TULSA, Okla. — A stroke of luck is sometimes all it takes, and the caution played to the favor of Gavan Boschele on Saturday night, with the result being his first Golden Driller in Stock Non-Wing action at the 38th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout.
Leading until lap 25 when Jace Park jumped to the top and took over the point in traffic; the caution lights came on as the field worked lap 28 when third-running Cannon McIntosh suffered a failed power plant under the bonnet of his No. 08c.
Boschele took to the bottom on the restart and swept out in front of Park for the lead. Boschele held off Park to win by .497 seconds.
Austin Torgerson finished third, with Emerson Axsom, who won the Outlaw feature, coming home fourth. Trey Marcham was fifth.
The field of Stock Non-Wing competitors was the largest of the event, numbering 413.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 5K-Gavan Boschele[1]; 2. 89-Jace Park[2]; 3. 88-Austin Torgerson[3]; 4. 10A-Emerson Axsom[8]; 5. 32-Trey Marcham[7]; 6. 22Z-Jaxon Bishop[4]; 7. 28H-Chelby Hinton[11]; 8. 3W-Chris Cochran[6]; 9. R7-Kyle Spence[20]; 10. 81X-Frank Flud[18]; 11. 121-Steven Snyder Jr[10]; 12. 2L-Austin Lambert[9]; 13. 151-Joe B Miller[14]; 14. 49A-Aiden Price[13]; 15. 01J-Mitchel Moles[12]; 16. 12T-Jason Tyer[19]; 17. 71K-Daison Pursley[16]; 18. 15C-Brody Brown[22]; 19. 16S-Seth Shebester[23]; 20. 15-Jase Randolph[21]; 21. 24G-Greyson Springer[17]; 22. 11G-Avery Goodman[15]; 23. (DNF) 08C-Cannon McIntosh[5]; 24. (DNS) 14Q-Jake Hagopian