TULSA, Okla. — Frank Flud led every step of the way in the 30-lap feature to win Rush Race Gear Preliminary Night Two of the Keith Kunz Motorsports Giveback Classic Friday at Port City Raceway.
presented by Max Papis Innovations with the POWRi Outlaw Micro League presented by Rush Race Gear to claim his first seasonal league victory after thrilling fans in attendance at Port City Raceway.
Entering a stout field of 57 entries in split-field preliminary night two of the POWRi Outlaw Non-Wing Micro division, Ryker Pace set the quick-qualifying-time with a lap time of 9.884 seconds.
High-point qualifier Gavin Miller battled outside front-row contender Flud as the green flag waved with Flud holding the front of the field for the first few fast-paced laps around Port City Raceway as Gavin Miller, T.J. Smith, Chris Andrews and Jake Nail chased.
Protecting the lead into the first caution on lap six, saw Flud guard against the restarting advances of Smith with Miller rounding out the running podium.
Quickly clicking away green flag laps while dealing with lapped traffic, the top trio of drivers separated from the field as Flud continued to show the way around the top with Miller and Smith trying to find a way around the speedy leader.
Th caution flag waved with five laps remaining, setting the stage for an outstanding feature finish.
Restarting on a mission, Flud held steady up front for his sixth career POWRi Outlaw Micro victory as Miller finished second with Andrews third.
“Hyper Chassis gave me this awesome piece tonight; this thing was a rocket. I can’t thank this team enough for sticking with me,” said Flud. “We have some tweaks and tunes to get this car ready for Saturday but we’ll be ready.”
Jake Nail and Sam Johnson completed the top five.
Eli Holden raced from fifth-starting spot to win the Jr. Sprint League main event.
The finish:
Feature (30 Laps): 1. 95-Frank Flud[2]; 2. 71K-Gavin Miller[1]; 3. 14C-Chris Andrews[4]; 4. 14R-Jake Nail[5]; 5. 72-Sam Johnson[6]; 6. 26K-Kale Drake[17]; 7. 84-Jesse Love[7]; 8. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[12]; 9. 14H-Harley Hollan[20]; 10. 41C-Brian Carber[19]; 11. 20Q-Brecken Reese[13]; 12. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[9]; 13. 14-TJ Smith[3]; 14. 11C-Darren Brown[22]; 15. 78B-Brody Wake[16]; 16. 11L-Laydon Pearson[8]; 17. 36S-Darren Stewart[15]; 18. 87-Reed Whitney[21]; 19. 1H-Connor Lee[10]; 20. 5K-Kris Carroll[11]; 21. 25S-Justis Sokol[14]; 22. 36C-Clinton Boyles[18].