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Thursday, 24 January 2019

EVENT INFO: WINTER DIRT GAMES USAC SPRINTS FEB. 14-15-16, 2019

UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Friday & Saturday, February 14, 15 & 16, 2019

 

SERIES:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship

 

TRACK:

Bubba Raceway Park (Ocala, Florida) – 3/8-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

“Winter Dirt Games X” featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & Bilstein Mod Lite Stars

 

STARTING TIMES: (All times eastern)

Pits open at 3pm each day.

Grandstands open at 5pm on Thursday & Friday. 4pm on Saturday.

Cars on track: 6:30pm on Thursday & Friday. 5:30pm on Saturday.

 

TICKETS:

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

Practice Night: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & Bilstein Mod Lite Stars

Pit Pass: $20

 

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Race Night #1: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & Bilstein Mod Lite Stars

Admission: $30 for adult grandstand tickets. $20 for kids (age 11-15) grandstand tickets.

Pit Pass: $40

 

Friday, February 15, 2019

Race Night #2: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & Bilstein Mod Lite Stars

Admission: $30 for adult grandstand tickets. $20 for kids (age 11-15) grandstand tickets.

Pit Pass: $40

 

Saturday, February 16, 2019

Race Night #3: USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & Bilstein Mod Lite Stars

Admission: $30 for adult grandstand tickets. $20 for kids (age 11-15) grandstand tickets.

Pit Pass: $40

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

9050 NW Gainesville Rd, Ocala, FL 34482

 

TRACK PHONE:

(352) 622-9400

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.bubbaracewaypark.com/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

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

Listen LIVE on the USAC app

Following 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:

Two (2) laps to be run consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifying time.

 

HEAT RACES:

8-laps

8 starters per heat race

Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 1-5 will transfer if three heats are held.

Cars finishing in positions 5-8 will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6-8 will start in the semi-feature event if three heats are held.

 

HEAT #1:

4 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 25 and 29 will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 19, 22 and 25 will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #2:

Cars qualifying 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 26 and 30 will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 20, 23 and 26 will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #3:

Cars qualifying 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 27 and 31 will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 21, 24 and 27 will start behind invert.

 

HEAT #4:

Cars qualifying 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 28 and 32 will start behind invert.

 

SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:

12-lap Race

Cars finishing in positions 5-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing in positions 6-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature if three heats are held.

Starting lineup will be determined by qualifying time.

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

3 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event.

 

FEATURE EVENT:

30-lap race

22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)

4 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-4 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-6 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.

3 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-5 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-7 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.

Starting lineup: Starting positions determined by qualifying time, fastest at the front, with fastest six heat race transfers inverted in positions 1-6.

 

SPRINT TIRE RULES:

Right Rear: 105 – 16/15 Medium or Hard (Choice is up to each competitor).

 

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: (THURSDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY)

POS.  PTS.   PURSE

1       70      $5000

2       67      $2500

3       64      $1250

4       61      $1000

5       58      $900

6       55      $850

7       52      $800

8       49      $775

9       46      $750

10     43      $725

11     41      $700

12     39      $675

13     37      $650

14     35      $625

15     33      $600

16     31      $575

17     29      $550

18     27      $525

19     25      $500

20     23      $500

21     23      $500

22     23      $500

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