Nemechek powered to the lead on a restart with 12 of 150 laps remaining and held off Sam Mayer by 0.761 seconds for his first series win with Joe Gibbs Racing.
The win is the third of Nemechek’s career and first since 2021.
“Man, Ben (Beshore, crew chief) and this whole No 20 team gave me one heck of a race car,” said Nemechek. “A huge shoutout to all the guys who work on this No. 20 team. I think a lot of guys doubted Ben coming down from the Cup series and have him on the (pit) box and be able to establish the relationship I have with him, it’s been awesome.
“The pit crew got it done when it counted tonight. I have some things that I need to address on my end, but overall, an amazing win.”
Justin Allgaier ended up third, Chandler Smith was fourth and Josh Berry rounded out the top-five.
Completing the top-10 were Austin Hill, Riley Herbst, Austin Dillon, Brett Moffitt and Parker Kligerman.
Stage 3
Following the caution between Stages 2 and 3, most of the lead-lap cars elected to pit but Berry remained on the track and inherited the lead.
On the restart on Lap 77, Berry was followed by Sammy Smith, Sheldon Creed and Austin Hill. Sammy Smith powered to the lead quickly on the restart.
On Lap 86, Brandon Jones wrecked after spinning off the front bumper of Tyler Reddick to bring out the seventh caution.
Most of the lead-lap cars elected to pit under the caution with Sammy Smith the first off pit road. Creed was among those who stayed out and inherited the lead.
The race resumed on Lap 91 with Creed out front followed by Allgaier, Herbst and Chandler Smith.
Entering Turn 2, Cole Custer suffered a right-front flat and he fell off the pace and got pinched into the wall by Dillon, which placed the race back under caution.
The race resumed on Lap 96 with Creed out front, followed by Allgaier and Chandler Smith.
With 50 laps remaining, Sammy Smith maintained a small lead over Nemechek, only to see Nemechek power ahead on fresher tires to return to the front on Lap 101.
Sammy Smith went to the inside of Nemechek on Lap 108 and came away with the lead as Berry moved into third. Nemechek went to the outside and reclaimed the lead on Lap 110.
Allgaier hit pit road on Lap 113, the first of the leaders to make his final green-flag pit stop for tires and fuel to make it to the finish of the race. Herbst, Mayer and Austin Hill soon followed.
Ryan Ellis spun off Turn 2 and into the grass on Lap 128 to place the race under…
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