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6/29/19 10:48 AM EVENT INFO: DIRT OVAL AT ROUTE 66 USAC MIDGETS - 6/29/2019

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UPCOMING USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

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DATE:

Saturday, June 29, 2019

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SERIES:

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship

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TRACK:

Dirt Oval at Route 66 (Joliet, Illinois) – 3/8-mile dirt oval

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EVENT:

“Summer Slash” featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship & Ollie's Bargain Outlet All Star Circuit of Champions/Bumper-to-Bumper IRA Sprint Cars

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STARTING TIMES:

The parking lot opens at 3pm (Central), front gates at 3pm, pre-race party at 3pm, drivers meeting at 6:15pm and cars on track at 6:45pm.**

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TICKETS:

Ticket Info:*https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/863494...-the-dirt-oval

Adult general admission tickets are $25, children general admission is $10, reserved adult tickets are $30, adult pit passes are $40 apiece and children pit passes are $10.

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TRACK ADDRESS:

500 Speedway Blvd, Joliet, IL 60433

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TRACK PHONE:

(815) 740-8000

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TRACK WEBSITE:

https://www.dirtoval66.com/

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MEDIA COVERAGE:

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

Listen LIVE on the USAC app

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.

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QUALIFICATIONS:

Two (2) laps to be run consecutively with the fastest lap counting as the official qualifying time.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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HEAT #4:

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

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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.

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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.

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MIDGET TIRE RULES:

Right rear: SP2 or SP3

Left rear: D12 or harder

Right front: Hoosier

Left front: Hoosier

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RACE OFFICIALS:

Chief Steward: Levi Jones

Race Director: Kirk Spridgeon

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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

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USAC RADIO FREQUENCY:

464.5500

Mandatory Driver Radio is Required

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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

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[BrentTFunk]

I am still down. Wish I could go, this sounds pretty good.

[flagboy55]

We’ll try to hold it together without you Brent. Hopefully you’re ready for next week

[BrentTFunk]

Originally Posted by flagboy55 We’ll try to hold it together without you Brent. Hopefully you’re ready for next week

For sure I am jealous. Pretty good bargain for $25. Should be a good show. Keep an eye on Al.

[ISF]

Does anyone have the slightest inkling as to why hot laps began an hour and a half later than advertised?

[Charles Nungester]

Probably waited for Larson to arrive from Qualifying Nascar.

[ISF]

If that is the case then management pissed off a whole bunch of people to appease just one driver. Being pissed was totally justified, too.

We NEVER leave a track without seeing a feature or A-main but we left last night. Over here in rabid late model country we get a precious few USAC National midget and sprint events within an hour of our house. I fear after this painfully drawn out train wreck the prospects just dropped exponentially.

At least half of a very good crowd had bailed prior to the USAC midget B-main. By the time a new day had rolled around and we gave up and headed out there probably was only 25% left.

This event certainly had huge potential. 2 high quality divisions with no support class/classes. It sure didn't turn out like it could/should have, that's for sure.

Larson's absence might explain the ridiculously late starting time but that doesn't account for the huge periods of down time for no apparent reason. Other than the catch fence repair there was no apparent adequate justification. If there was we'd sure like to hear it. Not a peep of explanation was offered by the PA announcer while we were still there.

[dkdorkboy]

Originally Posted by ISF Does anyone have the slightest inkling as to why hot laps began an hour and a half later than advertised?

I thought the advertised time for hot laps was 7pm.They were only about 20 minutes late if that was true.I could be wrong as I'm very tired from a 4 and a half hour drive home after the races ended at 2:30 eastern.A very long drawn out show I thought.

[Jerry Shaw]

Originally Posted by ISF If that is the case then management pissed off a whole bunch of people to appease just one driver. Being pissed was totally justified, too. We NEVER leave a track without seeing a feature or A-main but we left last night. Over here in rabid late model country we get a precious few USAC National midget and sprint events within an hour of our house. I fear after this painfully drawn out train wreck the prospects just dropped exponentially. At least half of a very good crowd had bailed prior to the USAC midget B-main. By the time a new day had rolled around and we gave up and headed out there probably was only 25% left. This event certainly had huge potential. 2 high quality divisions with no support class/classes. It sure didn't turn out like it could/should have, that's for sure. Larson's absence might explain the ridiculously late starting time but that doesn't account for the huge periods of down time for no apparent reason. Other than the catch fence repair there possibly was adequate justification. If there was we'd sure like to hear it. Not a peep of explanation was offered by the PA announcer while we were still there.

Kenny, Kyle also confirmed that, during the victory lane interview, when he was thanking the fans for still being there.

Jerry

[flagboy55]

I couldn’t agree more. For me it ruined a great night. We stayed to the end but it was painful. I tried to do what I could on here and on Twitter to promote this race, but I actually hope nobody came on my account. This is the closest track to me, about 35 miles approximately, and I’ve driven home from Eldora races and got home earlier. If they started late, I can deal with that as long as there’s some effort to catch up. If there was I didn’t see it. I was going to go back Monday for the Hell Tour race but not going to take a chance, I work Tuesday morning
And another thing, talk about stupid penalties. Larson gets disqualified for a crew person leaving the work area to look at the car under red, did nothing to it. I get there’s a rule for that, so fine them, or whatever. Different if they actually worked on the car. A huge price to pay for what was a complete non factor. And the ones who got penalized the most were the fans