CALIFORNIA, Mo. — The final checkered flag of the season fell at Double X Speedway on Sunday night. Following the events on the track, season-long awards were presented to the drivers who earned the honors.
Two winged sprint car features were held, with the first one being a make-up feature from last week.
Wagner Brothers Racing made up the front row. At the drop of the green it was a drag race into turn one with Samuel Wagner outing the No. 73 machine to the point with brother Jack Wagner in tow.
It took Tyler Blank three laps to move into third with Ben Brown and Skylar Daly in the top-five. Biding his time, Jack Wagner moved into the top spot on lap 11 and Tyler Blank would move into second on lap 12.
By lap 15 the lead duo were working their way around lapped cars with Wagner maintaining a six-car length advantage over Blank. Running green to checkered it was Wagner picking up the feature win in the Jason Russell Memorial Sprint Car event.
Blank finished second, Samuel Wagner third, Walton was awarded the “Hard Charger” award from the Russell family for his drive from 13th to fourth and Brown would complete the top-five.
Winged Sprint Car Finale
The final winged sprint car feature of the season would see the top two in season points, Wagner and Blank, tied at 1,503 points each.
Starting side-by-side for the main event Blank would take the lead on lap one but a caution for a spinning Rob Rimel would negate the charge and set up for a complete restart. When the green flag dropped on the restart, Blank would again take the lead running a low line into turn one with Wagner following along in second.
A lap four caution for Walton would bunch the field behind the leader. Blank would lead until lap nine with Wagner moving back to the point for the next two circuits.
A caution on lap 12 would bring the field to Wagner’s rear bumper, on the restart Blank would overtake the No. 77 for the lead. Tight racing between the the leaders would see Blank spinning off the top of turn one and retiring to the pit area on lap 19.
Wagner would survive a challenge from Brown on the restart and would not be denied as he would pick up the feature win and the winged sprint car championship.
Completing the top-five were Brown, Walton, Samuel Wagner and Daly.
The Super Stock feature went to Ted Welschmeyer, with Darin Porter earning the Pure Stock victory. Porter also locked up the Pure Stock title.
Harlan Dowell was named the Super Stock track champion.