POCOLA, Okla. -- The USMTS National Tour embarked on the four-week $pring $wing campaign Thursday night at the Tri-State Speedway in Pocola, Okla., and Jason Hughes served notice that he plans to take the bulk of the prize money back home with him if he has anything to say about it.
The defending USMTS National Champion started on the outside of the front row for Thursday’s 30-lap WIX Filters “A” Main at the 3/8-mile high-banked dirt oval and led every lap en route to a $2,000 payday and his sixth victory this season.
Hughes built an advantage of nearly ten car-lengths before the race’s first and only caution waved on lap 11. The yellow flag gave second-running Johnny Scott a glimmer of hope, but Hughes wasn't fazed and sailed away over the final 19 laps to take his third win in as many seasons at the Tri-State Speedway.
Scott was able to close in on the leader in lapped traffic during the late stages of the race, but had to settle for the runner-up position at the checkered flag.
Kelly Shryock brought home a third-place finish while Ryan Gustin raced from 11th on the starting grid to fourth at the finish line. Driving a brand new car, Tommy Myer won his “B” Main, started 14th in the main event and fought his way to fifth.
Johnny Bone Jr. was sixth, polesitter Dustin Boney held on for a seventh-place finish and Zack VanderBeek pocketed the Hard Charger Award by grabbing eighth after starting 22nd. Chris Spieker and Bobby Malchus rounded out the top-10 finishers.
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