UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Saturday, June 29, 2019
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Dirt Oval at Route 66 (Joliet, Illinois) – 3/8-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
“Summer Slash” featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions/Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint Cars
STARTING TIMES:
The parking lot opens at 3pm (Central), front gates at 3pm, pre-race party at 3pm, drivers meeting at 6:15pm and cars on track at 6:45pm.
TICKETS:
Ticket Info: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/8634947/summer-slash-410-sprints-midgets-nascar-wknd-joliet-the-dirt-oval
Adult general admission tickets are $25, children general admission is $10, reserved adult tickets are $30, adult pit passes are $40 apiece and children pit passes are $10.
TRACK ADDRESS:
500 Speedway Blvd, Joliet, IL 60433
TRACK PHONE:
(815) 740-8000
TRACK WEBSITE:
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/
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:
Two (2) laps to be run consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifying time.
HEAT RACES:
8 laps
8 starters per heat race
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 5-8 will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6-8 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 and 29 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 19, 22 and 25 will start behind invert.
HEAT #2:
Cars qualifying 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 26 and 30 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 20, 23 and 26 will start behind invert.
HEAT #3:
Cars qualifying 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 27 and 31 will start behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 21, 24 and 27 will start behind invert.
HEAT #4:
Cars qualifying 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 28 and 32 will start behind invert.
SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:
12-lap Race
Cars finishing in positions 5-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing in positions 6-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature 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 EVENT:
30-lap race
22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)
4 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-4 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-6 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.
3 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-5 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-7 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.
Starting lineup: Starting positions determined by qualifying time, fastest at the front, with fastest six heat race transfers inverted in positions 1-6.
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 $3000
2 67 $1500
3 64 $1000
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