Justin Jacobson led the opening circuit of the Street Stock main with Mert Summers taking control one lap later. Bill Kelsey, Phil Hiles, Andy Paluck, Jeremy Wiitala and Todd Everard were bunched behind. Kelsey made a quick move on lap 5 to the inside of Summers entering turn 3 to take the lead, only to lose the handle and spin to the infield in turn 4. Kelsey gathered the car and pulled back into line in 7th, with Summers maintaining the lead. Everard was streaking to the front and by lap 8 moved into the top spot. By half way, Everard was pulling away from the field with Summers still holding second with Wiitala, David Hoerning, Hiles and Kelsey behind.

A couple cautions over the final half of the race bunched the field but Everard was able to pull away each time to run to his third feature win of the season. The battle fore second stayed tight to the end. On lap 16, Summers got lose out of turn 2 while running second. In the scramble, Hoerning tried to sneak by on the inside, but collected Summers, taking both out of the race. Kelsey had moved back into second with Wiitala, Paul White, Hiles and Jerry Kope following Everard to the finish.
 

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