TULSA, Okla. — Continuing the winning streak to start the season, Christopher Bell led all 20 laps of the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro feature at I-44 Riverside Speedway on night two of the Turnpike Challenge to claim his second straight victory.
Polesitter Frank Flud grabbed the lead on the first lap only to suffer mechanical failure while leading through turn four taking him from racing competition and restacking the field for a complete double-file restart.
Restarting the field, Christopher Bell established his dominance to lead all revolutions around I-44 Riverside to claim his third career POWRi micro victory.
“Man this thing was on rails let me tell you, it’s been so much fun working to get this micro program to where it is today and we have great partners that help to make all of this run so smoothly, I really couldn’t do anything without them,” Bell said.
Braxton Wilson raced from fifth on the grid to finish second, with Willie Urish, Laydon Pearson and Ethan Ayars rounding out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21-Christopher Bell[2]; 2. 14X-Braxston Wilson[5]; 3. 15U-Willie Urish[4]; 4. 11-Laydon Pearson[7]; 5. 56-Ethan Ayars[8]; 6. 27MK-Kyler Keeler[10]; 7. 44-Branigan Roark[11]; 8. 10T-Talin Turner[13]; 9. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[12]; 10. 122-Lane Warner[16]; 11. 77-Cooper Sullivan[15]; 12. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[9]; 13. 1F-Jason Friesen[17]; 14. B8-John Barnard[24]; 15. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[14]; 16. 23-mike Dibart[21]; 17. 2B-Garrett Benson[6]; 18. 20Q-Brecken Reese[18]; 19. 88R-Ryder Laplante[22]; 20. 24G-Greyson Springer[3]; 21. 81-Frank Flud[1]; 22. 14D-Chris DiBart[20]; 23. 11B-Kaylee Bryson[23]; 24. 39-Russ Disinger[19].