On Lap 36, Long would take the green, Kobyluck would pass DiBenedetto for third, but they barely ran a lap when the fifth caution came out for Jason Patison as he lost transmission and stalled on the back stretch close to 'The Esses'.
On Lap 39, Long would take the green pulling from the field, and Truex had Kobyluck pressing him on his bumper.
On Lap 40, Kobyluck would pass Truex for second just before the sixth caution came out for Matt Kurzejewski.
He would get into the guardrail, coming out of turn five, and the car stalled half on the track and in the grass.
After 42 Laps, the top five were: Long leading, Kobyluck second, Truex third, Moffitt fourth, and DiBenedetto fifth.
On Lap 44, Long leads by 1.3 seconds, and Truex would re-pass Kobyluck coming out of turn 11 for second.
The seventh caution comes out on Lap 45 as Jody Lavender got into the gravel at the 'Inner Loop'.
After 46 Laps, the top five were: Long leading, Truex second, Kobyluck third, Moffitt fourth, and Dibenedetto fifth.
On the Lap 47 restart, Long would pull away from Truex in second and Kobyluck in third.
On Lap 48, Long leads, Truex's in second by 0.4 seconds, and Kobyluck in third by 1.2 seconds.
The eighth caution came out on Lap 50 for oil in 'The Carousel'.
On Lap 51, we'll have a green-white-checkers finish to the race.
The top five were: Long leading, Truex second, Kobyluck third, Moffitt fourth, and DiBenedello fifth.
On Lap 52, Long takes the green and stays in the lead with Truex on his bumper, Kobyluck and Moffitt are both right there as well.
On Lap 53, Long takes the white flag and leads Truex in second by 0.358 seconds.
On Lap 54, it would be Ryan Truex who took the checkers.
He got on the inside of Long between turns 10 and 11 where Long got squeezed off of the track.
Truex ran a really good race today, stayed top five all race, held his position on the last lap, and earned his first career win.
Matt Kobyluck finished second, Brett Moffitt was third, Patrick Long was fourth, and Matt DiBennedetto was fifth.
Positions six through 10 were: Steve Park, Eddie MacDoanald, Alex Kennedy, Brian Wong, and Jonathan Smith.
Source for recap and photo credit: local.racing.nascar.com
Author's note: I decided to pinch hit for MJ with posting an update on the Camping World Series East race, held Saturday morning at Watkins Glenn International and she'll be back for the next race.
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