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Flud and Laplante Continue Winning Ways With Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Series at RPM Speedway

Inside Line Promotions – CRANDALL, Texas (July 14, 2017) – Frank Flud and Ryder Laplante are the two winningest drivers this season with the Driven Midwest USAC NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass.

Both competitors returned to the Inside Line Promotions Victory Lane on Friday night when the series made its first visit of the season to RPM Speedway.

Flud captured his series-leading seventh Winged ‘A’ Class triumph after starting the 20-lap main event sixth. Daison Pursley maneuvered from fifth to second place with Colby Stubblefield rallying from eighth to third. Chase Brewer ended fourth and Colton Corbin advanced from 11th to fifth.

Brady Ross, Flud and Brewer were the heat race winners.

Laplante scored his series-best fifth Restricted ‘A’ Class victory of the season at his fifth different track. Kale Drake finished in the runner-up position with Pursley, who leads the championship standings, rounding out the podium. Maverick Elkins placed fourth and Shelby Price was fifth.

Caleb Rouser and Laplante each claimed a heat race triumph.

The series will return to action on Saturday at Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $7 for children ages 7-years-old to 11-years-old and free for children ages 6 and younger.

The front gates are scheduled to open at 5 p.m. with racing at 8 p.m. The drivers meeting is at 6:30 p.m.

The series will hold the draw directly after the drivers meeting and it will close after the last driver present at the meeting has drawn in. If any driver is running late he or she should call Series Director Terry Mattox at 918-417-0624.

DRIVEN MIDWEST USAC NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT RPM SPEEDWAY (July 14, 2017) –

NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (6); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (5); 3. 2-Colby Stubblefield (8); 4. 3C1-Chase Brewer (3); 5. 29-Colton Corbin (11); 6. 3S-Stephen Smith (12); 7. 15-Marcus Thomas (14); 8. 1TX-Brad Wesp (13); 9. 45-Casey Burkham (2); 10. 7T-Taylor Neilson (10); 11. 22CB-Gerald Ray (16); 12. 1R-Brady Ross (4); 13. 21B-Justin Bates (9); 14. 43-Jacob Bourland (17); 15. 02-Cody Freeman (7); 16. 26-Cody Duke (15); 17. 06R-Ray Morgan (21); 18. 20T-Thomas Hall (19); 19. 21K-Kobe Simpson (18); 20. 188-Calen Mohler (1); 21. 44C-Casey Carter (20).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1R-Brady Ross (2); 2. 21B-Justin Bates (1); 3. 45-Casey Burkham (5); 4. 188-Calen Mohler (7); 5. 15-Marcus Thomas (3); 6. 22CB-Gerald Ray (6); 7. 44C-Casey Carter (4).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (4); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (6); 3. 7T-Taylor Neilson (3); 4. 02-Cody Freeman (7); 5. 26-Cody Duke (2); 6. 21K-Kobe Simpson (5); 7. 06R-Ray Morgan (1).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3C1-Chase Brewer (1); 2. 2-Colby Stubblefield (2); 3. 29-Colton Corbin (3); 4. 3S-Stephen Smith (5); 5. 1TX-Brad Wesp (4); 6. 43-Jacob Bourland (7); 7. 20T-Thomas Hall (6).

NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class

A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (3); 2. 75-Kale Drake (5); 3. 9P-Daison Pursley (4); 4. 25M-Maverick Elkins (2); 5. 44S-Shelby Price (7); 6. 41-Casey Merrell (10); 7. 44-Caleb Rouser (1); 8. 01J-Mark Fox (11); 9. 114-Thomas Hall (6); 10. 18W-Wyatt Bruce (8); 11. 57-Landen Zakalowski (9).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 44-Caleb Rouser (3); 2. 25M-Maverick Elkins (5); 3. 44S-Shelby Price (1); 4. 18W-Wyatt Bruce (4); 5. 57-Landen Zakalowski (2); 6. 01J-Mark Fox (6).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (1); 2. 9P-Daison Pursley (3); 3. 75-Kale Drake (4); 4. 114-Thomas Hall (5); 5. 41-Casey Merrell (2).
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 – 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 RPM Speedway in Crandall, Texas, on July 14); Colton Corbin – 1 (281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas, on July 1); 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 – 5 (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; 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas, on March 25 and RPM Speedway in Crandall, Texas, on July 14); 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 – 2 (I-44 Riverside Speedway in Oklahoma City, Okla., on June 3 and 281 Speedway in Stephenville, Texas, on July 1); 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 –

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.

MYRACEPASSPRO –

MyRacePass Pro offers a full set of tools for drivers, tracks and series to GET RECOGNIZED quickly and easily. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or travel the full ASCS or World of Outlaws tours, MRP Pro has the features you need in an online presence. Using MyRacePass PRO you can get a very professional, templated website that comes with all the tools and menu options of most of our custom websites. Most importantly, you can set everything up yourself with a custom domain name and background/header images. Starting out at simply $10 per month, you can set yourself apart from your competition and start utilizing the power of MyRacePass. There is a free 30-Day trial, so get to http://www.myracepass.com/pro today to see just how easy it is to “Get Recognized.”

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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