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Inside Line Promotions – DRUMRIGHT, Okla. (June 7, 2021) – A micro sprint spectacle is invading the Midwest this week as the Sooner 600 Week begins on Wednesday.
The Lucas Oil National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division races five straight nights at four different tracks throughout Kansas and Oklahoma.
Each Stock Non-Wing and Winged ‘A’ Class feature pays $500 to win and $50 to start while the Restricted ‘A’ Class main events offer $300 to win and $40 to start. There will be a $500 Hard Charger Award presented by Precision Collision for the driver who gains the most combined positions in the A Main throughout the week in each class. Additionally, the Speedweek champions will receive a new set of four Hoosier Tires presented by Terry Mattox.
The action begins on Wednesday at Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan., before shifting to Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on Thursday. Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., hosts the midpoint of the week on Friday with a trip to Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., set for Saturday. Sooner 600 Week wraps up on Sunday at Creek County Speedway.
Chelby Hinton enters Sooner 600 Week with an eight-point lead over Frank Flud in the Stock Non-Wing championship standings. Flud has a 74-point advantage over Noah Key in the Winged ‘A’ Class standings. Garrett Benson is up 22 points over Justis Sokol in the Restricted ‘A’ Class standings.
Sooner 600 Week marks the season debut for the series at Caney Valley Speedway. Creek County Speedway has hosted one race this year with Garrett Hulsey (Stock Non-Wing), Flud (Winged ‘A’ Class) and Corbin Rueschenberg (Restricted ‘A’ Class) emerging victorious.
Red Dirt Raceway showcased the season-opening NOW600 Series weekend with Daison Pursley and Flud claiming the Stock Non-Wing features, Benson and Flud the Winged ‘A’ Class main events and Jaxton Wiggs and Rueschenberg the Restricted ‘A’ Class features.
Colby Sokol, Johnny Boland and Gavan Boschele (Stock Non-Wing); Jeffrey Newell, Laydon Pearson and Flud (Winged ‘A’ Class); and Benson and Kaley Mahaffey (Restricted ‘A’ Class) each have NOW600 Series wins at Port City Raceway this season.
This week the pits open at 4 p.m. with the drivers meeting at 6:30 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. The pits open at 3 p.m. with the drivers meeting at 5:45 p.m. and racing at 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
Fast Four Media will offer a live video stream for each race except the one at Port City Raceway, where the action will be live via FloRacing.
2021 LUCAS OIL NOW600 NATIONAL MICRO SERIES FEATURE WINNERS –
STOCK NON-WING:
Johnny Boland – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 7); Gavan Boschele – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 8); Frank Flud – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7); Garrett Hulsey – 1 (Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on April 30); Daison Pursley – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6); 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); Garrett Benson – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6); Jeffrey Newell – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 6); and Laydon Pearson – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 7)
RESTRICTED ‘A’ CLASS:
Garrett Benson – 2 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 6 and May 8); Corbin Rueschenberg – 2 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 7 and Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla., on April 30); Kaley Mahaffey – 1 (Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla., on May 7); and Jaxton Wiggs – 1 (Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla., on March 6)
UP NEXT –
SOONER 600 WEEK: Wednesday at Caney Valley Speedway in Caney, Kan.; Thursday at Creek County Speedway in Sapulpa, Okla.; Friday at Red Dirt Raceway in Meeker, Okla.; Saturday at Port City Raceway in Tulsa, Okla.; and Sunday at Creek County Speedway
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 –
Hi-Plains Building Division manufactures building projects, encompassing agricultural, barndominiums, commercial, industrial, warehouse and utility buildings. For more information, visit http://www.HPBuildingDivision.com.
INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –
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- Shawn Miller on Jun 07, 2021
- Article Date: 6/7/2021 by Inside Line Promotions