UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Friday & Saturday, February 8 & 9, 2019
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink National Championship
TRACK:
Bubba Raceway Park (Ocala, Florida) – 3/8-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
“Winter Dirt Games X” featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & USCS 360 Sprint Cars
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 3pm Eastern each day. Grandstands open at 5pm on Friday and 4pm on Saturday. Cars hit the track for engine heat at 6:30pm Eastern on Friday and at 5:30pm on Saturday. Cars on track: 6:30pm Eastern on Friday. 5:30pm on Saturday.
TICKETS:
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Practice Night: USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets & USCS 360 Sprint Cars
Pit Pass: $20
Friday, February 8, 2019
Race Night #1: USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets & USCS 360 Sprint Cars
Admission: $25 for adult grandstand tickets. $20 for kids (age 11-15) grandstand tickets.
Pit Pass: $35
Saturday, February 9, 2019
Race Night #2: USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets & USCS 360 Sprint Cars
Admission: $25 for adult grandstand tickets. $20 for kids (age 11-15) grandstand tickets.
Pit Pass: $35
TRACK ADDRESS:
9050 NW Gainesville Rd, Ocala, FL 34482
TRACK PHONE:
(352) 622-9400
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.bubbaracewaypark.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/
Listen LIVE on the USAC app
Following along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ & https://twitter.com/USACNation
Live timing on the Race Monitor app
“WINTER DIRT GAMES X” USAC MIDGET TENTATIVE ENTRY LIST:
0 Steve Buckwalter / Royersford, PA (Brian Buckwalter)
1 Karsyn Elledge / Mooresville, NC (Tucker/Boat Motorsports)
3c Tanner Thorson / Minden, NV (Tri-C Motorsports)
5 Kevin Thomas, Jr. / Cullman, AL (Petry Motorsports)
7BC Tyler Courtney / Indianapolis, IN (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
15 Cole Bodine / Rossville, IN (Petry Motorsports)
17BC Chris Windom / Canton, IL (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
19J Sam Johnson / St. Peters, MO (Reynolds/Jetson Motorsports)
19M Ethan Mitchell / Mooresville, NC (Bundy Built Motorsports)
20 Noah Gass / Mounds, OK (Randy Gass)
21 Karter Sarff / Mason City, IL (Steve Reynolds)
25 Jerry Coons, Jr. / Tucson, AZ (Petry Motorsports)
27 Tucker Klaasmeyer / Paola, KS (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
27z Zane Hendricks / Stillwater, OK (Zane Hendricks)
35 Sterling Cling / Tempe, AZ (Petry Motorsports)
39BC Zeb Wise / Angola, IN (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
47BC Andrew Layser / Collegeville, PA (Clauson/Marshall Racing)
57 Chase Jones / Greenwood, IN (Bill Ecker)
67 Logan Seavey / Sutter, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
67K Holley Hollan / Tulsa, OK (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
71 Jesse Colwell / Red Bluff, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
71K Tanner Carrick / Lincoln, CA (Keith Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian)
74M Adam Pierson / East Corinth, VT (Mancini/Manafort Racing)
76M C.J. Leary / Greenfield, IN (FMR Racing)
84 Chad Boat / Phoenix, AZ (Tucker/Boat Motorsports)
91T Tyler Thomas / Collinsville, OK (Tyler Thomas)
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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.
HEAT RACES:
8-laps
8 starters per heat race
Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 1-5 will transfer if three heats are held.
Cars finishing in positions 5-8 will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6-8 will start in the semi-feature event if three heats are held.
HEAT #1:
4 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 25 and 29 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 19, 22 and 25 will start behind invert.
HEAT #2:
Cars qualifying 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 26 and 30 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 20, 23 and 26 will start behind invert.
HEAT #3:
Cars qualifying 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 27 and 31 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 21, 24 and 27 will start behind invert.
HEAT #4:
Cars qualifying 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 28 and 32 will start behind invert.
SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:
12-lap Race
Cars finishing in positions 5-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing in positions 6-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature if three heats are held.
Starting lineup will be determined by qualifying time.
4 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.
3 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event.
FEATURE EVENT:
30-lap race
22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)
4 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-4 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-6 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.
3 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-5 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-7 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.
Starting lineup: Starting positions determined by qualifying time, fastest at the front, with fastest six heat race transfers inverted in positions 1-6.
MIDGET TIRE RULES:
Right rear: SP2 / SP3 / SP4
Left rear: D12 / D20
RACE OFFICIALS:
Chief Steward: Levi Jones
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: (FRIDAY & SATURDAY)
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $3,000
2 67 $1,500
3 64 $1,000
4 61 $600
5 58 $550
6 55 $525
7 52 $500
8 49 $475
9 46 $450
10 43 $440
11 41 $430
12 39 $420
13 37 $410
14 35 $400
15 33 $400
16 31 $400
17 29 $400
18 27 $400
19 25 $400
20 23 $400
21 23 $400
22 23 $400
