UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

DATE:

Saturday, September 23, 2023

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

TRACK:

Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) – 1/2-mile, dirt oval

EVENT:

4-Crown Nationals presented by NKTELCO featuring the NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, All Star Circuit of Champions & USAC Silver Crown National Championship

STARTING TIMES:

6am-6pm: Showers open

7am-11am: Breakfast Available (Turn 4 concession stand)

11am: Main Gate Ticket Office opens (tickets, pit passes, & will call)

11am: Turn 4 Ticket Office opens (tickets & pit passes)

11am: Turn 3 Race Registration opens (pit passes & media credential sign-in)

11am: Grounds Cleared & Secured to prepare for Opening

Noon: Spectator Gates open

Noon: Turn 3 Pit Gate opens

Noon: Pit Pass upgrades in Fan Zone (near gate G6)

3-4pm: Driver autograph session (Fan Zone)

5:00pm: Drivers meeting

6:00pm: Hot Laps begin

(All Times Eastern)

ORDER OF EVENTS:

ASCoC Hot Laps

ASCoC Time Trials (multi-car)

USAC Sprint Hot Laps

USAC Sprint Time Trials (multi-car)

USAC Midget Hot Laps

USAC Silver Crown G/W/C Hot Laps

USAC Sprint Heats

ASCoC Heats

USAC Midget Heats

USAC Sprint B-Feature

ASCoC Dash

ASCoC B-Feature

USAC Midget A-Feature

USAC Sprint A-Feature

ASCoC A-Feature

USAC Silver Crown A-Feature

TICKETS:

General admission tickets are $40 for adults and free for ages 12 and under.  Reserved tickets are $45 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

No qualifying.

HEAT RACES

8 laps. Heat race lineups will be based on the finishing order of Friday’s event.  Friday night’s feature winner will receive the one seed with the second-place finisher getting the second seed, and so on.  For Saturday, those seeds, in essence, will act as the official qualifying time.

The number one seed will line up in the 6th position of Saturday’s heat race one and the number two seed will line up in the 6th position of heat race two, and so forth.  From there on, the “traditional” USAC format for a three heat race format will take over with the top-five transferring/getting their qualifying time back from each of the three heat races, etc.

HEAT #1:

4 Heats: Cars seeded 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 25, 29, and so on will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars seeded 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 19, 22, and so on will start behind invert.

2 Heats: Cars seeded 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 13, 15, and so on will start behind invert.

HEAT #2:

4 Heats: Cars seeded 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 26, 30, and so on will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars seeded 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 20, 23, and so on will start behind invert.

2 Heats: Cars seeded 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 14, 16 and so on will start behind invert.

HEAT #3:

4 Heats: Cars seeded 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 27, 31, and so on will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars seeded 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 21, 24, and so on will start behind invert.

HEAT #4:

Cars seeded 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 28, 32 and so on will start behind invert.

SEMI-FEATURE: (If Needed)

12 laps. The 14 seeded cars 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. The fastest top-six “seeds” who transfer through the heats will occupy the first three rows of Saturday’s feature, followed by heat race winners, then the balance of the field based on their seeds, to set the starting lineup. 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       $10,000

2         67       $4,000

3         64       $2,400

4         61       $1,500

5         58       $1,200

6         55       $1,000

7         52       $900

8         49       $800

9         46       $700

10       43       $600

11       41       $500

12       39       $475

13       37       $450

14       35       $425

15       33       $400

16       31       $400

17       29       $400

18       27       $400

19       25       $400

20       23       $400

21       23       $400

22       23       $400

Non-Transfers: $100