2023 Friday Night NSCN Twin 15’s
Ohsweken Speedway –Friday, September 15, 2023
HEAT RACES:
-Each Heat Race will be eight (8) green flag laps.
-Heat Races will be lined up by pill draw.
-A total of 30 drivers will transfer to an A-Main; the heat race winners will automatically transfer, while the highest remaining drivers in Ohsweken Speedway Passing Points will also transfer.
-There will not be a B-Main. Drivers who do not transfer are done for the night.
A-MAINS:
-Each of the two (2) A-Mains will be 15 green flag laps, and include a maximum of 15 cars.
-Each A-Main will be lined straight up by Ohsweken Speedway Passing Points. The driver with the highest Heat Race passing points total will start first in A-Main #1, the driver with the second-highest passing points total will start first in A-Main #2, the driver with the third-highest passing points total will start second in A-Main #1, and so on. In the event of a tie, the tiebreaker will be the driver with the lowest pill draw.
-Twin 15 A-Main winners will have a guaranteed starter position in row five (positions 9 and 10) to start the Northern Sprint Car Nationals A-Main on Saturday night.
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19th Running of the Northern Sprint Car Nationals
Ohsweken Speedway –Saturday, September 16, 2023
ORDER OF EVENTS:
–Hot Laps, Qualifications, Heat Races, C-Main, Pole Dash, B-Main, A-Main
PILL DRAW:
-The field will be split into “Flights” using a pill draw. Flight 1 will make up Heat Race 1 and 2, while Flight 2 will make up Heat Race 3 and 4, etc.
-Each of the Flights will be split into four Qualification groups (1A/1B/1C/1D, 2A/2B/2C/2D, etc.)
-Two Flights and four Heat Races will be used with 47 cars or less. Three Flights and six Heat Races will be used with 48 cars or more.
HOT LAPS:
-The Hot Lap sessions will combine groups; 1A and 1B will hot lap together, and so on.
QUALIFICATIONS:
-Each Qualification group will get four (4) green flag Qualification laps, with each driver’s fastest of the four laps recorded as their Official Time.
-Drivers must proceed immediately to the scale/technical inspection area after their Qualification session, and before returning to their pit stalls.
-Drivers ranked in odd-numbered positions after their Qualification session will make up the odd-numbered Heat Races, while those ranked in even-numbered positions will make up the even-numbered Heat Races.
HEAT RACES:
-Each Heat Race will be 10 green flag laps and include a maximum of 12 cars.
-Heat Races will be lined up by Qualification times, with the top four drivers inverted in each starting lineup.
-The top six (four heats) or the top four (six heats) finishers in each Heat Race will transfer directly to the A-Main and must proceed immediately to the scale/technical inspection area after their Heat Race, and before returning to their pit stalls.
-Non-qualified cars will transfer to the B-Main. The C-Main will be used if there are more than 24 non-qualified cars.
-If a C-Main is used, cars finishing in the 5th, 6th, and 7th positions in each Heat Race will transfer to the B-Main, and cars finishing 8th and beyond will transfer to the C-Main.
-The top eight drivers in overall Ohsweken Speedway Passing Points who transferred to the A-Main will qualify for the Pole Dash. In the event of a tie, the first tiebreaker will be the driver’s heat race finish. The second tiebreaker will be the driver’s rank within their Qualification Flight. The third tiebreaker will be the driver’s fastest Qualification lap. The fourth tiebreaker will be the lowest pill draw.
-The winners of the two Friday night Twin 15’s are guaranteed starting spots in the fifth row (positions 9 and 10) of Saturday night’s A-Main lineup. If these drivers qualify for the Pole Dash, they will not use their guaranteed starter options. If either of these drivers do not transfer through their heat races, they will be added to the A-Main lineup BEFORE the B-Main runs; these two guaranteed starters will not run a C-Main or B-Main.
C-MAIN:
-The C-Main will be 10 green flag laps and include a maximum of 24 cars.
-The field will be lined straight up by Ohsweken Speedway Passing Points. The first tiebreaker will be the driver’s Heat Race finish, followed by the tiebreakers listed in the Heat Race section (above).
-The top two (2) finishers will transfer to the last row of the B-Main and must proceed immediately to the scale/technical inspection area before returning to their pit stalls.
B-MAIN:
-The B-Main will be 12 green flag laps and include a maximum of 24 cars (maximum 20 cars if a C-Main is used).
-The field (except C-Main transfers) will be lined straight up by Ohsweken Speedway Passing Points. The first tiebreaker will be the driver’s Heat Race finish, followed by the tiebreakers listed in the Heat Race section (above).
-The top four finishers* will transfer to the A-Main and must proceed immediately to the scale/technical inspection area before returning to their pit stalls. *The fifth and sixth place finishers may also transfer to the A-Main if the Friday Twin 15 guaranteed starter positions are not used, and must also proceed immediately to the scale/technical inspection area before returning to their pit stalls.
POLE DASH:
-The Pole Dash will be five green flag laps and include a maximum of eight cars.
-The Pole Dash will be lined straight up by Ohsweken Speedway Passing Points. The first tiebreaker will be the driver’s Heat Race finish, followed by the tiebreakers listed in the Heat Race section (above).
-The finishing order of the Pole Dash will determine the starting order for the first four rows of the A-Main.
A-MAIN:
-The A-Main will be 35 green flag laps and include a maximum of 30 cars.
-Positions 1-8 will be lined straight up from the Pole Dash finish.
-Positions 9-24* will be made up of the remaining transfer cars from the Heat Races and lined straight up by Ohsweken Speedway Passing Points. The first tiebreaker will be the driver’s Heat Race finish, followed by the tiebreakers listed in the Heat Race section (above). *Positions 9 and 10 may also used by the Friday night Twin 15 winners.
-Positions 27-30* will be made up of the transfer cars from the B-Main. Positions 25 and 26 may also be made up of transfer cars from the B-Main if the guaranteed starter positions are not used. These positions will be lined up by the B-Main finishing order.
PURSE STRUCTURE
A-Main (CAD): 1st-$30,000; 2nd-$5,000; 3rd-$2,500; 4th-$2,000; 5th-$1,500; 6th-$1,300; 7th-$1,250; 8th-$1,200; 9th-$1,150; 10th-$1,100; 11th to 24th-$1,000
Pole Dash (CAD): 1st-$100; 2nd-$85; 3rd-$75; 4th-$70; 5th-$65; 6th-$60; 7th-$55; 8th-$50
B-Main (CAD): 1st-$0 (Transfer); 2nd-$0 (Transfer); 3rd-$0 (Transfer); 4th-$0 (Transfer); 5th-$0 (Transfer); 6th-$0 (Transfer); 7th-$500; 8th-$450; 9th-$400; 10th-$350; 11th-$300; 12th-$250; 13th to 24th-$200
C-Main (CAD): 1st-$0 (Transfer); 2nd-$0 (Transfer); 3rd-$0 (Transfer); 4th-$0 (Transfer); 5th-$0 (Transfer); 6th-$0 (Transfer); 7th to 24th-$150
Awards:
-A-Main Winner – Free Fire Suit (EPIC Racewear)
-Rookie of the Nationals – $250 (Slack Lumber)
-Bill Peer Memorial Best Appearing Car – $350 CAD (Corr/Pak Merchandising)
-Travis Rutz Long Tow – $250 CAD (Niagara Golf Lounge at Best Western Cairn Croft Hotel)
-Fastest Qualifier – $300 CAD (Dip-A-Chip)
-Fastest Canadian Qualifier – $300 CAD (Ohsweken Speedway)
-Hard Charger – $300 CAD (Nitro 54 Variety)
-Larry Gartly Memorial Last Chance Hard Charger – $200 (Doddey Creek Agri Services)