3/5/2023
NOW600 National Micros
Mahaffey, Hinton, And Bolden Take Dirt2Media NOW600 Season Opening Wins At Red Dirt Raceway
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Bryan Hulbert – MEEKER, Okla. (March 4, 2023) Opening the 2023 season with 86 entries at Red Dirt Raceway’s Micro Meltdown presented by MelMark Pipe and Supply on Saturday night, Shawn Mahaffey, Chelby Hinton, Carson Bolden topped action with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division.
The seventh driver to earn wins in all three NOW600 National divisions, Tulsa’s Shawn Mahaffey fought off the opening lap charge of Johnny Boland and kept pace from there to win the tour’s 150th A-Class A-Feature event. Boland held on for second, with Kale Drake taking the final podium step. Moving from seventh, Frank Flud crossed fourth with J.J. Loss fifth.
Career win No. 9 for the 2021 NOW600 National Non-Wing Champion, Chelby Hinton took the green from the right of the front row and proceeded to lead all 20 laps. Chased the distance by Chris Cochran, the McLoud, Okla. shoe would have to settle for a runner-up performance, with Seth Shebester earning the bronze. Battling throughout the event for fourth and fifth, the team cars crossed with Corbin Rueschenberg ahead of Kale Drake.
Leading start to finish in Restricted competition, Carson Bolden made it win No. 4 with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division. Stalked by Jett Nunley, the No. 33 closed down on the No. B2 a few times through the 20-lap affair, but never closed enough to challenge. Chase McDougal, Braxton Weger, and Cale Lagroon completed the top five.
The Micro Meltdown presented by MelMark Pipe and Supply at Red Dirt Raceway, continues Sunday, March 5, with Hot Laps at 1:00 P.M. and Racing at 2:00 P.M. Tickets are $15 for adults, $5 for High School and Younger, and free for kids five and under. Pit Passes are $30 per class you are competing in.
Red Dirt Raceway is located at 343250 E. 1000 Rd Highway 18, Meeker, Okla. For more information on the track, log onto https://www.facebook.com/RedDirtRaceway or call (405) 318-0198.
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.)
Saturday, March 4, 2023
Stock Non-Wing
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 26J-Chelby Hinton[2]; 2. 3W-Chris Cochran[1]; 3. 16S-Seth Shebester[4]; 4. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 5. 26K-Kale Drake[6]; 6. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[9]; 7. 81-Frank Flud[8]; 8. 4N-Ryan Winter[7]; 9. 67-JJ Loss[16]; 10. 1V-Johnny Boland[14]; 11. 88R-Ryder Laplante[3]; 12. 82S-Austin Saunders[10]; 13. 297-Dillon Berglan[12]; 14. 33N-Jett Nunley[15]; 15. 22-Jesse Pate[11]; 16. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[18]; 17. 20Q-Brecken Reese[17]; 18. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[20]; 19. 01-Weldon Buford[13]; 20. 83W-Brant Woods[19]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 33N-Jett Nunley[2]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[1]; 3. 83W-Brant Woods[3]; 4. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[7]; 5. 19J-Justin Robison[5]; 6. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[11]; 7. 27KW-Kaden Weger[9]; 8. 38-Riley Osantowski[4]; 9. 24-Tristan Ullstrom[8]; 10. 78C-Chance Cody[6]; 11. 6-Brylee Kilmer[12]; 12. 9D-Degan Lelsz[10]; 13. 50-Sheldon Coslow[13]; 14. 28S-Daniel Smith[14]
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 67-JJ Loss[5]; 2. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[3]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[8]; 4. 77C-Cooper Sullivan[4]; 5. 11X-Trevin Frye[11]; 6. 13-Elijah Gile[13]; 7. 34-Colton Robinson[2]; 8. 14A-Keegan Osantowski[7]; 9. 66-Jayden Clay[9]; 10. 7-Bobby Eubanks[6]; 11. 11T-Taitum McElvany[12]; 12. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[1]; 13. 55-Dalton Burley[10]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 82S-Austin Saunders[1]; 2. 3W-Chris Cochran[4]; 3. 1V-Johnny Boland[3]; 4. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[5]; 5. 67-JJ Loss[2]; 6. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[6]; 7. 66-Jayden Clay[8]; 8. 11T-Taitum McElvany[7]; 9. 50-Sheldon Coslow[9]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 16S-Seth Shebester[4]; 2. 22-Jesse Pate[2]; 3. 01-Weldon Buford[3]; 4. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[1]; 5. 83W-Brant Woods[6]; 6. 78C-Chance Cody[7]; 7. 55-Dalton Burley[5]; 8. (DNS) 28S-Daniel Smith
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26K-Kale Drake[2]; 2. 26J-Chelby Hinton[4]; 3. 33N-Jett Nunley[1]; 4. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 5. 19J-Justin Robison[5]; 6. 14A-Keegan Osantowski[6]; 7. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[7]; 8. (DNS) 13-Elijah Gile
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante[3]; 2. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[4]; 3. 297-Dillon Berglan[5]; 4. 34-Colton Robinson[2]; 5. 7-Bobby Eubanks[1]; 6. 24-Tristan Ullstrom[6]; 7. 27KW-Kaden Weger[8]; 8. 6-Brylee Kilmer[7]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 4N-Ryan Winter[2]; 2. 81-Frank Flud[3]; 3. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[4]; 4. 38-Riley Osantowski[1]; 5. 77C-Cooper Sullivan[5]; 6. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[6]; 7. 9D-Degan Lelsz[7]; 8. 11X-Trevin Frye[8]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 3W-Chris Cochran, 13.936[7]; 2. 1V-Johnny Boland, 14.230[4]; 3. 67-JJ Loss, 14.260[5]; 4. 82S-Austin Saunders, 14.319[3]; 5. 3T-Caiden Mitchell, 14.334[2]; 6. 24T-Glenn James Bratti, 14.464[6]; 7. 11T-Taitum McElvany, 14.878[9]; 8. 66-Jayden Clay, 14.923[1]; 9. 50-Sheldon Coslow, 15.016[8]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 16S-Seth Shebester, 13.939[8]; 2. 01-Weldon Buford, 14.186[1]; 3. 22-Jesse Pate, 14.295[2]; 4. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 14.330[4]; 5. 55-Dalton Burley, 14.343[3]; 6. 83W-Brant Woods, 14.377[5]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody, 14.843[6]; 8. 28S-Daniel Smith, 14.843[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 26J-Chelby Hinton, 13.901[5]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 14.216[6]; 3. 26K-Kale Drake, 14.226[1]; 4. 33N-Jett Nunley, 14.355[8]; 5. 19J-Justin Robison, 14.652[7]; 6. 14A-Keegan Osantowski, 14.673[4]; 7. 13-Elijah Gile, 14.677[3]; 8. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover, 14.843[2]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 14.130[8]; 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 14.178[7]; 3. 34-Colton Robinson, 14.495[5]; 4. 7-Bobby Eubanks, 14.605[2]; 5. 297-Dillon Berglan, 14.629[3]; 6. 24-Tristan Ullstrom, 14.705[6]; 7. 6-Brylee Kilmer, 14.772[1]; 8. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 14.807[4]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey, 14.221[1]; 2. 81-Frank Flud, 14.303[5]; 3. 4N-Ryan Winter, 14.460[6]; 4. 38-Riley Osantowski, 14.575[4]; 5. 77C-Cooper Sullivan, 14.621[8]; 6. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 14.826[3]; 7. 9D-Degan Lelsz, 14.932[2]; 8. 11X-Trevin Frye, 14.964[7]
Winged A-Class
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[1]; 2. 1V-Johnny Boland[2]; 3. 26K-Kale Drake[4]; 4. 81-Frank Flud[7]; 5. 67-JJ Loss[3]; 6. 16S-Seth Shebester[6]; 7. 82S-Austin Saunders[14]; 8. 20Q-Brecken Reese[10]; 9. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[8]; 10. 13-Elijah Gile[12]; 11. 24C-Cale Lagroon[18]; 12. 78C-Chance Cody[13]; 13. 38-Riley Osantowski[19]; 14. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[17]; 15. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[20]; 16. 3-Cole Roberts[15]; 17. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[9]; 18. 9D-Degan Lelsz[16]; 19. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[5]; 20. 83W-Brant Woods[11]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3-Cole Roberts[1]; 2. 9D-Degan Lelsz[5]; 3. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[4]; 4. 24C-Cale Lagroon[7]; 5. 38-Riley Osantowski[3]; 6. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[2]; 7. 24-Tristan Ullstrom[6]; 8. 21-Keegan Osantowski[8]; 9. 27KW-Kaden Weger[17]; 10. B2-Carson Bolden[10]; 11. 34-Colton Robinson[13]; 12. 9A-Hunter Hanson[11]; 13. 59-Evan Semerad[14]; 14. 28S-Daniel Smith[16]; 15. 14F-Bobby Wofford Jr[12]; 16. 19J-Justin Robison[9]; 17. 66-Jayden Clay[15]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[1]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[2]; 3. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[3]; 4. 13-Elijah Gile[4]; 5. 38-Riley Osantowski[7]; 6. B2-Carson Bolden[6]; 7. 14F-Bobby Wofford Jr[8]; 8. (DNS) 27KW-Kaden Weger
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[1]; 2. 1V-Johnny Boland[3]; 3. 78C-Chance Cody[2]; 4. 83W-Brant Woods[4]; 5. 9D-Degan Lelsz[6]; 6. 19J-Justin Robison[7]; 7. 9A-Hunter Hanson[8]; 8. 28S-Daniel Smith[5]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26K-Kale Drake[2]; 2. 3T-Caiden Mitchell[6]; 3. 3-Cole Roberts[1]; 4. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4]; 5. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[3]; 6. 24C-Cale Lagroon[8]; 7. 34-Colton Robinson[7]; 8. 66-Jayden Clay[5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 67-JJ Loss[2]; 2. 16S-Seth Shebester[4]; 3. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[1]; 4. 82S-Austin Saunders[3]; 5. 24-Tristan Ullstrom[5]; 6. 21-Keegan Osantowski[7]; 7. 59-Evan Semerad[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 13-Elijah Gile, 13.137[2]; 2. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 13.253[7]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 13.365[3]; 4. 81-Frank Flud, 13.441[1]; 5. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 13.544[4]; 6. B2-Carson Bolden, 13.671[6]; 7. 38-Riley Osantowski, 13.957[5]; 8. 14F-Bobby Wofford Jr, 14.097[8]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 83W-Brant Woods, 12.999[4]; 2. 1V-Johnny Boland, 13.324[6]; 3. 78C-Chance Cody, 13.337[3]; 4. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey, 13.439[2]; 5. 28S-Daniel Smith, 13.530[7]; 6. 9D-Degan Lelsz, 13.650[8]; 7. 19J-Justin Robison, 13.820[1]; 8. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 13.932[5]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 12.923[5]; 2. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 13.181[2]; 3. 26K-Kale Drake, 13.245[4]; 4. 3-Cole Roberts, 13.455[1]; 5. 66-Jayden Clay, 13.478[3]; 6. 3T-Caiden Mitchell, 13.785[8]; 7. 34-Colton Robinson, 13.848[7]; 8. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 13.848[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 16S-Seth Shebester, 13.157[4]; 2. 82S-Austin Saunders, 13.200[7]; 3. 67-JJ Loss, 13.279[5]; 4. 24T-Glenn James Bratti, 13.456[3]; 5. 24-Tristan Ullstrom, 13.603[6]; 6. 59-Evan Semerad, 13.638[2]; 7. 21-Keegan Osantowski, 13.733[1]
Restricted 'A' Class
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. B2-Carson Bolden[1]; 2. 33-Jett Nunley[4]; 3. 73-Chase McDougal[5]; 4. 31BW-Braxton Weger[8]; 5. 24C-Cale Lagroon[2]; 6. 1R-Cameron Reed[7]; 7. 11-Kyle Hooper[11]; 8. 4-Jude Allgayer[12]; 9. 6-Brylee Kilmer[10]; 10. 88R-Emery Laplante[14]; 11. 75-Gavyn Bolt[9]; 12. 83-Dawson Woods[6]; 13. 97-Cash Lacombe[3]; 14. GH7-Garyn Howard[13]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97-Cash Lacombe[2]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 3. B2-Carson Bolden[4]; 4. 1R-Cameron Reed[6]; 5. 6-Brylee Kilmer[5]; 6. 4-Jude Allgayer[1]; 7. (DNS) GH7-Garyn Howard
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[4]; 2. 83-Dawson Woods[1]; 3. 73-Chase McDougal[3]; 4. 31BW-Braxton Weger[2]; 5. 75-Gavyn Bolt[6]; 6. 11-Kyle Hooper[5]; 7. 88R-Emery Laplante[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. B2-Carson Bolden, 14.121[2]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 14.360[5]; 3. 97-Cash Lacombe, 14.397[1]; 4. 4-Jude Allgayer, 14.417[6]; 5. 6-Brylee Kilmer, 14.662[4]; 6. 1R-Cameron Reed, 14.668[3]; 7. 75-Gavyn Bolt, 15.043[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley, 14.029[1]; 2. 73-Chase McDougal, 14.033[4]; 3. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 14.365[2]; 4. 83-Dawson Woods, 14.435[6]; 5. 11-Kyle Hooper, 14.672[5]; 6. 88R-Emery Laplante, 14.715[7]; 7. GH7-Garyn Howard, 14.715[3]
Dwarf Cars
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. F4-Chandler Foltz[13]; 2. 63F-Brett Fuller[4]; 3. 282-Nick Maitland[2]; 4. 62-David Farris[6]; 5. 75-Paul York[5]; 6. 27-Jeff Pense[3]; 7. 39-Rex Johnson[12]; 8. 48B-Stephen Free[11]; 9. 22-Justin Foltz[1]; 10. 00-Jeff Robertson[8]; 11. 11T-Shawn Lewis[7]; 12. 1X-Jim Woods Sr[10]; 13. (DNF) 69-Joshua Lewis[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 62-David Farris[6]; 2. 63F-Brett Fuller[5]; 3. 282-Nick Maitland[4]; 4. 11T-Shawn Lewis[3]; 5. (DNF) 39-Rex Johnson[1]; 6. (DNF) 48B-Stephen Free[7]; 7. (DNF) F4-Chandler Foltz[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Jeff Pense[1]; 2. 75-Paul York[6]; 3. 22-Justin Foltz[4]; 4. 00-Jeff Robertson[2]; 5. 69-Joshua Lewis[3]; 6. 1X-Jim Woods Sr[5]
Economy Micros
A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 6-John Kilmer[4]; 2. 297-Dillon Berglan[3]; 3. 2-David Jacobs[2]; 4. 00-Tony Huddleston[7]; 5. 514-Jesse Burgess[6]; 6. 84-Tristen Burns[5]; 7. 15S-Chris Smith[1]; 8. C3-Bobby Chapa[8]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 297-Dillon Berglan[1]; 2. 6-John Kilmer[4]; 3. 2-David Jacobs[5]; 4. 84-Tristen Burns[2]; 5. 15S-Chris Smith[8]; 6. 514-Jesse Burgess[6]; 7. (DNF) 00-Tony Huddleston[7]; 8. (DNS) C3-Bobby Chapa
Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert
