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NOW600 Announces Oil Capital Clash Format for May 6-8 at Port City Raceway

NOW600 Announces Oil Capital Clash Format for May 6-8 at Port City Raceway

DRUMRIGHT, Okla. (April 22, 2021) - Officials with the Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by the Hi Plains Building Division have announced the format and purse payout for the 5th Annual Oil Capital Clash and 4th Annual Terry Walker Memorial set for May 6-8 at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Featuring the three NOW600 Lucas Oil Micro Sprint National Championship classes: Stock Non-Wing, Winged A-Class and Restricted 'A' Class along with Port City's Junior Sprints, Sportsman and Outlaw classes.

Saturday is the Terry Walker Memorial portion of the weekend which will feature 27-lap feature events for all classes except the Junior Sprints.

Top prize for the Winged A-Class and Stock Non-Wing will be $725 while paying $50 to start the feature. The Restricted class is set to pay $527 to win with $40 to start. Sportsman will pay $327 to win, Junior Sprints pay $227 to win and Outlaws will race for $427 to win.

The Format: ALL CLASSES

No split field. All drivers will compete on both qualifying nights as combined points from Heat Races, B-Mains, and Mains will set the lineup for Top 6 on Saturday night. Any tie in points will be broken by Friday’s finish.

NOW600 Format will be utilized with draw in for Heat Race starting position and passing points to determine drivers who advance to the B-Mains and A-Main.

On Thursday and Friday, Top 14 in Passing Points from Heat Races will move into the 25-lap Main. The highest passing point driver will draw for the invert at the NOW600 trailer during intermission. Remainder will fall into the nights B-Main's. Lineup will be done by passing point totals.

If one B-Main is needed, the top 6 drivers will advance to the A-Main. If two B-Main’s, then the top three, if three B-Main’s, then the top two. All B-Main's will be 12-laps or 10 minutes.

Following the completion of Friday’s program event points will be totaled with the Top 6 locked in, straight up, into Saturday’s Main Event. All other drivers will run a complete show on Saturday night.

Thursday and Friday Race Points will follow the following scale:

Heat Races: 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, etc.

B-Main Races: Each driver that does not transfer from the Semi will receive 35 points.

A-Main: 100, 97, 94, 91, 88, 85, 82, 79, 76, 73, 70, 68, 66, 64, 62, 60, 58, 56, 54, 52, 50.

Purse structure for the three NOW600 sanctioned classes will follow standard two-day event purse payout with Thursday and Friday night paying Day 1 purse and Saturday night paying Day 2 Purse. Port City Raceway classes will use their normal sliding scale purse.

Each night will count as points events for the Lucas Oil NOW600 National Series.

Thursday and Friday, May 6-7:
Pits Open: 3pm
NOW600 Pill Draw: 5:15pm to 6:15pm
NOW600 Drivers Meeting: 6:30pm
Hot Laps: 7pm
Racing: 7:30pm

Saturday, May 8:
Pits Open: 1pm
NOW600 Pill Draw: 4:15pm to 5:15pm
NOW600 Drivers Meeting: 5:30pm
Hot Laps: 6pm
Opening Ceremonies: 6:45pm
Racing: 7pm

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 seven regions – the NOW600 Ark-La-Tex Region, the NOW600 Cactus Region, the NOW600 Desert Region, the NOW600 Jayhusker Region, the NOW600 Mile High Region, the NOW600 Mountain West Region and the NOW600 North Texas Region – as well as NOW600 Hi-Plains Building Division weekly racing, EMSA NOW600 C2 Micros, NOW600 Sooner State Dwarf Cars and NOW600 Modified Series. 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 –

Hi-Plains Building Division manufactures building projects, encompassing agricultural, barndominiums, commercial, industrial, warehouse and utility buildings. For more information, visit http://www.HPBuildingDivision.com.

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