The SARA Indoor Nationals presented by JDR Graphics is our next major dirt event, featuring the Dirt Midgets at The Chili Bowl in our own version of the Chili Bowl Nationals.
The main event for the week will feature the Dirt Midgets, as they will run a pair of Qualifying Nights on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28-29. Drivers will be split up into one of the two Qualifying Nights in attempt to finish in a transfer spot, to advance to the feature event on Thursday, May 30.
The Dirt Midgets will be joined by the 410 Non-Wing Sprints and Dirt Legends as support divisions for the week. These divisions will kick off the week with a double header on Monday, May 27 before the Midgets move in for the remainder of the week.
The 410 Non-Wing Sprint race is an Invitational race. Drivers may still sign up for the division to let us know of their interest to participate, before we select a small group of drivers to be a part of the Invitational.
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FULL EVENT SCHEDULE
*All times are Eastern, and are subject to change.
NIGHT 1 - Monday, May 27
DIRT LEGENDS
The Dirt Legends event will feature a standard Heat Race format, using random draw heat lineups, and C & B Main if needed, a quick warmup, then the A-Main
8:30 PM - Practice - 15 Minutes
8:45 PM - Heat Races, B-Main, and A-Main to follow
Heat Races (x3) - 12 Laps
C-B Mains - 18 Laps
A-Main - 50 Laps
410 NON-WING SPRINT INVITATIONAL
(**10 PM start time is approximate, following the conclusion of the Legends event if it carries over)
The 410 Non-Wing Sprint race will use a custom format. All drivers invited to the event will make the A-Main.
10:00 PM - Practice - 15 Minutes
10:15 PM - Time Trials - Single car runs, 3 laps each, top 4 advance directly to A-Main in inverse order.
Following Time Trials, the remainder of the field will be split into two heat races to set the rest of the grid.
Heat Races - 12 Laps
A-Main - 50 Laps
11:00 PM - Night complete
DIRT MIDGETS QUALIFYING PROCEDURE
Qualifying Nights will take place on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 28-29. All drivers entered for the division will be split up into one of the two Qualifying Nights.
QUALIFYING NIGHTS
The Format for Qualifying Nights will feature a standard Heat Race format, using random draw heat lineups, and C & B Main if needed, a quick warmup, then the A-Main. The top 4 drivers from each Qualifying Night's A-Main (8 total), will advance into Thursday's Indoor Nationals Main Event and will be locked into the first four rows of the grid.
LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER (ON RACE NIGHT)
The remaining drivers that do not advance from Qualifying Nights, will have two more shots to make the Indoor Nationals Main Event on Race Night. The LCQ Session will feature Time Trials where the top 6 cars will skip the LCQ and will advance directly to the Indoor Nationals Main Event. After Time Trials, the remaining cars will run Heat Races and LCQ A-Main, in which the top 6 finishers from the LCQ will advance to the Indoor Nationals Main Event.
INDOOR NATIONALS MAIN EVENT LINEUP - 20 CARS TOTAL
The top 4 finishers from Qualifying Nights will start in rows 1-4.
The top 6 cars from the LCQ Time Trials session will start in rows 5-8.
The top 6 finishers from the LCQ will start in rows 9-10.
NIGHT 2 - Tuesday, May 28
DIRT MIDGETS - QUALIFYING NIGHT 1
The Dirt Midgets Qualifying Night will feature a standard Heat Race format, using random draw heat lineups, and C & B Main if needed, a quick warmup, then the A-Main
9:30 PM - Practice - 15 Minutes
9:45 PM - Heat Races, C & B-Mains if necessary, and A-Main to follow
Heat Races - 12 Laps
C-B Mains - 18 Laps
A-Main - 55 Laps
Top 4 finishers advance to Indoor Nationals Main Event
Drivers from 5th on back will have two more shots to advance on Race Night in the LCQ Session
11:00 PM - Night complete
NIGHT 3 - Wednesday, May 29
DIRT MIDGETS - QUALIFYING NIGHT 2
The Dirt Midgets Qualifying Night will feature a standard Heat Race format, using random draw heat lineups, and C & B Main if needed, a quick warmup, then the A-Main
9:30 PM - Practice - 15 Minutes
9:45 PM - Heat Races, C & B-Mains if necessary, and A-Main to follow
Heat Races - 12 Laps
C-B Mains - 18 Laps
A-Main - 55 Laps
Top 4 finishers advance to Indoor Nationals Main Event
Drivers from 5th on back will have two more shots to advance on Race Night in the LCQ Session
11:00 PM - Night complete
NIGHT 4 - Thursday, May 30
DIRT MIDGETS - LCQ SESSION
9:30 PM - Practice - 15 Minutes
9:45 PM - Time Trials, Heat Races, C & B-Mains if necessary, and A-Main to follow
LCQ A-Main - 40 Laps
Top 6 drivers from Time Trials advance directly to Indoor Nationals Main Event (will not need to run LCQ)
Top 6 finishers from LCQ A-Main advance to Indoor Nationals Main Event
**DIRT MIDGETS - INDOOR NATIONALS MAIN EVENT**
*Approximately 10:20 PM - Practice - 15 Minutes
10:35 PM - Main Event - 75 Laps
11:00 PM - Night complete
Track Conditions: Every session will start with a 0% track and will carry over throughout the remainder of the night.
Weather and Time of Day Settings: The Indoor Nationals will utilize iRacing Generated Weather, Dynamic Skies, and Specific Time of Day settings. The BetaUI can be used to access these full settings and can be set up according to the picture below.
Each race in the event (*with the exception of the final Midgets Main Event) will be set to take place on the same date and time in the iRacing settings. For example, on Night 2 the Midgets Qualifying Night takes place on May 28h at 9:30 PM, the iRacing date will also be set to May 28th at 9:30 PM. The Midgets Main event will default to May 15th as the iRacing date (due to restrictions with setting up manual race grids), but will continue to utilize iRacing Generated Weather, Dynamic Skies, and Specific Time of Day settings.
