John Hunter Nemechek loudest in Loudon overtime

John Hunter Nemechek continued to add to his NASCAR Xfinity Series points lead on Saturday as he dominated New Hampshire Motor Speedway by leading 137 laps. However, he did have to get past an overtime scramble to convert his laps led into his fourth win of the season.

A seven-car accident that resulted in substantial damage for his Joe Gibbs Racing team-mate Joe Graf Jr. and Sam Mayer with two laps remaining set up overtime. As the Chevrolets of Chandler Smith, Austin Hill, and Daniel Hemric tried to bring the heat, Nemechek quickly extinguished it by pulling away before taking the white flag. Contact between Sheldon Creed and Cole Custer moments later caused another caution that ended the race.

Nemechek described overtime as “nerve-wracking for sure,” having added some flair to an otherwise lopsided showing as he often led by over two seconds. Justin Allgaier and JGR colleague Sammy Smith won the two stages, though neither had much answer for Nemechek otherwise, the latter even having to claw back after spinning his tyres on a late restart and stacking up the inside line.

The victory is Nemechek’s second in a row after taking Atlanta the previous week.

“We’ve clicked from almost day one,” he commented on his team. “We’ve been consistent all year. Just time to keep clicking off all of these victories.”

Mason Massey finished tenth for SS-Green Light Racing‘s second top ten of the year; the #08 car had last scored such a finish at a non-superspeedway with Gray Gaulding at Las Vegas in 2019.

Race results

Finish	Start	Number	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Status
1	2	20	John Hunter Nemechek	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	206	Running
2	1	16	Chandler Smith	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
3	8	21	Austin Hill	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
4	11	11	Daniel Hemric	Kaulig Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
5	7	18	Sammy Smith	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	206	Running
6	4	7	Justin Allgaier	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	206	Running
7	20	27	Jeb Burton	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
8	22	92	Josh Williams	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
9	12	25	Brett Moffitt	AM Racing	Ford	206	Running
10	33	08	Mason Massey	SS-Green Light Racing	Ford	206	Running
11	5	9	Brandon Jones	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	206	Running
12	21	91	Alex Labbé	DGM Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
13	38	26	Kaz Grala	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	206	Running
14	28	35	Patrick Emerling	Emerling-Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	206	Running
15	16	51	Jeremy Clements	Jeremy Clements Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
16	9	10	Austin Dillon*	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
17	3	8	Josh Berry	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	206	Running
18	10	1	Sam Mayer	JR Motorsports	Chevrolet	206	Running
19	29	43	Ryan Ellis	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	206	Running
20	14	98	Riley Herbst	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	206	Running
21	17	2	Sheldon Creed	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	205	Running
22	6	00	Cole Custer	Stewart-Haas Racing	Ford	205	Running
23	26	28	Kyle Sieg	RSS Racing	Ford	205	Running
24	24	6	Brennan Poole	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	204	Running
25	32	02	Blaine Perkins	Our Motorsports	Chevrolet	203	Running
26	25	24	Connor Mosack	Sam Hunt Racing	Toyota	203	Running
27	23	4	Kyle Weatherman	JD Motorsports	Chevrolet	202	Running
28	35	53	C.J. McLaughlin	Emerling-Gase Motorsports	Chevrolet	201	Running
29	19	19	Joe Graf Jr.	Joe Gibbs Racing	Toyota	196	Accident
30	31	38	Chris Hacker*	RSS Racing	Ford	195	Running
31	13	31	Parker Retzlaff	Jordan Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	190	Accident
32	15	48	Parker Kligerman	Big Machine Racing Team	Chevrolet	70	Accident
33	37	39	Ryan Sieg	RSS Racing	Ford	70	Accident
34	18	78	Anthony Alfredo	B.J. McLeod Motorsports	Chevrolet	70	Accident
35	34	66	Chad Finchum	MBM Motorsports	Ford	60	Suspension
36	30	07	Stefan Parsons	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	48	Suspension
37	27	44	Rajah Caruth*	SS-Green Light Racing	Chevrolet	47	Oil Line
38	36	45	Greg Van Alst	Alpha Prime Racing	Chevrolet	17	Brakes

Italics – Competing for Rookie of the Year
* – Ineligible for points