The Agco Jackson NAtionals will take place June 1-3.
3-DAY RACE FORMAT
UP TO 48 CARS:
?Draw as normal
3 heat races – top 6 go to main event with remainder going to B main.
?Top 2 from B Main tag the A main
4 heat races – top 4 go to main event with remainder going to B main.
?Top 4 from B main tag the A Main. Top 2 from each B main if two
B mains are needed.
The Alternate will be the first B main non-transfer car.
Heat Races 8 laps
B main 12 laps
A main 20 laps
49 AND ABOVE CARS:
Draw as normal
Divide draw into two (2) Flights with the first half of the draw comprising Qualifying Flight A and the second half of the draw comprising Qualifying Flight B. If there is an odd number of cars, using 41 as an example, Flight A would have 21 cars and Flight B would have 20 cars.
There will be 6 Heats. Heats 1, 2 and 3 will line up by draw from Flight A – no invert – top 3 finishers transfer to the Feature. Heats 4, 5 and 6 will line up by draw from Flight B – no invert – top 3 finishers transfer to the Feature
Transfer cars line up with Flight A cars placed on the inside lane and Flight B cars placed on the outside lane. 4th thru 9th of both Flights A & B go the two B mains and line-up in their respective lanes by their qualifying times. The top 2 B main finishers transfer and tag the rear of the A Main in their B main finishing order.
Saturday Format
Total Combined Event Points from Thursday and Friday events combined with points from Saturday’s Heat races will be utilized to create ALL final night lineups.
*Top 6 in combined points entering Saturday will be locked into the 10 car redraw in positions 1 thru 6. *
Final Night Heat Races - 8 Laps – Lined up by draw
• 3 Heats (30 cars or less) Top 4 transfer to the feature, Top 2 to the redraw.
• 4 Heats (48 cars or less) Top 3 transfer to the Feature, Heat winners to the redraw.
• 5 Heats (49 to 60 cars) Top 2 transfer to the Feature, Heat winners to the redraw.
• Top 6 in Combined Event Points from Thursday/Friday plus the final day Heat Race winners plus the top 1 or 2 in total combined event points that did not win their Heat but did make the transfer make up the 10 car redraw.
• Redraw positions 1 thru 6 lined straight up by Combined Event Points, positions 7 thru 10 lined up by Total Combined Event Points.
• If 3 Heats – The top 2 from the Heat races advance to the 10 car redraw.
• If 4 Heats - The next 2 highest Total Combined Event Point cars that didn’t win their Heat but made the 4 car Heat transfer will be included in the redraw to make a 10 car redraw.
If 5 Heats - The next highest Total Combined Event Point car that didn’t win it’s Heat but made the 2 car transfer from its Heat goes to the 10 car redraw.
D-Main, C-Main and LCS line up by Total Combined Event Points.
• D-Main (8 Laps) – 2 Cars Advance and tag the C-Main in the D-Main finishing order.
• C-Main (10 Laps) – 2 Cars Advance and tag the LCS in the C-Main finishing order.
• LCS (12 Laps) – 4 Cars if 4 Heats, 6 Cars if 5 heats, transfer to the Feature and tag the rear in the order of the LCS finish.
Feature (25 Laps)
• Feature lined up by Total Combined Event Points behind Dash cars, LCS transfers tag the rear.
Tie breakers: 1). Average Feature finish from both preliminary events.
2). Positions gained by combining both preliminary events Feature finishes.
3). Combined average qualifying finish.
4). Best finishing position from 2nd preliminary Feature finish.
- Travis Johnson on May 13, 2017
- Article Date: 5/13/2017 by Travis Johnson