By Dick Jordan
A total of 28 races are listed on the preliminary 2012 USAC Midwest Focus Midget schedule announced today, which includes both dirt and paved races.
The series opens with events at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, NC which award points toward both the Midwest and Eastern championships. August 10 and 11 races at Plymouth, Ind. and Morris, Ill. also award points toward both series championships.
Two dirt and 10 paved ovals comprise the schedule, with new venues at Norton, Lorain and Painesville, Ohio and Springport, Mich.
Gas City and Montpelier, Ind. ovals return with dirt-track events, each hosting a half-dozen back-to-back races.
“We look forward to visiting some new tracks in Ohio in 2012,” states USAC’s James Spink. “Our dirt program has continued to grow for the Focus cars the last two seasons and we anticipate more of that this year.”
2012 Midwest Focus Midget Series Schedule
March 30 #Altamahaw, NC/Ace Speedway
March 31 #Altamahaw, NC/Ace Speedway
April 20 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
April 21 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
May 12 Columbus, OH/Columbus Motor Speedway
June 1 Xenia, OH/Kil-Kare Speedway
June 2 South Amherst, OH/Lorain County Speedway
June 8 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
June 9 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
June 22 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
June 23 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
June 30 Morris, IL/Grundy County Speedway
July 1 Springport, MI/Springport Motor Speedway
July 6 Plymouth, IN/Plymouth Speedway
July 7 Plymouth, IN/Plymouth Speedway
July 13 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
July 14 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
July 20 Norton, OH/Barberton Speedway
July 21 Painesville, OH/Lake County Speedway
August 10 #Plymouth, IN/Plymouth Speedway
August 11 #Morris, IL/Grundy County Speedway
August 18 Kalamazoo, MI/Kalamazoo Speedway
August 25 Morris, IL/Grundy County Speedway‘
September 7 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
September 8 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
September 15 Columbus, OH/Columbus Motor Speedway
September 28 Gas City, IN/Gas City I-69 Speedway
September 29 Montpelier, IN/Montpelier Motor Speedway
#=Also awards Eastern Focus points.