**All cars draw for heat races. Hot Lap with Heat Race group.
**8-lap Heat Races accumulating finish and passing points (per the USAC system listed in rule book). Points based on lineup at original “one-to-go.”
**10-lap Qualifying Races (lined up from heat race points with top-six in each race inverted…high point man starts 6th in 1st Qualifier, etc.
**Top 16 in overall points transfer to feature, starting straight up.
**12-lap Semi-Feature lined up straight-up by overall points (17-all). Top 6 transfer to back of Feature.
**30-lap Feature. Provisionals added to the back.
**EVENT POINTS ACCUMULATED DURING THURSDAY’S PROGRAM AT THE “GOLD CROWN” ARE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN THE NIGHT AND HAVE NO BEARING ON LINEUPS FOR FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT'S PROGRAMS.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016
**Format is the same as Thursday.
**35-lap Feature. Provisionals added to the back.
**EVENT POINTS ACCUMULATED DURING FRIDAY’S PROGRAM AT THE “GOLD CROWN” ARE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN THE NIGHT AND HAVE NO BEARING ON LINEUPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT'S PROGRAM.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016
**All cars draw for heat races.
**8-lap Heat Races accumulating finish and passing points (per the USAC system listed in rule book). Points based on lineup at original “one-to-go.”
**10-lap Qualifying Races (lined up from heat race points with top-six in each race inverted…high point man starts 6th in 1st Qualifier, etc.
**Top 16 in overall points transfer to feature, starting straight up.
**12-lap Semi-Feature lined up straight-up by overall points (17-all). Top 6 transfer to back of Feature.
**40-lap Feature. Provisionals added to the back.
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UPCOMING USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS:
DATE: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, October 6-7-8, 2016
SERIES: USAC Midget National Championship
TRACK: Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, Illinois) – 3/8-mile, dirt oval
EVENT: “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” featuring the USAC Midget National Championship (Thurs.-Fri.-Sat.) and MOWA Sprint Cars (Fri.-Sat.)
STARTING TIMES: All three nights at Granite City, the pit area opens at 3pm with spectator gates opening at 5:30 and racing getting underway at 7.
TICKETS: General admission tickets are $20 on Thursday, $25 on Friday and $28 for the finale on Saturday. Kids 12 and under are FREE all three nights while pit passes are $35.
TRACK ADDRESS: 5100 Nameoki Rd, Granite City, IL 62040
TRACK PHONE: (618) 931-7836
TRACK WEBSITE:http://www.tricityspeedway.net/
MEDIA COVERAGE: Live updates onhttps://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ andhttps://twitter.com/USACNation and available on the Race Monitor app on your phone.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 - 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
TOTAL: $12,400
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016 - MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS PTS PURSE
1 70 $4000
2 67 $2000
3 64 $1125
4 61 $850
5 58 $750
6 55 $650
7 52 $600
8 49 $575
9 46 $550
10 43 $525
11 41 $500
12 39 $475
13 37 $450
14 35 $425
15 33 $400
16 31 $375
17 29 $350
18 27 $325
19 25 $300
20 23 $300
21 23 $300
22 23 $300
TOTAL: $16,125
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016 - MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS PTS PURSE
1 70 $5000
2 67 $2500
3 64 $1250
4 61 $1000
5 58 $900
6 55 $850
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
TOTAL: $21,450