TULSA, Okla. — Cannon McIntosh would use a perfect restart early and hold on late to earn his 26th career feature win battling at Port City Raceway, with the POWRi National Midget League, in Night One of the Rujo Rumble after leading 26 laps of the rousing 30-lap feature event.
Speedy on-track excitement with thirty-nine talented entries in the POWRi National Midgets would find Gunnar Setser start the action off with quick-time in single car qualifying with a 9.421-second lap as Jeffrey Newell, Zach Daum, Gavin Miller, Alex Sewell and Kameron Key would notch the heat racing wins. Semi feature winners would include Jody Rosenboom and Jonathan Beason.
Launching the feature field would find the rookie of the year high-point qualifier Setser and league point leader McIntosh, lead the field as the green flag flew with Gunnar Setser gaining the initial advantage on the opening lap as Cannon McIntosh, Kameron Key, Zach Daum and Gavin Miller all maneuvered inside the initial top five.
Bunching the field back together after a lap four caution, McIntosh would use a perfect restart in the Honest Abe Choose Cone to shoot to the lead using high side momentum to carry out a great turn two pass for the lead with early leader Setser and Key staying close inside the podium running.
Setting sail and cruising through lap traffic, McIntosh would go uncontested for the majority of the feature while leading the final 26 laps around Port City with Key sliding into the runner-up positioning late with leader of four laps Setser placing in the final podium placement.
“That restart was everything, with everything happening so quickly here and getting into lap traffic so fast I really have to be finding lines ahead of things,” McIntosh said. “Feels great to get this win with a solid team effort tonight, hopefully we can get another one tomorrow.”
Remaining in the hunt all event, Daum would finish fourth with Miller rounding out the top five.
Feature Finish (30 Laps)
1. 71K-Cannon McIntosh[2]; 2. 5U-Kameron Key[3]; 3. 43-Gunnar Setser[1]; 4. 7U-Zach Daum[4]; 5. 97-Gavin Miller[5]; 6. 40-Chase McDermand[6]; 7. 45-Bradley Cox[14]; 8. 98-Steven Snyder Jr[21]; 9. 19M-Ethan Mitchell[10]; 10. 32S-Jonathan Beason[18]; 11. 8-Alex Sewell[13]; 12. 68-Jacob Denney[9]; 13. 32-Trey Marcham[20]; 14. 00T-Jeffrey Newell[8]; 15. 11U-Andrew Felker[16]; 16. 94-Hayden Wise[7]; 17. 8B-Cooper Williams[12]; 18. 10J-Matt Sherrell[19]; 19. 7D-Dylan Ramey[22]; 20. 14J-Jody Rosenboom[17]; 21. 91-Lance Bennett[15]; 22. 66-Jayden Clay[23]; 23. 7P-Jason McDougal[11].