Happenings
Format
The 360 Nationals encompasses a three-day format. With points meaning everything, and every wheel turned on the track meaning points, there is no time for a break.
Thursday and Friday
Order of Events: Hot laps, Qualifications, Last Chance Heats (if needed), 5 Heats, C feature, B feature, A feature.
Qualifications - 200 points are awarded for quick timer, 198 for second quick, 196 for third, etc.
Only the top 50 qualifiers make the heats, the rest are put in the last chance heats in which the first eight finishers will fill the back of that night's C feature (starting in the sixth row).
Last Chance Heats (for drivers out of the top 50 in Qual.) – 50 points awarded to the winner, 47 for 2nd, etc.
Heats - 100 points are awarded for the heat winner, points go down by three: 97, 94, 91, 88, etc.
Heats have an invert of six. Top four finishers go to A, next four to B, last two to C.
C feature – Top four finishers go to back of the B. Fifth place is worth 92 pts., 6th is 90, etc.
B feature – The top four finishers transfer to the tail of the A. The B awards 142 points for fifth, 140 for sixth and so on by twos.
A feature - The A feature points are the same as time trials: 200, 198, 196 etc. This explains how a driver can not make the A, but if he timed well may have more points than someone who did make the A.
First tie breaker is finish position in respective main event. Next tie breaker is rank in time trial. Other tie breaking criteria may be implemented if needed.
A perfect score (quick time, heat win, feature win) is 500. Cars line up for Saturday's championship straight up by points earned on their qualifying night.
Saturday:
Saturday Events: E feature, D feature, C feature, B feature, Knoxville Nationals Championship feature.
With the exception of the B feature which takes the top four finishers to the tail of the 360 Nationals Championship, all other features transfer the top two finishers to the tail of the next event (if there are scratches, there may be more taken for a particular event).
Purse
Thursday & Friday Night:
C Main:
1. $25 2. $25 3. $25 4. $25 5. $100 6. $90
7. $80 8. $70 9. $60 10. $50 11. $50 12. $50
13. $50 14. $50 15. $50 16. $50
B Main:
1. $50 2. $50 3. $50 4. $50 5. $200
6. $175 7. $150 8. $125 9. $120 10. $115
11. $110 12. $105 13. $100 14. $100 15. $100
16. $100 17. $100 18. $100 19. $100 20. $100
21. $100 22. $100 23. $100 24. $100
A Main:
1. $3,000 2. $2,000 3. $1,500 4. $1,000 5. $900
6. $800 7. $700 8. $600 9. $500 10. $450
11. $425 12. $400 13. $375 14. $350 15. $325
16. $300 17. $275 18. $250 19. $250 20. $250
21. $250 22. $250 23. $250 24. $250
Saturday Night:
E Main:
1. $25 2. $25 3. $25 4. $25 5. $300 6. $290
7. $280 8 $270 9. $260 10. $250 11. $240 12. $230 13. $220 14. $210 15. $200 16. $190 17. $180 18. $170 19. $160 20. $150 21. $150 22. $150 23. $150 24. $150
D Main:
1. $50 2. $50 3. $50 4. $50 5. $350 6. $340
7. $330 8. $320 9. $300 10. $290 11. $280 12. $270 13. $260 14. $250 15. $240 16. $230 17. $220 18. $200 19. $190 20. $180 21. $175 22. $175 23. $175 24. $175
C Main:
1. $50 2. $50 3. $50 4. $50 5. $400 6. $390
7. $380 8. $370 9. $360 10. $350 11. $340 12. $330 13. $320 14. $300 15. $290 16. $280 17. $270 18. $260 19. $250 20. $250 21. $250 22. $250 23. $250 24. $250
B Main:
1. $50 2. $50 3. $50 4. $50 5. $600 6. $575
7. $550 8. $525 9. $500 10. $490 11. $480 12. $470
13. $460 14. $450 15. $440 16. $430 17. $420 18. $410 19. $390 20. $380 21. $370 22. $360 23. $350 24. $350
360 Nationals Championship:
1. $20,000 2. $10,000 3. $5,000 4. $4,000 5. $3,000
6. $2,500 7. $2,400 8. $2,300 9. $2,200 10. $2,100
11. $2,000 12. $1,900 13. $1,800 14. $1,700 15. $1,600
16. $1,500 17. $1,400 18. $1,300 19. $1,200 20. $1,100
21. $1,075 22. $1,050 23. $1,025 24. $1,000
Lap Sponsor Bonus: $15,000 ($500 per lap led)
Team DGRD Best Appearing Car: $360
JETCO Rookie of the Year: $500
TOTAL PURSE: $152,000
History
Year -Driver, Number,Owner
1991 -David Hesmer, 1,Action Auto Racing
1992 -Garry Lee Maier 11x,Jimmie Rogers
1993 -Garry Lee Maier, 11x,Jimmie Rogers
1994 -Lee Nelson, 26,Bob Brody
1995 -Danny Lasoski, 45,Ray Lipsey
1996 -
Terry McCarl, 51,Brad Gray
1997 -David Hesmer,11,Ergenbright Motorsports
1998 -Gary Wright,9,Gary Wright
1999 -Dennis Moore Jr.,71,Dennis Moore Jr.
2000 -Wayne Johnson,29J,Fred and Jo Threatt
2001 -
Terry McCarl,24x,
Terry McCarl
2002 -Jeff Swindell,6s,Don Goodson
2003 -Dennis Moore Jr.,75x,Doug Brown
2004 -Billy Alley,22,Stewart and Susette Alley
2005 - Billy Alley, 22, Stewart and Susette Alley
2006 - Jesse Giannetto, D1, Bulldogg Motorsports
2007 - Shane Stewart, 1HD, Mike Doyle
2008 - Wayne Johnson, 94, Mike and Tim Hammers/Robbie Forbes
2009 -
Terry McCarl, 24, Tod Quiring
2010 - Shane Stewart, 57, Paul Silva
2011 - Shane Stewart, 57, Paul Silva
2012 - Shane Stewart, 57, Paul Silva
2013 - Shane Stewart, 57, Paul Silva
2014 -
Brian Brown, 21,
Brian Brown
2015 -
Terry McCarl, 24,
Terry McCarl
2016 - Sammy Swindell, 3s, A.G. Rains
2017 -
Clint Garner, 40, Boyd and Glenda Fluth
2018 -
Terry McCarl, 24,
Terry McCarl
2019 - James McFadden, 9m, Kasey Kahne Racing
2020 - Kerry Madsen, 2, Big Game Motorsports
2021 - Gio Scelzi, 18, KCP Racing
2022 -
Aaron Reutzel, 8, Ridge and Sons Racing