KAM Raceway

6/29/2025

NOW600 National Micros

Weldon, Friesen, Shaid, and Kalkwarf Run to Deb Bruntz Memorial Victory at KAM Raceway!

Photo Credit: Ashton Tackwell
HASTINGS, Neb. (June 28, 2025) - Gaige Weldon, Jadyn Friesen, Brice Shaid, and Kasen Kalkwarf ran to victory Saturday at KAM Raceway in NOW600 National Series action for the finale of the Deb Bruntz Memorial race.

101 entries were in the pits which featured 40-Hyper Racing Stock Non-Wing, 33-Driven Midwest A-Class Winged, 19-M&R Manufacturing Restricted, and 9-Big R Stores Junior Sprints.

Rolling from the pole in the 25-lap $2,500 to win Big R Stores feature event, Gaige Weldon led wire to wire to claim the win in Hyper Racing Stock Non-Wing. Jadyn Friesen was second at the line with Hank Soares in third. Kormick Linner crossed in fourth with Haidyn Hansen making up the top five.

Hank Soares, Jadyn Friesen, Gaige Weldon, Jase Blevins, and Marcus Kennedy each claimed Milestone Home Service Co. heat races. Landon Graham and Colton McWhirter each claimed Hoss Media B-Main wins. Gaige Weldon was the DSR Racing Engines Quick Qualifier.

Jadyn Friesen claimed the $2,500 top prize by winning the Big R Stores A-Main in Driven Midwest A-Class Winged competition. Jackson Kounkel was second at the line with Tityn Roberts in third. Fourth went to Haidyn Hansen with Alec Frisell the top five.

Haidyn Hansen, Jackson Kounkel, Jadyn Friesen, and Alec Frisell won the nights four Milestone Home Service Co. heat races. Kormick Linner and Carson Anderson each won the Hoss Media B-Mains. Kamden Gossard was the DSR Racing Engines Quick Qualifier.

Brice Shaid held off Tityn Roberts in the M&R Manufacturing Restricted class Big R Stores feature event. Kaiden Lane rounded out the podium in third with Taelynne Roberts in fourth. Avery Kellen rounded out the top five.

Brice Shaid, Avery Kellen, and Tityn Roberts won the Milestone Home Service Co. heat races. Kaiden Lane set quick time during DSR Racing Engines Qualifying.

Kaden Kalkwarf led wire to wire in the Big R Stires A-Main for the Big R Stores Junior Sprints. Brex Woods was second with Tucker Friesen in third. Fourth went to Kacie Pittman with Axten Larsen the top five.

Kasen Kalkwarf won the lone Milestone Home Service Co. heat race with Brex Woods setting quick time.

The NOW600 National Series is back to action on July 8-12 for Mid-America Micro Week alongside the USAC National Midgets at a trio of tracks featuring the Hyper Racing Stock Non-Wing class.

RACE RESULTS >> 6/28/2025 at KAM Raceway - Hastings, NE
NOW600 National Series
Deb Bruntz Memorial Race

NOW600 NON-WING MICROS

Big R Stores A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 35-Gaige Weldon[1]; 2. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[2]; 3. 22-Hank Soares[4]; 4. 04-Kormick Linner[6]; 5. 319-Haidyn Hansen[10]; 6. 38-Jackson Kounkel[12]; 7. 5G-Landon Graham[15]; 8. 06-Marek Pipe[5]; 9. 5KX-Kelbie Volkman[17]; 10. 19X-Marcus Kennedy[7]; 11. 8-Jase Blevins[3]; 12. 7G-Ollie Geiger[11]; 13. 22A-Carson Anderson[19]; 14. 70H-Hayden Holt[9]; 15. 23-Mason Nester[13]; 16. 1-CJ Cattlett[14]; 17. 98X-Colton Mcwhirter[16]; 18. 11S-Shyla Ernst[8]; 19. 73-Ty Fulghum[20]; 20. (DNS) 88-Caleb Moen

Hoss Media B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 5G-Landon Graham[1]; 2. 5KX-Kelbie Volkman[4]; 3. 22A-Carson Anderson[3]; 4. 81L-Ethan Larsen[6]; 5. 67-Greg Berry[11]; 6. 5S-Zak Swanson[5]; 7. 4J-Kruz Jelinek[10]; 8. 28-Preston Alexander[13]; 9. 02S-Nathan Wilt[8]; 10. 24-Jared Hatra[9]; 11. 31-Adam Nielsen[12]; 12. 52S-Mason Spohn[2]; 13. 19L-Landry Singleton[7]

Hoss Media B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 98X-Colton Mcwhirter[4]; 2. 88-Caleb Moen[1]; 3. 73-Ty Fulghum[2]; 4. 33-Laike Imm[8]; 5. 13C-Chris Counter[10]; 6. 7R-Rob Lipker[7]; 7. 23W-Brogan Wise[3]; 8. 97-Nate Johnson[12]; 9. 7S-Scott Smith[9]; 10. 87W-Keith Wilt[6]; 11. 13T-Thea Smith[13]; 12. 4-Zade Hansen[5]; 13. 03-Devin Emde[11]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Hank Soares[2]; 2. 38-Jackson Kounkel[1]; 3. 23-Mason Nester[6]; 4. 52S-Mason Spohn[3]; 5. 73-Ty Fulghum[4]; 6. 81L-Ethan Larsen[5]; 7. 13C-Chris Counter[8]; 8. 67-Greg Berry[7]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[4]; 2. 70H-Hayden Holt[2]; 3. 22A-Carson Anderson[1]; 4. 88-Caleb Moen[3]; 5. 98X-Colton Mcwhirter[5]; 6. 19L-Landry Singleton[6]; 7. 4J-Kruz Jelinek[7]; 8. 03-Devin Emde[8]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Gaige Weldon[4]; 2. 11S-Shyla Ernst[2]; 3. 319-Haidyn Hansen[3]; 4. 5KX-Kelbie Volkman[1]; 5. 5S-Zak Swanson[5]; 6. 7R-Rob Lipker[7]; 7. 33-Laike Imm[6]; 8. 31-Adam Nielsen[8]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 8-Jase Blevins[3]; 2. 1-CJ Cattlett[1]; 3. 04-Kormick Linner[4]; 4. 23W-Brogan Wise[5]; 5. 4-Zade Hansen[2]; 6. 02S-Nathan Wilt[7]; 7. 24-Jared Hatra[6]; 8. 28-Preston Alexander[8]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 19X-Marcus Kennedy[1]; 2. 06-Marek Pipe[3]; 3. 5G-Landon Graham[2]; 4. 7G-Ollie Geiger[4]; 5. 97-Nate Johnson[8]; 6. 87W-Keith Wilt[5]; 7. 7S-Scott Smith[6]; 8. 13T-Thea Smith[7]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 73-Ty Fulghum, 00:11.762[2]; 2. 52S-Mason Spohn, 00:11.899[1]; 3. 22-Hank Soares, 00:11.902[4]; 4. 38-Jackson Kounkel, 00:11.946[8]; 5. 81L-Ethan Larsen, 00:11.985[7]; 6. 23-Mason Nester, 00:12.013[3]; 7. 67-Greg Berry, 00:12.261[5]; 8. 13C-Chris Counter, 00:12.366[6]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 2F-Jadyn Friesen, 00:11.622[3]; 2. 88-Caleb Moen, 00:11.700[8]; 3. 70H-Hayden Holt, 00:11.906[7]; 4. 22A-Carson Anderson, 00:11.947[6]; 5. 98X-Colton Mcwhirter, 00:12.017[2]; 6. 19L-Landry Singleton, 00:12.067[5]; 7. 4J-Kruz Jelinek, 00:12.107[4]; 8. 03-Devin Emde, 00:12.756[1]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 35-Gaige Weldon, 00:11.507[5]; 2. 319-Haidyn Hansen, 00:11.749[7]; 3. 11S-Shyla Ernst, 00:11.815[4]; 4. 5KX-Kelbie Volkman, 00:12.097[3]; 5. 5S-Zak Swanson, 00:12.330[6]; 6. 33-Laike Imm, 00:12.474[1]; 7. 7R-Rob Lipker, 00:12.668[8]; 8. 31-Adam Nielsen, 00:12.847[2]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 04-Kormick Linner, 00:11.969[3]; 2. 8-Jase Blevins, 00:12.081[4]; 3. 4-Zade Hansen, 00:12.618[6]; 4. 1-CJ Cattlett, 00:12.868[8]; 5. 23W-Brogan Wise, 00:12.885[7]; 6. 24-Jared Hatra, 00:13.017[1]; 7. 02S-Nathan Wilt, 00:21.000[2]; 8. (DNS) 28-Preston Alexander, 00:19.345

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 7G-Ollie Geiger, 00:11.931[7]; 2. 06-Marek Pipe, 00:12.063[2]; 3. 5G-Landon Graham, 00:12.337[5]; 4. 19X-Marcus Kennedy, 00:12.628[6]; 5. 87W-Keith Wilt, 00:13.345[3]; 6. 7S-Scott Smith, 00:13.435[4]; 7. (DNS) 13T-Thea Smith; 8. (DNS) 97-Nate Johnson

NOW600 A-CLASS MICROS

Big R Stores A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[1]; 2. 38-Jackson Kounkel[3]; 3. 18-Tityn Roberts[6]; 4. 319-Haidyn Hansen[4]; 5. 91-Alec Frisell[2]; 6. 35-Gaige Weldon[5]; 7. 14K-Kamden Gossard[10]; 8. 8-Jase Blevins[13]; 9. 98L-Matthew Laflin[18]; 10. 15E-Eli Morgan[8]; 11. 5G-Landon Graham[12]; 12. 04-Kormick Linner[15]; 13. 11S-Shyla Ernst[19]; 14. 18T-Taelynne Roberts[20]; 15. 5KX-Kelbie Volkman[9]; 16. 46-Mason Nester[11]; 17. 22-Hank Soares[7]; 18. 22A-Carson Anderson[16]; 19. 52S-Mason Spohn[17]; 20. 55L-Tytus Loos[14]

Hoss Media B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 04-Kormick Linner[1]; 2. 52S-Mason Spohn[2]; 3. 11S-Shyla Ernst[4]; 4. 73-Ty Fulghum[3]; 5. 81L-Ethan Larsen[6]; 6. 17E-Kaylee Esgar[9]; 7. 5S-Zak Swanson[7]; 8. 91K-Sam Kaller[5]; 9. (DNS) 7G-Ollie Geiger; 10. (DNS) 17-Jason Potter

Hoss Media B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 22A-Carson Anderson[2]; 2. 98L-Matthew Laflin[6]; 3. 18T-Taelynne Roberts[1]; 4. 4J-Kruz Jelinek[5]; 5. 17H-Carson Holt[8]; 6. 07A-Avery Morgan[3]; 7. 64-Brad McWhirter[9]; 8. 13C-Chris Counter[4]; 9. (DNS) A51-Jason Trosper

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 319-Haidyn Hansen[6]; 2. 5KX-Kelbie Volkman[2]; 3. 22-Hank Soares[4]; 4. 04-Kormick Linner[5]; 5. 07A-Avery Morgan[1]; 6. 91K-Sam Kaller[9]; 7. A51-Jason Trosper[7]; 8. 17H-Carson Holt[3]; 9. 17-Jason Potter[8]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 38-Jackson Kounkel[2]; 2. 35-Gaige Weldon[3]; 3. 55L-Tytus Loos[1]; 4. 46-Mason Nester[4]; 5. 22A-Carson Anderson[6]; 6. 11S-Shyla Ernst[5]; 7. 5S-Zak Swanson[7]; 8. 64-Brad McWhirter[8]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 2F-Jadyn Friesen[3]; 2. 15E-Eli Morgan[2]; 3. 8-Jase Blevins[5]; 4. 14K-Kamden Gossard[4]; 5. 73-Ty Fulghum[8]; 6. 4J-Kruz Jelinek[1]; 7. 81L-Ethan Larsen[7]; 8. 17E-Kaylee Esgar[6]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 91-Alec Frisell[2]; 2. 5G-Landon Graham[1]; 3. 18-Tityn Roberts[4]; 4. 18T-Taelynne Roberts[6]; 5. 52S-Mason Spohn[5]; 6. 13C-Chris Counter[8]; 7. 98L-Matthew Laflin[7]; 8. 7G-Ollie Geiger[3]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 22-Hank Soares, 00:11.622[4]; 2. 17H-Carson Holt, 00:11.668[6]; 3. 5KX-Kelbie Volkman, 00:11.705[5]; 4. 07A-Avery Morgan, 00:11.801[7]; 5. 04-Kormick Linner, 00:11.989[8]; 6. 319-Haidyn Hansen, 00:12.112[9]; 7. A51-Jason Trosper, 00:12.199[1]; 8. 17-Jason Potter, 00:12.739[3]; 9. 91K-Sam Kaller, 00:13.012[2]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 46-Mason Nester, 00:11.188[6]; 2. 35-Gaige Weldon, 00:11.233[2]; 3. 38-Jackson Kounkel, 00:11.236[3]; 4. 55L-Tytus Loos, 00:11.351[4]; 5. 11S-Shyla Ernst, 00:11.359[7]; 6. 22A-Carson Anderson, 00:11.392[5]; 7. 5S-Zak Swanson, 00:11.405[8]; 8. 64-Brad McWhirter, 00:11.973[1]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 14K-Kamden Gossard, 00:10.981[8]; 2. 2F-Jadyn Friesen, 00:10.982[1]; 3. 15E-Eli Morgan, 00:11.006[5]; 4. 4J-Kruz Jelinek, 00:11.053[7]; 5. 8-Jase Blevins, 00:11.074[3]; 6. 17E-Kaylee Esgar, 00:11.206[4]; 7. 81L-Ethan Larsen, 00:11.215[2]; 8. 73-Ty Fulghum, 00:11.231[6]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 18-Tityn Roberts, 00:11.029[1]; 2. 7G-Ollie Geiger, 00:11.073[2]; 3. 91-Alec Frisell, 00:11.196[4]; 4. 5G-Landon Graham, 00:11.244[7]; 5. 52S-Mason Spohn, 00:11.267[3]; 6. 18T-Taelynne Roberts, 00:11.299[8]; 7. 98L-Matthew Laflin, 00:11.306[6]; 8. 13C-Chris Counter, 00:11.365[5]

NOW600 RESTRICTED MICROS

Big R Stores A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 11-Brice Shaid[1]; 2. 18-Tityn Roberts[2]; 3. 99L-Kaiden Lane[8]; 4. 18T-Taelynne Roberts[4]; 5. 3A-Avery Kellen[5]; 6. 55L-Tytus Loos[6]; 7. 30P-Blake Pittman[16]; 8. 39-Taver West[9]; 9. 27-Luke Samuelson[19]; 10. 22C-Tucker Ernst[17]; 11. 28W-Blainey Woods[11]; 12. 12-Paisley West[13]; 13. 1-Brantley Ried[18]; 14. 06MP-Marek Pipe[7]; 15. 17H-Carson Holt[3]; 16. 11H-Haylee Ernst[15]; 17. 87C-Nash Edwards[12]; 18. 73-Tyler Christianson[14]; 19. 5X-Luke Shelton[10]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 11-Brice Shaid[4]; 2. 55L-Tytus Loos[2]; 3. 06MP-Marek Pipe[3]; 4. 87C-Nash Edwards[1]; 5. 12-Paisley West[5]; 6. 22C-Tucker Ernst[6]; 7. 27-Luke Samuelson[7]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 3A-Avery Kellen[1]; 2. 17H-Carson Holt[3]; 3. 39-Taver West[2]; 4. 99L-Kaiden Lane[4]; 5. 73-Tyler Christianson[5]; 6. 1-Brantley Ried[6]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 18-Tityn Roberts[4]; 2. 18T-Taelynne Roberts[3]; 3. 5X-Luke Shelton[2]; 4. 28W-Blainey Woods[6]; 5. 11H-Haylee Ernst[1]; 6. 30P-Blake Pittman[5]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 11-Brice Shaid, 00:11.624[4]; 2. 06MP-Marek Pipe, 00:11.649[6]; 3. 55L-Tytus Loos, 00:11.790[2]; 4. 87C-Nash Edwards, 00:11.808[5]; 5. 12-Paisley West, 00:11.859[7]; 6. 22C-Tucker Ernst, 00:12.012[3]; 7. 27-Luke Samuelson, 00:12.074[1]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 99L-Kaiden Lane, 00:11.622[6]; 2. 17H-Carson Holt, 00:11.838[2]; 3. 39-Taver West, 00:11.856[5]; 4. 3A-Avery Kellen, 00:11.891[1]; 5. 73-Tyler Christianson, 00:11.940[3]; 6. 1-Brantley Ried, 00:12.309[4]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 18-Tityn Roberts, 00:11.697[1]; 2. 18T-Taelynne Roberts, 00:11.875[2]; 3. 5X-Luke Shelton, 00:11.892[3]; 4. 11H-Haylee Ernst, 00:12.203[6]; 5. 30P-Blake Pittman, 00:12.314[5]; 6. 28W-Blainey Woods, 00:12.414[4]

NOW600 JUNIOR SPRINTS

Big R Stores A-Main (15 Laps): 1. 24K-Kasen Kalkwarf[1]; 2. 28B-Brex Woods[2]; 3. 1-Tucker Friesen[3]; 4. 37K-Kacie Pittman[5]; 5. 1L-Axten Larsen[4]; 6. 3G-Everett Geiger[6]; 7. 11-Axel Frisell[7]; 8. 7W-Whitley Suhr[8]; 9. 3E-Sawyer Epp[9]

Milestone Home Service Co Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 24K-Kasen Kalkwarf[3]; 2. 1-Tucker Friesen[2]; 3. 28B-Brex Woods[4]; 4. 1L-Axten Larsen[1]; 5. 37K-Kacie Pittman[5]; 6. 3G-Everett Geiger[6]; 7. 11-Axel Frisell[7]; 8. 7W-Whitley Suhr[8]; 9. 3E-Sawyer Epp[9]

DSR Racing Engines Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 28B-Brex Woods, 00:13.252[9]; 2. 24K-Kasen Kalkwarf, 00:13.324[7]; 3. 1-Tucker Friesen, 00:13.606[6]; 4. 1L-Axten Larsen, 00:13.745[8]; 5. 37K-Kacie Pittman, 00:13.778[4]; 6. 3G-Everett Geiger, 00:13.858[3]; 7. 11-Axel Frisell, 00:14.246[2]; 8. 7W-Whitley Suhr, 00:15.106[5]; 9. 3E-Sawyer Epp, 00:15.645[1]

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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.

Submitted By: Terry Mattox