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Shaffer and Pursley Score Lucas Oil NOW600 National Series Wins During Inaugural Visit to Airport Raceway

Inside Line Promotions – GARDEN CITY, Kan. (May 26, 2018) – Daniel Shaffer captured his first career Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by MyRacePass feature victory and Daison Pursley posted his ninth career win on Saturday night at Airport Raceway.

More than 65 entries were showcased during the series’ first-ever visit to the track, which is hosting the TBJ Promotions 3rd annual Midget Round Up this weekend.

Shaffer capitalized on drawing the pole position for the 20-lap Stock Non-Wing main event as he held off eighth-starting Jason Friesen for his first series triumph. Hunter Fischer advanced from ninth to third place with Pursley finishing fourth to maintain his lead in the championship standings. Jace McIntosh rounded out the top five.

Pursley, Dave Nicholson, Trey Burke and Shaffer each won a heat race with Gunner Bowden claiming the B Main.

Pursley, who became the first driver in NOW600 Series history to win at least one race in all three premier divisions with a Stock Non-Wing triumph last month, garnered his second Winged ‘A’ Class feature win of the season. Burke earned a runner-up result with McIntosh third, Friesen fourth and points leader Jim Woods fifth.

Spencer Martinez, Brant Woods, Jim Woods, Friesen and Pursley were the heat race winners. Ryder Laplante and Skylar Rhoades both won a B Main.

The event finale, which pays $1,000 to win each of the two Lucas Oil NOW600 National Micro Series main events, is Sunday. The gates open at 4 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m. The pill draw is from 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.

Adult tickets are $15. Children ages 12-years-old and younger get in free.

LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY MYRACEPASS RESULTS AT AIRPORT RACEWAY (May 26, 2018) –

NOW600 Stock Non-Wing

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 78-Daniel Shaffer (1); 2. 1F-Jason Friesen (8); 3. 17F-Hunter Fischer (9); 4. 9P-Daison Pursley (3); 5. 08J-Jace McIntosh (5); 6. 63-Trey Burke (2); 7. 0-Derek Kral (12); 8. 8-Gunner Bowden (15); 9. 2F-Jadyen Friesen (14); 10. 83-Jim Woods (4); 11. 17N-Dave Nicholson (7); 12. 5-Bradley Huish (17); 13. 17-Christian Galicia (10); 14. 1-Zach Middleton (11); 15. 6S-Spencer Martinez (6); 16. 24-Tristan Ullstrom (18); 17. 85-Kevin Jiggett (13); 18. 35-Scott Lutz (19); 19. 33-Jack Kassik (16); 20. 15M-Marcedies Vogts (20).

Semi (12 Laps): 1. 8-Gunner Bowden (4); 2. 33-Jack Kassik (14); 3. 5-Bradley Huish (7); 4. 24-Tristan Ullstrom (10); 5. 35-Scott Lutz (5); 6. 15M-Marcedies Vogts (2); 7. 43-Cameron Willhite (8); 8. 3R-Hunter Rhoades (9); 9. 96-Adam Fox (6); 10. 38-Bo Ready (1); 11. 28-Austin Ullstrom (3); 12. 121-John Campbell (11); 13. 2-James Riner (13); 14. 5XX-Brandon Martin (12); 15. 51-Joshua Huish (15).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 9P-Daison Pursley (2); 2. 1F-Jason Friesen (3); 3. 6S-Spencer Martinez (6); 4. 28-Austin Ullstrom (1); 5. 85-Kevin Jiggett (8); 6. 5-Bradley Huish (4); 7. 24-Tristan Ullstrom (5); 8. 121-John Campbell (7).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17N-Dave Nicholson (1); 2. 17-Christian Galicia (2); 3. 2F-Jadyen Friesen (3); 4. 15M-Marcedies Vogts (4); 5. 8-Gunner Bowden (5); (DNS) 5XX-Brandon Martin; (DNS) 2-James Riner.

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 63-Trey Burke (2); 2. 08J-Jace McIntosh (4); 3. 17F-Hunter Fischer (5); 4. 0-Derek Kral (6); 5. 35-Scott Lutz (3); 6. 43-Cameron Willhite (1); (DNS) 33-Jack Kassik.

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 78-Daniel Shaffer (2); 2. 83-Jim Woods (6); 3. 1-Zach Middleton (4); 4. 38-Bo Ready (5); 5. 96-Adam Fox (3); 6. 3R-Hunter Rhoades (1); (DNS) 51-Joshua Huish.

NOW600 Winged ‘A’ Class

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 9P-Daison Pursley (3); 2. 63-Trey Burke (5); 3. 08J-Jace McIntosh (1); 4. 1F-Jason Friesen (9); 5. 83-Jim Woods (8); 6. 83W-Brant Woods (6); 7. 8-Gunner Bowden (13); 8. 86-Tanner Johnson (10); 9. 17F-Hunter Fischer (20); 10. 88R-Ryder Laplante (15); 11. 23R-Skylar Rhoades (16); 12. 16X-Danny Davidson (11); 13. 12B-John Todd Jr (2); 14. 6S-Spencer Martinez (4); 15. 17-Christian Galicia (18); 16. 75M-Mal Mullens (14); 17. 80K-Kris Warner (17); 18. 41T-Malachi Mullens (12); 19. 15M-Marcedies Vogts (19); 20. 99-Rich Koop (7).

Semi 1 (12 Laps): 1. 88R-Ryder Laplante (6); 2. 80K-Kris Warner (4); 3. 15M-Marcedies Vogts (5); 4. 43-Cameron Willhite (8); 5. 46-Chris Hickman (9); 6. 22-john campbell jr (1); 7. 2F-Jadyen Friesen (3); 8. 24-Tristan Ullstrom (2); 9. 5-Bradley Huish (7); 10. 5XX-Brandon Martin (10); 11. 51-Joshua Huish (11); 12. 96-Adam Fox (12).

Semi 2 (12 Laps): 1. 23R-Skylar Rhoades (2); 2. 17-Christian Galicia (8); 3. 17F-Hunter Fischer (9); 4. 28-Austin Ullstrom (12); 5. 17N-Dave Nicholson (10); 6. 4-Cecil Milhon (3); 7. 35-Scott Lutz (1); 8. 33-Evan Harvey (6); 9. 99K-Jacob Koop (11); 10. 121-John Campbell (4); 11. 5X-Jeremy Dockery (5); 12. 10K-Koda Oller (7).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 6S-Spencer Martinez (7); 2. 12B-John Todd Jr (6); 3. 63-Trey Burke (8); 4. 23R-Skylar Rhoades (3); 5. 15M-Marcedies Vogts (5); 6. 43-Cameron Willhite (4); 7. 99K-Jacob Koop (1); (DQ) 28-Austin Ullstrom (2).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 83W-Brant Woods (2); 2. 41T-Malachi Mullens (1); 3. 75M-Mal Mullens (3); 4. 86-Tanner Johnson (7); 5. 5X-Jeremy Dockery (5); 6. 121-John Campbell (8); 7. 17N-Dave Nicholson (6); 8. 96-Adam Fox (4).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 83-Jim Woods (1); 2. 08J-Jace McIntosh (6); 3. 8-Gunner Bowden (4); 4. 2F-Jadyen Friesen (3); 5. 88R-Ryder Laplante (5); 6. 17-Christian Galicia (2); 7. 46-Chris Hickman (7); 8. 51-Joshua Huish (8).

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1F-Jason Friesen (1); 2. 16X-Danny Davidson (2); 3. 22-john campbell jr (3); 4. 24-Tristan Ullstrom (4); 5. 80K-Kris Warner (6); 6. 5-Bradley Huish (5); 7. 17F-Hunter Fischer (7).

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 9P-Daison Pursley (6); 2. 99-Rich Koop (4); 3. 35-Scott Lutz (2); 4. 4-Cecil Milhon (3); 5. 33-Evan Harvey (1); 6. 10K-Koda Oller (5); 7. 5XX-Brandon Martin (7).

2018 LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –

STOCK NON-WING:

Chris Cochran – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Daison Pursley – 1 (Grayson County Speedway in Bells, Texas, on April 14); Chase Randall – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9); Morgan Roan – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23); Daniel Shaffer – 1 (Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kan., on May 26); and Jason Tyer – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24)

WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:

Frank Flud – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 6); Harley Hollan – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Daison Pursley – 2 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23 and Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kan., on May 26); and Chase Brewer – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24)

RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:

Garth Kasiner – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 8 and March 10); Kale Drake – 1 (Grayson County Speedway in Bells, Texas, on April 14); Ryder Laplante – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 24); Shawn Mahaffey – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on March 9); Rees Moran – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on May 6); and Caleb Rouser – 1 (Superbowl Speedway in Greenville, Texas, on March 23)

UP NEXT –

Saturday at Airport Raceway in Garden City, Kan., for the 3rd annual Midget Round Up

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Website: http://www.NOW600Series.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOW600Series

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