UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

DATE:

Saturday, October 28, 2023

SERIES:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship

TRACK:

Red Dirt Raceway (Meeker, Oklahoma) – 1/4-mile dirt oval

EVENT:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship (co-sanctioned by ASCS Elite Non-Wing Sprints), Sport Modifieds/B-Mods & Non-Wing Micros

STARTING TIMES:

Pit gates open at Noon Central with the grandstands opening at 4pm & cars on track at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following.

TICKETS:

General admission tickets are $35. High school students and younger are $10. Tickets are available online at www.reddirtraceway.com under the “Buy Tickets” tab and will be sold the day of the show as well.

All access passes (pit access & general admission seating) are available as well for $40 and available at the pit gate on the day of the show only. Pit passes for ages 5 & under are $10.

Tailgate area is $175 per carload(up to 8 people per car)

TRACK ADDRESS:

990871 S Hwy 18, Meeker, OK 74855

TRACK PHONE:

(405) 318-0198

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.reddirtraceway.com/

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacing at  https://flosports.link/40w7aPg

Listen LIVE on the USAC app 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.

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. If there are 30 cars or less, three heats will be held. If there are 31 cars or more, four heats will be 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. The 15th through 28th fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the C-Main.  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:

12 laps. The 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event. Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event if 4 heats were held. Finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event if 3 heats were held.

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: 105/16 Medium - Both new & old Hoosier medium right rear tires are permitted

Left Rear: Any Hoosier left rear tire is permitted (including SC12, RD Series & D Series)

Right Front: Hoosier

Left Front: Hoosier

RACE OFFICIALS:

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.usaclicense.com to apply for membership

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.  PTS.   PURSE

1         70      $10,000

2         67      $5,000

3         64      $3,000

4         61      $2,000

5         58      $1,500

6         55      $1,200

7         52      $1,100

8         49      $1,000

9         46      $950

10      43      $900

11      41      $850

12      39      $800

13      37      $775

14      35      $750

15      33      $725

16      31      $700

17      29      $700

18      27      $700

19      25      $700

20      23      $700

21      23      $700

22      23      $700

**Non-Transfers: $150