USAC’S BUSIEST NOVEMBER EVER HAS ARRIVED!

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Speedway, Indiana (November 1, 2021)………At this juncture, late in the racing season, the racing world is nearing the completion of its year and looking forward to winding down the year down and ease into the offseason.

But that's not how the book on USAC's 2021 story will conclude.  In fact, the month November is full steam ahead with a record 14 USAC National events taking place in Arizona and California during a 24-day span between November 4 and November 27.

The slate features five USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship events and nine USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship showdowns.  The previous record for USAC National events held in November was 11 back in 2019 with six midget and five sprint car races on that year's docket.

Singularly, the most USAC National Midget events held in a single November is six in both 1989 and 2019.  A record six USAC National Sprint races took place in 2005, 2006 and 2015.

The five Sprint Car dates this month include three-straight nights at California’s Perris Auto Speedway on Nov. 4-5-6 for the 25^th Heimark Anheuser Busch Oval National Presented by All Coast Construction, followed by back-to-back evenings at Arizona Speedway on Nov. 12-13 for the 55^th annual Western World Championships Presented by San Tan Ford.

The run of nine Midget events begins at Arizona Speedway in conjunction with the sprints on Nov. 12-13, then it’s onto California for the final seven, starting at Bakersfield Speedway’s November Classic on Nov. 16, then three-in-a-row at Placerville Speedway for the Elk Grove Ford Hangtown 100 on Nov. 18-19-20, twice at Merced Speedway on Nov. 23-24, then the finale at Ventura Raceway on Nov. 27 for the 80^th running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix.

NUMBER OF USAC NATIONAL EVENTS HELD IN NOVEMBER:

1956: (3) 1 Stock, 1 Champ, 1 Midget

1957: (3) 2 Midget, 1 Champ

1958: (3) 2 Midget, 1 Champ

1959: (8) 5 Midget, 3 Stock

1960: (3) 1 Champ, 1 Midget, 1 Sprint

1961: (6) 4 Midget, 1 Champ, 1 Sprint

1962: (4) 2 Sprint, 1 Midget, 1 Champ

1963: (5) 2 Sprint, 2 Midget, 1 Champ

1964: (6) 2 Midget, 2 Stock, 1 Sprint, 1 Champ

1965: (7) 3 Midget, 2 Sprint, 1 Champ, 1 Stock

1966: (8) 4 Midget, 3 Sprint, 1 Champ

1967: (8) 4 Midget, 2 Champ, 2 Sprint

1968: (8) 4 Midget, 2 Champ, 2 Sprint

1969: (3) 2 Midget, 1 Champ

1970: (5) 4 Midget, 1 Champ

1971: (2) 2 Midget

1972: (5) 2 Sprint, 2 Midget, 1 Champ

1973: (5) 4 Midget, 1 Champ

1974: (4) 3 Midget, 1 Champ

1975: (7) 3 Sprint, 2 F5000, 1 Champ, 1 Midget

1976: (6) 4 Sprint, 1 Champ, 1 Midget

1977: (4) 2 Sprint, 2 Midget

1978: (3) 1 Sprint, 1 Stock, 1 Midget

1979: (2) 1 Midget, 1 Stock

1980: (3) 2 Midget, 1 Silver Crown

1981: (0)

1982: (1) 1 Midget

1983: (1) 1 Midget

1984: (2) 2 Midget

1985: (2) 1 Midget, 1 Supermodified

1986: (3) 3 Midget

1987: (6) 5 Midget, 1 Silver Crown

1988: (7) 7 Midget

1989: (6) 6 Midget

1990: (6) 5 Midget, 1 Sprint

1991: (4) 4 Midget

1992: (4) 4 Midget

1993: (4) 4 Midget

1994: (2) 2 Midget

1995: (3) 3 Midget

1996: (1) 1 Midget

1997: (3) 3 Midget

1998: (2) 2 Midget

1999: (2) 2 Midget

2000: (2) 2 Midget

2001: (2) 2 Midget

2002: (3) 3 Midget

2003: (2) 2 National Midget

2004: (3) 2 National Midget, 1 Sprint

2005: (7) 6 Sprint, 1 Midget

2006: (7) 6 Sprint, 1 Midget

2007: (8) 5 Sprint, 2 Midget, 1 Silver Crown

2008: (6) 3 Sprint, 2 Midget, 1 Silver Crown

2009: (8) 5 Sprint, 2 Midget, 1 Silver Crown

2010: (6) 4 Sprint, 2 Midget

2011: (5) 4 Sprint, 1 Midget

2012: (4) 2 Sprint, 2 Midget

2013: (6) 4 Midget, 2 Sprint

2014: (8) 4 Sprint, 4 Midget

2015: (7) 6 Sprint, 1 Midget

2016: (6) 5 Sprint, 1 Midget

2017: (7) 5 Sprint, 2 Midget

2018: (7) 5 Sprint, 2 Midget

2019: (11) 6 Midget, 5 Sprint

2020: (5) 5 Midget