UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Thursday, September 19, 2024
SERIES:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK:
Gas City I-69 Speedway (Gas City, Indiana) – 1/4-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
6th running of the James Dean Classic featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
STARTING TIMES:
Pit gates open at 2pm ET with the grandstands opening at 4pm, drivers meeting at 5:45pm and cars on track at 6:15pm with qualifying and racing immediately following.
TICKETS:
General admission tickets are $30. Kids 12 & under are free. Pit passes are $30 for members and $35 for non-members.
TRACK ADDRESS:
5871 E 500 S, Gas City, IN 46933
TRACK PHONE:
(765) 677-7223
TRACK WEBSITE:
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac
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
===================
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
If 48 or more cars are in attendance, five (5) heat races will be held with the top-four (4) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.
If 28-47 cars are in attendance, four (4) heat races will be held with the top-five (5) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.
If 27 cars or less are in attendance, three (3) heat races will be held with the top-six (6) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.
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.
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.
10 laps. Starting lineup will be determined by heat race finish from row two on back. Top-4 finishers of the C-Main will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature.
SEMI-FEATURE:
12 laps. The front row starting positions of the semi will be reserved for the fastest two (2) non-transfers. Starting lineup will be determined by heat race finish from row two on back.
If three (3) heats were held, the top-six (6) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
If four (4) heats were held, the top-four (4) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
If five (5) heats were held, the top-four (4) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
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. 24 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).
SPRINT TIRE RULES:
Right rear: 105/16 Medium & Hard
Left rear: SC12
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
Apply for Membership: https://usacracing.redpodium.com/2024-usac-circle-track-license-sprint---midget---sc
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
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
23 23 $500
24 23 $500