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EVENT INFO: PLACERVILLE USAC MIDGETS - NOV 18, 2023

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, November 18, 2023

 

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/40w7aPg

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.

Possible mandatory fuel stop 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

 

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

Visit www.usaclicense.com to apply for membership

 

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

Non-Transfers: $100

 

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