UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Saturday, September 21, 2024
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink MidgetNational Championship
TRACK:
Eldora Speedway (Rossburg, Ohio) – 1/2-mile, dirt oval
EVENT:
42nd running of the 4-CrownNationals presented by NKTELCO featuring the NOS Energy Drink Midget NationalChampionship, USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, Kubota High LimitRacing Sprint Cars & the USAC Silver Crown National Championship
STARTING TIMES:
6:00am-6:00pm: Showers open
7:00am-11:00am: BreakfastAvailable (Turn 4 concession stand)
11:00am: Main Gate Ticket Officeopens (tickets, pit passes, & will call)
11:00am: Turn 4 Ticket Officeopens (tickets & pit passes)
11:00am: Turn 3 Race Registrationopens (pit passes & media credential sign-in)
11:00am: Grounds Cleared &Secured to prepare for Opening
Noon: Spectator Gates open
Noon: Turn 3 Pit Gate opens
3:00-4:00pm: Driver autographsession (Fan Zone)
5:00pm: Drivers meeting
6:00pm: Hot Laps begin
(All Times Eastern)
ORDER OF EVENTS:
High Limit Hot Laps
High Limit Time Trials
USAC Sprint Hot Laps
USAC Sprint Time Trials
USAC Silver Crown Practice
USAC Sprint Heats
High Limit Heats
USAC Midget Heats
USAC Sprint Semi
High Limit Dash
High Limit B-Feature
USAC Sprint Feature
High Limit Feature
USAC Midget Feature
USAC Silver Crown Feature
TICKETS:
Advance tickets are on sale nowat https://www.eldoraspeedway.com/event/42nd-4crown/
For ages 14 & up, generaladmission tickets are $40. Reserved seats are $45.
For ages 13 & under, generaladmission tickets are free. Reserved seats are $10.
Pit passes are $50 each night($85 for 2-night pit pass)
TRACK ADDRESS:
13929 OH-118, New Weston, OH45348
TRACK PHONE:
(937) 338-3815
TRACK WEBSITE:
www.eldoraspeedway.com
MEDIA COVERAGE:
WatchLIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac
Listen LIVE on theUSAC app or online at http://mixlr.com/usac-official/
Follow along withlive updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ & https://twitter.com/USACNation
Live timing on theRace Monitor app
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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
Formats may be altered from baseformats listed here at the discretion of the chief steward
QUALIFICATIONS
No qualifying.
HEAT RACES
8 laps. Heatrace lineups will be based on the finishing order of Friday’s event. Friday night’s feature winner will receivethe one seed with the second-place finisher getting the second seed, and soon. For Saturday, those seeds, inessence, will act as the official qualifying time.
Thenumber one seed will line up in the 6th position of Saturday’s heat race oneand the number two seed will line up in the 6th position of heat race two, andso forth. From there on, the“traditional” USAC format for a three heat race format will take over with thetop-six transferring/getting their qualifying time back from each of the threeheat races, etc.
HEAT #1:
4 Heats: Cars seeded 1, 5, 9, 13,17, 21 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 25, 29, and so on will startbehind invert.
3 Heats: Cars seeded 1, 4, 7, 10,13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 19, 22, and so on will startbehind invert.
2 Heats: Cars seeded 1, 3, 5, 7,9, 11 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 13, 15, and so on will startbehind invert.
HEAT #2:
4 Heats: Cars seeded 2, 6, 10,14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 26, 30, and so on willstart behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars seeded 2, 5, 8, 11,14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 20, 23, and so on will startbehind invert.
2 Heats: Cars seeded 2, 4, 6, 8,10, 12 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 14, 16 and so on will startbehind invert.
HEAT #3:
4 Heats: Cars seeded 3, 7, 11,15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 27, 31, and so on willstart behind invert.
3 Heats: Cars seeded 3, 6, 9, 12,15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 21, 24, and so on will startbehind invert.
HEAT #4:
Cars seeded 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24will start in inverted order. Cars seeded 28, 32 and so on will start behind 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: (If Needed)
12 laps. The 14 seeded cars that didnot transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in thesemi-feature event. Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event if 4 heatswere held. Finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event if 3 heats were held.
FEATURE:
25 laps. The fastest top-six“seeds” who transfer through the heats will occupy the first three rows ofSaturday’s feature, followed by heat race winners, then the balance of thefield based on their seeds, to set the starting lineup. 24 starting cars (notincluding 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 $15,000
2 67 $5,000
3 64 $2,500
4 61 $1,500
5 58 $1,200
6 55 $1,000
7 52 $900
8 49 $800
9 46 $700
10 43 $600
11 41 $500
12 39 $475
13 37 $450
14 35 $425
15 33 $400
16 31 $400
17 29 $400
18 27 $400
19 25 $400
20 23 $400
21 23 $400
22 23 $400
23 23 $400
24 23 $400
Non-Transfers: $100
