5/3/2021
NOW600 National Micros
Friesen and Weldon Score NOW600 Weekly Racing Opening Night Wins at KAM Raceway
HASTINGS, Neb. (May 3, 2021) - The 2021 season got underway at KAM Raceway in Hastings, Nebraska on Friday night with the NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Weekly Racing series.
18 Stock Non-Wing, 16 Winged A-Class and 11 Restricted 'A' Class micro sprints were in attendance.
Jason Friesen scored the Stock Non-Wing victory from the fourth starting spot. Kelbie Volkman crossed in second after starting eighth. Thirteenth starting Rob Lipker rounded out the podium with Skylar Rhoades and Dawson Nunnenkamp the top five.
Heath Shannon, Colton Mcwhirter, Jaxon Brenning, Kormick Linner and Kyle Kugel the top ten.
Trey Gropp and Ava Gropp each won a heat race.
Jason Friesen also picked up the Winged A-Class feature win on Friday. Kelbie Volkman finished in second with Jaxon Brenning the top three. Fourth went to Dawson Nunnenkamp with Jon Schriner the top five.
Maddie Fritz, Cameron Counter, Jonathan Roberts, Kaden Utesch and Damian Nelson made up the top ten.
Volkman and Friesen each won a heat race.
Gaige Weldon topped the Restricted 'A' Class feature event on Friday night. Chris Counter finished in the second spot with Dominic White the podium. Fourth went to Jackson Kounkel and Trevin Frye made up the top five.
Fox Funk, Eli Burbach, Jayden Kort, Evan Semerad and Kyler Bearce the top ten.
Semerad and Counter each won the nights two heat races.
KAM Raceway is back to action this Friday, May 7 featuring the NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Weekly Racing Series.
RACE RESULTS >>
4/30/2021 at KAM Raceway
NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Weekly Racing
Winged A-Class | NOW600 A-Class Micros
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 1F-Jason Friesen[2]; 2. 5K-Kelbie Volkman[1]; 3. 91X-Jaxon Brenning[9]; 4. 2N-Dawson Nunnenkamp[3]; 5. 89-Jon Schriner[6]; 6. 33T-Maddie Fritz[7]; 7. 96C-Cameron Counter[11]; 8. 32-Jonathan Roberts[13]; 9. 2K-Kaden Utesch[10]; 10. 14N-Damian Nelson[8]; 11. 18R-Brianna Rhoades[15]; 12. 7S-Matt Sweet[14]; 13. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[4]; 14. (DNS) 14-Tyler Hendrickson; 15. (DNS) 82-Jerad Klabunde; 16. (DNS) 34-Tyler Dunkle
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 5K-Kelbie Volkman[4]; 2. 2N-Dawson Nunnenkamp[8]; 3. 34-Tyler Dunkle[3]; 4. 33T-Maddie Fritz[1]; 5. 91X-Jaxon Brenning[7]; 6. 96C-Cameron Counter[6]; 7. 32-Jonathan Roberts[2]; 8. 18R-Brianna Rhoades[5]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 1F-Jason Friesen[5]; 2. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[6]; 3. 89-Jon Schriner[4]; 4. 14N-Damian Nelson[3]; 5. 2K-Kaden Utesch[8]; 6. 14-Tyler Hendrickson[2]; 7. 7S-Matt Sweet[7]; 8. 82-Jerad Klabunde[1]
Stock Non-Wing | NOW600 Non-Wing Micros
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 1F-Jason Friesen[4]; 2. 5K-Kelbie Volkman[8]; 3. 7R-Rob Lipker[13]; 4. 23R-Skylar Rhoades[10]; 5. 2N-Dawson Nunnenkamp[6]; 6. 25S-Heath Shannon[12]; 7. 98-Colton Mcwhirter[5]; 8. 91X-Jaxon Brenning[11]; 9. 04-Kormick Linner[16]; 10. 14X-Kyle Kugel[18]; 11. 7S-Matt Sweet[14]; 12. 5A-Ava Gropp[2]; 13. 37C-Caleb Odle[15]; 14. 4-Lonnie Schriner[7]; 15. 54-Trey Gropp[1]; 16. 37-Josh Halte[9]; 17. 27-Shadon Doell[17]; 18. (DQ) 2F-Jadyn Friesen[3]
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 54-Trey Gropp[1]; 2. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[3]; 3. 98-Colton Mcwhirter[2]; 4. 4-Lonnie Schriner[8]; 5. 37-Josh Halte[7]; 6. 91X-Jaxon Brenning[4]; 7. 7R-Rob Lipker[6]; 8. 37C-Caleb Odle[5]; 9. 27-Shadon Doell[9]
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 5A-Ava Gropp[1]; 2. 1F-Jason Friesen[2]; 3. 2N-Dawson Nunnenkamp[4]; 4. 5K-Kelbie Volkman[8]; 5. 23R-Skylar Rhoades[3]; 6. 25S-Heath Shannon[6]; 7. 7S-Matt Sweet[9]; 8. 04-Kormick Linner[5]; 9. 14X-Kyle Kugel[7]
Restricted 'A' Class | NOW600 Restricted Micros
A Feature 1: 1. 35-Gaige Weldon[1]; 2. 13C-Chris Counter[2]; 3. 11D-Dominic White[3]; 4. 38-Jackson Kounkel[4]; 5. 11-Trevin Frye[5]; 6. 2-Fox Funk[6]; 7. 22J-Eli Burbach[7]; 8. 21-Jayden Kort[8]; 9. 59-Evan Semerad[9]; 10. 30-Kyler Bearce[10]; 11. 14-Kamden Gossard[11]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 59-Evan Semerad[5]; 2. 2-Fox Funk[3]; 3. 38-Jackson Kounkel[2]; 4. 21-Jayden Kort[6]; 5. 22J-Eli Burbach[4]; 6. 14-Kamden Gossard[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13C-Chris Counter[1]; 2. 35-Gaige Weldon[3]; 3. 11D-Dominic White[5]; 4. 30-Kyler Bearce[2]; 5. 11-Trevin Frye[4]
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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 seven regions – the NOW600 Ark-La-Tex Region, the NOW600 Cactus Region, the NOW600 Desert Region, the NOW600 Jayhusker Region, the NOW600 Mile High Region, the NOW600 Mountain West Region and the NOW600 North Texas Region – as well as NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division weekly racing, EMSA NOW600 C2 Micros, NOW600 Sooner State Dwarf Cars and NOW600 Modified Series. 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.
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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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Submitted By: Terry Mattox