No USAC at Belleville?

Kansasdirtfan · 7/11/10, 7:40 PM

I've been out of commission for a couple of weeks, so maybe this has already been discussed, but can anyone shed any light on the fact that the Belleville Midget Nats no longer appears on the USAC schedule?

Vukie · 7/11/10, 8:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kanfan55

I've been out of commission for a couple of weeks, so maybe this has already been discussed, but can anyone shed any light on the fact that the Belleville Midget Nats no longer appears on the USAC schedule?

BELLEVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Bryan Gapinski

“Clauson to defend Belleville Title; entry forms released”

Belleville, Kan., July 7---Defending Champion Bryan Clauson, heads a list of early confirmed participants for the 33rd annual Speedway Motors Belleville Midget Nationals on Aug. 6-7 at the Belleville High Banks. Entry Blanks are now available for download at the tracks website: www. highbanks.org.

Several new changes are in place for one of midget racing’s most prestigious events including a change in race format and sanctioning organization. The event will be officiated by the National Championship Racing Association (NCRA) and The Belleville High Banks Race Committee.

As in previous year’s Saturday’s winner will collect $12,500, with $1,000 to start the 40-lap championship feature. A minimum of $900 is guaranteed to participants if they run both Friday and Saturday’s “B” Feature. Last year Clauson won the Friday Night feature and then withstood the challenges of ’08 Nationals Champion Brad Sweet to take the top prize driving the Corey Tucker owned Spike/Ford-Esslinger No. 39.

General Admission tickets for all events are sold first-come first-served on race day at the ticket gate. Reserved Seating tickets is available for the Speedway Motors Belleville Midget Nationals. General admission available only if the event is not sold out, and available only on the day of the race at the track ticket office (bottom 3 rows only).

For tickets, contact: Jensik Insurance, 1309 18th St., Belleville, KS 66935, Phone: 785-527-2713, Fax: 785-527-2125. Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CST), Located at the north side of the Square in downtown Belleville.

tjcain58 · 7/11/10, 8:41 PM

Belleville didn't want to pay USAC the money due to low car counts and things like that they figure they can run the show and save money. Plus the races were pretty good before USAC so they might get back to that now who knows. All I know is I've been going since 1985 and I'm not stopin now.
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Kansasdirtfan · 7/11/10, 10:36 PM

Thanks for the update. Scott Hatton had told the folks we stay with that USAC was out, but I hadn't heard anything beyond that. My guess is that several of the USAC guys will run anyway. Who knows, it might make for an even better show. Thanks again.

ThrottleHead · 7/11/10, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by kanfan55

Thanks for the update. Scott Hatton had told the folks we stay with that USAC was out, but I hadn't heard anything beyond that. My guess is that several of the USAC guys will run anyway. Who knows, it might make for an even better show. Thanks again.

Will USAC's 48 hour rule play into the race this year?

IndyBound · 7/12/10, 10:28 AM

Thanks Vukie for posting the press release, I wasn't aware of this change but certainly felt USAC's schedule was a little tight for that week with the August 4th Oswego Silver Crown race, August 6th & 7Th Belleville Midget races, August 8th Sprints at Knoxville, Ia and August 10th Sprints at Oskaloosa, Ia.. It would surely make it tough on the drivers that run all three divisions travel wise.

Patti

Seadog · 7/12/10, 1:22 PM

JMO, but I don't think Belleville works for midgets very well for the same reason that Terre Haute doesn't have the Hut 100 anymore. Nobody wants to run those big fast half mile tracks and blow up a $40,000.00+ midget engine. Belleville is fast and has kind of lousy guardrails. But $12,500 to win could still be an enticement. What do I know though.

Vukie · 7/14/10, 7:53 AM

BELLEVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Bryan Gapinski

"New Belleville race format announced"

Belleville, Kan., July 14---Enteries are starting to be received in the Belleville Officials office for the 33rd annual Speedway Motors Belleville Midget Nationals on Aug. 6-7 at the Belleville High Banks.

Officials of the sanctioning body National Championship Racing Association (NCRA) and The Belleville High Banks Race Committee have announced a new race format designed to make create new excitement in qualifying and the preliminary races for one of midget auto racing's most prestigious events.

Confirmed enteries have been already received for: defending Belleville Champion Bryan Clauson, 2008 Champion Brad Sweet, Brad Loyet, Shane Golobic, and Matt Johnson. Entry Blanks are now available for download at the tracks website: www. highbanks.org.

General Admission tickets for all events are sold first-come first-served on race day at the ticket gate. Reserved Seating tickets are available. General admission available only if the event is not sold out, and available only on the day of the race at the track ticket office (bottom 3 rows only). For tickets, contact: Jensik Insurance, 1309 18th St., Belleville, KS 66935, Phone: 785-527-2713, Fax: 785-527-2125. Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CST),

The race format will be as follows:

Friday Night

---Qualifications - 200 points are awarded for quick timer, 198 for second quick, 196 for third, etc.
(Only the top 50 qualifiers make the heats, the rest are put in the last chance heats in which the first eight finishers will fill the back
of that night's C feature (starting in the sixth row)).

---Last Chance Heats (for drivers out of the top 50 in Qual.) – 50 points
awarded to the winner, 47 for 2nd, etc.

---Heats - 100 points are awarded for the heat winner, points go down by three: 97, 94, 91, 88, etc.Heats are totally inverted (10). This sets up the best racing of the week. Top four finishers go to A, next four to B, last two to C.

Features line up by points high points on the pole.
---C feature – Top two finishers go to back of the B. Third place is worth 96 pts., 2nd is 94, etc.
---B feature – The top four finishers transfer to the tail of the A. The B awards 142 points for fifth, 140 for sixth and so on by twos.

---A feature - The A feature points are the same as time trials: 200, 198, 196 etc. This explains how a driver can not make the A, but
if he timed well may have more points than someone who did make the A. Ties in points go to the quicker timer.

A perfect score (quick time, heat win, feature win) is 500.

Saturday Night

Heat races luned up from Friday points inverted

winner and runner up from Friday’s A feature plus the next 2 highest cars in points only run the POLE Scramble.

Top 4 points car after the heats go to the Pole Scramble total points heat race points plus Fridays points.

Pole Scramble (8 draw for start position) Fridays A feature winner draws first, second place draws second, high points from draws third, second high points from draws 4th, High points from Saturday draws 5th,on down to the 8th car.

Cars start scramble with 0 points. After scramble High points car starts on the pole second high outside front row and so on.

20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 (Plus one point per position advanced.)

B feature – Line up would be by high total points car for on the poll (Friday nights points added to Saturdays nights heat race points). Top 4 cars transfer to the A.

A feature - Lined up by the high points cars from the scramble on the pole and so on. Balance of field 9th on would be lined up by their overall points from both nights. B feature cars tag the field and line up how they finished the B.
# # # #

Vukie · 7/22/10, 10:31 AM

BELLEVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Bryan Gapinski

"Two former Belleville Champions among latest enteries"

Belleville, Kan., July 21---Enteries continue to be received in the Belleville Officials office for the 33rd annual Speedway Motors Belleville Midget Nationals on Aug. 6-7 at the Belleville High Banks. The latest batch includes two-time Belleville Champion Jerry Coons Jr.and the 2004 Champion Bobby East.
Coons the winner in 2005, and '07 will again compete in the event for Wilke-PAK Motorsports. East will drive for Terry Klatt of nearby Hastings, Neb. in quest of his second Belleville Crown. Three drivers from the Colorado-based RMMRA will compete including three-time Series Champion Tony Rossi, Julee Jamison and Brian Postle.
Robby Allen's ABC Motorsports Team from Phoenix has filed two enteries for Gary Taylor and Josh Pelkey. Garrett Hood(Concordia), Chad Frewaldt (Kansas City), Patrick and Jeff Stasa (Kingman) are the four hometown state drivers expected to compete. A total of twenty-four cars are currently entered, well ahead of last year's pre-entry pace and several more are excepted in the next few days.
General Admission tickets for all events are sold first-come first-served on race day at the ticket gate. Reserved Seating tickets are available. General admission available only if the event is not sold out, and available only on the day of the race at the track ticket office (bottom 3 rows only). For tickets, contact: Jensik Insurance, 1309 18th St., Belleville, KS 66935, Phone: 785-527-2713, Fax: 785-527-2125. Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CST).
BELLEVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS ENTRY LIST

CAR# DRIVER/HOMETOWN CAR OWNER/CHASSIS/ENGINE

2 Terry Goodwin/Laveen, AZ Misty Goodwin/Spike/Fontana
2R Levi Roberts/Bloomfield, CO Bryan Clauson/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
3T Julee Jamison/Highlands Ranch, CO Bryan Jamison/Stealth/Ford-Esslinger
4 Bobby East/Brownsburg, IN Terry Klatt/Beast/Ford-Esslinger
4x Chad Frewaldt/Kansas City, KS Chad Frewaldt/Bullet/Chevrolet
5D Zach Daum/ Dan Daum/Beast/Ford-Esslinger
05 Brad Loyet/Sunset Hills, MO Loyet Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
06 Mario Clouser/Auburn, IL MCW Motorsports/Beast/Mopar
11 Jerry Coons Jr./Tucson, AZ Wilke-PAK/Spike/Toyota
11c Chett Gehrke/Broken Arrow, OK Skip Mattison/Stealth/Fontana
11h Garrett Hood/Concordia, KS Hood Racing/Stealth/Fontana
11x TBA Wilke-PAK/Spike/Toyota
12 Gary Taylor/Snohomish, WA ABC Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
12 Josh Pelkey/Peoria, AZ ABC Motorsports/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
14 Tony Rossi/Brighton, CO Tony Rossi/Spike/Mopar
17 Brad Kuhn/Avon, IN RWB Motorsports/Beast/Fontana
19 Patrick Stasa/Kingman, KS Stasa Racing/SBR/Gaerte
22 Brian Postle/Keensburg, CO Brian Postle/Stealth/Ford-Esslinger
26 Shane Golobic/Fremont, CA Doug Bock/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
39 Bryan Clauson/Noblesville, IN Corey Tucker/Spike/Ford-Esslinger
49 Brad Sweet/Grass Valley, CA Kahne-Curb/Spike/Mopar
85 Matt Johnson/Oklahoma City, OK Central Motorsports/Spike/Mopar
91 Jeff Stasa/Kingman, KS Stasa Racing/Beast/Gaerte

Kansasdirtfan · 7/22/10, 1:16 PM

Thanks for the entry list update. I thought there was going to be a posting at midgetmadness.com, but I haven't located it yet.

7/11/10, 7:40 PM	#1 No USAC at Belleville?
Kansasdirtfan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,315	I've been out of commission for a couple of weeks, so maybe this has already been discussed, but can anyone shed any light on the fact that the Belleville Midget Nats no longer appears on the USAC schedule?

7/11/10, 8:41 PM	#3
tjcain58 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 40	Belleville didn't want to pay USAC the money due to low car counts and things like that they figure they can run the show and save money. Plus the races were pretty good before USAC so they might get back to that now who knows. All I know is I've been going since 1985 and I'm not stopin now. Posted via Mobile Device

7/11/10, 10:36 PM	#4 Re: No USAC at Belleville?
Kansasdirtfan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,315	Thanks for the update. Scott Hatton had told the folks we stay with that USAC was out, but I hadn't heard anything beyond that. My guess is that several of the USAC guys will run anyway. Who knows, it might make for an even better show. Thanks again.

7/14/10, 7:53 AM	#8 Re: No USAC at Belleville?
Vukie Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,310	BELLEVILLE MIDGET NATIONALS PRESS RELEASE Contact: Bryan Gapinski "New Belleville race format announced" Belleville, Kan., July 14---Enteries are starting to be received in the Belleville Officials office for the 33rd annual Speedway Motors Belleville Midget Nationals on Aug. 6-7 at the Belleville High Banks. Officials of the sanctioning body National Championship Racing Association (NCRA) and The Belleville High Banks Race Committee have announced a new race format designed to make create new excitement in qualifying and the preliminary races for one of midget auto racing's most prestigious events. Confirmed enteries have been already received for: defending Belleville Champion Bryan Clauson, 2008 Champion Brad Sweet, Brad Loyet, Shane Golobic, and Matt Johnson. Entry Blanks are now available for download at the tracks website: www. highbanks.org. General Admission tickets for all events are sold first-come first-served on race day at the ticket gate. Reserved Seating tickets are available. General admission available only if the event is not sold out, and available only on the day of the race at the track ticket office (bottom 3 rows only). For tickets, contact: Jensik Insurance, 1309 18th St., Belleville, KS 66935, Phone: 785-527-2713, Fax: 785-527-2125. Office Hours: Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (CST), The race format will be as follows: Friday Night ---Qualifications - 200 points are awarded for quick timer, 198 for second quick, 196 for third, etc. (Only the top 50 qualifiers make the heats, the rest are put in the last chance heats in which the first eight finishers will fill the back of that night's C feature (starting in the sixth row)). ---Last Chance Heats (for drivers out of the top 50 in Qual.) – 50 points awarded to the winner, 47 for 2nd, etc. ---Heats - 100 points are awarded for the heat winner, points go down by three: 97, 94, 91, 88, etc.Heats are totally inverted (10). This sets up the best racing of the week. Top four finishers go to A, next four to B, last two to C. Features line up by points high points on the pole. ---C feature – Top two finishers go to back of the B. Third place is worth 96 pts., 2nd is 94, etc. ---B feature – The top four finishers transfer to the tail of the A. The B awards 142 points for fifth, 140 for sixth and so on by twos. ---A feature - The A feature points are the same as time trials: 200, 198, 196 etc. This explains how a driver can not make the A, but if he timed well may have more points than someone who did make the A. Ties in points go to the quicker timer. A perfect score (quick time, heat win, feature win) is 500. Saturday Night Heat races luned up from Friday points inverted winner and runner up from Friday’s A feature plus the next 2 highest cars in points only run the POLE Scramble. Top 4 points car after the heats go to the Pole Scramble total points heat race points plus Fridays points. Pole Scramble (8 draw for start position) Fridays A feature winner draws first, second place draws second, high points from draws third, second high points from draws 4th, High points from Saturday draws 5th,on down to the 8th car. Cars start scramble with 0 points. After scramble High points car starts on the pole second high outside front row and so on. 20-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2 (Plus one point per position advanced.) B feature – Line up would be by high total points car for on the poll (Friday nights points added to Saturdays nights heat race points). Top 4 cars transfer to the A. A feature - Lined up by the high points cars from the scramble on the pole and so on. Balance of field 9th on would be lined up by their overall points from both nights. B feature cars tag the field and line up how they finished the B. # # # #

7/22/10, 1:16 PM	#10 Re: No USAC at Belleville?
Kansasdirtfan Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,315	Thanks for the entry list update. I thought there was going to be a posting at midgetmadness.com, but I haven't located it yet.