It’s only been a few weeks since he won the World 100 at Eldora Speedway, but Nick Hoffman shared how the Crown Jewel victory has already changed his life.

Hoffman started sixth in Heat 3 after the six-car invert. He worked his way into third after Dan Ebert and Devin Moran made contact with each other. As they both checked up at the top of the track, Hoffman motored past both of them on the bottom. After a restart with 8 laps left, he moved up to second getting past Trey Mills. That’s where he would finish giving him a 9th place starting position for the World 100.

During the Granddaddy of Them All, Hoffman ran between 7th and 10th for much of the beginning portion of the race, hugging the bottom of the track. He fell as far back as 11th following a restart with 74 laps left. He began to move forward with around 60 laps left. The charge was stymied a little bit when he got back to 9th and had a front row seat for the battle for 7th between Hudson O’Neal and Brandon Sheppard. 

However, he stayed persistent and was able to clear O’Neal with 45 to go and worked around Sheppard and Tim McCreadie a handful of laps later with 37 to go. He broke into the top 5 with 35 to go after passing Adam Stricker. He continued to work the bottom and eventually challenged Jonathan Davenport for third with 19 laps left. He then got Ricky Thornton Jr. and moved up to 2nd just a couple laps later. However, Thornton battled back on the top to reclaim the position. The two continued to battle until Jonathan Davenport brought out a caution with 12 to go.

Race long leader Ryan Gustin would break on the restart. Hoffman inherited the lead and never looked back driving away to claim the Crown Jewel win.

Ahead of the World 100, Hoffman spoke to StockCarReport.com on what it would mean to win, “It changes your career for one, but when I retire in 10 years or whatever, I won a World 100. At the end of the day, those guys that are on that list, it doesn’t matter what the hell they do for the rest of their careers, they’re on that list for winning the World 100 championship. It’s like winning the Daytona 500 for any of those guys. It’s a life changing deal. It would put a cherry on top of your career or Tye Twarog’s [career].”

“It’s a life-changing deal for anybody, everybody involved, and all your partners,” he reiterated.

Speaking to Kenny Wallace on Kenny Conversation, Hoffman shared exactly how it’s already changed his life, “I said in a couple interviews if I won that race, didn’t matter if it was on Saturday, or was next year, or whatever that I could walk away from dirt racing and feel accomplished. Like I checked all the boxes. I did everything I wanted to do. I won the Super Bowl. So I was able to do that.”

“It changes your life as in now you’re a World 100 champion,” he said. “You’re not just a race winner. You’re a champion.”

“So just a lot goes with that,” Hoffman continued. “Just building your brand, your name. I’m trying to represent sponsors like NOS and trying to give all my partners the best showing possible. And no better way to do that than win the biggest race, the most viewed race in late models.”

“As far as my day-to-day operations, didn’t change me a bit. I’m still down there putting a motor in a Modified right now for a customer and stuff like that. And my guys are down there working on this car for Pevely next week. And as far as day-to-day operations, everything’s going to stay the same.”

“But just overall mentality of how you look at things,” Hoffman said. “I won the biggest race, so now I’m more confident. That’ll stay with me for a while now.”

“It helps everything whether it’s going to find more sponsorship, or brand marketing opportunities, and stuff like that. Just helps everything,” he concluded.

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