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Laplante Sweeps Lucas Oil NOW600 Series Weekend While Andrews and Curbow Produce First Career Series Victories

(Photo by TeeJay Crawford)

Inside Line Promotions – TULSA, Okla. (July 8, 2018) – Ryder Laplante became the first driver to record three Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by MyRacePass feature victories during the same weekend this year when he scored a triumph at Port City Raceway on Sunday.

Additionally, Chris Andrews and Steven Curbow both earned their first career NOW600 Series victory during the weekend finale.

Laplante won the Restricted ‘A’ Class main event for the third straight night and the 13th time in his career. Ryan Timms maneuvered to a runner-up result with Brody Mclaughlin finishing third, Shawn Mahaffey fourth and Preston Scheulen fifth.

Timms, Ryker Pace and Laplante were the heat race winners.

Andrews held off NOW600 Series winningest driver Frank Flud for the Stock Non-Wing triumph. Zac Moody charged from 15th to a third-place outing. Points leader Daniel Shaffer ended fourth and Jake Nail rallied from 17th to fifth.

Flud, Andrews and Curtis Jones each claimed a heat race win and Moody was victorious during the B Main.

Curbow netted his first career Winged ‘A’ Class victory as Flud picked up another second-place result. Moody ended third with Hank Davis fourth and Ryan Timms fifth.

Kobe Simpson, Flud and Caleb Pence each scored a heat race triumph. Daison Pursley won the B Main.

Next up for the series is a non-points race for the Stock Non-Wing division on Tuesday at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., during a USAC P1 Insurance National Midgets event.

LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT PORT CITY RACEWAY (July 8, 2018) –

NOW600 Stock Non-Wing

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 91K-Chris Andrews (2); 2. 81-Frank Flud (4); 3. 17Z-Zac Moody (15); 4. 78-Daniel Shaffer (3); 5. 14R-Jake Nail (17); 6. 10B-Cody Barnes (6); 7. 15-Jase Randolph (11); 8. 33-Jack Kassik (7); 9. 42-Hank Davis (8); 10. 9P-Daison Pursley (16); 11. 3E-Ethan Wicker (20); 12. 29-Brady Bacon (10); 13. 23P-Trevor Peden (19); 14. 63-Trey Burke (18); 15. 17H-Hunter Little (12); 16. 57T-Kyle Thompson (14); 17. 22-Curtis Jones (1); 18. 11A-Avery Goodman (13); 19. 19-Issac Barr (9); 20. 5T-Ryan Timms (5).

Semi (12 Laps): 1. 17Z-Zac Moody (1); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (3); 3. 14R-Jake Nail (2); 4. 63-Trey Burke (4); 5. 23P-Trevor Peden (5); 6. 3E-Ethan Wicker (6); 7. 5HD-Harley Sanders (7); 8. 20-John Hull (10); 9. 11H-Logan Hill (8); 10. 87-Mike Byford (9).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (2); 2. 78-Daniel Shaffer (4); 3. 10B-Cody Barnes (5); 4. 11A-Avery Goodman (3); 5. 29-Brady Bacon (8); 6. 63-Trey Burke (6); 7. 20-John Hull (1); 8. 11H-Logan Hill (7).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 91K-Chris Andrews (1); 2. 33-Jack Kassik (2); 3. 42-Hank Davis (4); 4. 15-Jase Randolph (5); 5. 57T-Kyle Thompson (6); 6. 14R-Jake Nail (8); 7. 23P-Trevor Peden (3); 8. 87-Mike Byford (7).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Curtis Jones (1); 2. 5T-Ryan Timms (3); 3. 19-Issac Barr (4); 4. 17H-Hunter Little (5); 5. 17Z-Zac Moody (6); 6. 9P-Daison Pursley (7); 7. 5HD-Harley Sanders (2); 8. 3E-Ethan Wicker (8).

NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 20S-Steven Curbow (2); 2. 81-Frank Flud (6); 3. 17Z-Zac Moody (1); 4. 11S-Hank Davis (4); 5. 5T-Ryan Timms (10); 6. 83-Jim Woods (8); 7. 17-Connor Lee (3); 8. 36-Kris Carroll (13); 9. 3-Cole Roberts (12); 10. 9P-Daison Pursley (15); 11. 63-Trey Burke (14); 12. 11A-Avery Goodman (20); 13. 21G-Garth Kasiner (11); 14. 88R-Ryder Laplante (16); 15. 8P-Caleb Pence (7); 16. 77-Ryan Sullivan (19); 17. 14R-Jake Nail (17); 18. 75-Ryan Truitt (18); 19. 12E-Emme Hughes (9); 20. 21K-Kobe Simpson (5).

Semi (12 Laps): 1. 9P-Daison Pursley (1); 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante (2); 3. 14R-Jake Nail (3); 4. 75-Ryan Truitt (4); 5. 77-Ryan Sullivan (6); 6. 11A-Avery Goodman (10); 7. 10-Blake Battles (12); 8. 11-Riley Goodno (5); 9. 42-Grady Mercer (7); 10. 12K-Kayla Ward (11); 11. 22RL-Gage Laney (9); 12. 83X-Shane Weeks (13); 13. 29-Brady Bacon (8).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21K-Kobe Simpson (1); 2. 20S-Steven Curbow (4); 3. 21G-Garth Kasiner (2); 4. 83-Jim Woods (8); 5. 5T-Ryan Timms (9); 6. 9P-Daison Pursley (7); 7. 22RL-Gage Laney (3); 8. 11A-Avery Goodman (6); 9. 10-Blake Battles (5).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (1); 2. 12E-Emme Hughes (2); 3. 11S-Hank Davis (8); 4. 3-Cole Roberts (4); 5. 36-Kris Carroll (6); 6. 14R-Jake Nail (5); 7. 11-Riley Goodno (7); 8. 42-Grady Mercer (9); 9. 83X-Shane Weeks (3).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 8P-Caleb Pence (1); 2. 17Z-Zac Moody (4); 3. 17-Connor Lee (8); 4. 63-Trey Burke (2); 5. 88R-Ryder Laplante (3); 6. 75-Ryan Truitt (5); 7. 77-Ryan Sullivan (6); 8. 29-Brady Bacon (9); 9. 12K-Kayla Ward (7).

NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (2); 2. 5T-Ryan Timms (4); 3. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (1); 4. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (9); 5. 00-Preston Scheulen (6); 6. 75-Kale Drake (7); 7. 8R-Ryker Pace (3); 8. 70-Aidan Silva (8); 9. 37-Jack Hall (15); 10. 78-Wyatt Wilkerson (12); 11. 7S-Kaden Smith (22); 12. 27T-Timothy Watson III (10); 13. 72-Kayden Cole (11); 14. 101-Kylee Young (17); 15. 22T-Thomas Byford (21); 16. 73-Jase Mosley (13); 17. 4S-Aubrey Sappinton (20); 18. 17S-Baron Silva (5); 19. 77-Cooper Sullivan (18); 20. 22M-Rees Moran (14); 21. 8-Ryan Cotney (16); 22. 83-Brant Woods (19).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 5T-Ryan Timms (2); 2. 70-Aidan Silva (1); 3. 72-Kayden Cole (3); 4. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (8); 5. 73-Jase Mosley (5); 6. 37-Jack Hall (7); 7. 4S-Aubrey Sappinton (6); 8. 7S-Kaden Smith (4).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 8R-Ryker Pace (1); 2. 17S-Baron Silva (3); 3. 00-Preston Scheulen (5); 4. 27T-Timothy Watson III (6); 5. 22M-Rees Moran (4); 6. 8-Ryan Cotney (7); 7. 22T-Thomas Byford (2).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (1); 2. 75-Kale Drake (2); 3. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (4); 4. 78-Wyatt Wilkerson (5); 5. 101-Kylee Young (3); 6. 77-Cooper Sullivan (6); 7. 83-Brant Woods (7).

2018 LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –

STOCK NON-WING:

Chris Cochran – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Hank Davis – 2 (Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 20 and Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 22); Frank Flud – 2 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 21 and Arkoma Speedway in Arkoma, Okla., on July 7); Daniel Shaffer – 2 (Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kan., on May 26 and May 27); Chris Andrews – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on July 8); Jerry McGinnis – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on June 23); Daison Pursley – 1 (Grayson County Speedway in Bells, Texas, on April 14); Chase Randall – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9); Jase Randolph – 1 (Arkoma Speedway in Arkoma, Okla., on July 6); Morgan Roan – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23); and Jason Tyer – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24)

WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:

Frank Flud – 6 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9 and June 23; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 6 and June 21; and Arkoma Speedway in Arkoma, Okla., on July 6 and July 7); Daison Pursley – 3 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23 and Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kan., on May 26 and May 27); Harley Hollan – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Chase Brewer – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24); Steven Curbow – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on July 8); Hank Davis – 1 (Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 20); and Riley Goodno – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 22)

RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:

Ryder Laplante – 4 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24; Arkoma Speedway in Arkoma, Okla., on July 6 and July 7; and Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on July 8); Shawn Mahaffey – 4 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9; Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 20; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 21 and Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 22); Garth Kasiner – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Kale Drake – 1 (Grayson County Speedway in Bells, Texas, on April 14); Rees Moran – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 6); Caleb Rouser – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23); and Ryan Timms – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on June 23)

UP NEXT –

Tuesday at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla.

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Website: http://www.NOW600Series.com

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NOW600 SERIES –

The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its sixth year of showcasing premier micro sprint racing throughout the country. In addition to the Lucas Oil NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass, there are five regions – the NOW600 North Texas Region, the NOW600 Desert Region, the NOW600 Mile High Micro Sprints, the NOW600 Mountain West Region and the NOW600 Northeast Region. The featured 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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