10/20/2023
NOW600 National Micros
TJ Stark Tops Thursday's KKM Giveback Classic Prelim In NOW600 Restricted Non-Wing Competition
(Image Credit: Richard Bales)
Bryan Hulbert - TULSA, Okla. (October 19, 2023) Getting the lead a few laps before the mid-point of Thursday's KKM Giveback Classic preliminary A-Feature at Port City Raceway, the final result was Colorado's TJ Stark rolling into Victory Lane for the first time with the Dirt2Media National Open Wheel 600 Series presented by Hi-Plains Building Division.
A new category with the Restricted division going wingless for the first time, Stark ran third to first, with the lead coming on Lap 7. Running second to Wesley Sweatman, who tagged an infield tire, shot the No. 09w into the infield.
Getting the point on a platter, Stark held off Kyle Hooper for the victory by 0.421-seconds. Mekentzi Potter crossed third with Braxton Weger rolling 11th to fourth. Deekan McRoberts advanced from 14th to complete the top five.
The 45 car field returns to compete again on Friday night, with both nights of racing setting the stage for Saturday's final at the KKM Giveback Classic.
Friday, October 20, cars hit the track at 6:00 P.M. for hot laps, with racing at 7:00 P.M. (CDT). Live coverage this weekend can be found on http://www.floracing.com.
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.
To keep up on everything happening with the National Open Wheel 600 Series, from the National Tour to Regional and Weekly racing lineups, log onto http://www.now600series.com and make sure to follow the tour on Facebook and Twitter (@NOW600Series).
Race Results:
NOW600 National
Port City Raceway (Tulsa, Okla.)
KKM Giveback - Night 1
Thursday, October 19, 2023
A-Main (25 Laps): 1. 00T-TJ Stark[3]; 2. 11K-Kyle Hooper[6]; 3. 1P-Mekentzi Potter[5]; 4. 31BW-Braxton Weger[11]; 5. 75-Deekan McRoberts[14]; 6. 14S-Sawyer Kiner[17]; 7. 09W-Wesley Sweatman[2]; 8. 22-Hank Soares[16]; 9. 4-Jude Allgayer[9]; 10. B2-Carson Bolden[19]; 11. 71-Tate Gurney[20]; 12. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[4]; 13. 14R-Jaxon Nail[10]; 14. 73X-Wyatt Miller[7]; 15. 88K-Bryce Kujath[15]; 16. 73-Chase McDougal[8]; 17. 21X-Cullen Hutchison[13]; 18. 14B-Brody Bridgeman[18]; 19. GH7-Garyn Howard[1]; 20. 46-Blayne Mabry[12]
B-Main 1 (12 Laps): 1. 88K-Bryce Kujath[1]; 2. 14S-Sawyer Kiner[4]; 3. B2-Carson Bolden[2]; 4. 11-Mattix McBride[10]; 5. 9C-Jace Cooksey[5]; 6. 12C-Bella Coleman[6]; 7. 1K-Kolette Dicero[3]; 8. 67Z-Clayton Wilson[9]; 9. 97-Cash Lacombe[7]; 10. 9-Mavrick Page[12]; 11. 29S-Jackson Scott[11]; 12. 8-Jase Blevins[14]; 13. 2T-Tyler Crow[13]; 14. 21K-Kooper Kelly[8]; 15. 11S-Shyla Ernst[15]; 16. (DNS) 110-Keizer Kramer
B-Main 2 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Hank Soares[1]; 2. 14B-Brody Bridgeman[2]; 3. 71-Tate Gurney[12]; 4. 24C-Cale Lagroon[5]; 5. 21E-Enzo Spicola[6]; 6. 06-Marek Pipe[9]; 7. 5E-Eli Holden[13]; 8. 73F-Ty Fulghum[7]; 9. K9-Sami Porter[11]; 10. 87C-Callan Hill[10]; 11. 11AZ-Annalesia Miller[14]; 12. 28L-Jensen Long[8]; 13. 11H-Nicholas Harris[4]; 14. 03-James Ferrin[3]; 15. (DNS) 45-Bradley Cox
Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 73-Chase McDougal[1]; 2. 14R-Jaxon Nail[2]; 3. 73X-Wyatt Miller[4]; 4. B2-Carson Bolden[3]; 5. 24C-Cale Lagroon[6]; 6. 12C-Bella Coleman[8]; 7. K9-Sami Porter[5]; 8. 5E-Eli Holden[7]; 9. (DNS) 45-Bradley Cox
Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. GH7-Garyn Howard[3]; 2. 11K-Kyle Hooper[5]; 3. 1K-Kolette Dicero[1]; 4. 9C-Jace Cooksey[8]; 5. 14S-Sawyer Kiner[4]; 6. 06-Marek Pipe[2]; 7. 87C-Callan Hill[7]; 8. 9-Mavrick Page[9]; 9. 11S-Shyla Ernst[6]
Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 55X-Lucas Mauldin[2]; 2. 88K-Bryce Kujath[1]; 3. 31BW-Braxton Weger[5]; 4. 22-Hank Soares[4]; 5. 03-James Ferrin[8]; 6. 97-Cash Lacombe[7]; 7. 29S-Jackson Scott[6]; 8. 71-Tate Gurney[3]; 9. (DNS) 110-Keizer Kramer
Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 1P-Mekentzi Potter[2]; 2. 09W-Wesley Sweatman[4]; 3. 4-Jude Allgayer[6]; 4. 46-Blayne Mabry[8]; 5. 73F-Ty Fulghum[1]; 6. 67Z-Clayton Wilson[5]; 7. 28L-Jensen Long[9]; 8. 2T-Tyler Crow[3]; 9. 11AZ-Annalesia Miller[7]
Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 00T-TJ Stark[2]; 2. 75-Deekan McRoberts[1]; 3. 21X-Cullen Hutchison[3]; 4. 14B-Brody Bridgeman[5]; 5. 11H-Nicholas Harris[6]; 6. 21E-Enzo Spicola[7]; 7. 21K-Kooper Kelly[9]; 8. 11-Mattix McBride[4]; 9. 8-Jase Blevins[8]
Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 73X-Wyatt Miller, 00:10.608[1]; 2. B2-Carson Bolden, 00:10.693[4]; 3. 14R-Jaxon Nail, 00:10.713[7]; 4. 73-Chase McDougal, 00:10.720[2]; 5. K9-Sami Porter, 00:10.743[8]; 6. 45-Bradley Cox, 00:10.842[5]; 7. 24C-Cale Lagroon, 00:10.845[3]; 8. 5E-Eli Holden, 00:10.859[6]; 9. 12C-Bella Coleman, 00:10.938[9]
Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 14S-Sawyer Kiner, 00:10.531[1]; 2. GH7-Garyn Howard, 00:10.569[5]; 3. 06-Marek Pipe, 00:10.660[3]; 4. 1K-Kolette Dicero, 00:10.671[2]; 5. 11K-Kyle Hooper, 00:10.795[6]; 6. 11S-Shyla Ernst, 00:10.919[7]; 7. 87C-Callan Hill, 00:10.931[8]; 8. 9C-Jace Cooksey, 00:11.040[4]; 9. 9-Mavrick Page, 00:11.473[9]
Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 22-Hank Soares, 00:10.550[2]; 2. 71-Tate Gurney, 00:10.561[7]; 3. 55X-Lucas Mauldin, 00:10.616[1]; 4. 88K-Bryce Kujath, 00:10.642[3]; 5. 31BW-Braxton Weger, 00:10.706[4]; 6. 29S-Jackson Scott, 00:10.781[8]; 7. 97-Cash Lacombe, 00:10.867[5]; 8. 03-James Ferrin, 00:11.015[9]; 9. 110-Keizer Kramer, 00:11.588[6]
Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 09W-Wesley Sweatman, 00:10.509[9]; 2. 2T-Tyler Crow, 00:10.577[2]; 3. 1P-Mekentzi Potter, 00:10.715[6]; 4. 73F-Ty Fulghum, 00:10.776[5]; 5. 67Z-Clayton Wilson, 00:10.779[7]; 6. 4-Jude Allgayer, 00:10.807[1]; 7. 11AZ-Annalesia Miller, 00:10.865[3]; 8. 46-Blayne Mabry, 00:10.869[4]; 9. 28L-Jensen Long, 00:11.527[8]
Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 11-Mattix McBride, 00:10.446[3]; 2. 21X-Cullen Hutchison, 00:10.449[8]; 3. 00T-TJ Stark, 00:10.482[2]; 4. 75-Deekan McRoberts, 00:10.483[1]; 5. 14B-Brody Bridgeman, 00:10.579[4]; 6. 11H-Nicholas Harris, 00:10.637[5]; 7. 21E-Enzo Spicola, 00:10.657[6]; 8. 8-Jase Blevins, 00:10.676[9]; 9. 21K-Kooper Kelly, 00:10.681[7]
Submitted By: Bryan Hulbert