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Rueschenberg and Benson Best Field During Lucas Oil NOW600 Series Debut at Jefferson County Speedway

Inside Line Promotions – FAIRBURY, Neb. (July 16, 2021) – Corbin Rueschenberg became the first driver this season to capture a victory in all three premier Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division classes thanks to a trip into the Winner’s Circle on Friday at Jefferson County Speedway.

Rueschenberg won the Stock Non-Wing main event during Round 3 of Mid-America Micro Week for the first time in his career during the series debut at the track. Garrett Benson posted his fourth Restricted ‘A’ Class triumph of the season to increase his advantage in the championship standings.

Rueschenberg capitalized on starting the 25-lap Stock Non-Wing A Main on the pole as he held off fifth-starting Daison Pursley for the win. Points leader Chelby Hinton finished third with Gavin Miller fourth and Cale Coons fifth.

Rueschenberg, Colby Sokol, Coons, Jack Kassik and Pursley were the heat race winners. Trey Zorn and Kenton Brewer picked up B Main victories.

Benson advanced from third to win the 20-lap Restricted ‘A’ Class feature. Jett Nunley was the runner up with Jaxton Wiggs placing third. Cale Lagroon was fourth and Talin Turner rounded out the top five.

Nunley, Lagroon and Riley Osantowski each won a heat race. Dominic White was the B Main winner.

Mid-America Micro Week concludes on Saturday at Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Neb. The pits open at 4 p.m. with racing at 7 p.m.

LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES PRESENTED BY HI-PLAINS BUILDING DIVISION RESULTS AT JEFFERSON COUNTY SPEEDWAY (July 16, 2021) –

NOW600 Stock Non-Wing

A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (1); 2. 71-Daison Pursley (5); 3. 28-Chelby Hinton (3); 4. 71M-Gavin Miller (2); 5. 3-Cale Coons (8); 6. 24S-Colby Sokol (4); 7. 2B-Garrett Benson (10); 8. 26T-Kyle Thompson (6); 9. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (11); 10. 7K-Kenton Brewer (16); 11. 25S-Justis Sokol (13); 12. 3Z-Trey Zorn (15); 13. 9T-Tanner Holwerda (7); 14. 33K-Jack Kassik (9); 15. 10T-Talin Turner (18); 16. 5A-Ava Gropp (17); 17. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover (20); 18. 75-Blayne Buntin (21); 19. 98-Ed Libonati (19); 20. 14X-Kyle Kugel (12); 21. 8-Cody Berkenmeier (14).

B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 3Z-Trey Zorn (2); 2. 5A-Ava Gropp (1); 3. 98-Ed Libonati (6); 4. 29-Trevor Cohn (4); 5. 75-Blayne Buntin (3); 6. 3W-John Kilmer (5); 7. 77E-Cole Esgar (8); 8. 1M-Zach Middleton (13); 9. 34X-Bill Mikesell (9); 10. 74X-Brandon Herrick (10); 11. 12J-Colton James (14); 12. 81-Brandon Lucking (7); 13. 58-Treyton Kindel (12); 14. 74-Blake Mikesell (11).

B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 7K-Kenton Brewer (2); 2. 10T-Talin Turner (4); 3. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover (3); 4. 7J-Jacob Latta (13); 5. 04-Kormick Linner (6); 6. 1-Graham Hamilton (7); 7. 34J-Alan LeDuc (8); 8. 51W-Jason Trosper (11); 9. 6D-Daryl Gates (14); 10. 17E-Kaylee Esgar (9); 11. 10D-Domnick Crocker (12); 12. 1B-Brian Bennett (1); 13. 35-Gaige Weldon (5); 14. 21T-Auric Myers (10).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (5); 2. 71M-Gavin Miller (7); 3. 7K-Kenton Brewer (2); 4. 10T-Talin Turner (3); 5. 3Z-Trey Zorn (8); 6. 04-Kormick Linner (9); 7. 17E-Kaylee Esgar (6); 8. 12J-Colton James (1); 9. 6D-Daryl Gates (4).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24S-Colby Sokol (3); 2. 14X-Kyle Kugel (2); 3. 26T-Kyle Thompson (6); 4. 75-Blayne Buntin (5); 5. 51K-Kaimron Schoonover (7); 6. 34X-Bill Mikesell (1); 7. 74X-Brandon Herrick (4); 8. 21T-Auric Myers (9); 9. 7J-Jacob Latta (8).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Cale Coons (1); 2. 2B-Garrett Benson (3); 3. 8-Cody Berkenmeier (4); 4. 5K-Kelbie Volkman (7); 5. 3W-John Kilmer (6); 6. 81-Brandon Lucking (5); 7. 58-Treyton Kindel (2); 8. 74-Blake Mikesell (8).

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 33K-Jack Kassik (1); 2. 28-Chelby Hinton (7); 3. 9T-Tanner Holwerda (6); 4. 29-Trevor Cohn (4); 5. 35-Gaige Weldon (5); 6. 1-Graham Hamilton (3); 7. 10D-Domnick Crocker (2); 8. 51W-Jason Trosper (8).

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 71-Daison Pursley (2); 2. 25S-Justis Sokol (1); 3. 5A-Ava Gropp (4); 4. 1B-Brian Bennett (6); 5. 98-Ed Libonati (8); 6. 77E-Cole Esgar (3); 7. 34J-Alan LeDuc (7); 8. 1M-Zach Middleton (5).

NOW600 Restricted ‘A’ Class

A-Main (20 Laps): 1. 2B-Garrett Benson (3); 2. 33-Jett Nunley (1); 3. 71-Jaxton Wiggs (2); 4. 24C-Cale Lagroon (4); 5. 10T-Talin Turner (7); 6. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (8); 7. 25S-Justis Sokol (10); 8. 38X-Riley Osantowski (5); 9. 9-Abigayle Lett (14); 10. 21L-Rayce Lockman (13); 11. 59-Evan Semerad (11); 12. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (9); 13. 38-Jackson Kounkel (17); 14. 5-Brody Hibdon (16); 15. 11D-Dominic White (15); 16. 21-Keegan Osantowski (19); 17. 14-Kamden Gossard (18); 18. 67JR-Waylon Phillips (20); 19. 30-Kyler Bearce (12); 20. 10S-Scout Spraggins (6).

B-Main (12 Laps): 1. 11D-Dominic White (1); 2. 5-Brody Hibdon (2); 3. 38-Jackson Kounkel (5); 4. 14-Kamden Gossard (4); 5. 21-Keegan Osantowski (6); 6. 67JR-Waylon Phillips (8); 7. 6-Brylee Kilmer (3); 8. 11-Trevin Frye (11); 9. 8Z-Kasen Zorn (9); 10. 1-Remmi Butolph (10); 11. 64G-Gery Lockman Jr (7).

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 33-Jett Nunley (7); 2. 10T-Talin Turner (3); 3. 15V-Cole Vanderheiden (5); 4. 10S-Scout Spraggins (8); 5. 6-Brylee Kilmer (1); 6. 21-Keegan Osantowski (4); 7. 5-Brody Hibdon (9); 8. 67JR-Waylon Phillips (6); 9. 11-Trevin Frye (2).

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 24C-Cale Lagroon (1); 2. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg (3); 3. 2B-Garrett Benson (8); 4. 59-Evan Semerad (2); 5. 21L-Rayce Lockman (5); 6. 14-Kamden Gossard (6); 7. 64G-Gery Lockman Jr (7); 8. 8Z-Kasen Zorn (4).

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 38X-Riley Osantowski (1); 2. 71-Jaxton Wiggs (6); 3. 25S-Justis Sokol (5); 4. 30-Kyler Bearce (2); 5. 9-Abigayle Lett (4); 6. 11D-Dominic White (7); 7. 38-Jackson Kounkel (8); 8. 1-Remmi Butolph (3).

2021 LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –

STOCK NON-WING:

Gavin Miller – 3 (Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 9 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 10 and June 13); Chelby Hinton – 2 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 11 and Solomon Valley Raceway in Beloit, Kan., on July 15); Daison Pursley – 2 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6 and July 13); Johnny Boland – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 7); Gavan Boschele – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 8); Kris Carroll – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on June 12); Frank Flud – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7); Garrett Hulsey – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on April 30); Corbin Rueschenberg – 1 (Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Neb., on July 16); and Colby Sokol – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 6)

WINGED ‘A’ CLASS:

Frank Flud – 3 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on April 30; and Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 8); Johnny Boland – 2 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 11 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 13); Garrett Benson – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6); Kris Carroll – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on June 12); Noah Key – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 10); Jeffrey Newell – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 6); Laydon Pearson – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 7); and Corbin Rueschenberg – 1 (Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 9)

RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:

Garrett Benson – 4 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 6, May 8 and June 12; and Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Neb., on July 16); Jett Nunley – 3 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on June 10 and June 13, and Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on June 11); Corbin Rueschenberg – 3 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7; Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on April 30; and Solomon Valley Raceway in Beloit, Kan., on July 15); Kaley Mahaffey – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 7); Justis Sokol – 1 (Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., on June 9); and Jaxton Wiggs – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6)

UP NEXT –

Mid-America Micro Week: Saturday at Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Neb. (Stock Non-Wing and Restricted ‘A’ Class only)

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.NOW600Series.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/NOW600Series

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NOW600Series

NOW600 SERIES –

The National Open Wheel 600 Series is in its ninth 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.

LUCAS OIL –

Lucas Oil Products produces a premium line of oils, greases and problem-solving additives for the consumer automotive industry and also a heavy duty line of products for the industrial and agricultural markets. For more information, visit http://www.LucasOil.com.

HI-PLAINS BUILDING DIVISION –

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