SAPULPA, Okla. — Rebounding from a shredded tire in his heat to draw the right of the front row Friday night, Wayne Johnson put the Outlaw Wings No. 2c on the point and kept it there for his fourth career win with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region presented by Smiley’s Racing Products.
Winning the opening night of the second annual Mickey Walker Classic, Johnson’s run to the win was not without challenge as Blake Hahn nearly took the lead on lap three before slipping over the top of the first and second turn.
Pulling his lead to a straightaway through traffic with Steven Shebester chasing, the closing laps saw Hahn rallying back. Moving back to second on lap 20, Hahn closed a 2.253-second gap down to car lengths as the leaders raced to the white flag.
Johnson held off Hahn to win by 1.155 seconds and score his 10th ASCS victory at the quarter-mile track.
Hahn crossed second, followed by Shebester. Having to drop to the tail after coming to a stop just before the green flag, Brandon Anderson, who had drawn the pole, rocketed through the field to finish fourth with Bradley Fezard moving from ninth to fifth.
The finish:
Feature (25 Laps): 1. 2C-Wayne Johnson[2]; 2. 52-Blake Hahn[6]; 3. 23X-Steven Shebester[3]; 4. 55B-Brandon Anderson[1]; 5. 00-Bradley Fezard[9]; 6. 87-Sean McClelland[4]; 7. 8-Alex Sewell[8]; 8. 9$-Kyle Clark[11]; 9. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[15]; 10. 7M-Chance Morton[13]; 11. 22M-Rees Moran[5]; 12. 777-Bailey Hughes[19]; 13. 15D-Andrew Deal[12]; 14. 90-Lance Norick[16]; 15. 39-Joshua Tyre[10]; 16. 38-Jimmy Forrester[7]; 17. 22C-Charlie Crumpton[14]; 18. 91-Michael Day[18]; 19. 8M-Kade Morton[17]