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EVENT INFO: VENTURA MIDGET NOV. 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 & Light Up the World Western States Midget Qualifying, Qualifying Races, Semi & Feature. USAC West Coast & VRA Sprint Car Heats, Semi & Feature.

 

STARTING TIMES:

TBA

 

TICKETS:

TBA

 

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

Following 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      

2          67      

3          64      

4          61      

5          58      

6          55      

7          52      

8          49      

9          46      

10       43      

11       41      

12       39      

13       37      

14       35      

15       33      

16       31      

17       29      

18       27      

19       25      

20       23      

21       23      

22       23      

Non-Transfers: $100