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Norbury and Witherow Win Salute to Indy Opening Night at Adobe Mountain!

Photo Credit: Ben Thrasher
GLENDALE, Ariz. (May 24, 2025) - Preston Norbury and Jaxon Witherow each picked up wins on Friday during the opening night of the Salute to Indy at Adobe Mountain Speedway with the NOW600 Cactus Region.

A fielding of 43 entries were on hand with 31-NOW600 Outlaw Micros and 12-NOW600 Restricted Micros.

Preston Norbury topped the Non-Wing Outlaw feature event while Jaxon Witherow claimed victory in Non-Wing Restricted.

The Cactus Region of the National Open Wheel 600 Series returns to action on Saturday, May 24.

RACE RESULTS >> 5/23/2025 at Adobe Mountain Speedway - Glendale, AZ
NOW600 Cactus Region
Salute to Indy - Night 1

NOW600 RESTRICTED MICROS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 138-Jaxon Witherow[5]; 2. 41W-Dextry Wright[1]; 3. 77-Nixen Gabbard[8]; 4. 19-Allison Gauthier[11]; 5. 91-Kaiden Johnson[6]; 6. 25-Cole Warner[9]; 7. (DNF) 25GP-Jennifer Owens[3]; 8. (DNF) 05-William Davis[4]; 9. (DNF) 21X-Nate Zills[12]; 10. (DNF) 3JR-Joey Rodrigues[10]; 11. (DNS) 17Z-Manuel Zayas; 12. (DNS) 16-McKenzie Bartlett

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 17Z-Manuel Zayas[2]; 2. 05-William Davis[1]; 3. 138-Jaxon Witherow[4]; 4. 16-McKenzie Bartlett[3]; 5. 77-Nixen Gabbard[6]; 6. 25-Cole Warner[5]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 41W-Dextry Wright[5]; 2. 25GP-Jennifer Owens[4]; 3. 91-Kaiden Johnson[2]; 4. 21X-Nate Zills[6]; 5. (DNF) 3JR-Joey Rodrigues[3]; 6. (DNF) 19-Allison Gauthier[1]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 25GP-Jennifer Owens, 00:13.071[9]; 2. 41W-Dextry Wright, 00:13.239[11]; 3. 138-Jaxon Witherow, 00:13.352[8]; 4. 17Z-Manuel Zayas, 00:13.444[3]; 5. 91-Kaiden Johnson, 00:13.610[4]; 6. 05-William Davis, 00:13.691[1]; 7. 16-McKenzie Bartlett, 00:13.843[5]; 8. 19-Allison Gauthier, 00:14.140[2]; 9. 3JR-Joey Rodrigues, 00:14.143[6]; 10. 77-Nixen Gabbard, 00:14.150[12]; 11. 21X-Nate Zills, 00:14.258[7]; 12. 25-Cole Warner, 00:14.588[10]

NOW600 NON-WING OUTLAW MICROS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 77-Preston Norbury[1]; 2. 88G-Grant Schaadt[2]; 3. 24AZ-JW Henderson[12]; 4. 2GP-Jennifer Owens[6]; 5. 19-Jim Mckinney[18]; 6. 21S-Brandon Sutton[11]; 7. 77A-Michael Dayney[20]; 8. 43-Jayden Merrifield[14]; 9. L8-Ethan Stevens[3]; 10. 37X-Xander Dundon[10]; 11. 29B-Cory Brown[4]; 12. 273-Chris Hentz[19]; 13. 19J-Jada Lorenson[15]; 14. (DNF) 7-Kyle Hawse[16]; 15. (DNF) 43E-Eddie Hamblen[9]; 16. (DNF) 16G-Gavin Jewett[7]; 17. (DNF) 21J-Jaxton Merrifield[13]; 18. (DNF) 4-Tyler Peroni[8]; 19. (DNF) 9B-Casey Bauman[17]; 20. (DNF) 2-Josh Castro[5]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 9B-Casey Bauman[2]; 2. 19-Jim Mckinney[3]; 3. 273-Chris Hentz[1]; 4. 77A-Michael Dayney[4]; 5. 91-Kaiden Johnson[15]; 6. (DNF) 9-Duane Bartlett[5]; 7. (DNF) 3V-Jim Vanzant[8]; 8. (DNF) 67Z-Clayton Wilson[7]; 9. (DNF) 08-Steve Davis[10]; 10. (DNS) 92B-Eric Bartlett; 11. (DNS) 5G-Kollin Klein; 12. (DNS) 1AZ-Paul Martin; 13. (DNS) 138-Jaxon Witherow; 14. (DNS) 05-Joshua Spatola; 15. (DNS) 17-Chase Farris

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 88G-Grant Schaadt[4]; 2. L8-Ethan Stevens[6]; 3. 2-Josh Castro[7]; 4. 4-Tyler Peroni[8]; 5. 19-Jim Mckinney[5]; 6. 9-Duane Bartlett[3]; 7. (DNF) 5G-Kollin Klein[1]; 8. (DNS) 1AZ-Paul Martin

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2GP-Jennifer Owens[1]; 2. 43E-Eddie Hamblen[2]; 3. 19J-Jada Lorenson[3]; 4. 7-Kyle Hawse[5]; 5. 43-Jayden Merrifield[8]; 6. 77A-Michael Dayney[4]; 7. (DNF) 67Z-Clayton Wilson[7]; 8. (DNF) 08-Steve Davis[6]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 16G-Gavin Jewett[1]; 2. 29B-Cory Brown[5]; 3. 21S-Brandon Sutton[4]; 4. 21J-Jaxton Merrifield[6]; 5. (DNF) 92B-Eric Bartlett[3]; 6. (DNF) 91-Kaiden Johnson[8]; 7. (DNS) 17-Chase Farris; 8. (DNS) 138-Jaxon Witherow

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Preston Norbury[6]; 2. 37X-Xander Dundon[2]; 3. 24AZ-JW Henderson[4]; 4. 9B-Casey Bauman[3]; 5. 273-Chris Hentz[7]; 6. (DNF) 3V-Jim Vanzant[1]; 7. (DNS) 05-Joshua Spatola

Hot Laps 1: 1. 67Z-Clayton Wilson, 00:12.894[26]; 2. 19-Jim Mckinney, 00:12.900[17]; 3. 77-Preston Norbury, 00:12.913[24]; 4. 37X-Xander Dundon, 00:12.931[8]; 5. 2-Josh Castro, 00:13.000[25]; 6. 273-Chris Hentz, 00:13.031[28]; 7. 24AZ-JW Henderson, 00:13.050[16]; 8. 29B-Cory Brown, 00:13.057[19]; 9. 08-Steve Davis, 00:13.076[22]; 10. L8-Ethan Stevens, 00:13.130[21]; 11. 21J-Jaxton Merrifield, 00:13.162[23]; 12. 92B-Eric Bartlett, 00:13.185[11]; 13. 88G-Grant Schaadt, 00:13.229[13]; 14. 43-Jayden Merrifield, 00:13.336[30]; 15. 2GP-Jennifer Owens, 00:13.338[2]; 16. 17-Chase Farris, 00:13.482[27]; 17. 7-Kyle Hawse, 00:13.492[18]; 18. 4-Tyler Peroni, 00:13.495[29]; 19. 5G-Kollin Klein, 00:13.511[1]; 20. 43E-Eddie Hamblen, 00:13.515[6]; 21. 3V-Jim Vanzant, 00:13.536[4]; 22. 16G-Gavin Jewett, 00:13.537[3]; 23. 77A-Michael Dayney, 00:13.593[14]; 24. 138-Jaxon Witherow, 00:13.652[7]; 25. 91-Kaiden Johnson, 00:13.718[31]; 26. 9-Duane Bartlett, 00:13.949[9]; 27. 21S-Brandon Sutton, 00:13.978[15]; 28. 9B-Casey Bauman, 00:13.981[12]; 29. 05-Joshua Spatola, 00:14.098[20]; 30. 1AZ-Paul Martin, 01:05.375[5]; 31. (DNS) 19J-Jada Lorenson

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The National Open Wheel 600 Series is entering its thirteenth season of sanctioning micro sprint racing across the country. Anchored by the NOW600 National Championship, the NOW600 Series is made up of several regional tours and sanctioned race tracks. The NOW600 National Championship features three divisions of 600cc micro sprints at each event: Stock Non-Wing, Winged A-Class and Restricted 'A' Class. Check out www.NOW600Series.com to find a race near you.

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