UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Saturday, November 22 & Sunday, November 23, 2025
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Merced Speedway (Merced, California) – 1/4-mile dirt oval
EVENT:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship (Saturday & Sunday)
Saturday, November 22 Support Classes: Winged 360 Sprint Cars
Sunday, November 23 Support Classes: Hobby Stocks & IMCA Northern SportMods
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 2pm Pacific, drivers meeting at 4:30pm, grandstands open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5pm and hot laps at 5:45pm followed by qualifying & racing
TICKETS:
Saturday, November 22:
Ages 18 and up are $25
Ages 6-17 are $10
Ages 5 and under are free
Sunday, November 23:
Ages 18 and up are $30
Ages 6-17 are $15
Ages 5 and under are free
TRACK ADDRESS:
900 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Merced, CA 95341
TRACK PHONE:
209-600-8382
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.mercedspeedway.net/
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 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 41 or more cars are in competition, five (5) heat races will be held with the top four (4) finishers transferring to the feature.
If 28-40 cars are in attendance during an event on a track under a half mile in length, four (4) heat races will be held with the top five (5) finishers transferring out of each heat.
If 27 cars or less are in attendance during an event on a track under a half mile in length, three (3) heat races will be held with the top six (6) finishers transferring out of each heat.
8 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.
C-MAIN (IF NEEDED):
10 laps. Starting lineup will be determined by heat race finish. 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. The starting lineup will be determined by heat race finishes 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).
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 stamped to be run during qualifications, heat race and feature.
**Changing tire will result in being put to the tail of feature. If a tire is punctured, it must be verified by series official and replaced with a used 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
Visit https://www.unitedstatesautoclub.com/memberships/ to apply for membership
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $5,000
2 67 $2,000
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
