What won the race: Taking advantage when race-long leader Daulton Wilson hopped the turn-four cushion on the 38th lap, third-starting Nick Hoffman of Mooresville, N.C., captured Friday's 40-lap Chattahoochee Clash in his debut at East Alabama Motor Speedway. Hoffman beat Wilson by 1.146 seconds for the $12,000 payday, his fourth World of Outlaws Late Model Series victory of the season and the 15th of his career.

Quotable: “I knew if I could get (Daulton Wilson) to search a little bit ... and there late in the race, after that last restart, I got him to where he committed to that top," Hoffman said. "I just kept bombing it in there, to show him my nose in (turns) one and two and thinking maybe he’d peel off that top a little bit in three and four and he never did. I just pressured him enough to have him make a mistake there.”

Key notes: Hoffman regained the early season WoO points lead in notching his fifth overall win of the season. ... After Wilson led the opening 37 laps, he reported his dashboard's warning lights flashed entering turn three, causing him to lift and miss his mark exiting turn four, opening the door for Hoffman to take the lead with three laps to go. Wilson required a push to postrace tech inspection after slowing on the cool-down lap. ... Hoffman nearly executed a slide job past Wilson on lap 32, but Wilson's successful crossover exiting turn four allowed him to maintain control by 0.122 of a second at the flagstand. ... Wilson's runner-up finish marks his fifth straight top-10 result in WoO action. ... Tim McCreadie swapped second with Hoffman a few times before Hoffman took the spot for good on a lap-15 restart, leaving McCreadie to settle for third. ... Jonathan Davenport, who slipped as low as sixth, reclaimed fourth on a lap-32 restart and finished there. ... Bobby Pierce climbed five spots to finish eighth, snapping his nine-race streak of podium finishes in WoO competition dating back to Feb. 12. ... The race was slowed by four cautions, the first on lap 12 when 10th-running Chris Ferguson slowed while trailing heavy smoke. ... Tristan Chamberlain and Ethan Dotson tangled on lap 13, causing Chamberlain to slow from 13th with heavy left-front nose damage; Chamberlain slowed again a few laps later when his hood blew up and blocked his vision, but he soldiered to a 16th-place result. ... Tyler Thomason, making his WoO debut, slowed from 21st and pulled off on lap 32 for the final stoppage. ... The 40-lap feature, the first WoO visit to EAMS in nearly 20 years, lasted 25 minutes with 18 starters completing the distance.

On the move: Ryan Gustin of Marshalltown, Iowa, started 20th and finished 11th.

Winner's sponsors: Hoffman’s Tye Twarog Racing Longhorn Chassis is powered by a Clements Racing Engine and carries sponsorship from NOS Energy Drink, C&W Trucking, Petroff Towing, Tri Valley Equipment Sales, LoneWolf Petroleum, Haulin’ Haskells, Holdren Construction, Pivotal Propane, Bilstein Shocks, Eibach Springs, VP Racing Fuels, Rockwell Security and Wehr’s Machine.

Points chase: After EAMS: 1. Nick Hoffman (1,761); 2. Bobby Pierce (1,758); 3. Tim McCreadie (1,655); 4. Daulton Wilson (1,642); 5. Tyler Erb (1,633); 6. Ryan Gustin (1,631); 7. Drake Troutman (1,613); 8. Ethan Dotson (1,604); 9. Dennis Erb Jr. (1,551); 10. Dustin Sorensen (1,545).

Current weather: Clear, 73°F

Car count: 31

Fast qualifier: Jonathan Davenport

Time: 14.042 seconds

Polesitter: Daulton Wilson

Heat race winners: Jonathan Davenport, Nick Hoffman, Daulton Wilson, Tim McCreadie

Consolation race winners: Dalton Cook

Provisional starters: Brent Larson, Eli Johnson

Next series race: March 28, Senoia Raceway (Senoia, GA) $20,000