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Richardson was locked in the high groove to win his 42nd career win. Moses and Dunlap were both in the same groove until the last three laps, when Dunlap tried the middle of the track approach in an attempt to pass Moses.
The move almost worked, but Moses had just enough car to hold him off. In the final dash to the finish line, Dunlap attempted to slid by Moses along the wall in the home stretch, but Moses put a defensive squeeze on the teenager and he had to back off the throttle or risk crashing into the wall.
By that time, Richardson was well into turn one with the checkered flag.
Pure Stock
In the past three races, Burnett has had a good look at Kyle Slader’s bumper. But this week, it was Slader’s turn to play follow the leader.
Burnett, who won four of the first six features of the year, returned to victory lane with his fifth win. He grabbed the lead from Brody Young of Alma, Ark., on lap five. He sprinted to a two second lead after 10 lap and had a five-second interval over Slader and the field at the finish.
“Wow, this track was fast tonight,” said the Muskogeen after a post-race inspection of his car. “It was probably the fastest track we’ve had for our feature all season long.”
Slader followed Burnett into the second position around Brody on lap five, making a good move into the low groove out of turn four.
The 14-year-old Muskogee driver was looking for his fourth feature win in a row.
The actual battle was for third with four cars in the hunt in the final two laps. Young was able to hold off Tahlequah’s Jason Ward.
Mini-Stocks
Jerry Hoffman of Glenpool took the feature. He captured the lead with five laps remaining in the 15-lap race when he rub some paint with leader Justin Cartwright of Sperry. Cartwright left the track with a flat tire.
Greg Overstreet of Broken Arrow, was second with Dalton Pulliam of Fort Smith, Ark., coming back from a lap eight spin-out to finish third. He was leading the race a the time of his misfortune.