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Re: RivertownShowdown USAC Sprints/Midgets 5/17-18 @ Tri-Cit
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EVENT INFO: TRI-CITY MIDGET 5/17-18/2019

UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT



DATE:

Friday, May 17 & Saturday, May 18, 2019



SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship



TRACK:

Tri-City Speedway (Granite City, Illinois) - 3/8-mile dirt oval



EVENT:

“River Town Showdown” featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & B-Mods



STARTING TIMES:

3pm: Registration and pit gates open

5pm: Grandstands and ticket office open

6:30pm: Hot Laps

7pm: Qualifying

7:30pm: Racing

(Central Time)



TICKETS:

Adult General Admission: $25

Children 12 & Under: FREE

Pit passes: Members $30/Non-Members $35



TRACK ADDRESS:

5100 Nameoki Rd, Granite City, IL 62040



TRACK PHONE:

Track Enterprises: (217) 764-3200

Tri-City Speedway: (618) 931-7836



TRACK WEBSITE:

http://www.tricityspeedway.net/



MEDIA COVERAGE:

Watch LIVE on http://www.FloRacing.com/

Listen LIVE on the USAC app

Following 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.



HEAT RACES:

8 laps

8 starters per heat race

Cars finishing in positions 1-4 will transfer to the feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 1-5 will transfer if three heats are held.

Cars finishing in positions 5-8 will start in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing 6-8 will start in the semi-feature event if three heats are held.



HEAT #1:

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

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 19, 22 and 25 will start behind invert.



HEAT #2:

Cars qualifying 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 26 and 30 will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 20, 23 and 26 will start behind invert.



HEAT #3:

Cars qualifying 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, 23 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 27 and 31 will start behind invert.

3 Heats: Cars qualifying 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 21, 24 and 27 will start behind invert.



HEAT #4:

Cars qualifying 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24 will start in inverted order. Cars qualifying 28 and 32 will start behind invert.



SEMI-FEATURE EVENT:

12-lap Race

Cars finishing in positions 5-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature event if four heats are held. Cars finishing in positions 6-8 in the heat races will be in the semi-feature if three heats are held.

Starting lineup will be determined by qualifying time.

4 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-6 earn a spot in the feature event.

3 Heats: Semi-feature event finishers 1-7 earn a spot in the feature event.



FEATURE EVENT:

30-lap race

22 starting cars (not including earned provisionals)

4 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-4 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-6 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.

3 Heats: Cars finishing in positions 1-5 in the heat races will be in the feature event. Cars finishing in positions 1-7 in the semi-feature will be in the feature event.

Starting lineup: Starting positions determined by qualifying time, fastest at the front, with fastest six heat race transfers inverted in positions 1-6.



MIDGET TIRE RULES:

Right rear: SP2 / SP3 / SP4

Left rear: D12 / D20



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 $3000

2 67 $1500

3 64 $1000

4 61 $750

5 58 $600

6 55 $500

7 52 $450

8 49 $400

9 46 $375

10 43 $355

11 41 $325

12 39 $315

13 37 $305

14 35 $295

15 33 $290

16 31 $285

17 29 $280

18 27 $275

19 25 $275

20 23 $275

21 23 $275

22 23 $275

Non-Transfers: $100