Grabbing the lead on an extra time restart as Saturday evening’s Alsco Uniforms 250 went six laps previous its posted distance, John Hunter Nemechek streaked to his third NASCAR Xfinity Sequence victory of the season.

The one time Nemechek led was throughout the extra time, after a push from Daniel Hemric powered him into the lead on the ultimate restart.

Nemechek gained for the primary time at Atlanta Motor Speedway and for the fifth time in his profession, ending 0.245s forward of Hemric. Cole Custer got here residence third, adopted by Kaulig Racing’s Justin Haley, who held the lead for the ultimate restart.

In the beginning of the race, Nemechek’s automobile suffered from dealing with points, notably in site visitors. However his crew made the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota progressively higher because the race unfolded.

“I received an enormous push from the No. 11 (Hemric) there, so due to Daniel for giving me that vast push,” Nemechek mentioned. “Early on, in the event you had mentioned we’d have gained the race, I undoubtedly would have informed you that wasn’t going to be the case.

“We didn’t have the quickest automobile tonight, however I’m actually pleased with this No. 20 crew… Man, that is particular. I don’t know if the monitor modified a ton. We simply needed to make our automobile higher all evening. It got here right down to an extra time end, and fortuitously, we have been capable of execute on that restart.”

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Kaulig drivers Haley and Chandler Smith have been working 1-2 when Austin Hill spun in Flip 4 on lap 161 to trigger the eighth warning and ship the race to extra time. Haley selected the surface lane for the restart, with Nemechek to his inside and Smith behind him.

However Haley didn’t get the push he wanted as Smith light again by the sector. Haley, who led 80 straight laps from begin of the ultimate stage, dipped under Hemric on the ultimate lap, slightly than pushing his teammate, saying later that he was working out of gasoline.

Hill’s late spin and an earlier pileup on the backstretch eradicated a handful of potential contenders for the win.

A large wreck on lap 88, involving 10 vehicles, ruined the probabilities of Stage 2 winner Sheldon Creed and the aggressive automobile of Ryan Sieg, who had led twice for 15 laps.

In the midst of the pack after a lap 87 restart, the Ford of Riley Herbst slowed with a tire down. Brandon Jones, working behind Herbst, took evasive motion, however in transferring down the monitor, Jones’ Chevrolet turned Sieg’s Ford nose-first into the surface wall.

Creed, who had a problem getting gasoline into his Chevrolet beneath warning on the finish of Stage 2, needed to return to pit street and restarted close to the again of the sector. Collected within the lap 88 wreck, Creed exited the race.

Becoming a member of Creed on the sidelines have been Herbst, Sieg, Jones and Anthony Alfredo.

“We did all the things proper,” mentioned Sieg, bemoaning his ailing fortune after a compulsory journey to the infield care heart. “It simply sucks to be on this aspect of it. We’ve been quick in all of 4 of those (Atlanta) races.”

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