By Bryan Gapinski
Belleville, Kan., July 8—Over $84,000 await competitors for the 35th annual Belleville Midget Nationals on Aug. 2-4 at the Belleville High Banks. Entry blanks, complete purse payoff and point system have been at the tracks website: www. highbanks.org. For the third straight year the event will be officiated by the National Championship Racing Association (NCRA) and The Belleville High Banks Race Committee.
Action kicks off on the quarter-mile dirt oval on Thursday Aug. 2 with a 30-lap midget race paying $2,000 to win. All competitors will receive ten bonus points towards their Midget Nationals points total. The JayHusker Micro Series will also be running a complete program on Thursday Night.
Action switches to the half-mile track on Friday Night Aug. 3, and will be highlighted by qualifying, heat races, pole dash, semi feature and the preliminary night feature event, with a purse of over $20,000 posted for the evenings events. The evening’s top point earners will be locked into the starting lineup for Saturday’s Championship feature.
All other participants will return Saturday Aug. 4 for heat races and the semi feature, hoping to earn one of the twenty-four starting positions in the sport’s most grueling feature of the season. A check of $12,000 awaits the winner, with the feature paying $700 to start. The United Rebel Sprint Car Series will also participate in both days with the running of the inaugural 305 Sprint Nationals.
General Admission tickets for all events are sold first-come first-served on race day at the ticket gate. Reserved Seating tickets is available for the Belleville Midget Nationals. General admission available only if the event is not sold out, and available only on the day of the race at the track ticket office (bottom 3 rows only).
Tickets can be ordered by going to the tracks website, or logging onto The TicketForce website (direct link to Belleville events) : http://tickets.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=1031 . #