McAnally-Hilgemann driver Daniel Hemric survived the Martinsville Speedway chaos on Friday night (March 28) to win his first race of 2025.
Hemric used the bumper late to pass teammate Tyler Ankrum to capture the win after multiple late cautions to win his first race of 2025 and the first of his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career.
Hemric’s first win came in his 55th truck series start.
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“We found a way there in the end” Hemric said postrace. “I’ve walked out of here twice thinking there’s a missing spot in my dining room for a clock so it’s cool to finally get one here.”
“This truck’s now three for three in this exact same chassis. Thanks to Bill McAnally for this opportunity. I said I want to come back here and not come back here to get back anywhere, just come back here to win, stay humble, just enjoy this journey.”
Ankrum came home in second, his best finish of 2025.
“(Wish I) had a better restart and gotten away faster” said Ankrum post-race. “Congratulations to Daniel [Hemric], I can’t think of a better guy to win.”
“I mean he gave me the bumper, but you’re going to do that at Martinsville. I honestly would have much rather had him, a teammate, giving me the bumper for the win so we could just get a win for MHR.”
Thorsport driver Jake Garcia took home in third. Chandler Smith finished fourth with Ben Rhodes rounding out the top five.
Corey Heim led the early laps as he approached the slower lap traffic. Heim made contact with the rear bumper of Ryan Roulette which sent Roulette into the inside wall for the first caution of the night.
It wouldn’t take long for the second caution of the night as Layne Riggs spun from fifth place after contact with Connor Mosack.
Through the mist of the chaos, Heim would lead the remainder of the opening stage to claim stage one.
Stage two went caution free as Heim continued his early dominance. Heim led every lap in the second stage to sweep the stages for the second consecutive week.
After the stage two caution, Rajah Caruth emerged up front as the majority of the leaders pitted before the third caution for incident, which saw Luke Baldwin spin in turn 1. Baldwin, who was running mid pack, spun after hitting the inside curb underneath Corey Day.
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Heim didn’t take long making his way back to the front as he passed Caruth shortly after the restart.
Another caution followed as Day was bumped from behind by Dawson Sutton. Day backed into the outside wall in turns 1 and 2, receiving heavy damage.
Baldwin then spun once again after contact from Jake Garcia. The caution set up for a restart with under 35 laps to go.
Heim who had dominated to this point was hit by Kaden Honeycutt, which led to Heim suffering a blown left rear tire. Honeycutt would take the lead as Heim spun in turns 1 and 2. Heim, for the second straight week, suffered a heartbreaking defeat after dominating the majority of the night.
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Chaos continued to ensue as three-truck incident involving Jack Wood, Grant Enfinger and Tanner Gray brought out the ninth caution of the night.
Honeycutt led the field back to green with Majeski following close behind. Majeski made his move to get under Honeycutt off of turn 4 to pull alongside. Majeski would then lose control, spinning and collecting Honeycutt in a two-truck incident.
The door opened for Ankrum and Hemric to battle for the race win. Hemric took control to win his first ever Truck Series Race.
Truck Martinsville Results
In two weeks, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series heads to Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday (Apr. 11) at 7:30 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1.
