UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Friday, September 22, 2023
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) – 1/2-mile, dirt oval
EVENT:
BeFour the Crowns featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, USAC Silver Crown Qualifying & the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars
STARTING TIMES:
6am-6pm: Showers open
10am: Turn One Camping load-in
11am: Main Gate Ticket Office opens (tickets, pit passes, & will call)
11am: Turn 4 Ticket Office opens (tickets & pit passes)
1pm: Turn 3 Race Registration opens (pit passes & media credential sign-in)
1:30pm: Turn 3 Pit Gate Opens
2pm: Spectator Gates open
2pm: Hillsides open for Lawn Chairs
6pm: Hot Laps begin
(All Times Eastern)
ORDER OF EVENTS:
World of Outlaws Hot Laps
World of Outlaws Time Trials
USAC Silver Crown Hot Laps
Midget Hot Laps
Midget Qualifying
Silver Crown Qualifying
World of Outlaws Heats
USAC Midget Heats
World of Outlaws Dash
World of Outlaws C-Feature
World of Outlaws B-Feature
USAC Silver Crown Qualifying Race
USAC Midget Feature
World of Outlaws A-Feature
TICKETS:
General admission tickets are $35 for adults and free for ages 12 and under. Reserved tickets are $40 for adults and $10 for ages 12 and under.
TRACK ADDRESS:
13929 OH-118, New Weston, OH 45348
TRACK PHONE:
(937) 338-3815
TRACK WEBSITE:
https://www.eldoraspeedway.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/3Kdc2na
Listen LIVE on the USAC app 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 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. 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:
25 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).
MIDGET TIRE RULES:
Left Front: D12 or D15
Right Front: D12, D15 or D20
Left Rear: D12 or D20
Right Rear: SP3 Only
**Right-rear tire will be stamped to be run during qualifications, heat race and feature.
**Changing tire will result in being put to the tail of feature. If a tire is punctured, it must be verified by series official and replaced with a used tire.
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
MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $5,000
2 67 $2,400
3 64 $1,400
4 61 $1,200
5 58 $1,000
6 55 $900
7 52 $800
8 49 $700
9 46 $600
10 43 $500
11 41 $400
12 39 $375
13 37 $350
14 35 $340
15 33 $330
16 31 $320
17 29 $310
18 27 $300
19 25 $300
20 23 $300
21 23 $300
22 23 $300
Non-Transfers: $100