3/7/2021
Inside Line Promotions
Flud and Rueschenberg Garner Lucas Oil NOW600 Series Triumphs at Red Dirt Raceway
(Photo by DPC Media)
Inside Line Promotions – MEEKER, Okla. (March 7, 2021) – Frank Flud and Corbin Rueschenberg capped the Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division portion of the 4th annual Spring Nationals by visiting Victory Lane on Sunday afternoon at Red Dirt Raceway.
Flud hustled from fifth to score his 50th career Stock Non-Wing triumph with the series and his third at the dirt oval, tied for the most in series history.
Daniel Shaffer rallied from 13th to second with defending series champion Jade Avedisian posting a third-place result. Daison Pursley, who won on Saturday, finished fourth and Brody Mclaughlin was fifth.
Jeffrey Newell, Mclaughlin and Anton Hernandez topped the trio of heat races and Chelby Hinton claimed the B Main.
Flud was also victorious in the Winged ‘A’ Class division, capturing his 54th career series victory and fifth in the last six NOW600 Series races at Red Dirt Raceway.
Kenton Brewer garnered a runner-up result with Noah Key third, Trey Zorn fourth and Avedisian fifth.
Tyler Kuykendall, Avedisian, Rueschenberg and Key each won a heat race. Ethan Ayars picked up the B Main victory.
Rueschenberg reached the Winner’s Circle for the first time in series history and became the ninth different NOW600 Series winner in Restricted ‘A’ Class division competition at Red Dirt Raceway. Talin Turner, Justis Sokol, Hailey Taylor and Jack Thomas rounded out the top five, respectively.
Turner, Rueschenberg and Jett Nunley all produced heat race wins.
The Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division returns to action this Friday and Saturday at Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan. It marks the first two of five NOW600 Series races at the track this year.
LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY HI-PLAINS BUILDING DIVISION RESULTS AT RED DIRT RACEWAY (March 7, 2021) –
NOW600 Stock Non-Wing
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (5); 2. 00-Daniel Shaffer (13); 3. 14-Jade Avedisian (8); 4. 71K-Daison Pursley (7); 5. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (6); 6. 15-Mason Daugherty (17); 7. 28P-Garth Kasiner (14); 8. 7K-Kenton Brewer (10); 9. 19-Justin Robison (12); 10. 75-Blayne Buntin (1); 11. 24S-Colby Sokol (3); 12. 12-Jeffrey Newell (4); 13. 56-Jace Park (20); 14. 23P-Trevor Peden (9); 15. 57T-Kyle Thompson (16); 16. 3Z-Trey Zorn (18); 17. 78-Ethan Ayars (19); 18. 25-Anton Hernandez (2); 19. 28-Chelby Hinton (15); 20. 68-Landon Ellis (11).
B-Main (12 Laps): 1. 28-Chelby Hinton (1); 2. 57T-Kyle Thompson (9); 3. 15-Mason Daugherty (2); 4. 3Z-Trey Zorn (10); 5. 78-Ethan Ayars (11); 6. 56-Jace Park (5); 7. 1-Bradley Fezard (8); 8. 43-Cale Crawford (3); 9. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (6); 10. 15X-Darius Myers (4); 11. 1V-Johnny Boland (12); 12. 33-Evan Harvey (13); 13. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover (7).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Jeffrey Newell (3); 2. 81-Frank Flud (6); 3. 14-Jade Avedisian (5); 4. 75-Blayne Buntin (8); 5. 15-Mason Daugherty (2); 6. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (1); 7. 56-Jace Park (7); 8. 3Z-Trey Zorn (4); 9. 78-Ethan Ayars (9).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (4); 2. 23P-Trevor Peden (1); 3. 19-Justin Robison (2); 4. 7K-Kenton Brewer (6); 5. 28P-Garth Kasiner (5); 6. 15X-Darius Myers (3); 7. 43-Cale Crawford (8); 8. 1-Bradley Fezard (7); 9. 1V-Johnny Boland (9).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 25-Anton Hernandez (1); 2. 71K-Daison Pursley (3); 3. 24S-Colby Sokol (6); 4. 00-Daniel Shaffer (4); 5. 68-Landon Ellis (8); 6. 28-Chelby Hinton (7); 7. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover (2); 8. 57T-Kyle Thompson (5); 9. 33-Evan Harvey (9).
NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (5); 2. 7K-Kenton Brewer (1); 3. 14K-Noah Key (2); 4. 3Z-Trey Zorn (6); 5. 14-Jade Avedisian (9); 6. 71K-Daison Pursley (18); 7. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (3); 8. 52-Conner Long (13); 9. 25S-Justis Sokol (4); 10. 77-Ryan Sullivan (17); 11. 78-Ethan Ayars (15); 12. 56-Jace Park (16); 13. 24S-Colby Sokol (12); 14. 10T-Talin Turner (19); 15. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall (8); 16. 10N-Lonnie Nunley (7); 17. 88R-Ryder Laplante (14); 18. 86C-Ron Chavez (20); 19. 2B-Garrett Benson (10); 20. 12-Jeffrey Newell (11).
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 78-Ethan Ayars (1); 2. 56-Jace Park (3); 3. 77-Ryan Sullivan (4); 4. 71K-Daison Pursley (10); 5. 10T-Talin Turner (8); 6. 86C-Ron Chavez (2); 7. 2K-Kaden Utesch (6); 8. 19-Justin Robison (13); 9. 57T-Kyle Thompson (12); 10. 1-Bradley Fezard (9); 11. 12E-Emme Hughes (5); 12. 77T-Hailey Taylor (19); 13. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (7); 14. 222-Corbin Snyder (11); 15. 68-Landon Ellis (14); 16. 33-Evan Harvey (15); 17. 1V-Johnny Boland (16); 18. 12H-Cole Hocker (17); 19. 28-Chelby Hinton (18).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall (1); 2. 81-Frank Flud (5); 3. 24S-Colby Sokol (3); 4. 56-Jace Park (2); 5. 78-Ethan Ayars (7); 6. 10T-Talin Turner (6); 7. 19-Justin Robison (4); 8. 33-Evan Harvey (8); 9. 28-Chelby Hinton (9).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Jade Avedisian (1); 2. 7K-Kenton Brewer (4); 3. 25S-Justis Sokol (7); 4. 52-Conner Long (5); 5. 2K-Kaden Utesch (3); 6. 77-Ryan Sullivan (8); 7. 57T-Kyle Thompson (6); 8. 77T-Hailey Taylor (2).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (2); 2. 3Z-Trey Zorn (7); 3. 10N-Lonnie Nunley (6); 4. 12E-Emme Hughes (1); 5. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (3); 6. 1-Bradley Fezard (5); 7. 68-Landon Ellis (4); 8. 1V-Johnny Boland (8).
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 14K-Noah Key (2); 2. 2B-Garrett Benson (1); 3. 12-Jeffrey Newell (4); 4. 88R-Ryder Laplante (5); 5. 86C-Ron Chavez (6); 6. 71K-Daison Pursley (3); 7. 222-Corbin Snyder (7); 8. 12H-Cole Hocker (8).
NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (1); 2. 10T-Talin Turner (3); 3. 25S-Justis Sokol (2); 4. 77T-Hailey Taylor (10); 5. 63-Jack Thomas (5); 6. 77-Cooper Sullivan (11); 7. 2B-Garrett Benson (7); 8. 15B-Brody Brown (17); 9. 10S-Scout Spraggins (6); 10. 13C-William Conner (12); 11. 33-Jett Nunley (4); 12. 35-Gaige Weldon (9); 13. 66-Jayden Clay (14); 14. 21-Keegan Osantowski (18); 15. GH7-Garyn Howard (20); 16. 24C-Cale Lagroon (16); 17. 71-Jaxton Wiggs (8); 18. 5C-Cooper Miller (15); 19. 9-Abigayle Lett (21); 20. 36-Meelah Watson (13); 21. 11D-Dominic White (19); 22. 46-Cale McGee (22).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10T-Talin Turner (1); 2. 25S-Justis Sokol (6); 3. 71-Jaxton Wiggs (3); 4. 5C-Cooper Miller (2); 5. 77-Cooper Sullivan (7); 6. 15B-Brody Brown (5); 7. 9-Abigayle Lett (4); 8. 46-Cale McGee (8).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (4); 2. 10S-Scout Spraggins (1); 3. 35-Gaige Weldon (2); 4. 77T-Hailey Taylor (5); 5. 66-Jayden Clay (6); 6. 21-Keegan Osantowski (3); 7. 11D-Dominic White (7).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley (1); 2. 63-Jack Thomas (2); 3. 2B-Garrett Benson (4); 4. 36-Meelah Watson (3); 5. 13C-William Conner (7); 6. 24C-Cale Lagroon (6); 7. GH7-Garyn Howard (5).
2021 LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –
STOCK NON-WING:
Frank Flud – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7) and 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) and Frank Flud – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7)
RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:
Corbin Rueschenberg – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7) and Jaxton Wiggs – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6)
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan.
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.NOW600Series.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOW600Series
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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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