Michael Waltrip Racing's Ryan Truex won the Tioga Downs Casino 125, the NASCAR Camping World Series East race at Watkins Glen International.
Truex, a rookie in the series, got his first win on his fifth start, ran a great race, and won on a last lap pass on a green-white-checkers finish.
Matt DiBenedetto would start on the pole, and Antionio Perez started on the outside pole position for the race.
Matt Kobyluck started third, followed by Brett Moffitt fourth and Ryan Truex, which rounds out the top five starters.
Both Perez and Moffitt had to start at the back of the field due to unapproved changes.
DiBenedetto would take the green and get away from Kobyluck and Truex, and had a .912 seconds lead after lap one.
Steve Park would get off into the gravel at 'The Esses' and he'd get back on track in 17th.
On Lap two, Brett Moffitt, who had started at the rear of the field, was running in eighth and looked impressive with how he passed his way thorough the field.
On Lap three, DiBenedetto leads, but Truex in second gains half a second on him, and Kobyluck in third is 2.5 seconds back.
On Lap five, DiBenedetto would still lead, but Truex keeps closing in on him.
The first caution came out on Lap six as Tiffany Daniels spins after losing the engine in turn one.
After seven Laps, the top five were: DiBenedetto leading, Truex second, Kobyluck third, Patrick Long fourth, and Perez fifth.
On the Lap 12 restart, DiBenedetto would take the green pull away from Truex, Kobyluck, Long, and Perez.
On Lap 13, DiBenedetto would be leading Truex in second by .593 seconds and Long would pass Kobyluck for third.
The second caution came out on Lap 14 as Perez lost his engine at the Inner Loop and his car stopped.
After 15 laps, the top five were: DiBenedetto leading, Truex second, Long third, Kobyluck fourth, and Alex Kennedy fifth.
On Lap 16, all the leaders pit for a gas-and-go.
Eric Curran would take over the lead by staying out.
On Lap 18, Curran would take the green on the restart, and a lap later he led Eddie MacDonald by 2.5 seconds at the line, but Long is coming in a hurry.
On Lap 20, Curran led, but Long passes MacDonald for second and the third caution comes out for Ryan Duff, who goes off course in 'The Esses' and sits stalled out at the top of the hill.
On Lap 21, Currin pits and Long assumes the lead.
After 22 Laps, the top five were: Long leading, DiBenedetto second, MacDonald third, Truex fourth, and Kobyluck fifth.
On Lap 26, Long would lead by 1.3 seconds on DiBenedetto and Truex would pass MacDonald for third.
On Lap 28, Long leads DiBenedetto by 2.5 seconds, Truex is close to three seconds back, but both Kobyluck and Moffitt passed MacDonald for fourth and fifth respectively.
On Lap 29, Long still leads by 2.7 seconds, but Truex would pass DiBenedetto for second place.
On Lap 30, the best racing was done by Kobyluck and Moffitt, battling for fourth and fifth positions.
The fourth caution comes out on Lap 32 as Alex Kennedy's blown a tire that left debris on the track.
After 33 Laps, the top five were: Long leading, Truex second, DiBenedetto third, Kobyluck fourth, and Moffitt fifth.
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