OKTAHA — Once the fireworks show ended — on the track — Jared Russell ran off from the field to win the Outlaw Modified feature here Friday night at Outlaw Motor Speedway.

The largest crowd of the season — estimated at 4,000 — witnessed a 30-minute fireworks show at intermission and then were treated to some of the fastest features of the year. Drivers were extremely happy with the track condition.

“This is the best track we’ve ever raced on,” said Matt Burnett, winner of the Pure Stock feature.

Russell would certainly attest to that, springing into the lead when early race leader Mike Hornback of Muskogee and second-place Andy Morris of Okay got together and crashed into the wall in turn three, three laps into the race. Both cars impacted the wall hard, coming to a rest just a few feet from each other. Sparks flew from both cars as they slid along the concrete barrier.

Just moments after both cars were towed to the pits, security was called to the area where both cars were parked — practically side-by-side — as “sparks” flew from the drivers. An altercation occurred and they had to be separated, according to track security.

While track officials and the OMS security team handled the off-track commotion, Russell of Muskogee was sitting a blistering pace to register his third feature win of the season. He had an eight-second lead over second place Joe Duvall of Chelsea, and third place finisher Jeran Frailey of Chouteau.

Frailey and Duvall waged a battle for the runner-up position before Duvall took the position in lap 14.

Greg Skaggs of Bixby, last year’s track champion, was in the hunt to make a run a run at Russell, but he took himself out of the picture when he went too hard into turns one and two, spinning out. Skaggs had jumped from 10th to fourth in just two laps after the Hornback-Morris incident.

Hornback, returning to racing after a brief layoff, said before the night started, “we’re just working the bugs out and hope to race more regularly from this point on.”

The accident left the right side of his car heavily damaged, as was Morris’.

Hobby Stock

Dale Richardson made it two in a row and eight for the season, walking away from the field to capture the feature. The Muskogee driver dashed away from the pack leaving Randy Moses II, and Colton Dunlap, both of Muskogee, to battle for second place.