Like the cliques in a high school lunchroom, Tulsa’s SageNet Center is divided every December.

In Micro Sprints especially, the territorial battle between regions has been raging on as the Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout only grows bigger and bigger with every passing year.

With the 38th rendition looming next week on FloRacing, we wanted to look at results for the most notable chassis manufacturers and home states over recent years at the “Mecca of Micros.” 

Arguably the three largest hotbeds of Micro Sprint racing are Oklahoma, California, and Pennsylvania with honorable mentions to Midwestern staples Missouri, Illinois & Indiana, and Washington up in the Pacific Northwest.

Last year, Emerson Axsom (Franklin, Ind.) in a Ten-J Chassis and Craig Ronk (Warsaw, Ind.) in a D1 Chassis combined to bring multiple Golden Drillers back to “The Hoosier State” for the first time since 2008 when Rodney Stealy and Andrew Peters did it. They were joined by Jeffrey Newell (Tulsa, Okla.) in a Sawyer Chassis and Jake Hagopian (Fresno, CA) in a D1 as Stock/Outlaw winners.

In 2021, for the first time in event history, an Oklahoman, Californian, and Pennsylvanian all hoisted a Golden Driller from one of the four primary Stock/Outlaw divisions. It was Brian Carber (Pipersville, Penn.), Kris Carroll (Claremore, Okla.), and Mitchel Moles (Raisin City, Calif.) who made the historic feat happen.

VIDEO: Take a look back at the drillers and drama from last year's Tulsa Shootout. 

The trio of Carber, Kyle Spence (Bear, Del.), and Alex Bright (Collegeville, Pa.) have single-handily revitalized the east coast with five titles in the last four years at the Tulsa Shootout. All three accomplished their wins with Hyper Racing, joining Joe B. Miller’s 24th-to-1st run in 2017.

Traditionally, Hyper is one the nation’s premier Micro Sprint manufactures alongside other long-term staples such as Sawyer Chassis & Factor One Racing out of Oklahoma and Pace Chassis & PMP Chassis from California.

In recent years, several other organizations have been built and formed into sudden powerhouses like Driven Performance, CS9 Chassis, and Ten-J Chassis, all from California. 

Over the last decade, at least one manufacturer has topped two of the primary four classes every single year. That list includes D1 (2022), Hyper (2021), Hyper (2020), Ten-J (2019), Factor One (2018), Pace (2017), Sawyer (2016), Lightning (2015), Sawyer (2014), Pace (2013), and Pace (2012).

Conveniently enough, the last two years have been split a perfect four ways in both the manufacturer and home state department. D1, Sawyer, Hyper & Ten-J have split wins 2-2-2-2, while Oklahoma, California, Pennsylvania & Indiana have also split wins 2-2-2-2.

Since 2011, when Outlaw Non-Wing was added to the lineup, there have been 48 main events contested in the Stock/Outlaw divisions with only two states racking up 10+ wins: Oklahoma and California.

The host state, as expected, leads the way with 21 Golden Drillers staying in the “Sooner State” over that stretch. Another 13 Golden Drillers have hauled back to the “Golden State” of California with Indiana (4), Pennsylvania (3), Missouri (3), Indiana (2), Delaware (2), Kansas (1), and Washington (1) also recording scores.

As far as this year’s potentially record-breaking field, the leading states are Oklahoma (350 entries), Texas (175), California (139), Arizona (108), Missouri (96), Indiana (74), Colorado (65), Kansas (58), Pennsylvania (52), and Florida (52).

The 38th Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout can be seen exclusively on FloRacing from Tuesday, December 27 to Saturday, December 31.

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