	20	5	0	251	0	0	7	10	Running
18	27	15	Hailie Deegan	Ford	19	19	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
19	34	07	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
20	33	92	Dexter Bean	Chevrolet	17	17	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
21	14	38	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	16	16	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
22	21	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	15	15	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
23	28	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	14	14	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
24	32	4	Dawson Cram	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	251	0	0	0	0	Running
25	22	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	12	12	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Accident
26	29	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	11	11	0	0	250	0	0	0	0	Accident
27	1	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	14	10	4	0	250	0	0	0	7	Accident
28	36	53	Joey Gase	Ford	9	9	0	0	250	1	1	0	0	Running
29	31	6	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	8	8	0	0	249	0	0	0	0	Running
30	35	14	Logan Bearden	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	247	0	0	0	0	Running
31	25	42	Leland Honeyman Jr	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	244	0	0	0	0	Running
32	4	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	9	5	4	0	242	0	0	9	9	Accident
33	26	91	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	4	4	0	0	75	0	0	0	0	Accident
34	10	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	6	3	3	0	71	0	0	8	0	Accident
35	20	26	Corey Heim	Toyota	0	0	0	0	70	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	15	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	7	1	6	0	70	0	0	5	0	Accident
37	13	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	2	1	1	0	70	0	0	10	0	Accident
38	38	35	Akinori Ogata	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	41	0	0	0	0	Brakes

Race Infractions

Dude Wipes 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
Ryan Ellis	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproed Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Brandon Jones	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Akinori Ogata	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Chandler Smith	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Sammy Smith	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Leland Honeyman Jr	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Akinori Ogata	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	41	0	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	62	70	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Speeding on pit road	Tail End	64	70	Yellow
Riley Herbst	Tire violation	Tail End	64	70	Yellow
Austin Hill	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	70	0	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	71	80	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	71	80	Yellow
Kyle Sieg	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	71	80	Yellow
Hailie Deegan	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	71	80	Yellow
Corey Heim	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	71	80	Yellow
Leland Honeyman Jr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	71	80	Yellow
Logan Bearden	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	72	80	Yellow
Kyle Weatherman	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	73	0	Yellow
Riley Herbst	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	74	80	Yellow
Dawson Cram	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	77	80	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	85	90	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	87	90	Yellow
Logan Bearden	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	87	90	Yellow
Dawson Cram	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	124	130	Yellow
Taylor Gray	Crewmember(s) over the wall too soon	Tail End	124	130	Yellow

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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.