Gile, Weldon, and
Lagroon Add Their Names
To Dirt2Media NOW600
List Of Winners
Bryan Hulbert –
FAIRBURY, Neb. (August
19, 2023) Three
drivers added their
names to the list of
winners with the
Dirt2Media National Open
Wheel 600 Series
presented by Hi-Plains
Building Division
Saturday night at
Jefferson County
Speedway, as Elijah
Gile, Gaige Weldon, and
Cale Lagroon went to
Victory Lane.
Jumping to the lead from
the start in A-Class,
Elijah Gile held point
until traffic at the
race’s mid-point. Chased
by Friday night’s
winner, Jett Hays, the
No. 11j shot to the lead
on Lap 17. Looking to be
on his way to a weekend
sweep, mechanical issues
struck on Lap 22,
sidelining Hays and
advancing Gile back to
the top spot. Brant
Woods, from tenth, ended
up second, with Gaige
Weldon third from ninth.
Dominic White advanced
seven spots to fourth,
with Kaden Weger in
fifth.
Chasing Jett Hays the
opening 22 laps, traffic
bit the No. 11j hard.
Racing to the top on the
first turn, Hays nearly
went end over end off
the right rear of Tyler
Hendrickson. Able to
somehow avoid
catastrophe, it was just
enough to cost him the
lead and allow Gaige
Weldon his first career
NOW600 victory. Elijah
Gile crossed third, with
Rider McCutcheon fourth.
Up eight spots, Jackson
Kounkel was steady
around the hub to grab
fifth.
Leading laps, but never
the last one, that
changed for Cale Lagroon
as the No. 24c led
start-to-finish in the
Restricted feature.
Rolling up from fifth,
Friday night’s winner,
Hank Soares, made it to
second, with Ollie
Geiger up six spots to
third. Braxton Weger
crossed fourth, with
Cash Lacombe in fifth.
Saturday’s F-Town
Tooleys Showdown at
Jefferson County
Speedway brought 111
entries, including the
Mod Lites and Sportsman
divisions.
The 2023 season marks
the 11th year of
competition for the
National Open Wheel 600
Series. Anchored by the
Dirt2Media NOW600
National Championship,
the NOW600 Series
comprises several
regional tours and
sanctioned racetracks.
The NOW600 National
Championship features
three divisions of 600cc
micro sprints at each
event: Stock Non-Wing,
Winged A-Class, and
Restricted 'A' Class.
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Race Results:
Dirt2Media
NOW600 Series
Jefferson County
Speedway (Fairbury,
Neb.)
Saturday, August
19, 2023
NOW600 NON-WING MICROS
Hi Plains Building
Division A-Main (25
Laps): 1. 35-Gaige
Weldon[2]; 2. 11J-Jett
Hays[1]; 3. 13-Elijah
Gile[3]; 4. 5-Ryder
McCutcheon[4]; 5.
38-Jackson Kounkel[13];
6. 22-Jesse Pate[5]; 7.
2F-Jadyn Friesen[14]; 8.
35W-Caleb Woodard[15];
9. 1F-Jason Friesen[8];
10. 29-Trevor Cohn[20];
11. 1G-Garett Hake[17];
12. 20P-Shon
Pointer[19]; 13.
11T-Trevin Frye[12]; 14.
5A-Ava Gropp[9]; 15.
75-Bobby Eubanks[7]; 16.
81AU-Dekota Gay[10]; 17.
14-Tyler
Hendrickson[16]; 18.
11X-Kaden Weger[11]; 19.
19X-Marcus Kennedy[18];
20. 10-Taylor Morgan[6]
Hoss Media B-Main 1 (12
Laps): 1. 35W-Caleb
Woodard[2]; 2. 14-Tyler
Hendrickson[3]; 3.
1G-Garett Hake[16]; 4.
19X-Marcus Kennedy[6];
5. 20P-Shon Pointer[7];
6. 29-Trevor Cohn[13];
7. A51-Jason
Trosper[14]; 8. 17-Talon
McConnell[4]; 9.
4G-Landon Gasseling[9];
10. 02R-Kaitlyn
Russell[15]; 11.
38R-Riley Osantowski[5];
12. 70-Micah Becker[8];
13. (DNS) 5KX-Kelbie
Volkman; 14. (DNS)
53-Graham Hamilton; 15.
(DNS) L98L-Matthew
Laflin; 16. (DNS)
13C-Chris Counter
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.
1F-Jason Friesen[1]; 2.
13-Elijah Gile[4]; 3.
11X-Kaden Weger[2]; 4.
38-Jackson Kounkel[3];
5. 17-Talon
McConnell[6]; 6.
53-Graham Hamilton[5];
7. 29-Trevor Cohn[7]; 8.
02R-Kaitlyn Russell[8]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.
75-Bobby Eubanks[1]; 2.
22-Jesse Pate[3]; 3.
10-Taylor Morgan[4]; 4.
2F-Jadyn Friesen[5]; 5.
35W-Caleb Woodard[8]; 6.
4G-Landon Gasseling[6];
7. 13C-Chris Counter[7];
8. 1G-Garett Hake[2]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1.
35-Gaige Weldon[3]; 2.
5-Ryder McCutcheon[4];
3. 5KX-Kelbie
Volkman[1]; 4. 14-Tyler
Hendrickson[2]; 5.
38R-Riley Osantowski[5];
6. 70-Micah Becker[6];
7. L98L-Matthew
Laflin[7]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1.
11J-Jett Hays[3]; 2.
5A-Ava Gropp[1]; 3.
11T-Trevin Frye[2]; 4.
81AU-Dekota Gay[4]; 5.
19X-Marcus Kennedy[5];
6. 20P-Shon Pointer[7];
7. A51-Jason Trosper[6]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 13-Elijah Gile,
11.612[4]; 2. 38-Jackson
Kounkel, 11.706[2]; 3.
11X-Kaden Weger,
11.748[6]; 4. 1F-Jason
Friesen, 11.881[1]; 5.
53-Graham Hamilton,
11.962[3]; 6. 17-Talon
McConnell, 12.107[7]; 7.
29-Trevor Cohn,
12.288[8]; 8.
02R-Kaitlyn Russell,
12.894[5]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 10-Taylor Morgan,
11.625[8]; 2. 22-Jesse
Pate, 11.737[2]; 3.
1G-Garett Hake,
11.798[7]; 4. 75-Bobby
Eubanks, 11.861[1]; 5.
2F-Jadyn Friesen,
11.917[6]; 6. 4G-Landon
Gasseling, 12.085[4]; 7.
13C-Chris Counter,
12.114[5]; 8. 35W-Caleb
Woodard, 12.285[3]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 5-Ryder McCutcheon,
11.725[4]; 2. 35-Gaige
Weldon, 11.866[5]; 3.
14-Tyler Hendrickson,
11.902[7]; 4. 5KX-Kelbie
Volkman, 11.933[2]; 5.
38R-Riley Osantowski,
12.004[6]; 6. 70-Micah
Becker, 12.014[3]; 7.
L98L-Matthew Laflin,
12.072[1]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 4 (3 Laps):
1. 81AU-Dekota Gay,
11.717[7]; 2. 11J-Jett
Hays, 11.744[6]; 3.
11T-Trevin Frye,
12.055[1]; 4. 5A-Ava
Gropp, 12.083[4]; 5.
19X-Marcus Kennedy,
12.084[5]; 6. A51-Jason
Trosper, 12.110[2]; 7.
20P-Shon Pointer,
12.155[3]
NOW600 A-CLASS MICROS
Hi Plains Building
Division A-Main (25
Laps): 1. 13-Elijah
Gile[1]; 2. 83-Brant
Woods[10]; 3. 35-Gaige
Weldon[9]; 4.
11D-Dominic White[11];
5. 27KW-Kaden Weger[4];
6. 21-Riley
Osantowski[7]; 7.
22-Jesse Pate[2]; 8.
31BW-Braxton Weger[14];
9. 38-Jackson
Kounkel[13]; 10.
78C-Chance Cody[8]; 11.
1F-Jason Friesen[15];
12. 70-Micah Becker[20];
13. 59-Evan Semerad[12];
14. 53-Graham
Hamilton[19]; 15.
11J-Jett Hays[5]; 16.
2F-Jadyn Friesen[6]; 17.
91-Alec Frisell[16]; 18.
9A-Hunter Hanson[18];
19. 81-Dekota Gay[17];
20. 24C-Cale Lagroon[3]
Hoss Media B-Main 1 (12
Laps): 1. 1F-Jason
Friesen[5]; 2. 81-Dekota
Gay[8]; 3. 53-Graham
Hamilton[3]; 4.
45-Skyler Burns[7]; 5.
87-Jesse Edwards[6]; 6.
1X-Reid Shipman[4]; 7.
14N-Damian Nelson[1]; 8.
10-Taylor Morgan[2]; 9.
(DNS) 16D-Cael Dice; 10.
(DNS) 5-Ryder
McCutcheon; 11. (DNS)
5KX-Kelbie Volkman
Hoss Media B-Main 2 (12
Laps): 1. 91-Alec
Frisell[1]; 2. 9A-Hunter
Hanson[2]; 3. 70-Micah
Becker[6]; 4. 8T-Cody
Berkenmeier[7]; 5.
13C-Chris Counter[4]; 6.
4G-Landon Gasseling[9];
7. 5S-Zak Swanson[5]; 8.
(DNS) 14-Tyler
Hendrickson; 9. (DNS)
15D-Kyler Dice; 10.
(DNS) 01-Jude Allgayer
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.
2F-Jadyn Friesen[1]; 2.
27KW-Kaden Weger[3]; 3.
38-Jackson Kounkel[2];
4. 31BW-Braxton
Weger[6]; 5. 91-Alec
Frisell[4]; 6. 1F-Jason
Friesen[7]; 7. 70-Micah
Becker[8]; 8. 4G-Landon
Gasseling[5]; 9. 5-Ryder
McCutcheon[9]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.
13-Elijah Gile[4]; 2.
78C-Chance Cody[2]; 3.
83-Brant Woods[3]; 4.
14N-Damian Nelson[5]; 5.
53-Graham Hamilton[6];
6. 1X-Reid Shipman[8];
7. 81-Dekota Gay[1]; 8.
16D-Cael Dice[7]; 9.
01-Jude Allgayer[9]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1.
24C-Cale Lagroon[2]; 2.
22-Jesse Pate[4]; 3.
11D-Dominic White[3]; 4.
14-Tyler Hendrickson[1];
5. 9A-Hunter Hanson[6];
6. 13C-Chris Counter[7];
7. 87-Jesse Edwards[8];
8. 8T-Cody
Berkenmeier[9]; 9.
5KX-Kelbie Volkman[5]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1.
11J-Jett Hays[1]; 2.
21-Riley Osantowski[2];
3. 35-Gaige Weldon[5];
4. 59-Evan Semerad[4];
5. 10-Taylor Morgan[3];
6. 5S-Zak Swanson[6]; 7.
45-Skyler Burns[7]; 8.
15D-Kyler Dice[8]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 91-Alec Frisell,
11.464[6]; 2. 27KW-Kaden
Weger, 11.619[9]; 3.
38-Jackson Kounkel,
11.698[2]; 4. 2F-Jadyn
Friesen, 11.774[3]; 5.
5-Ryder McCutcheon,
11.950[8]; 6. 4G-Landon
Gasseling, 11.967[1]; 7.
31BW-Braxton Weger,
11.989[7]; 8. 1F-Jason
Friesen, 12.052[5]; 9.
70-Micah Becker,
12.151[4]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 13-Elijah Gile,
10.988[3]; 2. 83-Brant
Woods, 11.090[4]; 3.
78C-Chance Cody,
11.314[2]; 4. 81-Dekota
Gay, 11.433[1]; 5.
14N-Damian Nelson,
11.504[8]; 6. 53-Graham
Hamilton, 11.681[5]; 7.
01-Jude Allgayer,
11.743[7]; 8. 16D-Cael
Dice, 11.819[6]; 9.
1X-Reid Shipman,
11.832[9]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 22-Jesse Pate,
11.084[4]; 2.
11D-Dominic White,
11.258[9]; 3. 24C-Cale
Lagroon, 11.337[3]; 4.
14-Tyler Hendrickson,
11.485[5]; 5. 5KX-Kelbie
Volkman, 11.490[2]; 6.
9A-Hunter Hanson,
11.492[7]; 7. 13C-Chris
Counter, 11.508[8]; 8.
87-Jesse Edwards,
11.616[6]; 9. 8T-Cody
Berkenmeier, 11.648[1]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 4 (3 Laps):
1. 59-Evan Semerad,
11.045[7]; 2. 10-Taylor
Morgan, 11.193[3]; 3.
21-Riley Osantowski,
11.195[2]; 4. 11J-Jett
Hays, 11.269[5]; 5.
35-Gaige Weldon,
11.347[4]; 6. 5S-Zak
Swanson, 11.415[1]; 7.
45-Skyler Burns,
11.456[6]; 8. 15D-Kyler
Dice, 11.745[8]
NOW600 RESTRICTED MICROS
Hi Plains Building
Division A-Main (25
Laps): 1. 24C-Cale
Lagroon[1]; 2. 22-Hank
Soares[5]; 3. 7G-Ollie
Geiger[9]; 4.
31BW-Braxton Weger[3];
5. 97-Cash Lacombe[4];
6. 4-Jude Allgayer[2];
7. 14S-Sawyer Kiner[8];
8. B2-Carson Bolden[6];
9. 14-Kamden Gossard[7];
10. 30-Kyler Bearce[12];
11. 73-Chase
McDougal[11]; 12.
11K-Kyle Hooper[17]; 13.
83-Dawson Woods[14]; 14.
31Z-Sawyer
Zimmerman[19]; 15.
17H-Carson Holt[18]; 16.
18-Tityn Roberts[13];
17. 27-Luke
Samuelson[21]; 18.
11R-Raelyn White[20];
19. 319-Haidyn
Hansen[16]; 20. 91-Sam
Kaller[15]; 21.
18T-Taelynne Roberts[10]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1.
97-Cash Lacombe[4]; 2.
B2-Carson Bolden[1]; 3.
14S-Sawyer Kiner[2]; 4.
30-Kyler Bearce[5]; 5.
83-Dawson Woods[3]; 6.
319-Haidyn Hansen[7]; 7.
27-Luke Samuelson[6]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1.
31BW-Braxton Weger[3];
2. 22-Hank Soares[2]; 3.
18T-Taelynne Roberts[1];
4. 73-Chase McDougal[5];
5. 18-Tityn Roberts[4];
6. 11K-Kyle Hooper[6];
7. 11R-Raelyn White[7]
Milestone Home Service
Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1.
4-Jude Allgayer[2]; 2.
14-Kamden Gossard[1]; 3.
24C-Cale Lagroon[4]; 4.
7G-Ollie Geiger[3]; 5.
91-Sam Kaller[5]; 6.
17H-Carson Holt[6]; 7.
31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman[7]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps):
1. 97-Cash Lacombe,
11.460[1]; 2. 83-Dawson
Woods, 11.599[2]; 3.
14S-Sawyer Kiner,
11.810[3]; 4. B2-Carson
Bolden, 11.815[6]; 5.
30-Kyler Bearce,
11.881[4]; 6. 27-Luke
Samuelson, 11.967[7]; 7.
319-Haidyn Hansen,
12.237[5]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps):
1. 18-Tityn Roberts,
11.462[7]; 2.
31BW-Braxton Weger,
11.553[6]; 3. 22-Hank
Soares, 11.807[4]; 4.
18T-Taelynne Roberts,
11.832[1]; 5. 73-Chase
McDougal, 11.841[3]; 6.
11K-Kyle Hooper,
11.863[5]; 7. 11R-Raelyn
White, 12.908[2]
Performance Electronics
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps):
1. 24C-Cale Lagroon,
11.514[3]; 2. 7G-Ollie
Geiger, 11.620[6]; 3.
4-Jude Allgayer,
11.745[4]; 4. 14-Kamden
Gossard, 11.860[1]; 5.
91-Sam Kaller,
11.901[5]; 6. 17H-Carson
Holt, 12.030[2]; 7.
31Z-Sawyer Zimmerman,
12.064[7]
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