UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Friday, May 17 & Saturday, May 18, 2019
SERIES:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, Illinois) - 3/8-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
“River Town Showdown” featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & B-Mods
STARTING TIMES:
3pm: Registration and pit gates open
5pm: Grandstands and ticket office open
6:30pm: Hot Laps
7pm: Qualifying
7:30pm: Racing
(Central Time)
TICKETS:
Adult General Admission: $25
Children 12 & Under: FREE
Pit passes: Members $30/Non-Members $35
TRACK ADDRESS:
5100 Nameoki Rd, Granite City, IL 62040
TRACK PHONE:
Track Enterprises: (217) 764-3200
Tri-City Speedway: (618) 931-7836
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.tricityspeedway.net/
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/
Listen LIVE on the USAC app
Following along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ & https://twitter.com/USACNation
Live timing on the Race Monitor app
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR 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
8 starters per heat race
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 5-8 will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6-8 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 and 29 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 19, 22 and 25 will start behind invert.
HEAT #2:
Cars qualifying 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 26 and 30 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 20, 23 and 26 will start behind invert.
HEAT #3:
Cars qualifying 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 27 and 31 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 21, 24 and 27 will start behind invert.
HEAT #4:
Cars qualifying 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 28 and 32 will start behind invert.
SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:
12-lap Race
Cars finishing in positions 5-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing in positions 6-8 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.
SPRINT TIRE RULES:
Right Rear: 105 – 16/15 Medium or Hard (Choice is up to each competitor).
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 to apply for membership
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $6000
2 67 $3000
3 64 $2000
4 61 $1600
5 58 $1400
6 55 $1200
7 52 $1100
8 49 $1000
9 46 $950
10 43 $900
11 41 $850
12 39 $800
13 37 $775
14 35 $750
15 33 $725
16 31 $700
17 29 $675
18 27 $650
19 25 $625
20 23 $600
21 23 $600
22 23 $600
**Non-Transfers: $150
**Non-USAC members deduct $100 from feature payout.