Going into the final four races of Outlaw Motor Speedway’s “Race to the Championship,” only one of the five division races seems to be decided.

Results from last week’s features in three of the divisions saw a change in the leadership. Slipping out of the lead in both the 360 and Grand National divisions was Muskogee’s Dale Richardson. In Pure Stock, Muskogee’s Matt McLain lost his grip on first. Ron Palmer of Muldrow retained first in Front Wheel Drive, as did Chelsea’s Joe Duvall in Outlaw Modified.

Replacing Richardson in Grand Nationals is Muskogee’s Kevin Flock, who claimed his eighth feature of the year to climb over his friend, 2,326 to 2,303. Sandwiched between the two is Muskogee High School junior Colton Dunlap at 2,307. Dunlap was second in the feature.

Richardson lost his lead after finishing 17th.

A poor finish in the 360 feature (11th) also plummeted Richardson to third. Taking the points lead is Braggs’ Patrick Goodnight with 2,312. He moved up from second after finishing fourth in the feature, won by Spiro’s Martin Hemphill, who is 10 points ahead of Richardson (2,310-2,300).

Richardson leads in the Grand Nationals with nine feature wins and in the 360s he is tied with Clay Julian of Ozark, Ark., both with four. Flock has eight checkered flags in Grand National with Dunlap next with three.

Lee McLain of Chouteau, by virtue of his first feature win in Pure Stock, pulled ahead of Burnett, 2,302-2,297. Kyle Slader of Muskogee jumped all the way to a third place tie with Tahlequah’s Jason Ward (2,293) with a second-place finish to McLain. Ward finished 13th.

Burnett dropped to second after failing to finish the feature – placing 17th – when he wrecked his car. He leads the division with seven feature wins.

In the Front Wheel Drive class, Palmer has a 50-point lead (1,477-1,547) over Brandon Morris of Booneville, Ark.

Interest in the 360, Grand National, and Pure Stock divisions has been heightened by the addition of a free “lucky dog” pass to a driver from each division who failed to make the top 10 in points when the championship series started four weeks ago. Drivers were added by a special draw.

Some drivers who made the chase aren’t happy with the pass, which means that one of the original 10 qualifiers in each class may not earn postseason awards money.

“I think it is a good deal, but I’m not a fan of something like this instigated on us (drivers) one week before the chase started,” Burnett said. “There are guys who worked hard all year to be in the top 10 and get some money and jacket, but now someone is going to be left out.

“I’m not disrespecting the drivers who were added, I’d take it too if I missed the top 10. I feel it was something that needed to be known and hashed out before the season started.”

Track co-owner Lynn Skinner says he understands the driver’s concerns.

“I agree we should have decided this before the season, but it was something that kind of evolved this summer,” Skinner said. “We added it because we feel it generates a lot of fan interest. We’ve had a lot of positive feedback from fans.”

The lucky dogs are Salina’s Wes Swafford in Pure Stock; Roger Pense of Sallisaw in Grand Nationals; and Lance Robins of Dyer, Ark., 360s. All three are seventh in this week’s standings. Both Swafford and Pobins won features on the opening night of the chase.

Elsewhere, the Outlaw Modifieds are not involved in the chase because they are under a different scoring system, the USRA Modifieds. Neither are the Front Wheel drive cars, as they race every other week at the track and the car count averages around a dozen on race night.

Duvall has a commanding lead over Okay’s Andy Morris and defending champion Greg Skaggs of Bixby in the Outlaw Modifieds. Duvall has 1,800 points for a 219-point margin over Morris with Skaggs another 34 points back.

Duvall is winning the Modified division in complete contrast to the way Skaggs took the title last year. With only one feature win, he’s racked up his points by being a consistent top-5 finisher.

In the meantime, Skaggs has won nine features this year, but he missed several races during the spring and early summer due to family comments. He won 18 features last season to dominate the class.