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D.J. Shaw, son of former NASCAR Camping World Series East driver Dale Shaw, is set to make his series debut in the Heluva Good! Summer 125 (Jason Cunningham/NASCAR).

Lap By Lap: Heluva Good! Summer 125

CHECKERED FLAG -- MATT DIBENEDETTO IS THE WINNER OF THE HEULVA GOOD! SUMMER 125. IT IS HIS SECOND NASCAR CAMPING WORLD SERIES EAST VICTORY. RYAN TRUEX COMES HOME SECOND, FOLLOWED BY KEVIN SWINDELL, JODY LAVENDER AND EDDIE MACDONALD. DIBENEDETTO, 17, GIVES JOE GIBBS RACING ITS THIRD WIN IN THE LAST FIVE RACES AT NEW HAMPSHIRE.

UNOFFICIAL RUNDOWN: 1. DiBenedetto, 2. Truex, 3. Swindell, 4. Gifford, 5. Lavender, 6. MacDonald, 7. Tardiff, 8. Hernandez, 9. Long, 10. Park, 11. Kobyluck, 12. Armstrong, 13. Olsen, 14. Anton, 15. Kennedy, 16. Johnson, 17. Delaney, 18. Leighton, 19. Salemi, 20. Duff, 21. Smith, 22. J. Johnson, 23. Patison, 24. Shaw, 25. Daniels, 26. Mattioli, 27. Moffitt, 28. Chase, 29. Bouley.

CHECKERED -- Truex blocks DiBenedetto out of Turn 2. DiBenedetto gets into the back of Truex again, pushing Truex ahead as they go into Turn 3. DiBenedetto backs off and then gets a run through inside through Turn 4. The two make contact out of Turn 4 side by side with DiBenedetto pushing into the lead and crosses the line first.  

WHITE FLAG: Truex pulls ahead slightly, but DiBenedetto gets a run 

Lap 123 -- DiBenedetto closes fast on Truex, looks outside out of Turn 4 

Lap 122 -- Leaders spread out; MacDonald up to sixth 

Lap 120 -- Swindell has his hands full for third with Gifford. Lavender in fifth 

Lap 119 -- Truex clears for the lead on the backstretch 

Lap 119 -- GREEN: DiBenedetto and Truex lead the field to the line. Truex leads at the line 

Lap 117 -- Green flag has been waved off for one lap. 

Lap 117 -- One to go; Kobyluck comes down pit road 

Lap 115 -- Leaders are DiBenedetto, Truex, Swindell, Gifford, Lavender, Hernandez, Long, Tardiff, MacDonald, Anton, Armstrong, Kobyluck, Leighton, Olsen and Park. 

Lap 114 -- CAUTION NO. 6: Kennedy around in Turn 4. Duff is the free pass car

Lap 112 -- MacDonald moves up to ninth 

Lap 110 -- Leaders are now DiBenedetto, Truex, Swindell, Lavender and Gifford. Kennedy is sixth, followed by Hernandez. Kobyluck is 14th and Park back to 19th. 

Lap 109 -- GREEN: Swindell spins tires, DiBenedetto pulls away. Park and Kobyluck get together on the backstretch. Park goes around, but keeps going. No caution 

Lap 106 -- Leaders under yellow are: DiBenedetto, Swindell, Truex, Kobyluck, Park, Gifford, Lavender, Hernandez, MacDonald, Kennedy, Anton, Tardiff, Armstrong, Long, M. Johnson, Leighton. Olsen and Delaney are the last cars on the lead lap and they both come down pit road.  

Lap 105 -- CAUTION NO. 5: Daniels spin on front stretch and comes to a stop against the inside wall. 

Lap 103 -- Leaders are DiBenedetto, Swindell, Truex, Kobyluck, Park, Gifford, Lavender, Hernandez, MacDonald, Kennedy, Anton, Tardiff, Armstrong, Long, M. Johnson, Leighton. 

Lap 102 -- DiBenedetto's lead .802 over Swindell and 1.6 over Truex 

Lap 100 -- Truex clears Kobyluck, while MacDonald drives by Kennedy for ninth 

Lap 98 -- Truex continues to pressure Kobyluck for third 

Lap 96 -- Truex moves in on Kobyluck for third, while MacDonald finally cracks the top 10. 

Lap 95 -- Leaders are DiBenedetto, Swindell, Kobyluck, Truex, Park, Gifford, Lavender, Hernandez, Kennedy, Anton and MacDonald. 

Lap 93 -- MacDonald pressures Anton for 10th, is 7.5 seconds behind DiBenedetto 

Lap 92 -- Truex passes Park for the fourth spot; MacDonald still stuck in 11th

Lap 90 -- DiBenedetto's lead is steady; Swindell, Kobyluck, Park and Truex round out top 5 

Lap 89 -- MacDonald passes Tardiff for 11th 

Lap 88 -- MacDonald up to 12th. 

Lap 86 -- Leaders are DiBenedetto, Swindell, Kobyluck, Park, Truex, Gifford, Lavender, Hernandez, Kennedy, Anton. 

Lap 84 -- DiBenedetto's lead is up to .746 seconds 

Lap 82 -- Leaders are DiBenedetto, Swindell, Kobyluck, Park, Truex, Gifford, Lavender, Hernandez, Kennedy, Anton, M. Johnson. MacDonald is 18th 

Lap 81 -- DiBenedetto pulls away on the backstretch; Kobyluck and Truex put the pressure on Swindell 

Lap 81 -- GREEN: DiBenedetto leads by a nose at the line.  

Lap 80 -- Leaders are Swindell, DiBenedetto, Truex, Kobyluck, Park, Lavender, Hernandez, Delaney, Kennedy, Anton, Long

Lap 79 -- MacDonald and Tardiff pit out of the top 10. 

Lap 77 -- CAUTION NO. 4: Debris. Swindell is the leader 

Lap 76 -- Swindell leads by a nose 

Lap 75 -- DiBendetto pressures Swindell; Tardiff gets loose in Turn 4

Lap 74 -- J. Johnson spins and nearly hits the wall in Turn 2, but no caution; Swindell moves around MacDonald coming out of fourth, DiBendetto follows. 

Lap 73 -- DiBenedetto moves into third. 

Lap 72 -- GREEN: Swindell and MacDonald lead to the line; MacDonald gets a great jump. 

Lap 70 -- Leaders are Swindell, MacDonald, Gifford, DiBenedetto, Kobyluck, Park, Truex, Tardiff, Lavender, J. Johnson. Kennedy is 11th, followed by Delaney, Anton, Leighton and Hernandez 

Lap 69 -- CAUTION NO. 3: J. Smith spins on backstretch 

Lap 69 -- Swindell by a nose at the line.  

Lap 68 -- GREEN: MacDonald leads, but is pressured by Swindell. 

Lap 66 -- With 1 to go, leaders are: MacDonald, Swindell, J. Smith, Gifford (first car to pit), Truex, DiBendetto, J. Johnson, Kobyluck, Park and Tardiff. Olsen, M. Johnson and Daniels to the back for violations 

Lap 65 -- MacDonald, Swindell stay out, but the rest of the leaders pit. 

Lap 64 -- CAUTION NO. 2: Long is slowed with a right front, but yellow comes out for a spin by Patison on the backstretch. Patison has minor damage. 

Lap 63 -- Truex takes the halfway flag with .590 second lead.

Lap 59 -- Behind DiBendetto is a line of Kobyluck, Tardiff, Park, and Swindell.

Lap 58 -- Truex leads MacDonald by .429, Gifford by 2.871 and DiBenedetto by 5.005. 

Lap 54 -- Park pulls along side Tardiff; Swindell moves by Lavender 

Lap 52 -- Leaders are Truex, MacDonald, Gifford, DiBenedetto, Kobyluck, Tardiff, Park, Lavender, Swindell, Delaney. Long has moved to 11th. 

Lap 50 -- Kobyluck and Tardiff go back and forth for the fifth-place spot; Lavender, running eighth, primed to take back points lead with Moffitt's troubles 

Lap 48 -- Kobyluck can't make the pass on DiBenedetto, and Tardiff uses the oustide to pass Kobyluck; Park makes a move on Lavender. 

Lap 47 -- Leaders are Truex, MacDonald, Gifford, DiBenedetto and Kobyluck. Kobyluck moves inside of DiBenedetto, with Tardiff lurking right behind 

Lap 46 -- GREEN:  Truex and Gifford lead the field to green. Truex by a nose at the line. MacDonald uses the inside lane to take second from Gifford.

Lap 45 -- One to go as Moffitt's car has been towed behind the wall.  Twenty-one cars on the lead lap

Lap 43 -- Green flag is waved off as they work to get Moffitt's car off pit road 

Lap 42 -- Hernandez is 11th, followed by J. Smith, Kennedy, Leighton, Long, Patison, Armstrong, J. Johnson, M. Johnson and ANton. 

Lap 41 -- Leaders off pit road are: Truex, Gifford, MacDonald, DiBenedetto, Lavender, Kobyluck, Park, Tardiff, Swindell and Delaney. Moffitt is stalled on pit road trying to bring it behind the wall

Lap 40 -- Armstrong is slow off pit road. 

Lap 40 -- All leaders are on pit road; Olsen is the free pass car. 

Lap 38 -- CAUTION No. 1: Moffitt scraps the wall in Turns 3 and 4; right front tire damaged.

Lap 36 -- Leaders are now Truex, MacDonald, Moffitt, DiBenedetto, Gifford, Park, Tardiff, Kobyluck, Swindell, Lavender, Long, Anton, Delaney, Johnson and Kennedy 

Lap 35 -- Leaders put former track winner Mike Olsen a lap down 

Lap 34 -- As the leaders try to put Duff a lap down, Moffitt has closed to the back bumper of MacDonald 

Lap 33 -- Truex tries it again and completes the pass 

Lap 32 -- Truex dives underneath to challenge for the lead, but with more lapped traffic ahead, puts it back in second 

Lap 30 -- Leaders are MacDonald, Truex, Moffitt, DiBenedetto, Park, Tardiff, Gifford, Kobyluck, Swindell and Lavender 

Lap 28 -- Leaders put Mattioli a lap down 

Lap 27 -- Truex continues to hound MacDonald, while Moffitt sits 2.171 seconds behind MacDonald in third. 

Lap 25 -- Kobyluck pressures Tardiff for sixth, but Gifford takes advantage and steals the spot from Kobyluck 

Lap 24 -- DiBenedetto finally passes Tardiff, and then sails by Park 

Lap 23 -- Leaders put Daniels and Salemi a lap down. 

Lap 22 -- Park, in fourth, leads a line that includes Tardiff and DiBenedetto fighting for position, and Kobyluck 

Lap 20 -- Anton in 11th, followed by Delaney, Kennedy, Hernandez, Long, Jarit Johnson, Patison, Leighton, Smith and Mike Johnson 

Lap 18 -- Gifford goes by Swindell for ninth; DiBenedetto moves to go by Tardiff 

Lap 16 -- Truex pulls within .16 seconds of MacDonald; Moffitt remains third, followed by Park, Tardiff, DiBenedetto, Kobyluck, Swindell, Gifford, Lavender 

Lap 15 -- Eric Chase pulls his car behind the wall; hood is up on Shaw's car 

Lap 14 -- D.J. Shaw comes down pit road. Shaw is making his NASCAR debut 

Lap 13 -- MacDonald and Truex have 2.2 seconds on Moffitt, who is three seconds ahead of fourth-place Park  

Lap 11 -- Truex within .220 of MacDonald 

Lap 9 -- Gifford takes Anton and quickly overtakes Lavender. Kobyluck moves by Swindell for 7th 

Lap 8 -- Leaders are MacDonald, Truex, Moffitt, Park, Tardiff, Swindell, DiBenedetto, Kobyluck, Lavender. Anton and Gifford spar for 10th. 

Lap 7 -- DiBenedetto makes a move on Swindell for sixth. Kobyluck is on their heels. 

Lap 5 -- Truex closes in on MacDonald, the lead is at .325 seconds. Moffitt is 1.4 seconds back 

Lap 4 -- Swindell, Anton and DiBenedetto in a pack for fifth; Park makes a move on Tardiff for fourth 

Lap 3 -- Park moves by to take fourth; Lavender passes Kobyluck on the oustide but Kobyluck fights back 

Lap 2 -- Leaders are MacDonald, Truex, Moffitt, Tardiff, Swindell, Park, DiBenedetto, Anton, Kobyluck and Lavender 

Lap 1 -- GREEN:  Ryan Truex steps on the gas and leads Eddie MacDonald by a nose into Turn 1. MacDonald sweeps by out of Turn 2.

5:08 p.m. -- Ryan Truex and Eddie MacDonald will lead the field to the green flag in one lap. Scott Bouley pulls his car behind the wall.

5:05 p.m. -- Cars have rolled off the grid and will three pace laps. Dakoda Armstrong and Tiffany Daniels will go to the back because of unapproved changes. 

5:01 p.m. -- Command has been given to start engines. 

4:55 p.m. -- National anthem 

4:54 p.m. -- Invocation. 

4:50 p.m. -- Drivers are strapping in. Driver introductions will be made from the grid. 

4:40 p.m. -- Drivers have reported to their cars on pit road. 

4:05 p.m. -- Jet driers are on the track. 

3:30 p.m. -- The rain has stopped and the clouds have parted to give us a glimpse of sun. There's still dark clouds over Turns 3 and 4, but the rain has halted. The race is still on as scheduled. 

2 p.m. -- Rain has begun to fall at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The NASCAR Camping World Series East race is in a holding pattern. 

Friday, 11:30 a.m. -- NASCAR Camping World Series East garage opens in a half hour. Drivers will participate in an autograph session at 1 p.m., drivers meeting at 3 p.m., and the Heluva Good! Summer 125 goes green at 5:10 p.m. 

4:30 p.m. -- Ryan Truex joins his father (Martin Sr.) and brother (Martin Jr.) as Coors Light Pole Award winners. It is his second pole of the season. Eddie MacDonald is second, followed by Kevin Swindell, Brett Moffitt and Matt DiBenedetto. QUALIFYING RESULTS 

4:08 p.m. -- Eric Chase and Scott Bouley did not take time during their slotted order. They are on the five-minute clock. 

4:04 p.m. -- Ryan Truex shoots to the provisional pole with a first lap time of 30.443 seconds (125.113 mph). He does not take a second lap. 

4 p.m. -- With five cars remaining, MacDonald remains atop the speed chart. 

3:54 p.m. -- Eddie MacDonald, who has won the last two races at Loudon, has just moved to the top of the board with a fast lap of 30.601 seconds (124.467 mph).

3:48 p.m. -- Matt DiBenedetto moved up to third with a fast lap of 30.693 seconds (124.093 mph). 

3:43 p.m. -- Fourteen cars have taken time. Swindell remains atop the board followed by Moffitt, Park, Alan Tardiff and Jeff Anton. 

3:28 p.m. -- Kevin Swindell became the third car in a row to lay down a fast lap as his 30.616 seconds (124.406 mph) moves to the top.

3:26 p.m. --Brett Moffitt immediately knocks Park from the top of the board with a first lap time of 30.690 seconds (124.106 mph).

3:24 p.m. -- Steve Park, the fifth car out, moved to the top of the board with a first lap time of 30.734 seconds (123.928 mph). 

3:15 p.m. -- Qualifying is set to begin. Alan Tardiff will be the first car out. 

1 p.m. -- NASCAR Camping World Series East practice is complete. Truex topped the charts with a fast lap of 124.424 mph. Moffitt (124.182), Swindell (123.414), DiBenedetto (123.262) and Jason Patison (123.087) were the five fastest. Today is the first time each of those five have turned laps at NHMS. COMPLETE PRACTICE TIMES

12:30 p.m. -- With 30 minutes remaining in practice, DiBenedetto remains atop the speed charts at 122.426 mph. Swindell, Brett Moffitt, Lavender and Truex round out the top five fastest cars.

12:10 p.m. -- Forty minutes into practice, and DiBenedetto has moved to the top of the charts. MacDonald is second, followed by Swindell, Ryan Truex and Alan Tardiff. 

11:45 a.m. -- Eddie MacDonald is the fastest through the first 15 minutes, followed by Kevin Swindell, Matt DiBenedetto, Jody Lavender and Jonathan Smith.

11:30 a.m. -- Practice is underway for the day. Practice will run to 1 p.m.

10:30 a.m. -- There are 29 cars on the ground. D.J. Shaw has been added from the original entry list and Matt Kurzejewski has been subtracted.

Thursday, 6:30 a.m. -- The NASCAR Camping World Series East garage is open.