(Photo by Bryan Hulbert)
Inside Line Promotions – SAPULPA, Okla. (June 1, 2017) – Two of the hottest drivers on the Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass circuit captured victories Thursday night at Creek County Speedway during Terry Mattox presents Night 4 of Sooner 600 Week.
Frank Flud won both the Stock Non-Wing and Winged ‘A’ Class main events, which marked the sixth time he’s accomplished the feat on the same night this season, and Daison Pursley scored his third consecutive Restricted ‘A’ Class victory to remain undefeated through three completed Sooner 600 Week races during the last week. Both drivers extended their lead in the championship standings in each class.
Flud maneuvered from third to garner his series-best 12th career Stock Non-Wing victory. Hank Davis placed second with Jeffrey Newell third, Jace McIntosh fourth and 11th-starting Shawn Wicker fifth.
Newell, Cannon McIntosh and Davis each earned a heat race win.
Flud charged from fifth to record his series-best 10th career Winged ‘A’ Class triumph. Jason McDougal rallied from 10th to the runner-up result with Jim Woods ending third, Newell fourth and Riley Goodno fifth.
Woods, Goodno, Chase Randall and Flud were the heat race winners and Lane Goodman claimed the B Main.
Pursley, who started the Restricted ‘A’ Class main event on the outside of the second row, held off fifth-starting Randall to keep his winning streak alive. Grady Mercer, 10th-starting Caleb Pence and Goodno rounded out the top five, respectively.
Gunner Bowden, Randall and Gage Laney each picked up a heat race win.
Kris Carroll and Joshua Gentry also scored feature victories on Thursday at Creek County Speedway.
Carroll outlasted Jeremy Wickham to earn the NOW600 Sportsman A Main triumph. Robert McIntosh finished third with 11th-starting Dave Nicholson fourth and Kayla Ward fifth.
Carroll and McIntosh claimed heat race victories.
Gentry garnered the Junior Sprints main event triumph with Ryan Timms finishing in the runner-up position. Jase Mosley, who won the lone heat race, placed third with Hayden Mabe fourth and Kaley Mahaffey fifth.
Next up for the Sooner 600 Week is Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., which will host its first-ever Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series event on Friday. The race will be held on the new Red Dirt Speedbowl, which is a sixth-mile track cut through the quarter-mile track.
The main gates will open at 5 p.m. with racing set for 8 p.m. The drivers meeting is scheduled for 6:15 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.
Adult grandstand ticket prices are $10 and children ages 10-years-old and younger are admitted free with an accompanying adult.
DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT CREEK COUNTY SPEEDWAY (June 1, 2017) –
NOW600 Stock Non-Wing
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (3); 2. 42-Hank Davis (4); 3. 1-Jeffrey Newell (6); 4. 08J-Jace McIntosh (2); 5. 3-Shawn Wicker (11); 6. 11G-Avery Goodman (16); 7. 55B-Brandon Anderson (8); 8. 6W-Wes Blair (14); 9. 17-Austin Lambert (21); 10. 19-Issac Barr (13); 11. 08-Cannon McIntosh (5); 12. 6A-Holden Anderson (18); 13. 721-Brendon Wiseley (15); 14. 51-Matt Ward (7); 15. 17Z-Zac Moody (10); 16. 14-Eli Harris (17); 17. 15-Charles Johnson (19); 18. 78S-Daniel Shaffer (9); 19. 22-Curtis Jones (12); (DNS) 98-Nathan Weida, ; (DNS) 14H-Holley Hollan.
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Jeffrey Newell (4); 2. 98-Nathan Weida (1); 3. 78S-Daniel Shaffer (2); 4. 19-Issac Barr (3); 5. 22-Curtis Jones (7); 6. 721-Brendon Wiseley (8); 7. 15-Charles Johnson (6); 8. 17-Austin Lambert (5).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 08-Cannon McIntosh (2); 2. 81-Frank Flud (4); 3. 3-Shawn Wicker (1); 4. 17Z-Zac Moody (5); 5. 11G-Avery Goodman (3); 6. 14-Eli Harris (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Hank Davis (2); 2. 51-Matt Ward (1); 3. 55B-Brandon Anderson (4); 4. 08J-Jace McIntosh (7); 5. 6W-Wes Blair (6); 6. 6A-Holden Anderson (5); 7. 14H-Holley Hollan (3).
NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (5); 2. 6T-Jason McDougal (10); 3. 83-Jim Woods (2); 4. 1-Jeffrey Newell (8); 5. 11-Riley Goodno (1); 6. 3-Shawn Wicker (20); 7. 55B-Brandon Anderson (13); 8. 6A-Holden Anderson (4); 9. 42-Hank Davis (14); 10. 17Z-Zac Moody (19); 11. 99-Nathan Rainey (16); 12. 51-Matt Ward (12); 13. 08J-Jace McIntosh (9); 14. 11G-Avery Goodman (11); 15. 11S-Ryan Hunt (17); 16. 3G-Lane Goodman (15); 17. 33C-Cole Tipton (18); (DNS) 14-Eli Harris; (DNS) 08-Cannon McIntosh, ; (DNS) 9R-Chase Randall.
Semi 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3G-Lane Goodman (2); 2. 99-Nathan Rainey (3); 3. 11S-Ryan Hunt (1); 4. 33C-Cole Tipton (5); 5. 17Z-Zac Moody (10); 6. 3-Shawn Wicker (13); 7. 10-Blake Battles (14); 8. 76-Victor McAnally (15); 9. 10K-Koda Oller (11); 10. 136-Kris Carroll (4); 11. 17-Austin Lambert (12); 12. 8-Gunner Bowden (7); 13. 14H-Holley Hollan (9); 14. 9-Emilio Hoover (8); 15. 27-Mikey Byford (16); 16. 98-Nathan Weida (6).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Jim Woods (2); 2. 08-Cannon McIntosh (6); 3. 42-Hank Davis (3); 4. 136-Kris Carroll (1); 5. 55B-Brandon Anderson (8); 6. 9-Emilio Hoover (4); 7. 17Z-Zac Moody (7); 8. 76-Victor McAnally (5).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Riley Goodno (2); 2. 1-Jeffrey Newell (4); 3. 6A-Holden Anderson (7); 4. 6T-Jason McDougal (8); 5. 8-Gunner Bowden (3); 6. 10K-Koda Oller (1); 7. 17-Austin Lambert (5); 8. 10-Blake Battles (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall (2); 2. 11G-Avery Goodman (3); 3. 14-Eli Harris (7); 4. 11S-Ryan Hunt (5); 5. 3G-Lane Goodman (6); 6. 14H-Holley Hollan (4); (DQ) 27-Mikey Byford (1).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (3); 2. 51-Matt Ward (1); 3. 08J-Jace McIntosh (6); 4. 99-Nathan Rainey (2); 5. 33C-Cole Tipton (4); 6. 98-Nathan Weida (7); 7. 3-Shawn Wicker (5).
NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 9P-Daison Pursley (4); 2. 9R-Chase Randall (5); 3. 42-Grady Mercer (7); 4. 8P-Caleb Pence (10); 5. 11-Riley Goodno (2); 6. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (9); 7. 22M-Rees Moran (15); 8. 58H-Jarret Hjorth (12); 9. 22RL-Gage Laney (3); 10. 95-Grayson Gaddy (17); 11. 17-Conner Lee (13); 12. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (21); 13. 75-Kale Drake (11); 14. 83-Brant Woods (24); 15. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips (16); 16. 8-Gunner Bowden (1); 17. 37-Jack Hall (20); 18. 17S-Baron Silva (8); 19. 8R-Ryker Pace (23); 20. 50-Dylan Pendergrass (14); 21. 88R-Ryder Laplante (6); 22. III-Trae Manning (22); 23. 00-Preston Scheulen (18); 24. 21A-Alyson Colby (19).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Gunner Bowden (1); 2. 17S-Baron Silva (2); 3. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (4); 4. 8P-Caleb Pence (6); 5. 17-Conner Lee (5); 6. 50-Dylan Pendergrass (7); 7. 00-Preston Scheulen (8); 8. 83-Brant Woods (3).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall (4); 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante (7); 3. 75-Kale Drake (2); 4. 58H-Jarret Hjorth (3); 5. 22M-Rees Moran (1); 6. 95-Grayson Gaddy (5); 7. 21A-Alyson Colby (8); 8. 8R-Ryker Pace (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22RL-Gage Laney (2); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (5); 3. 11-Riley Goodno (6); 4. 42-Grady Mercer (7); 5. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips (1); 6. 37-Jack Hall (3); 7. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (4); 8. III-Trae Manning (8).
NOW600 Sportsman
Main Event (15 Laps): 1. 5C-Kris Carroll (2); 2. 21-Jeremy Wickham (1); 3. 08B-Robert Mclntosh (3); 4. 17-Dave Nicholson (11); 5. 12K-Kayla Ward (7); 6. 22X-Matt Cash (4); 7. 6M-Troy Minton (6); 8. 23S-Joseph Smith (10); 9. 57G-Larry Martinez (5); 10. 28C-Kevin Morris (8); 11. 2-Ryan Cody (9).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5C-Kris Carroll (2); 2. 21-Jeremy Wickham (5); 3. 6M-Troy Minton (1); 4. 28C-Kevin Morris (6); 5. 2-Ryan Cody (3); 6. 17-Dave Nicholson (4).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 08B-Robert Mclntosh (2); 2. 22X-Matt Cash (4); 3. 12K-Kayla Ward (1); 4. 57G-Larry Martinez (5); 5. 23S-Joseph Smith (3).
Junior Sprints
Main Event (15 Laps): 1. 12G-Joshua Gentry (1); 2. 5T-Ryan Timms (3); 3. 73-Jase Mosley (2); 4. 52-Hayden Mabe (4); 5. 11-Kaley Mahaffey (5); 6. 50-Jackson Beers (6); 7. 9-Nico Hoover (7); 8. 100-Kailey Roller (8).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Jase Mosley (1); 2. 5T-Ryan Timms (3); 3. 12G-Joshua Gentry (8); 4. 52-Hayden Mabe (2); 5. 11-Kaley Mahaffey (5); 6. 50-Jackson Beers (7); 7. 9-Nico Hoover (4); 8. 100-Kailey Roller (6).
2017 DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 FEATURE WINNERS –
STOCK NON-WING:
Frank Flud – 6 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9, March 10 and June 1, and I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26); Trey Marcham – 1 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 27) and Steven Shebester – 1 (Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3)
WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:
Frank Flud – 6 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9, March 10 and June 1, and I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26); Dustin Davidson – 1 (281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas, on March 25) and Jason McDougal – 1 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 27)
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); Daison Pursley – 3 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26 and May 27 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 1); Noah Gass – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17) and Chase Randall – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 10)
UP NEXT –
SOONER 600 SPEEDWEEK: Friday at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., and Saturday 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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- Shawn Miller on Jun 02, 2017
- Article Date: 6/2/2017 by Inside Line Promotions