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EVENT INFO: NIGHT TWO OF WESTERN WORLD - OCT. 29, 2022

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UPCOMING USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

 

DATE:

Saturday, October 29, 2022

 

SERIES:

USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Cars

 

TRACK:

Cocopah Speedway (Somerton, Arizona) – 3/8-mile, dirt oval

 

EVENT:

Chapman Chevrolet of Yuma 55th Annual Western World Championships Presented by Yuma Insurance and Avanti featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship & AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Cars along with IMCA Northern SportMods and IMCA Hobby Stocks

 

STARTING TIMES:

Pits open at 3pm Mountain Time with the grandstands opening at 5pm and hot laps at 6pm with qualifying and racing to immediately follow.

**Practice night on Thursday night, October 27. Free grandstand admission. Pit passes are $30 apiece. Pit party to follow courtesy of Yuma Auto and RV Center. Free rib tip meal with sides for anyone with a pit pass wristband.

 

TICKETS:

Advance tickets are on sale now at www.racecocopahspeedway.com

Adult general admission tickets are $35. Reserved tickets are $40. Pit passes are $40 for members. $45 for non-members.

$100.00 VIP Camping, Reserve Your Spot Online Under Friday Night Ticket Sales.

 

TRACK ADDRESS:

3450 W County 15th St, Somerton, AZ 85350

 

TRACK PHONE:

(928) 344-1563

 

TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.racecocopahspeedway.com/

 

MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/3AMU46z

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 and USAC app

 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR 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:

8 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.

 

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).

 

SPRINT TIRE RULES:

Right rear: 105/16 Medium & H15

Left rear: Hoosier

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.usacracing.org to apply for membership

 

USAC RADIO FREQUENCY

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

 

SPRINT FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

POS.   PTS.    PURSE

1         70       $10,000

2         67       $5,000

3         64       $3,000

4         61       $2,000

5         58       $1,500

6         55       $1,200

7         52       $1,100

8         49       $1,000

9         46       $950

10       43       $900

11       41       $850

12       39       $800

13       37       $775

14       35       $750

15       33       $725

16       31       $700

17       29       $675

18       27       $650

19       25       $625

20       23       $600

21       23       $600

22       23       $600

**Non-Transfers: $150