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January 28, 2013 at
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New Transfer / Line-Up Format Await Teams & Fans
Handicap System Designed To Create Balanced Competition
John
Lemon
OCRS
Public Relations
Tulsa Oklahoma (January 28,
2013) –
Officials from the Oil Capital Racing Series will invoke a new system in
how automatically transferred drivers from the qualifying heat races will line
up for the night’s main event. In addition, the number of cars from the heat
races transferring to the A Feature will change from 16 to 12. The dozen automatic
transferred cars that make the transfer to the feature will line up in an
inverted manner according to their “Feature Point Averages” beginning with the
second race of the 2013 season. The season opener will use the same format as
2012 so that drivers can establish their feature point averages. The “Pole
Dash” race that had previously determined the line up of the first three rows
of the A Feature has been eliminated.
“ We believe the new format will be an exciting system,” said
OCRS president Barry Grabel. “In researching this format carefully after Mike
Barros (OCRS technical inspector) first presented it, we have come to find that
this will be a system that will place our best teams in a position to work a
little harder to achieve their goals of winning an OCRS event while allowing
other teams a balanced opportunity to do the same.” Grabel added: “The fans are
sure going to like it because they will see just how good the best performers (based
on point averages) are when they have to start mid-pack at each event.”
Here is how the new
format will be implemented:
As
with past seasons, teams will draw a numbered pill for their starting positions
in the qualifying heat races.
The top 12 in passing points will automatically transfer to the A Feature. The
balance of the field will compete in one (or more) B feature’s.
If
21-27 cars sign in, there will be a single B Feature with the top 8
transferring to the A Feature. The transferred cars will line up in the order
they finished behind the 12 cars locked into the A feature.
If
28 cars or more cars sign in, there will be two B Feature’s with the top four
of each transferring to the A feature. The top 4 in the first B Feature will
line up on the inside row behind the A Feature locked in cars while the top 4
cars in the second B Feature will do the same on the outside row.
Point
averages on the A & B Feature finishes will be tracked after each event (Heat
race finishes arenot included in average calculation). Of the 12 “locked in”
drivers from the heat races, the driver with the highest feature point average will
start fully inverted in the front six rows. Thus if Racer X has the highest
point average of the 12, he/she will start outside row six. The rest of the
locked in dozen will be lined up likewise.
In
the event a driver does not have a feature point average due to being a first
time participant for the season, their heat race passing points earned
will be used as their ‘feature point average’ for that night’s features. Thus
if Racer X has 57.5 points from their heat race, they will be slotted into the
order of the other drivers who have established feature point averages. Unlike
a typical local track ruling, a first time participant DOES NOT have to
start at the rear of each race unless their initial pill draw and/or on-track
performance that night dictates such a starting position.
Tiebreakers
In
the event of a tie in heat race passing points, the driver earning the points first gets the position earned.
This includes a tie for the twelfth and final lock in position for the A
Feature.Examples:
If Racer X and Racer Y each earn 55 points in their heat race, the driver who
competed in the earlier heat race was the first driver to earn the points and
thus would get the nod for the position earned. If both drivers tied in points
were in the same heat race, the driver finishing ahead of the other is credited
with having earned the points first.
OCRS is working diligently to
provide the race teams with the utmost balanced and fairest competition
possible while providing the beloved fans of our series with the best
entertainment value in the marketplace today. We look forward in having a GREAT
season in 2013!
The
sounds of thunder are beginning to crackle in the distance…………………….“Get Ready”.
www.ocrsracing.com
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