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Flud Lands Win No. 70 While Thornton And Stone Take First Career Dirt2Media NOW600 Wins!

Bryan Hulbert – SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. (April 28, 2023) The long-awaited return of the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division to Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex did not disappoint as Stone Smith and Ricky Thornton, Jr. scored their first career wins before Frank Flud slid his way into win No. 70.

A dogfight of an A-Feature that saw three leaders and countless slide jobs, it came down to a two-lap shootout with Frank Flud capturing the victory. Swapping the lead at the start with Jack Thomas, the No. 63 faded as Jett Hays came to life. To the point on Lap 4, Hays held off several challenges from Flud and Dylan Kadous.

Getting back to second on Lap 20, the race looked like a sure thing for Hays until the caution on the white flag lap. Reverting to a green, white, checkered finish, Flud was on the attack. Retaking the lead on the white flag, the RUJO Racing No. 81 held on to victory by 0.140-seconds over Jett Hays. Dylan Kadous, in third, missed scoring silver by 0.081-seconds. Trey Zorn crossed fourth, with Brecken Reese in fifth.

Leading start to finish in the Non-Wing A-Feature, Ricky Thornton, Jr. had to fend off Frank Flud at the start of the feature. Caution on the initial start, the No. 20rt was able to jump to the point both times. Quickly to the top of the Missouri oval, the race behind Thornton was ongoing between Shawn Mahaffey, Frank Flud, and Jason McDougal with the No. AD1 getting and holding the runner-up spot over the No. 81 and No. 11k.

Slowly closing on the No. 20rt through the wingless feature event, traffic kept low to allow Thornton to clear. Caution on Lap 17, Ricky rolled back to the cushion and again put distance on the field. Winning by 0.711-seconds, the runner-up spot went to Jason McDougal. Third to Frank Flud, the No. 81 held off the charge of Shawn Mahaffey for the show position. Jackson Frisbie completed the top five.

Unrelenting on the cushion during the Restricted A-Main, Stone Smith used a mid-race restart to finally get the run on Cale Lagroon, who had led since the start. Chased closely by the No. 24c following the lap 16 pass, Smith was able to start pulling away through the final stages of the A-Feature. Cale Lagroon crossed second, with Carson Bolden rolling seventh to third. Mattix McBride made up ten spots to finish fourth, with Cash Lacombe fifth.

Hitting her marks for 20 laps, Blainey Woods held off Sawyer McBride for the Junior Sprint win. WJ Campbell, Collin Pruitt, and Gunner Griffin completed the top five.

Friday’s event drew a field of 118 entries across the four divisions. The series is back at Sweet Springs on Saturday, April 29. Teams will draw in between 4:45 P.M. and 5:45 P.M. with the Driver’s Meeting at 6:00 P.M. Grandstands open at 5:00 P.M., Hot Laps are at 6:30 P.M., and Racing is at 7:30 P.M. (CDT). Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for Youth (6-12), and free for kids five and under. Pit Passes are $30 per class entered.

Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex is located at 12917 Saline 127 Hwy. in Sweet Springs, Mo. Information on the track can be found at http://www.sweetspringsraceway.com or by calling (660) 335-4522.

Fans unable to attend can see every lap live on https://www.now600.tv and http://www.dirt2media.tv.

The 2023 season marks the 11th year of competition for the National Open Wheel 600 Series. Anchored by the Dirt2Media NOW600 National Championship, the NOW600 Series comprises several regional tours and sanctioned racetracks. The NOW600 National Championship features three divisions of 600cc micro sprints at each event: Stock Non-Wing, Winged A-Class, and Restricted 'A' Class.

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:

Dirt2Media NOW600 Series
Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex (Sweet Springs, Mo.)
Friday, April 28, 2023

Winged A-Class

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 2. 11J-Jett Hays[5]; 3. 12K-Dylan Kadous[7]; 4. 3Z-Trey Zorn[8]; 5. 20Q-Brecken Reese[6]; 6. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[17]; 7. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 8. 93-Matt Carr[13]; 9. 2B-Garrett Benson[15]; 10. 27KW-Kaden Weger[10]; 11. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[12]; 12. 15X-Brody Brown[11]; 13. 63-Jack Thomas[1]; 14. 10S-Scout Spraggins[14]; 15. 24C-Cale Lagroon[19]; 16. 22-Jesse Pate[16]; 17. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[9]; 18. 38X-Jackson Frisbie[18]; 19. 83-Brant Woods[3]; 20. 38-Jackson Kounkel[20]

Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[1]; 4. 7A-Aaron Jesina[6]; 5. 57-Cam Sorrels[5]; 6. 21C-Carter Holt[10]; 7. 34-Colton Robinson[3]; 8. B2-Carson Bolden[11]; 9. 5S-Stone Smith[13]; 10. 5L-Landon Jesina[9]; 11. 85B-Chet Ford[14]; 12. 555-Dale Johnston[7]; 13. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy[8]; 14. 17J-Jacob Johnston[12]

Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Pate[1]; 2. 38X-Jackson Frisbie[2]; 3. 38-Jackson Kounkel[5]; 4. 9D-Degan Lelsz[8]; 5. 78C-Chance Cody[7]; 6. 46-Peyton White[11]; 7. 66-Jayden Clay[4]; 8. 12U-Tyler Devenport[6]; 9. 9A-Hunter Hanson[12]; 10. 5B-Brody Hibdon[13]; 11. 45-Megan Thomas[9]; 12. 11X-Talin Turner[3]; 13. 23B-Matt Botts[10]; 14. 53-Graham Hamilton[14]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[1]; 2. 12K-Dylan Kadous[3]; 3. 10S-Scout Spraggins[2]; 4. 22-Jesse Pate[6]; 5. 11X-Talin Turner[4]; 6. 78C-Chance Cody[5]; 7. 21C-Carter Holt[7]; 8. B2-Carson Bolden[8]; 9. 5B-Brody Hibdon[9]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[3]; 2. 93-Matt Carr[1]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[2]; 4. 38X-Jackson Frisbie[5]; 5. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 6. 12U-Tyler Devenport[7]; 7. 5L-Landon Jesina[8]; 8. 9A-Hunter Hanson[6]; 9. 85B-Chet Ford[9]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn[1]; 2. 83-Brant Woods[4]; 3. 27KW-Kaden Weger[6]; 4. 2B-Garrett Benson[3]; 5. 38-Jackson Kounkel[5]; 6. 9D-Degan Lelsz[2]; 7. 45-Megan Thomas[8]; 8. 46-Peyton White[7]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Jack Thomas[3]; 2. 11J-Jett Hays[4]; 3. 34-Colton Robinson[1]; 4. 15X-Brody Brown[8]; 5. 66-Jayden Clay[7]; 6. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy[5]; 7. 23B-Matt Botts[6]; 8. 5S-Stone Smith[2]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese[2]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 3. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[3]; 4. 57-Cam Sorrels[1]; 5. 7A-Aaron Jesina[5]; 6. 555-Dale Johnston[6]; 7. 53-Graham Hamilton[8]; 8. 17J-Jacob Johnston[7]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 11X-Talin Turner, 11.827[9]; 2. 12K-Dylan Kadous, 11.900[8]; 3. 10S-Scout Spraggins, 12.037[3]; 4. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 12.150[6]; 5. 78C-Chance Cody, 12.163[1]; 6. 22-Jesse Pate, 12.203[7]; 7. 21C-Carter Holt, 12.266[2]; 8. B2-Carson Bolden, 12.469[4]; 9. 5B-Brody Hibdon, 12.852[5]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 11.949[7]; 2. 81-Frank Flud, 12.074[6]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 12.142[2]; 4. 93-Matt Carr, 12.193[8]; 5. 38X-Jackson Frisbie, 12.214[5]; 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 12.241[1]; 7. 12U-Tyler Devenport, 12.345[3]; 8. 5L-Landon Jesina, 12.513[4]; 9. 85B-Chet Ford, 13.353[9]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 83-Brant Woods, 11.860[7]; 2. 2B-Garrett Benson, 11.890[6]; 3. 9D-Degan Lelsz, 11.979[3]; 4. 3Z-Trey Zorn, 12.092[5]; 5. 38-Jackson Kounkel, 12.147[8]; 6. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 12.256[2]; 7. 46-Peyton White, 12.314[4]; 8. 45-Megan Thomas, 12.891[1]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 11J-Jett Hays, 11.928[6]; 2. 63-Jack Thomas, 11.948[3]; 3. 5S-Stone Smith, 12.162[8]; 4. 34-Colton Robinson, 12.232[1]; 5. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy, 12.250[7]; 6. 23B-Matt Botts, 12.278[2]; 7. 66-Jayden Clay, 12.287[5]; 8. 15X-Brody Brown, 12.313[4]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 11.883[7]; 2. 67JR-Waylon Phillips, 11.902[4]; 3. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 11.908[2]; 4. 57-Cam Sorrels, 12.016[1]; 5. 7A-Aaron Jesina, 12.348[6]; 6. 555-Dale Johnston, 12.754[3]; 7. 17J-Jacob Johnston, 12.754[5]; 8. (DNS) 53-Graham Hamilton, NT

Stock Non-Wing

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 2. AD1-Jason McDougal[6]; 3. 81-Frank Flud[3]; 4. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[2]; 5. 38X-Jackson Frisbie[4]; 6. 11J-Jett Hays[10]; 7. 3Z-Trey Zorn[7]; 8. 22-Jesse Pate[9]; 9. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[8]; 10. 20Q-Brecken Reese[5]; 11. 15X-Brody Brown[13]; 12. 93-Matt Carr[12]; 13. 15-Chris Koch[17]; 14. 17-Quinn Jones[20]; 15. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[19]; 16. 57-Cam Sorrels[14]; 17. 15K-Chase Koch[11]; 18. 38-Jackson Kounkel[16]; 19. 11X-Talin Turner[15]; 20. 32L-Brian Lunsford[18]

Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 11X-Talin Turner[4]; 2. 15-Chris Koch[1]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[6]; 4. 48S-Trey Schleicher[9]; 5. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[8]; 6. 7-Bobby Eubanks[3]; 7. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[7]; 8. 78C-Chance Cody[13]; 9. 94-Toby Mullins[11]; 10. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy[12]; 11. 21C-Carter Holt[10]; 12. 20S-Chris Altis[5]; 13. 25B-Chevy Boyer[2]

Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 38-Jackson Kounkel[4]; 2. 32L-Brian Lunsford[1]; 3. 17-Quinn Jones[3]; 4. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[6]; 5. 66-Jayden Clay[2]; 6. 1G-Garett Hake[9]; 7. 34-Colton Robinson[8]; 8. 17J-Jacob Johnston[10]; 9. 9A-Hunter Hanson[12]; 10. 32K-Kyran Keith[7]; 11. 10S-Scout Spraggins[5]; 12. 53-Graham Hamilton[11]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[4]; 2. AD1-Jason McDougal[3]; 3. 15X-Brody Brown[2]; 4. 66-Jayden Clay[5]; 5. 38-Jackson Kounkel[7]; 6. 48S-Trey Schleicher[1]; 7. 21C-Carter Holt[6]; 8. 94-Toby Mullins[8]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38X-Jackson Frisbie[4]; 2. 15K-Chase Koch[1]; 3. 57-Cam Sorrels[2]; 4. 25B-Chevy Boyer[3]; 5. 20S-Chris Altis[7]; 6. 32K-Kyran Keith[6]; 7. 17J-Jacob Johnston[5]; 8. 53-Graham Hamilton[8]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese[2]; 2. 11J-Jett Hays[1]; 3. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[3]; 4. 7-Bobby Eubanks[5]; 5. 11X-Talin Turner[4]; 6. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[6]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody[8]; 8. 9A-Hunter Hanson[7]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[4]; 2. 22-Jesse Pate[1]; 3. 93-Matt Carr[2]; 4. 15-Chris Koch[6]; 5. 10S-Scout Spraggins[5]; 6. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[8]; 7. 34-Colton Robinson[3]; 8. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy[7]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[4]; 2. 3Z-Trey Zorn[3]; 3. 17-Quinn Jones[1]; 4. 32L-Brian Lunsford[6]; 5. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[2]; 6. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[5]; 7. 1G-Garett Hake[7]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey, 12.294[5]; 2. AD1-Jason McDougal, 12.347[1]; 3. 15X-Brody Brown, 12.489[8]; 4. 48S-Trey Schleicher, 12.564[3]; 5. 66-Jayden Clay, 12.581[4]; 6. 21C-Carter Holt, 12.758[2]; 7. 38-Jackson Kounkel, 12.806[6]; 8. 94-Toby Mullins, 12.864[7]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 38X-Jackson Frisbie, 12.457[6]; 2. 25B-Chevy Boyer, 12.486[7]; 3. 57-Cam Sorrels, 12.578[4]; 4. 15K-Chase Koch, 12.824[1]; 5. 17J-Jacob Johnston, 12.935[3]; 6. 32K-Kyran Keith, 13.014[2]; 7. 20S-Chris Altis, 13.376[5]; 8. 53-Graham Hamilton, NT

Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 11X-Talin Turner, 12.279[6]; 2. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 12.437[4]; 3. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 12.472[8]; 4. 11J-Jett Hays, 12.555[2]; 5. 7-Bobby Eubanks, 12.607[3]; 6. 24T-Glenn James Bratti, 12.772[7]; 7. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 13.114[1]; 8. (DNS) 78C-Chance Cody, NT

Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud, 12.402[8]; 2. 34-Colton Robinson, 12.476[7]; 3. 93-Matt Carr, 12.484[5]; 4. 22-Jesse Pate, 12.510[3]; 5. 10S-Scout Spraggins, 12.604[1]; 6. 15-Chris Koch, 12.699[6]; 7. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy, 12.765[2]; 8. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 12.770[4]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.226[6]; 2. 3Z-Trey Zorn, 12.411[2]; 3. 67JR-Waylon Phillips, 12.557[5]; 4. 17-Quinn Jones, 12.675[4]; 5. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover, 12.696[1]; 6. 32L-Brian Lunsford, 12.829[7]; 7. 1G-Garett Hake, 13.181[3]

Restricted 'A' Class

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 5S-Stone Smith[2]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon[1]; 3. B2-Carson Bolden[7]; 4. 11-Mattix McBride[14]; 5. 97-Cash Lacombe[9]; 6. 8-Logun Lunsford[15]; 7. 91-Sam Kaller[12]; 8. 11K-Kyle Hooper[3]; 9. 70-Micah Becker[10]; 10. 4H-Hayden Alberson[21]; 11. 31BW-Braxton Weger[6]; 12. 83-Dawson Woods[16]; 13. 4-Jude Allgayer[5]; 14. 22-Hank Soares[11]; 15. 7D-Jackson Davenport[19]; 16. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman[22]; 17. 7G-Ollie Geiger[17]; 18. 11S-Shyla Ernst[18]; 19. 23-Mason Nester[4]; 20. 87C-Callan Hill[8]; 21. 75-Gavyn Bolt[13]; 22. 73-Chase McDougal[20]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11K-Kyle Hooper[1]; 2. 5S-Stone Smith[2]; 3. B2-Carson Bolden[3]; 4. 22-Hank Soares[6]; 5. 8-Logun Lunsford[5]; 6. 83-Dawson Woods[7]; 7. 7D-Jackson Davenport[8]; 8. 73-Chase McDougal[4]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 31BW-Braxton Weger[3]; 2. 4-Jude Allgayer[4]; 3. 70-Micah Becker[2]; 4. 75-Gavyn Bolt[1]; 5. 91-Sam Kaller[7]; 6. 11S-Shyla Ernst[5]; 7. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman[6]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 23-Mason Nester[2]; 2. 87C-Callan Hill[1]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 4. 97-Cash Lacombe[4]; 5. 11-Mattix McBride[5]; 6. 7G-Ollie Geiger[7]; 7. 4H-Hayden Alberson[6]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 73-Chase McDougal, 12.748[6]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden, 12.759[5]; 3. 5S-Stone Smith, 12.821[8]; 4. 11K-Kyle Hooper, 12.835[3]; 5. 8-Logun Lunsford, 12.940[2]; 6. 22-Hank Soares, 12.943[4]; 7. 83-Dawson Woods, 12.951[1]; 8. 7D-Jackson Davenport, 13.606[7]

Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 4-Jude Allgayer, 12.633[6]; 2. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 12.814[5]; 3. 70-Micah Becker, 12.927[3]; 4. 75-Gavyn Bolt, 13.504[7]; 5. 11S-Shyla Ernst, 13.584[2]; 6. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman, 14.605[4]; 7. 91-Sam Kaller, NT

Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 97-Cash Lacombe, 12.715[6]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 12.756[4]; 3. 23-Mason Nester, 12.810[2]; 4. 87C-Callan Hill, 12.882[3]; 5. 11-Mattix McBride, 12.916[5]; 6. 4H-Hayden Alberson, 13.312[7]; 7. 7G-Ollie Geiger, NT

Junior Sprints

Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 28W-Blainey Woods[1]; 2. 11S-Sawyer McBride[3]; 3. 68-WJ Campbell[2]; 4. 12P-Collin Pruitt[9]; 5. 95G-Gunner Griffin[11]; 6. 11B-DJ Beach[7]; 7. 74C-Cale Martin[10]; 8. 55K-Kayden Anderson[5]; 9. 45U-Cameron Utz[8]; 10. 10-Lincoln McLin[12]; 11. 6-Henry Alberson[6]; 12. 28B-Brex Woods[13]; 13. 911B-Bradley Berryman[14]; 14. 35U-Carson Utz[4]; 15. 387-Nash Edwards[15]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11S-Sawyer McBride[1]; 2. 55K-Kayden Anderson[2]; 3. 6-Henry Alberson[4]; 4. 11B-DJ Beach[6]; 5. 12P-Collin Pruitt[7]; 6. 95G-Gunner Griffin[3]; 7. 28B-Brex Woods[5]; 8. 387-Nash Edwards[8]

Milestone Home Service, Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 28W-Blainey Woods[2]; 2. 68-WJ Campbell[4]; 3. 45U-Cameron Utz[1]; 4. 35U-Carson Utz[7]; 5. 74C-Cale Martin[6]; 6. 10-Lincoln McLin[3]; 7. 911B-Bradley Berryman[5]

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