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EVENT INFO: MITCHELL COUNTY USAC MIDGETS - JUL 10, 2024

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Mitchell County Fairgrounds (Beloit, Kansas) – 1/4-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

13th running of the Chad McDaniel Memorial featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & the NOW600 Non-Wing & Restricted Micro Sprints

 

STARTING TIMES:

Front gates open at 5pm Central. Drivers meeting at 6pm. Hot laps at 6:30pm with qualifying & racing to follow.

 

TICKETS:

General admission is just $20 with high school students and younger just $5. All access passes are available as well for $35 and available at the pit gate on the day of the show only.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

1318 N Walnut St, Beloit, KS 67420

 

TRACK PHONE:

785-275-2908 or 405-823-8095

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/2561

 

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

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

 

HEAT RACES

If 48 or more cars are in attendance, five (5) heat races will be held with the top-four (4) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.

If 28-47 cars are in attendance, four (4) heat races will be held with the top-five (5) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.

If 27 cars or less are in attendance, three (3) heat races will be held with the top-six (6) finishers from each heat race transferring to the feature.

10 laps. The 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 forth.  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 forth, 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 forth, 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 forth, 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 forth, 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 forth, 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 forth, 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 forth, will start behind invert.

 

C-MAIN (IF NEEDED):

10 laps. The starting lineup will be determined by heat race finishes from row two on back. The top-4 finishers of the C-Main will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature.

 

SEMI-FEATURE:

12 laps. The front row starting positions of the semi will be reserved for the fastest two (2) non-transfers. The starting lineup will be determined by heat race finishes from row two on back.

If three (3) heats were held, the top-six (6) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.

If four (4) heats were held, the top-four (4) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.

If five (5) heats were held, the top-four (4) finishers from the semi will transfer to the feature.

 

FEATURE:

30 laps. 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.  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, followed by the balance of the field based on qualifying time. 24 starting cars (not including earned provisionals).

 

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      $4,000

2         67      $1,900

3         64      $1,200

4         61      $900

5         58      $800

6         55      $600

7         52      $500

8         49      $450

9         46      $425

10      43      $400

11      41      $375

12      39      $350

13      37      $340

14      35      $330

15      33      $320

16      31      $310

17      29      $300

18      27      $300

19      25      $300

20      23      $300

21      23      $300

22      23      $300

23      23      $300

24      23      $300

Non-Transfers: $100