No Bones About it, Bone Jr. Takes Azalea Shootout at OMS

OKTAHA, Okla. -- Johnny Bone, from Pea Ridge, Ark., led wire to wire to win the Modified Azalea Shootout at Outlaw Motor Speedway Saturday night and pocketed the $2,000 bounty with his second career Feature win at the 3/8th mile.

Bone took the lead from the pole position and was never really challenged. Not even four caution flags – two in the final 10 laps – could slow the veteran driver.

At the finish, he held a four car-length margin over Bixby’s Greg Skaggs with Jason Hughes, Westville, a close third to Skaggs.

Blown engines resulted in two of the cautions. The most costly was to Stilwell’s Eddie Martin who lost his power plant while running second at the end of lap 17.

The win in the special 30-lap race was worth $2,000 to Bone. The race was originally slated for April 15, but was postponed due to cold weather.

There were 20 cars at the start with only nine running at the end.

Bobby Potts, Hulbert, won the abbreviated Pure Stock feature that was highlighted by an incident involving contact between two cars that appeared to be intentional.

The scheduled 15 lap race was sliced to nine laps after some "rough driving" between Boynton’s James Gillian and Muskogee’s Allen Simmons resulted in an accident during a caution period . After a wreck in turn three brought out the yellow flag, Simmons (running eighth) and Gillian (ninth) continued around the track until Gillian made a left turn into the side of Simmons car just as the pair passed the flag stand.

Simmons got out of his crippled car and quickly approached Gillian’s racer, leaning through the passenger side window for "a chat". Track officials intervened and both were black flagged from the race. Gillian drove to the pits, Simmons needed wrecker assistance.
Earlier, Gillian was penalized two spots for jumping a restart after a lap five caution slowed the race.

Back to the feature, Potts out-ran Oktaha’s Gene Whittle to gain his first triumph of the year. Whittle led for the first five laps before surrendering the lead after a lap five caution. The two traveled practically nose to bumper the remainder of the race.

Dale Richardson, Muskogee, used a restart at the midway point to spring to his second feature win of the year in the Hobby Stock division. The defending points champion was second when the yellow flag came out after lap 10 when Spiro’s Brookin Stephens coasted to a stop in the middle of the track on the backstretch.

He was third at the time. His stalled car was pushed to the pits with mechanical problems.

There was one other caution – on lap 15 for debris in turn two. Richardson and Randy Moses, II were one-two at the time.

On the restart, Moses briefly challenged Richardson, but did not have enough car to make a run at his first feature win of the year. Moses finished second, followed by Justin Shoemaker, Inola, and Lynn Combs, Fort Gibson.

Numerous engine failures shortened the Economy Modified feature to a 15-lap chase won by Muskogee’s Dalton Clay. There were 17 cars in the race at the start with only seven finishing the event. Clay took the measure of Muskogee’s Shannon Reheard, who was seeking his second feature verdict of the season. The final caution came on lap 11 for debris on the track.

Clay was able to withstand a late charge from Reheard with Ted Newell, Oktaha, and Carl Scott, Welling, fourth. Four cars left the scheduled 20lap race with engine problems.

Next week’s races will feature the Pure Stock’s in the third annual Challenge. Saturday at 8 p.m.

Where is Outlaw Motor Speedway? 8 Miles South of Muskogee, Oklahoma & 11 Miles North of I-40 on HWY 69

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