We are now one week away from the 58th annual O'Reilly Auto Parts Hutchinson Grand Nationals presented by Mel Hambelton Ford once again sanctioned by the National Championship Racing Association of Park City, Kansas presented by Precise Racing Products. This year's rendition will see a brand new format and added money for the richest Hutch Nationals to date.
Below is information for the modified portion for the July 25-26 event where only NCRA rules will be utlized.
Any modified driver who can win Friday night’s Dash Qualifier will take home $1000 and if that driver also wins the championship feature on Saturday night, they will take home $2000. Regardless, winning the Hutchinson Grand Nationals on Saturday night is still not a bad pay night. Just starting the twenty-four car field pays $300 to start Saturday night’s finale.
The format for the NCRA Modified division is as follows:
Friday night – Every car will draw for heat race with the top fifteen in passing points going to the night’s “A” feature. The top six finishers will be locked in heads up for the championship feature on Saturday night.
Saturday night – Cars that finished 7-15 in Friday night’s feature will be lined up for the front spots of two (2) dashes (7th on pole of first dash, 8th on pole of second dash, 9th on outside of first dash, tenth on outside of second dash, etc.) with the remainder six (6) spots in each dash will be filled by the cars finishing 16th and below in passing points from Friday night to make the fifteen car dashes. The top six from each dash will go to the Championship feature.
Cars that finish seventh through fifteenth will fill the top spots of two (2) last chance races. The remainder of the cars from passing points will be added to the back of the field. The top three from each race will advance and round out the 24 car championship field on Saturday night.
With this new format, each car entered on Friday will have three chances to get into the Championship “A” feature on Saturday night. If you choose to come Saturday only you will have only one (1) chance to make the “A” feature and the best starting spot would be nineteenth. Also, each car transferring from all dashes and last chance races will pay money, no transfer – no money.
NCRA Modified Series: Entry fee $25
Friday night:
Qualifying heat races
Friday Night Dash Qualifier: 1) $1000, 2) $700, 3) $500, 4) $350, 5) $325, 6) $300, 7-15) $200. The top fifteen point cars from the qualifying heat races will run the Friday Night Dash Qualifier. The top six in the Friday Night Dash Qualifier will fill the first three rows of Saturday night’s championship feature.
Saturday night:
Two (2) Saturday Night’s Dash Qualifiers: 1) $500, 2) $350, 3) $300, 4) $250, 5) $225, 6) $200, 7) $175, 8) $150, 9-15) $100. The top six in each Saturday Night Dash Qualifier will transfer to the championship feature.
Two (2) “B” features: 1) $200, 2) $175, 3) $150, 4) $125, 5-15) $100. The top three (3) in each “B” feature will transfer to the night’s championship feature finale.
Championship Feature Payout: 1) 2000, 2) $1500, 3) $1000, 4) $900, 5) $800, 6) $700, 7) $600, 8-10) $500, 11) $475, 12) $450, 13) $425, 14) $400, 15) $ 400, 16) $375, 17) $350, 18) $325, 19-24) $300.
