Friday March 29th, 2024 3:20AM

Darrell Wallace, Jr. wins at Martinsville in Wendell Scott tribute truck

By Reid Spencer-NASCAR Wire Service
MARTINSVILLE, VA - Driving a No. 34 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota painted and numbered as a tribute to NASCAR Hall of Fame nominee Wendell Scott-and with Scott's family in attendance at Martinsville Speedway-polesitter Darrell Wallace, Jr. held off Timothy Peters to win Saturday's Kroger 200 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.<br /> <br /> Last year at Martinsville, driving the No. 54 KBM Tundra, Wallace became the first African-American driver to win a race in one of NASCAR's top three touring series since Scott accomplished the feat in what is now the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series on Dec. 1, 1963 at Speedway Park in Jacksonville, FL.<br /> <br /> Though his number was changed to 34 on Saturday, in honor of Scott's traditional car number, the result was the same for Wallace, who grabbed the lead from Johnny Sauter in heavy traffic on lap 188 of 200, moments before the record 11th caution slowed the race.<br /> <br /> Wallace pulled away after a restart with six laps left and beat Peters to the finish line by .495 seconds. Peters had bumped Sauter out of the way in the closing laps, also opening the door for reigning series champion Matt Crafton, who came home third and extended his series lead to 18 points over fifth-place finisher Ryan Blaney.<br /> <br /> "I wasn't worried about anybody, honestly," Wallace said. "They kept telling me where everybody was, and I said I didn't care. It's our weekend and we're going to come out and take this (grandfather) clock (trophy) home with us and we just did that.<br /> <br /> "That was so fun. Martinsville is my favorite place to come to. Without the support of NASCAR and Toyota
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