UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Saturday, October 10, 2020
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Tri-State Speedway (Haubstadt, Indiana) – ¼-mile, high-banked dirt oval
EVENT:
Harvest Cup featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, MSCS Sprint Cars & MMSA Mini Sprints
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 2:30pm Central, grandstands at 3:30pm, drivers meeting at 4:30pm and hot laps at 5:30pm.
TICKETS:
Adult general admission tickets are $25, students (age 13-18) are $20 and age 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $30 apiece.
TRACK ADDRESS:
10149 U.S. 41, Haubstadt, IN 47639
TRACK PHONE:
(812) 768-5995
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.tristatespeedway.com/index.php
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://bit.ly/3frPoW6
Listen LIVE on the USAC app
Follow along with live updates on https://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ & https://twitter.com/USACNation
Live timing on the Race Monitor & USAC apps
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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
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.
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)
The 15th fastest car in qualifying, and on back, that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the C-Main. 10 laps. 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:
The 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event. 12 laps. Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.
FEATURE:
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. The fastest car starts 6th, the second fastest car starts 5th and so on. 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. 30 laps. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).
MIDGET TIRE RULES:
Right rear: SP2 or SP3
Left rear: D12 or harder
Right front: Hoosier
Left front: Hoosier
RACE OFFICIALS:
Chief Steward: Levi Jones
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.usacracing.org for to apply for membership
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1. 70 $3,000
2. 67 $1,500
3. 64 $1,000
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
Non-Transfers: $100
