GLENMORA, La. (May 17, 2020) - Weldon Buford bested a field of 24 cars on Saturday night to pick up the NOW600 Hi Plains Building Division Ark-La-Tex Region at Thunder Valley Speedway in Glenmora, Louisiana.
Rolling from the outside front row, Weldon captured the 25 lap feature event. Mike Walling crossed in the second spot with Chelby Hinton rounding out the podium. Fourth went to Chase Lejeane from 12th and Chase Cook from 15th made up the top five.
Kamirin Cook was sixth. Sevent h went to Patrick Lundy. Maverick Elkins was eighth with Chris Russell and Matt Ebarb the top ten.
Jacob Lucas, Mike Walling and Weldon Buford each picked up a heat win.
The Ark-La-Tex Region of the National Open Wheel 600 Series returns to action on Saturday, May 23 at 105 Speedway in Cleveland, TX.
RACE RESULTS >> 5/16/2020 at Thunder Valley Speedway
Stock Non-Wing |NOW600 Ark-La-Tex Region
A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 41T-Weldon Buford[2]; 2. 29W-Mike Walling[3]; 3. 28-Chelby Hinton[4]; 4. 99L-Chase Lejeane[12]; 5. 01-Chase Cook[5]; 6. 30K-Kamirin Cook[16]; 7. 10-Patrick Lundy[10]; 8. 25-Maverick Elkins[11]; 9. 99-Chris Russell[17]; 10. 10E-Matt Ebarb[19]; 11. 83-Reggie Threlkeld[13]; 12. 7R-Rylie Yates[15]; 13. 29K-Kinsley Cook[14]; 14. 7H-Kendyl Guillot[7]; 15. 54-Lee Land[6]; 16. 29C-Colton Corbin[9]; 17. 22-Dustin Maxwell[8]; 18. E85-Thomas Argo[24]; 19. X-Tyler King[22]; 20. 57-Jacob Lucas[1]; 21. 17-Robert Harbert[21]; 22. 1X-Blake Doyle[18]; 23. 4X-Bryan Doyle[20]; 24. 24K-Greg Sammons[23]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Jacob Lucas[7]; 2. 01-Chase Cook[4]; 3. 54-Lee Land[6]; 4. 7H-Kendyl Guillot[8]; 5. 7R-Rylie Yates[1]; 6. 99-Chris Russell[5]; 7. 17-Robert Harbert[3]; 8. E85-Thomas Argo[2]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 29W-Mike Walling[3]; 2. 28-Chelby Hinton[5]; 3. 25-Maverick Elkins[2]; 4. 22-Dustin Maxwell[7]; 5. 30K-Kamirin Cook[1]; 6. 29K-Kinsley Cook[8]; 7. 4X-Bryan Doyle[6]; 8. X-Tyler King[4]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 41T-Weldon Buford[5]; 2. 29C-Colton Corbin[1]; 3. 99L-Chase Lejeane[2]; 4. 10-Patrick Lundy[6]; 5. 83-Reggie Threlkeld[7]; 6. 10E-Matt Ebarb[4]; 7. 1X-Blake Doyle[8]; 8. 24K-Greg Sammons[3]
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NOW600 SERIES –
The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its eighth year of showcasing premier micro sprint racing throughout the country. In addition to the Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division, there are six regions – the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Ark-La-Tex Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Desert Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Kansas Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Mile High Region, the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division Mountain West Region and the NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division North Texas Region – as well as NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division weekly racing and EMSA NOW600 C2 Micros. The featured national racing divisions are Stock Non-Wing, Winged ‘A’ Class and Restricted ‘A’ Class. For more information, including the schedule, points and rules, visit http://www.NOW600Series.com.
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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.
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- Terry Mattox on May 17, 2020
- Article Date: 5/17/2020