March 28, 2025 | By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service

Daniel Hemric Claims First NASCAR Truck Series Win in Martinsville Shootout

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — During the week before Friday night’s Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway, Daniel Hemric practiced his back flip.

It was the signature move he had been able to use just once in NASCAR national series competition—when he won the 2021 season finale at Phoenix Raceway to clinch the NASCAR Xfinity Series championship.

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—notably series leader Corey Heim—to win the first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race of his career.

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.

“It’s a funny thing, because my wife asked me a couple weeks ago if I was not too old to do it,” Hemric said of the back flip. “I practiced once last week in the back yard and did a back flip on solid ground.

“I thought, ‘The old man’s still got it,’ and I proved that tonight.”

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’s Chevrolet after a Lap 166 restart cut Heim’s left-rear tire and sent his No. 11 Toyota to pit road for fresh rubber.

Honeycutt inherited the lead, but on Lap 187, the Ford of Ty Majeski broke loose under Honeycutt’s Silverado as the two drivers were battling for the lead, and
both trucks spun into the outside wall.

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

“Congratulations to Daniel—I can’t think of a nicer guy to win,” Ankrum said. “Yeah, he gave me the bumper, but you’re 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.”

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’s 500th race in the series.

“I feel like we got used up a little bit there,” Heim said of the contact with Honeycutt. “I don’t 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…

“I just needed a better restart, I guess.”

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.


NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series Race Number 5
Race Results for the Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 - Friday, March 28, 2025
Martinsville Speedway - Martinsville, VA - 0.526 - Mile PavedTotal Race Length - 200 Laps - 105.2 Miles

Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 3/28/2025 @ 10:03 PM Eastern

Fin Str Trk Driver Team Laps Stage 1 Pos Stage 2 Pos Pts Status Tms Laps Playoff Pts
1 5 19 Daniel Hemric Gates Hydraulics Chevrolet 200 7 5 50 Running 1 4 5
2 24 18 Tyler Ankrum LiUNA! Chevrolet 200  9 37 Running 1 10
3 8 13 Jake Garcia Quanta Services Ford 200   34 Running  
4 4 38 Chandler Smith QuickTie Ford 200 6 6 43 Running  
5 20 99 Ben Rhodes TSPORT Trucks Ford 200   32 Running  
6 1 11 Corey Heim Mobil 1 Toyota 200 1 1 52 Running 2 149 2
7 21 77 Andres Perez De Lara # Telcel Chevrolet 200   30 Running  
8 10 71 Rajah Caruth HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200   29 Running 1 17
9 12 52 Stewart Friesen Halmar International Toyota 200 10  29 Running  
10 9 1 Lawless Alan AUTOParkIt Toyota 200 8 10 31 Running  
11 7 34 Layne Riggs Infinity Communications Group Ford 200   26 Running  
12 16 17 Giovanni Ruggiero # First Auto Group Toyota 200   25 Running  
13 2 98 Ty Majeski Soda Sense/Curb Records Ford 200 3 3 40 Running  
14 13 07 William Byron(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 200 9 8 0 Running  
15 23 42 Matt Mills J.F. Electric/Utilitra Chevrolet 200   22 Running  
16 22 26 Dawson Sutton # Rackley Roofing Chevrolet 200   21 Running  
17 26 76 Spencer Boyd Amthor International Chevrolet 200   20 Running  
18 29 90 Justin Carroll Carroll's Automotive Toyota 200   19 Running  
19 17 91 Jack Wood Adaptive One Calipers Chevrolet 200   18 Running  
20 35 84 Patrick Staropoli(i) Syfovre Toyota 200   0 Running  
21 6 15 Tanner Gray Place of Hope Toyota 200 5 7 26 Running  
22 27 66 Luke Baldwin Mohawk Northeast Inc Ford 200   15 Running  
23 18 44 Matthew Gould Moore's Venture Foods Chevrolet 200   14 Running  
24 25 5 Toni Breidinger # Raising Cane's Toyota 199   13 Running  
25 11 81 Connor Mosack # Friends of Jaclyn Foundation Chevrolet 198 4 4 26 Running  
26 3 45 Kaden Honeycutt AutoVentive/Precision Chevrolet 198 2 2 29 Running 1 20
27 14 88 Matt Crafton Dutch Boy/Menards Ford 197   10 Running  
28 30 02 Nathan Byrd Hopegivers International Chevrolet 196   9 Running  
29 19 9 Grant Enfinger Grant County Mulch Chevrolet 195   8 DVP  
30 32 2 Cody Dennison TIMCAST Ford 195   7 Running  
31 28 22 Alan Waller Waller Bros Cattle & Land Ford 174   6 Running  
32 15 7 Corey Day(i) HendrickCars.com Chevrolet 158   0 Suspension  
33 31 33 Frankie Muniz # Valley Dynamo Ford 133   4 Rear End  
34 33 6 Norm Benning MDIA Inc Chevrolet 89   3 Brakes  
35 34 67 Ryan Roulette VFW - Veterans of Foreign Wars Chevrolet 73   2 Handling  

Fastest Lap Bonus:  11                                                                     34 / 20.268
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Time of Race: 1 Hrs, 50 Mins, 2 Secs. Average Speed: 57.364 MPH Margin of Victory: 0.544 Seconds

Stage 1 Top 10: 11, 45, 98, 81, 15, 38, 19, 1, 07, 52
Stage 2 Top 10: 11, 45, 98, 81, 19, 38, 15, 07, 18, 1

Race Comments: Daniel Hemric won the Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200 at Martinsville Speedway, his first NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series victory.  Prior to the start no cars dropped to the rear of the field under penalty.

Failed to Qualify: None.

Caution Flags: 10 for 69 laps; Laps: 14-19 (No. 67 Spin Frontstretch [2]); 25-31 (No. 34 Spin Turn 4 [67]); 52-61 (Stage 1 Conclusion [33]); 102-112 (Stage 2 Conclusion [5]); 116-120 (No. 66 Spin Turn 2 [90]); 149-154 (No. 7 Incident Turn 2 [91]); 159-165 (Nos. 66, 44, 7 Incident Turn 2 [81]); 168-173 (No. 11 Incident Turn 1 [90]); 180-185 (Nos. 91, 15, 9 Incident Turn 3 [44]); 188-192 (Nos. 98, 45 Incident Turn 1 [5]).

Lead Changes: 5 among 5 drivers; C. Heim 1-106; R. Caruth 107-123; C. Heim 124-166; K. Honeycutt 167-186; T. Ankrum 187-196; D. Hemric 197-200.

(i) Ineligible for driver points in this series

Next Race: April 11, 2025 - Bristol Motor Speedway

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NASCAR Craftsman Trick Series Points Report
Martinsville Speedway
Boys and Girls Club of the Blue Ridge 200

UNOFFICIAL Provided by NASCAR Statistics - Friday, 3/28/2025 @ 10:22 PM Eastern UNOFFICIAL

Rank Driver Car Starts GL Points Ldr Nxt Race Wins Stage Wins Playoff Pts
1. Corey Heim 11 5 0 229 0 0 2 4 14
2. Ty Majeski 98 5 0 209 -20 20 0 1 1
3. Chandler Smith 38 5 0 193 -36 16 0 0 0
4. Daniel Hemric 19 5 3 175 -54 18 1 0 5
5. Stewart Friesen 52 5 0 167 -62 8 0 0 0
6. Tyler Ankrum 18 5 0 164 -65 3 0 1 1
7. Grant Enfinger 9 5 -3 157 -72 7 0 0 0
8. Layne Riggs 34 5 0 148 -81 9 0 0 0
9. Jake Garcia 13 5 0 137 -92 11 0 0 0
10. Ben Rhodes 99 5 1 131 -98 6 0 1 1
11. Kaden Honeycutt 45 5 -1 130 -99 1 0 0 0
12. Tanner Gray 15 5 0 123 -106 7 0 0 0
13. Giovanni Ruggiero # 17 5 0 119 -110 4 0 0 0
14. Matt Mills 42 5 1 98 -131 21 0 0 0
15. Rajah Caruth 71 5 3 97 -132 1 0 0 0
16. Andres Perez De Lara # 77 5 3 97 -132 0 0 0 0
17. Matt Crafton 88 5 -3 97 -132 0 0 1 1
18. Jack Wood 91 5 -2 91 -138 6 0 1 1
19. Connor Mosack # 81 5 3 90 -139 1 0 0 0
20. Dawson Sutton # 26 5 1 85 -144 5 0 0 0
21. Spencer Boyd 76 5 2 77 -152 8 0 0 0
22. Bayley Currey  3 -5 68 -161 9 0 0 0
23. Frankie Muniz # 33 5 -3 68 -161 0 0 0 0
24. Toni Breidinger # 5 5 1 62 -167 6 0 0 0
25. Luke Fenhaus  3 -1 54 -175 8 0 0 0
26. Josh Reaume  3 0 47 -182 7 0 0 0
27. Nathan Byrd 02 5 0 39 -190 8 0 0 0
28. Lawless Alan 1 1 -28 31 -198 8 0 0 0
29. Jason White  1 -1 29 -200 2 0 0 0
30. Johnny Sauter  1 -1 29 -200 0 0 0 0
31. Justin Carroll 90 2 3 28 -201 1 0 0 0
32. Timmy Hill  1 -2 26 -203 2 0 0 0
33. Norm Benning 6 2 -2 24 -205 2 0 0 0
34. Stefan Parsons  1 -2 19 -210 5 0 0 0
35. Luke Baldwin 66 1 -35 15 -214 4 0 0 0
36. Matthew Gould 44 1 -36 14 -215 1 0 0 0
37. Keith Mcgee  2 -4 12 -217 2 0 0 0
38. Stephen Mallozzi  2 -3 9 -220 3 0 0 0
39. Cody Dennison 2 1 -39 7 -222 2 0 0 0
40. Michel Disdier  1 -4 6 -223 1 0 0 0
41. Alan Waller 22 1 -41 6 -223 0 0 0 0
42. Akinori Ogata  1 -5 5 -224 1 0 0 0
43. Clay Greenfield  1 -5 4 -225 1 0 0 0
44. Ryan Roulette 67 1 -44 2 -227 2 0 0 0
45. Parker Kligerman  1 -6 1 -228 1 0 0 0
46. Kyle Busch(i)  1 -6 0 -229 1 1 1 0
47. Kyle Larson(i)  1 -6 0 -229 0 1 0 0
48. Justin Haley(i)  2 -6 0 -229 0 0 0 0
49. Ross Chastain(i)  1 -6 0 -229 0 0 0 0
50. William Sawalich(i)  3 -6 0 -229 0 0 0 0
51. Michael Mcdowell(i)  2 -6 0 -229 0 0 0 0
52. Brandon Jones(i)  1 -6 0 -229 0 0 0 0
53. William Byron(i) 07 1 -53 0 -229 0 0 0 0
54. Mason Maggio(i)  1 -7 0 -229 0 0 0 0
55. Corey Day(i) 7 3 -7 0 -229 0 0 0 0
56. Patrick Staropoli(i) 84 1 -56 0 -229 0 0 0 0
57. Bryan Dauzat  0 -8 0 -229 0 0 0 0

-Ldr/-Nxt = Points behind Leader/Next higher, (i) Ineligible for driver points in this series