WHEATLAND, Mo. — Brandon Hanks made a late-race pass on Seth Bergman to win the eighth annual Impact Signs Open Wheel Showdown with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region presented by Smiley’s Racing Products and Racinboys.com ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings, and Wraps at Lucas Oil Speedway.
Taking the lead on lap three from Randy Martin, the Corridor Electric No. 23 of Bergman set the pace on the field through lap 19. Making a small mistake off the second turn that caused Seth to slide up the track, Hanks, who had moved up from fourth at the drop of the green. capitalized and was able to take over the point.
Able to hold off any challenges through a late race caution, Hanks was able to open his advantage to 2.377 seconds at the checkered flag. Bergman held onto second with Alex Sewell moving up from eighth to the final podium step. Sean McClelland in fourth was chased to the line by 12th-starting Miles Paulus.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 84-Brandon Hanks, [4]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman, [1]; 3. 8-Alex Sewell, [8]; 4. 22-Sean McClelland, [5]; 5. 21-Miles Paulus, [12]; 6. 33-Austin Alumbaugh, [16]; 7. 14K-Kyle Bellm, [17]; 8. 35-Jonathan Cornell, [19]; 9. 26M-Fred Mattox, [7]; 10. 51-Mitchell Moore, [10]; 11. 86-Tony Bruce Jr, [13]; 12. 11AZ-Colton Fisher, [9]; 13. 0-Steven Russell, [18]; 14. 3V-Tyler Utz, [11]; 15. 2C-Wayne Johnson, [6]; 16. 14-Randy Martin, [2]; 17. 08-Cannon McIntosh, [15]; 18. 9M-Chad Goff, [20]; 19. 22S-Steven Shebester, [3]; 20. 44-Jared Sewell, [14]