TULSA, Okla. — Kicking off the sixth annual Terry Walker Memorial at Port City Raceway on Friday night, Frank Flud brought his A-Class win total to 71 with a last-lap pass, while Jett Nunley tied Ryan Timms as the overall Restricted winner.
Last topping the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building division during last year’s Terry Walker Memorial, defending event champion Jake Rosario made it career win No. 3 in Stock Non-Wing.
Chasing Tulsa’s Jeffery Newell through the opening 21 laps, the night ended in a cloud of smoke for the No. 12. Advancing Harley Hollan to the point, the winner of the inaugural Terry Walker Memorial held the lead until Lap 24 when Frank Flud shot by for the win by 0.148-seconds. Brant Woods crossed third, with Kris Carroll moving from 12th to fourth. Jake Rosario completed the top five.
Working around Kevin Bayer in Stock Non-Wing after the first two laps, Connor Lee took off with the lead but would see his night end on Lap 18 with an expired power plant. Putting the No. 92 of Rosario to the top, the Snap-On Tools entry was stalked to the finish by Flud. Getting close a few times, Flud would end up trailing by 0.437-seconds. Making a huge run from 20th, Kris Carroll crossed third, with Kevin Bayer fourth. Jace McIntosh crossed fifth.
In pursuit of Cash Lacombe the first nine revolutions, the lead went to Garyn Howard. Keeping pace into traffic with Nunley in tow, the No. 33 finally gained the advantage on Lap 16. Keeping the field at bay through late-race restarts, the No, 33 grabbed the win by 0.764-seconds over Chase McDougal. Third went to Braxton Weger, with Wyatt Miller rebounding from an early incident to finish fourth. Cash Lacombe slipped to fifth.
The Sportsman feature went to Brad Best, with Junior Sprints topped by Ryker Griggs. Greeting a field of 131 entries in NOW600 competition, the combined was 170 with Junior Sprints and Sportsman on the card.
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