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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 9, 2013)<\/b> \u2013 NASCAR announced today the qualifying and race procedures for the inaugural \u201cMudsummer Classic\u201d \u2013 the highly anticipated NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday, July 24. Unlike asphalt tracks, dirt tracks have historically used a format much different than typical races and that will be the case for this event, the first NASCAR national series race held on dirt in more than 40 years.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The race will feature a traditional two-lap qualifying session, five qualifying races, one last-chance race and a champion\u2019s provisional to determine the 30-truck starting field. The top-20 in owners\u2019 points entering the race event will have a guaranteed starting position.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Here are additional details for each round of qualifying:<\/p>\n
\u00a0Qualifying<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Two-lap qualifying determines starting position for the qualifying races<\/p>\n Qualifying Races<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Five qualifying races<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Eight laps each; only green flag laps count<\/p>\n o\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Five trucks transfer from each qualifying race<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lineup for the qualifying races will be based on qualifying speeds with four locked-in trucks (trucks in the top 20)<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The top-five trucks in qualifying will start on the pole for their respective qualifying race<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Highest finishing non-locked-in truck will transfer to race from each qualifying race<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the completion of the qualifying races, 25 trucks will have earned spots into the feature. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0Last Chance Race<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15 laps; only green flag laps count<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The top-four finishers will transfer to the feature and start in positions 26-29<\/p>\n \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The lineup will be based on the finish from the qualifying races<\/p>\n \u00a0Starting position No. 30 will go to the most recent past series\u2019 champion who has not already qualified. If the 30th starting position is not filled by an eligible champion, it will be assigned to the next highest finishing truck in the Last Chance Race.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cNASCAR and Eldora Speedway have collectively worked together to come up with a format that embraces the history of dirt track racing while also ensuring that full-time competitors have an opportunity to be a part of this special event,\u201d said Chad Little, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series director. \u201cThis will also add an exciting element for the fans and we look forward to putting on a great show at this unique venue.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0The race length and format are also new for the series. The race will be 150 laps divided into three segments. The segments will be 60, 50 and 40 laps.<\/p>\n \u00a0There will be pit stops between each segment, with teams having the opportunity to change tires and work on their trucks.<\/p>\n The \u201cMudsummer Classic\u201d will be the first NASCAR national touring series event held on dirt since NASCAR\u2019s premiere series competed on September 30, 1970 in Raleigh, N.C. Richard Petty won the Home State 200 at the one-mile State Fairgrounds Speedway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (April 9, 2013) \u2013 NASCAR announced today the qualifying and race procedures for the inaugural \u201cMudsummer Classic\u201d \u2013 the highly anticipated NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Eldora Speedway on Wednesday, July 24. Unlike asphalt tracks, dirt tracks have historically used a format much different than typical races and that will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[788],"tags":[],"coauthors":[675],"class_list":{"0":"post-6966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6966"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nascar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=6966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}