3/6/2023
NOW600 National Micros
NOW600 Micros Meltdown Concludes With Hinton, Rueschenberg, and Nunley In Victory Lane At Red Dirt Raceway
(Image Credit: Richard Bales)
Bryan Hulbert – MEEKER, Okla. (March 5, 2023) Wrapping up the Micro Meltdown presented by MelMark Pipe and Supply at Red Dirt Raceway on Sunday, a field of 88 entries were on hand with Chelby Hinton, Corbin Rueschenberg, and Jett Nunley landing in Victory Lane with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division.
Crossing second initially to New Mexico’s Ryder McCutcheon, who led from start to finish, the scales would read light on the No. 5, forcing the disqualification and advancing Corbin Rueschenberg to the $750 win. The second A-Class triumph for the Arizona shoe marks his ninth overall trip to Victory Lane in NOW600 competition. Followed by Elijah Gile, he to would come up light at the scales, moving Brecken Reese to second. Taking the green from 15th, Kale Drake would end up fourth with Carson Bolden fifth.
Completing the weekend sweep in Stock Non-Wing action, and collecting the $1,000 top prize, Louisiana’s Chelby Hinton rolled from seventh to collect his 10th career wingless victory in NOW600 competition. The fourth different leader over the course of 25 laps, the opening seven laps went to Kale Drake before being sidelined with mechanical issues. Transferring the lead to Anton Hernandez, the No. 25 kept pace through Lap 15. Slipping to second, Hernandez tagged an infield tire that shot him into the infield. Trying to return to the track, Anton found the left side tires of Johnny Boland. Going around after the contact, the spin collected two other drivers in the process. Austin Saunders to the point, two restarts would end with the Texas driver being sent to the back for shifter starting. Going back to green, the final nine revolutions were in the hands of Hinton. Charging from 17th J.J. Loss made it to second with Seth Shebester third. Johnny Boland ended up fourth with Brecken Reese going 12th to fifth.
Making a miraculous comeback from a disastrous start this his Restricted A-Feature, Jett Nunley charged though the field for career victory No. 17. Tangling with Chase McDougal on the opening lap, four drivers in all would get caught up with all able to return. Putting the No. 33 ninth on the grid, Nunley wasted little time picking his way back towards the front. Fourth by the second lap, Jett would fight his way past Garyn Howard for the point, and proceed to gap the field by 2.690-seconds. Garyn would hold onto second with Cale Lagroon crossing third. Leading the first nine laps, Cash Lacombe slipped to fourth, while Carson Bolden grabbed his second fifth place run of the day.
Next on the 2023 lineup, Restricted will take centerstage for the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division at the Milestone Home Services Co Outlaw Nationals presented by T2 Promotions at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla. on Friday, March 10, and Saturday, March 11. The youth-centered division will compete for a $2,000 top prize.
The 2023 season marks the 11th year of competition for the National Open Wheel 600 Series. Anchored by the Dirt2Media NOW600 National Championship, the NOW600 Series comprises several regional tours and sanctioned racetracks. The NOW600 National Championship features three divisions of 600cc micro sprints at each event: Stock Non-Wing, Winged A-Class, and Restricted 'A' Class.
To keep up on everything happening with the National Open Wheel 600 Series, from the National Tour to Regional and Weekly racing lineups, log onto http://www.now600series.com and make sure to follow the tour on Facebook and Twitter (@NOW600Series).
Race Results:
Dirt2Media NOW600 Series
Red Dirt Raceway (Meeker, Okla.)
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Stock Non-Wing
Dirt2Media A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 26J-Chelby Hinton[7]; 2. 67-JJ Loss[17]; 3. 16S-Seth Shebester[6]; 4. 1V-Johnny Boland[2]; 5. 20Q-Brecken Reese[12]; 6. 22-Jesse Pate[9]; 7. 4N-Ryan Winter[19]; 8. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[16]; 9. 19J-Justin Robison[20]; 10. 38-Riley Osantowski[18]; 11. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[14]; 12. 82S-Austin Saunders[3]; 13. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[15]; 14. 01-Weldon Buford[10]; 15. 14A-Keegan Osantowski[11]; 16. 3W-Chris Cochran[8]; 17. 25-Anton Hernandez[4]; 18. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[13]; 19. 26K-Kale Drake[1]; 20. 81-Frank Flud[5]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[5]; 2. 67-JJ Loss[1]; 3. 4N-Ryan Winter[4]; 4. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[8]; 5. 24-Tristan Ullstrom[2]; 6. 6-Brylee Kilmer[13]; 7. 11X-Trevin Frye[7]; 8. 5B-Brock Cottrell[6]; 9. 50-Sheldon Coslow[14]; 10. 34-Colton Robinson[11]; 11. 72-Alex Karpowicz[3]; 12. 77C-Cooper Sullivan[9]; 13. 13-Elijah Gile[10]; 14. 9D-Degan Lelsz[12]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 83-Brant Woods[3]; 2. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 3. 38-Riley Osantowski[7]; 4. 19J-Justin Robison[4]; 5. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[6]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay[10]; 7. 55-Dalton Burley[2]; 8. 33N-Jett Nunley[1]; 9. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[12]; 10. 7-Bobby Eubanks[8]; 11. 78C-Chance Cody[9]; 12. 357-Bryce Redenbaugh[11]; 13. 27KW-Kaden Weger[13]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 82S-Austin Saunders[4]; 2. 01-Weldon Buford[2]; 3. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[3]; 4. 55-Dalton Burley[5]; 5. 4N-Ryan Winter[7]; 6. 7-Bobby Eubanks[6]; 7. 77C-Cooper Sullivan[8]; 8. 27KW-Kaden Weger[1]; 9. 50-Sheldon Coslow[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland[4]; 2. 67-JJ Loss[1]; 3. 22-Jesse Pate[6]; 4. 24-Tristan Ullstrom[3]; 5. 11X-Trevin Frye[2]; 6. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[8]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody[7]; 8. 6-Brylee Kilmer[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3W-Chris Cochran[1]; 2. 16S-Seth Shebester[3]; 3. 26J-Chelby Hinton[4]; 4. 83-Brant Woods[2]; 5. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 6. 5B-Brock Cottrell[8]; 7. 66-Jayden Clay[6]; 8. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[7]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 26K-Kale Drake[4]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[1]; 3. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 4. 72-Alex Karpowicz[2]; 5. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[5]; 6. 38-Riley Osantowski[7]; 7. 13-Elijah Gile[6]; 8. 357-Bryce Redenbaugh[8]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 2. 25-Anton Hernandez[4]; 3. 14A-Keegan Osantowski[5]; 4. 33N-Jett Nunley[3]; 5. 19J-Justin Robison[7]; 6. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[6]; 7. 34-Colton Robinson[1]; 8. 9D-Degan Lelsz[8]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 82S-Austin Saunders, 00:15.169[7]; 2. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 00:15.261[8]; 3. 01-Weldon Buford, 00:15.321[4]; 4. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 00:15.336[2]; 5. 55-Dalton Burley, 00:15.357[9]; 6. 7-Bobby Eubanks, 00:15.419[5]; 7. 4N-Ryan Winter, 00:15.448[6]; 8. 77C-Cooper Sullivan, 00:15.600[3]; 9. 50-Sheldon Coslow, 00:15.917[1]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland, 00:15.147[6]; 2. 24-Tristan Ullstrom, 00:15.415[4]; 3. 11X-Trevin Frye, 00:15.428[5]; 4. 67-JJ Loss, 00:15.452[8]; 5. 6-Brylee Kilmer, 00:15.500[1]; 6. 22-Jesse Pate, 00:15.562[2]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody, 00:15.724[3]; 8. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover, 00:15.756[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 26J-Chelby Hinton, 00:14.732[1]; 2. 16S-Seth Shebester, 00:15.028[6]; 3. 83-Brant Woods, 00:15.074[3]; 4. 3W-Chris Cochran, 00:15.278[2]; 5. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:15.287[4]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay, 00:15.339[8]; 7. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey, 00:15.344[7]; 8. 5B-Brock Cottrell, 00:15.623[5]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 26K-Kale Drake, 00:14.762[8]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 00:14.918[4]; 3. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 00:15.045[1]; 4. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 00:15.140[5]; 5. 3T-Caiden Mitchell, 00:15.269[6]; 6. 13-Elijah Gile, 00:15.274[7]; 7. 38-Riley Osantowski, 00:15.378[3]; 8. 357-Bryce Redenbaugh, 00:15.517[2]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 25-Anton Hernandez, 00:14.831[6]; 2. 33N-Jett Nunley, 00:14.890[7]; 3. 81-Frank Flud, 00:15.083[1]; 4. 34-Colton Robinson, 00:15.126[5]; 5. 14A-Keegan Osantowski, 00:15.169[2]; 6. 24T-Glenn James Bratti, 00:15.412[4]; 7. 19J-Justin Robison, 00:15.532[3]; 8. 9D-Degan Lelsz, 00:15.648[8]
Winged A-Class
Dirt2Media A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[2]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4]; 3. 26K-Kale Drake[15]; 4. 67-JJ Loss[13]; 5. B2-Carson Bolden[5]; 6. 34-Colton Robinson[8]; 7. 9D-Degan Lelsz[7]; 8. 24-Tristan Ullstrom[12]; 9. 4N-Ryan Winter[11]; 10. 78C-Chance Cody[20]; 11. 38-Riley Osantowski[17]; 12. 83-Brant Woods[16]; 13. 27KW-Kaden Weger[18]; 14. 16S-Seth Shebester[6]; 15. 3-Cole Roberts[14]; 16. 24C-Cale Lagroon[10]; 17. 19J-Justin Robison[19]; 18. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[9]; 19. (DQ) 5-Ryder McCutcheon[1]; 20. (DQ) 13-Elijah Gile[3]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 26K-Kale Drake[2]; 2. 38-Riley Osantowski[1]; 3. 19J-Justin Robison[4]; 4. 21-Keegan Osantowski[6]; 5. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[3]; 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson[8]; 7. 81-Frank Flud[7]; 8. 66-Jayden Clay[9]; 9. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[5]; 10. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[10]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 83-Brant Woods[3]; 2. 27KW-Kaden Weger[2]; 3. 78C-Chance Cody[4]; 4. 28S-Daniel Smith[5]; 5. 59-Evan Semerad[8]; 6. 72-Alex Karpowicz[6]; 7. 1V-Johnny Boland[1]; 8. 5B-Brock Cottrell[7]; 9. 82S-Austin Saunders[9]; 10. 14F-Bobby Wofford Jr[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Elijah Gile[2]; 2. 24-Tristan Ullstrom[1]; 3. 4N-Ryan Winter[3]; 4. 67-JJ Loss[7]; 5. 19J-Justin Robison[5]; 6. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[4]; 7. 21-Keegan Osantowski[8]; 8. 59-Evan Semerad[6]; 9. (DNS) 14F-Bobby Wofford Jr
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16S-Seth Shebester[1]; 2. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[4]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 4. 38-Riley Osantowski[5]; 5. 78C-Chance Cody[2]; 6. 83-Brant Woods[8]; 7. 72-Alex Karpowicz[7]; 8. 5B-Brock Cottrell[9]; 9. 66-Jayden Clay[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. B2-Carson Bolden[1]; 2. 9D-Degan Lelsz[2]; 3. 34-Colton Robinson[5]; 4. 3-Cole Roberts[3]; 5. 1V-Johnny Boland[4]; 6. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[7]; 7. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[8]; 8. 9A-Hunter Hanson[6]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 3. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[5]; 4. 26K-Kale Drake[1]; 5. 27KW-Kaden Weger[6]; 6. 28S-Daniel Smith[7]; 7. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 8. (DNS) 82S-Austin Saunders
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 3T-Caiden Mitchell, 00:14.631[8]; 2. 4N-Ryan Winter, 00:14.878[6]; 3. 13-Elijah Gile, 00:14.964[7]; 4. 24-Tristan Ullstrom, 00:15.059[4]; 5. 19J-Justin Robison, 00:15.078[2]; 6. 59-Evan Semerad, 00:15.101[5]; 7. 67-JJ Loss, 00:15.121[1]; 8. 21-Keegan Osantowski, 00:15.236[3]; 9. (DNS) 14F-Bobby Wofford Jr, 00:15.236
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:14.183[6]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 00:14.312[7]; 3. 78C-Chance Cody, 00:14.328[2]; 4. 16S-Seth Shebester, 00:14.380[1]; 5. 38-Riley Osantowski, 00:14.405[3]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay, 00:14.553[4]; 7. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 00:14.592[5]; 8. 83-Brant Woods, 00:14.641[8]; 9. 5B-Brock Cottrell, 00:14.934[9]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland, 00:13.833[3]; 2. 3-Cole Roberts, 00:14.014[4]; 3. 9D-Degan Lelsz, 00:14.015[5]; 4. B2-Carson Bolden, 00:14.092[1]; 5. 34-Colton Robinson, 00:14.138[2]; 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 00:14.433[6]; 7. 24T-Glenn James Bratti, 00:14.436[8]; 8. (DNS) 11K-Shawn Mahaffey, 00:14.436
Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 00:13.741[1]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 00:13.784[2]; 3. 81-Frank Flud, 00:13.821[4]; 4. 26K-Kale Drake, 00:13.876[5]; 5. 82S-Austin Saunders, 00:13.919[8]; 6. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 00:13.950[3]; 7. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 00:14.187[6]; 8. 28S-Daniel Smith, 00:14.671[7]
Restricted 'A' Class
Dirt2Media A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[1]; 2. GH7-Garyn Howard[4]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[6]; 4. 97-Cash Lacombe[3]; 5. B2-Carson Bolden[7]; 6. 31BW-Braxton Weger[12]; 7. 6-Brylee Kilmer[9]; 8. 73-Chase McDougal[2]; 9. 11-Kyle Hooper[8]; 10. 4-Jude Allgayer[5]; 11. 83-Dawson Woods[10]; 12. 88L-Landen Adams[13]; 13. 75-Gavyn Bolt[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[4]; 2. 4-Jude Allgayer[1]; 3. GH7-Garyn Howard[6]; 4. B2-Carson Bolden[3]; 5. 83-Dawson Woods[2]; 6. 31BW-Braxton Weger[5]; 7. 88L-Landen Adams[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Chase McDougal[3]; 2. 97-Cash Lacombe[4]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[2]; 4. 11-Kyle Hooper[1]; 5. 6-Brylee Kilmer[5]; 6. 75-Gavyn Bolt[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley, 00:14.384[4]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden, 00:14.576[3]; 3. 83-Dawson Woods, 00:14.689[7]; 4. 4-Jude Allgayer, 00:14.724[2]; 5. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 00:14.739[1]; 6. GH7-Garyn Howard, 00:14.866[5]; 7. 88L-Landen Adams, 00:14.961[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 97-Cash Lacombe, 00:14.619[6]; 2. 73-Chase McDougal, 00:14.669[1]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 00:14.740[5]; 4. 11-Kyle Hooper, 00:14.761[2]; 5. 6-Brylee Kilmer, 00:14.891[3]; 6. 75-Gavyn Bolt, 00:15.123[4]
Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert
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