Hartline wins TOMS feature at Southern Oklahoma Speedway; extends points lead

Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) won his second Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) feature of the season Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway. Hartline currently holds a 36-point over second place Dean Abbey.
***(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)***

The Touring Outlaw Modified Series (TOMS) was in action once again Saturday, Aug. 2, at Southern Oklahoma Speedway.

It was the final trip to SOS for the series as 32 drivers checked in to chase the $1,500 prize money at the end of the night.

Austin Bonner (Elk City, Oklahoma) and Dean Abbey (Boyd, Texas) started on the front row of the 24-car A feature race.

Abbey led the opening lap and went on to lead the first 13 green flag laps of the 25-lap feature before the caution flag waved with 12 laps remaining.

Kale Westover took the top spot with 10 laps to go; however, the caution flag waved once again three laps later as Sam Cox (Flower Mound, Texas) spun in turns three and four.

The field completed one green flag lap before Jeff Taylor (Locust Grove, Arkansas) spun in turns one and two collecting Fred Wojtek (Blackwell, Texas) as he came to a sliding stop trying to avoid Taylor.

Leading with six laps remaining, Westover was forced to pull off the track during the caution after an issue on the rearend of his 15w car. Shane Hartline (Ivanhoe, Texas) inherited the lead.

Two laps were completed before Abbey spun in the middle of turns three and four. The restart didn’t go as planned for Abbey as him and Ryan Veal (Princeton, Texas) made slight contact enter turns one and two bringing out the caution once again with four laps remaining.

The race would stay green for the final four laps as Hartline cruised to the win.

The win was Hartline’s second TOMS win of the 2025 season, having won at Rocket Raceway Park on May 31.

Hartline, who has led the points for the majority of the 2025 season, increased his points lead significantly with the win.

Hartline entered Saturday’s race at SOS with a four-point lead over Abbey. He received the maximum number of points (100 points) with the win. Abbey’s 12^th place finish in the feature race helped him stretch the lead even further to 36 points of second place Abbey.

Shane Hartline, his crew and TOMS flagman Ricky Randall pose for a photo in victory lane following Hartline’s feature win Saturday at Southern Oklahoma Speedway.
***(Photo by Brant Thurmond/Double T Media)***

“It means the world to me right now (to win),” Hartline said in victory lane. “It was only four points between me and Dean. So, I saw him spin out in (turn) three so that really helped and it just took all the I don’t know nerves away. I just started trying to pick my lane and go.”

Being in the right place at the right time helped Hartline’s effort with Westover pulling off the track with 10 laps remaining.

“I stayed pace with him there after that one caution, but I don’t know,” Hartline said on catching Westover. “Maybe if the top would have went away in three and four, maybe. “I got there on the bottom, I used that most of the race, at least at the start of the race when it was two wide to get there.

“I worked the bottom in three and four and I found a grove trying to stay on the (infield tractor) tire, so I had to slow down a lot,” Hartline continued. “I felt like I managed their speed on the top, so I feel like that was the key to the race.”

Justin McCoy (Irving, Texas) finished in second place after winning B Feature 2 and starting f4th, while Wesley Veal (Princeton, Texas) rounded out the podium finishers in third place.

Jason Webb (McKinney, Texas) finished fourth and Chase Hatton (De Berry, Texas) rounded out the top five with a fifth-place finish.

Westover recorded the fastest lap of the feature race with a time of 18.481 seconds.

Hatton and Steven Ashcraft (Forney, Texas) were race’s hard chargers by moving up 15 spots each from their 20^th and 23^rd starting positions for a fifth and eighth place finish, respectively.

Wesley Veal moved up 13 spots from his 16^th starting position for a third-place finish. Troy Taylor (Midlothian, Texas) also moved up 13 spots to finish ninth after starting in 22^nd place.

Click the following link for full race results.

https://www.myracepass.com/events/557616/media-results

B Feature 1 winner- Fred Wojtek (Blackwell, Texas)

B Feature 2 winner- Justin McCoy (Irving, Texas)

Heat 1 winner- Mitchell Clement

Heat 2 winner- Kale Westover (Altus, Oklahoma)

Heat 3 winner- Matthew Day

Heat 4 winner- Billy Brierton

Current Points Standings-

(Top 10)