UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT
DATE:
Thursday, November 28, 2019
SERIES:
USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship
TRACK:
Ventura Raceway (Ventura, California) – 1/5-mile, dirt oval
EVENT:
79th running of the “Turkey Night Grand Prix” featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink National & Western States Midget Qualifying, Qualifying Races, Semi & Feature. USAC West Coast & VRA Sprint Car Heats, Semi & Feature.
USAC Midget practice on Wednesday, November 27.
STARTING TIMES:
Pits open at 11am Pacific, drivers meeting at 2:45pm, grandstands open at 3pm, hot laps at 3:15pm, immediately followed by qualifying and racing events.
TICKETS:
All tickets that are not reserved are $35. Reserved seats are $45 for ages 13 and older and $20 for ages 12 and under. Pit passes are $50 each.
TRACK ADDRESS:
10 West Harbor Blvd., Ventura, CA 93001
TRACK PHONE:
(805) 648-RACE
TRACK WEBSITE:
http://www.venturaraceway.com/index.html
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/
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 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.
- Lock in top 10 from qualifications - will start straight up in the feature
QUALIFYING RACES:
- 3 qualifying races with the top 4 transferring to the Feature (12 laps)
- Cars finishing 5-10 in qualifying race to the LCQ
- Finishers 11 on back in the qualifiers are finished for the night.
LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER:
- Top 4 in LCQ transfer to the A (15 Laps)
FEATURE EVENT:
98-lap race
26 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)
MIDGET TIRE RULES:
Right rear: SP2 or SP3
Left rear: D12 or harder
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 for to apply for membership
USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:
464.5500
Mandatory Driver Radio is Required
MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:
POS. PTS. PURSE
1 70 $6,000
2 67 $3,000
3 64 $2,000
4 61 $1,500
5 58 $1,250
6 55 $1,000
7 52 $900
8 49 $850
9 46 $800
10 43 $775
11 41 $750
12 39 $725
13 37 $700
14 35 $675
15 33 $650
16 31 $625
17 29 $600
18 27 $575
19 25 $550
20 23 $525
21 23 $500
22 23 $475
23 23 $450
24 23 $450
25 23 $450
26 23 $450
Non-Transfers: $100