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EVENT INFO: WAYNE CITY - USAC MIDGETS - AUG 18, 2023

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UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Friday, August 18, 2023

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Wayne County Speedway (Wayne City, Illinois) – 1/8-mile, dirt oval

 

EVENT:

10th running of the Jason Leffler Memorial Presented By Peoples National Bank featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, Non-Wing Outlaw Micros, Restrictors & Junior Sprints

 

TICKETS:

Adult general admission tickets are $25. Kids 12 & under are free. Pit passes are $35 for members & $40 for non-members.

 

STARTING TIMES:

Grandstands open at 5pm Central, drivers meeting at 6pm and hot laps at 6:30pm with racing immediately following.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

South, IL-242, Wayne City, IL 62895

 

TRACK PHONE:

(618) 231-3603

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

https://www.racewaynecounty.com/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/40w7aPg

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

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. If 30 cars or less, three heats will be held. If 31 cars or more, four heats will be 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. 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:

40 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).

 

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

Visit www.usaclicense.com to apply for membership

 

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

 

MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.  PTS.   PURSE

1         70      $5,000

2         67      $2,500

3         64      $1,500

4         61      $1,000

5         58      $800

6         55      $700

7         52      $600

8         49      $500

9         46      $450

10      43      $400

11      41      $375

12      39      $350

13      37      $340

14      35      $330

15      33      $320

16      31      $310

17      29      $300

18      27      $300

19      25      $300

20      23      $300

21      23      $300

22      23      $300

Non-Transfers: $100