Zach Daum won the battle and Sam Hafertepe Jr. claimed his sixth American Sprint Car Series National Tour championship as the series concluded its 11-month campaign with Fuzzy’s Fall Fling at Oklahoma’s Creek County Speedway.
It was a triumphant end to a pressure-packed season for both racers.
Daum started his No. 5d sprint car seventh on the quarter-mile race track and steadily worked his way forward, grabbing the lead from Hafertepe on lap 29 and leading the remainder of the 40-lap race.
Daum, a well-known midget racer who races sprint cars sparingly, picked up a check for $10,000.
Meanwhile, the 40-year-old Hafertepe took the checkered flag third to lift the Emmett Hahn trophy and earn an unprecedented ASCS National Tour championship.
