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EVENT INFO: BAKERSFIELD USAC MIDGETS - NOV. 15, 2022

EVENT INFO: BAKERSFIELD USAC MIDGETS - NOV. 15, 2022 A.J. Johnson Photo

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Bakersfield Speedway (Bakersfield, California) – 1/3-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

“November Classic” featuring USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets & California Lightning Sprints

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 2pm Pacific, gates open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5pm & cars on track at 5:30pm.

 

TICKETS:

Adult GA Ticket: $20.00

Senior 65+ GA Ticket: $18.00

Military GA Ticket (ID required) $18.00

Kids 6-12 GA Ticket: $10.00

Kids 5 & Under GA: FREE

Pit Pass Bakersfield Member: $50.00

Pit Pass Non-Member: $50.00

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

5001 N Chester Ext, Bakersfield, CA 93308

 

TRACK PHONE:

(661) 393-3373

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.bakersfieldspeedway.com/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacingat https://flosports.link/3AMU46z

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 and USAC 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)

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. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals). 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.

 

MIDGET TIRE RULES:

Right rear: SP2 or SP3

Left rear: D12 or harder

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.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