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EVENT INFO: OCALA USAC SPRINTS - FEB. 16-17, 2023

EVENT INFO: OCALA USAC SPRINTS - FEB. 16-17, 2023 Max Dolder Photo

UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 16 & Friday, February 17, 2023

 

SERIES:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship

 

TRACK:

Bubba Raceway Park (Ocala, Florida) – 3/8-mile dirt tri-oval

 

EVENT:

Winter Dirt Games XIV featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 3pm ET, front gates open at 5pm and cars on track at 6:15pm with qualifying and racing immediately following.

 

WEDNESDAY PRACTICE INFO:

On track from 6-9pm Eastern. Grandstands are free. Pit passes are $20 apiece.

 

TICKETS:

Adult general admission tickets are $30 & kids 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $35 for members & $40 for non-members.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

9050 NW Gainesville Rd, Ocala, FL 34482

 

TRACK PHONE:

(352) 622-9400

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.bubbaracewaypark.com/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacing at 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 AMSOIL SPRINT CAR 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

8 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. 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).

 

SPRINT TIRE RULES:

Right rear: 105/16 Medium

Left rear: Hoosier

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 to apply for membership

 

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

 

SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE: (THURSDAY & FRIDAY)

POS.   PTS.    PURSE

1         70       $5,000

2         67       $2,500

3         64       $1,500

4         61       $1,250

5         58       $1,000

6         55       $900

7         52       $800

8         49       $775

9         46       $750

10       43       $725

11       41       $700

12       39       $675

13       37       $650

14       35       $625

15       33       $600

16       31       $575

17       29       $550

18       27       $525

19       25       $500

20       23       $500

21       23       $500

22       23       $500

**Non-Transfers: $150