SOUTH BOSTON, Va. — Tanner Gray wasn’t leaving South Boston without a trophy.

He made sure of it in race No. 1 of the WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100s, as he nudged Bristol winner Sam Mayer out of the way in overtime to win his first NASCAR K&N Pro Series East race.

For Gray, getting that initial checkered flag in NASCAR was the thing. The 2018 NHRA Pro Stock champion has already shown to be a quick study to stock cars and oval tracks.

“It feels really good to get that first win,” Gray said, exhausted after the first twin 100. “I tried to screw it up throughout the race the whole time. I just kept getting loose, chasing it up the race track and made some adjustments there under caution before the green/white/checkered.”

The overtime finish didn’t disappoint, as Gray and eventual second-place finisher Mayer were beating and banging around the entire track.

“We took off and I was hoping I could get a little better jump, hold him tight down there to the bottom,” the DGR-Crosley driver said. “But I missed it a little bit. Tried to follow behind him and got into him, and in (turn) three just moved him, got underneath him, side-by-side going on the frontstretch. After that I’m not too sure what happened to him.”

Gray had come up just .030 seconds short on March 30 at California’s Irwindale Speedway, losing out on a drag race off turn four to Trevor Huddleston. This time, it was Gray who was .32 seconds faster than the runner-up.

Following Gray and Mayer across the finish line was another rookie, Max McLaughlin, in third. Spencer Davis and Ruben Garcia Jr. where fourth and fifth, respectively.

In race two, Nick Sanchez led the field to green by virtue of setting the fastest lap in race one. He led the first 18 laps after Gray was black flagged for jumping the initial start. Then, unfortunately, the rain came.

As a result, NASCAR officials were forced to postpone the remainder of the second WhosYourDriver.org Twin 100 to Sunday.

The finish:

Tanner Gray, Sam Mayer, Max McLaughlin, Spencer Davis, Ruben Garcia Jr., Colin Garrett, Travis Milburn, Chase Cabre, Derek Kraus, Hailie Deegan, Justin Carroll, Drew Dollar, Jason Miles, Nick Sanchez, Ron Jay, Chuck Buchanan Jr.