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Inside Line Promotions – SAPULPA, Okla. (May 9, 2020) – Frank Flud, Johnny Boland and Garrett Benson captured Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division feature victories on Saturday evening at Creek County Speedway, which hosted the finale of the TUHB, Quality Threads Small-Town Showdown.
Flud and Benson added to their division-leading win total in the Stock Non-Wing and Restricted ‘A’ Class divisions, respectively, while Boland recorded his first career Winged ‘A’ Class triumph with the series thanks to a last-lap pass to close out the Terry Mattox Promotions’ event.
Flud powered from sixth to score his fourth Stock Non-Wing win of the season during series competition. Daniel Shaffer placed second with Boland third, Brenham Crouch fourth and Bradley Fezard fifth.
Flud, Dean Drake Jr., Gunner Bowden, Crouch, Harley Hollan and Shaffer were victorious during heat race action, which featured 46 drivers. Colby Sokol and Mason Daugherty each won a B Main.
Perhaps the most exciting moment of the night came during the last lap of the final race as Boland edged Flud by less than one tenth of a second to capture the Winged ‘A’ Class main event. Traffic created a photo finish as Flud, who led most of the feature, dropped to the bottom lane in turns three and four while Boland railed the top groove as the duo split a lapped car. Boland’s momentum off turn four propelled him to the finish line first by mere inches.
Fezard finish third with Crouch fourth and Daugherty fifth.
A total of 47 drivers tackled heat races with Noah Key, Gage Laney, Hollan, Daugherty, Riley Goodno and Boland coming out on top. Jade Avedisian and Ryan Timms picked up B Main triumphs.
Benson took sole possession of the lead in the Restricted ‘A’ Class championship standings after producing his fifth series victory of the season. Avedisian, who ranks second in the championship standings, earned a runner-up result with Friday’s winner Ryder Laplante rounding out the podium. Ethan Ayars was fourth and Justis Sokol advanced from 11th to fifth.
Joshua Gentry, Ayars, Benson and Laplante were the heat race winners out of a field of 31 competitors. Conner Thomas claimed the B Main win.
The Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division will take next weekend off before resuming competition May 22-23 at KC Raceway in Independence, Mo., and May 24 at Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan.
LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY HI-PLAINS BUILDING DIVISION RESULTS AT CREEK COUNTY SPEEDWAY (May 9, 2020) –
NOW600 Stock Non-Wing
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (6); 2. 00-Daniel Shaffer (1); 3. 1V-Johnny Boland (5); 4. 1-Brenham Crouch (3); 5. 938-Bradley Fezard (4); 6. 1B-Bryant Wiedeman (13); 7. 5T-Ryan Timms (10); 8. 24S-Colby Sokol (15); 9. 7A-Charlie Allen (9); 10. 1X-Brent Crews (18); 11. 33-Jack Kassik (7); 12. 20-Shawn Wicker (11); 13. 28P-Grady Mercer (19); 14. 8-Gunner Bowden (17); 15. 57T-Kyle Thompson (21); 16. 15D-Mason Daugherty (16); 17. 58-Phillip Fessler (8); 18. 14H-Harley Hollan (2); 19. 2020-Cameron Paul (12); 20. 09-Dean Drake Jr (14); 21. 7N-Darin Naida (20).
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 24S-Colby Sokol (16); 2. 8-Gunner Bowden (1); 3. 28P-Grady Mercer (4); 4. 34-Richie Harvey (5); 5. 3E-Ethan Wicker (9); 6. 1P-Dylan Postier (11); 7. 33X-Justin Patocka (15); 8. 8R-Ryker Pace (7); 9. 22-Kalap Pugh (14); 10. 29-Darrell Calvert (8); 11. 57P-Peter Walker (12); 12. 7S-Kaden Smith (2); 13. 16-Nigel Calvert (6); 14. 18-Wyatt Siegel (3); 15. 72-Alex Karpowicz (10); 16. 7-Denny Nissen (13).
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 15D-Mason Daugherty (4); 2. 1X-Brent Crews (8); 3. 7N-Darin Naida (5); 4. 57T-Kyle Thompson (3); 5. 08-Jayson Campbell (6); 6. 25-Logan Berthelson (11); 7. 21K-Kobe Simpson (10); 8. 28-Austin Ullstrom (2); 9. 18S-Aidan Salisbury (1); 10. 5E-Daphne Harvey (12); 11. 77X-Dillon Conrad (7); 12. 69-AJ Holmes (16); 13. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (9); 14. 37-Jack Hall (13); 15. 44A-Adrian Cobbs (14); 16. 33E-Evan Harvey (15).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (5); 2. 1V-Johnny Boland (7); 3. 28P-Grady Mercer (1); 4. 15D-Mason Daugherty (4); 5. 08-Jayson Campbell (3); 6. 25-Logan Berthelson (2); 7. 1P-Dylan Postier (8); 8. 69-AJ Holmes (6).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 09-Dean Drake Jr (1); 2. 5T-Ryan Timms (4); 3. 18S-Aidan Salisbury (5); 4. 34-Richie Harvey (3); 5. 8R-Ryker Pace (2); 6. 3E-Ethan Wicker (6); 7. 5E-Daphne Harvey (7); 8. 44A-Adrian Cobbs (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Gunner Bowden (1); 2. 20-Shawn Wicker (4); 3. 33-Jack Kassik (7); 4. 57T-Kyle Thompson (5); 5. 77X-Dillon Conrad (2); 6. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (6); 7. 22-Kalap Pugh (3); 8. 33X-Justin Patocka (8).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Brenham Crouch (3); 2. 2020-Cameron Paul (4); 3. 58-Phillip Fessler (7); 4. 28-Austin Ullstrom (6); 5. 29-Darrell Calvert (1); 6. 57P-Peter Walker (2); 7. 37-Jack Hall (5); 8. 33E-Evan Harvey (8).
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 14H-Harley Hollan (3); 2. 938-Bradley Fezard (6); 3. 7A-Charlie Allen (7); 4. 7N-Darin Naida (2); 5. 16-Nigel Calvert (4); 6. 72-Alex Karpowicz (5); 7. 24S-Colby Sokol (1).
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Daniel Shaffer (3); 2. 1B-Bryant Wiedeman (4); 3. 18-Wyatt Siegel (2); 4. 7S-Kaden Smith (7); 5. 1X-Brent Crews (1); 6. 21K-Kobe Simpson (5); 7. 7-Denny Nissen (6).
NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland (4); 2. 81-Frank Flud (6); 3. 938-Bradley Fezard (3); 4. 1-Brenham Crouch (1); 5. 15D-Mason Daugherty (8); 6. 11G-Riley Goodno (10); 7. 14K-Noah Key (5); 8. 22M-Rees Moran (18); 9. 14H-Harley Hollan (9); 10. 22RL-Gage Laney (7); 11. 5T-Ryan Timms (16); 12. 7A-Charlie Allen (14); 13. 1X-Brent Crews (11); 14. 55-Chase Brown (13); 15. 17-Blake Mahoney (19); 16. 14-Jade Avedisian (15); 17. 99D-Tucker Daly (12); 18. 88R-Ryder Laplante (20); 19. 44A-Adrian Cobbs (2); 20. 33-Jack Kassik (17); 21. 57T-Kyle Thompson (21).
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14-Jade Avedisian (4); 2. 33-Jack Kassik (1); 3. 17-Blake Mahoney (2); 4. W46-Whit Knisley (12); 5. 14B-Blake Battles (9); 6. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall (6); 7. 20-Anthony Salmons (3); 8. 58-Phillip Fessler (14); 9. 1S-Kortland Stephans (15); 10. 29-Trevor Cohn (7); 11. 28-Austin Ullstrom (16); 12. 7T-Tyler Lee (10); 13. 13-Evie Dean (13); 14. 17E-Kaylee Esgar (11); 15. 24-Tristan Ullstrom (5); 16. 57T-Kyle Thompson (8); 17. 72-Alex Karpowicz (17).
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms (1); 2. 22M-Rees Moran (3); 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante (2); 4. 8-Gunner Bowden (8); 5. M16-Conner Thomas (4); 6. 13P-Chase Porter (7); 7. 24S-Colby Sokol (5); 8. 34-Richie Harvey (10); 9. 23L-Tyler LaPointe (13); 10. 21K-Kobe Simpson (9); 11. 19-Justin Robison (16); 12. 83-Shane Weeks (14); 13. 22-Kalap Pugh (15); 14. 7-Tret Loesing (12); 15. 1B-Bryant Wiedeman (11); 16. 1P-Dylan Postier (6).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14K-Noah Key (5); 2. 99D-Tucker Daly (3); 3. 17-Blake Mahoney (4); 4. 1X-Brent Crews (8); 5. 24S-Colby Sokol (6); 6. 1B-Bryant Wiedeman (1); 7. 1S-Kortland Stephans (2); 8. 22-Kalap Pugh (7).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22RL-Gage Laney (2); 2. 55-Chase Brown (3); 3. 33-Jack Kassik (5); 4. M16-Conner Thomas (4); 5. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall (6); 6. W46-Whit Knisley (1); 7. 34-Richie Harvey (7); 8. 83-Shane Weeks (8).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 14H-Harley Hollan (1); 2. 44A-Adrian Cobbs (5); 3. 20-Anthony Salmons (3); 4. 24-Tristan Ullstrom (4); 5. 7T-Tyler Lee (2); 6. 1P-Dylan Postier (8); 7. 17E-Kaylee Esgar (7); 8. 28-Austin Ullstrom (6).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 15D-Mason Daugherty (2); 2. 1-Brenham Crouch (5); 3. 938-Bradley Fezard (8); 4. 5T-Ryan Timms (7); 5. 57T-Kyle Thompson (4); 6. 7-Tret Loesing (1); 7. 58-Phillip Fessler (3); 8. 19-Justin Robison (6).
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 11G-Riley Goodno (1); 2. 81-Frank Flud (8); 3. 22M-Rees Moran (3); 4. 88R-Ryder Laplante (6); 5. 8-Gunner Bowden (4); 6. 14B-Blake Battles (7); 7. 23L-Tyler LaPointe (5); 8. 72-Alex Karpowicz (2).
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland (4); 2. 7A-Charlie Allen (3); 3. 14-Jade Avedisian (2); 4. 29-Trevor Cohn (1); 5. 13P-Chase Porter (5); 6. 21K-Kobe Simpson (7); 7. 13-Evie Dean (6).
NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson (1); 2. 14-Jade Avedisian (4); 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante (3); 4. 78-Ethan Ayars (9); 5. 25S-Justis Sokol (11); 6. 72-Kayden Cole (5); 7. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall (13); 8. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (17); 9. 12G-Joshua Gentry (8); 10. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips (2); 11. 45-Megan Thomas (12); 12. 3-Caiden Mitchell (6); 13. 5F-Freddy Rowland (10); 14. M16-Conner Thomas (15); 15. 1B-Brian Bennett (18); 16. 5C-Cooper Miller (20); 17. 5B-Brock Cottrell (19); 18. 7S-Kaden Smith (16); 19. 63-Jack Thomas (14); 20. 1S-Kortland Stephens (7).
B-Main (12 Laps): 1. M16-Conner Thomas (2); 2. 7S-Kaden Smith (1); 3. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (5); 4. 1B-Brian Bennett (12); 5. 5B-Brock Cottrell (4); 6. 5C-Cooper Miller (7); 7. 10S-Scout Spraggins (13); 8. 11M-Kayla Martin (6); 9. 77T-Hailey Taylor (3); 10. B2-Carson Bolden (8); 11. 1-Brekton Crouch (15); 12. 8-Jase Blevins (9); 13. 77E-Cole Esgar (16); 14. 12E-Jacob Ewing (11); 15. 101-Kylee Young (10); 16. 73-Chase Mcdougal (14); 17. 10K-Karson Wittwer (17).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12G-Joshua Gentry (1); 2. 25S-Justis Sokol (2); 3. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips (8); 4. 5F-Freddy Rowland (7); 5. 11M-Kayla Martin (3); 6. B2-Carson Bolden (5); 7. 73-Chase Mcdougal (4); 8. 77E-Cole Esgar (6).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Ethan Ayars (1); 2. 3-Caiden Mitchell (4); 3. 72-Kayden Cole (7); 4. 77T-Hailey Taylor (2); 5. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (5); 6. 5C-Cooper Miller (6); 7. 8-Jase Blevins (8); 8. 10K-Karson Wittwer (3).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson (4); 2. 14-Jade Avedisian (5); 3. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall (3); 4. 5B-Brock Cottrell (2); 5. M16-Conner Thomas (6); 6. 1B-Brian Bennett (1); 7. 101-Kylee Young (8); 8. 1-Brekton Crouch (7).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (3); 2. 45-Megan Thomas (1); 3. 1S-Kortland Stephens (6); 4. 7S-Kaden Smith (4); 5. 63-Jack Thomas (7); 6. 12E-Jacob Ewing (2); 7. 10S-Scout Spraggins (5).
2020 LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –
STOCK NON-WING:
Frank Flud – 4 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 28 and Feb. 29; Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 14; and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 9); Kenton Brewer – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7); Kris Carroll – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 12); Harley Hollan – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 8); Gage Robb – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 13); and Ryan Timms – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 8)
WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:
Frank Flud – 6 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 28 and Feb. 29; Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7 and March 8; and Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 12 and March 14); Johnny Boland – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 9); Gage Robb – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 13); and Ryan Timms – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 8)
RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:
Garrett Benson – 5 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 29; Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7; Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 12 and March 14; and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 9); Jade Avedisian – 2 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 28 and Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 13); and Ryder Laplante – 2 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 8 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 8)
UP NEXT –
May 22-23 at KC Raceway in Independence, Mo., and May 24 at Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan.
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NOW600 SERIES –
The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its eighth year of showcasing premier micro sprint racing throughout the country. In addition to the Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division, there are six regions – the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Ark-La-Tex Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Desert Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Kansas Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Mile High Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Mountain West Region and the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division North Texas Region – as well as NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division weekly racing and EMSA NOW600 C2 Micros. The featured national 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.
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HI-PLAINS BUILDING DIVISION –
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