Aric Almirola won Saturday night’s running of the DUDE Wipes 250 at Martinsville Speedway.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series ran 250 laps around the paperclip Martinsville Speedway on Saturday night. Brandon Jones won the pole for the race but had to drop to the rear of the field.
With seven laps to go in the race the tenth caution came out as multiple cars got tangled up on the front stretch.
After losing the lead prior to the caution, Almirola would get get around Sam Mayer to claim the victory at Martinsville after the 11th caution came.
The win is the fifth of Almirola’s career in the Xfinity Series and his first on a short track.
Martinsville Xfinity Series Results
April 6, 2024
POSITION
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START
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LED
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BEHIND
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
A. Almirola#20
|
6
|
148
|
Winner
|
2 |
S. Mayer#1
|
9
|
11
|
1.231
|
3 |
C. Smith#81
|
37
|
3
|
1.760
|
4 |
C. Kvapil#88
|
12
|
0
|
2.241
|
5 |
J. Allgaier#7
|
5
|
14
|
2.567
|
6 |
S. Creed#18
|
3
|
0
|
2.667
|
7 |
C. Custer#00
|
2
|
27
|
3.024
|
8 |
S. Smith#8
|
17
|
42
|
3.149
|
9 |
J. Love#2
|
11
|
0
|
4.301
|
10 |
J. Williams#11
|
23
|
0
|
5.405
|
11 |
P. Kligerman#48
|
18
|
5
|
6.147
|
12 |
S. Van Gisbergen#97
|
19
|
0
|
6.503
|
13 |
T. Gray#19
|
16
|
0
|
6.689
|
14 |
A. Alfredo#5
|
7
|
0
|
7.102
|
15 |
B. Perkins#29
|
30
|
0
|
7.364
|
16 |
B. Poole#44
|
24
|
0
|
7.471
|
17 |
R. Sieg#39
|
8
|
0
|
7.776
|
18 |
H. Deegan#15
|
27
|
0
|
8.081
|
19 |
M. Snider#07
|
34
|
0
|
8.255
|
20 |
D. Bean#92
|
33
|
0
|
8.538
|
21 |
M. DiBenedetto#38
|
14
|
0
|
9.367
|
22 |
J. Clements#51
|
21
|
0
|
10.181
|
23 |
K. Sieg#28
|
28
|
0
|
10.831
|
24 |
D. Cram#4
|
32
|
0
|
11.875
|
25 |
R. Herbst#98
|
22
|
0
|
1 Lap
|
26 |
R. Ellis#43
|
29
|
0
|
1 Lap
|
27 |
B. Jones#9
|
1
|
1
|
1 Lap
|
28 |
J. Gase#53
|
36
|
1
|
1 Lap
|
29 |
G. Smithley#6
|
31
|
0
|
2 Laps
|
30 |
L. Bearden#14
|
35
|
0
|
4 Laps
|
31 |
L. Honeyman#42
|
25
|
0
|
7 Laps
|
32 |
J. Burton#27
|
4
|
0
|
9 Laps
|
33 |
K. Weatherman#91
|
26
|
0
|
176 Laps
|
34 |
A. Hill#21
|
10
|
0
|
180 Laps
|
35 |
C. Heim#26
|
20
|
0
|
181 Laps
|
36 |
A. Allmendinger#16
|
15
|
0
|
181 Laps
|
37 |
P. Retzlaff#31
|
13
|
0
|
181 Laps
|
38 |
A. Ogata#35
|
38
|
0
|
210 Laps
|