UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Saturday, November 13, 2021
SERIES:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK:
Arizona Speedway (San Tan Valley, Arizona) – 1/3-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
54th annual “Western World Championships” presented by San Tan Ford featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship with the AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Cars, plus the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship.
PRACTICE STARTING TIMES:
Thursday, November 11: Open practice for sprint cars and midgets from 6:30-9:30pm MT. Pits and grandstands open at 3pm with a racer and pit crew appreciation BBQ in the pit area featuring free food and drinks set for 5-6pm.
RACE DAY STARTING TIMES:
Friday, November 12: Pits open at 1:30pm Mountain time, grandstands at 3pm, drivers meeting at 4:30pm and cars on track at 5:10pm.
Saturday, November 13: Pits open at 1:30pm Mountain time, grandstands at 3pm, autograph session from 4-4:35pm drivers meeting at 4:45pm and cars on track at 5:10pm.
TICKETS:
On race days, general admission adult tickets are $30, while kids 11 and under are just $10. Pit passes are $40 for adults and $15 for ages 7-12 and free for ages 6 and under. Western World tickets are on sale now at www.arizonaspeedway.net.
On practice night, adult pit passes are $30, kids 7-12 pit passes are $15 and kids 6 and under pit passes are $15.
TRACK ADDRESS:
47346 N Ironwood Rd, San Tan Valley, AZ 85140
TRACK PHONE:
(480) 926-6688
TRACK WEBSITE:
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/ at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6.
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 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
Qualifying is two (2) laps to be run consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifying time.
HEAT RACES
8 laps. Top-6 cars are inverted in each heat race based on qualifying results. The fastest car starts 6th, the second fastest car starts 5th and so on. For the 4th row on back, cars will line up straight up, based on their qualifying times.
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:
4 Heats: 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:
4 Heats: 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 Needed)
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. 10 laps. Top-4 finishers will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature based on their finishing order in the C-Main.
SEMI-FEATURE:
Cars that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event based on their qualifying times. 12 laps.
4 Heats: Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.
3 Heats: Finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event.
FEATURE:
Starting positions determined by qualifying time, 6 fastest at the front, with the 6 fastest qualifiers who transferred through their heat races inverted by their qualifying time in the first three rows, positions 1-6. The fastest car starts 6th, the second fastest car starts 5th and so on. If a heat race winner is not in the top-6 inversion, that driver will line up directly behind the six-car invert, based on their qualifying time, from fastest to slowest, followed by the balance of the field based on qualifying time. 30 laps. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).
SPRINT TIRE RULES:
Right rear: 105/18-15 Medium, Hard, F85A
Left rear: Hoosier
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 to apply for membership
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $7,500
2 67 $3,500
3 64 $2,000
4 61 $1,000
5 58 $950
6 55 $900
7 52 $875
8 49 $850
9 46 $825
10 43 $800
11 41 $775
12 39 $750
13 37 $725
14 35 $700
15 33 $675
16 31 $575
17 29 $550
18 27 $525
19 25 $500
20 23 $500
21 23 $500
22 23 $500
**Non-Transfers: $150
**Non-USAC members deduct $100 from feature payout.
