UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Friday, April 29, 2022
SERIES:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK:
Bloomington Speedway (Bloomington, Indiana) – 1/4-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
Larry Rice Classic featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, IMCA RaceSaver Sprints Cars & Hornets
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 4pm Eastern with the grandstands opening at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5:30pm & cars on track at 6:30pm with qualifying and racing to immediately follow.
TICKETS:
General admission tickets are $30 for ages 11 & up. General admission tickets are free for ages 10 & under with proof of age. Pit passes are $35 for ages 11 & up. Pit passes are $15 for ages 10 & under.
TRACK ADDRESS:
5185 S Fairfax Rd, Bloomington, IN 47401
TRACK PHONE:
(812) 824-7400
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.racebloomingtonspeedway.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6.
Listen LIVE on the USAC app on your phone or online at http://mixlr.com/usac-official/
Follow along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ & https://twitter.com/USACNation
Live timing on the Race Monitor app and USAC 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.
10 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)
10 laps. The 15th through 28th fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the C-Main. 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:
12 laps. The 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event. Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event if 4 heats were held. Finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event if 3 heats were held.
FEATURE:
30 laps. 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. 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, followed by the balance of the field based on qualifying time. 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:
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 $5,000
2 67 $2,500
3 64 $1,250
4 61 $1,000
5 58 $900
6 55 $850
7 52 $800
8 49 $775
9 46 $750
10 43 $725
11 41 $700
12 39 $675
13 37 $650
14 35 $625
15 33 $600
16 31 $575
17 29 $550
18 27 $525
19 25 $500
20 23 $500
21 23 $500
22 23 $500
**Non-Transfers: $150
