42nd Annual Jackson Nationals Format
Prelim Nights
- 32 to 48 cars
- Event Points accumulated for all events except the dash
- See attached points schedule
- All competitors draw and Time Trial as one group
- Split into 4 Heats with an invert of 6
- Top 2 to dash by finish
- Dash drivers will redraw for starting positions
- Dash finish lines up rows 1-4 in Prelim Feature
- Positions 3rd, 4th, and 5th transfer to Feature and line up by finishing position and line up behind dash cars
- Heat 1 3rd will start 9th, Heat 2 3rd starts 10th, etc.
- Positions 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th transfer to LCS by finishing position
- Top 2 in time that did not transfer to Feature will start on the front row of the LCS
- Heat 1 6th starts 3rd, Heat 2 6th starts 4th, etc.
- Transfer 4 to Feature tagging the tail by finish
- Positions 10th, 11th, and 12th transfer to the C Feature by finish
- Heat 1 10th starts pole, Heat 2 10th starts 2nd, etc.
- Transfer 4 to back of LCS
- If no C Feature is ran, cars will fill back of LCS by finishing position
- 49 and over
- Event Points accumulated for all events except the dash
- Competitors draw and Time Trial in one group
- 6 Heats lined up with an invert of 4 from Time Trials
- Winner of each heat to dash
- Dash drivers will redraw for starting positions
- Dash finish lines up rows 1-3 in Prelim Feature
- Positions 2nd and 3rd will transfer to Feature by finish and line up behind dash cars
- Heat 1 2nd starts 7th, Heat 2 2nd starts 8th, etc.
- Positions 4th, 5th, and 6th will transfer to LCS by finishing position
- Top 2 in time that did not transfer to Feature will start on the front row of the LCS
- Transfer 6 tagging the tail of Feature by finish
- Balance of Heats go to a C Feature lining up by finishing positions
- Heat 1 7th starts pole, Heat 2 7th starts 2nd, etc.
- Top 4 tag tail of LCS
- Event Points accumulated for all events except the dash
Saturday
- Top 4 in accumulative points will be locked into the King of the Hill dash
- Balance of field will be split into 4 Qualifiers
- Winner to King of the Hill Dash
- Positions 2nd, 3rd and 4th will transfer to the Feature by finishing position
- Qualifier 1 2nd starts 9th, Qualifier 2 2nd starts 10th, etc.
- Positions 5th, 6th and 7th transfer to LCS by finishing position
- Top 2 in Points that didn’t transfer to feature will start on the front row of the LCS
- Qualifier 1 5th starts 3rd, Qualifier 2 5th starts 4th, etc.
- Transfer 4 tagging the tail of feature by finish
- Positions 8th and above transfer to a C-Main
- Lined up by finish
- Top 4 transfer to LCS
- King of the Hill Dash
- All cars involved in infield ready to go
- 4 cars, 3 lap segments Can be more or less laps
- Qualifier Winners will start and line up by qualifiers. Qualifier 1 1st, Qualifier 2 2nd, etc.
- Top 2 move onto face the 3rd and 4th place points cars.
- Higher points car decides lane for the front row, winner of previous segment decides lane for the 2nd row
- Continue until the last 4 left on track
- Feature lines up the first 4 rows by King of the Hill finish
- 3rd and 4th of segment 1 start 7th and 8th, 3rd and 4th of segment 2 start 5th and 6th, and last 4 cars race and will line up the first 2 rows by that finish
Jackson Nationals points
Qualifying | Heats | LCS | Feature |
1-200 | 1-100 | 1-4 transfer | 1-200 |
2-198 | 2-97 | 5-142 | 2-198 |
3-196 | 3-94 | 6-140 | 3-196 |
4-194 | 4-91 | 7-138 | 4-194 |
5-192 | 5-88 | 8-136 | 5-192 |
Down by 2 | Down by 3 | Down by 2 | Down by 2 |
each position | each position | each position | each position |
- C-main 5th place will be 2 points less than last car in the Last Chance Showdown If a C-main is ran..
- Last Chance Showdown will be 20 cars maximum.
- World of Outlaw Provisionals are given event points for the position they finished in their preliminary race. All cars behind a provisional car in the Feature will be moved up.
- Dash participants do not receive any event points.