UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Sunday, August 22, 2021
SERIES:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK:
Paragon Speedway (Paragon, Indiana) – 3/8-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & the Midwest Mini Sprint Association
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 2:30pm ET, grandstands at 3:30pm, drivers meeting at 4:30pm and hot laps at 5pm.
TICKETS:
General admission tickets are $25 while children age 10 and under are free. USAC Member pit passes are $25 apiece & $30 for non-members, with kids age 10 and under $15.
TRACK ADDRESS:
8486 Old State Rd 67, Paragon, IN 46166
TRACK PHONE:
(765) 537-2366
TRACK WEBSITE:
https://www.paragonspeedway.com/main.htm
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6.
Listen LIVE on the USAC app on your phone 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.
In the event of over 36 cars in competition with a standard format, a split-qualifying format would be in effect. Cars in group one qualify into the first two heats, with cars in group two filling into the last two heats. From there, a standard format is followed with the overall qualifying seeds being meshed together, with the group including fast time taking all odd-numbered positions.
HEAT RACES:
If there are 30 cars or less, three heat race events will be conducted. If there are 31 or more cars in attendance, four heat races will be conducted.
(If more than 36 cars)
10 laps. Cars in flight one qualify into the first two heat races, while cars in flight two fill the starting positions of the last two heat races. Top-6 fastest qualifying cars in each flight are inverted in each heat race. The fastest car in each heat 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.
Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 1-5 will transfer if three heats are held.
Cars finishing in positions 5th on back will start in the semi-feature event if 4 heats are held. Cars finishing 6th on back will start in the semi-feature event if 3 heats are held.
(If less than 36 cars)
10 laps. Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 1-5 will transfer if three heats are held.
Cars finishing in positions 5th on back will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6th on back will start in the semi-feature event if three heats are 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. If C-Main is run, the 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event. The 15th fastest car in qualifying, and on back, that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the C-Main. Top-4 finishers in the C-Main will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature based on their finishing order in the C-Main.
SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:
12 laps
Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 1-5 will transfer if three heats are held.
Cars finishing in positions 5th on back will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6th on back will start in the semi-feature event (if needed) if three heats are held.
Starting lineup will be determined by qualifying time.
4 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.
3 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event.
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: 105/18-15 Medium, Hard, F85A
Left rear: Hoosier
Right front: Hoosier
Left front: Hoosier
RACE OFFICIALS:
Chief Steward: Levi Jones
Race Director: Kirk Spridgeon
USAC MEMBERSHIP:
Must be a member to earn points
Must b-e a member to earn contingency awards
Member insurance is $200,000 excess medical
Visit www.usacracing.org to apply for membership
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $5,000
2 67 $2,500
3 64 $1,250
4 61 $1,000
5 58 $900
6 55 $850
7 52 $800
8 49 $775
9 46 $750
10 43 $725
11 41 $700
12 39 $675
13 37 $650
14 35 $625
15 33 $600
16 31 $575
17 29 $550
18 27 $525
19 25 $500
20 23 $500
21 23 $500
22 23 $500
**Non-Transfers: $150
**Non-USAC members deduct $100 from feature payout.
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PARAGON SPEEDWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS:
3-Steve Butler
2-Jack Hewitt & Jon Stanbrough
1-Chuck Amati, Kevin Briscoe, Derek Davidson, Brad Doty, Joe Gaerte, Rick Hood, Kelly Kinser, Sheldon Kinser, Bill Rose, Ken Schrader, Kevin Thomas & Rich Vogler
PARAGON SPEEDWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINNERS:
1981: Rick Hood (9/9)
1982: Chuck Amati (5/15) & Rich Vogler (7/28)
1983: Ken Schrader (4/17), Jack Hewitt (7/27) & Kelly Kinser (9/15)
1984: Steve Butler (7/19) & Steve Butler (8/15)
1985: Sheldon Kinser (7/3)
1987: Steve Butler (8/29)
1988: Brad Doty (5/7) & Joe Gaerte (9/9)
1994: Kevin Thomas (6/4)
1995: Jack Hewitt (7/8)
1996: Jon Stanbrough (7/6) & Jon Stanbrough (7/27)
1997: Kevin Briscoe (7/5) & Bill Rose (7/26)
1998: Derek Davidson (7/25)
TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS AT PARAGON SPEEDWAY
1 Lap - 7/27/1996 - Mark Cassella - 14.886 - 90.689 mph
6 Laps - 8/15/1984 - Leon Thickstun - 1:36.130 - 84.261 mph
8 Laps - 7/19/1984 - Sheldon Kinser - 2:06.560 - 85.335 mph
10 Laps - 7/27/1983 - Bill Tyler - 2:44.670 - 81.982 mph
12 Laps - 7/6/1996 - Kevin Thomas - 3:30.760 - 76.865 mph
30 Laps - 7/28/1982 - Rich Vogler - 12:01.780 - 56.111 mph
