7/8/2018
Inside Line Promotions
Flud Wins Twice and Laplante Returns to Lucas Oil NOW600 Series Victory Lane During Stars and Stripes Shootout Finale
(Photo by TeeJay Crawford)
Inside Line Promotions – ARKOMA, Okla. (July 7, 2018) – Frank Flud captured a pair of $1,000-to-win Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by MyRacePass main events and Ryder Laplante powered to his second straight triumph on Saturday at Arkoma Speedway during the Stars and Stripes Shootout finale.
Flud earned his second win of the season and 19th career in the Stock Non-Wing division while Chris Andrews put on a show by charging from 16th to a runner-up result. Avery Goodman placed third with Jase Randolph fourth and Daison Pursley fifth.
Trevor Peden, Chase Randall and Kyle Thompson were the heat race winners. Trey Burke secured the B Main victory.
Flud produced his 21st career NOW600 Series Winged ‘A’ Class trip to Victory Lane, which he has visited six times this season. Riley Goodno netted a second-place finish with Pursley third, Burke fourth and Randall fifth.
Kris Carroll, Goodman and Randall each won a heat race while Laplante claimed the B Main.
Laplante garnered his second straight Restricted ‘A’ Class victory and the 12th of his career to take over the lead in the championship standings. Shawn Mahaffey placed second with Ryan Timms, Preston Scheulen and Brody Mclaughlin rounding out the top five, respectively.
Scheulen and Mclaughlin both scored a heat race win.
The Lucas Oil NOW600 Series will wrap up the weekend on Sunday at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla. The gates open at 3 p.m. with racing set for 6 p.m.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $6 for seniors and children ages 6-years-old to 12-years-old. Veterans with valid identification and children ages 5-years-old and younger get in free. Pit passes are $30 per person.
LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT ARKOMA SPEEDWAY (July 7, 2018) –
NOW600 Stock Non-Wing
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (2); 2. 91K-Chris Andrews (16); 3. 11A-Avery Goodman (3); 4. 15-Jase Randolph (1); 5. 9P-Daison Pursley (11); 6. 78-Daniel Shaffer (17); 7. 23P-Trevor Peden (5); 8. 5T-Ryan Timms (19); 9. 63-Trey Burke (15); 10. 57T-Kyle Thompson (6); 11. 33-Jack Kassik (9); 12. 125-Jeremy Vaughn (10); 13. 21K-Kobe Simpson (18); 14. 8-Gunner Bowden (12); 15. 20-John Hull (20); 16. 27D-Jared Dunkin (8); 17. 1V-Johnny B. (4); 18. 9-Chase Randall (7); 19. 01-Weldon Buford (14); 20. 8P-Caleb Pence (13).
Semi (12 Laps): 1. 63-Trey Burke (2); 2. 91K-Chris Andrews (4); 3. 78-Daniel Shaffer (5); 4. 21K-Kobe Simpson (1); 5. 5T-Ryan Timms (7); 6. 20-John Hull (8); 7. 21TD-Tyler Drummond (3); 8. 50-Shelby Burk (6); 9. 11H-Logan Hill (11); 10. 25-Logan Berthelson (9); 11. 39-Brandon Moeller (10).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 23P-Trevor Peden (3); 2. 8-Gunner Bowden (1); 3. 33-Jack Kassik (5); 4. 01-Weldon Buford (6); 5. 5T-Ryan Timms (2); 6. 20-John Hull (4); 7. 25-Logan Berthelson (7).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 9-Chase Randall (1); 2. 27D-Jared Dunkin (3); 3. 125-Jeremy Vaughn (5); 4. 21TD-Tyler Drummond (2); 5. 91K-Chris Andrews (4); 6. 78-Daniel Shaffer (7); 7. 39-Brandon Moeller (6).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 57T-Kyle Thompson (2); 2. 8P-Caleb Pence (1); 3. 9P-Daison Pursley (5); 4. 21K-Kobe Simpson (3); 5. 63-Trey Burke (6); 6. 50-Shelby Burk (7); 7. 11H-Logan Hill (4).
NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud (1); 2. 11-Riley Goodno (2); 3. 9P-Daison Pursley (3); 4. 63-Trey Burke (4); 5. 9R-Chase Randall (5); 6. 3-Cole Roberts (18); 7. 83-Jim Woods (6); 8. 11A-Avery Goodman (10); 9. 21G-Garth Kasiner (16); 10. 1V-Johnny B. (12); 11. 10-Blake Battles (7); 12. 22RL-Gage Laney (17); 13. 5T-Ryan Timms (19); 14. 2-Dylan Reynolds (20); 15. 29K-Chase Cook (9); 16. 22-Dylan Pendergrass (14); 17. 88R-Ryder Laplante (15); 18. 8-Gunner Bowden (21); 19. 50-Shelby Burk (13); 20. 8P-Caleb Pence (11); 21. 36-Kris Carroll (8).
Semi (12 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (1); 2. 21G-Garth Kasiner (4); 3. 22RL-Gage Laney (2); 4. 3-Cole Roberts (9); 5. 5T-Ryan Timms (3); 6. 2-Dylan Reynolds (5); 7. 44B-Alex Brown (10); 8. 8-Gunner Bowden (7); 9. 92-Sawyer Guidry (11); 10. 77-Ryan Sullivan (6); 11. 31-Phillip Cordova (12); 12. 57T-Kyle Thompson (8).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Kris Carroll (2); 2. 8P-Caleb Pence (3); 3. 29K-Chase Cook (6); 4. 22RL-Gage Laney (4); 5. 50-Shelby Burk (8); 6. 57T-Kyle Thompson (1); 7. 3-Cole Roberts (5); 8. 31-Phillip Cordova (7).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11A-Avery Goodman (1); 2. 10-Blake Battles (5); 3. 22-Dylan Pendergrass (2); 4. 1V-Johnny B. (7); 5. 21G-Garth Kasiner (6); 6. 8-Gunner Bowden (3); 7. 44B-Alex Brown (4).
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 9R-Chase Randall (5); 2. 83-Jim Woods (7); 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante (1); 4. 5T-Ryan Timms (4); 5. 2-Dylan Reynolds (2); 6. 77-Ryan Sullivan (6); 7. 92-Sawyer Guidry (3).
NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (1); 2. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey (2); 3. 5T-Ryan Timms (4); 4. 00-Preston Scheulen (6); 5. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (5); 6. 75-Kale Drake (11); 7. 78-Wyatt Wilkerson (8); 8. 70-Aidan Silva (3); 9. 71-Bradyn Baker (16); 10. 37-Jack Hall (12); 11. 24T-Glenn Bratti (18); 12. 24D-Dooley Harris (21); 13. 72-Kayden Cole (14); 14. 1-Kortland Stephens (13); 15. 27T-Timothy Watson III (15); 16. 4S-Aubrey Sappinton (20); 17. 13-Evie Dean (22); 18. 33-Kolton Nimrod (9); 19. 8-Ryan Cotney (17); 20. 2B-Garrett Benson (7); 21. 77-Cooper Sullivan (19); 22. 9-Chase Hyland (10).
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Preston Scheulen (4); 2. 9-Chase Hyland (3); 3. 1-Kortland Stephens (1); 4. 75-Kale Drake (7); 5. 37-Jack Hall (8); 6. 27T-Timothy Watson III (5); 7. 8-Ryan Cotney (6); 8. 4S-Aubrey Sappinton (2); 9. 77-Cooper Sullivan (9).
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 59-Brody Mclaughlin (9); 2. 2B-Garrett Benson (5); 3. 78-Wyatt Wilkerson (7); 4. 33-Kolton Nimrod (8); 5. 72-Kayden Cole (3); 6. 71-Bradyn Baker (4); 7. 24T-Glenn Bratti (6); 8. 24D-Dooley Harris (1); 9. 13-Evie Dean (2).
2018 LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –
STOCK NON-WING:
Chris Cochran – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Hank Davis – 2 (Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 20 and Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 22); Frank Flud – 2 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 21 and Arkoma Speedway in Arkoma, Okla., on July 7); Daniel Shaffer – 2 (Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kan., on May 26 and May 27); Jerry McGinnis – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on June 23); Daison Pursley – 1 (Grayson County Speedway in Bells, Texas, on April 14); Chase Randall – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9); Jase Randolph – 1 (Arkoma Speedway in Arkoma, Okla., on July 6); Morgan Roan – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23); and Jason Tyer – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24)
WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:
Frank Flud – 6 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9 and June 23; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 6 and June 21; and Arkoma Speedway in Arkoma, Okla., on July 6 and July 7); Daison Pursley – 3 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23 and Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kan., on May 26 and May 27); Harley Hollan – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Chase Brewer – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24); Hank Davis – 1 (Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 20); and Riley Goodno – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 22)
RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:
Shawn Mahaffey – 4 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9; Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 20; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 21 and Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 22); Ryder Laplante – 3 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24 and Arkoma Speedway in Arkoma, Okla., on July 6 and July 7); Garth Kasiner – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Kale Drake – 1 (Grayson County Speedway in Bells, Texas, on April 14); Rees Moran – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 6); Caleb Rouser – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23); and Ryan Timms – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on June 23)
UP NEXT –
Sunday at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla.
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NOW600 SERIES –
The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its sixth year of showcasing premier micro sprint racing throughout the country. In addition to the Lucas Oil NOW600 National Micro Series presented by MyRacePass, there are five regions – the NOW600 North Texas Region, the NOW600 Desert Region, the NOW600 Mile High Micro Sprints, the NOW600 Mountain West Region and the NOW600 Northeast Region. 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.
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