UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Sunday, June 20, 2021
SERIES:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK:
Bloomsburg Fair Raceway (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania) – 3/8-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
Eastern Storm featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & ULMS Late Models
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open on Sunday at 3pm EDT with spectator gates opening at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5:45pm and cars on track at 6:15pm.
TICKETS:
Adult admission tickets are $30, students are $20 and children 12 and under will be admitted free. Pit passes are $40.
TRACK ADDRESS:
620 West Third Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
TRACK PHONE:
Main Office: (570) 784-4949
Grandstand: (570) 387-4145
TRACK WEBSITE:
https://racing.bloomsburgfair.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/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
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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR 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.
In the event of over 36 cars in competition with a standard format, a split-qualifying format would be in effect. Cars in group one qualify into the first two heats, with cars in group two filling into the last two heats. From there, a standard format is followed with the overall qualifying seeds being meshed together, with the group including fast time taking all odd-numbered positions.
HEAT RACES:
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.
(If more than 36 cars)
8 laps. Cars in flight one qualify into the first two heat races, while cars in flight two fill the starting positions of the last two heat races. Top-6 fastest qualifying cars in each flight are inverted in each heat race. The fastest car in each heat 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.
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 4 heats are held. Cars finishing 6th on back will start in the semi-feature event if 3 heats are held.
(If less than 36 cars)
8 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.
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)
10 laps. 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 needed) 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:
30 laps. 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. 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. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).
SPRINT TIRE RULES:
Right rear: 105/18-15 Medium, Hard, F85A
Left rear: Hoosier
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 b-e a member to earn contingency awards
Member insurance is $200,000 excess medical
Visit www.usacracing.org to apply for membership
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $6,000
2 67 $3,000
3 64 $1,500
4 61 $1,250
5 58 $1,100
6 55 $950
7 52 $925
8 49 $900
9 46 $850
10 43 $800
11 41 $750
12 39 $725
13 37 $700
14 35 $675
15 33 $650
16 31 $625
17 29 $600
18 27 $600
19 25 $600
20 23 $600
21 23 $600
22 23 $600
**Non-Transfers: $150
**Non-USAC members deduct $100 from feature payout.
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NEW BLOOMSBURG DIRT TRACK DEBUTS SUNDAY WITH USAC EASTERN STORM FINALE
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (June 16, 2021)………The newest facility in Pennsylvania racing circles, and on USAC’s racing calendar, is having the finishing touches put upon it in preparation for this Sunday night’s 2021 USAC Eastern Storm finale at Bloomsburg Fair Raceway featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship on June 20.
It’s been 35 years since auto racing has been held at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds and Sunday will mark the first appearance of USAC at the track, which was formerly a half-mile, but is now a 3/8-mile dirt oval.
Construction started on the facility in January and, basically, using a clean sheet of paper, the grounds were completely revamped and upgraded from top to bottom, mixing the classic covered grandstand with modern amenities to create a top notch facility with no stone left unturned, literally. The clay has been screened, a big process mind you, but ideal in taking the time to do it the right way right out of the box.
“It’s a cool town with a great racing history and we’re really looking forward to Sunday,” USAC Executive Vice President Levi Jones said. “The wall and fence, scoreboard, tower, everything is new. It’s a great fairgrounds with bathrooms, concessions, grandstands and all new lighting. It’s perfect.”
It started with a clean sheet of paper, redoing the shape of the track that was there,” Jones added. “It’s awesome to have a place that’s building a track. We talk about tracks that are shutting down, forced to close or moved, but to have a place that’s revamping a track, that’s what we need.”
In January 2021, Jones and Randy Mausteller partook in the first ceremonial laps on the new Bloomsburg track in a sprint car and midget, respectively, the first laps turned at Bloomsburg since 1986. Since that point five months earlier, construction has been a constant at the track, albeit having to fight the elements of snow at first, and rain in the spring.
Kokomo Speedway General Manager Reece O’Connor has been brought in by the Bloomsburg Fair Raceway to prepare the racing surface leading up to the opener as well as on Sunday’s race day for the Eastern Storm closer.
Pennsylvania is well-known for its big half-mile dirt ovals, many of which are a half-mile in length. Bloomsburg will serve as a fairly unique track in the region in that sense with a more bullring type of feel for sprint car and midget racing.
The half-mile track surrounding the new 3/8-mile dirt oval remains and will still be utilized for horse racing and tractor pull events. The venue is used extensively for concerts during the fair, making it truly a multi-use facility in all facets.
Among the drivers competing with the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars at Bloomsburg on Sunday are a number of prior Eastern Storm champions: 2014-Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.), 2015-Robert Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.), 2017 & 2018-Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.) and 2019-C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) as well as 2021’s Eastern Storm opener Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.), plus Pennsylvania USAC Sprint Car winners Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Ala.), Chase Stockon (Fort Branch, Ind.), Tanner Thorson (Minden, Nev.) and Shane Cottle (Kansas, Ill.) along with 2018 USAC National Midget champ Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.)
Pennsylvania stars Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pa.), Alex Bright (Collegeville, Pa.), Timmy Buckwalter (Douglassville, Pa.), Steven Drevicki (Reading, Pa.) and Mark Smith (Sunbury, Pa.) will also be in the hunt, along with many others, to try to win one for the home crowd.
The first real test of at the track will come this Thursday night, June 17, with an open practice for Sprint Cars, Late Models, Dirt Modifieds and Winged 600 Micro Sprints from 5pm to 8pm EDT. Admission is free. Concession stands will also be open.
On race day this Sunday at Bloomsburg, the ULMS Late Models will also be in action alongside the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.
Pits open on Sunday at 3pm EDT with spectator gates opening at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5:45pm and cars on track at 6:15pm.
Adult admission tickets are $30, students are $20 and children 12 and under will be admitted free. Pit passes are $40.
All Eastern Storm events will be streamed live on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/3dgONXz.
This Sunday’s USAC Sprint race won’t be the only National event of the season at Bloomsburg. The USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship comes to the track on August 6 during Eastern Midget Week.