CALHAN, Colo. (April 13, 2024) - Colby Sokol and Shyla Ernst earned NOW600 Mile High Region opening night wins at El Paso County Raceway on Saturday night.
A field of 23 NOW600 A-Class Micros, 16 NOW600 Outlaw Micros and 6 NOW600 Restricted Micros were on hand for the first race of the season.
Rolling from the third starting spot in the 25-lap feature, Colby Sokol claimed the win with Ryder McCutcheon finishing in the second spot. Justis Sokol was scored in the third spot with Christian Galicia in fourth and Chance Ullstrom the top five.
Shyla Ernst, Justis Sokol, and Christian Galicia were victorious in heat race competition.
Colby Sokol doubled up on wins with his feature victory in Outlaw. Justis Sokol crossed in the second spot with Cory Kelly advancing five spots to finish third. Ryder McCutcheon was fourth and Austin Ullstrom the top five.
Colby Sokol was also the quick qualifier.
Shyla Ernst picked up the feature event win in the Restricted class. Skyler Keeney crossed the runner up spot. Silas Cleaveland finished on the final podium spot. Justin Ernst was fourth with Memarie Ashcraft the top five.
Shyla Ernst picked up the lone heat race win.
The NOW600 Mile High Region returns to action on Saturday, April 20 at Lincoln County Raceway in North Platte, NE.
RACE RESULTS >>
4/13/2024 at El Paso County Raceway - Calhan, CO
NOW600 Mile High Region
2024 Season Opener
NOW600 A-CLASS MICROS
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 24S-Colby Sokol[3]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[4]; 3. 25S-Justis Sokol[7]; 4. 17-Christian Galicia[1]; 5. 55-Chance Ullstrom[8]; 6. 12C-Chase Spicola[19]; 7. 21E-Enzo Spicola[2]; 8. 11C-Cory Kelley[13]; 9. 28-Austin Ullstrom[5]; 10. 20K-Skyler Keeney[9]; 11. 98-Ed Libonati[10]; 12. 33-Evan Harvey[12]; 13. 49-Mike Snelling[14]; 14. 11S-Shyla Ernst[6]; 15. 88H-Ricky Holbrook[16]; 16. 81L-Ethan Larsen[15]; 17. (DNF) 28H-Hunter Finney[11]; 18. (DNF) 17H-Cory Mallo[17]; 19. (DNF) 9-Daytona Spicola[18]; 20. (DNS) 9E-Justin Ernst; 21. (DNS) 84-Sean Cleavland; 22. (DNS) 86-Daniel Cooper; 23. (DNS) 23J-Justen Stolz; 24. (DNS) 21A-Memarie Ashcraft
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11S-Shyla Ernst[1]; 2. 21E-Enzo Spicola[6]; 3. 28H-Hunter Finney[4]; 4. 20K-Skyler Keeney[7]; 5. 49-Mike Snelling[2]; 6. (DNF) 12C-Chase Spicola[5]; 7. (DNS) 9E-Justin Ernst; 8. (DNS) 23J-Justen Stolz
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 25S-Justis Sokol[1]; 2. 24S-Colby Sokol[6]; 3. 55-Chance Ullstrom[5]; 4. 98-Ed Libonati[7]; 5. 81L-Ethan Larsen[2]; 6. 88H-Ricky Holbrook[4]; 7. 9-Daytona Spicola[3]; 8. (DNS) 21A-Memarie Ashcraft
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Christian Galicia[4]; 2. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[5]; 3. 28-Austin Ullstrom[7]; 4. 11C-Cory Kelley[2]; 5. 33-Evan Harvey[6]; 6. 17H-Cory Mallo[1]; 7. (DNF) 86-Daniel Cooper[8]; 8. (DNS) 84-Sean Cleavland
NOW600 RESTRICTED MICROS
A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 11S-Shyla Ernst[1]; 2. 20-Skyler Keeney[2]; 3. 92-Silas Cleaveland[4]; 4. 9E-Justin Ernst[5]; 5. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft[3]; 6. AK1-Anna Keith[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11S-Shyla Ernst[4]; 2. 20-Skyler Keeney[6]; 3. 21A-Memarie Ashcraft[3]; 4. 92-Silas Cleaveland[2]; 5. 9E-Justin Ernst[1]; 6. (DNS) AK1-Anna Keith
NOW600 OUTLAW MICROS
Dash 1 (20 Laps): 1. 24S-Colby Sokol[1]; 2. 25S-Justis Sokol[2]; 3. 11C-Cory Kelley[8]; 4. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[3]; 5. 28-Austin Ullstrom[5]; 6. 11S-Shyla Ernst[12]; 7. 20K-Skyler Keeney[14]; 8. 55-Chance Ullstrom[11]; 9. 33-Evan Harvey[10]; 10. 98-Ed Libonati[4]; 11. 88H-Ricky Holbrook[16]; 12. (DNF) 45-Bradley Cox[7]; 13. (DNS) 17C-Christian Galicia; 14. (DNS) 17H-Cory Mallo; 15. (DNS) 49-Mike Snelling; 16. (DQ) 12C-Chase Spicola[15]
Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 24S-Colby Sokol[10]; 2. 25S-Justis Sokol[16]; 3. 5-Ryder McCutcheon[15]; 4. 98-Ed Libonati[9]; 5. 28-Austin Ullstrom[4]; 6. 17H-Cory Mallo[13]; 7. 45-Bradley Cox[8]; 8. 11C-Cory Kelley[3]; 9. 17C-Christian Galicia[11]; 10. 33-Evan Harvey[7]; 11. 55-Chance Ullstrom[14]; 12. 11S-Shyla Ernst[1]; 13. 49-Mike Snelling[5]; 14. 20K-Skyler Keeney[2]; 15. 12C-Chase Spicola[6]; 16. (DNS) 88H-Ricky Holbrook
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- Terry Mattox on Apr 14, 2024
- Article Date: 4/14/2024