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Frank Flud, Kale Drake, and Jett Nunley On Top With NOW600 At Belleville

(Image Credit: Kristy McDougal)

Bryan Hulbert – BELLEVILLE, Kan. (August 21, 2022) Wrapping up Nebraska Micro Week with a dip into Kansas, the Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division rolled to the quarter-mile inside the Belleville High Banks where Frank Flud captured the win in A-Class, while Kale Drake topped Non-Wing, with Jett Nunley victorious in Restricted.

The 66th time that Frank Flud has made the turn into Victory Lane in A-Class National competition, the RUJO No. 81 took off from the right of the front row. Moving around through traffic, Flud had to fend off ninth, starting Tyler Kuykendall through the final few laps, following a multi-lap battle with J.J. Loss.

Working top in one and two, bottom in three and four, the No. 81 adjusted to the lip through the final three laps. Able to put distance back on the No. 8k, Flud captured the win by 1.147-seconds. Tyler Kuykendall ended up second with Loss in third. Jett Nunley climbed to fourth from 16th, with Dominic White in fifth.

Five leaders through 25 laps, it all came down to the final few feet of the Non-Wing A-Feature, with Kale Drake getting it by 0.206-seconds over Tyler Kuykendall. Chasing the No. 8k since Lap 18, Kuykendall had Frank Flud, who led laps 12-16, in pursuit of him as well.

Setting up on Tyler on Lap 21, Drake missed the pass by 0.046-seconds.

There, but having to regroup his run, Drake was there on Lap 23. Closer at 0.028-seconds on Lap 23, the gap was 0.043-seconds with one to go. Glued to the hub of the third and fourth turns, the No. 26k shot straight from the gutter as Kuykendall opened his exit just slightly.

A drag race to the line, Drake was able to clear by 0.206-seconds for his second career Non-Wing score. Tyler Kuykendall held on for second, as Frank Flud was there as well, but would have to settle for third. Corbin Rueschenberg and Jackson Kounkel made up the top five.

Picking up the most wins during Nebraska Micro Week, Jett Nunley went three for four in Restricted A-Feature competition. Leading every lap from the pole, Nunley ran off and hid by 2.723-seconds over Cale Lagroon. Third went to Bradley Cox, with Garyn Howard and Kyler Bearce in fifth.

The next outing for the Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division is the Pete Frazier Memorial at Port City Raceway on Friday, September 2, and Saturday, September 3.

To keep up on everything happening with the National Open Wheel 600 Series, from the National Tour to Regional and Weekly racing lineups, log onto http://www.now600series.com and make sure to follow the tour on Facebook and Twitter (@NOW600Series).

Race Results:

Lucas Oil NOW600
Belleville High Banks Short Track (Belleville, Kan.)
Sunday, August 21, 2022

Stock Non-Wing

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 26K-Kale Drake[12]; 2. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[14]; 3. 81-Frank Flud[4]; 4. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]; 5. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[5]; 6. 3-Cale Coons[9]; 7. 72-Alex Karpowicz[8]; 8. 98X-Ed Libonati[17]; 9. 67J-JJ Loss[1]; 10. 5A-Ava Gropp[19]; 11. 57T-Kyle Thompson[21]; 12. 21-Keegan Osantowski[11]; 13. 14X-Kyle Kugel[15]; 14. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[13]; 15. 29-Trevor Cohn[20]; 16. 66-Jayden Clay[18]; 17. 35-Gaige Weldon[10]; 18. 1J-Cameron Paul[16]; 19. 11-Darren Brown[2]; 20. 1F-Jason Friesen[7]; 21. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[3]

Dirt2Media B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 14X-Kyle Kugel[3]; 2. 1J-Cameron Paul[6]; 3. 98X-Ed Libonati[2]; 4. 66-Jayden Clay[1]; 5. 5A-Ava Gropp[14]; 6. 29-Trevor Cohn[5]; 7. 20Q-Brecken Reese[15]; 8. 57T-Kyle Thompson[11]; 9. 19X-Marcus Kennedy[10]; 10. 38-Riley Osantowski[7]; 11. 67-Greg Berry[4]; 12. 74-Blake Mikesell[13]; 13. 4H-Kyle Hrabe[8]; 14. 78C-Chance Cody[12]; 15. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[9]

Velox Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[6]; 2. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 3. 1F-Jason Friesen[7]; 4. 26K-Kale Drake[3]; 5. 66-Jayden Clay[8]; 6. 1J-Cameron Paul[4]; 7. 5A-Ava Gropp[1]; 8. 20Q-Brecken Reese[2]

Velox Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 72-Alex Karpowicz[1]; 2. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[4]; 3. 35-Gaige Weldon[2]; 4. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[3]; 5. 29-Trevor Cohn[6]; 6. 19X-Marcus Kennedy[5]; 7. 57T-Kyle Thompson[7]

Velox Racing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Darren Brown[3]; 2. 67J-JJ Loss[4]; 3. 98X-Ed Libonati[1]; 4. 14X-Kyle Kugel[2]; 5. 38-Riley Osantowski[5]; 6. 4H-Kyle Hrabe[7]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody[6]

Velox Racing Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[4]; 2. 3-Cale Coons[1]; 3. 21-Keegan Osantowski[2]; 4. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[3]; 5. 67-Greg Berry[7]; 6. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[5]; 7. 74-Blake Mikesell[6]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 1J-Cameron Paul, 12.889[8]; 2. 26K-Kale Drake, 12.916[5]; 3. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 12.918[7]; 4. 5A-Ava Gropp, 12.919[1]; 5. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg, 12.945[4]; 6. 2F-Jadyn Friesen, 12.955[3]; 7. 1F-Jason Friesen, 13.118[6]; 8. 66-Jayden Clay, 13.263[2]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 38K-Jackson Kounkel, 12.830[4]; 2. 9T-Tanner Holwerda, 13.040[5]; 3. 35-Gaige Weldon, 13.161[1]; 4. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 13.199[6]; 5. 19X-Marcus Kennedy, 13.425[7]; 6. 29-Trevor Cohn, 13.460[3]; 7. 57T-Kyle Thompson, 13.460[2]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 67J-JJ Loss, 12.793[4]; 2. 11-Darren Brown, 13.012[7]; 3. 14X-Kyle Kugel, 13.150[5]; 4. 98X-Ed Libonati, 13.368[6]; 5. 38-Riley Osantowski, 13.412[3]; 6. 78C-Chance Cody, 13.562[2]; 7. 4H-Kyle Hrabe, 14.249[1]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud, 13.045[7]; 2. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 13.189[5]; 3. 21-Keegan Osantowski, 13.230[4]; 4. 3-Cale Coons, 13.270[1]; 5. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 13.330[3]; 6. 74-Blake Mikesell, 13.655[6]; 7. 67-Greg Berry, 13.685[2]

Winged A-Class

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 2. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[9]; 3. 67J-JJ Loss[4]; 4. 33-Jett Nunley[16]; 5. 11D-Dominic White[10]; 6. 38-Riley Osantowski[21]; 7. 21-Keegan Osantowski[1]; 8. 3-Cale Coons[8]; 9. 13-Elijah Gile[15]; 10. 1F-Jason Friesen[6]; 11. 66-Jayden Clay[19]; 12. 72-Alex Karpowicz[13]; 13. 98X-Ed Libonati[11]; 14. 81AU-Dekota Gay[14]; 15. 11X-Trevin Frye[20]; 16. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[12]; 17. 11-Darren Brown[3]; 18. 35-Gaige Weldon[18]; 19. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[7]; 20. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[5]; 21. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[17]

Velox Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 2. 11-Darren Brown[4]; 3. 98X-Ed Libonati[1]; 4. 11D-Dominic White[3]; 5. 13-Elijah Gile[5]; 6. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness[6]; 7. 11X-Trevin Frye[7]

Velox Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 1F-Jason Friesen[1]; 2. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[3]; 3. 3-Cale Coons[2]; 4. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[6]; 5. 33-Jett Nunley[5]; 6. 81AU-Dekota Gay[4]; 7. 66-Jayden Clay[7]

Velox Racing Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 67J-JJ Loss[4]; 2. 21-Keegan Osantowski[3]; 3. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[2]; 4. 38K-Jackson Kounkel[5]; 5. 72-Alex Karpowicz[7]; 6. 35-Gaige Weldon[1]; 7. 38-Riley Osantowski[6]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 11-Darren Brown, 12.137[4]; 2. 11D-Dominic White, 12.249[1]; 3. 81-Frank Flud, 12.329[3]; 4. 98X-Ed Libonati, 12.392[5]; 5. 13-Elijah Gile, 12.398[7]; 6. 14G-Madelyn Gjerness, 12.414[6]; 7. 11X-Trevin Frye, 12.962[2]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 81AU-Dekota Gay, 12.311[3]; 2. 2F-Jadyn Friesen, 12.335[5]; 3. 3-Cale Coons, 12.393[6]; 4. 1F-Jason Friesen, 12.444[7]; 5. 33-Jett Nunley, 12.521[2]; 6. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 12.705[1]; 7. 66-Jayden Clay, 12.935[4]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 67J-JJ Loss, 11.909[2]; 2. 21-Keegan Osantowski, 12.296[3]; 3. 9T-Tanner Holwerda, 12.370[5]; 4. 35-Gaige Weldon, 12.451[4]; 5. 38K-Jackson Kounkel, 12.469[7]; 6. 38-Riley Osantowski, 12.487[1]; 7. 72-Alex Karpowicz, 12.571[6]

Restricted 'A' Class

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[1]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 3. 45-Bradley Cox[6]; 4. GH7-Garyn Howard[7]; 5. 30-Kyler Bearce[8]; 6. B2-Carson Bolden[5]; 7. 319-Haidyn Hansen[2]; 8. P24-Aiden Howard[9]; 9. 87C-Callan Hill[10]; 10. 10S-Scout Spraggins[11]; 11. 7G-Ollie Geiger[4]

Velox Racing Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 7G-Ollie Geiger[1]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 3. B2-Carson Bolden[5]; 4. GH7-Garyn Howard[4]; 5. P24-Aiden Howard[2]; 6. 10S-Scout Spraggins[6]

Velox Racing Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley[3]; 2. 319-Haidyn Hansen[4]; 3. 45-Bradley Cox[5]; 4. 30-Kyler Bearce[1]; 5. 87C-Callan Hill[2]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. GH7-Garyn Howard, 13.090[3]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 13.099[1]; 3. P24-Aiden Howard, 13.219[5]; 4. 7G-Ollie Geiger, 13.241[4]; 5. B2-Carson Bolden, 13.300[6]; 6. 10S-Scout Spraggins, 13.300[2]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 319-Haidyn Hansen, 13.047[1]; 2. 33-Jett Nunley, 13.064[2]; 3. 87C-Callan Hill, 13.272[4]; 4. 30-Kyler Bearce, 13.276[5]; 5. 45-Bradley Cox, 13.337[3]

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