Superstars & Dark Horses Share Spotlight In Tulsa Shootout Opener
Superstars & Dark Horses Share Spotlight In Tulsa Shootout Opener
After much anticipation, the 36th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout finally began on Wednesday inside the River Spirit Expo Center.
After much anticipation, the 36th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout finally began on Wednesday inside the River Spirit Expo Center.
With 296 total races on the docket, the four-day long program kickstarted by knocking 99 heat races out of the way. The five divisions of Outlaw Non-Wing, Restricted, Winged Outlaw, 600cc Modifieds, and A-Class called first dibs on hitting the Tulsa Expo Raceway.
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Per usual, the Shootout opener is a mixed bag of results with headlines split by NASCAR superstars, micro sprint legends, USAC invaders, and the underdogs that make you say.. “Who?!”
Joe B. Miller leads Winged Outlaw points.
At the end of the day, Oklahoma’s Christopher Bell (Outlaw Non-Wing, 8th-1st), Missouri’s Joe B. Miller (Winged Outlaw, 8th-1st), and Texas’ Justin Zimmerman (A-Class, 8th-1st) hold high point man honors in three of the four primary divisions contested thus far – Stock Non-Wing goes tomorrow morning.
Ride with Jonathan Beason during his Outlaw Non-Wing heat race.
Other notables include Jonathan Beason, a two-time Tulsa Shootout champion, who is fourth in Outlaw Non-Wing points and seventh in Winged Outlaw points. Jason McDougal, who won three Golden Drillers in 2018, is positioned fourth in Winged Outlaw and second in A-Class.
The names mentioned above plus the likes of Spence, Bright, Key, Courtney, Thomas, Snow, Bacon, Carber, and others, lead the way as favorites. However, spoilers such as Zimmerman, Jayson Campbell, Grant Schaadt, Joshua Rogers, Ryan Mueller, Avery Goodman, and more, wait and ready to pounce on their chances at a Golden Driller following a strong day one.
Of the 84 heat race winners, a group of 15 drivers lead the win count all with two heat wins apiece – Kyle Amerson, Chris Andrews, Emerson Axsom, Christopher Bell, Johnny Boland, Gavan Boschele, Tyler Courtney, Brent Crews, Caden Englehart, Bradley Huish, Kameron Key, Joe B. Miller, Kenny Miller III, Aiden Purdue, and Kyle Spence.
The action resumes tomorrow with another slate of 83 races on deck. The Stock Non-Wing and Jr. Sprint divisions will wrap up heat race action before the D-Mains and C-Mains kick off the alphabet soup.
You can watch every lap live on FloRacing beginning at 10:00am CT.