{"id":50619,"date":"2025-03-28T22:58:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T03:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=50619"},"modified":"2025-03-29T10:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:16:55","slug":"daniel-hemric-claims-first-nascar-truck-series-win-in-martinsville-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/daniel-hemric-claims-first-nascar-truck-series-win-in-martinsville-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Hemric claims first NASCAR Truck Series win in Martinsville shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Daniel Hemric, driver of the #19 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, celebrates after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2025 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Logan Riely\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

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By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service<\/em><\/p>\n

MARTINSVILLE, Va. \u2014 During the week before Friday night\u2019s Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway, Daniel Hemric practiced his back flip.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Hemric, driver of the #19 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, takes the checkered flag to win the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2025 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Logan Riely\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

It was the signature move he had been able to use just once in NASCAR national series competition\u2014when he won the 2021 season finale at Phoenix Raceway to clinch the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship.<\/p>\n

But on Friday, the 34-year-old from Kannapolis, N.C., had a chance to perform the celebratory move once again, after capitalizing on the misfortunes of others\u2014notably series leader Corey Heim\u2014to win the first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race of his career.<\/p>\n

Hemric even stuck the landing, reveling in the race win that earned him a coveted grandfather clock trophy and a $50,000 Triple Truck Challenge bonus as the highest finishing series regular.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Hemric, driver of the #19 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2025 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Logan Riely\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a funny thing, because my wife asked me a couple weeks ago if I was not too old to do it,\u201d Hemric said of the back flip. \u201cI practiced once last week in the back yard and did a back flip on solid ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought, \u2018The old man\u2019s still got it,\u2019 and I proved that tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hemric needed help to win the second national series race of his career. Heim won the first two stages and led a race-high 149 of 200 laps, but side-to-side contact with Kaden Honeycutt\u2019s Chevrolet after a Lap 166 restart cut Heim\u2019s left-rear tire and sent his No. 11 Toyota to pit road for fresh rubber.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Hemric, driver of the #19 Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet, celebrates with a backflip after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2025 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Logan Riely\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Honeycutt inherited the lead, but on Lap 187, the Ford of Ty Majeski broke loose under Honeycutt\u2019s Silverado as the two drivers were battling for the lead, and both trucks spun into the outside wall.<\/p>\n

That put Tyler Ankrum, Hemric\u2019s McAnally-Hilgemann Racing teammate, at the front of the field, but with four laps left, Hemric used his bumper to dive underneath Ankrum\u2019s truck, made the pass for the lead and pulled away to win by 0.544 seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations to Daniel\u2014I can\u2019t think of a nicer guy to win,\u201d Ankrum said. \u201cYeah, he gave me the bumper, but you\u2019re going to do that at Martinsville. I honestly would much rather have a teammate give me the bumper for the win, so we can just get a win for MHR.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Corey Heim, driver of the #11 Mobil 1 Toyota, and Rajah Caruth, driver of the #71 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, race during the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Boys & Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway on March 28, 2025 in Martinsville, Virginia. (Photo by Jared C. Tilton\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Jake Garcia finished third, followed by Chandler Smith and Ben Rhodes. Heim rallied to finish sixth after the tire change but fell short in his attempt to win in Toyota\u2019s 500th race in the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we got used up a little bit there,\u201d Heim said of the contact with Honeycutt. \u201cI don\u2019t think he intended to cut my left rear down. I think if he had wanted to do that, he would have just wrecked me as it is\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cI just needed a better restart, I guess.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was the second straight week of frustration for Heim, who won the first two stages at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Mar. 21 before losing power in the late going and finishing third.<\/p>\n

Heim nevertheless retains the series lead by 20 points over Majeski.<\/p>\n

Interview:<\/h3>\n

NCTS Race Winner – Daniel Hemric (No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing Chevrolet) – <\/p>\n

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NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race – Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200<\/b><\/p>\n

Martinsville Speedway<\/b><\/p>\n

Martinsville, Virginia<\/b><\/p>\n

Friday, March 28, 2025<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    1. (5)  Daniel Hemric, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    2. (24)  Tyler Ankrum, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    3. (8)  Jake Garcia, Ford, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    4. (4)  Chandler Smith, Ford, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    5. (20)  Ben Rhodes, Ford, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    6. (1)  Corey Heim, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    7. (21)  Andres Perez De Lara #, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    8. (10)  Rajah Caruth, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    9. (12)  Stewart Friesen, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    10. (9)  Lawless Alan, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    11. (7)  Layne Riggs, Ford, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    12. (16)  Giovanni Ruggiero #, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    13. (2)  Ty Majeski, Ford, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    14. (13)  William Byron(i), Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    15. (23)  Matt Mills, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    16. (22)  Dawson Sutton #, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    17. (26)  Spencer Boyd, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    18. (29)  Justin Carroll, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    19. (17)  Jack Wood, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    20. (35)  Patrick Staropoli(i), Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    21. (6)  Tanner Gray, Toyota, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    22. (27)  Luke Baldwin, Ford, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    23. (18)  Matthew Gould, Chevrolet, 200.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    24. (25)  Toni Breidinger #, Toyota, 199.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    25. (11)  Connor Mosack #, Chevrolet, 198.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    26. (3)  Kaden Honeycutt, Chevrolet, 198.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    27. (14)  Matt Crafton, Ford, 197.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    28. (30)  Nathan Byrd, Chevrolet, 196.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    29. (19)  Grant Enfinger, Chevrolet, DVP, 195.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    30. (32)  Cody Dennison, Ford, 195.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    31. (28)  Alan Waller, Ford, 174.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    32. (15)  Corey Day(i), Chevrolet, Suspension, 158.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    33. (31)  Frankie Muniz #, Ford, Rear End, 133.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    34. (33)  Norm Benning, Chevrolet, Brakes, 89.<\/p>\n

\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002    35. (34)  Ryan Roulette, Chevrolet, Handling, 73.<\/p>\n

Average Speed of Race Winner:  57.364 mph.<\/p>\n

Time of Race:  1 Hrs, 50 Mins, 2 Secs. Margin of Victory:  0.544 Seconds.<\/p>\n

Caution Flags:  10 for 69 laps.<\/p>\n

Lead Changes:  5 among 5 drivers.<\/p>\n

Lap Leaders:   C. Heim 1-106;R. Caruth 107-123;C. Heim 124-166;K. Honeycutt 167-186;T. Ankrum 187-196;D. Hemric 197-200.<\/p>\n

Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led):  Corey Heim 2 times for 149 laps; Kaden Honeycutt 1 time for 20 laps; Rajah Caruth 1 time for 17 laps; Tyler Ankrum 1 time for 10 laps; Daniel Hemric 1 time for 4 laps.<\/p>\n

Stage #1 Top Ten: 11,45,98,81,15,38,19,1,07,52<\/p>\n

Stage #2 Top Ten: 11,45,98,81,19,38,15,07,18,1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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