Brandon Jones Snatches Victory from Ty Gibbs on Final Lap: On older tires, Brandon Jones stole an Xfinity Series win from the scion of the owner of his race team on Saturday night at Martinsville Speedway.(Read more)(4-8-2022)
Making a last-lap pass, #19-Brandon Jones snapped a 50-race winless streak by winning Friday night’s Call 811 Before You Dig 250 at Martinsville Speedway. It’s Jones’ fifth career victory.
Finishing a career best second was #10-Landon Cassill. #16-AJ Allmendinger placed third, winning the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus. #21-Austin Hill and #1-Sam Mayer rounded out the top five.
#98-Riley Herbst finished sixth, as #18-Ryan Truex, #54-Ty Gibbs, who led a race-high 197 and was leading at the white flag, #39-Ryan Sieg and #51-Jeremy Clements made up the rest of the top 10.
#54-Gibbs won both stages, giving him three stage victories for the season.
There were 12 lead changes among seven drivers and 16 cautions for 100 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 56.099 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Drivers Points Standings, Owners Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Martinsville Paint Schemes
Race Fast Facts – Martinsville:
Brandon Jones won the 2nd Annual Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com, his fifth
victory in 211 Xfinity Series races.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
This is his first victory and fourth top-10 finish in four races at Martinsville Speedway.
Landon Cassill (second) posted his first top-10 finish in three races at Martinsville Speedway. It is his fourth top-10 finish in 2022.
AJ Allmendinger (third) posted his second top-10 finish in four races at Martinsville Speedway.
Austin Hill (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger leads the point standings by 20 points over Ty Gibbs.
Xfinity Series Standings after Martinsville (Race 8 of 33):
1)#54-Ty Gibbs (3 wins) 322 points
2)#16-AJ Allmendinger (1 win), 342 points (regular season points leader)
3)#9-Noah Gragson (1 win), 300 points, -42
4)#19-Brandon Jones (1 win), 253, -89
5)#21-Austin Hill (1 win), 226, -116
6)#8-Josh Berry 248, -94
7)#1-Sam Mayer 235, -107
8)#7-Justin Allgaier 233, -109
9)#11-Daniel Hemric 227 -115
10)#39-Ryan Sieg 227, -115
11)#98-Riley Herbst 212, -130
12)#10-Landon Cassill 201, -141
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Cars to the rear: #9-Noah Gragson, #26-Derek Griffith, #34-Kyle Weatherman, #44-Howie DiSavino III and #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr. (all for unapproved adjustments).
Pit Stall Selections
For the third straight week, #54-Ty Gibbs won the pole for the Xfinity Series race. For Friday night’s Call 811 Before You Dig 250, Gibbs ran a speed of 95.985 mph. It’s the first time since 2016 that a driver has won three consecutive poles in the series.
#7-Justin Allgaier had the second best lap (95.496 mph), with #9-Noah Gragson (95.347 mph), #18-Ryan Truex (95.041 mph) and #2-Sheldon Creed making up the top five (94.979 mph).
#02-Brett Moffitt backed up his solid practice lap by posting the sixth best time in qualifying. #10-Landon Cassill, #39-Ryan Sieg, #11-Daniel Hemric and defending winner #8-Josh Berry filling out the top 10.
Did Not Qualify: #45-Ryan Ellis 78-Josh Williams 52-Harrison Rhodes 13-Chad Finchum 77-Ronnie Bassett Jr.
See the complete Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Starting Lineup.
Martinsville – Qualifying Fast Facts:
Ty Gibbs won the Pole Award for the 2nd Annual Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Powered by Call811.com
with a lap of 19.728 seconds, 95.985 mph.
This is his fourth pole in 26 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
This is his third pole and fifth top-10 start in 2022.
This is his first pole in three races at Martinsville Speedway.
Justin Allgaier (second) posted his third top-10 start of 2022 and his fourth in four races at Martinsville
Speedway.
Noah Gragson (third) posted his fourth top-10 start at Martinsville Speedway. It is his sixth in eight
races this season.
Sheldon Creed (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.
Practice for the Call 811 Before You Dig 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway is complete. Between two groups, the top five, slowest, news and notes:
#2-Sheldon Creed 93.006 mph
#54-Ty Gibbs 92.978 mph
#11-Daniel Hemric 92.855 mph
#31-Myatt Snider 92.769 mph
#02-Brett Moffitt 92.746 mph
Slowest: #47-Brennan Poole 86.077 mph
Most laps run: #98-Riley Herbst, 40
Notes: During Group A, both #26-Derek Griffith and #28-Natalie Decker got loose entering Turn 1 and went for a spin.
See full Martinsville Practice Results.
Qualifying Order
Crew Rosters
Goodyear Tire Notes
There are 43 cars on the entry list for Friday’s Call 811 Before You Dig 250 Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway. After qualifying on Thursday, five drivers will miss the show. It’s #88-Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s lone start of the season.
Other notables: #13-Chad Finchum, #18-Ryan Truex, #26-Derek Griffith, #34-Kyle Weatherman, #35-Shane Lee, #38-Parker Retzlaff, #44-Howie DiSavino III, #45-Ryan Ellis and #77-Ronnie Bassett Jr.
See the full entry list on the Martinsville Entry List.
