Flud Sweeps While Nunley and Smith Capture Sooner 600 Week Wins At Creek County Speedway

6/9/2022

NOW600 National Micros

Flud Sweeps While Nunley and Smith Capture Sooner 600 Week Wins At Creek County Speedway

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Bryan Hulbert – SAPULPA, Okla. (June 8, 2022) Opening the 2022 Sooner 600 Week at Creek County Speedway on Wednesday, a field of 105 entries rolled into the Oklahoma quarter-mile. Nearly losing the night to Mother Nature, it was a tight fit as the parking lot became the pits.

Rolling through a 38 race lineup, A-Features saw Frank Flud adding to his legacy with a sweep of both stock divisions. Jett Nunley returned to Victory Lane in Restricted, with New Mexico’s Peter Smith collecting his first career Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division victory in Outlaw.

Win No. 61 in A-Class, and No. 54 in Stock Non-Wing, Flud led a combined 50 laps between the two feature events. Pushing Flud’s overall win total to 14 on the season, the No. 81 was briefly challenged on restarts, Frank topped Stock Non-Wing by 6.284-seconds. Working traffic through the closing laps of A-Class, Oregon’s Ashton Torgerson was able to cut some time off Flud’s advantage but trailed by 1.982-seconds at the finish.

Jett Nunley’s third point’s paying win of the season, the No. 33 led from start to finish. Winning by 5.964-seconds, Lathe Griggs captured second after a battle with Brody Brown, who settled for third.

Racing out of Las Cruces, N.M., Peter Smith kept the theme rolling with all laps led by the No. 08 in the Outlaw A-Feature. The ninth winner in Outlaw, Smith was pursued to the finish by Johnny Boland, who trailed by 3.436-seconds. Arizona’s Elijah Gile took the final podium step.

Updates on Thursday’s parking will be posted, but as of now, teams will be able to pull into the Pits. Everyone with NOW600 and Creek County Speedway appreciates fans and teams for working with us to get Wednesday’s show in.

Sooner 600 Week continues Thursday at Creek County Speedway. Stock Non-Wing, A-Class, Restricted, Outlaw, 600cc Modifieds, and Junior Mini Stocks will be on hand. Gates open at 4:00 P.M. with racing at 8:00 P.M. (CDT). Tickets are $10 for Adults and free for Kids 12 and under. Pit Passes are $30.

Creek County Speedway is located at 18450 West Hwy. 66 between Sapulpa and Kellyville. For more information on Creek County Speedway, including a complete lineup of events and directions, log onto http://www.creekcountyspeedway.co, call (918) 247-RACE (7223), or follow on Twitter (@CreekSpeedway), and https://www.facebook.com/CreekCountySpeedway

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Race Results:

NOW600 National Series
Creek County Speedway (Sapulpa, Okla.)
Sooner 600 Week – Night 1
Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Entry Count: 105

NOW600 Non-Wing Micros

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[1]; 2. 10T-Talin Turner[2]; 3. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[3]; 4. 11J-Jett Hays[10]; 5. 16S-Seth Shebester[4]; 6. 02-Ashton Torgerson[13]; 7. 78-Ethan Ayars[5]; 8. 82S-Austin Saunders[9]; 9. 88-Austin Torgerson[14]; 10. 35-Gaige Weldon[6]; 11. 13C-William Conner[20]; 12. 38-Riley Osantowski[19]; 13. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[18]; 14. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[21]; 15. 3Z-Trey Zorn[17]; 16. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[16]; 17. 11-Chris Cochran[8]; 18. 72-Alex Karpowicz[15]; 19. 57-Jacob Lucas[7]; 20. 67J-JJ Loss[12]; 21. 88R-Ryder Laplante[11]

B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 72-Alex Karpowicz[1]; 2. 3Z-Trey Zorn[4]; 3. 38-Riley Osantowski[2]; 4. 20B-Chase Bolf[6]; 5. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[5]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay[10]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody[12]; 8. 24-Ryder Wells[3]; 9. 19G-Bubba Gatewood[13]; 10. 19J-Justin Robison[8]; 11. (DNS) 78B-Brody Wake; 12. (DNS) 98-Ed Libonati; 13. (DNS) 38F-Jackson Frisbie; 14. (DNS) 3T-Trevor McIntire; 15. (DNS) 45-Bradley Cox

B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[2]; 2. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[3]; 3. 13C-William Conner[10]; 4. 21-Keegan Osantowski[4]; 5. 17E-Kaylee Esgar[8]; 6. 29-Trevor Cohn[11]; 7. 4DG-Brent Shoemaker[14]; 8. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[12]; 9. 55X-Connor Chamberlain[1]; 10. 3E-Ethan Wicker[5]; 11. 27-Jace McIntosh[6]; 12. 87-Austin Garrett[7]; 13. 57T-Kyle Thompson[9]; 14. 1V-Johnny Boland[13]

Velox Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11J-Jett Hays[1]; 2. 10T-Talin Turner[4]; 3. 02-Ashton Torgerson[3]; 4. 21-Keegan Osantowski[2]; 5. 19J-Justin Robison[5]; 6. 98-Ed Libonati[7]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody[8]; 8. 19G-Bubba Gatewood[6]

Velox Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Ethan Ayars[2]; 2. 88-Austin Torgerson[1]; 3. 55X-Connor Chamberlain[4]; 4. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[5]; 5. 87-Austin Garrett[6]; 6. 57T-Kyle Thompson[3]; 7. (DNS) 1V-Johnny Boland

Velox Racing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Gaige Weldon[2]; 2. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[4]; 3. 67J-JJ Loss[3]; 4. 27-Jace McIntosh[1]; 5. 17E-Kaylee Esgar[5]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay[6]; 7. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[7]

Velox Racing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[4]; 2. 11-Chris Cochran[3]; 3. 38-Riley Osantowski[2]; 4. 78B-Brody Wake[1]; 5. 20B-Chase Bolf[6]; 6. 29-Trevor Cohn[5]; 7. (DNS) 3T-Trevor McIntire

Velox Racing Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Jacob Lucas[2]; 2. 16S-Seth Shebester[4]; 3. 3Z-Trey Zorn[1]; 4. 24-Ryder Wells[6]; 5. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[3]; 6. 13C-William Conner[5]; 7. (DNS) 45-Bradley Cox

Velox Racing Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante[1]; 2. 82S-Austin Saunders[3]; 3. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[2]; 4. 72-Alex Karpowicz[4]; 5. 3E-Ethan Wicker[6]; 6. 38F-Jackson Frisbie[5]; 7. (DNS) 4DG-Brent Shoemaker

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 10T-Talin Turner, 14.167[4]; 2. 02-Ashton Torgerson, 14.469[2]; 3. 21-Keegan Osantowski, 14.479[5]; 4. 11J-Jett Hays, 14.621[3]; 5. 19J-Justin Robison, 14.623[7]; 6. 19G-Bubba Gatewood, 14.943[1]; 7. 98-Ed Libonati, 15.003[6]; 8. 78C-Chance Cody, 15.210[8]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland, 14.425[4]; 2. 57T-Kyle Thompson, 14.486[7]; 3. 78-Ethan Ayars, 14.495[5]; 4. 88-Austin Torgerson, 14.515[3]; 5. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 14.674[6]; 6. 55X-Connor Chamberlain, 14.702[2]; 7. 87-Austin Garrett, 15.500[1]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 14.281[2]; 2. 67J-JJ Loss, 14.290[3]; 3. 35-Gaige Weldon, 14.546[4]; 4. 27-Jace McIntosh, 14.687[7]; 5. 17E-Kaylee Esgar, 14.755[1]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay, 14.969[5]; 7. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover, 15.165[6]

Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud, 14.274[4]; 2. 11-Chris Cochran, 14.496[1]; 3. 38-Riley Osantowski, 14.657[5]; 4. 78B-Brody Wake, 14.908[7]; 5. 29-Trevor Cohn, 15.015[3]; 6. 20B-Chase Bolf, 15.095[6]; 7. 3T-Trevor McIntire, 15.095[2]

Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 16S-Seth Shebester, 14.282[7]; 2. 9T-Tanner Holwerda, 14.617[6]; 3. 57-Jacob Lucas, 14.618[2]; 4. 3Z-Trey Zorn, 14.690[5]; 5. 13C-William Conner, 14.702[3]; 6. 24-Ryder Wells, 15.218[4]; 7. 45-Bradley Cox, 17.907[1]

Qualifying 6 (3 Laps): 1. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 14.590[1]; 2. 82S-Austin Saunders, 14.645[4]; 3. 38K-Jackson Kounkel, 14.732[3]; 4. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 14.759[5]; 5. 38F-Jackson Frisbie, 14.779[6]; 6. 3E-Ethan Wicker, 15.030[2]; 7. 4DG-Brent Shoemaker, 15.146[7]

NOW600 A-Class Micros

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[1]; 2. 02-Ashton Torgerson[3]; 3. 11J-Jett Hays[7]; 4. 82S-Austin Saunders[4]; 5. 38F-Jackson Frisbie[6]; 6. 11-Chris Cochran[9]; 7. 08-Peter Smith[8]; 8. 10T-Talin Turner[15]; 9. 27-Jace McIntosh[2]; 10. 13-Elijah Gile[12]; 11. 3Z-Trey Zorn[16]; 12. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[18]; 13. 88R-Ryder Laplante[20]; 14. 15-Brody Brown[19]; 15. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[11]; 16. 72-Alex Karpowicz[5]; 17. 35-Gaige Weldon[10]; 18. 13C-William Conner[21]; 19. 7A-Aaron Jesina[14]; 20. 78-Ethan Ayars[17]; 21. 67J-JJ Loss[13]

B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 10T-Talin Turner[1]; 2. 78-Ethan Ayars[5]; 3. 15-Brody Brown[4]; 4. 38-Riley Osantowski[2]; 5. 20B-Chase Bolf[8]; 6. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]; 7. 21-Keegan Osantowski[11]; 8. 19J-Justin Robison[7]; 9. 2-Lathe Griggs[9]; 10. 98-Ed Libonati[10]; 11. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[3]; 12. (DNS) 3T-Trevor McIntire

B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn[1]; 2. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[4]; 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante[2]; 4. 11D-Dominic White[9]; 5. 13C-William Conner[6]; 6. 77E-Cole Esgar[3]; 7. 78B-Brody Wake[7]; 8. 78C-Chance Cody[8]; 9. 66-Jayden Clay[10]; 10. 21C-Carter Holt[5]; 11. 1V-Johnny Boland[11]; 12. 57T-Kyle Thompson[12]

Velox Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 82S-Austin Saunders[2]; 2. 11J-Jett Hays[3]; 3. 08-Peter Smith[4]; 4. 7A-Aaron Jesina[6]; 5. 13C-William Conner[1]; 6. 78C-Chance Cody[5]; 7. 66-Jayden Clay[7]; 8. (DNS) 3T-Trevor McIntire

Velox Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Jace McIntosh[4]; 2. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[2]; 3. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[1]; 4. 38-Riley Osantowski[3]; 5. 78-Ethan Ayars[5]; 6. 19J-Justin Robison[6]; 7. 98-Ed Libonati[7]; 8. (DNS) 57T-Kyle Thompson

Velox Racing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Alex Karpowicz[2]; 2. 02-Ashton Torgerson[4]; 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante[1]; 4. 3Z-Trey Zorn[3]; 5. 15-Brody Brown[6]; 6. 20B-Chase Bolf[5]; 7. 2-Lathe Griggs[8]; 8. 21-Keegan Osantowski[7]

Velox Racing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[4]; 2. 13-Elijah Gile[1]; 3. 67J-JJ Loss[2]; 4. 10T-Talin Turner[3]; 5. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[5]; 6. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[7]; 7. 11D-Dominic White[6]

Velox Racing Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 38F-Jackson Frisbie[1]; 2. 35-Gaige Weldon[3]; 3. 11-Chris Cochran[4]; 4. 77E-Cole Esgar[2]; 5. 21C-Carter Holt[5]; 6. 78B-Brody Wake[6]; 7. (DNS) 1V-Johnny Boland

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 08-Peter Smith, 13.087[4]; 2. 11J-Jett Hays, 13.166[6]; 3. 82S-Austin Saunders, 13.315[5]; 4. 13C-William Conner, 13.357[2]; 5. 3T-Trevor McIntire, 13.536[8]; 6. 7A-Aaron Jesina, 13.544[7]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody, 13.667[3]; 8. 66-Jayden Clay, 13.894[1]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 27-Jace McIntosh, 13.389[1]; 2. 38-Riley Osantowski, 13.426[8]; 3. 9T-Tanner Holwerda, 13.508[6]; 4. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 13.537[3]; 5. 78-Ethan Ayars, 13.597[5]; 6. 19J-Justin Robison, 13.600[7]; 7. 57T-Kyle Thompson, 13.647[2]; 8. 98-Ed Libonati, 13.665[4]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 02-Ashton Torgerson, 13.371[8]; 2. 3Z-Trey Zorn, 13.407[4]; 3. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 13.432[1]; 4. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 13.469[7]; 5. 20B-Chase Bolf, 13.657[5]; 6. 15-Brody Brown, 13.674[2]; 7. 21-Keegan Osantowski, 13.754[6]; 8. 2-Lathe Griggs, 13.842[3]

Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud, 13.169[6]; 2. 10T-Talin Turner, 13.188[3]; 3. 67J-JJ Loss, 13.313[1]; 4. 13-Elijah Gile, 13.439[7]; 5. 38K-Jackson Kounkel, 13.473[4]; 6. 11D-Dominic White, 13.486[5]; 7. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 13.497[2]

Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 11-Chris Cochran, 13.143[7]; 2. 38F-Jackson Frisbie, 13.348[6]; 3. 77E-Cole Esgar, 13.557[1]; 4. 1V-Johnny Boland, 13.609[3]; 5. 35-Gaige Weldon, 13.625[5]; 6. 78B-Brody Wake, 13.731[2]; 7. 21C-Carter Holt, 14.158[4]

NOW600 Restricted Micros

A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[1]; 2. 3-Lathe Griggs[2]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 4. 15-Brody Brown[4]; 5. 73-Chase McDougal[8]; 6. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[14]; 7. 2C-Lucas Conner[5]; 8. B2-Carson Bolden[10]; 9. 45-Bradley Cox[7]; 10. GH7-Garyn Howard[18]; 11. 10S-Scout Spraggins[6]; 12. 11H-Nicholas Harris[16]; 13. 5L-Landon Jesina[12]; 14. 00-Michael Harris[13]; 15. 24L-Levi Hillier[9]; 16. 10T-Carter Sauer[15]; 17. 14K-Kyle Hooper[11]; 18. 88K-Bryce Kujath[17]

Velox Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Lathe Griggs[4]; 2. 45-Bradley Cox[1]; 3. 2C-Lucas Conner[3]; 4. 5L-Landon Jesina[5]; 5. 00-Michael Harris[6]; 6. GH7-Garyn Howard[2]

Velox Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24C-Cale Lagroon[6]; 2. 15-Brody Brown[2]; 3. 14K-Kyle Hooper[1]; 4. 73-Chase McDougal[4]; 5. 10T-Carter Sauer[5]; 6. 11H-Nicholas Harris[3]

Velox Racing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[4]; 2. 10S-Scout Spraggins[1]; 3. 24L-Levi Hillier[2]; 4. B2-Carson Bolden[3]; 5. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[5]; 6. 88K-Bryce Kujath[6]

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 3-Lathe Griggs, 14.395[5]; 2. 2C-Lucas Conner, 14.528[1]; 3. GH7-Garyn Howard, 14.546[6]; 4. 45-Bradley Cox, 14.597[3]; 5. 5L-Landon Jesina, 14.705[2]; 6. 00-Michael Harris, 17.078[4]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 73-Chase McDougal, 14.393[5]; 2. 11H-Nicholas Harris, 14.490[1]; 3. 15-Brody Brown, 14.496[2]; 4. 14K-Kyle Hooper, 14.519[4]; 5. 10T-Carter Sauer, 14.598[3]; 6. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 14.672[6]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley, 14.273[2]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden, 14.289[1]; 3. 24L-Levi Hillier, 14.389[3]; 4. 10S-Scout Spraggins, 14.573[5]; 5. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 14.590[4]; 6. 88K-Bryce Kujath, 14.721[6]

NOW600 Outlaw Micros

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 08-Peter Smith[2]; 2. 1V-Johnny Boland[1]; 3. 13-Elijah Gile[4]; 4. 19J-Justin Robison[3]; 5. 33-Jett Nunley[6]; 6. 78B-Brody Wake[5]

Velox Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland[2]; 2. 19J-Justin Robison[1]; 3. 08-Peter Smith[4]; 4. 13-Elijah Gile[3]; 5. 78B-Brody Wake[5]; 6. 33-Jett Nunley[6]

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 08-Peter Smith, 12.953[5]; 2. 13-Elijah Gile, 13.033[4]; 3. 1V-Johnny Boland, 13.329[6]; 4. 19J-Justin Robison, 13.460[2]; 5. 78B-Brody Wake, 13.635[1]; 6. 33-Jett Nunley, 13.635[3]

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The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its tenth 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 seven regions – the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Ark-La-Tex Region, the Hi-Plains Building Division NOW600 Cactus Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Desert Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Jayhusker 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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Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert