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UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, April 22, 2023

 

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

 

TRACK:

Kokomo Speedway (Kokomo, Indiana) – 1/4-mile dirt oval

 

EVENT:

Kokomo Grand Prix featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & Kokomo Sprint Cars

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 3pm Eastern. Grandstands open at 3pm. Drivers meeting at 5:30pm. Cars on track at 6pm followed immediately by qualifying & racing.

 

TICKETS:

Adult general admission tickets are $25 & kids 12 and under are free. USAC member pit passes are $30 apiece and $35 for non-members (all ages).

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

2455 N Davis Rd, Kokomo, IN 46901

 

TRACK PHONE:

(765) 459-3877

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.kokomospeedway.net/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacing at  https://flosports.link/3Kdc2na

Listen LIVE on the USAC app on your phone 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

10 laps. 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 on. For the 4th row on back, cars will line up straight up, based on their qualifying times. If 30 cars or less, three heats will be held. If 31 cars or more, four heats will be held.

 

HEAT #1:

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

 

C-MAIN (IF NEEDED):

10 laps. The 15th through 28th fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the C-Main.  Top-4 finishers will start in the last two rows of the semi-feature based on their finishing order in the C-Main.

 

SEMI-FEATURE:

12 laps. The 14 fastest cars in qualifying that did not transfer through the heat races will line up straight-up in the semi-feature event. Finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event if 4 heats were held. Finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event if 3 heats were held.

 

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. 22 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:

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       $5,000

2.        67       $2,000

3.        64       $1,250

4.        61       $1,000

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

Non-Transfers: $100