6/4/2017
Inside Line Promotions
Hollan, Newell and Drake Wrap Up Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Series Sooner 600 Week With Wins as Flud and Pursley Claim Championships
(Photo by Bryan Hulbert)
Inside Line Promotions – OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (June 3, 2017) – Holley Hollan, Jeffrey Newell and Kale Drake registered firsts on Saturday during the final round of the Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass Sooner 600 Week.
Hollan claimed her first career Stock Non-Wing win with the series as Newell won his first-ever NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class event and Drake scored his series first Restricted ‘A’ Class triumph during the speedweek finale hosted by I-44 Riverside Speedway.
Meanwhile, Frank Flud won the Stock Non-Wing and Winged ‘A’ Class Sooner 600 Week titles and Daison Pursley was crowned the Restricted ‘A’ Class champion of the inaugural Sooner 600 Week, which featured six races – all co-sanctioned with the Driven Midwest NOW600 Sooner Region – at four tracks in nine days.
Hollan took advantage of drawing the pole position for the Stock Non-Wing main event, but it wasn’t easy as Flud maneuvered from fifth to the runner-up result. Chris Cochran placed third with Holden Anderson fourth and Dillon Conrad fifth.
Cochran, Cody Carter and Weston Miller were the heat race winners.
Newell also duked it out with Flud for the Winged ‘A’ Class main event before scoring the win. Phillip Fessler rounded out the podium as Alison Slated placed fourth and Brandon Boggs maneuvered from 12th to fifth.
Flud, Newell and Fessler each recorded a heat race triumph.
Drake outlasted Gunner Bowden to claim the Restricted ‘A’ Class victory, which makes six winners in 11 races this season. Ryder Laplante finished third with Pursley charging from 12th to fourth. Chase Randall ended fifth.
Drake, Kayden Cole and Rees Moran produced heat race wins.
The Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series will resume competition on June 30 at Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, and July 1 at 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas.
DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT I-44 RIVERSIDE SPEEDWAY (June 3, 2017) –
NOW600 Stock Non-Wing
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 14H-Holley Hollan (1); 2. 81-Frank Flud (5); 3. 7C-Chris Cochran (3); 4. 6A-Holden Anderson (8); 5. 77X-Dillon Conrad (2); 6. 55B-Brandon Anderson (7); 7. 007-Cody Carter (6); 8. 98-Derrick McBride (11); 9. 1-Jeffrey Newell (14); 10. 2B-Brandon Boggs (17); 11. 50-Shelby Burk (10); 12. 11G-Avery Goodman (19); 13. 22-Curtis Jones (21); 14. 19T-Caleb Thompson (15); 15. 01-Kirk Berkley (9); 16. 5E-Austin Shores (18); 17. 0M-Bryan Martin (13); 18. 23P-Trevor Peden (16); 19. 7D-Dalton Conrad (12); 20. 16W-Weston Miller (4); 21. 30-Billy Messmer (20).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7C-Chris Cochran (1); 2. 77X-Dillon Conrad (3); 3. 81-Frank Flud (7); 4. 19T-Caleb Thompson (2); 5. 7D-Dalton Conrad (6); 6. 23P-Trevor Peden (5); 7. 30-Billy Messmer (4).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 007-Cody Carter (5); 2. 14H-Holley Hollan (3); 3. 01-Kirk Berkley (4); 4. 6A-Holden Anderson (7); 5. 0M-Bryan Martin (6); 6. 5E-Austin Shores (2); 7. 22-Curtis Jones (1).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16W-Weston Miller (2); 2. 55B-Brandon Anderson (3); 3. 50-Shelby Burk (1); 4. 98-Derrick McBride (4); 5. 1-Jeffrey Newell (6); 6. 2B-Brandon Boggs (5); 7. 11G-Avery Goodman (7).
NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 1-Jeffrey Newell (2); 2. 81-Frank Flud (3); 3. 58-Phillip Fessler (1); 4. 2A-Alison Slaton (4); 5. 2B-Brandon Boggs (12); 6. 55B-Brandon Anderson (16); 7. 10K-Koda Oller (18); 8. 16W-Weston Miller (11); 9. 12E-Emme Hughes (10); 10. 8-Gunner Bowden (13); 11. 29-Blake Dacus (5); 12. 77S-Scott Davis (9); 13. 11G-Avery Goodman (7); 14. 9-Emilio Hoover (6); 15. 9R-Chase Randall (15); 16. 1M-Shane Marquez Jr (8); 17. 6A-Holden Anderson (14); 18. 68-Mike Edwards (17).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (1); 2. 9-Emilio Hoover (2); 3. 11G-Avery Goodman (4); 4. 2B-Brandon Boggs (3); 5. 6A-Holden Anderson (5); 6. 55B-Brandon Anderson (6).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Jeffrey Newell (4); 2. 2A-Alison Slaton (3); 3. 12E-Emme Hughes (2); 4. 77S-Scott Davis (6); 5. 9R-Chase Randall (1); 6. 68-Mike Edwards (5).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 58-Phillip Fessler (2); 2. 29-Blake Dacus (3); 3. 1M-Shane Marquez Jr (4); 4. 16W-Weston Miller (5); 5. 8-Gunner Bowden (6); 6. 10K-Koda Oller (1).
NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class
Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 75-Kale Drake (2); 2. 8-Gunner Bowden (1); 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante (3); 4. 9P-Daison Pursley (12); 5. 9R-Chase Randall (7); 6. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (4); 7. 22M-Rees Moran (5); 8. 72C-Kayden Cole (6); 9. 00-Preston Scheulen (21); 10. 75B-Blayne Buntin (13); 11. 66J-Holden Jennings (9); 12. 83-Brant Woods (15); 13. 37-Jack Hall (19); 14. 2M-Shawn Marquez (18); 15. 50-Dylan Pendergrass (10); 16. 59-Richie Harvey (17); 17. 58H-Jarret Hjorth (11); 18. 22B-Abbi Buntin (16); 19. 42-Grady Mercer (8); 20. 88-Aimery Turner (14); 21. 2S-Cole Scott (20).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 75-Kale Drake (1); 2. 8-Gunner Bowden (3); 3. 9R-Chase Randall (5); 4. 42-Grady Mercer (6); 5. 83-Brant Woods (2); 6. 59-Richie Harvey (4); 7. 37-Jack Hall (7).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 72C-Kayden Cole (2); 2. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (4); 3. 50-Dylan Pendergrass (1); 4. 66J-Holden Jennings (5); 5. 75B-Blayne Buntin (6); 6. 2M-Shawn Marquez (3); 7. 2S-Cole Scott (7).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22M-Rees Moran (2); 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante (4); 3. 58H-Jarret Hjorth (1); 4. 9P-Daison Pursley (7); 5. 88-Aimery Turner (3); 6. 22B-Abbi Buntin (6); 7. 00-Preston Scheulen (5).
2017 DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 FEATURE WINNERS –
STOCK NON-WING:
Frank Flud – 7 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9, March 10 and June 1; I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26 and Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 2); Holley Hollan – 1 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on June 3); Trey Marcham – 1 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 27) and Steven Shebester – 1 (Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3)
WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:
Frank Flud – 6 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9, March 10 and June 1, and I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26); Dustin Davidson – 1 (281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas, on March 25); Holley Hollan – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 2); Jason McDougal – 1 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 27) and Jeffrey Newell – 1 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on June 3)
RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:
Ryder Laplante – 4 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 18; Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9; and 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas, on March 25); Daison Pursley – 3 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on May 26 and May 27 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 1); Kale Drake – 1 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on June 3); Noah Gass – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17); Grady Mercer – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 2) and Chase Randall – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 10)
UP NEXT –
June 30 at Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, and July 1 at 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.NOW600Series.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOW600Series
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOW600Series
NOW600 SERIES –
The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its fifth year of showcasing premier micro sprint racing throughout Oklahoma and Northern Texas. In addition to the Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass, there are three regions – the Driven Midwest NOW600 North Texas Region, the Driven Midwest NOW600 Sooner Region and the USAC NOW600 Coastal Clash. 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.
DRIVEN MIDWEST –
Driven Midwest is a speed shop and D1 chassis dealer located in Tulsa, Okla. The company, which is owned by Harley Hollan and micro sprint standout Frank Flud, has one goal: to raise the standard of customer service to an exceptional level while building a relationship with every customer. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/DrivenPerformanceMidwest/?fref=ts.
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