4/16/2023
NOW600 National Micros
Dirt2Media NOW600 I-44 Victories Belong to Carr, Mahaffey, and Nunley!
(Image Credit: Richard Bales)
Bryan Hulbert – OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (April 15, 2023) A night of tragedy to triumph with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division at I-44 Riverside Speedway, Matt Carr captured his first career A-Class victory after suffering mechanical issues on Friday. Likewise for Shawn Mahaffey, who slipped from first to third in Non-Wing, the Tulsa racer topped wingless ranks on Saturday. Inching closer to the record, Jett Nunley made it 20 wins in Restricted.
Leading start to finish in A-Class, traffic became an issue for the No. 93 in the closing stages. Chased by Brecken Reese until Lap 21, the runner-up spot was taken by Frank Flud. Stalking into the white flag lap, Flud would come up 0.330-second shy. Brecken Reese held third, with Brant Woods and Jett Nunley fifth.
A one-man-band on the No. 11, fuel issues were rectified and showed with a dominating performance in Stock Non-wing. Crossing 2.065-seconds to the good, the first driver chasing was Johnny Boland, followed by Brecken Reese for this second podium run of the night. Friday’s winner, Laydon Pearson, crossed fourth with Matt Carr fifth.
Matching Ryder Laplante for second all-time in Restricted, Jett Nunley raced by Kyle Hooper for the point on Lap 13. Green, white, checkered for the win, Nunley was untouchable. Hooper held second over Chase McDougal. Fourth went to Cale Lagroon, while Braxton Weger made up the top five.
Saturday’s show at I-44 Riverside Speedway saw a field of 90 entries.
The next outing for the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division is Friday, April 28, and Saturday, April 29 at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Park.
Fans unable to attend can see every lap live on https://www.now600.tv and http://www.dirt2media.tv.
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
I-44 Riverside Speedway (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Saturday, April 15, 2023
Winged A-Class
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 93-Matt Carr[2]; 2. 81-Frank Flud[6]; 3. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4]; 4. 83-Brant Woods[8]; 5. 33-Jett Nunley[7]; 6. 63-Jack Thomas[1]; 7. 1V-Johnny Boland[12]; 8. 3-Cole Roberts[5]; 9. 11-Laydon Pearson[9]; 10. 18K-Brayden Kongdara[10]; 11. 22-Jesse Pate[11]; 12. 99-Brett Osborn[15]; 13. 78C-Chance Cody[14]; 14. 13T-Caiden Mitchell[19]; 15. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[17]; 16. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[18]; 17. 24C-Cale Lagroon[20]; 18. 12G-Gage Robb[3]; 19. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[16]; 20. 26K-Kale Drake[13]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 99-Brett Osborn[1]; 2. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[6]; 3. 13T-Caiden Mitchell[8]; 4. 43-Megan Thomas[7]; 5. 11D-Dominic White[9]; 6. 7A-Aaron Jesina[11]; 7. 55U-Chance Ullstrom[5]; 8. 52-Hayden Mabe[3]; 9. 5J-Brandon Jones[2]; 10. 12-Jacob Ewing[4]; 11. 24U-Tristan Ullstrom[10]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[2]; 2. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[1]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[4]; 4. 27KW-Kaden Weger[3]; 5. 28U-Austin Ullstrom[6]; 6. 93X-Reno Madore[7]; 7. 9A-Hunter Hanson[10]; 8. 5L-Landon Jesina[8]; 9. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[9]; 10. 99X-Raymond Gastineau[11]; 11. B2-Carson Bolden[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Cole Roberts[2]; 2. 12G-Gage Robb[4]; 3. 18K-Brayden Kongdara[3]; 4. 5J-Brandon Jones[1]; 5. 12-Jacob Ewing[5]; 6. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[9]; 7. 43-Megan Thomas[6]; 8. 5L-Landon Jesina[8]; 9. 7A-Aaron Jesina[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Jack Thomas[2]; 2. 22-Jesse Pate[1]; 3. 83-Brant Woods[4]; 4. 78C-Chance Cody[3]; 5. 99-Brett Osborn[8]; 6. B2-Carson Bolden[6]; 7. 93X-Reno Madore[5]; 8. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[7]; 9. 24U-Tristan Ullstrom[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 93-Matt Carr[2]; 2. 81-Frank Flud[3]; 3. 33-Jett Nunley[4]; 4. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[1]; 5. 27KW-Kaden Weger[5]; 6. 24C-Cale Lagroon[7]; 7. 28U-Austin Ullstrom[6]; 8. 13T-Caiden Mitchell[9]; 9. 9A-Hunter Hanson[8]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Laydon Pearson[1]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4]; 3. 1V-Johnny Boland[2]; 4. 26K-Kale Drake[3]; 5. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[5]; 6. 52-Hayden Mabe[8]; 7. 55U-Chance Ullstrom[9]; 8. 11D-Dominic White[7]; 9. 99X-Raymond Gastineau[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 12G-Gage Robb, 12.338[8]; 2. 18K-Brayden Kongdara, 12.362[3]; 3. 3-Cole Roberts, 12.565[4]; 4. 5J-Brandon Jones, 12.860[9]; 5. 12-Jacob Ewing, 12.871[1]; 6. 43-Megan Thomas, 12.995[5]; 7. 7A-Aaron Jesina, 13.230[6]; 8. 5L-Landon Jesina, 13.436[2]; 9. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 20.000[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 83-Brant Woods, 12.075[4]; 2. 78C-Chance Cody, 12.239[9]; 3. 63-Jack Thomas, 12.441[6]; 4. 22-Jesse Pate, 12.485[1]; 5. 93X-Reno Madore, 12.552[2]; 6. B2-Carson Bolden, 12.680[7]; 7. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 12.740[5]; 8. 99-Brett Osborn, 12.775[8]; 9. 24U-Tristan Ullstrom, 12.847[3]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley, 11.479[2]; 2. 81-Frank Flud, 11.814[7]; 3. 93-Matt Carr, 11.934[6]; 4. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 11.994[9]; 5. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 12.235[8]; 6. 28U-Austin Ullstrom, 12.239[1]; 7. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 12.262[5]; 8. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 12.400[3]; 9. 13T-Caiden Mitchell, 12.436[4]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 11.494[5]; 2. 26K-Kale Drake, 11.517[9]; 3. 1V-Johnny Boland, 11.595[7]; 4. 11-Laydon Pearson, 11.609[3]; 5. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey, 11.680[6]; 6. 99X-Raymond Gastineau, 11.720[4]; 7. 11D-Dominic White, 11.831[2]; 8. 52-Hayden Mabe, 11.865[1]; 9. 55U-Chance Ullstrom, 11.953[8]
Stock Non-Wing
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[4]; 2. 1V-Johnny Boland[3]; 3. 20Q-Brecken Reese[6]; 4. 11-Laydon Pearson[5]; 5. 93-Matt Carr[9]; 6. 81-Frank Flud[1]; 7. 26K-Kale Drake[11]; 8. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[15]; 9. 88-Kyle Keeler[19]; 10. 18K-Brayden Kongdara[2]; 11. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[10]; 12. 13T-Caiden Mitchell[13]; 13. 14A-Keegan Osantowski[18]; 14. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[12]; 15. 28-Austin Ullstrom[20]; 16. 52-Hayden Mabe[14]; 17. 23L-Tyler LaPointe[16]; 18. 7C-Phillip Cordova[7]; 19. 12G-Gage Robb[17]; 20. 5J-Brandon Jones[8]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[1]; 2. 12G-Gage Robb[3]; 3. 88-Kyle Keeler[10]; 4. 22-Jesse Pate[6]; 5. 128-Tyler Cook[2]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay[5]; 7. 28S-Daniel Smith[4]; 8. 55-Dalton Burley[9]; 9. 83-Justin Gastineau[7]; 10. 24U-Tristan Ullstrom[8]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 23L-Tyler LaPointe[1]; 2. 14A-Keegan Osantowski[3]; 3. 28-Austin Ullstrom[5]; 4. 310-Chris Townsend[2]; 5. 59-Richie Harvey[7]; 6. 55U-Chance Ullstrom[10]; 7. 17-Talon McConnell[8]; 8. 20X-David Nix[6]; 9. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 10. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland[3]; 2. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[4]; 3. 5J-Brandon Jones[6]; 4. 310-Chris Townsend[1]; 5. 128-Tyler Cook[8]; 6. 28S-Daniel Smith[7]; 7. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[5]; 8. 55-Dalton Burley[2]; 9. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 18K-Brayden Kongdara[2]; 2. 26K-Kale Drake[1]; 3. 81-Frank Flud[4]; 4. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[3]; 5. 12G-Gage Robb[5]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay[6]; 7. 22-Jesse Pate[7]; 8. 59-Richie Harvey[8]; 9. 88-Kyle Keeler[9]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4]; 2. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[1]; 3. 93-Matt Carr[3]; 4. 52-Hayden Mabe[6]; 5. 23L-Tyler LaPointe[8]; 6. 14A-Keegan Osantowski[7]; 7. 20X-David Nix[5]; 8. 17-Talon McConnell[2]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 7C-Phillip Cordova[1]; 2. 11-Laydon Pearson[4]; 3. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[3]; 4. 13T-Caiden Mitchell[7]; 5. 55U-Chance Ullstrom[8]; 6. 28-Austin Ullstrom[6]; 7. 83-Justin Gastineau[2]; 8. 24U-Tristan Ullstrom[5]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey, 11.741[7]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 11.831[3]; 3. 1V-Johnny Boland, 11.949[4]; 4. 55-Dalton Burley, 12.091[2]; 5. 310-Chris Townsend, 12.209[9]; 6. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover, 12.224[5]; 7. 5J-Brandon Jones, 12.258[6]; 8. 28S-Daniel Smith, 12.360[1]; 9. 128-Tyler Cook, 12.606[8]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud, 11.699[2]; 2. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 11.806[8]; 3. 18K-Brayden Kongdara, 11.811[5]; 4. 26K-Kale Drake, 11.877[9]; 5. 12G-Gage Robb, 11.888[3]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay, 11.992[4]; 7. 22-Jesse Pate, 12.036[1]; 8. 59-Richie Harvey, 12.066[7]; 9. 88-Kyle Keeler, 12.088[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 11.626[1]; 2. 93-Matt Carr, 11.856[5]; 3. 17-Talon McConnell, 12.006[7]; 4. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 12.036[3]; 5. 20X-David Nix, 12.143[2]; 6. 52-Hayden Mabe, 12.149[8]; 7. 14A-Keegan Osantowski, 12.158[4]; 8. 23L-Tyler LaPointe, 12.224[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 11-Laydon Pearson, 11.713[7]; 2. 24T-Glenn James Bratti, 11.972[8]; 3. 83-Justin Gastineau, 12.047[1]; 4. 7C-Phillip Cordova, 12.114[2]; 5. 24U-Tristan Ullstrom, 12.153[3]; 6. 28-Austin Ullstrom, 12.176[6]; 7. 13T-Caiden Mitchell, 12.204[5]; 8. (DNS) 55U-Chance Ullstrom, 12.204
Restricted 'A' Class
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[6]; 2. 11K-Kyle Hooper[1]; 3. 73-Chase McDougal[8]; 4. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 5. 31BW-Braxton Weger[2]; 6. 83-Dawson Woods[9]; 7. 19A-Ayla Morefield[10]; 8. B2-Carson Bolden[11]; 9. 14K-Kinser Bloomquist[15]; 10. 11-Mattix McBride[14]; 11. 29S-Jackson Scott[13]; 12. 4-Jude Allgayer[12]; 13. 93-Brodan Brown[20]; 14. 29-Clayton Jenkins[17]; 15. 87C-Callan Hill[18]; 16. 14V-Brett Vanzant[16]; 17. GH7-Garyn Howard[4]; 18. 88K-Bryce Kujath[7]; 19. 97-Cash Lacombe[19]; 20. 73X-Ty Fulghum[5]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. GH7-Garyn Howard[2]; 2. 11K-Kyle Hooper[1]; 3. 31BW-Braxton Weger[3]; 4. 83-Dawson Woods[4]; 5. 11-Mattix McBride[5]; 6. 14V-Brett Vanzant[6]; 7. 97-Cash Lacombe[7]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 73X-Ty Fulghum[2]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 3. 4-Jude Allgayer[1]; 4. 73-Chase McDougal[4]; 5. 29S-Jackson Scott[7]; 6. 87C-Callan Hill[5]; 7. 93-Brodan Brown[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[4]; 2. 88K-Bryce Kujath[1]; 3. 19A-Ayla Morefield[2]; 4. B2-Carson Bolden[3]; 5. 14K-Kinser Bloomquist[5]; 6. 29-Clayton Jenkins[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 83-Dawson Woods, 12.113[2]; 2. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 12.252[3]; 3. GH7-Garyn Howard, 12.259[1]; 4. 11K-Kyle Hooper, 12.305[5]; 5. 11-Mattix McBride, 12.439[6]; 6. 14V-Brett Vanzant, 12.485[7]; 7. 97-Cash Lacombe, 12.489[4]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 73-Chase McDougal, 12.053[4]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 12.105[6]; 3. 73X-Ty Fulghum, 12.121[2]; 4. 4-Jude Allgayer, 12.181[3]; 5. 87C-Callan Hill, 12.214[1]; 6. 93-Brodan Brown, 12.322[5]; 7. 29S-Jackson Scott, 12.402[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley, 11.950[1]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden, 12.198[4]; 3. 19A-Ayla Morefield, 12.462[5]; 4. 88K-Bryce Kujath, 12.518[6]; 5. 14K-Kinser Bloomquist, 12.753[3]; 6. 29-Clayton Jenkins, 12.799[2]
Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert
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