March 30, 2024 | By POWRi PR

Tanner Thorson flies Checkers at Port City

TULSA, Okla. — Tanner Thorson would flex his racing might through lap traffic to earn his nineteenth career feature win at Port City Raceway, with the POWRi National and West Midget Leagues, in Night Two of the 11th Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Start2Finish TV’s thirty lap showcase event.

Early on-track excitement with twenty-eight entries the POWRi National and West Midgets would find Cannon McIntosh start the action off with quick-time in hot laps of 9.988-second lap as Tanner Thorson, Chase McDermand, Hank Davis, and Ashton Torgerson would each notch heat racing wins with Trey Marcham earning the semi-feature victory.

Starting the feature field would find high-point qualifier Ashton Torgerson, lead the field as the green flag flew by gaining the initial advantage on the opening lap.

Sliding into the lead using an outstanding outside-in maneuver, Tanner Thorson would overtake for the front of the field on lap two and not look back as Ashton Torgerson, Chase McDermand, Bradley Fezard, and Ryan Timms all battled within the contending top-five.

Setting the finely prepared Trifecta Motorsports Racecraft on cruise control, Tanner Thorson would have everything well within hand as the laps ripped away at a rapid rate with Ryan Timms and Cannon McIntosh flying through the field past Ashton Torgerson, Chase McDermand, Hank Davis, Trey Marcham, Jake Neuman, Andrew Felker, and Emilio Hoover racing inside the top-ten at a pristine Port City Raceway.

Blanketing the field for twenty-nine laps, Tanner Thorson would hold steady out front while protecting the lead from a quickly gaining Ryan Timms that placed in the runner-up positioning ahead of Cannon McIntosh that finalized the podium placements.

“Trifecta did an awesome job setting this car up for success, It’s nice to just show up and drive a fast car without having to worry about anything else,” said a celebratory Tanner Thorson in the Port City Raceway winners circle. Adding, “Lap Traffic definitely came into play but I could drive this thing anywhere.”

Staying in the hunt all event, one-lap leader Ashton Torgerson would finish fourth with Chase McDermand rounding out the POWRi National and West Midget League top-five finishers in Night Two of the 11th Annual Turnpike Challenge presented by Start2Finish TV running at Port City Raceway.



POWRi National and West Midgets | Port City Raceway | 3/29/24:

Hoosier Racing Tire Quick Hot Lap Time: 71-Cannon McIntosh (9.988)

Flying A Motorsports Heat Race 1 Winner: 5U-Tanner Thorson

Engler Machine and Tool Heat Race 2 Winner: 40-Chase McDermand

MVT Services Heat Race 3 Winner: 00C-Hank Davis

Driven Midwest Heat Race 4 Winner: 67K-Ashton Torgerson

Max Papis Innovations Semi-Feature 1 Winner: 32-Trey Marcham

Victory Fuel High Point Qualifier: 67K-Ashton Torgerson

Meru Safety Hard Charger: 7P-Zach Daum (+12)

Toyota Racing Development Feature Winner: 5U-Tanner Thorson

Toyota Racing Development TRD A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 5U-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms[7]; 3. 71-Cannon McIntosh[12]; 4. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[1]; 5. 40-Chase McDermand[4]; 6. 7P-Zach Daum[18]; 7. 00C-Hank Davis[5]; 8. 3N-Jake Neuman[15]; 9. 43-Gunnar Setser[8]; 10. 32-Trey Marcham[17]; 11. 11A-Andrew Felker[10]; 12. 11-Jonathan Beason[9]; 13. 7M-Kris Carroll[19]; 14. 14E-Kyle Jones[13]; 15. 9-Emilio Hoover[3]; 16. 17C-Devin Camfield[22]; 17. 00-Broc Elliott[14]; 18. 7D-Austin Burkham[20]; 19. 938-Bradley Fezard[6]; 20. 15-Adrianna Timmerman[16]; 21. 66-Jayden Clay[21]; 22. 56E-Tyler Edwards[11].

Max Papis Innovations MPI B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 32-Trey Marcham[1]; 2. 7P-Zach Daum[2]; 3. 7M-Kris Carroll[7]; 4. 7D-Austin Burkham[10]; 5. 66-Jayden Clay[8]; 6. 17C-Devin Camfield[6]; 7. 7E-Dylan Ramey[9]; 8. 4C-Brogan Carder[3]; 9. 30X-Larry Bratti[5]; 10. 19-Taylor Hall[4]; 11. (DNS) 7U-Kale Drake; 12. (DNS) 14F-Jeffrey Newell.

Flying A Motorsports Flying A Motorsports Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5U-Tanner Thorson[2]; 2. 938-Bradley Fezard[3]; 3. 11A-Andrew Felker[4]; 4. 43-Gunnar Setser[7]; 5. 15-Adrianna Timmerman[6]; 6. 17C-Devin Camfield[5]; 7. 7U-Kale Drake[1].

Engler Machine Tool Engler Machine & Tool Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 40-Chase McDermand[1]; 2. 11-Jonathan Beason[2]; 3. 56E-Tyler Edwards[4]; 4. 3N-Jake Neuman[5]; 5. 19-Taylor Hall[3]; 6. 30X-Larry Bratti[6]; 7. (DNS) 14F-Jeffrey Newell.

MVT Services MVT Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 00C-Hank Davis[1]; 2. 67-Ryan Timms[3]; 3. 71-Cannon McIntosh[4]; 4. 7P-Zach Daum[2]; 5. 32-Trey Marcham[6]; 6. 7M-Kris Carroll[5]; 7. 66-Jayden Clay[7].

Driven Midwest Driven Midwest Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 67K-Ashton Torgerson[3]; 2. 9-Emilio Hoover[4]; 3. 00-Broc Elliott[2]; 4. 14E-Kyle Jones[6]; 5. 4C-Brogan Carder[5]; 6. 7D-Austin Burkham[1]; 7. 7E-Dylan Ramey[7].

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JUNIOR SPRINT

Treeline/Nichole Potter/The Ross Team A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 22-Ryker Jones[6]; 2. 35U-Carson Utz[5]; 3. 17C-Caleb Johannesen[4]; 4. 45U-Cameron Utz[1]; 5. 56L-Giovanni Lucito[3]; 6. 45-Colt Crisp[2]

Treeline/NicholePotter/The Ross Team Heat (8 Laps): 1. 35U-Carson Utz[1]; 2. 17C-Caleb Johannesen[2]; 3. 56L-Giovanni Lucito[4]; 4. 45-Colt Crisp[3]; 5. 45U-Cameron Utz[5]; 6. (DNS) 22-Ryker Jones



A-CLASS MICRO

Dragonfly Aviation A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 49Z-Zak Moore[4]; 2. 49-Cody Barnes[3]; 3. 2B-Brandon Boggs[8]; 4. 59-Brody Mclaughlin[7]; 5. 99-Brett Osborn[9]; 6. 1H-Connor Lee[6]; 7. 25J-Delaney Jost[2]; 8. 49A-Ace Moore[11]; 9. 38-Levi Henderson[12]; 10. K9-Sami Porter[1]; 11. 17R-Dugan Ridenour[18]; 12. 310-Chris Townsend[17]; 13. 7D-Jace Dement[15]; 14. 9K-Kieran Casillas[20]; 15. 128-Tyler Cook[14]; 16. 42-Ashley Afdahl[16]; 17. KB3-Kermit Burnam Jr[19]; 18. 10P-Brian Potter[13]; 19. 130-Jax Bratti[21]; 20. 61-Kenny Koelsch[5]; 21. 46-Cale McGee[10]

Dragonfly Aviation Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Cody Barnes[1]; 2. 49Z-Zak Moore[4]; 3. 99-Brett Osborn[3]; 4. 128-Tyler Cook[2]; 5. 38-Levi Henderson[7]; 6. 42-Ashley Afdahl[6]; 7. KB3-Kermit Burnam Jr[5]

Dragonfly Aviation Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25J-Delaney Jost[1]; 2. K9-Sami Porter[2]; 3. 61-Kenny Koelsch[7]; 4. 2B-Brandon Boggs[6]; 5. 7D-Jace Dement[3]; 6. 310-Chris Townsend[5]; 7. 9K-Kieran Casillas[4]

Dragonfly Aviation Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 1H-Connor Lee[3]; 2. 59-Brody Mclaughlin[2]; 3. 49A-Ace Moore[1]; 4. 46-Cale McGee[5]; 5. 10P-Brian Potter[6]; 6. 17R-Dugan Ridenour[4]; 7. 130-Jax Bratti[7]



RESTRICTOR MICRO

Whitacre Glass A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 1-Hudsyn Truitt[1]; 2. 66W-Hunter White[2]; 3. 75-Deekan McRoberts[5]; 4. 1P-Mekentzi Potter[6]; 5. 175-Masyn Truitt[4]; 6. 33-Luke Purkey[7]; 7. 9-Mavrick Page[3]

Whitacre Glass Heat (8 Laps): 1. 1P-Mekentzi Potter[3]; 2. 175-Masyn Truitt[1]; 3. 75-Deekan McRoberts[5]; 4. 9-Mavrick Page[2]; 5. 66W-Hunter White[4]; 6. 1-Hudsyn Truitt[6]; 7. 33-Luke Purkey[7]



WING OUTLAW MICRO

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 1H-Connor Lee[1]; 2. 310-Chris Townsend[2]; 3. 22-Curtis Jones[7]; 4. 49Z-Zak Moore[4]; 5. 9K-Kieran Casillas[9]; 6. 128-Tyler Cook[8]; 7. 3-Cole Roberts[5]; 8. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[6]; 9. (DNS) 61-Kenny Koelsch

Heat (8 Laps): 1. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[5]; 2. 61-Kenny Koelsch[1]; 3. 310-Chris Townsend[3]; 4. 3-Cole Roberts[8]; 5. 49Z-Zak Moore[9]; 6. 1H-Connor Lee[6]; 7. 22-Curtis Jones[2]; 8. 128-Tyler Cook[4]; 9. 9K-Kieran Casillas[7]



NON-WING OUTLAW MICRO

A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 5K-Kris Carroll[3]; 2. 2B-Brandon Boggs[9]; 3. 59-Brody Mclaughlin[8]; 4. 9C-Cade Cowles[2]; 5. 1H-Connor Lee[6]; 6. 49-Cody Barnes[5]; 7. 9K-Kieran Casillas[10]; 8. 25-Delaney Jost[12]; 9. 5P-Luke Porter[14]; 10. 4-Brent Shoemaker[15]; 11. 46-Cale McGee[7]; 12. 22-Curtis Jones[11]; 13. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 14. 21-Jeremy Wickham[13]; 15. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[16]; 16. 20-Chuck Morris[17]; 17. 3-Cole Roberts[1]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Cody Barnes[3]; 2. 9C-Cade Cowles[2]; 3. 46-Cale McGee[1]; 4. 3-Cole Roberts[6]; 5. 22-Curtis Jones[5]; 6. 59-Brody Mclaughlin[9]; 7. 21-Jeremy Wickham[8]; 8. 4-Brent Shoemaker[7]; 9. 20-Chuck Morris[4]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1H-Connor Lee[4]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[5]; 3. 5K-Kris Carroll[7]; 4. 2B-Brandon Boggs[3]; 5. 25-Delaney Jost[1]; 6. 9K-Kieran Casillas[8]; 7. 5P-Luke Porter[6]; 8. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[2]