SWEET SPRINGS, Mo. – Whenever the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series visits Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, it’s wild, unpredictable and exciting to the very end.
On Sunday night, July 11, series competitors will be chasing an elevated purse, which will pay $6,000 to the feature winner and $400 to start, an increase in payout from top-to-bottom for the 40-lap John Hinck Championship feature event at the sixth-mile dirt oval.
The Sweet Springs event kicks of Mid-America Midget Week, which features five USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship races in four different Great Plains states during a seven night span from July 11-17.
Mid-America Midget Week begins on July 11 at Sweet Springs, followed by a July 13 date at Oklahoma’s Red Dirt Raceway; July 14 at Solomon Valley Raceway in Beloit, Kansas; and it concludes with two nights at Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Neb., on July 16-17. The Jefferson County finale will pay $10,000 to the winner.
Four previous USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series events have been held at Sweet Springs, all of which featured memorable late-race duels for the win.
Logan Seavey captured the inaugural running in 2018, with the winning pass coming four laps from the finish. Tanner Carrick won his first series race in 2019 just three laps from the conclusion.
Last year, on the opening night at Sweet Springs, Cannon McIntosh won the race with a stirring last lap maneuver to score the victory. On the second night, Buddy Kofoid thrived to fend off and defeat past series champion Tyler Courtney to the checkered during the final laps to score his first series triumph.