Parker Perry of North Vernon received the Hard Charger of the Race award in the Restricted Class A-Main on Dec. 31 at the Tulsa Shootout in Oklahoma.
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In taking home his third RS12 Motorsports Outlaw triumph and fourth overall, Emerson Axsom of Franklin grabbed the lead on Lap 16 and never looked back at the 39th annual American Waste Control Tulsa Shootout powered by NOS Energy on Dec. 31.
After chasing Cody Key through the first third of the feature event, Axsom took charge and kept pace through the rest of the 55-lap event. Winning by 1.722 seconds, the race for second through fifth was a fight to the line, with Jake Hagopian taking second in his final Tulsa Shootout appearance. Shifting line to the top, Joe B. Miller grabbed third by 0.034-second. Cody Key slipped to fourth, with Thomas Kunsman Jr. crossing fifth.
The total for all classes was 1,698 confirmed entries out of 1,752 received. A total of 368 races were contested during the 2024 edition of the Tulsa Shootout, including 3,494 green flag laps. There were 709 Drivers from 42 states and five countries (USA, Australia, Canada, Netherlands and New Zealand) who participated in the 39th Tulsa Shootout at the Tulsa Expo Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Miller takes Restricted A-Class feature
“We were ripping” summed up very easily how dominant the run Sunday night was by Wyatt Miller, as the son of Kelley Earnhardt and the grandson of the late Dale Earnhardt Sr. led start to finish with the K&B Racing Restricted A-Class feature event.
Overcoming what was nearly a race-ending start, as he and Jett Nunley made contact in the first turn, everyone collected themselves and kept rolling. Back to green, Miller wasted no time putting distance on the field, with the No. 73M pulling away by 2.583 seconds at the drop of the checkered flag.
Holding second for all but one lap, Nathan Bard was next to the line, with Jett Nunley third. Bradley Cox and Cason Bolden completed the top five.
Parker Perry of North Vernon was the hard charger of the race.
Torgerson takes Fuel Injection A-Class main
Last January, the racing world waited in wonder about the fate of Ashton Torgerson. Fast forward to Dec. 31, and his miraculous brush is the unknown becomes history, as the Arizona shoe led start to finish for his first career EVO Fuel Injection A-Class win at the Tulsa Shootout.
Pursued by Frank Flud, several restarts in the closing laps saw the FM Performance No. 81 taking numerous shots at the lead but would end up having his own battle to contend with as Daison Pursley, from ninth, rolled into the picture with ten laps to go.
Finally working past Flud on Lap 25, the chase was on with the No. 71p nearly pulling even through the first and second turns on two occasions, but the momentum was not enough to make the pass, as Torgerson pulled to 0.478-second over Pursley.
Flud in third, was followed by Pennsylvania’s Alec Quiggle in fourth and Arizona’s Colton Hardy in fifth.
Hahn handles Outlaw Non-Wing main
Collecting his ninth career Golden Driller on Sunday night, Blake Hahn returned to Victory Lane at the Tulsa Shootout.
In topping the Hyper Racing Outlaw Non-Wing for the first time since 2011, Hahn chased low on Pennsylvania’s Thomas Kunsman, Jr. through Lap 13, before shifting tactics to the top and a slide job for the lead, following a restart on Lap 14.
Not out of the woods for a couple of laps, Hahn finally started putting distance over the race for second as Kunsman contended with Broedy Graham, who captured the runner-up spot, on Lap 21. Picking away at Blake’s advantage, it was not enough to overtake the No. 52.
Graham finished in second, and Kunsman was third. Fourth went to Joe B. Miller, who advanced from 10th, with fifth going to Cannon McIntosh, who spent the race being shuffled all through the top 10.
Flatt finishes first in Junior Sprints
Making the pass for the win on Lap 18, young Illinois shoe Braxton Flatt grabbed his first career Golden Driller in the Tulsa Shootout.
The first driver from Illinois to top the Flying A Motorsports Junior Sprints, the check also came with a brand new 750 Burromax courtesy of Flying A Motorsports.
Racing up from sixth, Flatt wheeled the CB Industries No. 81 into second on Lap 8. Chasing race-long leader J.J. Beason, a slip off the line was all it took for Flat to pounce. Keeping pace on the last lap, it wasn’t enough to mount a charge on Braxton.
Beason settled for second, with Eli Holden in third. Landon Miner and Jaxson Peters completed the top five.
Flud flies to win Non-Wing feature
The man with the most wins in Micro racing added another to his resume on Sunday, as Oklahoma’s Frank Flud captured his fifth career Golden Driller and third in Joe’s Racing Products Stock Non-Wing action at the Tulsa Shootout.
Running to the front from ninth, the opening laps were spent chasing as Kris Carroll and Ricky Thornton Jr. went slide for slide at the front of the field. Advantage to the No. 20r on Lap 10, the win looked to be in hand, but an engine failure on Lap 20 sidelined Thornton.
Putting the lead back in Carroll’s hands, the No. 36k was chased by Flud, who had worked to third on Lap 15. Opposite lines and opposite ends of the Tulsa Expo Raceway, the pair began trading sliders with Flud taking off with the lead on Lap 24 and keeping point from there.
Trying everything he had through the last six revolutions, Carroll would end up slipping to third on the final lap, as Colorado’s Chase Spicola grabbed second. Daison Pursley, from 18th, made it to fourth, with Jace Park in fifth.
James Essex writes a motorsports notebook for The Republic. Send comments to [email protected]
