John Hunter Nemechek Victorious in Monday’s Martinsville Truck Race

John H. Nemechek, driver of the #8 Fleetwing Chevrolet, celebrates
in Victory Lane (Photo by Sarah Crabill)

John Hunter captured his first win at Martinsville in the snow delayed Alpha Energy Solutions 250. Nemechek took the lead on a restart with thirty-one laps to go and fended off Rookie Kyle Benjamin by a mere 0.106 seconds.

"I've finished second here multiple times, so tick-tock we finally got a clock," Nemechek said of Martinsville's signature grandfather clock trophy. "It's going to be awesome to take that thing home."

Nemechek, son of NASCAR driver Joe Nemechek, was one of six drivers to stay out during a caution on Lap 216 of 250. He did not hear his crew chief’s order to pit. Therefore, he remained on the track and hoped for the best.

“We just had to stay out there and I didn’t know if we were going to be able to do it,” Nemechek explained. “I can think everyone enough that pours their heart and soul into this deal. There are only four guys at our shop this year.

Burn em down @JHNemechek !!! #AlphaEnergy250 pic.twitter.com/1oojXlapNw

— Martinsville Speedway (@MartinsvilleSwy) March 26, 2018

Second place finisher, Kyle Benjamin was able to get alongside Nemechek on the final lap but couldn’t complete the pass for the lead.

“It was pretty close right there. We had a pretty good truck on long runs and unfortunately it came down to a short run,” Benjamin said. “It’s Martinsville so I figured I needed to give him a run for his money coming off (4) there on the last lap.

Alpha Energy Solutions 250

Race Results

	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Led
1	8	John H. Nemechek	Chevrolet	250	31
2	54	Kyle Benjamin	Toyota	250	74
3	16	Brett Moffitt	Toyota	250
4	98	Grant Enfinger	Ford	250
5	18	Noah Gragson	Toyota	250
6	13	Myatt Snider	Ford	250
7	92	Timothy Peters	Ford	250
8	51	Harrison Burton	Toyota	250
9	2	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	250
10	24	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	250
11	25	Dalton Sargeant	Chevrolet	250
12	41	Ben Rhodes	Ford	250	134
13	4	Cory Roper	Ford	250
14	4	Todd Gilliland	Toyota	250	1
15	88	Matt Crafton	Ford	250	4
16	20	Reid Wilson	Chevrolet	250
17	50	Dawson Cram	Chevrolet	250
18	49	Wendell Chavous	Chevrolet	250
19	21	Johnny Sauter	Chevrolet	249
20	52	Stewart Friesen	Chevrolet	248	6
21	99	Tyler Matthews	Chevrolet	248
22	3	Jordan Anderson	Chevrolet	248
23	83	Kyle Donahue	Chevrolet	234
24	15	Robby Lyons	Chevrolet	227
25	33	Josh Reaume	Chevrolet	227
26	2	Cody Coughlin	Chevrolet	225
27	22	Austin Wayne Self	Chevrolet	164
28	45	Justin Fontaine	Chevrolet	158
29	10	Jennifer Jo Cobb	Chevrolet	55
30	63	Kevin Donahue	Chevrolet	49
31	6	Norm Benning	Chevrolet	35
32	1	Mike Senica	Chevrolet	8

Ben Rhodes, driver of the #41 Alpha Energy Solutions Ford, leads
a pack of trucks during the weather delayed Alpha Energy Solutions 250
(Photo by Sarah Crabill)

John H. Nemechek, driver of the #8 Fleetwing Chevrolet, celebrates with
a burnout after winning. (Photo by Jerry Markland)

Brett Moffitt, driver of the #16 AISIN Group Toyota, leads Cody Coughlin,
driver of the #2 JEGS.com Chevrolet, and Harrison Burton, driver of the #51
DEX Imaging Toyota. (Photo by Brian Lawdermilk)

John H. Nemechek, driver of the #8 Fleetwing Chevrolet, poses with the
winner's decal on his truck in Victory Lane. (Photo by Sarah Crabill)

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