PLACERVILLE, Calif. — The USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship is primed to take on California’s Placerville Speedway this Friday and Saturday for the fifth running of the Hangtown 100.
This Friday’s opening night main event will hand out $5,000-to-win, with Saturday offering $10,000-to-win the much anticipated 100-lap contest featuring an incredible driver lineup which currently boasts a field of at least 32 drivers.
Among those 32 is a superstar cast featuring six USAC National Midget champions and 21 drivers who’ve previously captured a USAC National Midget event.
Four past Placerville Speedway USAC National Midget winners are among this year’s group. Buddy Kofoid (2022) and Justin Grant (2021) eye another Hangtown 100 victory this weekend. Ryan Timms and Tanner Carrick also make their return to Placerville. Both drivers collected Hangtown 100 prelim night scores with Timms notching one in 2021 and Carrick in 2022.
In addition, 12 more individuals in this weekend’s Placerville driver lineup have won a feature their USAC National Midget career. Chief among them is current USAC National Midget point leader Daison Pursley as well as Corey Day, Chase McDermand, Shane Golobic, Jacob Denney, Zach Daum, Emerson Axsom, Cannon McIntosh, Zach Wigal, Gavin Miller, Kale Drake and Carson Macedo.
“The Hangtown 100 has become a marquee event to close out the season at Placerville Speedway,” commented track Promoter Scott Russell. “The USAC National Midgets have put on some breathtaking shows here the last several years and we expect more of the same this weekend. Hopefully the fans will come out and support two great nights of racing this Friday and Saturday.”
The USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets are set for a busy west coast swing that gets underway at Placerville Speedway on Friday. Locust Grove, Oklahoma driver Daison Pursley brings the series point lead into the Golden State as he searches for his first USAC national driving championship.
Behind Pursley in the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship standings are Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms, Logan Seavey and Zach Daum. Seavey has put together a fantastic season across all three USAC National divisions and will be gunning for his first Hangtown 100 victory this weekend.
Fresh off a tremendous Rookie campaign with the World of Outlaws, California native and fan favorite Buddy Kofoid is geared up to return home for the Hangtown 100. Kofoid captured the event in 2022 and hopes to do so again this weekend.
Former winner of the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial, Corey Day, will be another California favorite on hand. Day has had a phenomenal season including wins at the Trophy Cup, the Super Dirt Cup and the Gold Cup Race of Champions among others.
Placerville Speedway has also hosted a pair of Avanti Windows & Doors USAC Western States Midget events this year with wins going to Hanford’s Michael Faccinto and Bakersfield’s Cade Lewis, who went on to wrap up the series title in October.