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EVENT INFO: VENTURA TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX - NOV. 26, 2022

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, November 26, 2022

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Ventura Raceway (Ventura, California) – 1/5-mile, dirt oval

 

EVENT:

81strunning of the ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & USAC West Coast / VRA Sprint Cars

USAC Midget practice on Friday, November 25.

 

STARTING TIMES:

Friday & Saturday: Pits open at 11am Pacific, drivers meeting at 2:30pm, grandstands open at 3pm and on track at 3:30pm.

 

TICKETS:

Friday: Adult general admission is $22. Senior/Military/Students are $18. Children under 12 are free. Pit passes are $45 for members & $50 for non-members.

Saturday: All tickets that are not reserved are $35. Reserved seats are $45 for ages 13 and older and $25 for ages 12 and under. Pit passes are $45 for members & $50 for non-members.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001

 

TRACK PHONE:

(805) 648-RACE

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.venturaraceway.com/index.html

 

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 NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET 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.

- Lock in top 10 from qualifications - will start straight up in the feature

 

QUALIFYING RACES:

- 3 qualifying races with the top 4 transferring to the Feature (12 laps)

- Cars finishing 5-10 in qualifying race go to the LCQ

- Finishers 11 on back in the qualifiers are finished for the night.

 

LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER:

- Top 4 in LCQ transfer to the A (15 Laps)

 

FEATURE EVENT:

98-lap race

26 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)

 

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       $10,000

2         67       $5,000

3         64       $3,500

4         61       $2,500

5         58       $2,000

6         55       $1,500

7         52       $1,200

8         49       $1,100

9         46       $1,050

10       43       $1,000

11       41       $950

12       39       $900

13       37       $875

14       35       $850

15       33       $800

16       31       $775

17       29       $750

18       27       $725

19       25       $700

20       23       $675

21       23       $650

22       23       $625

23       23       $600

24       23       $600

25       23       $600

26       23       $600

Semi-Feature Non-Transfers: $200

All Other Non-Transfers: $100