PLACERVILLE, Calif. — The third edition of the Hangtown 100 is bigger than ever before — 50-plus cars, 100 laps and $20,000-to-win.
The USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship heads west for the third installment of the three-night event at California’s Placerville Speedway on Nov. 17-19. Currently, 53 USAC midget drivers and cars are set to do battle on the one-quarter-mile dirt oval at the racy joint, all of whom are on the hunt for the biggest prize in midget racing.
The entry list includes the likes of defending Hangtown 100 winner Justin Grant, the newly crowned USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Champion. Ryan Timms returns after becoming the youngest winner in USAC National Midget history during the opening night of the Hangtown 100 in 2021.
Tanner Thorson (2016) is one of six USAC National Midget champions in the Hangtown 100 field along with Spencer Bayston (2017), Logan Seavey (2018), Tyler Courtney (2019), Chris Windom (2020) and current point leader Buddy Kofoid (2021).
Thorson was the opening night fastest qualifier a year ago. Bayston finished inside the top-10 twice during the inaugural edition in 2019. Seavey was the overall points champion for the event in 2021. Courtney finished eighth on the final night in 2019. Windom led laps on night two in 2021 and finished fourth on the last night. Kofoid led a race-high 66 laps in the 2021 finale before finishing second.
Shane Golobic has won with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars at Placerville. He returns to the Hangtown 100 field as does Carson Macedo, who led the WoO with 11 victories this year and finished inside the top-five at the Hangtown 100 a year ago.
Corey Day captured the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial wing sprint car race victory earlier this year at Placerville. The one-time USAC National Midget victor is in this year’s field as are night two lap leaders Bryant Wiedeman and Emerson Axsom as well as 2021 night two fast qualifier Taylor Reimer.
Drivers who’ve graced USAC National Midget victory lane this season in the Hangtown 100 field include Cannon McIntosh, Thomas Meseraull, Jacob Denney and Mitchel Moles, who also stands as the series’ leading Rookie of the Year contender coming in.
Also sharing the card will be the BCRA/California Lightning Sprints, who are set to run without wings each night.