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Flud Doubles Up and Gass Garners First-Ever Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Victory to Open Season at Texas Short Track Opener

Inside Line Promotions – GREENVILLE, Texas (Feb. 17, 2017) – Frank Flud doubled up and Noah Gass picked up his first career Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass feature victory on Friday when more than 100 entries invaded Superbowl Speedway during the first round of the Texas Short Track Opener.

Flud, who leads all competitors with 15 career wins with the series, and Gass are locked into the pole position of their respective classes on Saturday following the trips into the Inside Line Promotions Victory Lane.

Flud charged from seventh to claim the Winged ‘A’ Class main event – his fifth career with the series – and he advanced from fourth to capture the Stock Non-Wing feature – his seventh career. Meanwhile Gass took advantage of the pole position on Friday to garner the win during the event, which is co-sanctioned with the Driven Midwest NOW600 North Texas Region.

Marcus Thomas, Kyle Jones and Kaylee Bryson also locked into Saturday’s A Main after placing in the top four of the Winged ‘A’ Class main event with Chad Bell rounding out the top five.

Holley Hollan, Bryson, Flud, Jones and Thomas were the heat race winners with Blake Dacus and Kevin Bayer earning B Main victories.

Cody Price, Colby Stubblefield and 11th-starting Trevor McIntire locked into Saturday’s Stock Non-Wing A Main following top-four results with Thomas placing fifth.

Jones, Flud, Nathan Berkshier and Jason McDougal captured heat race triumphs with Jordan Barbee and Bash Ferguson claiming B Main triumphs.

Dylan Pendergrass, Daison Pursley and Jarret Hjorth joined Gass as top-four finishers in the Restricted ‘A’ Class feature to lock into Saturday’s A Main as Riley Goodno ended fifth.

Pursley, Goodno and Chase Randall each won a heat race and Jake Nail powered to the B Main victory.

The finale of the Texas Short Track Opener is Saturday as the front gates open at 4 p.m. with hot laps at 5:30 p.m. and racing at 6 p.m. The drivers meeting and draw are slated for 4:30 p.m. If a driver is running late he or she can call Mattox at 918-417-0624 to be signed in.

Adult general admission tickets are $12 with children ages 7 to 11 and senior citizens only $7. Children ages 6 and younger get in free. Pit passes are $30.

DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS at SUPERBOWL SPEEDWAY RESULTS (Feb. 17, 2017) –

NOW600 Stock Non-Wing

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Kyle Jones (6); 2. 2C-Colby Stubblefield (3); 3. 10-Bryan Debrick (2); 4. 007-Cody Carter (1); 5. 2-Jordan Barbee (5); 6. 3G-Lane Goodman (7); 7. 88-Scott Maynard (4); 8. 43K-Kevin Johnson (9); 9. 76-Shara Cook (8).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (5); 2. 44C-Cody Price (4); 3. 3S-Stephen Smith (2); 4. C9-Colton Corbin (7); 5. 91-Bash Ferguson (8); 6. 23L-Jason Lair (6); 7. 34-Richard Miller (1); 8. 67-Chase Cook (3); 9. W46-Whit Knisley (9).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 27-Nathan Berkshier (3); 2. 69-Colt Dyer (5); 3. 92-Tim Ferguson (6); 4. 27D-Jared Dunkin (1); 5. 28-CJ Batla (7); 6. 2D-Dustin Davidson (4); 7. 99A-Reagan Reed (2); 8. 11-Bill Miller (8); 9. 02-Cody Freeman (9).

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 188-Jason McDougal (8); 2. 15-Marcus Thomas (4); 3. 3T-Trevor McIntire (3); 4. 11G-Avery Goodman (5); 5. 53-Bryce Redmon (2); 6. 39-Jamey Lough (7); 7. 28G-Gordon Goyer (1); 8. 12-Michael Stout (6); 9. 77-Joe Gunnell (9).

Semi 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2-Jordan Barbee (2); 2. 28-CJ Batla (3); 3. 34-Richard Miller (8); 4. 39-Jamey Lough (4); 5. 43K-Kevin Johnson (6); 6. 12-Michael Stout (9); 7. 007-Cody Carter (1); 8. 23L-Jason Lair (5); 9. 11-Bill Miller (7); 10. 02-Cody Freeman (10); 11. 67-Chase Cook (11).

Semi 2 (12 Laps): 1. 91-Bash Ferguson (2); 2. 53-Bryce Redmon (4); 3. 27D-Jared Dunkin (1); 4. 88-Scott Maynard (6); 5. 77-Joe Gunnell (10); 6. 99A-Reagan Reed (7); 7. 76-Shara Cook (11); 8. 3G-Lane Goodman (3); 9. 28G-Gordon Goyer (8); 10. 2D-Dustin Davidson (5); 11. W46-Whit Knisley (9).

Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (4); 2. 44C-Cody Price (1); 3. 2C-Colby Stubblefield (8); 4. 3T-Trevor McIntire (11); 5. 15-Marcus Thomas (7); 6. 11G-Avery Goodman (14); 7. 2-Jordan Barbee (15); 8. 27D-Jared Dunkin (20); 9. C9-Colton Corbin (9); 10. 27-Nathan Berkshier (3); 11. 53-Bryce Redmon (18); 12. 91-Bash Ferguson (16); 13. 188-Jason McDougal (6); 14. 28-CJ Batla (17); 15. 92-Tim Ferguson (10); 16. 34-Richard Miller (19); 17. 04-Kyle Jones (5); 18. 10-Bryan Debrick (12); 19. 3S-Stephen Smith (13); 20. 69-Colt Dyer (2).

NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 14H-Holley Hollan (2); 2. B52-Chad Bell (4); 3. 29-Blake Dacus (3); 4. 12E-Emme Hughes (5); 5. W46-Whit Knisley (7); 6. 27D-Jared Dunkin (1); 7. 06R-Ray Morgan (8); 8. 28-CJ Batla (9); 9. 20G-Noah Gass (6).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (1); 2. 881-Jason McDougal (3); 3. 1R-Brady Ross (2); 4. 2D-Dustin Davidson (5); 5. 29S-Scott Sawyer (6); 6. 31-Nathan Martin (4); 7. 9N-Emilio Hoover (7); 8. 43K-Kevin Johnson (8).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (1); 2. 5B-Joey Starnes (3); 3. 29B-John Binz (2); 4. 8-Kevin Bayer (4); 5. 9-Chase Randall (5); 6. 11G-Avery Goodman (7); 7. 88-Scott Maynard (6); 8. 33-Driver #4 (8); 9. C29-Colton Corbin (9).

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 04-Kyle Jones (4); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (1); 3. 44C-Cody Price (5); 4. 3S-Stephen Smith (7); 5. 3T-Trevor McIntire (8); 6. 3G-Lane Goodman (3); 7. 23L-Jason Lair (2); 8. 10K-Koda Oller (6).

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Marcus Thomas (4); 2. 19J-Keith Martin (3); 3. 11-Riley Goodno (6); 4. 2A-Alison Slaton (5); 5. 10-Bryan Debrick (1); 6. 02-Cody Freeman (2); 7. 67-Chase Cook (7); 8. 76-Shara Cook (8).

Semi 1 (12 Laps): 1. 29-Blake Dacus (1); 2. 29B-John Binz (2); 3. 29S-Scott Sawyer (5); 4. 23L-Jason Lair (13); 5. W46-Whit Knisley (4); 6. 33-Driver #4 (12); 7. 3G-Lane Goodman (8); 8. 9N-Emilio Hoover (9); 9. 11G-Avery Goodman (6); 10. 2D-Dustin Davidson (3); 11. 06R-Ray Morgan (7); 12. 27D-Jared Dunkin (10); 13. 28-CJ Batla (11); 14. C29-Colton Corbin (14).

Semi 2 (12 Laps): 1. 8-Kevin Bayer (4); 2. 1R-Brady Ross (1); 3. 9-Chase Randall (5); 4. 2A-Alison Slaton (3); 5. 31-Nathan Martin (7); 6. 12E-Emme Hughes (2); 7. 88-Scott Maynard (10); 8. 10K-Koda Oller (13); 9. 10-Bryan Debrick (6); 10. 02-Cody Freeman (8); 11. 67-Chase Cook (9); 12. 43K-Kevin Johnson (11); 13. 76-Shara Cook (12); 14. 20G-Noah Gass (14).

Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (7); 2. 15-Marcus Thomas (3); 3. 04-Kyle Jones (4); 4. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (6); 5. B52-Chad Bell (1); 6. 14H-Holley Hollan (2); 7. 3S-Stephen Smith (12); 8. 881-Jason McDougal (8); 9. 5B-Joey Starnes (9); 10. 29B-John Binz (17); 11. 19J-Keith Martin (10); 12. 9-Chase Randall (20); 13. 1R-Brady Ross (18); 14. 9P-Daison Pursley (13); 15. 44C-Cody Price (11); 16. 8-Kevin Bayer (16); 17. 29-Blake Dacus (15); 18. 3T-Trevor McIntire (14); 19. 11-Riley Goodno (5); 20. 29S-Scott Sawyer (19).

NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9P-Daison Pursley (1); 2. 8P-Caleb Pence (5); 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante (7); 4. 58H-Jarret Hjorth (8); 5. 21K-Kobe Simpson (6); 6. 17-Conner Lee (2); 7. 22RL-Gage Laney (4); 8. 1-Sammy Davis (3).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Riley Goodno (1); 2. 8-Gunner Bowden (3); 3. 22-Dylan Pendergrass (8); 4. 26-Cody Duke (5); 5. 77-Kale Drake (6); 6. 18-Jacob B (9); 7. 114-Thomas Hall (2); 8. 43W-Tatum Woods (7); 9. 95-Dylan Still (4).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall (1); 2. 20G-Noah Gass (7); 3. 9N-Emilio Hoover (8); 4. 44-Caleb Rouser (4); 5. 21-Preston Thomas (6); 6. 57-Landen Zakalowski (3); 7. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (2); 8. 14R-Jake Nail (5).

Semi 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14R-Jake Nail (9); 2. 57-Landen Zakalowski (3); 3. 17-Conner Lee (4); 4. 18-Jacob B (2); 5. 95-Dylan Still (11); 6. 1-Sammy Davis (10); 7. 114-Thomas Hall (6); 8. 43W-Tatum Woods (8); 9. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (7); 10. 22RL-Gage Laney (5); 11. 21-Preston Thomas (1).

Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 20G-Noah Gass (1); 2. 22-Dylan Pendergrass (2); 3. 9P-Daison Pursley (6); 4. 58H-Jarret Hjorth (9); 5. 11-Riley Goodno (7); 6. 21K-Kobe Simpson (13); 7. 8-Gunner Bowden (10); 8. 44-Caleb Rouser (12); 9. 88R-Ryder Laplante (5); 10. 17-Conner Lee (17); 11. 57-Landen Zakalowski (16); 12. 95-Dylan Still (19); 13. 77-Kale Drake (14); 14. 1-Sammy Davis (20); 15. 8P-Caleb Pence (4); 16. 18-Jacob B (18); 17. 9R-Chase Randall (8); 18. 9N-Emilio Hoover (3); 19. 26-Cody Duke (11); 20. 14R-Jake Nail (15).

2017 DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 FEATURE WINNERS –

NON-WING:

Frank Flud – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17)

WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:

Frank Flud – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17)

RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:

Noah Gass – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17)

UP NEXT –

Saturday at Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, 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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INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –

Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations and media management for motor sports drivers, teams, sponsors, tracks, series, events, organizations and manufacturers. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and the return on investment for your sponsors.

To meet the media relations needs of your program by joining Team ILP, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or Shawn@InsideLinePromotions.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit http://www.InsideLinePromotions.com.

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