TULSA, Okla. — Welcoming a field of 82 entries between A-Class (63) and Restricted (19), the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division graced the clay of Port City Raceway on Saturday night with Braxton Weger and Shawn Mahaffey collecting Turn Pike Challenge Victories.
The race was broadcast live by SPEED SPORT affiliate Now600.tv.Â
Putting an exclamation point on his evening, Mahaffey landed his second career NOW600 A-Class victory, along with his second win of the night, with a different sanctioning body, and different style of car.
Kicking things off with a late-race pass on Kale Drake to win the POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing feature, the No. 11k, left nothing to chance with the wings on.
Taking off from the top of the front row, Mahaffey moved quickly to familiar territory around the hub of the Port City Raceway and did his best to stay there when traffic came into play. After a caution with five laps to go, Mahaffey would have Daison Pursley chasing.
Working anywhere he could find traction, Pursley, who had just topped the POWRi National Midget feature, made his run on the final lap, but would come up shy by 0.265-seconds. J.J. Loss crossed third, followed by Drake, and Matt Carr to complete the top five.
The first time that Braxton Weger has parked in victory lane in NOW600 competition, the No. 31bw led the opening two lap before Bradley Cox muscled his way by following a lap three restart. Looking like the race was in hand for the Arizona shoe, one wrong move in traffic on lap 16 spelled disaster for the No. 45.
Sidelined with steering damage while working traffic, the lead was put back in the hand of Weger. Pursued by Carson Bolden on the restart, the No. B2 made every effort, but could not deny Weger the win. Both improving by eight positions, Garyn Howard made it to third with Landen Adams in fourth. Making every attempt to hustle the high-side, Stone Smith held on to fifth.
The Finish:
Winged A-Class Feature (25 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[2]; 2. 71K-Daison Pursley[4]; 3. 67-JJ Loss[1]; 4. 26K-Kale Drake[3]; 5. 93-Matt Carr[6]; 6. 1H-Connor Lee[7]; 7. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[8]; 8. 59-Brody Mclaughlin[20]; 9. 12K-Jack Kassik[11]; 10. 28-Chelby Hinton[17]; 11. 20Q-Brecken Reese[16]; 12. 83-Brant Woods[12]; 13. 88M-Max Crabdree[19]; 14. 3T-Trevor McIntire[10]; 15. 13-Elijah Gile[15]; 16. 3-Cole Roberts[13]; 17. 1V-Johnny Boland[5]; 18. 4N-Ryan Winter[9]; 19. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[18]; 20. 49-Cody Barnes[14]
Restricted ‘A’ Class Feature (25 Laps): 1. 31BW-Braxton Weger[1]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden[6]; 3. GH7-Garyn Howard[11]; 4. 88L-Landen Adams[12]; 5. 5S-Stone Smith[4]; 6. 24C-Cale Lagroon[5]; 7. 4-Jude Allgayer[9]; 8. 1P-Mekentzi Potter[16]; 9. 11-Kyle Hooper[18]; 10. 83-Dawson Woods[3]; 11. 6-Brylee Kilmer[15]; 12. 12-Tori Tyer[13]; 13. 14R-Jaxon Nail[17]; 14. 9-Sami Porter[19]; 15. 3-Lathe Griggs[7]; 16. 45-Bradley Cox[2]; 17. 2T-Tyler Crow[8]; 18. 73-Chase McDougal[14]; 19. 97-Cash Lacombe[10]