TULSA, Okla. — Delivering a Golden Driller to the state of Indiana, Craig Ronk captured his first career Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout victory in Saturday night’s finale for the winged outlaw class.
Leading the entire 55-lap affair, Ronk never vacated the bottom groove of the Tulsa Expo Raceway. Getting a couple of taps from Thomas Kunsman during the closing laps, Ronk held his line and claimed the victory.
Kunsman finished second, with Jonathan Beason close behind.
K.J. Snow rolled to fourth with Gunnar Setser fifth.
Laydon Pearson was sixth, followed by Kevin Thomas, Jr. in seventh. Advancing from 16th to eighth was Emerson Axsom with Cody Christenson rolling from 15th to ninth. Scotty Milan followed the trend; going from 18th to complete the top 10.
The 37th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout set records across the board with 1,739 entries received. Of those, 1,661 were confirmed at check-in.
Other winners on Saturday night included Emerson Axsom in Stock Non-Wing, Jett Nunley in Restricted A-Class, Jake Hagopian in A-Class, Jeffrey Newell in Non-Wing Outlaw, and for the second year in a row Lucas Mauldin topped Junior Sprints.
A total of 359 races were contested (172 Heat Races, 24 E-Mains, 32 D-Mains, 36 C-Mains, 44 Qualifiers, 40 B-Mains, 5 LCQ, and 6 A-Features) across four days with 3,418 green flag laps contested.
The finish:
Feature (55 Laps): 1. 94-Craig Ronk[1]; 2. 21K-Thomas Kunsman[2]; 3. 2B-Jonathan Beason[5]; 4. 24-KJ Snow[8]; 5. 5S-Gunnar Setser[3]; 6. 11-Laydon Pearson[7]; 7. 51T-Kevin Thomas Jr[9]; 8. 47B-Emerson Axsom[16]; 9. 12X-Cody Christensen[15]; 10. 97-Scotty Milan[18]; 11. 48T-Tanner Holm[14]; 12. 9S-Kevin Bayer[13]; 13. 02-Ashton Torgerson[17]; 14. 8G-Tyler Smith[22]; 15. 20R-Alex Bright[20]; 16. 05R-Brandon Riveira[21]; 17. 87C-Chase Randall[6]; 18. 52-Blake Hahn[4]; 19. 13-Mitchel Moles[24]; 20. 14X-Braxston Wilson[11]; 21. 81-Frank Flud[12]; 22. 88R-Ryder Laplante[10]; 23. 14Q-Jake Hagopian[19]; 24. 51B-Joe B Miller[23]