6/21/2020
NOW600 National Micros
Circus City NOW600 Victories Go To Brandon, Yoder, Setser, Saldana, Kirkham, and Kimmel
Bryan Hulbert – PERU, Ind. (June 20, 2020) Six divisions took to Circus City Speedway clay on Saturday night with a combined 91 entries taking on the eighth-mile oval. In the end, NOW600 Weekly Racing wins went to Kole Kirkman in Non-Wing Outlaw competition while Reece Saldana topped the winged side of the Outlaw division.
A-Class was ruled by Beau Brandon while the younger Restricted division saw Gunnar Setser in Victory Lane. At the other end of the spectrum, Senior Non-Wing glory went to Nick Yoder. Cycling back to the lower age bracket, the Junior Sprints were topped by JD Kimmel.
Rolling from 10th to earn the win in Non-Wing Outlaw competition, Kole Kirkman took the checkered flag with Todd Kirkman in tow. Clawing from 16th to show, Brandon Rose made the podium while Parker Leek and Sam Kimmel completed the top five.
Reece Saldana from the front row was able to fend off the field in the Outlaw division while Blane Culp rolled eighth to second. Darin Naida, Kole Kirkman, and Jake Erikson made up the top five. Beau Brandon was able to turn his top starting spot into victory with Kole Kirkman making his third top-five appearance of the night with his runner-up finish. Gunner Setser grabbed third with Blane Culp fourth and Halen Shafer fifth.
Restricted win, and second top-five of the night for Gunnar Setsar, the Columbus, Ind. driver had Carter Whaley in tow over Rowen Partridge, Caidyn Brinkman, and Race Bible.
An impressive run from 10th, Nick Yoder's Senior Non-Wing win came over Jason Ohara while Fred McCarter grabbing third. From 11th, Joe Leek took fourth with Dennis Corcoran fifth. Junior Sprints numbered three with JD Kimmel, Mya Williamson, and Myles Bartley making the trip.
The next event at Circus City Speedway is Friday, July 3, and Saturday, July 4, with Junior Sprints, Restricted A-Class, Senior Non-Wing Micros, A-Class Micros, Non-Wing Outlaw Micros, and Outlaw Wing Micros in action.
Race Results:
NOW600 Weekly Series
Circus City Speedway (Peru, Ind.)
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Junior Sprints
A Feature (15 Laps): 1. 10-JD Kimmel[1]; 2. 50-Mya Williamson[3]; 3. 29-Myles Bartley[2]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 10-JD Kimmel[3]; 2. 29-Myles Bartley[1]; 3. 50-Mya Williamson[2]
Non-Wing Outlaw Micros
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 7TX-Kole Kirkman[10]; 2. 2TK-Todd Kirkman[4]; 3. 7-Brandon Rose[16]; 4. P1-Parker Leek[7]; 5. 4-Sam Kimmel[8]; 6. 71-Jake Cheatham[13]; 7. 38-Jordan Calendine[2]; 8. 18-Michael Brummitt[14]; 9. 8C-LeRoy Carley[18]; 10. 18S-Aidan Salisbury[20]; 11. 5B-Bobby Elliott[3]; 12. (DNF) 3M-Trey McGranahan[1]; 13. (DNF) 2J-Jake Moore[11]; 14. (DNF) 25-Zeke Lewis[5]; 15. (DNF) 38M-Koert Mehler[9]; 16. (DNF) 96-Alex Burgener; 17. (DNF) 3-Tres Mehler[17]; 18. (DNF) 77-Dylan Larsen[6]; 19. (DNF) 99E-Eastin Ashbrooke[19]; 20. (DNF) 44-Barbie Kimmel[12]
B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3-Tres Mehler[3]; 2. 99E-Eastin Ashbrooke[5]; 3. 23-Tony Clifton[4]; 4. 41-Wes Bigger[7]; 5. 18O-Craig Overpeck[2]; 6. 24X-Levi Winget[8]; 7. (DNF) 20-Bobby Bazan[10]; 8. (DNF) 19M-Denver Musgrave[6]; 9. (DNF) 07M-Jacob Melvin[9]; 10. (DNF) 31H-Laine Hite[1]
B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 8C-LeRoy Carley[2]; 2. 18S-Aidan Salisbury[3]; 3. 96-Alex Burgener[6]; 4. 7N-Darin Naida[1]; 5. 16-Grant Valkner[5]; 6. 3C-Connor Lane[4]; 7. B09-Seth Brubaker[9]; 8. (DNF) 28J-Troy Jacobs[8]; 9. (DNF) 5J-Jacob Bigger[10]; 10. (DNS) 29T-Joe Leek
Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 3M-Trey McGranahan[2]; 2. 44-Barbie Kimmel[1]; 3. P1-Parker Leek[7]; 4. 5B-Bobby Elliott[10]; 5. 18-Michael Brummitt[8]; 6. 99E-Eastin Ashbrooke[5]; 7. 23-Tony Clifton[9]; 8. 24X-Levi Winget[4]; 9. 07M-Jacob Melvin[6]; 10. (DNS) 37-Stuart Hanft
Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 2TK-Todd Kirkman[1]; 2. 38M-Koert Mehler[3]; 3. 25-Zeke Lewis[9]; 4. 4-Sam Kimmel[8]; 5. 18O-Craig Overpeck[4]; 6. 3-Tres Mehler[7]; 7. 19M-Denver Musgrave[6]; 8. 29T-Joe Leek[5]; 9. B09-Seth Brubaker[2]
Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 38-Jordan Calendine[2]; 2. 7TX-Kole Kirkman[3]; 3. 71-Jake Cheatham[4]; 4. 7-Brandon Rose[5]; 5. 7N-Darin Naida[6]; 6. 18S-Aidan Salisbury[7]; 7. 41-Wes Bigger[1]; 8. 96-Alex Burgener[8]; 9. 28J-Troy Jacobs[9]
Heat 4 (10 Laps): 1. 77-Dylan Larsen[1]; 2. 2J-Jake Moore[2]; 3. 1K-Brittain O'Neal [3]; 4. 31H-Laine Hite[5]; 5. 8C-LeRoy Carley[4]; 6. 3C-Connor Lane[6]; 7. 16-Grant Valkner[8]; 8. (DNF) 20-Bobby Bazan[9]; 9. (DNF) 5J-Jacob Bigger[7]
*Outlaw Wing Micros
A Feature (25 Laps): 1. 17S-Reece Saldana[2]; 2. 34-Blane Culp[8]; 3. 7N-Darin Naida[6]; 4. K10-Kole Kirkman[9]; 5. 14-Jake Erickson[3]; 6. 57-Kaden Blount[1]; 7. 2-Carson Stout[5]; 8. 47-Febe Wolf[4]; 9. 24X-Levi Winget[7]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 57-Kaden Blount[1]; 2. 2-Carson Stout[2]; 3. 47-Febe Wolf[5]; 4. 24X-Levi Winget[4]; 5. (DNF) K10-Kole Kirkman[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17S-Reece Saldana[1]; 2. 14-Jake Erickson[3]; 3. 7N-Darin Naida[4]; 4. 34-Blane Culp[2]
Restricted A-Class
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. G5-Gunnar Setser[2]; 2. 07C-Carter Whaley[1]; 3. 7-Rowan Partridge[4]; 4. 56B-Caidyn Brinkman[3]; 5. 8-Race Bible[5]; 6. (DNF) 95-Hayden McKnight[6]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 07C-Carter Whaley[5]; 2. G5-Gunnar Setser[6]; 3. 56B-Caidyn Brinkman[3]; 4. 7-Rowan Partridge[2]; 5. 8-Race Bible[7]; 6. (DNF) 95-Hayden McKnight[1]; 7. (DNF) 6B-Braden Etchison[4]
Senior Non-Wing Micros
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 25-Nick Yoder[10]; 2. 83-Jason Ohara[3]; 3. 7-Fred McCarter[1]; 4. 29T-Joe Leek[11]; 5. 22DC-Dennis Corcoran[4]; 6. 20-Bobby Bazan[5]; 7. 16S-Richard Shinall[7]; 8. 3-Brian Myers[8]; 9. 14-Brad Lozier[12]; 10. 17B-Billy Briscoe[9]; 11. (DNF) 51-Rick Rhodes[2]; 12. (DNF) 57-Robert Pell[6]; 13. (DNF) 9C-Kevin Nussbaum[14]; 14. (DNF) 4N-JD Nash[13]; 15. (DNS) 37-Brad Nichols
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Rick Rhodes[2]; 2. 83-Jason Ohara[1]; 3. 25-Nick Yoder[4]; 4. 20-Bobby Bazan[5]; 5. 22DC-Dennis Corcoran[8]; 6. 3-Brian Myers[7]; 7. 17B-Billy Briscoe[6]; 8. 14-Brad Lozier[3]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 7-Fred McCarter[6]; 2. 29T-Joe Leek[7]; 3. 16S-Richard Shinall[1]; 4. 57-Robert Pell[5]; 5. (DNF) 4N-JD Nash[3]; 6. (DNF) 9C-Kevin Nussbaum[2]; 7. (DNF) 37-Brad Nichols[4]
A-Class Micros
A Feature (20 Laps): 1. 21B-Beau Brandon[1]; 2. 10-Kole Kirkman[4]; 3. G5-Gunnar Setser[6]; 4. 34-Blane Culp[3]; 5. 36-Halen Shafer[5]; 6. 71M-Judson Miller[2]; 7. C4-Cooper Baldwin[9]; 8. 43-Clayton Maynard[14]; 9. 14AA-Aaliyah Ohab[16]; 10. 16L-Jonathan Bullick[13]; 11. 06-Austin Burnworth[17]; 12. 29-Shawn Bartley[12]; 13. 29K-Kegan O'Brien[19]; 14. (DNF) 19-Aiden Williamson[10]; 15. (DNF) 20-Hudson Snyder[15]; 16. (DNF) 71H-Mason Hannagan[11]; 17. (DNF) 4-Tyler Orr[7]; 18. (DNF) 9T-Tanner Holwerda[8]; 19. (DNF) 00B-Ty Bolen[18]; 20. (DNF) 777-Ben Long[20]
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 71M-Judson Miller[2]; 2. 21B-Beau Brandon[6]; 3. C4-Cooper Baldwin[4]; 4. 9T-Tanner Holwerda[7]; 5. 20-Hudson Snyder[5]; 6. (DNF) 29K-Kegan O'Brien [3]; 7. (DNF) 777-Ben Long[1]
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Halen Shafer[1]; 2. G5-Gunnar Setser[3]; 3. 19-Aiden Williamson[4]; 4. 71H-Mason Hannagan[5]; 5. 29-Shawn Bartley[7]; 6. 06-Austin Burnworth[2]; 7. 00B-Ty Bolen[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 34-Blane Culp[2]; 2. 10-Kole Kirkman[4]; 3. 4-Tyler Orr[5]; 4. 43-Clayton Maynard[1]; 5. 16L-Jonathan Bullick[6]; 6. 14AA-Aaliyah Ohab[3]
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Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert
