(Photo by Bryan Hulbert)
Inside Line Promotions – OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (May 26, 2017) – Frank Flud and Daison Pursley kicked off the Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass Sooner 600 Week by reaching the Inside Line Promotions Victory Lane on Friday night at I-44 Riverside Speedway.
Flud captured the Stock Non-Wing and Winged ‘A’ Class main events on the same night for the fifth time this season and Pursley garnered his first career Restricted ‘A’ Class win to open the speedweek, which features six races in nine nights at four different tracks.
A total of 69 entries invaded Round 1 of Sooner 600 Week, which is co-sanctioned with the Driven Midwest NOW600 Sooner Region. Flud won both a heat race and the main event in the Stock Non-Wing class, which marked his series-best 11th career triumph.
Chris Cochran charged from ninth to the runner-up finish with Hank Davis advancing from eighth to third place. Greg Emeterio Jr., who also won a heat race, placed fourth with Trey Marcham maneuvering from 12th to fifth place.
Flud powered from fifth to claim his ninth career Winged ‘A’ Class feature victory with the series. Blake Dacus placed second with Davis third, Stanley Kreisel fourth and Kaylee Bryson fifth.
Michael Edwards, Dacus and Kreisel were the heat race winners and Devin Gerrior won the B Main.
Pursley added to his points lead in the Restricted ‘A’ Class championship standings after outlasting four-time feature winner Ryder Laplante to notch the victory on Friday. Preston Scheulen rounded out the podium with Grady Mercer ending fourth and Brant Woods fifth.
Scheulen, Laplante and Dylan Pendergrass each scored a heat race win with Caleb Pence winning the B Main.
I-44 Riverside Speedway will host Round 2 of the Sooner 600 Week on Saturday evening.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and military members, $5 for teenagers, $3 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children ages 5 and younger.
The front gates are scheduled to open at 2:30 p.m. with racing at 6:30 p.m. The drivers meeting is at 4:30 p.m. The series will hold the draw directly after the drivers meeting and it will close after the last driver present at the meeting has drawn in. If any driver is running late he or she should call Series Director Terry Mattox at 918-417-0624.
DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT I-44 RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY (May 26, 2017) –
NOW600 Stock Non-Wing
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (1); 2. 7C-Chris Cochran (9); 3. 42-Hank Davis (8); 4. 93-Greg Emeterio, Jr. (2); 5. 32-Trey Marcham (12); 6. 14H-Holley Hollan (10); 7. 8G-Devin Gerrior (6); 8. 51-Matt Ward (7); 9. 11G-Avery Goodman (13); 10. 5E-Alison Slaton (11); 11. 98-Derrick McBride (5); 12. 44C-Cody Price (3); 13. 22-Curtis Jones (18); 14. 13-Chelsea Martin (16); 15. 99-Gerald Smith (14); 16. 22B-James Bohnstedt (15); 17. 3-Jerry McGinnis (4); 18. 47D-Tyler Decker (17).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Greg Emeterio, Jr. (2); 2. 3-Jerry McGinnis (1); 3. 51-Matt Ward (3); 4. 98-Derrick McBride (6); 5. 7C-Chris Cochran (7); 6. 14H-Holley Hollan (8); 7. 11G-Avery Goodman (4); 8. 13-Chelsea Martin (5); 9. 47D-Tyler Decker (9).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (2); 2. 44C-Cody Price (3); 3. 42-Hank Davis (1); 4. 8G-Devin Gerrior (6); 5. 32-Trey Marcham (5); 6. 5E-Alison Slaton (8); 7. 99-Gerald Smith (4); 8. 22B-James Bohnstedt (7); 9. 22-Curtis Jones (9).
NOW600 Winged ‘A Class
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (5); 2. 29-Blake Dacus (4); 3. 42-Hank Davis (1); 4. 18-Stanley Kreisel (3); 5. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (6); 6. 45-Blake Battles (7); 7. 8-Gunner Bowden (13); 8. 14H-Holley Hollan (12); 9. 99-Nathan Rainey (14); 10. 44C-Cody Price (16); 11. 38-Jackson Frisbee (8); 12. 12E-Emme Hughes (19); 13. 22U-Todd Uber (20); 14. 68-Micheal Edwards (2); 15. 6T-Jason McDougal (11); 16. 57T-Kyle Thompson (10); 17. 22-Joe Martin (18); 18. 10K-Koda Oller (17); 19. 8G-Devin Gerrior (15); 20. 2A-Alison Slaton (9).
Semi 1 (12 Laps): 1. 8G-Devin Gerrior (2); 2. 44C-Cody Price (3); 3. 10K-Koda Oller (4); 4. 22-Joe Martin (5); 5. 12E-Emme Hughes (1); 6. 22U-Todd Uber (7); 7. 51-Matt Ward (11); 8. 58-Phillip Fessler (9); 9. 14-Eli Harris (6); 10. 27-Mikey Byford (8); 11. 24-Jonathan Forsythe (10); 12. 11G-Avery Goodman (12); 13. 11-Riley Goodno (13).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 68-Micheal Edwards (1); 2. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (8); 3. 57T-Kyle Thompson (3); 4. 8G-Devin Gerrior (4); 5. 14H-Holley Hollan (7); 6. 12E-Emme Hughes (9); 7. 22U-Todd Uber (5); 8. 24-Jonathan Forsythe (6); 9. 11G-Avery Goodman (2).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Blake Dacus (3); 2. 81-Frank Flud (6); 3. 38-Jackson Frisbee (4); 4. 6T-Jason McDougal (5); 5. 8-Gunner Bowden (7); 6. 22-Joe Martin (1); 7. 44C-Cody Price (9); 8. 58-Phillip Fessler (8); 9. 11-Riley Goodno (2).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Stanley Kreisel (2); 2. 45-Blake Battles (1); 3. 2A-Alison Slaton (4); 4. 42-Hank Davis (8); 5. 99-Nathan Rainey (7); 6. 10K-Koda Oller (3); 7. 27-Mikey Byford (5); 8. 14-Eli Harris (9); 9. 51-Matt Ward (6).
NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 9P-Daison Pursley (1); 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante (3); 3. 00-Preston Scheulen (4); 4. 42-Grady Mercer (7); 5. 83-Brant Woods (6); 6. 75-Blayne Buntin (2); 7. 50-Dylan Pendergrass (5); 8. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (9); 9. 77-Kale Drake (16); 10. 59-Ridle Harvey (8); 11. 22M-Rees Moran (10); 12. 8P-Caleb Pence (15); 13. 14R-Jake Nail (17); 14. 59M-Brody Mclaughlin (12); 15. 22RL-Gage Laney (14); 16. 37B-Kacie Buntin (11); 17. 88-Aimery Turner (13); 18. 95-Grayson Gaddy (18); 19. 11-Riley Goodno (19); 20. 37-Jack Hall (20).
Semi 1 (12 Laps): 1. 8P-Caleb Pence (3); 2. 77-Kale Drake (6); 3. 14R-Jake Nail (5); 4. 95-Grayson Gaddy (7); 5. 11-Riley Goodno (10); 6. 37-Jack Hall (9); 7. 9-Emilio Hoover (1); 8. 66J-Holden Jennings (2); 9. 8-Gunner Bowden (8); 10. 19-Katie Pearson (4).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Preston Scheulen (1); 2. 75-Blayne Buntin (6); 3. 37B-Kacie Buntin (2); 4. 88-Aimery Turner (4); 5. 66J-Holden Jennings (5); 6. 8P-Caleb Pence (7); 7. 77-Kale Drake (3); 8. 95-Grayson Gaddy (8).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (2); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (5); 3. 22M-Rees Moran (3); 4. 22RL-Gage Laney (4); 5. 59M-Brody Mclaughlin (7); 6. 9-Emilio Hoover (8); 7. 8-Gunner Bowden (1); 8. 37-Jack Hall (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 50-Dylan Pendergrass (1); 2. 83-Brant Woods (3); 3. 42-Grady Mercer (4); 4. 59-Ridle Harvey (6); 5. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (8); 6. 19-Katie Pearson (2); 7. 14R-Jake Nail (7); 8. 11-Riley Goodno (5).
2017 DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 FEATURE WINNERS –
NON-WING:
Frank Flud – 5 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9 and March 10, and I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26) and Steven Shebester – 1 (Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3)
WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:
Frank Flud – 5 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9 and March 10, and I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26) and Dustin Davidson – 1 (281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas, on March 25)
RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:
Ryder Laplante – 4 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 18; Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9; and 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas, on March 25); Noah Gass – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17); Daison Pursley – 1 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26) and Chase Randall – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 10)
UP NEXT –
SOONER 600 SPEEDWEEK: Saturday at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla.; May 31 at Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan.; June 1 at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla.; June 2 at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla.; and June 3 at I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla.
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.NOW600Series.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOW600Series
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOW600Series
NOW600 SERIES –
The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its fifth year of showcasing premier micro sprint racing throughout Oklahoma and Northern Texas. In addition to the Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass, there are three regions – the Driven Midwest NOW600 North Texas Region, the Driven Midwest NOW600 Sooner Region and the USAC NOW600 Coastal Clash. The featured racing divisions are Stock Non-Wing, Winged ‘A’ Class and Restricted ‘A’ Class. For more information, including the schedule, points and rules, visit http://www.NOW600Series.com.
DRIVEN MIDWEST –
Driven Midwest is a speed shop and D1 chassis dealer located in Tulsa, Okla. The company, which is owned by Harley Hollan and micro sprint standout Frank Flud, has one goal: to raise the standard of customer service to an exceptional level while building a relationship with every customer. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/DrivenPerformanceMidwest/?fref=ts.
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INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –
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- Shawn Miller on May 27, 2017
- Article Date: 5/27/2017 by Inside Line Promotions