TULSA, Okla. — A wild series of events over 30 laps led Tulsa’s Jeffrey Newell to capture his first victory at the 37th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout in the Non-Wing Outlaw A-Feature.
Newell led the first nine laps, but Blake Hahn rolled the cushion to the lead on lap 10. Jonathan Beason in tow to second on lap 13, the two began battling for the top spot with Beason taking it on lap 17.
When Beason hit the curb between turns three and four and got sidewise, Hahn was collected in the melee and stopped on the track.
Beason maintained the point, but Newell stayed committed to the bottom of the Tulsa Expo Raceway and grabbed the lead.
Pounding the cushion from sixth, Emerson Axsom worked past Shawn Mahaffey for second on lap 26. Building momentum on the final lap, Axsom shot off the top of the fourth turn, only to find Newell’s right rear as the two hit the finish line separated by 0.052 seconds.
The contact sent Axsom flipping wildly into the first turn after his second-place finish.
Shawn Mahaffey crossed third with Thomas Kunsman charging from 17th to fourth. Gavin Miller completed the top five
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 12J-Jeffrey Newell[2]; 2. 47B-Emerson Axsom[6]; 3. 11S-Shawn Mahaffey[5]; 4. 21K-Thomas Kunsman[17]; 5. 71M-Gavin Miller[9]; 6. 71K-Christopher Bell[12]; 7. 20R-Alex Bright[21]; 8. 10J-Dominic Gorden[11]; 9. 51T-Kevin Thomas Jr[3]; 10. 1V-Johnny Boland[15]; 11. 51B-Joe B Miller[10]; 12. 2B-Jonathan Beason[7]; 13. 8G-Tyler Smith[22]; 14. 11X-Brent Crews[23]; 15. 02-Ashton Torgerson[18]; 16. 3M-Collin Mitchell[13]; 17. 36J-Kyle Jones[16]; 18. 39-Russ Disinger[19]; 19. 88J-Joey Amantea[20]; 20. 2G-Brandon Rose[24]; 21. 2L-Austin Lambert[4]; 22. 52-Blake Hahn[1]; 23. 10S-Logan Seavey[14]; 24. 2K-Todd Kirkman[8]