Martinsville Xfinity: Brandon Jones wins; Ty Gibbs, Sam Mayer in post-race fight

A wild Friday night at Martinsville Speedway ended in a NASCAR Xfinity Series win for Brandon Jones and a fight on pit road between Ty Gibbs and Sam Mayer.

Jones outdueled teammate Gibbs in double overtime to claim his first win of the season after Gibbs had led a race-high 197 of 261 laps (scheduled distance of 250 laps).

But as Jones pulled away from Gibbs to the checkered flag, Gibbs and Sam Mayer made contact off Turn 4. And while Jones and his team celebrated, Gibbs and Mayer squared up in the pits.

Gibbs and Mayer’s clash on the final lap benefited several drivers. Landon Cassill finished second, followed by AJ Allmendinger Austin Hill in fourth. Mayer held on for fifth, while Gibbs settled for eighth.

Allmendinger won the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus, beating Mayer, Riley Herbst and Gibbs.

Jones, Cassill, Allmendinger and Hill will compete for the next Dash bonus at Talladega Superspeedway.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. overcame a late-race spin to finish 11th.

Following an initial conversation, Gibbs pushed Mayer and walked away. But Mayer took his helmet off and walked back toward Gibbs. Mayer then pushed Gibbs twice, in the helmet and in the chest, before Gibbs started throwing punches.

The ensuing scrum drew in NASCAR officials and crew members, who eventually broke them up.

“I tried to talk to him and he got all up in my face,” Gibbs told Fox Sports afterwards. “So, at that point, we’ve gotta start fighting. We got put in a bad position there. The only thing I’m mad about is … He wasn’t gonna get past the 16 (AJ Allmendinger) and I just got hit in the left rear.

“It’s just frustrating. I just got driven in the fence at the end. But I was on the other side of it last week, so that’s just part of it.”

Mayer said that once