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[/media-credit]Denny Hamlin would make his way to the front after starting in the back due to missing the driver’s meeting and bump his way past Matt Crafton to win the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway.
Lap 1 Timothy Peters leads
Lap 3 Cale Gale has an engine problem
Lap 4 Peters leads Harvick, Brian Scott, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Crafton, Coulter
Lap 7 Dillon up to sixth, ahead of Sauter, Agnew, Buescher, Bodine, Blaney, Kligermann, Coulter and Hornaday. Gale heads to pit road, missed a shift
Lap 11 Report from Gale’s team is that they are down to four cylinders
Caution as Todd Bodine gets into the outside wall after Bodine got sideways off of the corner
Restart Lap 24
Lap 27 Peters leads Harvick, Crafton, Scott, Piquet Jr., Sauter, Dillon as Agnew goes around to bring out the caution. Agnew has a left front tire down. Agnew spun as a result of contact from Starr
Restart lap 36
Lap 37 Peters leads Harvick, Crafton, Scott, Piquet Jr., Sauter, Dillon, Kligermann, Buescher and Hornaday. Scott slides back to sixth.
Lap 40 Scott and Dillon side-by-side for sixth
Lap 41 Peters leads Harvick, Crafton, Piquet Jr, Sauter, Dillon, Scott, Kligermann, Buescher, Hornaday
Lap 43 Peters leads Harvick, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Sauter, Dilon, Scott, Hornaday, Kligermann and Blaney
Lap 45 Sauter passes Piquet Jr. for fourth
Lap 59 Peters leads Harvick, Sauter, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Hornaday, Dillon, Starr, Hamlin and Scott
Lap 60 Harvick takes the lead from Peters at the start-finish line; Sauter to the outside of Peters for second
Lap 61 Harvick leads Sauter, Peters, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Hornaday, Starr, Hamlin, Dillon and Scott. Sauter clears Peters for second
Lap 65 Hamlin passes Starr for seventh
Lap 68 Scott passes Dillon for ninth
Lap 70 Harvick leads Sauter, Peters, Crafton, Hornaday, Piquet Jr., Hamlin, Starr, Scott and Dillon. Hornaday passes Crafton for fourth.
Lap 81 Harvick leads Sauter, Hornaday, Crafton, Hamlin, Piquet Jr., Peters, Starr, Scott, Lofton
Lap 93 Harvick leads Sauter, Hamlin, Hornaday, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Peters, Starr, Scott and Lofton…..George gets into the outside wall to bring out the caution after a flat tire. Buescher gets the lucky dog….Pit stops….Harvick leads Hornaday, Crafton, Piquet Jr., Peters, Sauter and Hamlin off pit road
Restart lap 100…..Jeff Agnew gets into the back of Ryan Truex on the restart as Harvick grabs the lead ahead of Crafton……Harvick leads Crafton, Hornaday, Peters, Piquet Jr.
97 to go Greenfield gets into the back of Sylas
96 to go Harvick leads Crafton, Hornaday, Peters, Piquet Jr., Scott, Lofton, Hamlin, Dillon and Coulter
95 to go Hamlin and Dillon go by Lofton
85 to go Hamlin cracks the top five after starting at the rear due to missing the driver’s meeting
77 to go Norm Benning has a flat tire, makes it to pit road
76 to go Harvick leads Crafton, Peters, Hamlin, Piquet Jr., Hornaday, Scott, Dillon, Coulter and Lofton
65 to go Hornaday down pit road, done for the day
48 to go Caution as Ty Dillon has a right front tire go down. Leaders also pitted for tires to make it to the end of the race. Harvick leads Crafton, Peters, Hamlin, Lofton, Piquet Jr., Scott, Coulter, Townle, Riggs, Blaney, Truex. Dillon falls a lap down during repairs, will fall down more. Parker Kligermann takes the wave around.
Restart 41 laps to go
40 to go Harvick leads Crafton, Peters, Hamlin, Scott, Lofton, Coulter, Piquet Jr, Riggs and Townley….Coulter passes Lofton for sixth.
38 to go Crafton passes Harvick for the lead
Caution 37 to go Clay Greenfield and Jason White go around. Greenfield got loose, spins around while White spins around behind him. Dillon, six laps down.
Restart 31 to go
30 to go Crafton leads Harvick as Lofton and Hamlin battle for third. Piquet pushes Scott up, Coulter squeezes by both
29 to go Crafton leads Harvick, Hamlin, Peters, Coulter, Riggs, Piquet Jr., Scott, Blaney and Lofton
28 to go Peyton Sellers go for a spin after coming down on Todd Bodine
Restart 21 laps to go as Crafton grabs the lead ahead of Harvick and Hamlin.
20 to go Hamlin passes Harvick.
19 to go Piquet Jr. dives under both Harvick and Coulter
18 to go Coulter pushes Piquet Jr. up to grab position
17 to go Harvick passes Piquet Jr. for fourth
16 to go Crafton leads Hamlin, Coulter, Piquet Jr.
Caution 14 to go Miguel Paludo spins around by himself
12 to go Harvick pitted due to a flat tire after contact with Piquet Jr.
9 to go Crafton leads Hamlin, Coulter, Piquet Jr., Riggs, Buescher, Peters, Lofton, Blaney, Kligermann……Dillon was 28th
Restart 8 to go Hamlin puts the bumper to Crafton
7 to go Hamlin passes Crafton for the lead
6 to go Coulter and Piquet Jr. slip past Crafton as Crafton slides up
4 to go Buescher and Crafton side-by-side for fourth
3 to go Crafton keeps Buescher behind him
2 to go Piquet Jr. passes Coulter for second with some contact
Denny Hamlin wins ahead of Nelson Piquet Jr., Joey Coulter, Crafton, Riggs, Buescher, Peters, Blaney, Kligerman and Scott.
Brian Scott bumps Nelson Piquet Jr. after the race. Crafton gets into Hamlin after the race.
