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Tuesday, 19 February 2019

EVENT INFO: TRI-STATE MIDGET OCT. 19, 2019

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, October 19, 2019

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, Indiana) – ¼-mile, high-banked dirt oval

 

EVENT:

“The Harvest Cup” featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, MSCS Sprint Cars & MMSA Mini Sprints

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 2:30pm Central, grandstands at 3:30pm, drivers meeting at 4:30pm and hot laps at 5pm.

 

TICKETS:

Adult general admission tickets are $25, students are $20 and age 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

10149 U.S. 41, Haubstadt, IN 47639

 

TRACK PHONE:

(812) 768-5995

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.tristatespeedway.com/index.php

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacing

Listen LIVE on the USAC app

Follow along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ & https://twitter.com/USACNation

Live timing on the Race Monitor & USAC apps

 

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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT

Formats may be altered from base formats listed here at the discretion of the chief steward.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

Two (2) laps to be run consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifying time.

 

HEAT RACES:

8 laps

Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 1-5 will transfer if three heats are held.

Cars finishing in positions 5th on back will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6th on back will start in the semi-feature event if three heats are held.

 

HEAT #1:

4 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 25, 29 and so on will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 19, 22 and so on will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #2:

Cars qualifying 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 26, 30 and so on will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 20, 23 and so on will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #3:

Cars qualifying 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 27, 31 and so on will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 21, 24 and so on will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #4:

Cars qualifying 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 28, 32 and so on will start behind invert.

 

C-MAIN:

If C-Main is run, the 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event.  The 15th fastest car in qualifying, and on back, that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the C-Main.  Top-4 finishers in the C-Main will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature based on their finishing order in the C-Main.

 

SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:

12-lap Race

Cars finishing in positions 5th on back in the heat races will be in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing in positions 6th on back in the heat races will be in the semi-feature if three heats are held.

Starting lineup will be determined by qualifying time.

4 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.

3 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event.

 

FEATURE EVENT:

30-lap race

22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)

4 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-4 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-6 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.

3 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-5 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-7 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.

Starting lineup: Starting positions determined by qualifying time, fastest at the front, with fastest six heat race transfers inverted in positions 1-6.

 

MIDGET TIRE RULES:

Right rear: SP2 or SP3

Left rear: D12 or harder

Right front: Hoosier

Left front: Hoosier

 

RACE OFFICIALS:

Chief Steward: Levi Jones

Race Director: Kirk Spridgeon

 

USAC MEMBERSHIP:

Must be a member to earn points

Must be a member to earn contingency awards

Member insurance is $200,000 excess medical

Visit www.usacracing.org for to apply for membership

 

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

 

MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.  PTS.   PURSE

1.        70       $3,000

2.        67       $1,500

3.        64       $1,000

4.        61       $750

5.        58       $600

6.        55       $500

7.        52       $450

8.        49       $400

9.        46       $375

10.      43       $355

11.      41       $325

12.      39       $315

13.      37       $305

14.      35       $295

15.      33       $290

16.      31       $285

17.      29       $280

18.      27       $275

19.      25       $275

20.      23       $275

21.      23       $275

22.      23       $275

Non-Transfers: $100