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EVENT INFO: PLACERVILLE USAC MIDGETS - NOV 16, 2024

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, November 16, 2024

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Placerville Speedway (Placerville, California) – 1/4-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

Hangtown 100 featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & BCRA/CLS Wingless Lightning Sprints

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at noon Pacific. Front gates open at 3pm. Drivers meeting at 4pm. Cars on track at 4:45pm.

 

TICKETS:

Advance tickets on sale now at www.Hangtown100.com.  Tickets will also be available at the gate on race day.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

100 Placerville Dr, Placerville, CA 95667

 

TRACK PHONE:

(530) 344-7592

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

https://www.placervillespeedway.com/ & https://www.hangtown100.com/

 

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

No Qualifying. Lineups based on total points from night one.

 

HEAT RACES

10-lap Heat Races: Top 8 cars inverted in heats by total points from night one. 36 points will be given for first place, and minus 3 points per position thereafter.

 

Total points will then be tallied to line up C, B and A-Mains. Top 20 in points go to A-Main, positions 21-36 in points go to B-Main, positions 37-52 in points go to C-Main and all others to D-Main (if needed).

 

D-MAIN: (If Needed)

10 Laps, top-2 transfer to the tail of the C-Main. No points awarded.

 

C-MAIN:

12 Laps, top-4 transfer to the tail of the semi-feature. No points awarded.

 

SEMI-FEATURE:

20 Laps, top-4 transfer to tail of the feature. No points awarded.

 

FEATURE:

100 Laps, 24 Cars. Top-12 inverted by points, followed by next 8 in points lined straight up, followed by semi-feature transfers 1-4.  150 points awarded for first place and minus 3 points per position thereafter.

 

The driver with the most total points after the feature will be the overall point champion.

Ties in overall points will revert to qualifying times.

The promoter reserves the right to add provisionals to the feature.

A mandatory fuel stop will occur between laps 40-50 of the feature.

 

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

Apply for Membership: https://usacracing.redpodium.com/2024-usac-circle-track-license-sprint---midget---sc

 

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

 

MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.  PTS.   PURSE

1         70      $8,000

2         67      $3,600

3         64      $2,800

4         61      $2,000

5         58      $1,200

6         55      $1,000

7         52      $800

8         49      $720

9         46      $640

10      43      $560

11      41      $500

12      39      $500

13      37      $500

14      35      $500

15      33      $500

16      31      $500

17      29      $500

18      27      $500

19      25      $500

20      23      $500

21      23      $500

22      23      $500

23      23      $500

24      23      $500

25      23      $500

26      23      $500

Non-Transfers: $100

 

HANGTOWN 100 POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP PAYOUT: (1) $12,500, (2) 5,000, (3) $2,500