TRIPLE CROWN: Unique Format Awaits POWRi/NOW600 $uper $eries at Port City Raceway

BELLEVILLE, IL. (September 8, 2026) — A unique format awaits the POWRi/NOW600 RaceTech Titanium $uper $eries competitors in October as Port City Raceway hosts the Triple Crown, a four-night event featuring a special preliminary-night format and a championship-style finale. The four-night affair begins Wednesday with an open practice session, followed by three consecutive nights of racing Thursday through Saturday. Thursday night will feature Stock Non-Wing preliminary action, while Friday night will showcase A-Class Winged preliminary competition. Restricted and Junior Sprints will compete all three nights, with both Stock Non-Wing and A-Class returning Saturday for the Triple Crown finale. NON-WING & A-CLASS PRELIMINARY NIGHT FORMAT Drivers will pill draw to determine the night's qualifying order and will be divided into two groups: Group A and Group B. Each group will compete in a complete racing program. Qualifying will be conducted with half of the heats qualifying at a time, with each driver qualifying against the other competitors assigned to their respective heat. Following qualifying, Group A and Group B heats will be established utilizing a four-car invert per heat. Qualifying points and passing points will then determine the feature lineups for each group. The top four finishers from each group's A-Feature will lock into Saturday's Triple Crown finale. Group A qualifiers will occupy the inside positions, while Group B qualifiers will line up on the outside. All remaining competitors will be assigned to Saturday's Last Chance Qualifiers (LCQs) based on their preliminary-night points totals. In the event of a tie in points, qualifying time will serve as the tiebreaker. RESTRICTED & JUNIOR SPRINT PRELIMINARY NIGHT FORMAT Restricted and Junior Sprints will compete in a complete program on both Thursday and Friday nights, utilizing the standard POWRi/NOW600 $uper $eries format featuring group qualifying, heat races, and features. Following Friday night's competition, the top eight drivers in combined event points will lock into Saturday's Triple Crown finale. All remaining competitors will be assigned to Saturday's LCQs based on their combined preliminary-night points totals. Any ties in points will be broken by qualifying time. TRIPLE CROWN EVENT POINTS Qualifying: 50, 48, 44, 42, 40, 38, 36, 34, 32 Heat Races: 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11 Semi-Features: 35 points for non-transfers A-Feature: 100, 97, 94, 91, 88, 85, 82, 79, 76, 73, 70, 68, 66, 64, 62, 60, 58, 56, 54, 52 SATURDAY FORMAT Drivers who do not lock into Saturday's feature event through preliminary-night competition will have one final opportunity to make the show through the running of the LCQs. LCQs will be 12 laps or 12 minutes, whichever comes first. The number of transfers from each LCQ will be determined by the number of LCQs conducted for each class. Drivers who fail to transfer from their respective LCQ will be finished for the evening. The Saturday Triple Crown finale will feature 20 starters in each class. The complete running order and condensed format for the Triple Crown can be found in the official event format: https://www.powri.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=1181967 All POWRi/NOW600 RaceTech Titanium $uper $eries events will be streamed live on Start2Finish. For streaming access or to purchase an Express Pass, visit www.s2ftv.com. More information, including track specifics and driver details, can be found online at www.sweetspringsraceway.com or by following the facility on leading social media platforms. Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex is located at 12917 Saline 127 Highway, Sweet Springs, MO 65351. Entering its 14th season, the National Open Wheel 600 Series continues to sanction premier micro sprint racing nationwide. Headlined by the Factory Fourteen NOW600 National Series, the organization also includes multiple regional tours and sanctioned tracks. Each National Championship event features four 600cc divisions: Stock Non-Wing, Winged A-Class, Restricted, and Junior Sprints. Visit www.NOW600Series.com to find a race near you. Follow along for more information about POWRi, including race recaps, updates, full results, and press releases, at www.powri.com, on X and Instagram at @POWRi_Racing, or on Facebook at POWRi.