The Craftsman Truck Series kicks off a triple header weekend at the shortest track on the NASCAR circuit with the Long John Silver’s 200 at Martinsville Speedway.

A total of 37 teams brought trucks to Martinsville to fill 36 spots including Cup Series regulars Kyle Busch and Ross Chastain.  Twelve of the drivers at the track have never run a lap at the track known as the “paperclip” because of it tight corners and long straightaways.

The drivers get only 15 minutes to practice before they will take to the track for qualifying.  It has been four years since the Truck Series drivers have been on the track at Martinsville for practice or qualifying.

Kyle Busch Motorsports has a total of 99 wins and is looking to notch win number 100.

The first driver on the track to make a qualifying run is Justin Carroll who posted a time of 20.648 seconds around the half mile track.

Dean Thompson will not be allowed to make a qualifying run after the crew made an unapproved adjustment to the truck and will be starting the race from the back of the field.

In his first attempt at Martinsville, 17 year old Conner Jones posted a time of 20.061 seconds and tops the leaderboard after nine drivers have taken to the track.

Tyler Ankrum takes over the top spot with a tine of 20.054.

Chase Purdy put the KBM number four truck in the top spot and becoming the first driver to break the 20 second mark with a time of 19.909 seconds.

Christian Eckes takes over the top spot with a time of 19.904 seconds.

Driving his third of five race in the Truck Series, Kyle Busch puts his number 51 truck in the top spot with a time of 19.828 seconds.

Now out of the top 10, Ross Chastain notes that he did all the things he knows not to do when making his qualifying run.

Zane Smith posts a time of 19.797 seconds and puts his number 38 truck at the top.

Eleven truck broke the 20 second mark with Zane Smith sitting on the pole and Kyle Busch starting alongside on the front row.

Justin Carroll failed to make the race.

The starting lineup for the Long John Silver’s  200:
Zane Smith
Kyle Busch
Ben Rhodes
Corey Heim
Matt DiBenedetto
Christian Eckes
Carson Hocevar
Chase Purdy
Tanner Gray
Grant Enfinger
Matt Crafton
Ty Majeski
Stewart Friesen
Tyler Ankrum
Conner Jones
Rajah Caruth
Kaden Honeycutt
Jake Garcia
Nick Sanchez
Lawless Alan
Daniel Dye
William Sawalich
Bret Holmes
Taylor Gray
Ross Chastain
Colby Howard
Hailie Deegan
Timmy Hill
Memphis Villarreal
Spencer Boyd
Kris Wright
Mason Massey
Jonathan Shafer
Brad Perez
Stephen Mallozzi
Dean Thompson

Stages one and two of the race are 50 laps each with stage three lasting 100 laps for a total of 200 laps around the half mile track.  Drivers can run around 140 laps on a single load of fuel.

The start of the race is being delayed due to lightening in the area.  The original forecast for today in Martinsville was for clouds and rain; but turned out to be a beautiful afternoon for Truck and Xfinity Series qualifying.

At 9:28pm NASCAR called for the crews to put the wet weather tires on the trucks as track drying efforts continue.  Once the track is ready, NASCAR will bring the drivers out on the track with the wet weather gear and at least get them to start moving around the track and hopefully even drop the green flag.

This year NASCAR announced that the wet weather gear would be expanded to more than just road course races.  If the race goes green, it will mark the first time that a race has been held on an oval in wet weather conditions.  Martinsville has been a part of the NASCAR circuit since its beginning in 1949.

Chase Purdy has been moved to the back of the field after the crew made some unapproved adjustments to the truck.

At 9:45pm, the trucks have been fired and the trucks are moving under the yellow flag.

NASCAR has announced that all drivers will keep the rain tires until the competition caution at which time all of the trucks will come down pit road and change to racing slicks.

After several pace laps, NASCAR has thrown the green flag for the race to start.  Zane Smith brings the field down for the green flag start of the race and edges out in front of Kyle Busch for the lead.  Drivers are getting three wide through the field.

Lap two, Zane Smith leads the race with Kyle Busch in second; Ben Rhodes, Matt DiBenedetto, and Corey Heim round out the top five..

Drivers are running lap times of 21.45 seconds on the rain tires.

Lap five, Zane Smith leads the race but Kyle Busch comes up to battle for the lead and takes the spot.

Kyle Busch is the first driver to pass for the lead with wet weather tires on an oval.

Lap eight, Kyle Busch has a one second lead on Zane Smith; Corey Heim, Ben Rhodes, and Christian Eckes rounds out the top five.

Sixteen year old William Sawalich has never made a live pit stop or raced on wet weather tires; but he isn’t letting it slow him down.  He is currently in 13th place.

Lap 14, Kyle Busch has a lead of over a second and a half on Corey Heim; Zane Smith, Tanner Gray, and Christian Eckes round out the top five.

Lap 21, Kyle Busch has approached slower traffic and has begun lapping trucks.  He has a lead of over a second on Corey Heim; Tanner Gray, Christian Eckes, and Zane Smith round out the top five.

Lap 23, leader Kyle Busch put Ross Chastain a lap down; there are now 25 trucks on the lead lap.

NASCAR has thrown the yellow flag for the competition caution on lap 27.  The drivers will come down pit road to change to racing slicks and return to the track in the same position.

Drivers are running caution laps on the track while track dryers work on pit road.  Caution laps are counting.

Brad Perez came down pit road twice and will restart the race from the back of the field.

Kyle Busch brings the field down for the green flag restart from the inside lane on lap 43 – just eight laps remaining in stage one.  Corey Heim edges out for the lead from the outside lane.

Lap 45, the top five are Corey Heim, Kyle Busch, Tanner Gray, Zane Smith, and Christian Eckes.

Drivers are running a second faster on the slick tires compared to the times run on the wet weather tires.

Zane Smith battles with Kyle Busch for second with Corey Heim in the lead.

Corey Heim wins stage one for his second stage win of his career.

The top 10 at the end of stage one:
Corey Heim
Kyle Busch
Zane Smith
Tanner Gray
Christian Eckes
Ben Rhodes
Ty Majeski
Matt DiBenedetto
Carson Hocevar
William Sawalich

Track dryers are still working on drying pit road.

Drivers finally come down pit road for service but many of the drivers stayed out on the track.

NASCAR is bringing the trucks down pit road for rain at the track.  The race has been red flagged.

While the trucks will race under damp conditions, they will not race while it is raining.  The rain must stop before NASCAR makes a decision on how the race will proceed.

Reporters on pit road are getting reports from crew chiefs that no one really knows what they are doing and are just playing it by ear.

NASCAR has called the drivers back to their trucks and has told the teams to keep the slicks on the trucks.

Engines refired at 11:04pm and the trucks began moving under the yellow flag on lap 68.

Corey Heim brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 72 from the inside lane with Kyle Busch alongside.  Heim gets out in front for the lead.  Zane Smith and Kyle Busch battle for second with Smith taking the spot.

Lap 75, Zane Smith battles with Corey Heim for the lead but Heim holds him off…so far.

Lap 76, the top five are Corey Heim, Zane Smith, Kyle Busch, Tanner Gray, and Christian Eckes.

There are 27 trucks on the lead lap with all 36 drivers still on the track.

Phil Parsons reports that this is the tamest Martinsville race he has ever seen.

Lawless Alan brings out the first caution flag for an on track incident on lap 81 when he spins out after contact with Daniel Dye.

Hailie Deegan comes down pit road with a tire rub.  Stewart Friesen comes down pit road for service.

Matt Crafton noted during the break that there was something no quite right with his truck.  He had the truck on pit road with the hood up.

Corey Heim brings the field down for the green flag restart on the inside lane with Zane Smith alongside on lap 86.  Corey Heim jumps out in front for the lead with Kyle Busch and Zane Smith in a battle for second with Busch taking the spot.

Lap 88, the top five are Corey Heim, Kyle Busch, Zane Smith, Christian Eckes, and Tanner Gray.

Lap 91, Corey Heim has pulled out to a lead of over half a second on Kyle Busch; Zane Smith, Christian Eckes, and Tanner Gray round out the top five.  Tyler Ankrum has a smoking tire but seems to be dissipating.

Lap 94, Corey Heim has increased his lead on Kyle Busch to a second.  Zane Smith continues to challenge Kyle Busch for second.

Stewart Friesen brings out the caution flag with a flat tire after some contact with Chase Purdy; there are only four laps remaining in stage two.

Corey Heim wins stage two for the stage sweep.

The top 10 at the end of stage two:
Corey Heim
Kyle Busch
Zane Smith
Christian Eckes
Tanner Gray
Ty Majeski
Ben Rhodes
Carson Hocevar
Matt DiBenedetto
Colby Howard

Some of the drivers come down pit road but many stay out.  Matt Crafton is back on pit road with the hood up.

Daniel Dye was caught speeding on pit road.

Corey Heim brings the field down for the green flag start of stage three on lap 106 from the inside lane with Zane Smith on the outside and Kyle Busch behind Heim.  Heim jumps out in front for the lead.  Zane Smith takes second with Kyle Busch in third; Ty Majeski and Tanner Gray round out the top five.

With more rain heading for the race track the drivers are getting very aggressive on the track.

Lap 110, Corey Heim has a half second lead on Zane Smith.

The caution flag comes out for Daniel Dye who spins out. 

Stephen Mallozzi gets a push from NASCAR to get moving again.

Lap 113, the rain has arrived.

Corey Heim brings the field down for the green flag restart on lap 116 and the drivers get three wide.

Carson Hocevar spins out with a flat tire and brings out the caution flag on lap 117.  Hocevar was in the middle of a three wide battle for position.

NASCAR has determined that they will hold Hocevar for two laps because of the incident.

Corey Heim brings the field down pit road with 77 laps remaining in the race as the rains pick up.

The race has been red flagged for a second time due to the rain.

At 11:48pm EDT NASCAR calls the race and announces Corey Heim the winner of the race…and the Grandfather Clock.

The unofficial results of the Call 811.com Before You Dig 200:
Corey Heim
Kyle Busch
Zane Smith
Ty Majeski
Tanner Gray
Ben Rhodes
Matt DiBenedeeto
Taylor Gray
William Sawalich
Chase Purdy
Nick Sanchez
Ross Chastain
Jake Garcia
Grant Enfinger
Christian Eckes
Kris Wright
Timmy Hill
Dean Thompson
Colby Howard
Hailie Deegan
Connor Jones
Bret Holmes
Spencer Boyd
Memphis Villarreal
Rajah Caruth
Matt Crafton
Tyler Ankrum
Kaden Honeycutt
Jonathan Shafer
Daniel Dye
Stewart Friesen
Lawless Alan
Mason Massey
Carson Hocevar
Brad Perez
Stephen Mallozzi