The BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors will feature a new two-night format for USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship competitors on July 1-2 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The Tuesday, July 1, opener concludes with a 30-lap feature. That’s followed by the grand finale Wednesday, July 2, culminating in a 39-lap main event featuring a $20,039 winner’s purse.
The event honors late USAC champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson.
The details of the format:
Tuesday, July 1
- Heat race positions will be selected during the heat race draft at 4:30 p.m. ET.
- Eight heat races will be held, with starting positions based on their selections during the heat race draft. Each heat race will be eight laps.
- Points for heat races will be accumulated by finishing position and total number of positions advanced.
- Heat race winners and the top eight in overall points will be locked into Tuesday’s feature.
- Those 16 drivers will start straight-up based on overall points in the first 16 positions of the feature – rows one through eight.
- The top four finishers from each of the two semi-features will transfer into the feature. Each semi-feature will be 12 laps.
- The semi-feature transfers will line up in positions 17-24 of the feature lineup, rows nine through 12, based on their finishing order in the semi.
- The 30-lap feature will pay $5,000 to win.
Wednesday, July 2
- Six qualifying races will be held and will be lined up based on Tuesday’s heat race points. Each qualifying race will be 10 laps.
- The top six (36 total) in heat race points will start inverted in each of their respective qualifying races.
- Points for the qualifying races will be accumulated by finishing position and total number of positions advanced.
- Drivers ranking 1-18 in overall points following the qualifying races will lock into Wednesday’s feature and will start the feature straight-up based off overall points. The driver with the most points will start on the pole. Second most points will start outside and so on.
- Drivers ranking 19-30 in overall points following the qualifying races will compete in a semi-feature event.
- Drivers ranking 30th on back in overall points following the qualifying races will compete in one of two C-Main events.
- The top four finishers from each of the two C-Mains will transfer into the semi-feature and will start at the tail of the field according to their C-Main finishing order. Each C-Main event will be 10 laps.
- The top six finishers from the semi-feature will transfer to the feature and will start in positions 19-24, rows 10-11-12. The semi-feature event will be 15 laps.
- The 39-lap feature pays $20,039 to win.
Public gates open at 4 p.m. ET Tuesday, with hot laps at 6 p.m. and competition at 7 p.m. A 30-lap feature for the midgets will be the main event of the evening. Fans then can enter the track after the checkered flag for the feature and talk with drivers and see the race cars up close.
Championship night of the BC39 on Wednesday, July 2 will consist of full programs for both the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship and the Stoops Junior Sprint Invitational. Public gates open at 4 p.m., followed by a driver autograph session at 4:30 in the driver merchandise area and hot laps at 6 p.m. Racing starts immediately after the opening ceremonies at 7 p.m., culminating in a 39-lap feature event for the midgets paying $20,039 to win.
Tickets are on sale at ims.com/BC39. Spectators must enter IMS via Gate 10 off 30th Street to access The Dirt Track. No entrance will be allowed through Gate 2.
For more spectator information, fans should visit the Plan Ahead site for the BC39.
