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UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Thursday, June 2, 2022

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship                                                 

 

TRACK:

Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, Illinois) – 3/8-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, Late Models, HART Outlaw Non Wing Micros, LO206 Wing Karts & Jr. Sprints

 

STARTING TIMES:

The pits open at Noon Central, grandstands at 4pm, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and hot laps at 6:30pm.

 

TICKETS:

Advance tickets are on sale now at https://www.myracepass.com/events/414612/tickets/

All tickets are general admission.  Seating is on a first come basis.

Adults $30

Kids 12 & under FREE

Pit Passes: $35 for members & $40 for non-members

Kids Pit Pass (ages 6-12): $15

Children 5 & under FREE

 

Camping allowed (NO Hookups)

Camping Fee: $30 per night

Camping for the week: $100

All camping is on first come basis

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

5100 Nameoki Rd, Granite City, IL 62040

 

TRACK PHONE:

(618) 931-7836

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

https://www.tricityspeedway.net/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/ at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6.

Listen LIVE on the USAC app or on your computer at https://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

 

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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

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)

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. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals). 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.

 

MIDGET TIRE RULES:

Right rear: SP2 or SP3

Left rear: D12 or harder

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 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       $5,000

2         67       $2,000

3         64       $1,250

4         61       $1,000

5         58       $900

6         55       $800

7         52       $700

8         49       $600

9         46       $550

10       43       $500

11       41       $450

12       39       $425

13       37       $400

14       35       $375

15       33       $350

16       31       $340

17       29       $330

18       27       $320

19       25       $310

20       23       $300

21       23       $300

22       23       $300

Non-Transfers: $100