UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Saturday, October 29, 2022
SERIES:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Cars
TRACK:
Cocopah Speedway (Somerton, Arizona) – 3/8-mile, dirt oval
EVENT:
Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma 55th Annual Western World Championships Presented by Yuma Insurance and Avanti featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Cars along with IMCA Northern SportMods and IMCA Hobby Stocks
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 3pm Mountain Time with the grandstands opening at 5pm and hot laps at 6pm with qualifying and racing to immediately follow.
**Practice night on Thursday night, October 27. Free grandstand admission. Pit passes are $30 apiece. Pit party to follow courtesy of Yuma Auto and RV Center. Free rib tip meal with sides for anyone with a pit pass wristband.
TICKETS:
Advance tickets are on sale now at www.racecocopahspeedway.com
Adult general admission tickets are $35. Reserved tickets are $40. Pit passes are $40 for members. $45 for non-members.
$100.00 VIP Camping, Reserve Your Spot Online Under Friday Night Ticket Sales.
TRACK ADDRESS:
3450 W County 15th St, Somerton, AZ 85350
TRACK PHONE:
(928) 344-1563
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.racecocopahspeedway.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/3AMU46z
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.
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. 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: 105/16 Medium & H15
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 $10,000
2 67 $5,000
3 64 $3,000
4 61 $2,000
5 58 $1,500
6 55 $1,200
7 52 $1,100
8 49 $1,000
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
