Bryan Hulbert – SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. (April 29, 2023) Keeping the weekend’s theme of adding first-time winners at the Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, Jett Hays and Logun Lunsford broke into Victory Lane while Shawn Mahaffey added another win to his record with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division.
Ripped away on Friday in a two-lap duel at the finish with Frank Flud, Ft. Worth’s Jett Hays sailed the wall on Brecken Reese on the second lap and never looked back during the A-Class feature event. Moving to second on Lap 3, Ricky Thornton, Jr. hustled the bottom on Hays.
Pulling to the No. 11j numerous times, Hays could keep pace as the laps went on. Finally, having to move his line in the closing laps allowed Thornton to gain ground. Closing fast on the final lap, it was not enough as Hays found the checkered flag with 0.317-seconds to spare. Thornton, in second was chased by Frank Flud. Fourth went to Brecken Reese, with Garrett Benson in fifth.
Career win No. 4 for Shawn Mahaffey in Non-Wing, the No. 11k shot from sixth to first in five laps. Working the gutter all the way around the one-sixth-mile oval, Mahaffey held off several restart attempts.
Finding the win with a 0.963-second gap, the battle for second finally went the way of Ricky Thornton, Jr. for his second runner-up finish of the night. Having to race his way in through a B-Feature, Frank Flud stormed to the final podium step. Rolling the cushion to second early, Jason McDougal slipped to fourth in the closing laps, with Trey Zorn crossing fifth.
Leading the first 14 laps, Logun Lunsford spent the next eight trying to retake the point from Cale Lagroon. Both in search of their first NOW600 win; the change-up came on a restart with three to go. Erasing a nearly one-second lead, Lagroon had been rolling the center and pulling away while Lunsford stuck the hub.
Keeping those same lines on the restart, Logun pulled up on the No. 24 off the second turn. Edging into the lead by 0.069-seconds with two laps to go, the race to the checkered flag was even closer, with Lunsford holding on by 0.049-seconds. The pair were chased by Kyle Hooper, Chase McDougal, and Hanke Soares to complete the top five.
Runner-up on Friday, Tulsa’s Sawyer McBride found one more spot on Saturday. Grabbing the lead on Lap 2, Sawyer survived numerous restarts throughout the 20-lap affair. DJ Beach crossed second, with Friday night’s winner, Blainey Woods, in third; Gunner Griffin and Liam Barton made up the top five.
Growing the field slightly on Saturday, 124 entries were on hand.
Racing continues for the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division on Friday, May 5, and Saturday, May 6, at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla.
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.
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Race Results:
Dirt2Media NOW600 Series
Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex (Sweet Springs, Mo.)
Saturday, April 29, 2023
Winged A-Class
Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 11J-Jett Hays[4]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[1]; 3. 81-Frank Flud[3]; 4. 20Q-Brecken Reese[2]; 5. 2B-Garrett Benson[6]; 6. 12K-Dylan Kadous[7]; 7. 3Z-Trey Zorn[5]; 8. 27KW-Kaden Weger[8]; 9. 63-Jack Thomas[10]; 10. 83-Brant Woods[12]; 11. 22-Jesse Pate[15]; 12. 7G-Jackson Gray[14]; 13. 24C-Cale Lagroon[9]; 14. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[13]; 15. 15X-Brody Brown[20]; 16. 21A-Jimmy Staton[11]; 17. 35-Aubrey Smith[16]; 18. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[17]; 19. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[19]; 20. 46-Peyton White[18]
Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Pate[1]; 2. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[3]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[10]; 4. 34-Colton Robinson[8]; 5. 5B-Brody Hibdon[9]; 6. 38-Jackson Kounkel[4]; 7. 78C-Chance Cody[2]; 8. 5L-Landon Jesina[11]; 9. 11-Jaden Alexander[7]; 10. 17J-Jacob Johnston[5]; 11. 57-Cam Sorrels[6]; 12. 10S-Scout Spraggins[12]; 13. B2-Carson Bolden[13]; 14. 11X-Talin Turner[14]
Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 35-Aubrey Smith[3]; 2. 46-Peyton White[2]; 3. 15X-Brody Brown[4]; 4. 10-Thomas Hassler[6]; 5. 45-Megan Thomas[8]; 6. 5S-Stone Smith[14]; 7. 21C-Carter Holt[7]; 8. 7A-Aaron Jesina[1]; 9. 21K-Kooper Kelly[12]; 10. 9A-Hunter Hanson[11]; 11. 555-Dale Johnston[9]; 12. 85B-Chet Ford[10]; 13. 9D-Degan Lelsz[5]; 14. 93-Matt Carr[13]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 12K-Dylan Kadous[1]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 3. 21A-Jimmy Staton[5]; 4. 38-Jackson Kounkel[4]; 5. 17J-Jacob Johnston[2]; 6. 11-Jaden Alexander[7]; 7. 85B-Chet Ford[6]; 8. (DNS) 93-Matt Carr; 9. (DNS) 11X-Talin Turner
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 11J-Jett Hays[5]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon[2]; 3. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[1]; 4. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[7]; 5. 35-Aubrey Smith[8]; 6. 9D-Degan Lelsz[4]; 7. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[3]; 8. 10S-Scout Spraggins[6]; 9. 21K-Kooper Kelly[9]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson[4]; 2. 27KW-Kaden Weger[2]; 3. 46-Peyton White[1]; 4. 83-Brant Woods[7]; 5. 15X-Brody Brown[3]; 6. 34-Colton Robinson[5]; 7. 5B-Brody Hibdon[8]; 8. 9A-Hunter Hanson[6]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn[3]; 2. 63-Jack Thomas[1]; 3. 7G-Jackson Gray[2]; 4. 7A-Aaron Jesina[6]; 5. 10-Thomas Hassler[4]; 6. 45-Megan Thomas[5]; 7. (DNS) B2-Carson Bolden; 8. (DNS) 5S-Stone Smith
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[3]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4]; 3. 78C-Chance Cody[1]; 4. 22-Jesse Pate[6]; 5. 57-Cam Sorrels[2]; 6. 21C-Carter Holt[5]; 7. 555-Dale Johnston[8]; 8. 5L-Landon Jesina[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.403[4]; 2. 17J-Jacob Johnston, 12.453[8]; 3. 12K-Dylan Kadous, 12.517[1]; 4. 93-Matt Carr, 12.522[7]; 5. 11X-Talin Turner, 12.626[9]; 6. 38-Jackson Kounkel, 12.669[6]; 7. 21A-Jimmy Staton, 12.878[3]; 8. 85B-Chet Ford, 13.294[2]; 9. 11-Jaden Alexander, 13.878[5]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 9D-Degan Lelsz, 12.002[6]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 12.067[7]; 3. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 12.076[3]; 4. 67JR-Waylon Phillips, 12.159[4]; 5. 11J-Jett Hays, 12.173[2]; 6. 10S-Scout Spraggins, 12.274[8]; 7. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 12.320[5]; 8. 35-Aubrey Smith, 12.521[9]; 9. 21K-Kooper Kelly, 12.537[1]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson, 11.879[2]; 2. 15X-Brody Brown, 11.922[5]; 3. 27KW-Kaden Weger, 12.046[3]; 4. 46-Peyton White, 12.074[1]; 5. 34-Colton Robinson, 12.129[4]; 6. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 12.250[6]; 7. 83-Brant Woods, 12.268[7]; 8. 5B-Brody Hibdon, 12.297[8]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn, 11.899[6]; 2. 7G-Jackson Gray, 12.122[3]; 3. 63-Jack Thomas, 12.162[5]; 4. B2-Carson Bolden, 12.163[1]; 5. 10-Thomas Hassler, 12.231[2]; 6. 45-Megan Thomas, 12.286[8]; 7. 7A-Aaron Jesina, 12.322[4]; 8. 5S-Stone Smith, 12.381[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 11.790[5]; 2. 81-Frank Flud, 11.892[7]; 3. 57-Cam Sorrels, 11.904[4]; 4. 78C-Chance Cody, 11.964[2]; 5. 21C-Carter Holt, 12.033[1]; 6. 22-Jesse Pate, 12.041[3]; 7. 5L-Landon Jesina, 12.368[8]; 8. 555-Dale Johnston, 13.049[6]
Stock Non-Wing
Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[6]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[2]; 3. 81-Frank Flud[15]; 4. AD1-Jason McDougal[4]; 5. 3Z-Trey Zorn[3]; 6. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[10]; 7. 38X-Jackson Frisbie[9]; 8. 20Q-Brecken Reese[7]; 9. 22-Jesse Pate[8]; 10. 34-Colton Robinson[16]; 11. 38-Jackson Kounkel[5]; 12. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[14]; 13. 19-Hunter Lane[17]; 14. 17-Quinn Jones[18]; 15. 15X-Brody Brown[19]; 16. 1G-Garett Hake[20]; 17. 17J-Jacob Johnston[13]; 18. 15-Chris Koch[1]; 19. 7-Bobby Eubanks[12]; 20. 11J-Jett Hays[11]
Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 2. 19-Hunter Lane[1]; 3. 15X-Brody Brown[6]; 4. 32L-Brian Lunsford[5]; 5. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[7]; 6. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[3]; 7. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[12]; 8. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy[10]; 9. 25B-Chevy Boyer[9]; 10. 66-Jayden Clay[11]; 11. 10S-Scout Spraggins[4]; 12. 78C-Chance Cody[8]; 13. 21K-Kooper Kelly[13]
Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 34-Colton Robinson[3]; 2. 17-Quinn Jones[4]; 3. 1G-Garett Hake[1]; 4. 94-Toby Mullins[5]; 5. 32K-Kyran Keith[8]; 6. 15K-Chase Koch[10]; 7. 9A-Hunter Hanson[6]; 8. 21C-Carter Holt[9]; 9. 20S-Chris Altis[7]; 10. 48S-Trey Schleicher[11]; 11. 57-Cam Sorrels[2]; 12. 11X-Talin Turner[12]; 13. 93-Matt Carr[13]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[3]; 2. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey[4]; 3. 57-Cam Sorrels[1]; 4. 24T-Glenn James Bratti[7]; 5. 17-Quinn Jones[5]; 6. 78C-Chance Cody[2]; 7. 32K-Kyran Keith[8]; 8. 66-Jayden Clay[6]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Jackson Kounkel[3]; 2. 22-Jesse Pate[4]; 3. 1G-Garett Hake[2]; 4. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover[5]; 5. 9A-Hunter Hanson[1]; 6. 21K-Kooper Kelly[8]; 7. 25B-Chevy Boyer[6]; 8. (DNS) 11X-Talin Turner
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 15-Chris Koch[3]; 2. 20Q-Brecken Reese[4]; 3. 38X-Jackson Frisbie[7]; 4. 34-Colton Robinson[2]; 5. 10S-Scout Spraggins[6]; 6. 32L-Brian Lunsford[8]; 7. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy[1]; 8. 48S-Trey Schleicher[5]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. AD1-Jason McDougal[4]; 2. 11J-Jett Hays[2]; 3. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall[7]; 4. 81-Frank Flud[3]; 5. 15X-Brody Brown[1]; 6. 67JR-Waylon Phillips[6]; 7. 21C-Carter Holt[5]; 8. 15K-Chase Koch[8]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn[4]; 2. 17J-Jacob Johnston[1]; 3. 7-Bobby Eubanks[3]; 4. 19-Hunter Lane[7]; 5. 94-Toby Mullins[5]; 6. 20S-Chris Altis[6]; 7. 93-Matt Carr[8]; 8. (DQ) 5-Ryder McCutcheon[2]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 11K-Shawn Mahaffey, 12.408[2]; 2. 20RT-Ricky Thornton Jr, 12.426[1]; 3. 78C-Chance Cody, 12.632[3]; 4. 57-Cam Sorrels, 12.705[5]; 5. 17-Quinn Jones, 12.712[7]; 6. 66-Jayden Clay, 12.729[6]; 7. 24T-Glenn James Bratti, 12.892[8]; 8. 32K-Kyran Keith, 13.011[4]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 22-Jesse Pate, 12.835[1]; 2. 38-Jackson Kounkel, 12.901[6]; 3. 1G-Garett Hake, 13.027[4]; 4. 9A-Hunter Hanson, 13.101[2]; 5. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover, 13.115[7]; 6. 25B-Chevy Boyer, 13.165[3]; 7. 11X-Talin Turner, 13.498[8]; 8. (DNS) 21K-Kooper Kelly, NT
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese, 12.741[8]; 2. 15-Chris Koch, 12.777[3]; 3. 34-Colton Robinson, 12.860[4]; 4. 5KX-Marcus Kennedy, 12.926[2]; 5. 48S-Trey Schleicher, 12.944[7]; 6. 10S-Scout Spraggins, 13.016[6]; 7. 38X-Jackson Frisbie, 13.036[1]; 8. 32L-Brian Lunsford, 13.136[5]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. AD1-Jason McDougal, 12.511[2]; 2. 81-Frank Flud, 12.760[8]; 3. 11J-Jett Hays, 12.763[3]; 4. 15X-Brody Brown, 12.806[7]; 5. 21C-Carter Holt, 12.975[5]; 6. 67JR-Waylon Phillips, 13.002[1]; 7. 8K-Tyler Kuykendall, 13.076[4]; 8. 15K-Chase Koch, 13.079[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn, 12.836[8]; 2. 7-Bobby Eubanks, 12.872[1]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon, 12.934[4]; 4. 17J-Jacob Johnston, 13.097[6]; 5. 94-Toby Mullins, 13.281[5]; 6. 20S-Chris Altis, 13.412[2]; 7. 19-Hunter Lane, 13.452[7]; 8. (DNS) 93-Matt Carr, 13.452
Restricted 'A' Class
Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 8-Logun Lunsford[1]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]; 3. 11K-Kyle Hooper[6]; 4. 73-Chase McDougal[14]; 5. 22-Hank Soares[2]; 6. 31BW-Braxton Weger[15]; 7. 23-Mason Nester[8]; 8. 5S-Stone Smith[4]; 9. 11-Mattix McBride[11]; 10. 4-Jude Allgayer[9]; 11. 4H-Hayden Alberson[13]; 12. 75-Gavyn Bolt[12]; 13. 11S-Shyla Ernst[20]; 14. 97-Cash Lacombe[16]; 15. 83-Dawson Woods[7]; 16. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman[19]; 17. 7G-Ollie Geiger[17]; 18. 7D-Jackson Davenport[18]; 19. 87C-Callan Hill[10]; 20. B2-Carson Bolden[5]
Hoosier Racing Tire B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 31BW-Braxton Weger[1]; 2. 97-Cash Lacombe[5]; 3. 7G-Ollie Geiger[8]; 4. 7D-Jackson Davenport[2]; 5. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman[7]; 6. 11S-Shyla Ernst[9]; 7. 12-Wyatt Blair[3]; 8. 70-Micah Becker[4]; 9. 24-Tristan Martin[6]; 10. 91-Sam Kaller[10]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Logun Lunsford[2]; 2. 24C-Cale Lagroon[4]; 3. 23-Mason Nester[3]; 4. 31BW-Braxton Weger[1]; 5. 4H-Hayden Alberson[6]; 6. 12-Wyatt Blair[7]; 7. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman[8]; 8. 11S-Shyla Ernst[5]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 5S-Stone Smith[5]; 2. 11K-Kyle Hooper[3]; 3. 87C-Callan Hill[2]; 4. 4-Jude Allgayer[4]; 5. 75-Gavyn Bolt[7]; 6. 70-Micah Becker[6]; 7. 24-Tristan Martin[8]; 8. 91-Sam Kaller[1]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Hank Soares[2]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden[3]; 3. 83-Dawson Woods[5]; 4. 73-Chase McDougal[1]; 5. 11-Mattix McBride[4]; 6. 7D-Jackson Davenport[7]; 7. 97-Cash Lacombe[8]; 8. 7G-Ollie Geiger[6]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 12.740[8]; 2. 23-Mason Nester, 12.873[1]; 3. 8-Logun Lunsford, 12.907[5]; 4. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 13.035[3]; 5. 11S-Shyla Ernst, 13.331[7]; 6. 4H-Hayden Alberson, 13.375[6]; 7. 12-Wyatt Blair, 13.690[4]; 8. 31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman, 14.008[2]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 4-Jude Allgayer, 12.684[8]; 2. 11K-Kyle Hooper, 12.818[3]; 3. 87C-Callan Hill, 12.928[4]; 4. 91-Sam Kaller, 13.019[6]; 5. 5S-Stone Smith, 13.075[2]; 6. 70-Micah Becker, 13.088[1]; 7. 75-Gavyn Bolt, 13.170[5]; 8. 24-Tristan Martin, 13.955[7]
Performance Electronics Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 11-Mattix McBride, 12.747[4]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden, 12.771[1]; 3. 22-Hank Soares, 12.865[7]; 4. 73-Chase McDougal, 12.896[3]; 5. 83-Dawson Woods, 13.040[5]; 6. 7G-Ollie Geiger, 13.239[6]; 7. 7D-Jackson Davenport, 13.382[8]; 8. 97-Cash Lacombe, 13.400[2]
Junior Sprints
Hi Plains Building Division A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 11S-Sawyer McBride[2]; 2. 11B-DJ Beach[5]; 3. 28W-Blainey Woods[7]; 4. 19-Liam Barton[11]; 5. 55K-Kayden Anderson[1]; 6. 95G-Gunner Griffin[3]; 7. 74C-Cale Martin[10]; 8. 387-Nash Edwards[15]; 9. 6-Henry Alberson[9]; 10. 28B-Brex Woods[4]; 11. 23K-Kylie King[12]; 12. 80-Tucker Ulshafer[16]; 13. 35U-Carson Utz[13]; 14. 45U-Cameron Utz[18]; 15. 12P-Collin Pruitt[6]; 16. 68-WJ Campbell[8]; 17. 20-Sawyer Nading[14]; 18. 10-Lincoln McLin[17]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11B-DJ Beach[1]; 2. 95G-Gunner Griffin[6]; 3. 68-WJ Campbell[2]; 4. 74C-Cale Martin[3]; 5. 20-Sawyer Nading[4]; 6. 10-Lincoln McLin[5]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 55K-Kayden Anderson[5]; 2. 28B-Brex Woods[4]; 3. 6-Henry Alberson[1]; 4. 19-Liam Barton[3]; 5. 23K-Kylie King[6]; 6. 45U-Cameron Utz[2]
Milestone Home Service Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 11S-Sawyer McBride[4]; 2. 12P-Collin Pruitt[3]; 3. 28W-Blainey Woods[5]; 4. 35U-Carson Utz[1]; 5. 387-Nash Edwards[2]; 6. 80-Tucker Ulshafer[6]
- Bryan Hulbert on Apr 30, 2023
- Article Date: 4/30/2023