"We had to race are way to victory lane tonight. We didn't have this handed to us," said 16-year-old Joel Kauffman in victory lane. "This is very special to get win number one here in Toledo. It was great with Matt (Hagans) finishing second and Kenny (Tweedy) in third. We are like a three car team, so to finish ahead of those guys in my first ever win is awesome."

At the drop of the green flag, Bull Baker leaped into the early lead followed closely by Todd Currier. On the second trip around, Currier wheeled his number one Scheck Mechanical and Technical Services Chevrolet around the outside of Baker to take the lead. The first caution took place on lap four when Bull Baker went spinning and collected a large portion of the field ending the night for Fred Campbell, J.R. Roahrig, Bobby Parsley, Dave Jackson and Terry Fisher.

When racing resumed, Currier continued to show the way, but Hagans started to flex him muscle. He passed Currier on lap 10 after the Kalamazoo, Mich., driver got loose in the oil dry in turn one and two. Currier slipped back to fifth position, doing a superb job on holding onto his racecar.

Just past the lap 30 mark, Kauffman was starting to close on the rear deck lid of Matt Hagans for the first position. As the battle for the lead started to heat up, Dave Kuhlman was moving towards the front and Junior Hanley, who was involved in the lap four incident began to also charge to the front.

The yellow flag flew on lap 67 when Robert Ohlmann and Rick Turner spun in the second corner. After the green was displayed, Kauffman wasted little time, powering around Matt Hagans coming off the second corner and completing the pass going into the third corner.

Through the remaining circuits of the 100-lap event, Kauffman began to stretch his lead over Hagans with Tweedy, Kuhlman, Hanley and Downey all battling hard for position. Kauffman was ahead of Hagans by eight car lengths at the checkered flag. Tweedy was able to fend off the challenges and finish third with Kuhlman and Hanley rounding out the top five. Downey finished sixth, with Currier seventh and Todd Oliver, Bobby Murany and Harold Fair Jr. rounding out the top-ten performers.