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Pursley, Benson and Wiggs Corral Victories During Lucas Oil NOW600 Series Season Opener at Red Dirt Raceway

(Photo by Richard Bales Photo)

Inside Line Promotions – MEEKER, Okla. (March 6, 2021) – Daison Pursley, Garrett Benson and Jaxton Wiggs were victorious on Saturday evening during the Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division season opener.

The opening round had been delayed each of the two previous weeks thanks to Mother Nature and it was pushed back one day this weekend because of inclement weather before the 2021 season officially started at Red Dirt Raceway during the 4th annual Spring Nationals.

Pursley bested 36 others in the Stock Non-Wing division for his fourth career series triumph, which moved him into a tie for fourth place on the all-time wins list. He is also the winningest driver in NOW600 Series Stock Non-Wing features at Red Dirt Raceway with three victories.

Chelby Hinton finished in the runner-up position with Frank Flud recording a third-place showing. Anton Hernandez placed fourth and Blayne Buntin charged from 14th to fifth.

Johnny Boland, Hinton, Flud and Brody Mclaughlin scored heat race wins. Glenn James Bratti and defending series champion Bradley Fezard each won a B Main.

Benson hustled to his first career series victory during Winged ‘A’ Class action. Jade Avedisian, who won the series championship last year, ended second with Kyle Thompson, Justis Sokol and 11th-starting Trey Zorn rounding out the top five, respectively.

Benson, Sokol, Pursley, Avedisian and Sam Holt were the heat race winners. Kenton Brewer and Corbin Rueschenberg captured B Main victories.

Wiggs is a first-time NOW600 Series winner thanks to the Restricted ‘A’ Class triumph. A total of eight different drivers have earned a series win in the division during 11 races contested at Red Dirt Raceway with Wiggs being the latest to join the group.

Benson posted a second-place outing with Sokol third, Jett Nunley fourth and Abigayle Lett fifth.

Scout Spraggins, Wiggs and Lett claimed heat race wins. Cooper Sullivan rallied from 11th for the B Main victory.

The Spring Nationals concludes on Sunday afternoon. The pits open at 11 a.m. and the main gates at 12:30 p.m. Racing is scheduled for 2 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $5 for high school students and younger, and $30 for a pit pass.

LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY HI-PLAINS BUILDING DIVISION RESULTS AT RED DIRT RACEWAY (March 6, 2021) –

NOW600 Stock Non-Wing

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 71K-Daison Pursley (2); 2. 28-Chelby Hinton (4); 3. 81-Frank Flud (5); 4. 15X-Anton Hernandez (9); 5. 75-Blayne Buntin (14); 6. 24S-Colby Sokol (3); 7. 1V-Johnny Boland (6); 8. 56-Jace Park (12); 9. 15-Mason Daugherty (10); 10. 938-Bradley Fezard (16); 11. 14-Jade Avedisian (17); 12. 24T-Glenn James Bratti (15); 13. 3C-Collin Mitchell (18); 14. 19-Justin Robison (20); 15. 28P-Garth Kasiner (8); 16. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (19); 17. 37-Jack Hall (13); 18. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (7); 19. 57T-Kyle Thompson (1); 20. 00-Daniel Shaffer (11).

B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 24T-Glenn James Bratti (3); 2. 14-Jade Avedisian (2); 3. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (6); 4. 3Z-Trey Zorn (4); 5. 7K-Kenton Brewer (8); 6. 8R-Ryker Pace (5); 7. 23P-Trevor Peden (11); 8. 5B-Brock Cottrell (12); 9. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover (10); 10. 78-Ethan Ayars (7); 11. 72-Alex Karpowicz (9); 12. 1B-Brian Bennett (1).

B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 938-Bradley Fezard (3); 2. 3C-Collin Mitchell (1); 3. 19-Justin Robison (2); 4. 68-Landon Ellis (7); 5. 43-Cale Crawford (5); 6. 32-Cody Daggett (4); 7. 10K-Karson Wittwer (10); 8. 83-Justin Gastineau (6); 9. 33-Evan Harvey (8); 10. 7J-Terry Roach (9); 11. 52-Conner Long (11).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1V-Johnny Boland (7); 2. 71K-Daison Pursley (4); 3. 75-Blayne Buntin (3); 4. 938-Bradley Fezard (2); 5. 56-Jace Park (9); 6. 1B-Brian Bennett (10); 7. 78-Ethan Ayars (5); 8. 7K-Kenton Brewer (6); 9. 5B-Brock Cottrell (1); 10. 52-Conner Long (8).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28-Chelby Hinton (3); 2. 24S-Colby Sokol (5); 3. 37-Jack Hall (4); 4. 28P-Garth Kasiner (8); 5. 19-Justin Robison (6); 6. 83-Justin Gastineau (1); 7. 32-Cody Daggett (9); 8. 10K-Karson Wittwer (2); 9. 23P-Trevor Peden (7).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (7); 2. 57T-Kyle Thompson (4); 3. 14-Jade Avedisian (1); 4. 15X-Anton Hernandez (8); 5. 24T-Glenn James Bratti (6); 6. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (3); 7. 68-Landon Ellis (2); 8. 72-Alex Karpowicz (5); 9. 7J-Terry Roach (9).

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (1); 2. 15-Mason Daugherty (3); 3. 3C-Collin Mitchell (2); 4. 00-Daniel Shaffer (7); 5. 3Z-Trey Zorn (5); 6. 43-Cale Crawford (4); 7. 8R-Ryker Pace (8); 8. 33-Evan Harvey (6); 9. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover (9).

NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson (2); 2. 14-Jade Avedisian (1); 3. 57T-Kyle Thompson (5); 4. 25S-Justis Sokol (7); 5. 3Z-Trey Zorn (11); 6. 14K-Noah Key (14); 7. 56-Jace Park (9); 8. 81-Frank Flud (6); 9. 1-Bradley Fezard (13); 10. 7K-Kenton Brewer (15); 11. 24S-Colby Sokol (10); 12. G5-Gunnar Setser (18); 13. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (16); 14. 78-Ethan Ayars (19); 15. 3C-Collin Mitchell (8); 16. 68-Landon Ellis (17); 17. 28-Chelby Hinton (12); 18. 1V-Johnny Boland (20); 19. 71K-Daison Pursley (4); 20. 44-Sam Holt (3).

B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 7K-Kenton Brewer (5); 2. 68-Landon Ellis (1); 3. 78-Ethan Ayars (3); 4. 10T-Talin Turner (2); 5. 12E-Emme Hughes (4); 6. 77-Ryan Sullivan (12); 7. 10N-Lonnie Nunley (9); 8. 83-Justin Gastineau (13); 9. 52-Conner Long (14); 10. 77T-Hailey Taylor (6); 11. 2K-Kaden Utesch (10); 12. 86C-Ron Chavez (8); 13. 222-Corbin Snyder (7); 14. 21G-Garth Kasiner (11); 15. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (15).

B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (1); 2. G5-Gunnar Setser (6); 3. 1V-Johnny Boland (5); 4. 88R-Ryder Laplante (3); 5. 33-Hayden Holt (4); 6. 8R-Ryker Pace (11); 7. 19-Justin Robison (10); 8. 29-Mason Daugherty (2); 9. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (8); 10. 1B-Brian Bennett (7); 11. 5B-Brock Cottrell (9); 12. 33X-Evan Harvey (13); 13. 12H-Cole Hocker (12); 14. 72-Alex Karpowicz (14).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson (2); 2. 56-Jace Park (3); 3. 29-Mason Daugherty (1); 4. 3C-Collin Mitchell (8); 5. 88R-Ryder Laplante (7); 6. 86C-Ron Chavez (5); 7. 2K-Kaden Utesch (4); 8. 33X-Evan Harvey (6); 9. 52-Conner Long (9).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25S-Justis Sokol (1); 2. 24S-Colby Sokol (3); 3. 10T-Talin Turner (2); 4. 12E-Emme Hughes (4); 5. 68-Landon Ellis (8); 6. 1B-Brian Bennett (6); 7. 5B-Brock Cottrell (5); 8. 77-Ryan Sullivan (7); 9. 72-Alex Karpowicz (9).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 71K-Daison Pursley (4); 2. 3Z-Trey Zorn (3); 3. 28-Chelby Hinton (5); 4. 57T-Kyle Thompson (9); 5. 1V-Johnny Boland (6); 6. G5-Gunnar Setser (7); 7. 8R-Ryker Pace (2); 8. 19-Justin Robison (8); 9. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (1).

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Jade Avedisian (2); 2. 81-Frank Flud (4); 3. 1-Bradley Fezard (5); 4. 33-Hayden Holt (3); 5. 77T-Hailey Taylor (6); 6. 222-Corbin Snyder (7); 7. 83-Justin Gastineau (1); 8. 21G-Garth Kasiner (8).

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Sam Holt (4); 2. 14K-Noah Key (2); 3. 78-Ethan Ayars (1); 4. 7K-Kenton Brewer (3); 5. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (8); 6. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (5); 7. 10N-Lonnie Nunley (6); 8. 12H-Cole Hocker (7).

NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 71-Jaxton Wiggs (3); 2. 2B-Garrett Benson (1); 3. 25S-Justis Sokol (7); 4. 33-Jett Nunley (8); 5. 9-Abigayle Lett (4); 6. 10T-Talin Turner (6); 7. 35-Gaige Weldon (17); 8. 15B-Brody Brown (13); 9. 77T-Hailey Taylor (18); 10. 63-Jack Thomas (12); 11. 13C-William Conner (9); 12. 10S-Scout Spraggins (2); 13. 5C-Cooper Miller (10); 14. 66-Jayden Clay (16); 15. 46-Cale McGee (5); 16. 36-Meelah Watson (20); 17. 21-Keegan Osantowski (19); 18. GH7-Garyn Howard (11); 19. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (14); 20. 77-Cooper Sullivan (15).

B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 77-Cooper Sullivan (11); 2. 66-Jayden Clay (1); 3. 35-Gaige Weldon (5); 4. 77T-Hailey Taylor (10); 5. 21-Keegan Osantowski (3); 6. 36-Meelah Watson (7); 7. 24C-Cale Lagroon (6); 8. 11D-Dominic White (2); 9. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (4); 10. 8-Tanner Johnson (8); 11. 5-Gabe Hockett (9).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10S-Scout Spraggins (1); 2. 25S-Justis Sokol (2); 3. 5C-Cooper Miller (4); 4. 10T-Talin Turner (7); 5. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (6); 6. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (5); 7. 11D-Dominic White (9); 8. 5-Gabe Hockett (3); 9. 77-Cooper Sullivan (8).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Jaxton Wiggs (1); 2. 33-Jett Nunley (2); 3. 2B-Garrett Benson (6); 4. 15B-Brody Brown (3); 5. 63-Jack Thomas (7); 6. 35-Gaige Weldon (5); 7. 36-Meelah Watson (4); 8. 8-Tanner Johnson (8).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Abigayle Lett (1); 2. 13C-William Conner (2); 3. GH7-Garyn Howard (4); 4. 46-Cale McGee (8); 5. 66-Jayden Clay (5); 6. 21-Keegan Osantowski (6); 7. 24C-Cale Lagroon (7); 8. 77T-Hailey Taylor (3).

2021 LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –

STOCK NON-WING:

Daison Pursley – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6)

WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:

Garrett Benson – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6)

RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:

Jaxton Wiggs – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6)

UP NEXT –

Sunday at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., for the 4th annual Spring Nationals

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 ninth year of showcasing premier micro sprint racing throughout the country. In addition to the Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division, there are six regions – the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Ark-La-Tex Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Desert Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Kansas Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Mile High Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Mountain West Region and the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division North Texas Region – as well as NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division weekly racing and EMSA NOW600 C2 Micros. The featured national 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.

LUCAS OIL –

Lucas Oil Products produces a premium line of oils, greases and problem-solving additives for the consumer automotive industry and also a heavy duty line of products for the industrial and agricultural markets. For more information, visit http://www.LucasOil.com.

HI-PLAINS BUILDING DIVISION –

Hi-Plains Building Division manufactures building projects, encompassing agricultural, barndominiums, commercial, industrial, warehouse and utility buildings. For more information, visit http://www.HPBuildingDivision.com.

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