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EVENT INFO: HARVEST CUP - OCT. 10, 2020

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, October 10, 2020

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, Indiana) – ¼-mile, high-banked dirt oval

 

EVENT:

Harvest Cup featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, MSCS Sprint Cars & MMSA Mini Sprints

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 2:30pm Central, grandstands at 3:30pm, drivers meeting at 4:30pm and hot laps at 5:30pm.

 

TICKETS:

Adult general admission tickets are $25, students (age 13-18) are $20 and age 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

10149 U.S. 41, Haubstadt, IN 47639

 

TRACK PHONE:

(812) 768-5995

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.tristatespeedway.com/index.php

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6

Listen LIVE on the USAC app

Follow along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ & https://twitter.com/USACNation

Live timing on the Race Monitor & USAC apps

 

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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

10 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

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