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Flud and Laplante Secure Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Wins on Night 1 of Creek County Clash

(Photo by Bryan Hulbert)

Inside Line Promotions – SAPULPA, Okla. (March 9, 2017) – Familiar faces stood in the Inside Line Promotions Victory Lane on Thursday during the first round of the inaugural Creek County Clash.

Frank Flud swept the Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass Stock Non-Wing and Winged ‘A’ Class main events for the third time this season and Ryder Laplante captured his third consecutive Restricted ‘A’ Class triumph to kick off the marquee tripleheader at Creek County Speedway.

Night 2 of the Creek County Clash is slated for Friday at Creek County Speedway. The gates open at 5 p.m. with the drivers meeting at 6:15 p.m., hot laps at 7:15 p.m. and racing at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $10 for adults and free for children ages 10 and younger. Pit passes are $30 each night.

Flud charged from fifth to score his ninth career Stock Non-Wing victory with the series on Thursday, when more than 60 entries were spread among the three premier Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series classes at the bullring.

Kj Snow finished in the runner-up position with Jason McDougal placing third, Cannon McIntosh fourth and Shawn Wicker fifth.

Flud and Matt Ward were the heat race winners.

Flud was equally as successful in the Winged ‘A’ Class division. After charging from seventh to second place in a heat race to make the feature inversion, Flud lined up on the pole for the 20-lap main event and he never looked back en route to his seventh career series triumph in the class.

Kevin Bayer, McDougal, Brock Berreth and Hank Davis rounded out the top five, respectively.

Bayer, Davis and McDougal each won a heat race and Ward claimed the B Main.

Laplante held off sixth-starting Daison Pursley to score the Restricted ‘A’ Class victory. Chase Randall maneuvered from 11th to a third-place finish with Jake Nail fourth and Preston Scheulen fifth.

Grady Mercer and Dylan Pendergrass were the heat race winners.

Drivers in each class earned event points on Thursday. Those points will be added to any points earned on Friday with the top six in overall combined points in each class locking into the A Main on Saturday.

DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT CREEK COUNTY SPEEDWAY (March 9, 2017) –

NOW600 Stock Non-Wing

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Matt Ward (2); 2. 11G-Avery Goodman (5); 3. 29-Kj Snow (1); 4. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr (4); 5. 20-Shawn Wicker (7); 6. 15-Jase Randolph (8); 7. 2A-Alison Slaton (6); 8. 44C-Cody Price (9); 9. 22B-Noah Harris (3).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (1); 2. 73-Jason McDougal (2); 3. 08-Cannon McIntosh (6); 4. 1H-Hank Davis (8); 5. 14H-Holley Hollan (3); 6. 2B-Jordan Barbee (7); 7. 69-Colt Dyer (5); 8. 28G-Gordon Goyer (4); 9. 01-Kirk Berkley (9).

Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (5); 2. 29-Kj Snow (2); 3. 73-Jason McDougal (3); 4. 08-Cannon McIntosh (6); 5. 20-Shawn Wicker (1); 6. 51-Matt Ward (7); 7. 11G-Avery Goodman (8); 8. 14H-Holley Hollan (12); 9. 2B-Jordan Barbee (11); 10. 1H-Hank Davis (4); 11. 28G-Gordon Goyer (16); 12. 15-Jase Randolph (10); 13. 69-Colt Dyer (15); 14. 22B-Noah Harris (17); 15. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr (9); 16. 2A-Alison Slaton (13); 17. 44C-Cody Price (14); 18. 01-Kirk Berkley (18).

NOW600 Winged ‘A Class

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Kevin Bayer (2); 2. 08-Cannon McIntosh (3); 3. 2A-Alison Slaton (6); 4. 11-Riley Goodno (5); 5. 08K-Jace McIntosh (8); 6. 9-Emilio Hoover (4); 7. 2-Derek Begnaud (7); 8. 9B-Johnny Moore (9); (DQ) 20-Shawn Wicker (1).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Hank Davis (3); 2. 10-Brock Berreth (1); 3. 3-Cole Roberts (2); 4. 11G-Avery Goodman (4); 5. 51-Matt Ward (6); 6. 14H-Holley Hollan (7); 7. 44C-Cody Price (8); 8. 15-Jase Randolph (5).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Jason McDougal (2); 2. 81-Frank Flud (7); 3. 5-Kris Carroll (3); 4. 29-Blake Dacus (4); 5. 9R-Chase Randall (8); 6. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (6); 7. 11S-Ryan Hunt (5); 8. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr (1).

Semi (12 Laps): 1. 51-Matt Ward (1); 2. 14H-Holley Hollan (2); 3. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (3); 4. 9-Emilio Hoover (5); 5. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr (10); 6. 15-Jase Randolph (9); 7. 2-Derek Begnaud (6); 8. 9B-Johnny Moore (8); 9. 11S-Ryan Hunt (7); 10. 44C-Cody Price (4); 11. 20-Shawn Wicker (11).

Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (1); 2. 91-Kevin Bayer (3); 3. 73-Jason McDougal (4); 4. 10-Brock Berreth (7); 5. 42-Hank Davis (2); 6. 08-Cannon McIntosh (6); 7. 9R-Chase Randall (9); 8. 11B-Kaylee Bryson (17); 9. 08K-Jace McIntosh (8); 10. 5-Kris Carroll (10); 11. 3-Cole Roberts (11); 12. 11-Riley Goodno (12); 13. 51-Matt Ward (15); 14. 11G-Avery Goodman (13); 15. 14H-Holley Hollan (16); 16. 9-Emilio Hoover (18); 17. 15-Jase Randolph (20); 18. 29-Blake Dacus (14); 19. 2A-Alison Slaton (5); 20. 60-Earl McDoulett Jr (19).

NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 42-Grady Mercer (1); 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante (2); 3. 8P-Caleb Pence (3); 4. 22RL-Gage Laney (4); 5. 14R-Jake Nail (7); 6. 8-Gunner Bowden (5); 7. 9R-Chase Randall (10); 8. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips (8); 9. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (9); 10. 01-Racer Berkley (6).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Dylan Pendergrass (1); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (8); 3. 00-Preston Scheulen (3); 4. 11-Riley Goodno (4); 5. 17-Conner Lee (6); 6. 22M-Rees Moran (5); 7. 9-Emilio Hoover (7); 8. 77-Kale Drake (9); 9. 70-Aidan Silva (2).

Main Event (20 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (3); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (6); 3. 9R-Chase Randall (11); 4. 14R-Jake Nail (7); 5. 00-Preston Scheulen (1); 6. 11-Riley Goodno (9); 7. 22-Dylan Pendergrass (4); 8. 77-Kale Drake (15); 9. 22RL-Gage Laney (8); 10. 17-Conner Lee (10); 11. 22M-Rees Moran (13); 12. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (17); 13. 9-Emilio Hoover (14); 14. 01-Racer Berkley (19); 15. 70-Aidan Silva (18); 16. 42-Grady Mercer (5); 17. 8-Gunner Bowden (12); 18. 8P-Caleb Pence (2); 19. 08E-Elizabeth Phillips (16).

2017 DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 FEATURE WINNERS –

NON-WING:

Frank Flud – 3 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9) and Steven Shebester – 1 (Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3)

WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:

Frank Flud – 3 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17 and Feb. 18 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9)

RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:

Ryder Laplante – 3 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 18; Wichita Speedway in Iowa Park, Texas, on March 3; and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on March 9) and Noah Gass – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on Feb. 17)

UP NEXT –

Friday and Saturday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., for the Creek County Clash

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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