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EVENT INFO: ROCKET RACEWAY PARK - USAC SPRINTS - APR. 27, 2023

#12 Robert Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.) #12 Robert Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.) David Campbell Photo

 

 

UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Thursday, April 27, 2023

 

SERIES:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship

 

TRACK:

Rocket Raceway Park (Petty, Texas) – 1/4-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship (co-sanctioned by ASCS Elite Non-Wing), Limited/B-Mods & Factory Stocks

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 3pm Central, front gates open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 6:30pm and cars on track at 7pm.

 

TICKETS:

Adult general admission tickets are $35 for adults, $25 for senior & military, $10 for youth (age 6-12) and free for kids (age 5 & under).  Pit passes are $45 for adults and free for ages 3 & under.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

16369 US-82, Petty, TX 75470

 

TRACK PHONE:

(903) 689-3881

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

https://rocketracewaypark.com/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacing at  https://flosports.link/3Kdc2na

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

 

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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

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. If 30 cars or less, three heats will be held. If 31 cars or more, four heats will be held.

 

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 - Both new & old Hoosier Medium Right Rear tires are permitted

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.usaclicense.com to apply for membership

 

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

 

SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.   PTS.    PURSE

1         70       $6,000

2         67       $3,000

3         64       $2,000

4         61       $1,500

5         58       $1,200

6         55       $1,100

7         52       $1,000

8         49       $900

9         46       $850

10       43       $800

11       41       $775

12       39       $750

13       37       $725

14       35       $700

15       33       $675

16       31       $650

17       29       $625

18       27       $600

19       25       $600

20       23       $600

21       23       $600

22       23       $600

**Non-Transfers: $150