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EVENT INFO: VENTURA USAC MIDGETS - NOV 30, 2024

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, November 30, 2024

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Ventura Raceway (Ventura, California) – 1/5-mile, dirt oval

 

EVENT:

83rd running of the ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix Presented by the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & 360 Sprint Cars

USAC Midget practice on Friday, November 29.

 

STARTING TIMES:

Friday & Saturday: Pits open at 11am Pacific, drivers meeting at 2:30pm, grandstands open at 3pm and on track at 3:30pm.

 

TICKETS:

Advance tickets on sale at www.venturaraceway.com

Friday: Adult general admission is $22. Senior/Military/Students are $18. Children under 12 are free. Pit passes are $45 for members & $50 for non-members.

Saturday: All tickets that are not reserved are $35. Reserved seats are $45 for ages 13 and older and $25 for ages 12 and under. Pit passes are $45 for members & $50 for non-members.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001

 

TRACK PHONE:

(805) 648-RACE

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

https://venturaraceway.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:

Two (2) laps to be run consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifying time.

- Lock in top 10 from qualifications - will start straight up in the feature

 

QUALIFYING RACES:

- 3 qualifying races with the top 4 transferring to the Feature (12 laps)

- Cars finishing 5-10 in qualifying race go to the LCQ

- Finishers 11 on back in the qualifiers are finished for the night.

 

LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER:

- Top 4 in LCQ transfer to the A (15 Laps)

 

FEATURE EVENT:

98-lap race

26 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          $5,000

3            64          $4,000

4            61          $3,000

5            58          $2,500

6            55          $2,000

7            52          $1,500

8            49          $1,200

9            46          $1,150

10          43          $1,100

11          41          $1,050

12          39          $1,000

13          37          $950

14          35          $925

15          33          $900

16          31          $875

17          29          $850

18          27          $825

19          25          $800

20          23          $775

21          23          $750

22          23          $750

23          23          $750

24          23          $750

25          23          $750

26          23          $750

Semi-Feature Non-Transfers: $200

All Other Non-Transfers: $125