UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Saturday, July 13, 2024
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Jefferson County Speedway (Fairbury, Nebraska) – 1/5-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
Riverside Chevrolet Midwest Midget Championship presented by Westin Packaged Meats & Schmidt’s Sanitation featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship co-sanctioned by the Rocky Mountain Midget Association, plus the NOW 600/Jay-Husker Non-Wing and Restricted Micro Sprints
Free concert after the races both nights at the beer garden.
STARTING TIMES:
Gates open at 5pm Central, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and cars on track at 6pm, followed by qualifying & racing.
Practice will be held from 5-7pm Central on Thursday, July 13. Pit passes are $20, and grandstands are free. There will be a free Shrimp Boil/BBQ at the track campground at 8pm after practice for all race teams, fans, etc.
TICKETS:
General admission tickets to the event are just $30 for adults with High School students and younger just $5 each night. Two-night reserved seating is $50 and are available online at www.jeffersoncountyspeedway.com under the “Buy Tickets” tab.
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.
TRACK ADDRESS:
56885 PWF Rd., Fairbury, NE 68352
TRACK PHONE:
(405) 823-8095
TRACK WEBSITE:
jeffersoncountyspeedway.myracepass.com
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac
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 NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
Formats may be altered from base formats listed here at the discretion of the chief steward.
QUALIFICATIONS
No Qualifying
HEAT RACES
Heat race lineups will be based on the finishing order of Friday’s event. Friday night’s feature winner will receive the one seed with the second-place finisher getting the second seed, and so on. For Saturday, those seeds, in essence, will act as the official qualifying time.
The number one seed will line up in the 6th position of Saturday’s heat race one and the number two seed will line up in the 6th position of heat race two, and so forth. From there on, the “traditional” USAC format will take over.
If 48 or more cars are in attendance, five (5) heat races will be held with the top-four (4) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.
If 28-47 cars are in attendance, four (4) heat races will be held with the top-five (5) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.
If 27 cars or less are in attendance, three (3) heat races will be held with the top-six (6) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.
10 laps. The top-6 cars are inverted in each heat race based on seed. For the 4th row on back, cars will line up straight up, based on their seed.
HEAT #1:
4 Heats: Cars seeded 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 25, 29, and so forth, will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars seeded 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 19, 22, and so forth, will start behind invert.
HEAT #2:
4 Heats: Cars seeded 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 26, 30, and so forth, will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars seeded 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 20, 23, and so forth, will start behind invert.
HEAT #3:
4 Heats: Cars seeded 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 27, 31, and so forth, will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars seeded 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 21, 24, and so forth, will start behind invert.
HEAT #4:
Cars seeded 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 28, 32 and so forth, will start behind invert.
10 laps. The starting lineup will be determined by heat race finishes from row two on back. The top-4 finishers of the C-Main will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature.
SEMI-FEATURE:
12 laps. The top-seeded cars that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event.
If three (3) heats were held, the top-six (6) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
If four (4) heats were held, the top-four (4) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
If five (5) heats were held, the top-four (4) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
FEATURE:
40 laps. Starting positions determined by seed, top-6 seeds at the front, with the top-six seeds who transferred through their heat races inverted by their seed the first three rows, positions 1-6. The top seed starts 6th, the second-best seed 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 seed, from best seed to lowest seed, followed by the balance of the field based on their seed. 24 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).
MIDGET TIRE RULES:
Left Front: D12 or D15
Right Front: D12, D15 or D20
Left Rear: D12 or D20
Right Rear: SP3 only
**Right-rear tire will be stamped to be run during qualifications, heat race and feature.
**Changing tire will result in being put to the tail of feature. If a tire is punctured, it must be verified by series official and replaced with a used tire.
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
Apply for Membership: https://usacracing.redpodium.com/2024-usac-circle-track-license-sprint---midget---sc
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $10,000
2 67 $3,000
3 64 $1,500
4 61 $1,200
5 58 $1,000
6 55 $900
7 52 $800
8 49 $700
9 46 $650
10 43 $600
11 41 $575
12 39 $550
13 37 $525
14 35 $500
15 33 $500
16 31 $500
17 29 $500
18 27 $500
19 25 $500
20 23 $500
21 23 $500
22 23 $500
23 23 $500
24 23 $500
Non-Transfers: $100