SPEEDWAY, Ind. — A new two-night format at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will welcome competitors to the seventh running of the BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship on July 1-2, 2025.
The competition to make the field for the event has proven to be intense with back-to-back nights of full racing programs, starting with Tuesday, July 1, opener which concludes with a 30-lap feature. That’s followed by the grand finale of the week on Wednesday, July 2, culminating in a $20,039-to-win 39-lap main event.
The event honors late USAC champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson.
TUESDAY, JULY 1 FORMAT
• Heat race positions will be selected during the heat race draft at 4:30pm EDT.
• 8 heat races will be held with starting positions based on their selections during the heat race draft. Each heat race will be 8 laps in length.
• Points for heat races will be accumulated by finishing position and total number of positions advanced.
• Heat race winners + the top-8 in overall points will be locked into Tuesday’s feature.
• Those 16 drivers will start straight-up based on overall points in the first 16 positions of the feature – rows 1-8.
• The top-4 finishers from each of the two semi-features will transfer into the feature. Each semi-feature will be 12 laps in length.
• The semi-feature transfers will line up in positions 17-24 of the feature lineup, rows 9-12, based on their finishing order in the semi.
• 30-lap feature paying $5,000-to-win.
• All USAC National Midget licensed drivers and entrants will receive feature points only on Tuesday based on their finishing position. All non-transfers will receive 10 points.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2 FORMAT
• 6 qualifying races will be held and will be lined up based on Tuesday’s heat race points. Each qualifying race will be 10 laps in length.
• The top-6 (36 total) in heat race points will start inverted in each of their respective qualifying races.
• Points for the qualifying races will be accumulated by finishing position and total number of positions advanced.
• Drivers ranking 1-18 in overall points following the qualifying races will lock into Wednesday’s feature and will start the feature straight-up based off overall points. The driver with the most points will start on the pole. Second most points will start outside and so on.
• Drivers ranking 19-30 in overall points following the qualifying races will compete in a semi-feature event.
• Drivers ranking 30th on back in overall points following the qualifying races will compete in one of two C-Main events.
• The top-4 finishers from each of the two C-Mains will transfer into the semi-feature and will start at the tail of the field according to their C-Main finishing order. Each C-Main event will be 10 laps in length.
• The top-6 finishers from the semi-feature will transfer to the feature and will start in positions 19-24, rows 10-11-12. The semi-feature event will be 15 laps in length.
• 39-lap feature paying $20,039-to-win.
• All USAC National Midget licensed drivers and entrants will receive feature points only on Tuesday based on their finishing position. All non-transfers will receive 10 points.
