Although he's 20 years old, Alex Yontz doesn¿t look old enough to have a drivers license. Sunday afternoon, though, he proved he could hold his own when it comes to driving with the best.

The Walnut Cove, NC, youngster started 18th, but worked his way through the field to capture the Bailey¿s 300 NASCAR Late Model Stock car race at Martinsville Speedway. The victory in the biggest Late Model Stock car race NASCAR has to offer earned Yontz $25,000 plus the traditional grandfather clock that serves as a trophy.

"Words can¿t even explain this to me," the elated Yontz said. ¿No win gets any bigger than this win right here. This definitely tops the charts for career victories for me and probably always will.¿

Yontz is the youngest driver to win the Bailey¿s 300. He led three times, first from lap 101 to lap 114 and then from 122 to lap 175 before polesitter Wayne Ramsey slipped by. Yontz re-assumed the lead on lap 178 and held on for the win.

¿I let one (Ramsey) slide by me once on a restart and I was nervous from then on out,¿ said Yontz, who won in just his fourth Martinsville start. ¿When I got back out front I knew they were going to use everything they had and I was hoping to have enough to hold them off.¿

Ramsey, who was a surprise pole-winner on Saturday, backed up that pole-winning effort with a strong second-place run. The Amherst driver led the first 58 laps of the race and then got past Yontz on lap 175, but stayed out front for just a couple of laps.

Yontz drove to victory in a Pontiac while Ramsey was in a Ford.

Former Bailey¿s 300 champion Jamey Caudill finished third, followed by Jason Mitcham and Stacy Puryear. All three were in Chevys.

It was by far Mitcham¿s best run at Martinsville. He passed Yontz for the lead on lap 115 and led the next six circuits.

Sixteen-year-old Marc Davis finished sixth in his first Martinsville start, followed by 2005 Bailey¿s 300 winner Timothy Peters. Another youngster, Adam Barker, was eighth, followed by veterans Eddie Johnson and Rodney Cook.

The race was slowed 13 times for caution.