UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Friday, May 17, 2024
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink MidgetNational Championship
TRACK:
Belleville Short Track (Belleville, Kansas) – 1/4-mile dirtoval
EVENT:
Huncovsky Classic Night #1featuring USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship racing & USACSilver Crown practice
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 3pm Central. Frontgates open at 5:30pm. Drivers meeting at 5:30pm Hot laps start at 6:30pm,followed by qualifying and racing.
TICKETS:
General admission tickets &reserved tickets are $25.
General admission tickets &reserved tickets for ages 12 & under are $15.
One-day pit passes are $35. Two-day pit passes are $60.
TRACK ADDRESS:
608 O St, Belleville, KS 66935
TRACK PHONE:
(785) 527-2488
TRACK WEBSITE:
https://bellevillehighbanks.org/
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
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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
Formats may be altered from base formatslisted here at the discretion of the chief steward
QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifying is two (2) laps to berun consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifyingtime.
HEAT RACES
If 48 or more cars are inattendance, five (5) heat races will be held with the top-four (4) finishersfrom 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 heatrace transferring to the feature.
If 27 cars or less are inattendance, three (3) heat races will be held with the top-six (6) finishersfrom each heat race transferring to the feature.
10 laps. Top-6 cars are invertedin each heat race based on qualifying results. The fastest car starts 6th, the second fastest car starts 5th and soon. For the 4th row on back, cars willline 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 willstart behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 4, 7,10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 19, 22, and so on willstart 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 onwill 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 willstart 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 onwill 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 willstart 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 startbehind invert.
C-MAIN (IF NEEDED):
10 laps. The starting lineup will be determined by heat race finishes. The 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 startingpositions of the semi will be reserved for the fastest two (2) non-transfers.The starting lineup will be determined by heat race finishes from row two onback.
If three (3) heats were held, thetop-six (6) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
If four (4) heats were held, thetop-four (4) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
If five (5) heats were held, thetop-four (4) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.
FEATURE:
30 laps. Starting positionsdetermined by qualifying time, 6 fastest at the front, with the 6 fastestqualifiers who transferred through their heat races inverted by theirqualifying time in the first three rows, positions 1-6. If a heat race winner is not in the top-6inversion, that driver will line up directly behind the six-car invert, basedon their qualifying time, followed by the balance of the field based onqualifying time. 24 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).
MIDGET TIRE RULES:
Left Front: D12 or D15
Right Front: D12, D15 or D20
Left Rear: D12 or D20
Right Rear: SP3 only
**Right-rear tire will be stampedto be run during qualifications, heat race and feature.
**Changing tire will result inbeing put to the tail of feature. If atire is punctured, it must be verified by series official and replaced with aused tire.
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 isRequired
MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $4,000
2 67 $1,900
3 64 $1,200
4 61 $900
5 58 $800
6 55 $600
7 52 $500
8 49 $450
9 46 $425
10 43 $400
11 41 $375
12 39 $350
13 37 $340
14 35 $330
15 33 $320
16 31 $310
17 29 $300
18 27 $300
19 25 $300
20 23 $300
21 23 $300
22 23 $300
23 23 $300
24 23 $300
Non-Transfers: $100
