GRANT THE TOP POINT DRIVER ENTERING BC39 ON THURSDAY
Speedway, Indiana (August 19, 2021)………By charging from his sixth starting position to the victory in Wednesday’s fifth heat race, Justin Grant is the high-point driver heading into Thursday night’s Driven2SaveLives BC39 Powered By NOS Energy Drink finale at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Grant (Ione, Calif.) accumulated 150 points, besting the field of 71 drivers who competed in the eight heat races. The points will accordingly be used to create Thursday’s six qualifying race starting lineups.
All cars are eligible for Thursday's six qualifying races. Qualifying races will be 10 laps each with top-six starting positions inverted and the top point earner from Wednesday's heat races starting sixth. By virtue of being the driver with the most points, Grant will start sixth in the first qualifying race.
Total points from the Wednesday’s heat races and Thursday’s qualifying races will be added to set the feature starting lineup, along with transfers from the B-Main, C-Main and front of the D-Main races. The top-16 overall in accumulated points will start straight-up in the first eight rows of the feature.
D-Mains: 12 laps. Includes cars 45-71 in points. The top three finishers in each D-Main transfer into the C-Main.
C-Main: 15 laps. Includes cars 31-44 in points, plus the top three finishers from each D-Main. The top six finishers transfer to the B-Main.
B-Main (Semi-Feature): 20 laps. Includes cars ranked 17-30 in points, plus the top-six finishers from the C-Main. The top six finishers transfer to the night's A-Main feature event.
The 39-lap, $15,000-to-win A-Main feature will have 22 starters, plus two USAC provisional starters (if applicable) and two IMS options.
The main event will award feature points only toward the season-long USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship standings for all series-licensed drivers and entrants. Ten points will be awarded to all non-feature starting licensed drivers and entrants.
The event on the quarter-mile dirt oval inside Turn 3 at IMS will continue to honor late USAC champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson and increase awareness of and participation in the Indiana Donor Network and Driven2SaveLives.
On Thursday, August 19, the drivers meeting will take place at the USAC trailer at 3pm Eastern. Engine heat will begin at 4pm with hot laps hitting the track at 5pm and qualifying races beginning at 6pm.
Opening ceremonies will follow, then the program will immediately roll into the main feature events, starting with multiple 12-lap D-Mains, the 15-lap C-Main, the 20-lap semi-feature and the 39-lap main event.
Spectator tickets can be purchased directly at https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/usac/buy-tickets. Spectators are to enter the Indianapolis Motor Speedway via 30th Street.
Every lap of the BC39 will be aired live on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/2ZpafUr.
BC39 PASSING POINTS ENTERING THURSDAY:
1. (150.0) Justin Grant
2. (148.0) Logan Seavey
3. (148.0) Kyle Larson
4. (148.0) Thomas Meseraull
5. (140.0) Ryan Timms
6. (138.0) Daison Pursley
7. (136.0) Buddy Kofoid
8. (136.0) Spencer Bayston
9. (135.0) Kyle Cummins
10. (133.0) Jerry Coons Jr.
11. (131.0) Karter Sarff
12. (131.0) Chase Briscoe
13. (131.0) Brady Bacon
14. (130.0) Cole Bodine
15. (130.0) Tyler Courtney
16. (130.0) Aiden Purdue
17. (130.0) Corey Day
18. (129.0) Chris Windom
19. (128.0) Kaylee Bryson
20. (128.0) Cannon McIntosh
21. (125.0) Chase Randall
22. (124.0) Kevin Thomas Jr.
23. (123.0) Chase Elliott
24. (121.0) Bryan Stanfill
25. (117.0) Jason McDougal
26. (117.0) Daniel Robinson
27. (114.0) Ethan Mitchell
28. (114.0) Zeb Wise
29. (109.5) Tanner Berryhill
30. (108.0) Taylor Reimer
31. (105.0) J.J. Yeley
32. (104.0) Gary Taylor
33. (102.5) Shane Cottle
34. (101.0) Austin Barnhill
35. (100.0) Emerson Axsom
36. (100.0) Ronnie Gardner
37. (99.5) Zac Taylor
38. (95.5) Bryant Wiedeman
39. (95.5) Carson Garrett
40. (95.5) Maria Cofer
41. (95.5) Brenham Crouch
42. (93.0) Tyler Edwards
43. (91.0) Carson Kvapil
44. (91.0) Sam Johnson
45. (90.0) Hayden Reinbold
46. (90.0) Jacob Denney
47. (88.5) Tanner Thorson
48. (88.5) Glenn Waterland
49. (85.5) Conor Daly
50. (83.0) Hayden Williams
51. (81.5) Chance Crum
52. (81.0) Rylan Gray
53. (81.0) Ian Creager
54. (77.0) Blake Brannon
55. (77.0) Russ Gamester
56. (75.5) Jonathan Shafer
57. (74.5) Aaron Leffel
58. (74.0) Robert Bell
59. (74.0) Ryan Newman
60. (71.5) Billy Lawless
61. (68.5) Ben Varner
62. (68.5) Kameron Gladish
63. (67.0) Justin Dickerson
64. (66.0) Trevor Casey
65. (66.0) Jeff Wimmenauer
66. (66.0) Riley Kreisel
67. (65.5) Kevin Woody Jr.
68. (64.5) John Heydenreich
69. (63.0) Tommy Kouns
70. (63.0) Jeff Schindler
71. (63.0) Randi Pankratz