Mike Stefanik finally put an end to the "when are you going to win" questions after leading every lap of the Fucillo Auto Park HUGE 150 at Holland International Speedway. But Stefanik's flag-to-flag win was far from easy, as Grizco Racing teammate Andy Santerre and Matt Kobyluck were on his bumper or alongside him for most of the race's second half.

On a hot afternoon in western New York, 27 NASCAR Grand National Division, Busch North Series teams practiced on the 3/8ths mile high-banked oval. First-timers to the series included Tim Bainey Jr in the Frank Fleming-owned No. 97, and road racer Rocky Moran Jr in Dave Davis' car. Others were poised to make their first start in the series after first showing up at Lee USA Speedway last month, such as Joe Masessa and Richard Gould.

Qualifying was paced by Stefanik, who posted the fastest lap (14.596 seconds, 92.491 MPH) over Santerre, Bryon Chew, Dave Dion, and Eddie MacDonald. While the entry blank specified the starting field be made up of 26 cars, the track's owner allowed all 27 cars start the race.

Dale Quarterley, who had qualified twelfth, received one of the more bizarre penalties in recent years. He was napping when the call was made to bring the cars to the frontstretch for the pre-race autograph session, and wound up showing up for that late, and for that he was instructed to start the race at the tail of the field.

The race was only two laps old before the first bit of shoving took place, between Mike Olsen and Dave Dion. Olsen wound up the loser in that, heading into the backstretch grass before returning to the race, some positions behind.

Moran's series debut got off to an, er, rocky start when he reportedly hit the steering wheel kill switch and slowed unexpectedly. John Salemi, riding behind, piled into the back and as the rest of the field scrambled around the two, caution was thrown. Salemi and Moran continued in the race with cosmetic damage.

Stefanik (No. 55) led a parade of double-digit cars to the lap 8 restart. Santerre (No. 44) rode second, followed by Chew (No. 99), and MacDonald (No. 77). Behind them were Dion, Kobyluck, Mike Johnson, Ryan Moore, Sean Caisse, and Brian Hoar.

The first driver to make a move after the restart was Kobyluck, who tried to take fifth from Dion, but was not successful. Four laps later, Masessa spun off the backstretch in the general direction of the crews, but stopped in time and rejoined the race without bringing out the yellow. Moving up under this stretch was McCarthy, who came from twelfth on the restart tenth by lap 20. Further back, Rob Humphreys' car started sounding off-song, though he continued on the track a bit off the pace.

As reports of Dale Shaw's Waste Management Chevrolet blowing water out of the overflow, the top two cars were building up a gap over third place while negotiating lapped traffic. Masessa had a second spin, this time between turns three and four and was saved from going all the way around by bouncing off of Shaw's right door. The two continued with cosmetic damage and no caution flew.

Fifty laps into the race, Kobyluck finally got past Dion for fifth and set his sights on MacDonald in fourth. McCarthy was battling Moore for ninth, while Quarterley's poor starting spot surely played a role in his going a lap down.

Shaw's race got progressively worse as he had to pit under green to have the crew go under the hood and check on an overheating problem. On the track, Kobyluck not only passed MacDonald for fourth, but also got third from Chew, bringing Dion with him. The official radio channel started buzzing with chatter about Troy Williams' car possibly leaking rear end grease.

Masessa's third spin was enough to bring out the second caution of the evening, ending a 58-lap green-flag run. Under caution, Williams was ordered to pit road to be checked out, eventually going behind the wall. Shaw's car was already retired to the infield, while Moore and Quarterley pitted with both crews going under their hoods. Hoar, Bouley, and Gould also pitted. On the track, Stefanik led Santerre, Kobyluck, Dion, MacDonald, Chew, Johnson, McCarthy, Caisse, and Olsen.

After another quick yellow for Anton's solo spin in turn two, racing resumed on lap 77. The top three cars cleared the lapped cars that restarted on the inside and set off battling for the lead. Stefanik and Santerre ran consistently a lane up from the bottom of the track, while Kobyluck was running through the turns right on the yellow line - and sometimes below it - right on the bottom. On lap 88 Kobyluck took his first stab at passing Santerre for second, but the two ran up on Humphreys' lapped car running low and Kobyluck had to get back behind Santerre. Dion and MacDonald ran fourth and fifth, while McCarthy was battling Johnson for sixth, claiming that position on lap 97.

Kobyluck had a case of déjà vu on lap 98 as he got underneath Santerre only to be foiled by Humphreys a second time. A third passing attempt on lap 106 was again cut short when Kobyluck found lapped traffic in his lane, this time the slower car being Anton's.

The battle up front got even better on lap 111 when Santerre started looking for racing room under Stefanik, but the fantastic lead battle was stopped when caution flew for Williams' car slowing to a stop high exiting turn two. None of the eleven cars still on the lead lap pitted, with their running order being Stefanik, Santerre, Kobyluck, Dion, McCarthy, MacDonald, Johnson, Chew, Olsen, Moore, Caisse, and Seaman.

When the race restarted on lap 118, the top four cars cleared the lapped cars restarting on the inside row. Kobyluck quickly went back to work on Santerre, briefly having second to himself on lap 127. But two laps later Quarterley had a smoky spin exiting turn two, and while no yellow came out, the approaching leaders checked up for smoke and Santerre got by Kobyluck again and the Grizco pair had some breathing room over third place.

The final caution of the event came out on lap 134 when Anton spun exiting turn four. For the ensuing restart, lapped cars were moved to behind the last lead lap car, losing another couple of late-race laps.

Green came out on lap 140 and while Stefanik and Santerre ran nose-to-tail, Kobyluck was still working the very bottom of the track. Behind them, MacDonald and Olsen were battling for sixth when Olsen suddenly shot out of the groove in turn three and lost a number of positions. MacDonald was left to fight Johnson for sixth, while Olsen spun off turn two with just four laps left to run. No caution came out to save Olsen from going a lap down as he returned to the track, between Santerre and Kobyluck.

As the white flag waved, Santerre started looking low on Stefanik but the Burnham Hydronics Chevrolet was too strong and was the first under the checkers. Santerre had to settle for second for the second consecutive race, ahead of point leader Kobyluck. Behind him, the finishing order was Dion, McCarthy, Johnson, MacDonald, Chew, Moore, and Caisse.