GLENDALE, Ariz. (February 18, 2023) - Austin Torgerson, Jett Yantis and Ethan Stevens each scored wins on night one of the Dan Steffey Western States Championship at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
44 Non-Wing Outlaw, 29 Winged A-Class and 17 Restricted 'A' Class Micro Sprints made the call for the opening night of the two day event featuring the NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Cactus Region.
Austin Torgerson topped the Non-Wing Outlaw feature event. Corbin Rueschenberg crossed in the second spot with Cole Schroeder finishing third. Fourth went to Shon Deskins and Cameron La Rose made up the top five.
Jett Yantis from the outside front row scored the feature event win in the Winged A-Class division. Austin Torgerson finished in the runner up spot with KJ Snow crossing in third. Cole Schroeder was fourth with Josh Castro the top five respectivley.
Ethan Stevens from the third spot picked up the win in Restricted competition. Jace Thurein was second at the line with Connor Lundy rounding out the podium. Jaydon Barnes finished fourth with Jennifer Owens the top five.
The NOW600 Cactus Region resumes racing on Saturday with the finale of the Dan Steffey Western States Championship at Adobe Mountain Speedway.
RACE RESULTS >>
2/17/2023 at Adobe Mountain Speedway
NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Cactus Region
Non-Wing Outlaw | NOW600 Outlaw Micros
A Feature 1 (24 Laps): 1. 02-Austin Torgerson[4]; 2. 8S-Corbin Rueschenberg[8]; 3. 3-Cole Schroeder[7]; 4. 20-Shon Deskins[2]; 5. 49-Cameron La Rose[5]; 6. 63-Colton Key[6]; 7. 23-Josh Castro[3]; 8. 65-Michael Faccinto[13]; 9. 78B-Brody Wake[11]; 10. 24S-Izaak Sharp[12]; 11. 3X-Chris Rahe[15]; 12. 77-Preston Norbury[18]; 13. 21-Seth Stenzel[10]; 14. 74-Robby Brockman[20]; 15. 1T-Taylor Whitefield[17]; 16. 36C-Kale Drake[9]; 17. (DNF) 29-Cory Brown[1]; 18. (DNF) 28-Mickey Gile[19]; 19. (DNF) 35-Logan Calderwood[16]; 20. (DNF) 97-Damian Norbury[14]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 1T-Taylor Whitefield[2]; 2. 28-Mickey Gile[5]; 3. 43E-Eddie Hamblen[12]; 4. 99X-Broc Dickerson[8]; 5. 54-Ayden Ford[11]; 6. 30-Tyler Ruth[4]; 7. 40B-Dylan Beal[3]; 8. 14L-Logan Heath[13]; 9. 23Z-Zachary Hanes[10]; 10. 16-Jason Smith[1]; 11. 20-Tony Morris[6]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 77-Preston Norbury[3]; 2. 74-Robby Brockman[6]; 3. 5-Axton Romero[7]; 4. 24-Cody Corey[10]; 5. 47-Brandon Sutton[8]; 6. (DNF) 11C-Darren Brown[1]; 7. (DNF) 44X-Jeffery Pahule[4]; 8. (DNF) 3A-Drake Edwards[13]; 9. (DNF) 9B-Casey Bauman[2]; 10. (DNF) 12AZ-Yari Smith[5]; 11. (DNF) 42-Ashley Afdahl[9]; 12. (DNF) 2-Elijah Gile[12]; 13. (DNS) 92B-Eric Bartlett; 14. (DNS) 99-Bryant Dawson
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 02-Austin Torgerson[5]; 2. 97-Damian Norbury[1]; 3. 3-Cole Schroeder[7]; 4. 28-Mickey Gile[3]; 5. 99X-Broc Dickerson[2]; 6. 42-Ashley Afdahl[4]; 7. (DNF) 3A-Drake Edwards[8]; 8. (DNF) 24AZ-JW Henderson[6]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 36C-Kale Drake[1]; 2. 78B-Brody Wake[3]; 3. 35-Logan Calderwood[4]; 4. 40B-Dylan Beal[5]; 5. 47-Brandon Sutton[2]; 6. 12AZ-Yari Smith[8]; 7. 54-Ayden Ford[6]; 8. (DNS) 99-Bryant Dawson
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Colton Key[4]; 2. 23-Josh Castro[5]; 3. 20-Shon Deskins[7]; 4. 16-Jason Smith[6]; 5. 4-Jett Yantis[3]; 6. 23Z-Zachary Hanes[2]; 7. 14L-Logan Heath[1]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 29-Cory Brown[4]; 2. 24S-Izaak Sharp[3]; 3. 1T-Taylor Whitefield[2]; 4. 77-Preston Norbury[5]; 5. 30-Tyler Ruth[7]; 6. 24-Cody Corey[1]; 7. 92B-Eric Bartlett[6]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Seth Stenzel[1]; 2. 8S-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 3. 9B-Casey Bauman[2]; 4. 65-Michael Faccinto[7]; 5. 5-Axton Romero[3]; 6. 24A-KJ Snow[6]; 7. 2-Elijah Gile[4]
Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 49-Cameron La Rose[2]; 2. 3X-Chris Rahe[1]; 3. 11C-Darren Brown[3]; 4. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[4]; 5. 20-Tony Morris[5]; 6. 74-Robby Brockman[7]; 7. 43E-Eddie Hamblen[6]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 24A-KJ Snow[35]; 2. 3A-Drake Edwards[43]; 3. 24AZ-JW Henderson[31]; 4. 3-Cole Schroeder[37]; 5. 5-Axton Romero[17]; 6. 36C-Kale Drake[2]; 7. 24S-Izaak Sharp[16]; 8. 35-Logan Calderwood[20]; 9. 99-Bryant Dawson[38]; 10. 02-Austin Torgerson[25]; 11. 14L-Logan Heath[3]; 12. 3X-Chris Rahe[6]; 13. 8S-Corbin Rueschenberg[29]; 14. 40B-Dylan Beal[26]; 15. 78B-Brody Wake[14]; 16. 29-Cory Brown[22]; 17. 21-Seth Stenzel[5]; 18. 42-Ashley Afdahl[19]; 19. 11C-Darren Brown[18]; 20. 65-Michael Faccinto[41]; 21. 23Z-Zachary Hanes[9]; 22. 24-Cody Corey[4]; 23. 97-Damian Norbury[1]; 24. 74-Robby Brockman[42]; 25. 20-Shon Deskins[39]; 26. 99X-Broc Dickerson[7]; 27. 92B-Eric Bartlett[34]; 28. 30-Tyler Ruth[40]; 29. 16-Jason Smith[33]; 30. 20-Tony Morris[30]; 31. 2-Elijah Gile[23]; 32. 54-Ayden Ford[32]; 33. 28-Mickey Gile[13]; 34. 49-Cameron La Rose[12]; 35. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[24]; 36. 9B-Casey Bauman[11]; 37. 12AZ-Yari Smith[44]; 38. 1T-Taylor Whitefield[10]; 39. 4-Jett Yantis[15]; 40. 43E-Eddie Hamblen[36]; 41. 63-Colton Key[21]; 42. 47-Brandon Sutton[8]
Winged A-Class | NOW600 A-Class Micros
A Feature 1 (24 Laps): 1. 4-Jett Yantis[3]; 2. 02-Austin Torgerson[6]; 3. 24-KJ Snow[8]; 4. 3-Cole Schroeder[14]; 5. 23-Josh Castro[16]; 6. 26C-Corbin Rueschenberg[4]; 7. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[7]; 8. 5-Koen Crawford[5]; 9. 7-Quinn Thurein[15]; 10. 9B-Casey Bauman[10]; 11. 99X-Broc Dickerson[20]; 12. 51-RJ Johnson[13]; 13. 4K-Khloe Cotton[12]; 14. 77-Preston Norbury[11]; 15. 37X-Xander Dundon[19]; 16. 24AZ-JW Henderson[1]; 17. 74-Robby Brockman[9]; 18. 78B-Brody Wake[18]; 19. 97GP-Jessie Owens[2]; 20. 99-Bryant Dawson[17]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 99-Bryant Dawson[1]; 2. 78B-Brody Wake[2]; 3. 99X-Broc Dickerson[4]; 4. 37X-Xander Dundon[3]; 5. 81-Chloe High[8]; 6. (DNF) 27-AJ Imperial II[12]; 7. (DNF) 15D-Dylan Schaadt[11]; 8. (DNF) 54-Ayden Ford[9]; 9. (DNF) 22E-Evan Dixon[6]; 10. (DNF) 11C-Darren Brown[5]; 11. (DNF) 1T-Taylor Whitefield[7]; 12. (DNF) 97-Damian Norbury[10]; 13. (DNF) 51G-Grant Schaadt[13]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24-KJ Snow[1]; 2. 02-Austin Torgerson[7]; 3. 4-Jett Yantis[5]; 4. 77-Preston Norbury[6]; 5. 99-Bryant Dawson[4]; 6. 54-Ayden Ford[3]; 7. 81-Chloe High[8]; 8. (DNS) 51G-Grant Schaadt
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Koen Crawford[1]; 2. 97GP-Jessie Owens[2]; 3. 26C-Corbin Rueschenberg[5]; 4. 23-Josh Castro[3]; 5. 78B-Brody Wake[4]; 6. 22E-Evan Dixon[6]; 7. 97-Damian Norbury[7]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 24AZ-JW Henderson[1]; 2. 74-Robby Brockman[2]; 3. 51-RJ Johnson[3]; 4. 4K-Khloe Cotton[6]; 5. 37X-Xander Dundon[4]; 6. 99X-Broc Dickerson[7]; 7. 27-AJ Imperial II[5]
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[4]; 2. 9B-Casey Bauman[2]; 3. 3-Cole Schroeder[3]; 4. 7-Quinn Thurein[5]; 5. 11C-Darren Brown[1]; 6. 1T-Taylor Whitefield[6]; 7. 15D-Dylan Schaadt[7]
Hot Laps 1: 1. 3-Cole Schroeder[12]; 2. 7-Quinn Thurein[20]; 3. 26C-Corbin Rueschenberg[18]; 4. 44X-Jeffery Pahule[16]; 5. 11C-Darren Brown[4]; 6. 77-Preston Norbury[21]; 7. 74-Robby Brockman[7]; 8. 97-Damian Norbury[25]; 9. 37X-Xander Dundon[15]; 10. 99X-Broc Dickerson[26]; 11. 99-Bryant Dawson[13]; 12. 54-Ayden Ford[9]; 13. 51G-Grant Schaadt[5]
Restricted 'A' Class | NOW600 Restricted Micros
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. L8-Ethan Stevens[3]; 2. 5-Jace Thurein[2]; 3. 97-Connor Lundy[8]; 4. 29-Jaydon Barnes[5]; 5. 97GP-Jennifer Owens[4]; 6. 21-Brayton Roberts[11]; 7. 08-Steve Davis[7]; 8. 77-Jaxon Porter[12]; 9. 5G-Kollin Klein[10]; 10. 48-Aiden Bauer[15]; 11. 11E-Shyla Ernst[17]; 12. 95-Nathan Ward[14]; 13. 37X-Xander Dundon[1]; 14. 67Z-Isabell Wilson[6]; 15. 7X-Logan Wood[16]; 16. 17B-Brycen Roush[9]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 97GP-Jennifer Owens[2]; 2. 29-Jaydon Barnes[3]; 3. 67Z-Isabell Wilson[6]; 4. 17B-Brycen Roush[4]; 5. 21-Brayton Roberts[1]; 6. (DNS) 95-Nathan Ward
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. L8-Ethan Stevens[2]; 2. 37X-Xander Dundon[5]; 3. 11E-Shyla Ernst[3]; 4. (DNF) 77-Jaxon Porter[1]; 5. (DNF) 16G-Gavin Jewett[4]; 6. (DNS) 7X-Logan Wood
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 5-Jace Thurein[2]; 2. 08-Steve Davis[4]; 3. 97-Connor Lundy[3]; 4. 5G-Kollin Klein[1]; 5. (DNS) 48-Aiden Bauer
Hot Laps 1: 1. 17B-Brycen Roush[10]; 2. 95-Nathan Ward[13]; 3. 77-Jaxon Porter[2]; 4. L8-Ethan Stevens[5]; 5. 97-Connor Lundy[9]; 6. 67Z-Isabell Wilson[16]; 7. 97GP-Jennifer Owens[4]; 8. 29-Jaydon Barnes[7]; 9. 5-Jace Thurein[6]; 10. 5G-Kollin Klein[3]; 11. 37X-Xander Dundon[14]; 12. 16G-Gavin Jewett[11]; 13. 08-Steve Davis[12]; 14. 21-Brayton Roberts[1]; 15. 48-Aiden Bauer[15]; 16. 11E-Shyla Ernst[8]; 17. 7X-Logan Wood[17]
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