MERCED, Calif. — The USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship weekend at California’s Merced Speedway has been shifted to a Saturday-Sunday (Nov. 23-24) schedule.
Rain has forced cancellation of the originally scheduled Friday, Nov. 22, program. Instead, Tarlton & Sons Presents Midget Madness will now take place at the high-banked quarter-mile dirt oval with two complete programs on Saturday and Sunday.
Thirty-three drivers have announced their intentions of competing at Merced, including past Midget Madness winners Buddy Kofoid, Logan Seavey, Carson Macedo, Tanner Thorson and Justin Grant, plus NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson, Indianapolis 500 veteran Santino Ferrucci and many more.
On Saturday, pits will open at 2 p.m. Pacific with the drivers meeting set for 4:30 p.m., the grandstands opening at 5 p.m., and hot laps at 5:30 p.m.
The program will feature the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, plus 360 winged sprint cars and the BCRA Lightning Sprints.
On Sunday, pits will open at 1 p.m. Pacific with the drivers meeting set for 3:30 p.m., the grandstands opening at 4 p.m. and hot laps at 4:30 p.m. The program will feature the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, plus 360 winged sprint cars.