Shane Golobics string of second-place finishes inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Okla., continued on Monday night.

During his qualifying preliminary feature ahead of Saturdays Chili Bowl Nationals, Golobic led from the pole.

While hed concede the top spot to Cannon McIntosh on a restart, hed pull a slider on McIntosh with seven laps to go to regain the lead.

Surely that was the streak breaker, right?

Unfortunately for Golobic, NASCAR Cup Series star Kyle Larson had the final say as he slid past Golobics No. 17w following a restart with two laps to go. Golobic was unable to take fight back as he settled for his fifth second-place run in prelim action.

It was really good all race, Golobic began. I kinda mismanaged the early part there and let Cannon (McIntosh) by. But, its just not my cup of tea really banging on a huge curb like that and just running the piss out of these things.

That was all I had there for a little while. Just trying to keep the thing rotated and running it as hard as I can. Drove around, sliders, just doing anything I could to win. Just didnt quite get er done.

Golobic was pleased the way his midget handled, however, admitted his patience with second-place finishes is wearing thin.

Very happy with the way the car felt, Golobic said. It would eat up the curb, Id go in there and smack it like a rookie and it would kinda still handle it and keeping going back down the straightaway.

Great car. Big picture, Im real tired of hearing big picture. But it is the truth. We are here to win Saturday. But man, Im just getting real, real tired of running second.

Golobics runner-up result automatically locked he and his Matt Wood Racing team into Saturdays feature, giving the California native the opportunity to erase heartbreak.