TEN-J Chassis Hits Major Company Milestone
TEN-J Chassis eclipsed the double digit driller mark at the 41st Annual Tulsa Shootout.
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Wins by Braxon Vasconcellos, in Restricted A-Class, and Daison Pursley, in Winged Outlaw, took the company win total to 10, and then 11 overall, inside the famed Tulsa Expo Center.
This year’s victories mark the first Restricted championship, and win number five in winged Outlaw.
TEN-J has made their presence felt at the shootout ever since first coming through the doors of the Expo Center in 2019. The maiden voyage saw Angola, Indiana’s Zeb Wise, capture the very first of TEN-J’s 11 drillers; in the Outlaw non-wing class. Later in the evening, the first pilot in company history, Coalinga, California’s Ben Worth, drove the original TEN-J to victory in the 55-lap Winged Outlaw feature.
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Those two initial victories were the catalyst that propelled TEN-J Chassis to what it is today. Eleven drillers later, TEN-J stands tall; validated as a tried and true, battle-tested, championship winning manufacturer, available to the masses.
Since 2019 TEN-J has added at least one driller to the mantle at every shootout but one since. Overall the company boasts a staggering five of the 11 titles in Winged Outlaw. This year’s victory in Restricted A-Class now gives them at least one victory, in every 600 division contested. From there the tally now sits at two titles in Outlaw non-wing, two in Stock non-wing, one in A-Class, and one in Restricted.
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Over the years TEN-J has been at the center of bringing different storylines to fruition.
In 2021, the third time through those doors, it was about redemption. After the chips didn’t fall in the right direction for the other half of TEN-J’s original driver lineup, Raisin City, California’s, Mitchel Moles, in 2020, he came back to grab what slipped away in 2021.
Moles etched his name into TEN-J history as he elevated the brand to new heights. He laid down a historically dominant season in California; amassing well over 20 wins - during the team’s first full calendar year. Fittingly, he steamrolled into Tulsa beaming with confidence, only for things to not pan out as planned.
Every story of success is incomplete without a showing of resilience. The ability for the company as a whole to take disappointment, learn from it, and rise from the ashes stronger, and sharper than before, has been on display ever since.
Moles earned sweet redemption for himself and TEN-J in 2021. He drove his TEN-J to victory in the 55-lap Winged Outlaw class feature. This win marked the second headlining class title in three years, and the third overall. Since earning that third driller he sparked a streak that has yet to be broken.
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Since 2021 TEN-J has yet to come home empty handed.
In 2022 - Franklin, Indiana’s Emerson Axsom, emerged. Winning the Stock non-wing driller kicked off a streak that puts him atop the list of the most successful individual drivers in TEN-J history at the Shootout. Axsom’s first driller as a TEN-J driver marked the company’s fourth overall and first of any stock divisions.
Axsom earned his second title as a TEN-J driver In 2023. The first of his Winged Outlaw victories accounted for the company’s third victory in four years. With this, Axsom also became the first driver to win multiple titles under the TEN-J banner.
Two years of flying the company flag solo Axsom brought the total driller count to five and set the stage for him to cement his legacy as a TEN-J legend the next year.
The next running of the Tulsa Shootout became the most dominant showing for TEN-J yet.
In 2024 history was made as TEN-J went three for five in Championships. Emerson Axsom successfully defended his Winged Outlaw title; making him a back-to-back Outlaw class champion, with three titles in three years.
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Joining him as a champion, Sapulpa, Oklahoma’s, Blake Hahn drove to the Outlaw non-wing class victory. Hahn’s victory marked the second time TEN-J swept both Outlaw divisions. He also became the fifth different driver to win a title for the company.
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In between the Outlaw class victories on the night longtime, loyal TEN-J driver, Ashton Torgerson of Glendale, Arizona, bagged the first A-Class Championship in company history. A quick glance at Torgerson’s record at the shootout shows an unparalleled arc of improvement.
On his way to becoming just the sixth different winner in the brands history, Torgerson validated more than the equipment with this victory. Torgerson came under the tent as close to a completely green rookie as you could be. Torgerson was the first career-long TEN-J driver to become champion. From his very first local victory, to his triumph at the Shootout, Ashton Torgerson ascended the whole way as part of the TEN-J team.
The 2024 Tulsa Shootout saw the TEN-J Chassis team driller count grow to eight after nabbing three of five 600 class victories. Each one holds their own piece of history. Axsom earns back to back titles in Winged Outlaw. With that He increases his win total to three as a TEN-J driver. Hahn picks up his first with TEN-J. He becomes the fifth different driver to win a driller in a TEN-J.
And Ashton… Ashton Torgerson becomes the first Tulsa Shootout champion brought all the way up with the TEN-J team.
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The 40th Annual running of the Tulsa Shootout, in 2025, saw the TEN-J Chassis team take another high profile shoe, this time from the pavement racing world, to their ninth overall golden driller.
Hickory, North Carolina’s, Brent Crews took his TEN-J to victory in what ended up being the biggest class of the event. A staggering 431 drivers entered Stock non-wing class and Crews found himself to be the last one standing. A smooth, patient race saw Crews pass and put a gap on some big names before becoming the seventh different driver to win a championship for TEN-J, putting the grand total at nine.
Coming into 2026 there was one goal: Get to double digit drillers.There were many touted to get the job done.
Two of them did.
In doing so more history was made. For the drivers and the team.
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Visalia, California’s Braxon Vasconcello’s found his way to victory in the Restricted A-Class. Not only was Vasconcello’s the first home state native to win a title since Mitchel Moles in 2021, Vasconcello’s will forever be minted in the record books as the driver who took TEN-J into the double digit driller category.
Victory number ten for the team also completes the gauntlet of at least one title in each 600 class.
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Although one major goal was achieved, the night wasn’t over for the team. Another driver behind the wheel of a TEN-J was about to make personal history. He seeks something he’s long been yearning for.
Being a Locust Grove, Oklahoma native, Daison Pursley holds the Expo Center in high regard. No matter what race it is under that roof, any sooner you ask will tell you, winning a driller just hits different for home state, true, Oklahoma natives. While he’s come close, Daison Pursley had yet to claim any victory in the building. To the surprise of many, Pursley had no driller on his mantle.
The 41st Annual Tulsa Shootout would see that change aboard a TEN-J. After putting himself out front Pursley was put to the ultimate test. Lurking behind him with more than 20 laps to go Pursley had to fend off maybe the greatest overall race car driver of this generation, Kyle Larson, who was also behind the wheel of a TEN-J.
What better way to earn your first driller? Pursley clicked off his laps with and held off a hard-charging Kyle Larson to earn the first golden driller of his career. While Pursley will remember it for being his first, those at TEN-J will remember the moment two high profile, world-class drivers battled amongst each other for number 11.
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Since entering the Expo Center as a team for the first time in 2019 - TEN-J Chassis has definitely made their presence known. The first two drillers won in 2019 catapulted the trajectory of the company. Coming out of the gate with Zeb Wise and winning was impressive, but he was supposed to win.
Winning the Winged Outlaw Class in your first try; with a driver who came from relatively nowhere, definitely opened the eyes of everyone in the Expo Center.
That win made a statement.
From that point forward; TEN-J Chassis emerged as a perennial contender. They’ve earned 11 championships with nine drivers since that magical maiden voyage. TEN-J continues to put at least one victory on the board, in every Shootout, except for one, since the first time through the doors.
Just a few years later TEN-J sits in rarified air.
Five classes, seven years, nine drivers … 11 Drillers. #TEN-J