OCALA, Florida (February 6, 2024) - Daison Pursley, Brecken Reese, Braxton Weger and McKenna Kren prevailed in Monday's NOW600 Wild Card Series opener at Marion County Speedway during the inaugural Florida Micro FunFest.
A field of 103 entries were on hand during the NOW600 debut at the bullring featuring 52 Non-Wing Outlaw Micros, 28 Winged Outlaw Micros, 8 Junior Sprints and 15 Restricted Micros.
Daison Pursley topped the Non-Wing Outlaw division after starting fourth on the grid. Cole Dewease crossed in the second spot with Steven Snyder, Jr. finishing on the final step of the podium. Ricky Thorton, Jr. picked up the fourth spot with TJ Smith making up the top five.
Brecken Reese started outside of the front row to run to victory in Winged Outlaw competition. Harley Hollan finished in the second spot. Jeffrey Newell was scored in the third spot with Jett Nunley and Braxton Weger making up the top five.
Braxton Weger bested the field of Restricted entries with Tyler Lupton scored in the second spot. Wyatt Coffey rounded out the podium. Wesley Sweatman from 11th crossed in the fourth spot with Tityn Roberts finishing fifth.
After an eventful trip to Marion County Speedway, McKenna Kren turned the family luck around picking up the Junior Sprint victory. Weston Foster crossed in the second spot with Levi Ballard in third. Fourth went to Grayson Cooksey and Ryder Morris made up the top five.
Action continues on Tuesday night with the second round of the Florida Micro FunFest at Marion County Speedway in Ocala, FL.
RACE RESULTS >>
2/5/2024 at Marion County Speedway - Ocala, FL
Dirt2Media NOW600 National Micro Series
NOW600 Wild Card Series
NOW600 RESTRICTED MICROS
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 31BW-Braxton Weger[3]; 2. 4-Tyler Lupton[4]; 3. 89-Wyatt Coffey[5]; 4. 09W-Wesley Sweatman[11]; 5. 18-Tityn Roberts[6]; 6. 21X-Cullen Hutchison[10]; 7. 19-Chase Schott[8]; 8. 9C-Jace Cooksey[14]; 9. 33-Grayson Cooksey[12]; 10. 5B-Brantlee Lamb[9]; 11. 14-Nyles Tudor[7]; 12. 10W-Weston Foster[1]; 13. 31KX-Kyleah Lobb[13]; 14. 18T-Taelynne Roberts[2]; 15. (DNS) 31K-McKenna Kren
Driven Midwest Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31BW-Braxton Weger[1]; 2. 10W-Weston Foster[5]; 3. 18T-Taelynne Roberts[6]; 4. 89-Wyatt Coffey[7]; 5. 5B-Brantlee Lamb[4]; 6. 31KX-Kyleah Lobb[3]; 7. 33-Grayson Cooksey[8]; 8. 31K-McKenna Kren[2]
Driven Midwest Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 4-Tyler Lupton[1]; 2. 18-Tityn Roberts[2]; 3. 14-Nyles Tudor[3]; 4. 19-Chase Schott[5]; 5. 21X-Cullen Hutchison[4]; 6. 09W-Wesley Sweatman[6]; 7. 9C-Jace Cooksey[7]
NOW600 OUTLAW MICROS
A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese[2]; 2. 14-Harley Hollan[4]; 3. 12-Jeffrey Newell[3]; 4. 14J-Jett Nunley[1]; 5. 31BW-Braxton Weger[6]; 6. 14X-Braxston Wilson[13]; 7. 2D-Cole Dewease[17]; 8. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[9]; 9. 38-Hailie Deegan[18]; 10. 25J-Delaney Jost[14]; 11. 34-Colton Robinson[10]; 12. 11K-Kylee Griffitts[19]; 13. 33-Caden Ashton[20]; 14. 93-Matt Carr[12]; 15. 81-Frank Flud[7]; 16. 33X-Cruz Dickerson[15]; 17. 5-TJ Smith[5]; 18. 01-Kaden Weger[16]; 19. 95-Paige Moss[11]; 20. 14RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[8]; 21. 1*-Julie Koller[21]; 22. (DNS) 3C-Cole Schroeder
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 33X-Cruz Dickerson[1]; 2. 01-Kaden Weger[2]; 3. 2D-Cole Dewease[4]; 4. 38-Hailie Deegan[3]; 5. 11K-Kylee Griffitts[6]; 6. 33-Caden Ashton[7]; 7. 1*-Julie Koller[11]; 8. 3C-Cole Schroeder[8]; 9. (DNS) 351-James Smith; 10. (DNS) 88-AJ Parrish; 11. (DNS) 09W-Wesley Sweatman; 12. (DNS) 39-Pete Coffey; 13. (DNS) 27-Russell Clark; 14. (DNS) 3X-Cody Key
Driven Midwest Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 31BW-Braxton Weger[1]; 2. 5-TJ Smith[4]; 3. 14X-Braxston Wilson[3]; 4. 95-Paige Moss[6]; 5. 351-James Smith[2]; 6. 3C-Cole Schroeder[5]; 7. (DNS) 27-Russell Clark
Driven Midwest Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 14-Harley Hollan[2]; 2. 12-Jeffrey Newell[5]; 3. 25J-Delaney Jost[1]; 4. 33X-Cruz Dickerson[3]; 5. 38-Hailie Deegan[4]; 6. 33-Caden Ashton[6]; 7. (DNS) 3X-Cody Key
Driven Midwest Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese[3]; 2. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[2]; 3. 34-Colton Robinson[4]; 4. 93-Matt Carr[6]; 5. 11K-Kylee Griffitts[1]; 6. 88-AJ Parrish[5]; 7. 1*-Julie Koller[7]
Driven Midwest Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 81-Frank Flud[1]; 2. 14J-Jett Nunley[7]; 3. 14RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 4. 01-Kaden Weger[2]; 5. 2D-Cole Dewease[3]; 6. 09W-Wesley Sweatman[4]; 7. 39-Pete Coffey[6]
NOW600 NON-WING OUTLAW MICROS
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 86-Daison Pursley[4]; 2. 2D-Cole Dewease[2]; 3. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[6]; 4. 14RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[9]; 5. 48K-TJ Smith[5]; 6. 20Q-Brecken Reese[8]; 7. 99-Craig Whitmoyer[7]; 8. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[12]; 9. 81G-Giancarlo Ramessar[15]; 10. 07-Zak Gorski[1]; 11. 12-Jeffrey Newell[14]; 12. 34-Colton Robinson[18]; 13. 14J-Jett Nunley[17]; 14. 101-Easton Lebo[3]; 15. 67-David Hall[16]; 16. 87-Mack Leopard[11]; 17. 00-Bill Gise[13]; 18. 93-Matt Carr[10]; 19. 10-Daniel Robinson[19]; 20. 81-Frank Flud[20]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 81G-Giancarlo Ramessar[1]; 2. 34-Colton Robinson[5]; 3. 33-Caden Ashton[3]; 4. 126-Autumn Criste[4]; 5. 33X-Cruz Dickerson[6]; 6. 88-AJ Parrish[7]; 7. 29-Wyatt Wright[8]; 8. 30-John Crowder[12]; 9. 32H-Noah Wirginis[10]; 10. (DNS) 27-Russell Clark; 11. (DNS) 27KW-Kaden Weger; 12. (DNS) 44-Chris Jarrell; 13. (DNS) 77-Robbie Smith
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 67-David Hall[2]; 2. 10-Daniel Robinson[1]; 3. 126C-Blake Clouser[3]; 4. 74X-Caleb Edington[4]; 5. 9W-Weston Doklan[10]; 6. 3-Shawn Murray[12]; 7. 31-Chad Lobb[9]; 8. 07R-Bubba Rains[11]; 9. (DNS) 41B-Cody Bryson; 10. (DNS) 3C-Cole Schroeder; 11. (DNS) 07M-Kevin McKenzie; 12. (DNS) 18-Tyler Clark; 13. (DNS) 25J-Delaney Jost
B-Main 3 (12 Laps): 1. 14J-Jett Nunley[3]; 2. 81-Frank Flud[2]; 3. 98-James Roselli[6]; 4. 25R-Nathan Rector[5]; 5. 95-Paige Moss[1]; 6. 1M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[4]; 7. 3R-Trenton Rivera[9]; 8. 44C-Cheyenne Potter[7]; 9. 19-Jasper Zeigafuse[10]; 10. (DNS) 41-Chase Cabre; 11. (DNS) 23-Rhea Lynn Moss; 12. (DNS) 45-Brandon Denton
Driven Midwest Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 20Q-Brecken Reese[5]; 2. 126C-Blake Clouser[4]; 3. 81-Frank Flud[9]; 4. 00-Bill Gise[3]; 5. 27-Russell Clark[8]; 6. 25R-Nathan Rector[6]; 7. 44C-Cheyenne Potter[7]; 8. 44-Chris Jarrell[1]; 9. 45-Brandon Denton[2]
Driven Midwest Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 12-Jeffrey Newell[1]; 2. 93-Matt Carr[3]; 3. 81G-Giancarlo Ramessar[2]; 4. 48K-TJ Smith[8]; 5. 33-Caden Ashton[5]; 6. 41-Chase Cabre[9]; 7. 3R-Trenton Rivera[6]; 8. 9W-Weston Doklan[7]; 9. 3-Shawn Murray[4]
Driven Midwest Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 86-Daison Pursley[4]; 2. 07-Zak Gorski[7]; 3. 41B-Cody Bryson[6]; 4. 3C-Cole Schroeder[5]; 5. 98-James Roselli[2]; 6. 27KW-Kaden Weger[3]; 7. 14J-Jett Nunley[8]; 8. 07R-Bubba Rains[1]; 9. (DNS) 77-Robbie Smith
Driven Midwest Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 99-Craig Whitmoyer[1]; 2. 10-Daniel Robinson[2]; 3. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[9]; 4. 18-Tyler Clark[4]; 5. 74X-Caleb Edington[6]; 6. 07M-Kevin McKenzie[8]; 7. 29-Wyatt Wright[7]; 8. 19-Jasper Zeigafuse[3]; 9. 30-John Crowder[5]
Driven Midwest Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 101-Easton Lebo[6]; 2. 1M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[2]; 3. 95-Paige Moss[8]; 4. 67-David Hall[3]; 5. 126-Autumn Criste[5]; 6. 88-AJ Parrish[4]; 7. 31-Chad Lobb[7]; 8. 23-Rhea Lynn Moss[1]
Driven Midwest Heat 6 (8 Laps): 1. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[2]; 2. 14RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[6]; 3. 2D-Cole Dewease[7]; 4. 87-Mack Leopard[5]; 5. 34-Colton Robinson[1]; 6. 33X-Cruz Dickerson[4]; 7. 32H-Noah Wirginis[3]; 8. (DNS) 25J-Delaney Jost
Driven Midwest Qualifier 1 (8 Laps): 1. 00-Bill Gise[1]; 2. 81G-Giancarlo Ramessar[2]; 3. 93-Matt Carr[3]; 4. 67-David Hall[7]; 5. 33-Caden Ashton[8]; 6. 95-Paige Moss[5]; 7. 25R-Nathan Rector[9]; 8. 81-Frank Flud[6]; 9. 41B-Cody Bryson[4]; 10. (DNS) 27KW-Kaden Weger
Driven Midwest Qualifier 2 (8 Laps): 1. 48K-TJ Smith[3]; 2. 07-Zak Gorski[6]; 3. 27-Russell Clark[2]; 4. 14RT-Ricky Thornton Jr[5]; 5. 14J-Jett Nunley[9]; 6. 74X-Caleb Edington[7]; 7. 126C-Blake Clouser[4]; 8. 98-James Roselli[8]; 9. 44C-Cheyenne Potter[10]; 10. 18-Tyler Clark[1]
Driven Midwest Qualifier 3 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Mack Leopard[1]; 2. 21S-Steven Snyder Jr[4]; 3. 86-Daison Pursley[5]; 4. 12-Jeffrey Newell[3]; 5. 20Q-Brecken Reese[6]; 6. 34-Colton Robinson[8]; 7. 1M-Derrick Mcgrew Jr[2]; 8. 88-AJ Parrish[9]; 9. 29-Wyatt Wright[10]; 10. 07M-Kevin McKenzie[7]
Driven Midwest Q:ualifier 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2D-Cole Dewease[4]; 2. 99-Craig Whitmoyer[3]; 3. 10-Daniel Robinson[2]; 4. 101-Easton Lebo[6]; 5. 126-Autumn Criste[7]; 6. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[5]; 7. 33X-Cruz Dickerson[9]; 8. 3C-Cole Schroeder[1]; 9. (DNS) 41-Chase Cabre; 10. (DNS) 31-Chad Lobb
NOW600 JUNIOR SPRINTS
A-Main (15 Laps): 1. 28K-McKenna Kren[2]; 2. 10W-Weston Foster[6]; 3. 87-Levi Ballard[1]; 4. 9C-Grayson Cooksey[4]; 5. 14-Ryder Morris[3]; 6. 38-Brantlee Lamb[5]; 7. (DNS) 09-Declan Fitzpatrick; 8. (DNS) 22-Drake Tarlton
Driven Midwest Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 87-Levi Ballard[2]; 2. 28K-McKenna Kren[4]; 3. 9C-Grayson Cooksey[1]; 4. 14-Ryder Morris[7]; 5. 38-Brantlee Lamb[3]; 6. 10W-Weston Foster[6]; 7. (DNS) 22-Drake Tarlton; 8. (DNS) 09-Declan Fitzpatrick
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Website: http://www.NOW600Series.com
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- Terry Mattox on Feb 06, 2024
- Article Date: 2/6/2024