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“GOLD CROWN MIDGET NATIONALS” FORMAT – TRI-CITY SPEEDWAY (GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016

**All cars draw for heat races. Hot Lap with Heat Race group.

**8-lap Heat Races accumulating finish and passing points (per the USAC system listed in rule book). Points based on lineup at original “one-to-go.”

**10-lap Qualifying Races (lined up from heat race points with top-six in each race inverted…high point man starts 6th in 1st Qualifier, etc.

**Top 16 in overall points transfer to feature, starting straight up.

**12-lap Semi-Feature lined up straight-up by overall points (17-all). Top 6 transfer to back of Feature.

**30-lap Feature. Provisionals added to the back.





**EVENT POINTS ACCUMULATED DURING THURSDAY’S PROGRAM AT THE “GOLD CROWN” ARE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN THE NIGHT AND HAVE NO BEARING ON LINEUPS FOR FRIDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT'S PROGRAMS.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016

**Format is the same as Thursday.

**35-lap Feature. Provisionals added to the back.

**EVENT POINTS ACCUMULATED DURING FRIDAY’S PROGRAM AT THE “GOLD CROWN” ARE SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN THE NIGHT AND HAVE NO BEARING ON LINEUPS FOR SATURDAY NIGHT'S PROGRAM.

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016

**All cars draw for heat races.

**8-lap Heat Races accumulating finish and passing points (per the USAC system listed in rule book). Points based on lineup at original “one-to-go.”

**10-lap Qualifying Races (lined up from heat race points with top-six in each race inverted…high point man starts 6th in 1st Qualifier, etc.

**Top 16 in overall points transfer to feature, starting straight up.

**12-lap Semi-Feature lined up straight-up by overall points (17-all). Top 6 transfer to back of Feature.

**40-lap Feature. Provisionals added to the back.

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UPCOMING USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

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DATE: Thursday, Friday, Saturday, October 6-7-8, 2016

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SERIES: USAC Midget National Championship

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

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EVENT: “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” featuring the USAC Midget National Championship (Thurs.-Fri.-Sat.) and MOWA Sprint Cars (Fri.-Sat.)

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STARTING TIMES: All three nights at Granite City, the pit area opens at 3pm with spectator gates opening at 5:30 and racing getting underway at 7.

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TICKETS: General admission tickets are $20 on Thursday, $25 on Friday and $28 for the finale on Saturday.* Kids 12 and under are FREE all three nights while pit passes are $35.

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TRACK ADDRESS: 5100 Nameoki Rd, Granite City, IL 62040

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TRACK PHONE: (618) 931-7836

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TRACK WEBSITE:http://www.tricityspeedway.net/

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MEDIA COVERAGE: Live updates onhttps://www.facebook.com/usacracing/ andhttps://twitter.com/USACNation and available on the Race Monitor app on your phone.

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2016 - MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

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POS* PTS**** PURSE

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1******* 70******* $3000

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2******* 67******* $1500

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3******* 64******* $1000

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4******* 61******* $750

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5******* 58******* $600

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6******* 55******* $500

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7******* 52******* $450

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8******* 49******* $400

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9******* 46******* $375

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10***** 43******* $355

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11***** 41******* $325

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12***** 39******* $315

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13***** 37******* $305

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14***** 35******* $295

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15***** 33******* $290

16***** 31******* $285

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17***** 29******* $280

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18***** 27******* $275

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19***** 25******* $275

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20***** 23******* $275

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21***** 23******* $275

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22***** 23******* $275

TOTAL: $12,400

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2016 - MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

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POS** PTS***** PURSE

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1******* 70******* $4000

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2******* 67******* $2000

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3******* 64******* $1125

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4******* 61******* $850

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5******* 58******* $750

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6******* 55******* $650

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7******* 52******* $600

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8******* 49******* $575

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9******* 46******* $550

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10***** 43******* $525

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11***** 41******* $500

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12***** 39******* $475

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13***** 37******* $450

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14***** 35******* $425

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15***** 33******* $400

16***** 31******* $375

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17***** 29******* $350

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18***** 27******* $325

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19***** 25******* $300

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20***** 23******* $300

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21***** 23******* $300

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22***** 23******* $300

TOTAL: $16,125

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2016 - MIDGET FEATURE POINTS/PURSE STRUCTURE:

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POS** PTS**** PURSE

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1******* 70******* $5000

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2******* 67******* $2500

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3******* 64******* $1250

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4******* 61******* $1000

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5******* 58******* $900

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6******* 55******* $850

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7******* 52******* $800

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8******* 49******* $775

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9******* 46******* $750

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10***** 43******* $725

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11***** 41******* $700

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12***** 39******* $675

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13***** 37******* $650

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14***** 35******* $625

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15***** 33******* $600

16***** 31******* $575

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17***** 29*** ****$550

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18***** 27******* $525

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19***** 25******* $500

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20***** 23******* $500

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21***** 23******* $500

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22***** 23******* $500

TOTAL: $21,450




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[staggerman]

I know this is nonwinged country but sure wished they paid that same purse for the MOWA portion as that would draw in some of the top 410 winged drivers in the Midwest but I know the winged sprints are the support class this weekend!

[oppweld]

I wish it was a total non wing event and I be going.