(Image Credit: David Campbell)
Bryan Hulbert – TULSA, Okla. (January 4, 2025) One Golden Driller deserves another, and Kyle Larson picked up his second of the day in fine fashion with a charge from 12th to the front in EVO Fuel Injection A-Class competition at the 40th annual Smiley’s Racing Products Tulsa Shootout powered by NOS Energy Drink.
Five leaders over 30 laps, the onset saw Parker Perry shooting to the point from the right of the front row to lead the opening seven laps. Back into the mix after slipping to second from the pole, the No. 71E of Emerson Axsom rolled to first on Lap 8 with insanity brewing as Daison Pursley and Clinton Boyles took their battle to the front.
Advantage Boyles on Lap 9, lines swapped in every turn as Pursley shot by on Lap 11. Coming around the complete Lap 12, Boyles slid back to the lead, but contact between the two would send both crashing off the fourth turn, and in doing so, advanced the charging No. 83K of Larson to the front of the field.
Keeping hold of the lead from the restart on, Larson would pull to a 1.484-second advantage at the checkered flag. Parker Perry settled for second, with Jett Yantis third after rolling forward 18 positions and nearly grabbing second off the final turn. Cole Schroeder and Christopher Bell made up the top five.
A record setting 404 drivers entered to compete in EVO Fuel Injection A-Class competition at the 40th annual Smiley’s Racing Products Tulsa Shootout powered by NOS Energy Drink.
The Smiley’s Racing Products Tulsa Shootout takes place at the Tulsa Expo Raceway, located inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Okla. Fans can also follow the Smiley’s Racing Products Tulsa Shootout at https://www.facebook.com/TulsaShootout and on Twitter (@TulsaShootout).
40th Smiley’s Racing Products Tulsa Shootout
Tulsa Expo Raceway (Tulsa, Okla.)
Saturday, January 4, 2025
A-Feature
EVO Fuel Injection Race 388 | A Main (30 Laps): 1. 83K-Kyle Larson[12]; 2. 43-Parker Perry[2]; 3. 4J-Jett Yantis[21]; 4. 3-Cole Schroeder[10]; 5. 14A-Christopher Bell[3]; 6. 95-Braden Chiaramonte[8]; 7. 11A-Brent Crews[19]; 8. 11V-Wout Hoffmans[16]; 9. 35G-Gaige Weldon[9]; 10. 11W-Shawn Mahaffey[14]; 11. 151-Joe B Miller[22]; 12. 24-JW Henderson[7]; 13. 07Z-Zak Gorski[15]; 14. 13F-Caiden Mitchell[24]; 15. 31B-Braxton Weger[17]; 16. 82S-Austin Saunders[6]; 17. 73M-Wyatt Miller[23]; 18. (DNF) 3P-Drake Edwards[20]; 19. (DNF) 71E-Emerson Axsom[1]; 20. (DNF) 17X-Chance Hull[18]; 21. (DNF) 99-Brett Osborn[13]; 22. (DNF) 86-Daison Pursley[4]; 23. (DNF) 71S-Clinton Boyles[5]; 24. (DNF) 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[11]
Bryan Hulbert | Tulsa Shootout | Photo: David Campbell
