Ruth, Gabbard, and Cambensy Capture NOW600 Cactus Region Feature Wins at Adobe Mountain Speedway!

2/22/2026

NOW600 National Micros

Ruth, Gabbard, and Cambensy Capture NOW600 Cactus Region Feature Wins at Adobe Mountain Speedway!

Photo Credit: Maxwell Patrick
GLENDALE, Ariz. (February 22, 2026) — A high-energy night of racing at the iconic Adobe Mountain Speedway delivered excitement across all three NOW600 Cactus Region divisions, featuring Non-Wing Micros, Restricted Micros, and Junior Sprints. With talent-packed fields and dramatic on-track battles, drivers put on a show worthy of the Glendale crowd.

A fielding of 59 entries made the call featuring 34-Stock Non-Wing, 16-Restricted Non-Wing, and 9-Junior Sprints on hand.

NOW600 NON-WING MICROS: Ruth Secures Commanding Victory at Adobe Mountain

The Non-Wing Micro A-Feature saw Tyler Ruth charge from fourth to the victory in the 30-lap main event, showcasing both speed and racecraft on the smooth Adobe Mountain surface. Ruth, who also set the quickest time in Qualifying 1 with a 12.886-second lap, climbed methodically to the front and controlled the closing laps.

Making the biggest statement of the night, Josh Castro stormed from 14th to finish second, earning Hard Charger honors. Pole-sitter Dylan Schaadt completed the podium after leading early. Axton Romero and Nixx Eggleston rounded out the top five.

Mechanical issues plagued several front-runners, including Grant Schaadt and Tyler Peroni, shaking up the running order.

A-Feature Top 5:
1. Tyler Ruth
2. Josh Castro
3. Dylan Schaadt
4. Axton Romero
5. Nixx Eggleston

B-Feature victories went to Connor Lundy (B1) and Chris Hentz (B2), securing final transfers.

NOW600 RESTRICTED NON-WING MICROS: Gabbard Dominates in Glendale

In the Restricted Micro division, Nixen Gabbard delivered a stellar performance, leading the 20-lap A-Feature from the front row to take the win. Gabbard held off strong pressure from Dextry Wright and earlier fast-timer Jayden Ferneau, who completed the podium.

Young standouts Brayden Jewett and Julian Zayas rounded out the top five in a competitive field impacted by multiple late-race DNFs.

A-Feature Top 5:
1. Nixen Gabbard
2. Dextry Wright
3. Jayden Ferneau
4. Brayden Jewett
5. Julian Zayas

Gabbard’s night also included victories in Heat 1 and Qualifying 1, marking one of the most dominant runs of the event.

NOW600 JUNIOR SPRINTS: Cambensy Sweeps the Night

Easton Cambensy put together a perfect night at Adobe Mountain Speedway, sweeping Hot Laps, Heat 2, and the Junior Sprints A-Feature. Launching from the pole, Cambensy led all 15 laps uncontested for a commanding win.

Marlee Ferneau took second after a strong run through traffic, while Zoey Portillo claimed the final podium spot. Rylee Gauthier and Everly Webster completed the top five.

A-Feature Top 5:
1. Easton Cambensy
2. Marlee Ferneau
3. Zoey Portillo
4. Rylee Gauthier
5. Everly Webster

Early contenders Luke Spring and Layne Wilson suffered trouble in the feature after promising heat performances.

Action continues at Adobe Mountain Speedway on Saturday, March 7.

RACE RESULTS >>
2/21/2026 at Adobe Mountain Speedway - Glendale, AZ
NOW600 Cactus Region

NOW600 NON-WING MICROS

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 61-Tyler Ruth[4]; 2. 23-Josh Castro[14]; 3. 44-Dylan Schaadt[1]; 4. 71-Axton Romero[2]; 5. 24N-Nixx Eggleston[11]; 6. 2A-Eddie Hamblen[9]; 7. 9B-Casey Bauman[5]; 8. 4N-Ricky Noyes[15]; 9. 23C-Mike Cummings[13]; 10. 273-Chris Hentz[18]; 11. L8-Ethan Stevens[16]; 12. 19J-Jada Lorenson[19]; 13. (DNF) 97-Connor Lundy[17]; 14. (DNF) 21-Jaxton Merrifield[7]; 15. (DNF) 4-Tyler Peroni[12]; 16. (DNF) 88-Grant Schaadt[3]; 17. (DNF) 138X-Mickey Gile[20]; 18. (DNS) 24AZ-JW Henderson; 19. (DNS) 77-Preston Norbury; 20. (DNS) 03-James Ferrin

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 97-Connor Lundy[2]; 2. K1-Eric Kelley Jr[1]; 3. 19J-Jada Lorenson[8]; 4. 17-Micah Platzer[3]; 5. (DNF) 99-Skyler Bohard[6]; 6. (DNF) 67Z-Clayton Wilson[7]; 7. (DNF) 16B-McKenzie Bartlett[5]; 8. (DNF) 29-Jaydon Barnes[4]; 9. (DNS) 3-Jayden Merrifield

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 273-Chris Hentz[3]; 2. 138X-Mickey Gile[5]; 3. 19-Cole Warner[7]; 4. 138-Jaxon Witherow[1]; 5. 89-Duane Bartlett[4]; 6. 16G-Gavin Jewett[2]; 7. 7X-Logan Wood Klein[6]; 8. (DNS) 37X-Xander Dundon; 9. (DNS) 16-Robert Cole

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Jaxton Merrifield[2]; 2. 9B-Casey Bauman[3]; 3. 61-Tyler Ruth[4]; 4. 4N-Ricky Noyes[6]; 5. K1-Eric Kelley Jr[5]; 6. 97-Connor Lundy[1]; 7. 29-Jaydon Barnes[7]; 8. (DNS) 3-Jayden Merrifield; 9. (DNS) 16-Robert Cole

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Preston Norbury[2]; 2. 24AZ-JW Henderson[3]; 3. 24N-Nixx Eggleston[5]; 4. 23-Josh Castro[6]; 5. 138-Jaxon Witherow[7]; 6. 273-Chris Hentz[8]; 7. 89-Duane Bartlett[9]; 8. (DNF) 67Z-Clayton Wilson[1]; 9. (DNF) 138X-Mickey Gile[4]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 88-Grant Schaadt[1]; 2. 71-Axton Romero[3]; 3. 23C-Mike Cummings[4]; 4. 03-James Ferrin[6]; 5. 16G-Gavin Jewett[5]; 6. 17-Micah Platzer[7]; 7. (DNF) 99-Skyler Bohard[2]; 8. (DNS) 19J-Jada Lorenson

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 2A-Eddie Hamblen[2]; 2. 44-Dylan Schaadt[4]; 3. 4-Tyler Peroni[5]; 4. L8-Ethan Stevens[7]; 5. (DNF) 16B-McKenzie Bartlett[1]; 6. (DNF) 7X-Logan Wood Klein[6]; 7. (DNS) 19-Cole Warner; 8. (DNS) 37X-Xander Dundon

Qualifying 1: 1. 61-Tyler Ruth, 12.886[2]; 2. 9B-Casey Bauman, 13.085[4]; 3. 21-Jaxton Merrifield, 13.347[1]; 4. 97-Connor Lundy, 13.380[6]; 5. K1-Eric Kelley Jr, 13.417[3]; 6. 4N-Ricky Noyes, 13.427[8]; 7. 29-Jaydon Barnes, 13.642[7]; 8. (DNS) 3-Jayden Merrifield; 9. (DNS) 16-Robert Cole

Qualifying 2: 1. 138X-Mickey Gile, 13.013[3]; 2. 24AZ-JW Henderson, 13.038[9]; 3. 77-Preston Norbury, 13.040[1]; 4. 67Z-Clayton Wilson, 13.094[5]; 5. 24N-Nixx Eggleston, 13.165[2]; 6. 23-Josh Castro, 13.166[4]; 7. 138-Jaxon Witherow, 13.240[6]; 8. 273-Chris Hentz, 13.544[8]; 9. 89-Duane Bartlett, 13.594[7]

Qualifying 3: 1. 71-Axton Romero, 12.893[1]; 2. 88-Grant Schaadt, 13.148[6]; 3. 99-Skyler Bohard, 13.349[5]; 4. 03-James Ferrin, 13.381[7]; 5. 23C-Mike Cummings, 13.425[3]; 6. 16G-Gavin Jewett, 13.778[2]; 7. 17-Micah Platzer, 14.002[4]; 8. 19J-Jada Lorenson, 14.003[8]

Qualifying 4: 1. 44-Dylan Schaadt, 13.069[6]; 2. 19-Cole Warner, 13.090[8]; 3. 2A-Eddie Hamblen, 13.208[5]; 4. 16B-McKenzie Bartlett, 13.703[1]; 5. 4-Tyler Peroni, 14.784[7]; 6. 7X-Logan Wood Klein, 14.900[4]; 7. L8-Ethan Stevens, 17.419[2]; 8. (DNS) 37X-Xander Dundon

Hot Laps 1: 1. 44-Dylan Schaadt, 13.223[24]; 2. 2A-Eddie Hamblen, 13.355[20]; 3. 19-Cole Warner, 13.520[32]; 4. 88-Grant Schaadt, 13.554[23]; 5. 4-Tyler Peroni, 13.566[28]; 6. 71-Axton Romero, 13.588[3]; 7. 138X-Mickey Gile, 13.590[10]; 8. 77-Preston Norbury, 13.626[2]; 9. 24N-Nixx Eggleston, 13.648[6]; 10. 99-Skyler Bohard, 13.693[19]; 11. 24AZ-JW Henderson, 13.705[34]; 12. 67Z-Clayton Wilson, 13.747[18]; 13. 61-Tyler Ruth, 13.813[5]; 14. 03-James Ferrin, 14.000[27]; 15. 23-Josh Castro, 14.004[14]; 16. 23C-Mike Cummings, 14.032[11]; 17. 273-Chris Hentz, 14.045[30]; 18. 37X-Xander Dundon, 14.314[12]; 19. 16B-McKenzie Bartlett, 14.314[4]; 20. 138-Jaxon Witherow, 14.320[22]; 21. 89-Duane Bartlett, 14.338[26]; 22. 3-Jayden Merrifield, 14.347[17]; 23. 97-Connor Lundy, 14.387[21]; 24. 17-Micah Platzer, 14.434[15]; 25. 21-Jaxton Merrifield, 14.537[1]; 26. 4N-Ricky Noyes, 14.580[29]; 27. K1-Eric Kelley Jr, 14.724[9]; 28. 7X-Logan Wood Klein, 14.754[16]; 29. L8-Ethan Stevens, 14.779[8]; 30. 19J-Jada Lorenson, 15.072[31]; 31. 9B-Casey Bauman, 15.210[13]; 32. 16-Robert Cole, 23.009[33]; 33. 29-Jaydon Barnes, 42.124[25]; 34. (DNS) 16G-Gavin Jewett

16 entries
NOW600 RESTRICTED MICROS

A Feature 1 (20 Laps): 1. 77-Nixen Gabbard[2]; 2. 41W-Dextry Wright[3]; 3. 37J-Jayden Ferneau[1]; 4. 14B-Brayden Jewett[5]; 5. 24Z-Julian Zayas[8]; 6. 99-Skyler Bohard[4]; 7. 17L-Dylan Langer[15]; 8. 19-Allison Gauthier[6]; 9. 51-Easton Cambensy[10]; 10. 23K-Kyler Mendoza[7]; 11. 9S-Savannah Morin[11]; 12. (DNF) 520-Brayden Akers[16]; 13. (DNF) 22X-Nate Zills[12]; 14. (DNF) 17Z-Miken Iverson[14]; 15. (DNS) 33-Luke Spring; 16. (DNS) 17R-Jared Ramirez

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 77-Nixen Gabbard[4]; 2. 41W-Dextry Wright[3]; 3. 14B-Brayden Jewett[5]; 4. 24Z-Julian Zayas[6]; 5. 51-Easton Cambensy[7]; 6. 9S-Savannah Morin[8]; 7. (DNS) 17L-Dylan Langer; 8. (DNS) 17Z-Miken Iverson

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 37J-Jayden Ferneau[4]; 2. 99-Skyler Bohard[3]; 3. 19-Allison Gauthier[1]; 4. 33-Luke Spring[6]; 5. 23K-Kyler Mendoza[2]; 6. (DNF) 22X-Nate Zills[7]; 7. (DNF) 17R-Jared Ramirez[8]; 8. (DNS) 520-Brayden Akers

Qualifying 1: 1. 77-Nixen Gabbard, 13.605[7]; 2. 41W-Dextry Wright, 13.792[4]; 3. 17Z-Miken Iverson, 13.924[6]; 4. 17L-Dylan Langer, 13.965[1]; 5. 14B-Brayden Jewett, 13.997[8]; 6. 24Z-Julian Zayas, 14.127[2]; 7. 51-Easton Cambensy, 14.339[5]; 8. (DNS) 9S-Savannah Morin, 14.339

Qualifying 2: 1. 37J-Jayden Ferneau, 13.827[1]; 2. 99-Skyler Bohard, 14.038[5]; 3. 23K-Kyler Mendoza, 14.364[3]; 4. 19-Allison Gauthier, 14.456[7]; 5. 520-Brayden Akers, 14.467[4]; 6. 33-Luke Spring, 14.476[2]; 7. 22X-Nate Zills, 14.836[8]; 8. (DNS) 17R-Jared Ramirez, 14.837

Hot Laps 1: 1. 37J-Jayden Ferneau, 13.858[2]; 2. 77-Nixen Gabbard, 13.883[13]; 3. 99-Skyler Bohard, 14.023[10]; 4. 17L-Dylan Langer, 14.113[1]; 5. 41W-Dextry Wright, 14.141[7]; 6. 17R-Jared Ramirez, 14.230[12]; 7. 22X-Nate Zills, 14.361[16]; 8. 19-Allison Gauthier, 14.387[14]; 9. 23K-Kyler Mendoza, 14.390[6]; 10. 17Z-Miken Iverson, 14.455[11]; 11. 33-Luke Spring, 14.570[4]; 12. 520-Brayden Akers, 14.620[8]; 13. 51-Easton Cambensy, 14.697[9]; 14. 14B-Brayden Jewett, 14.853[15]; 15. 24Z-Julian Zayas, 14.862[3]; 16. 9S-Savannah Morin, 14.967[5]

9 entries
NOW600 JUNIOR SPRINTS

A Feature 1 (15 Laps): 1. 51-Easton Cambensy[1]; 2. 37J-Marlee Ferneau[3]; 3. 28L-Zoey Portillo[4]; 4. 24-Rylee Gauthier[7]; 5. 51W-Everly Webster[8]; 6. 81C-Charles Bunch[9]; 7. (DNF) 24Z-Layne Wilson[5]; 8. (DNF) 33-Luke Spring[2]; 9. (DNS) 17-Lyvia Bohard

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Luke Spring[1]; 2. 37J-Marlee Ferneau[3]; 3. 24Z-Layne Wilson[2]; 4. 24-Rylee Gauthier[4]; 5. (DNS) 81C-Charles Bunch

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 51-Easton Cambensy[2]; 2. 28L-Zoey Portillo[3]; 3. 17-Lyvia Bohard[1]; 4. (DNF) 51W-Everly Webster[4]

Hot Laps 1: 1. 51-Easton Cambensy, 15.864[4]; 2. 33-Luke Spring, 16.316[1]; 3. 24Z-Layne Wilson, 16.359[3]; 4. 37J-Marlee Ferneau, 16.778[5]; 5. 28L-Zoey Portillo, 17.351[6]; 6. 24-Rylee Gauthier, 18.964[7]; 7. 51W-Everly Webster, 20.020[8]; 8. 17-Lyvia Bohard, 20.401[2]; 9. 81C-Charles Bunch, 22.384[9]

The 2026 season marks the 14th consecutive year of competition for the National Open Wheel 600 Series. NOW600 continues to sanction micro sprint racing across the United States, from the prestigious National Series to multiple regional tours and weekly sanctioned facilities. With Factory Fourteen now joining the top level of competition, the series is poised for its most dynamic season yet.

For more information on Factory Fourteen you can find them at www.Factory-14.com or on all social media outlets.

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

Submitted By: Terry Mattox