By John Rittenoure - MEEKER, Okla. (June 24, 2022) - A final turn bobble turned costly for Danny Wood and handed victory to Tanner Conn in Friday’s AmeriFlex / OCRS IMCA Sprint Car main event at Red Dirt Raceway.
It was Conn’s second straight Mike Peters Freedom 40 Classic victory and third in four years.
The 5th annual Peters Freedom 40 Classic main event got underway with Ty Williams jumping into the early lead with veteran Danny Wood right behind until he drove around Williams for the lead on lap 11. Meanwhile seventh starting Tanner Conn was moving toward the front and passed Williams for second. On lap 26 Conn threw a slider on Wood in turns 3-4 but slide high just missing the wall and Wood drove back into the lead.
Over the next 13 laps Wood continued to keep Conn at bay until the final turn heading for the checkered. Wood lost control in the cushion and turned sideways allowing Conn to storm past for the win. Wood recovered in time to finish second. Williams settled for third followed by 11th starting Kyle Clark fourth and 10th starting Joe Wood,Jr. fifth.
A total of $4,000 was added to the purse by Jim Messmer, Ojar Peters, David Grace, Lynda Maxwell, Brad White, Jeff Taylor, Richard Windle, and Bud Lowe in honor of Peters, and Conn pocketed $1,600 for his victory.
AmeriFlex / OCRS IMCA Sprint Cars
Red Dirt Raceway - Meeker, Oklahoma
June 24, 2022
AmeriFlex Hose Accessories A Feature 1 (40 Laps): 1. 78-Tanner Conn[7]; 2. 55W-Danny Wood[2]; 3. 911-Ty Williams[1]; 4. 9$-Kyle Clark[11]; 5. 28-Joe Wood Jr[10]; 6. 88-Terry Easum[6]; 7. 17E-Blake Edwards[3]; 8. 5$-Danny Smith[8]; 9. 5-Joe Bob Lee[18]; 10. 5H-Cameron Hagin[19]; 11. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[17]; 12. 2C-Whit Gastineau[4]; 13. 31-Casey Wills[16]; 14. 32K-Chris Kelly[9]; 15. 55M-Corey McGehee[5]; 16. 50-Cody Whitworth[14]; 17. 29L-Lane Goodman[20]; 18. 66-Edmund Bishop[12]; 19. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips[13]; 20. 22M-Rees Moran[15]
Hoosier Racing Tire B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 22M-Rees Moran[2]; 2. 31-Casey Wills[1]; 3. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[4]; 4. 5-Joe Bob Lee[8]; 5. 5H-Cameron Hagin[7]; 6. 29L-Lane Goodman[6]; 7. 54-Michael Gossman[5]; 8. 13$-Len Larkin[10]; 9. 26M-Fred Mattox[9]; 10. (DNF) 18-Dillon Laden[3]; 11. (DNF) 5X-Matt Sherrell[11]
Schure Built Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 911-Ty Williams[5]; 2. 55W-Danny Wood[7]; 3. 17E-Blake Edwards[8]; 4. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips[3]; 5. 18-Dillon Laden[1]; 6. 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[2]; 7. 29L-Lane Goodman[4]; 8. 5-Joe Bob Lee[6]; 9. (DNS) 5X-Matt Sherrell
Lightning Wings Powder Coating Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5$-Danny Smith[2]; 2. 55M-Corey McGehee[3]; 3. 78-Tanner Conn[5]; 4. 66-Edmund Bishop[4]; 5. 28-Joe Wood Jr[8]; 6. 50-Cody Whitworth[7]; 7. 54-Michael Gossman[6]; 8. 13$-Len Larkin[1]
Smith Titanium Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Terry Easum[2]; 2. 32K-Chris Kelly[1]; 3. 2C-Whit Gastineau[8]; 4. 9$-Kyle Clark[5]; 5. 22M-Rees Moran[3]; 6. 31-Casey Wills[7]; 7. 5H-Cameron Hagin[4]; 8. 26M-Fred Mattox[6]
Lap Leaders: Ty Williams 1-10, Danny Wood 11-39, Tanner Conn 40.
D&G Contracting Hard Charger: Joe Bob Lee +9
Top 10 Standings: 1. Blake Edwards 1146; 2. Rees Moran 1038; 3. Terry Easum 998; 4 Sheldon Barksdale 954; 5. Whit Gastineau 851; 6. Joe Bob Lee 761; 7, Elizabeth Phillips 675; 8. Johnny Kent 671; 9. Steven Shebester 651; 10. Fred Mattox 625.
2022 Winners: 3/4 - Steven Shebester (Red Dirt Raceway); 3/5 - Tyler Drueke (Red Dirt Raceway); 3/19 - Blake Edwards (Creek County Speedway); 3/25 - John Carney II (Thunderbird Speedway); 3/26 - Tanner Conn (Lawton Speedway); 4/9 - Terry Easum (Oklahoma Sports Park); 4/23 - Johnny Kent (Creek County Speedway); 5/20 - Danny Smith (Tulsa Speedway); 5/21 - Steven Shebester (81 Speedway); 5/28 - Alex Sewell (Salina Highbanks Speedway); 6/24 - Tanner Conn (Red Dirt Raceway).
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Established in 2002, the Tulsa OK based AmeriFlex / OCRS series sanctions dirt track sprint car racing in the southern region of the central plains. Fan appeal and quality race teams, combined with our solid core of supporting sponsors are the nucleus of the series. Thrilling competition providing the ultimate quality family entertainment is the essence of what the AmeriFlex / OCRS series is all about.
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AmeriFlex / OCRS IMCA Contingency Sponsors
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- administrator on Jun 25, 2022
- Article Date: 6/25/2022 by John Rittenoure