CALHAN, Colo. (April 9, 2023) - Colby Sokol and Enzo Spicola struck first in 2023 by picking up feature event wins on Saturday with the NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Mile High Region at El Paso County Raceway.
A field of 21 Winged A-Class and 11 Restricted Micros were on hand to begin the season during the Colorado Winged Showdown.
Rolling from sixth at the drop of the green flag, Colby Sokol made his way to the front to pick up the feature event win. Justis Sokol crossed in the second spot with Chase Spicola rounding out the podium. Cole Esgar was fourth with Jadyn Friesen making up the top five.
Hunter Rhoades finished sixth with Cory Kelley crossing in seventh. Eighth went to Nic Helwig. Austin Ullstrom and Ed Libonati rounded out the top ten.
Sokol, Esgar and Kelley each won the nights three heat races.
Enzo Spicola got it done in Restricted competition. Ethan Larsen was scored in second with Skyler Keeney finishing third. Ricky Holbrook was fourth with Keegan Gasseling the top five.
Sixth went to Shyla Ernst. Brayden Hedges was seventh with Justis Sokol finishing in eighth. Landon Gasseling and Anna Keith rounded out the top ten.
Sokol and Spicola each won the nights two heats.
The NOW600 Mile High Region returns to action on May 6 at I-76 Speedway in Fort Morgan, CO.
RACE RESULTS >>
4/8/2023 at El Paso County Raceway
NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Mile High Region
Winged A-Class | NOW600 A-Class Micros
A Feature 1: 1. 24S-Colby Sokol[6]; 2. 25S-Justis Sokol[1]; 3. 12C-Chase Spicola[2]; 4. 77E-Cole Esgar[3]; 5. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[9]; 6. 3R-Hunter Rhoades[12]; 7. 44-Cory Kelley[5]; 8. 30-Nic Helwig[18]; 9. 28U-Austin Ullstrom[4]; 10. 98-Ed Libonati[10]; 11. 23J-Justen Stolz[13]; 12. 17H-Cory Mallo[7]; 13. 1F-Jason Friesen[19]; 14. 8Z-Kasen Zorn[16]; 15. 28H-Hunter Finney[14]; 16. 33-Evan Harvey[11]; 17. 81L-Ethan Larsen[15]; 18. 21E-Enzo Spicola[21]; 19. 55U-Chance Ullstrom[8]; 20. (DNS) 4G-Landon Gasseling; 21. (DNS) 30P-Blake Pittman
Heat 1: 1. 24S-Colby Sokol[5]; 2. 25S-Justis Sokol[2]; 3. 33-Evan Harvey[1]; 4. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[6]; 5. 28H-Hunter Finney[4]; 6. 30P-Blake Pittman[3]; 7. (DNS) 21E-Enzo Spicola
Heat 2: 1. 77E-Cole Esgar[1]; 2. 17H-Cory Mallo[2]; 3. 12C-Chase Spicola[5]; 4. 3R-Hunter Rhoades[3]; 5. 23J-Justen Stolz[6]; 6. 8Z-Kasen Zorn[7]; 7. 1F-Jason Friesen[4]
Heat 3: 1. 44-Cory Kelley[5]; 2. 55U-Chance Ullstrom[1]; 3. 28U-Austin Ullstrom[7]; 4. 98-Ed Libonati[6]; 5. 81L-Ethan Larsen[4]; 6. 30-Nic Helwig[3]; 7. (DNF) 4G-Landon Gasseling[2]
Restricted 'A' Class | NOW600 Restricted Micros
A Feature 1: 1. 21E-Enzo Spicola[3]; 2. 81L-Ethan Larsen[8]; 3. 20K-Skyler Keeney[5]; 4. 88H-Ricky Holbrook[6]; 5. 18K-Keegan Gasseling[4]; 6. 11S-Shyla Ernst[10]; 7. 17H-Brayden Hedges[11]; 8. 47-Justis Sokol[1]; 9. 4-Landon Gasseling[2]; 10. AK1-Anna Keith[9]; 11. (DQ) 30B-Blake Pittman[7]
Heat 1: 1. 47-Justis Sokol[6]; 2. 18K-Keegan Gasseling[2]; 3. 20K-Skyler Keeney[4]; 4. 30B-Blake Pittman[5]; 5. AK1-Anna Keith[3]; 6. 17H-Brayden Hedges[1]
Heat 2: 1. 21E-Enzo Spicola[1]; 2. 4-Landon Gasseling[5]; 3. 88H-Ricky Holbrook[2]; 4. 81L-Ethan Larsen[4]; 5. 11S-Shyla Ernst[3]
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NOW600 SERIES –
The National Open Wheel 600 Series is entering its eleventh season of sanctioning micro sprint racing across the country. Anchored by the Dirt2Media NOW600 National Championship, the NOW600 Series is made up of several regional tours and sanctioned race tracks. The NOW600 National Championship features three divisions of 600cc micro sprints at each event: Stock Non-Wing, Winged A-Class and Restricted 'A' Class. Check out www.NOW600Series.com to find a race near you.
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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.
- Terry Mattox on Apr 10, 2023
- Article Date: 4/10/2023