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EVENT INFO: USAC SPRINTS AT ARIZONA SPEEDWAY - NOV. 13, 2021


UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, November 13, 2021

 

SERIES:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship

 

TRACK:

Arizona Speedway (San Tan Valley, Arizona) – 1/3-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

54th annual “Western World Championships” presented by San Tan Ford featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship with the AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Cars, plus the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship.

 

PRACTICE STARTING TIMES:

Thursday, November 11: Open practice for sprint cars and midgets from 6:30-9:30pm MT. Pits and grandstands open at 3pm with a racer and pit crew appreciation BBQ in the pit area featuring free food and drinks set for 5-6pm.

 

RACE DAY STARTING TIMES:

Friday, November 12: Pits open at 1:30pm Mountain time, grandstands at 3pm, drivers meeting at 4:30pm and cars on track at 5:10pm.

Saturday, November 13: Pits open at 1:30pm Mountain time, grandstands at 3pm, autograph session from 4-4:35pm drivers meeting at 4:45pm and cars on track at 5:10pm.

 

TICKETS:

On race days, general admission adult tickets are $30, while kids 11 and under are just $10.  Pit passes are $40 for adults and $15 for ages 7-12 and free for ages 6 and under.  Western World tickets are on sale now at www.arizonaspeedway.net.

On practice night, adult pit passes are $30, kids 7-12 pit passes are $15 and kids 6 and under pit passes are $15.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

47346 N Ironwood Rd, San Tan Valley, AZ 85140

 

TRACK PHONE:

(480) 926-6688

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://arizonaspeedway.net/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/ 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 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

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)

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:

Cars that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event based on their qualifying times.  12 laps.

4 Heats: Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.

3 Heats: Finishers 1-7 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, from fastest to slowest, followed by the balance of the field based on qualifying time. 30 laps. 22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).

 

SPRINT TIRE RULES:

Right rear: 105/18-15 Medium, Hard, F85A

Left rear: Hoosier

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 to apply for membership

 

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

 

SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.   PTS.    PURSE

1         70       $7,500

2         67       $3,500

3         64       $2,000

4         61       $1,000

5         58       $950

6         55       $900

7         52       $875

8         49       $850

9         46       $825

10       43       $800

11       41       $775

12       39       $750

13       37       $725

14       35       $700

15       33       $675

16       31       $575

17       29       $550

18       27       $525

19       25       $500

20       23       $500

21       23       $500

22       23       $500

**Non-Transfers: $150

**Non-USAC members deduct $100 from feature payout.