SHAMROCK CLASSIC FORMAT IN DETAIL
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Du Quoin, Illinois (March 9, 2022)………With an extra night of racing added to the festivities for this weekend’s Shamrock Classic USAC Special Event at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, the format will inherently take on a different look.
Friday’s program will consist of heat races lined up by a draw with points being the name of the game based on finishing position and passing points. Those points will line up the subsequent two semi-features and the 40-lap feature, which pays $2,000-to-win.
On Saturday, it’s another complete racing program. However, the points will carry over from Friday to set the lineups for the qualifying races. Points will be tabulated once more and those will determine the lineups for the C-Main, Semi-Feature and the feature, which culminates with a $10,000 payday for the victor of the 50-lap feature.
Both races are considered non-points special events for the USAC Midgets, meaning zero points will be awarded toward the national championship as the field vies for the pot of gold trophy and the checks.
Forty-two cars and drivers are entered for the Shamrock Classic, including two past winners in the field – Ione, California’s Justin Grant (2017) and Bixby, Oklahoma’s Cannon McIntosh (2019).
Here’s how the details shake out for each night of racing.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2022
HOT LAPS:
· By heat race.
HEAT RACES:
· 10 laps.
· Lined up by draw.
· Top-14 overall in points after the heat races are locked into Friday night’s feature.
Heat Race/Qualifying Race Points Chart Below
SEMI-FEATURES:
· 12 laps each.
· Lined up straight-up based on heat race points. Those ranked 15th on back in points will comprise each of the two semi-features. Odd-point cars (15, 17, 19, etc.) will be in the first semi-feature and even-point cars (16, 18, 20, etc.) will be in the second semi-feature.
· The top-3 finishers in each semi-feature will transfer to the feature.
SEMI-FEATURE POINTS:
· The first non-transfer in each semi-feature will earn 60 points with 2nd place earning 58 and decreasing by 2 points through the balance of the field.
FEATURE:
· 40 laps.
· Rows 1-7 will be lined up straight-up based on overall points earned, followed by semi-feature transfers starting in their finishing order. First semi-feature transfers will start on the inside of rows 8, 9 & 10. Second semi-feature transfers will start on the outside of rows 8, 9 & 10.
FEATURE POINTS:
· 100 for 1st, 98 for 2nd, 96 for 3rd and decreases by 2 for each position throughout the balance of the field. The last place finisher earns 62 points.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022
HOT LAPS:
· By qualifying race.
QUALIFYING RACES:
· 12 laps.
· Lined up by Friday’s overall points with the top-6 starting positions inverted in each qualifying race.
· Top-14 overall in combined points after the qualifying races are locked into the feature.
C-MAIN:
· 12 laps.
· Cars 29th on back in points will lineup straight-up based on overall points followed by the 4 C-Main transfers.
· Top-4 finishers transfer to the tail of the semi-feature.
SEMI-FEATURE:
· 15 laps.
· Cars 15-28 in points will lineup straight-up based on overall points followed by the 4 C-Main transfers starting in their finishing order.
· Top-6 finishers transfer to the tail of the feature.
FEATURE:
· 50 laps.
· Lined up straight-up based on overall points earned from both nights combined, followed by the 6 semi-feature transfers in their finishing order.
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The Shamrock Classic encompasses back-to-back evenings of USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget racing with two complete programs across two nights with a 40-lap, $2,000-to-win midget feature on Friday night and culminating with Saturday’s $10,000-to-win, 50-lap A-Main.
Both races are considered non-points special events for the USAC Midgets, meaning zero points will be awarded toward the national championship as the field vies for the pot of gold trophy and the checks.
On Friday, March 11, the building opens at Noon Central time with the stands opening at 4pm, drivers meeting at 5pm, with cars on track at 5:30.
On Saturday, March 12, the building opens at Noon Central time with the midget drivers meeting starts at 3:30pm, followed by hot laps and racing at 4pm. Tickets and pit passes will also be available at the door both days.
Shamrock Classic tickets are on sale now at ShamrockClassicDuQuoin.com. Tickets and pit passes will also be available at the door both days.
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SHAMROCK CLASSIC MIDGET ENTRY LIST: (42 ENTRIES)
0 CAM HORTON/High Ridge, MO (Zero Moto)
00 RYAN TIMMS/Oklahoma City, OK (Grady Chandler Racing)
06 RYLAN GRAY/Greenfield, IN (Gray Racing)
08 CANNON McINTOSH/Bixby, OK (Dave Mac-Dalby Motorsports)
1H BRAD WYATT/Kearney, MO (Rick Horn)
1K BRAYTON LYNCH/Springfield, IL (Rusty Kunz Racing)
2J JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (RMS Racing)
2MD JERRY COONS JR./Tucson, AZ (Marc Dailey Racing)
3G KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Glenn Styres Racing)
3N JAKE NEUMAN/New Berlin, IL (Jim Neuman)
5 MATT LUX/Manilla, IN (Kaden Wells Racing)
7x THOMAS MESERAULL/San Jose, CA (RMS Racing)
8G AUSTIN SHORES/Atoka, OK (Shores Racing)
10c DALTON CAMFIELD/Decatur, IL (Camfield Racing)
11L LOGAN ANDERSON/Vincennes, IN (Martin Motorsports)
11m KENDALL RUBLE/Vincennes, IN (Martin Motorsports)
15 R.J. CORSON/Markham, IL (Corson Racing)
16c DAVE CAMFIELD/Decatur, IL (Camfield Racing)
17c DEVIN CAMFIELD/Decatur, IL (Camfield Racing)
21H BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (TKH Motorsports)
26 CHANCE CRUM/Snohomish, WA (Rudeen Racing)
36 CHRIS BAUE/Indianapolis, IN (Baue Racing)
40 CHASE McDERMAND/Springfield, IL (Mounce-Stout Motorsports)
51 ZACH BODEN/Cambridge, WI (Dohner Racing)
51B JOE B. MILLER/Millersville, MO (Chris Lewis)
51R THOMAS HARRIS/Havana, IL (Johnson Farms Racing)
53 SEAN ROBBINS/Collinsville, IL (Robbins Racing)
56 MATT VEATCH/McLeansboro, IL (McCreery Motorsports/Fifty6x Racing)
56x MARK CHISHOLM/Cheyenne, WY (Fifty6x Racing)
57 DANIEL ROBINSON/Ewing, IL (RAB Racing)
57A WILL ARMITAGE/Athens, IL (RAB Racing)
61m JACOB DENNEY/Galloway, OH (Mounce-Stout Motorsports)
75AU BRYAN STANFILL/Bakersfield, CA (Griffiths Motorsport)
77s TRAVIS BERRYHILL/American Canyon, CA (Tyler Sturgeon Racing)
81 ANTON HERNANDEZ/Arlington, TX (Gray Racing)
83 DOMINIC GORDEN/Clovis, CA (CB Industries)
86 SHANE COTTLE/Kansas, IL (Danny Stamper)
87 JACE PARK/Overland Park, KS (CB Industries)
88 TERRY BABB/Decatur, IL (Terry Babb Racing)
89 MITCHEL MOLES/Raisin City, CA (CB Industries)
91 ZACH DAUM/Pocahontas, IL (Harris Racing)
95 CHRIS ANDREWS/Tulsa, OK (Jim & Theresa Miller)