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Saturday, 8 February 2020

EVENT INFO: OCALA USAC MIDGETS - 2/8/2020

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, February 8, 2020

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Bubba Raceway Park (Ocala, Florida) – 3/8-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

Winter Dirt Games XI featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & Sunoco Southern Fuels Gladiators

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 4pm Eastern, grandstands open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 6pm and hot laps at 6:30pm.

 

TICKETS:

Admission: $25 for adult grandstand tickets. $20 for kids (age 11-15) grandstand tickets. Pit Pass: $35

 

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 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.

 

HEAT RACES:

8 laps

If there are 30 cars or less, three heat race events will be conducted.  If there are 31 or more cars in attendance, four heat races will be conducted.

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 5th on back will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6th on back 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, 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)

If C-Main is run, the 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event.  The 15th fastest car in qualifying, and on back, that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the C-Main.  Top-4 finishers in the C-Main will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature based on their finishing order in the C-Main.

 

SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:

12 laps

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 5th on back will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6th on back will start in the semi-feature event 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 laps

22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)

First three rows are determined by qualifying time, fastest at the front, with the fastest six heat race transfers inverted in positions 1-6.  If a heat race winner is not in the top-6 inversion, he or she will line up directly behind the six-car invert, straight up by qualifying time, followed by the balance of the field based on qualifying time.

 

MIDGET TIRE RULES:

Right rear: SP2 or SP3

Left rear: D12 or harder

Right front: Hoosier

Left front: Hoosier

 

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

Non-Transfers: $100