UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Grandview Speedway (Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania) - 1/3-mile, dirt oval
EVENT:
“Eastern Midget Week” featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & 358 Modifieds
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 2:30pm ET and front gates open at 5pm with the drivers meeting at 6pm and midgets on track at 6:20pm.
TICKETS:
Adult admission tickets are $28, children age 6 to 11 are $10 and children age 5 and under will be admitted free. The pit fee is $40 and a license is not required. Advance tickets are available by calling (443) 513-4456. Advance ticket holders may enter the grandstands early at 4:30pm.
TRACK ADDRESS:
43 Passmore Rd, Bechtelsville, PA 19505
TRACK PHONE:
(610) 754-7688
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.grandviewspeedway.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
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.
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)
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 in the semi-feature event. 12 laps. Finishers 1-6 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
2 67 $1,500
3 64 $1,000
4 61 $800
5 58 $600
6 55 $500
7 52 $450
8 49 $425
9 46 $400
10 43 $375
11 41 $350
12 39 $340
13 37 $330
14 35 $320
15 33 $310
16 31 $300
17 29 $300
18 27 $300
19 25 $300
20 23 $300
21 23 $300
22 23 $300
Non-Transfers: $100
