Completing the 12^th lap, Gastineau would once again run up behind Passmore as they would also encounter lapped traffic for the first time. Continuing the lines they started running with, it became a matter if the lappers would go low in the corner, go high or run the middle. They chose low and Passmore had to check up for a second and that allowed Gastineau to make a move. The driver of the DW’s Video / Shell Rapid Lube / Larry Allen Engines / Eagle roared down the back straight and made a dive bomb from the top of turn three to the bottom just barely getting in front of Passmore. They didn’t go but 20 yards to turn four where Passmore retook the lead as Gastineau came off the bottom line. Like another video replay, Gastineau did the exact same move in turn three of the next lap only this time, he held the lead and kept Passmore in the runner up spot. S. Sellers, Kent, McClelland and R. Sellers were still the next quartet.

   The one and only caution of the night came while working lap 20 when Clark spun off track between turns one and two. This would put all the cars running for position tail to tail with one another. Not that they wanted to, but the fans would get a brief moment to collect their breaths. The restart order would be: Gastineau, Passmore, S. Sellers, Kent, R. Sellers, McClelland, Peters, Danny Smith and Rafe Essary. Gastineau would charge right back to the top of the track when the field went back to green and this time, Passmore would follow suit. Two laps later, Smith would pass Peters for position. On the last lap, Peters would slide high thus loosing positions.

   Gastineau would bring it on home for his third A Feature win of the season. It was a redemption of sorts for the Gasman as he sat on the pole for the A Feature back in June at this very track and fought with Passmore on that night as well, only to spin trying to avoid stalled cars thus causing him to finish near the rear of the field. Passmore, S. Sellers, Kent and R. Sellers completed the top five.

   Gastineau gave his thoughts about the feature. “He (Passmore) was a bit better coming out of turn four and I knew I was way better than him coming out of (turn) two so I could keep my momentum up. I would be busting it around the top  (making progress) in turns one and two and it ended up working. This was a racy track. With me on the bottom and Jamie on the top, it was a great track. We got this car fixed from last year as we hurt it a couple of times and we keep on fixing it and it keeps on finding victory lane,” said the jubilant victor.

   Shane Sellers had a solid third place run in the Bob Martin owned Wells Engines car with a XXX chassis. “We were thankful in having a good starting spot in fourth and we were quick. We didn’t have enough at the beginning to get up ahead of them (Gastineau and Passmore). Once it (track) started to take rubber Whit got ahead of Jamie and then we all started staying at about the same speed. You had to be out front when it took (rubber on track). We were fast and were happy with our finish. Bob had some bad luck at the beginning of the year and we have been sorting some things out on this car and it seems to be getting better. Were just making it work till the end of the year and then we will regroup over the off-season and see what we got.”

     “Hotrod” Kent was likewise pleased with his third top 5 in the last four outings. “We picked up this car (Eagle chassis) from Passmore about four races ago and man it’s made all the difference in the world. We are getting there, were working on our program a little bit more and I think the wins will come. I think the new car has helped as far as being a lot more consistent. We have been playing with some shocks and bars and seem to have found a package that we seem to take a liking to. We aren’t having to turn a lot of wrenches now. Its more like were fine tuning.” The #55 has backing by Wesmar Engines, Care Family Medical and Holt Graphics.

   Layne Himebaugh took the Wesmar Racing Engines in the 12-lap B Feature over Andrew Deal, Casey Wills and Harli White as your top four transferring cars. Kent won the M&W Aluminum heat, Kyle Clark captured the Bob Hurley Auto Family heat, Matt Sherrell won the Drive Shafts Inc. heat and Gastineau took the Car & Fleet heat.

   Dyno Services of Oklahoma is the newest sponsor on the 2012 OCRS series as of this Tri-State event. Dyno Services of Oklahoma will be providing a cash payout to the team selected as an events ‘Hard Luck’ recipient. On this night, that selection went to Kevin Cummings after suffering rear end woes in the B feature.

  The next event for the winged warriors is Sunday night, September 9^th at the big half mile at the Thunderbird Speedway in Muskogee Oklahoma for the final leg of the weekend’s doubleheader. Race time is at 6pm.