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Entering Turn 1 on the final lap, #54-Ty Gibbs wrecked his teammate #19-Brandon Jones for the win in the Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway. This is Gibbs’ sixth win of the season and #19-Jones dropped to 23rd in the finishing order.
#2-Sheldon Creed tied his best career finish of second. #98-Riley Herbst placed third, with #9-Noah Gragson and #7-Justin Allgaier rounding out the top five.
#1-Sam Mayer came home sixth, as #48-Nick Sanchez, #11-Daniel Hemric, #21-Austin Hill and #02-Blaine Perkins filled out the top 10.
#19-Jones won the opening stage, his third stage victory of the season. #54-Gibbs took the second stage, his eighth stage win of the year.
#9-Gragson, #54-Gibbs, #7-Allgaier and #8-Josh Berry will race for a championship next weekend at Phoenix.
There were 18 lead changes among six drivers and 14 cautions for 91 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 60.401 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Drivers Points Standings, Owners Points Standings, Driver Points Standings Before Reset, Owner Points Standings Before Reset, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Martinsville Paint Schemes
Race Fast Facts – Martinsville:
Ty Gibbs (P) won the 3rd Annual Dead On Tools 250, his 10th victory in 50 NASCAR Xfinity Series
races.
This is his sixth victory and 22nd top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and third top-10 finish in four races at Martinsville Speedway.
Sheldon Creed # (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2022.
Riley Herbst (third) posted his fourth top-10 finish in five races at Martinsville Speedway.
Sheldon Creed (second) was the highest finishing rookie.
Noah Gragson (P), Ty Gibbs (P), Josh Berry (P) and Justin Allgaier (P) have all advanced to the
NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs Championship 4 Round.
Xfinity Series Standings after Martinsville (Race 32 of 33):
1)#9-Noah Gragson (advanced to Championship 4)
2)#8-Josh Berry (advanced to Championship 4)
3)#54-Ty Gibbs (advanced to Championship 4)
4)#7-Justin Allgaier 3,157, +12
Missed the Championship 4
5)#16-AJ Allmendinger 3,145, -12
6)#21-Austin Hill 3,139, -18
7)#1-Sam Mayer 3,118, -39
8)#19-Brandon Jones 3,099, -58
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings.
Cars to the rear: #11-Daniel Hemric (backup car), #21-Austin Hill, #26-Derek Griffith, #34-Kyle Weatherman (unapproved adjustments).
Pit Stall Selections
For the fourth time in the last nine races, #19-Brandon Jones won the pole for Saturday’s Dead On Tools 250 at Martinsville Speedway. Jones ran a speed of 95.482 mph to get the pole.
#2-Sheldon Creed will start second (95.333 mph), with #18-Sammy Smith (95.314 mph), #54-Ty Gibbs (95.165 mph) and #9-Noah Gragson (95.079 mph) rounding out the top five.
#7-Justin Allgaier, #23-Anthony Alfredo, #98-Riley Herbst, #16-AJ Allmendinger and #51-Jeremy Clements make up the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #47-Dawson Cram, #77-Ronnie Bassett Jr.
See the complete Starting Lineup.
Qualifying Results
Practice for the Dead On Tools 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway is complete. Between two groups, the top five, slowest, news and notes:
#54-Ty Gibbs 93.061 mph
#2-Sheldon Creed 93.029 mph
#16-AJ Allmendinger 92.937 mph
#39-Ryan Sieg 92.878 mph
#10-Landon Cassill 92.651 mph
Slowest: #34-Kyle Weatherman 89.490 mph
Most laps run: #26-Derek Griffith, 40
Notes: About halfway through the second group, #11-Daniel Hemric wrecked into Turn 1.
See full Martinsville Practice Results.
Qualifying Order
Crew Rosters
Goodyear Tire Notes
There are 40 drivers/teams on the entry list for the Dead On Tools 250 Xfinity Series race at Martinsville. Two cars will fail to qualify.
Notables: #02-Blaine Perkins, #08-Brandon Brown, #13-Chad Finchum, #18-Sammy Smith, #26-Derek Griffith, #34-Jesse Iwuji, #35-Patrick Emerling, #36-Alex Labbe, #38-CJ McLaughlin, #44-Rajah Caruth, #45-Howie DiSavino III, #48-Nick Sanchez, #77-Ronnie Bassett Jr., #78-Stefan Parsons, #92-Josh Williams.
See the full entry list on the Martinsville Entry List.
TandemDraft Stats: Xfinity Series Edition – Martinsville Fall
