UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Tuesday, July 21, 2020
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Red Dirt Raceway (Meeker, Oklahoma) – ¼-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
“Tuesday Night Thunder” featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & the NOW600 Non-Wing Micro Sprints.
STARTING TIMES:
Gates open at 5pm (Central), drivers meeting at 5:45pm and hot laps at 6:30pm with racing to follow.
TICKETS:
Adult general admission tickets are $25. High school students and younger are $5 (must show student ID). Kids age 5 and under are free. The tailgate area is $120 per carload (limit 8 and they must be in the vehicle and only one ice chest per vehicle). Pit passes are $35 for adults, and $10 for children age 5 and younger.
TRACK ADDRESS:
990871 S Hwy 18, Meeker, OK 74855
TRACK PHONE:
(405) 318-0198
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.reddirtraceway.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6
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
Qualifying is two (2) laps to be run consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifying time.
HEAT RACES
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. 10 laps.
4 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event.
3 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-5 will transfer to the feature event.
C-MAIN: (If Needed)
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. 10 laps. 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:
The 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up based on their qualifying time in the semi-feature event. 12 laps.
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:
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. The fastest car starts 6th, the second fastest car starts 5th and so on. 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. 30 laps. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).
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:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $3,000
2 67 $1,500
3 64 $1,000
4 61 $750
5 58 $600
6 55 $500
7 52 $450
8 49 $400
9 46 $375
10 43 $355
11 41 $325
12 39 $315
13 37 $305
14 35 $295
15 33 $290
16 31 $285
17 29 $280
18 27 $275
19 25 $275
20 23 $275
21 23 $275
22 23 $275
Non-Transfers: $100
