SAPULPA, Okla. — Picking up his second career victory with the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region presented by Smiley’s Racing Products, Sapulpa’s Blake Hahn found his advantage in lapped traffic to steal the win Friday night at Creek County Speedway.
Rolling to the green third behind Seth Bergman and Sean McClelland, the three set their own pace with Bergman taking the early lead. Challenged briefly at times by Sean McClelland as the pair explored the top and bottom grooves of the Oklahoma quarter-mile, Bergman kept the D&E Supply No. 22 at bay with Hahn coming in to challenge at times for the runner-up spot.
Securing second past the halfway mark, Hahn slid to the lead on one occasion, but the caution restacked the field with the advantage to Bergman. Trading the top of turns three and four for the bottom of turns one and two, Hahn kept pace with Bergman who wheeled the hub in the Brian Cannon owned No. 47.
Closing to slower traffic with seven laps to go, Bergman would find his road blocked. Coming around to complete lap No. 24, Hahn had the run off the fourth turn to make the race-winning pass; opening his advantage to 1.896 seconds at the checkered flag.
Bergman was joined on the podium by Sean McClelland. Moving up from eighth, Matt Covington grabbed fourth with Casey Wills completing the top five.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 52-Blake Hahn, [3]; 2. 47-Seth Bergman, [1]; 3. 22-Sean McClelland, [2]; 4. 95-Matt Covington, [8]; 5. 31-Casey Wills, [7]; 6. 45X-Johnny Herrera, [16]; 7. 5$-Danny Smith, [6]; 8. 08-Cannon McIntosh, [19]; 9. 9$-Kyle Clark, [17]; 10. 23X-Grady Chandler, [9]; 11. 2D-Michael Day, [5]; 12. 22X-Steven Shebester, [20]; 13. 7F-Noah Harris, [13]; 14. 03-Joe Wood Jr, [18]; 15. 85-Forrest Sutherland, [10]; 16. 2-Mickey Walker, [4]; 17. 11G-Mike Goodman, [11]; 18. 11-Roger Crockett, [14]; 19. 15D-Andrew Deal, [15]; 20. 53-Brett Wilson, [12]