March 8, 2025 | By Oil Capital Racing Series PR

Jake Nail Claims Victory at 8th Annual Spring Nationals Opener

MEEKER, Okla. — The 8th Annual Spring Nationals at Red Dirt Raceway kicked off the AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories Oil Capital Racing Series season with an intense night of competition. A strong field of 33 competitors signed in, ready to battle on the red clay oval.

The evening began with four competitive heat races, where Sheldon Barksdale took the win in the Merak Group Heat 1, Kayden Cole topped the Same Day Auto Repair Heat 2, Jake Nail captured the Patriot Lawn and Landscape Heat 3, and Andrew Deal claimed victory in the Kent Fireworks Heat 4. The PuroClean Dash further highlighted the night’s top contenders, with Jake Nail emerging victorious over Tanner Conn, Kayden Cole, Jack Thomas, Noah Harris, and Jason Wilson.

The Hoss Media B-Feature was a fight for the final transfer spots into the main event, with Emilio Hoover, Danny Smith, Connor Lee, Tyler Edwards, Joe Bob Lee, and Gage Laney earning their way into the A-Feature.

The AmeriFlex Hose & Accessories A-Feature proved to be a thrilling and chaotic 30-lap contest, with multiple cautions and red flags slowing the pace. Jake Nail initially led from the pole, but Tanner Conn wasted no time charging to the front, taking over the top spot on lap 4. Conn looked strong, setting a commanding pace until disaster struck on lap 16, forcing him to retire from the race. Nail capitalized on Conn’s misfortune, regaining the lead and never looking back as he drove to victory. Kayden Cole secured the runner-up position, while Andrew Deal worked his way through the field to claim third. Connor Lee finished fourth, and Gage Laney’s impressive drive from deep in the pack to a fifth-place finish earned him the Driven Midwest Hard Charger award, advancing 15 positions.

With the season opener in the books, catch all the action live and on-demand starting Saturday, March 15, as OCRS heads to Arrowhead Speedway! Watch exclusively on Start2Finish at www.s2ftv.com.



RACE RESULTS

A Feature 1 30 Laps | 00:42:50.925 | Ameriflex Hose & Accessories

14R-Jake Nail[1]; 2. 72C-Kayden Cole[3]; 3. 15D-Andrew Deal[9]; 4. 17-Connor Lee[17]; 5. 2-Gage Laney[20]; 6. 9-Emilio Hoover[15]; 7. 26M-Fred Mattox[10]; 8. 98-Ryan Padgett[7]; 9. 21G-Garth Kasiner[11]; 10. 5-Joe Bob Lee[19]; 11. (DNF) 20-Noah Harris[5]; 12. (DNF) 78-Tanner Conn[2]; 13. (DNF) 63-Jack Thomas[4]; 14. (DNF) 4-Tyler Edwards[18]; 15. (DNF) 9$-Kyle Clark[13]; 16. (DNF) 5$-Danny Smith[16]; 17. (DNF) 20S-Sheldon Barksdale[8]; 18. (DNF) 39-Joshua Tyre[12]; 19. (DNF) 78C-Chance Cody[14]; 20. (DNF) 27-Jason Wilson[6]
B Feature 1 12 Laps | 00:17:39.058 | Hoss Media

9-Emilio Hoover[1]; 2. 5$-Danny Smith[4]; 3. 17-Connor Lee[5]; 4. 4-Tyler Edwards[8]; 5. 5-Joe Bob Lee[10]; 6. 2-Gage Laney[7]; 7. 61A-Jack Wagner[3]; 8. 5K-Kody Jenkins[13]; 9. 38-Bryson Oeschger[2]; 10. 7-Shane Sundquist[11]; 11. 6K-Brylee Kilmer[15]; 12. 64-Mark Zoeller[6]; 13. (DNF) 12M-Mitchell Barros[9]; 14. (DNF) 22T-Frank Taft[16]; 15. (DNF) 18J-Cody Jarvis[12]; 16. (DNF) 19-Justin Fisk[14]; 17. (DNS) 2L-Brandon Leland
Dash 1 6 Laps | 00:03:50.785 | PuroClean

14R-Jake Nail[1]; 2. 78-Tanner Conn[4]; 3. 72C-Kayden Cole[2]; 4. 63-Jack Thomas[6]; 5. 20-Noah Harris[5]; 6. 27-Jason Wilson[3]
Heat 1 8 Laps | 00:04:00.698 | Merak Group

20S-Sheldon Barksdale[1]; 2. 20-Noah Harris[4]; 3. 9$-Kyle Clark[2]; 4. 78C-Chance Cody[5]; 5. 61A-Jack Wagner[7]; 6. 12M-Mitchell Barros[6]; 7. 5-Joe Bob Lee[8]; 8. 19-Justin Fisk[9]; 9. 2L-Brandon Leland[3]
Heat 2 8 Laps | 00:13:06.563 | Same Day Auto Repair

72C-Kayden Cole[3]; 2. 27-Jason Wilson[5]; 3. 98-Ryan Padgett[6]; 4. 21G-Garth Kasiner[7]; 5. 64-Mark Zoeller[4]; 6. 5K-Kody Jenkins[1]; 7. (DNF) 18J-Cody Jarvis[8]; 8. (DNF) 16S-Steven Shebester[2]
Heat 3 8 Laps | 00:03:49.075 | Patriot Lawn & Landscape

14R-Jake Nail[3]; 2. 78-Tanner Conn[4]; 3. 38-Bryson Oeschger[1]; 4. 9-Emilio Hoover[5]; 5. 5$-Danny Smith[7]; 6. 4-Tyler Edwards[6]; 7. 7-Shane Sundquist[8]; 8. (DNF) 15-Jase Randolph[2]
Heat 4 8 Laps | 00:06:04.501 | Kent Fireworks

15D-Andrew Deal[1]; 2. 39-Joshua Tyre[2]; 3. 63-Jack Thomas[6]; 4. 26M-Fred Mattox[7]; 5. 2-Gage Laney[3]; 6. 17-Connor Lee[8]; 7. 6K-Brylee Kilmer[5]; 8. 22T-Frank Taft[4]