TULSA, Okla. — Tanner Thorson flexed his racing might through lapped traffic to earn his 19th career feature win at Port City Raceway, with the POWRi National and West Midget Leagues.
The triumph came on the second night of the 11th annual Turnpike Challenge.
High-point qualifier Ashton Torgerson led the field to the green flag, however, Thorson wtook the lead on the second lap and never looked back as Torgerson, Chase McDermand, Bradley Fezard and Ryan Timms all battled within the contending top five.
Setting the finely prepared Trifecta Motorsports Racecraft on cruise control, Thorson would have everything well within hand as the laps ripped away at a rapid rate with Timms and Cannon McIntosh flying through the field.
Blanketing the field for 29 laps, Thorson held steady out front while protecting the lead from a quickly gaining Timms that placed in the runner-up positioning ahead of McIntosh that finalized the podium placements.
“Trifecta did an awesome job setting this car up for success, It’s nice to just show up and drive a fast car without having to worry about anything else,” said Thorson. “Lapped Traffic definitely came into play but I could drive this thing anywhere.”
Staying in the hunt all event, Torgerson finished fourth with Chase McDermand fifth.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 5U-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms[7]; 3. 71-Cannon McIntosh[12]; 4. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 5. 40-Chase McDermand[4]; 6. 7P-Zach Daum[18]; 7. 00C-Hank Davis[5]; 8. 3N-Jake Neuman[15]; 9. 43-Gunnar Setser[8]; 10. 32-Trey Marcham[17]; 11. 11A-Andrew Felker[10]; 12. 11-Jonathan Beason[9]; 13. 7M-Kris Carroll[19]; 14. 14E-Kyle Jones[13]; 15. 9-Emilio Hoover[3]; 16. 17C-Devin Camfield[22]; 17. 00-Broc Elliott[14]; 18. 7D-Austin Burkham[20]; 19. 938-Bradley Fezard[6]; 20. 15-Adrianna Timmerman[16]; 21. 66-Jayden Clay[21]; 22. 56E-Tyler Edwards[11].