TULSA, Okla. — Christopher Bell was a man on a driven mission at Port City Raceway, notching his second career feature victory within the POWRi 600cc Outlaw Micro League presented by Engler Machine & Tool on the opening night of the ninth annual Turnpike Challenge.
Bell also won the headlining POWRi midget feature.
Earning the night’s high-point qualifier award, Mitchel Moles would lead the stout field to the start of the 20-lap feature event with outside front-row starting Christopher Bell grabbing the early racing advantage after an intense side-by-side battle for the front with Moles.
Attempting to run down the speedy leading Bell, Mitchel Moles would stay close throughout the long stretch of caution-free racing with Frank Flud quickly closing in on the leading pair of drivers as lapped traffic came into play on the close-cornered track.
Undeniable in speed all event, Christopher Bell would hold steady up-front to earn the feature victory stating, “These micro races are so much fun, I knew it was close out there. Michel showed me his nose a time or two, but my team gave me such a great car I could put this thing anywhere I needed to keep the lead.”
Frank Flud maneuvered into finishing a close-runner up positioning with Moles overcoming a mid-race incident to place a solid-showing third. Kaylee Bryson and Braxton Wilson rounded out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21-Christopher Bell[2]; 2. 81-Frank Flud[4]; 3. 13M-Mitchel Moles[1]; 4. 11B-Kaylee Bryson[5]; 5. 14X-Braxston Wilson[9]; 6. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 7. 36-Kris Carroll[17]; 8. 17S-Baron Silva[12]; 9. 44-Branigan Roark[7]; 10. 15U-Willie Urish[6]; 11. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[13]; 12. 2B-Garrett Benson[11]; 13. 24G-Greyson Springer[10]; 14. 20S-Steven Curbow[21]; 15. 39-Russ Disinger[16]; 16. 11-Stefan Sidur[19]; 17. 29-Scott Sawyer[8]; 18. 56-Ethan Ayars[14]; 19. 13-Elijah Gile[15]; 20. B8-John Barnard[20]; 21. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr[22]; 22. 10T-Talin Turner[18]; 23. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[23].