UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Saturday, July 1, 2023
SERIES:
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship
TRACK:
Lincoln Park Speedway (Putnamville, Indiana) – 5/16-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
9th annual IndianaOpenWheel.com Bill Gardner Sprintacular featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship co-sanctioned by the Midwest Sprint Car Series, plus the Midwest Mini Sprint Association, Super Stocks and Bombers.
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 2pm Eastern with the front gates opening at 4:30pm and hot laps at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following.
TICKETS:
General admission tickets are $30, kids 10 and under are free. Pit passes are $40 with kids 10 and under free.
TRACK ADDRESS:
1051 West US Highway 40, Putnamville, IN 46135
TRACK PHONE:
(765) 653-1512
TRACK WEBSITE:
https://www.lincolnparkspeedway.com/
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/3Kdc2na
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 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
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. If there are 30 cars or less, three heats will be held. If there are 31 cars or more, four heats will be held.
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.
C-MAIN (IF NEEDED):
10 laps. The 15th through 28th fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the C-Main. Top-4 finishers will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature based on their finishing order in the C-Main.
SEMI-FEATURE:
$200-to-win. 12 laps. The 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event. Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event if 4 heats were held. Finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event if 3 heats were held.
FEATURE:
40 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. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).
SPRINT TIRE RULES:
Right Rear: 105/16 Medium - Both new & old Hoosier Medium Right Rear tires are permitted.
Left Rear: Hoosier
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
Visit www.usaclicense.com to apply for membership
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $10,000
2 67 $4,000
3 64 $2,000
4 61 $1,400
5 58 $1,200
6 55 $1,000
7 52 $950
8 49 $900
9 46 $850
10 43 $800
11 41 $775
12 39 $750
13 37 $725
14 35 $700
15 33 $675
16 31 $650
17 29 $625
18 27 $600
19 25 $600
20 23 $600
21 23 $600
22 23 $600
**Non-Transfers: $150
