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Monday, 25 November 2019

EVENT INFO: TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX - 11/28/2019

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Thursday, November 28, 2019

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Ventura Raceway (Ventura, California) – 1/5-mile, dirt oval

 

EVENT:

79th running of the “Turkey Night Grand Prix” featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink National & Western States Midget Qualifying, Qualifying Races, Semi & Feature. USAC West Coast & VRA Sprint Car Heats, Semi & Feature.

USAC Midget practice on Wednesday, November 27.

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 11am Pacific, drivers meeting at 2:45pm, grandstands open at 3pm, hot laps at 3:15pm, immediately followed by qualifying and racing events.

 

TICKETS:

All tickets that are not reserved are $35. Reserved seats are $45 for ages 13 and older and $20 for ages 12 and under. Pit passes are $50 each.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001

 

TRACK PHONE:

(805) 648-RACE

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.venturaraceway.com/index.html

 

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.

- Lock in top 10 from qualifications - will start straight up in the feature

 

QUALIFYING RACES:

- 3 qualifying races with the top 4 transferring to the Feature (12 laps)

- Cars finishing 5-10 in qualifying race to the LCQ

- Finishers 11 on back in the qualifiers are finished for the night.

 

LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER:

- Top 4 in LCQ transfer to the A (15 Laps)

 

FEATURE EVENT:

98-lap race

26 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       $6,000                          

2          67       $3,000

3          64       $2,000

4          61       $1,500

5          58       $1,250

6          55       $1,000

7          52       $900

8          49       $850

9          46       $800

10       43       $775

11       41       $750

12       39       $725

13       37       $700

14       35       $675

15       33       $650

16       31       $625

17       29       $600

18       27       $575

19       25       $550

20       23       $525

21       23       $500

22       23       $475

23       23       $450

24       23       $450

25       23       $450

26       23       $450

Non-Transfers: $100