Griffin McGrath was the fast qualifier and drew a 7 for the invert to start on the inside of row four. Rebecca Kasten started on point and led the first 32 laps until McGrath took the top spot. Kasten passed McGrath on a restart at lap 77 to lead one more lap, but McGrath reclaimed the top spot on lap 78 and never relinquished the lead.Rebecca Kasten brought the field down to the green flag alongside fellow Wisconsin driver Jesse Saunders. Kasten got out to the early lead while Saunders slid back through the field, plummeting to the 6th position by lap number two. However, fast qualifier and eventual race winner, Griffin McGrath, worked his way up from the seventh starting spot to fourth by lap 14 as he worked around rookie driver Erik Jones.
By lap 20, McGrath found himself running in the third position after passing 2007 ASALMS North Champion, Trent Snyder. McGrath began to chase down 2007 ASALMS South Champion Jeff Choquette, who was in second spot, but could not pass him before the first caution flag at lap 25. Under the yellow, Choquette, Snyder, and Saunders opted to come in for adjustments, giving up their track position to adjust the handling on their cars.
The green flag went back in the air at lap 31 and two laps later, Griffin McGrath claimed the lead away from Rebecca Kasten. At the halfway point of the race, McGrath was the leader over Kasten, Eddie Hoffman, Erik Jones, and Chris Eggleston, who was making his first ASA Late Model Series start of the year after competing in five NASCAR Camping World Truck races for SS Greenlight Racing.
The second and final caution of the day was displayed for debris on lap 71. This set the field up for the final restart at lap 77. When the green flag came out, Rebecca Kasten wasted no time going to the outside of Griffin McGrath out of turn four. She claimed the lead at the stripe, but would be forced to turn it back over as McGrath stormed past to reclaim the top spot for the final time on lap 78. 2008 ASA Late Model North Champion, Eddie Hoffman, followed McGrath through as well into the second spot, dropping Kasten to third.
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