BUSTI, N.Y. — Nick Hoffman’s first trip to Stateline Speedway will always be memorable. Hoffman and Gordy Gundaker brought the 24-car field to the green flag as both drivers fought for the top spot on lap one. Gundaker had the early advantage on the inside, nosing ahead of Hoffman on the backstretch and holding that momentum as they finished the first lap. “I knew he had to take off first, but I knew if I could just roll speed through the middle of the racetrack and keep him pinched down where he couldn’t circle, I knew I could maybe clear him after a lap or so,” Hoffman said. “I gave it one last effort with a couple of laps to go, there just wasn’t enough left,” Blair said. Then I got next to Gordy, and on the next lap, I passed him.

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