EVENT INFO: TULARE USAC MIDGETS - NOV 20, 2024

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

DATE:

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

TRACK:

Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, California) - 1/3-mile dirt oval

EVENT:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & Kings of Thunder Winged 360 Sprint Car Series

STARTING TIMES:

Front gates open at 4pm Pacific, drivers meeting at 4:30pm & cars on track at 5pm.

TICKETS:

Adult Grandstand: $35

Adult Bleacher: $30

Seniors Grandstand: $33

Seniors Bleacher: $28

Kids 6-12 Grandstand: $18

Kids 6-12 Bleacher: $15

Kids 5 & Under: FREE

Adult Pit Pass: $45

TRACK ADDRESS:

East Bardsley Avenue, & S K St, Tulare, CA 93274

TRACK PHONE:

(559) 688-0909

TRACK WEBSITE:

https://www.thunderbowlraceway.com/

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

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