UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

DATE:

Tuesday, November 21 & Wednesday, November 22, 2023

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

TRACK:

Merced Speedway (Merced, California) – 1/4-mile dirt oval

EVENT:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

November 21 Support Classes: IMCA Sport Mods & Hobby Stocks

November 22 Support Classes: Winged 360 Sprint Cars

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 2pm Pacific, drivers meeting at 4:30pm, grandstands open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5pm and hot laps at 5:45pm followed by qualifying & racing

TICKETS:

Advance tickets can be purchased at: https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/2102/tickets

November 21:

Adults 18 & Up: $20

Ages 55 & Up + Military & Juniors Age 11-17: $18

Kids Age 6-10: $5

Kids Age 5 & Under: Free

November 22:

Adults 18 & Up: $25

Ages 55 & Up + Military & Juniors Age 11-17: $23

Kids Age 6-10: $10

Kids Age 5 & Under: Free

TRACK ADDRESS:

900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Merced, CA 95341

TRACK PHONE:

209-600-8382

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.mercedspeedway.net/

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:

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).

MIDGET TIRE RULES:

Left Front: D12 or D15

Right Front: D12, D15 or D20

Left Rear: D12 or D20

Right Rear: SP3 Only

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      $4,000

2.       67      $1,900

3.       64      $1,200

4.       61      $900

5.       58      $800

6.       55      $600

7.       52      $500

8.       49      $450

9.       46      $425

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