TULSA, Okla. — The man with the most wins in micro sprint racing added another to his résumé 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 39th annual American Waste Control Tulsa Shootout powered by NOS Energy.
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.
Trying everything he had through the last six revolutions, Carroll slipped to third on the final lap, as Chase Spicola grabbed second.
Daison Pursley, from 18th, made it to fourth, with Jace Park in fifth.
415 drivers made up the Joe’s Racing Products Stock Non-Wing field.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[9]; 2. 12C-Chase Spicola[2]; 3. 36K-Kris Carroll[1]; 4. 71P-Daison Pursley[18]; 5. 89X-Jace Park[4]; 6. 86-Zach Wigal[14]; 7. 14R-Jake Nail[3]; 8. 2G-Garrett Benson[21]; 9. 3E-Drake Edwards[11]; 10. 83-Brant Woods[7]; 11. 14C-Connor Gross[17]; 12. 22Z-Jaxon Bishop[19]; 13. 26K-Kale Drake[5]; 14. 2W-Austin Wood[10]; 15. 15N-Neal Allison[22]; 16. 2B-Brandon Boggs[16]; 17. 49R-Cody Barnes[23]; 18. 25A-Anton Hernandez[24]; 19. 22H-Hank Soares[15]; 20. 24X-KJ Snow[12]; 21. 15C-Brody Brown[8]; 22. 20R-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 23. 02-Ashton Torgerson[13]; 24. 17B-Quinton Benson[20]