CONCORD, N.C. – It was Jensen Jorgensen and Mark Green who were big winners in the Cook Out Summer Shootout at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Tuesday, in the Boston Reid & Co. Pro division and Masters division.
Jorgensen only earned a hard-fought sweep by racing clean and passing three-time Pro Series champion Jordan Black with one lap remaining in the final feature of the night. The 25-lap affair saw Jorgensen, Black and points leader Landen Lewis pull away from the field early and never look back.
With Black setting the pace, Jorgensen waited for his opportunity to grab the lead and his second checkered flag of the night.
“I knew I had the car to win,” Jorgensen said. “I was trying to do it as clean as possible. I saw five to go and I thought, ‘Man, I’ve got to go.’ It felt good to beat him like that.”
Despite the same result, the caution-free race was in stark contrast to the rain-delayed Round 5 feature that was run earlier in the evening. That race was marred by five cautions in the first 12 laps, but a clean second half gave Jorgensen the opportunity to pull away on lap 13, with Black again giving chase.
Veteran driver Mark Green also wheeled his way to victory lane in the 25-lap Masters feature twice on Tuesday, winning both his rain-delayed Round 5 showdown and an action-packed Round 6 slobberknocker.
In the night’s penultimate race, Green held off a hard charge from Robbie Woodall and Brandon McKenzie to earn the sweep.
In the other events on Tuesday, Wyatt Coffey earned the Beginner Bandoleros victory, with Ben Morabito scoring the Bandolero Bandits crown.
It was all Hunter Jordan with the Bandolero Outlaws win, while the Young Lions top trophy went to George Phillips.
Finally, the VP Racing Semi-Pro division was won by Jacob Staton.