UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

DATE:

Saturday, May 1, 2021

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

TRACK:

Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, Indiana) – 1/4-mile dirt oval

EVENT:

Kokomo Grand Prix featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & Kokomo Sprint Cars

STARTING TIMES:

All gates open at 3pm ET, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and cars on track at 6pm.

TICKETS:

Adult general admission tickets are $20 & kids 12 and under are free.  USAC member pit passes are $30 apiece and $35 for non-members.

TRACK ADDRESS:

2455 N Davis Rd, Kokomo, IN 46901

TRACK PHONE:

(765) 459-3877

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.kokomospeedway.net/

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/ at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6.

Listen LIVE on the USAC app

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

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.

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)

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.  10 laps. 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:

Cars that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event based on their qualifying times.  12 laps. Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.

FEATURE:

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.  The fastest car starts 6th, the second fastest car 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 qualifying time, from fastest to slowest, followed by the balance of the field based on qualifying time. 30 laps. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).

MIDGET TIRE RULES:

Right rear: SP2 or SP3

Left rear: D12 or harder

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 be a member to earn contingency awards

Member insurance is $200,000 excess medical

Visit www.usacracing.org for to apply for membership

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.  PTS.   PURSE

1.        70       $4,000

2.        67       $1,500

3.        64       $1,000

4.        61       $750

5.        58       $600

6.        55       $500

7.        52       $450

8.        49       $400

9.        46       $375

10.      43       $355

11.      41       $325

12.      39       $315

13.      37       $305

14.      35       $295

15.      33       $290

16.      31       $285

17.      29       $280

18.      27       $275

19.      25       $275

20.      23       $275

21.      23       $275

22.      23       $275

Non-Transfers: $100