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CULVER CORRALS USAC WS MIDGET FINALE AT VENTURA

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Ventura, California (October 25, 2025)………Dane Culver fended off repeated challenges from Brody Fuson down the stretch to score the victory in Saturday night’s Avanti USAC Western States Midget season finale at California’s Ventura Raceway.


 

Culver (Riverside, California) took over the lead on the seventh lap when racelong leader Preston Norbury performed a half-spin in turn two and kept on going, with Culver capitalizing his way into the lead.


 

On the eighth lap, Connor Speir flipped in between turns three and four in what was the only major incident throughout the 30-lap feature. Speir walked away and also tallied enough points to earn series Rookie of the Year honors for 2025.


 

During the final 10 laps, Fuson slid past Culver no less than three different times with Culver crossing over each attack to remain as the leader, including once on the final restart with four circuits to go.


 

When Fuson stumbled atop the turn two cushion on the final lap, Culver was able to break away in his Knuckles Up Racing machine to win his second series feature of the season and the second of his career after previously winning at California’s Santa Maria Speedway in August.


 

Fuson, who was also the fastest qualifier, finished second while series champion Caden Sarale took third with T.J. Smith fourth as Norbury rounded out the top-five after leading the initial six laps.


 

Heat races were won by Sarale and Norbury.


 


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 11, 2025 – Antioch Speedway – Antioch, California – Co-Sanctioned by BCRA


 

QUALIFYING: 1. Brody Fuson, 51, Carlile-12.269; 2. T.J. Smith, 68, Six8-12.305; 3. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-12.332; 4. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-12.610; 5. Dane Culver, 50, Knuckles Up-12.651; 6. Connor Speir, 14JR, Graunstadt-12.671; 7. Jett Barnes, 73, Barnes-12.716; 8. Broedy Graham, 66, BGR-12.776; 9. Todd Hawse, 18, Hawse-12.944; 10. Grant Schaadt, 15, Schaadt-13.102; 11. Kevin Mahoney, 11K, Kruseman-13.554; 12. Hailey Lambert, 55, Lambert-13.578; 13. Ron Hazelton, 15H, Hazelton-13.715; 14. Chris Rahe, 5, Rahe-13.884; 15. Billy Rayburn, 9K, Rayburn-14.149; 16. Kyle Hawse, 20, Hawse-NT; 17. Joey Bishop, 45, Bishop-NT.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Caden Sarale (5), 2. Brody Fuson (6), 3. Todd Hawse (2), 4. Jett Barnes (3), 5. Dane Culver (4), 6. Joey Bishop (8), 7. Billy Rayburn (7), 8. Kevin Mahoney (1). NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Preston Norbury (5), 2. T.J. Smith (6), 3. Broedy Graham (3), 4. Connor Speir (4), 5. Grant Schaadt (2), 6. Chris Rahe (7), 7. Hailey Lambert (1), 8. Kyle Hawse (8), 9. Ron Hazelton (9). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dane Culver (2), 2. Brody Fuson (6), 3. Caden Sarale (4), 4. T.J. Smith (5), 5. Preston Norbury (3), 6. Jett Barnes (7), 7. Broedy Graham (8), 8. Todd Hawse (9), 9. Grant Schaadt (10), 10. Hailey Lambert (12), 11. Ron Hazelton (13), 12. Chris Rahe (14), 13. Kyle Hawse (16), 14. Joey Bishop (17), 15. Billy Rayburn (15), 16. Connor Speir (1), 17. Kevin Mahoney (11). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-6 Preston Norbury, Laps 7-30 Dane Culver.


 

**Connor Speir flipped on lap 8 of the feature.


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Caden Sarale-770, 2-Dane Culver-657, 3-T.J. Smith-634, 4-Connor Speir-456, 5-Todd Hawse-446, 6-Broedy Graham-388, 7-Jett Yantis-376, 8-Kyle Hawse-376, 9-Hailey Lambert-347, 10-Preston Norbury-309.

 

 

 

SEAVEY SWEEPS WESTERN WORLD, POCKETS $43,750 IN CASA GRANDE

 

Rich Forman

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 25, 2025)………As if one Western World Championships win wasn’t good enough, Logan Seavey went ahead and swept the entire weekend on Saturday night at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway.


 

One night after the Sutter, California racer pocketed an opening night victory at the 3/8-mile dirt oval, he repeated the feat on Saturday to the tune of $43,750 in total winnings between his $35,000 winner’s share, plus another $8,750 in lap leader money after leading all 35 circuits in the 58th running of the event.


 

With his latest triumph, Seavey became a two-time Western World champion after getting his first win in the event during the 2021 season. Furthermore, he’s the first driver to win the final two races of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season since Tyler Courtney in 2019.


 

“This is so cool,” Seavey said following his second Western World win. “What an unbelievable job all year to give us exactly what we needed to get some speed back. Like I said at Lawrenceburg, I was hoping we were back and we sure as heck proved it tonight and throughout this whole weekend.”


 

Seavey’s ninth win of the 2025 season aboard his Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical – Droplight – Elbrecht Concrete/DRC/Stanton Chevy was the 33rd of his USAC National Sprint Car career, moving him past 1973 series champion Rollie Beale for sole possession of 16th place on the all-time list.


 

Throughout the early portion of the night, Seavey’s arch nemesis was 2025 USAC National Sprint Car champion Kyle Cummins, who snookered him on the final restart of The Underwood Dash with three laps remaining to earn a $5,000 reward and a prime starting position on the pole.


 

However, at the start of the feature, Seavey felt he was right where he needed to be to get a proper jump on Cummins, which he did for roughly three-quarters of the first lap. Meanwhile, over in turn three on the opening lap, Logan Calderwood (19th) flipped upside down to necessitate a red flag. Despite it all, Calderwood was actually able to restart and complete the first nine laps before pulling off with a 26th place result.


 

On the second attempt at the start, Seavey was apprehensive that the slight bit of green flag activity might’ve shuffled the deck back into Cummins’ favor.


 

“I was really glad to see what they did to the track because I knew the outside would be a little better,” Seavey offered. “Then, that second start made me nervous that the bottom was going to get cleaned up. But I was able to hold him off. I couldn’t give up the lead to Kyle. He’s too good out front and I’m sure he was thinking the same thing. Right now, he’s the best in the country and it was nice to keep him behind us.”


 

Seavey got the upper hand on Cummins around the outside to lead the opening lap and every bit thereafter, although Cummins stayed close in check. Meanwhile, Chase Stockon had hustled up from his sixth starting spot to third after sliding under Ricky Thonton Jr. for the spot in turns three and four on the 13th lap.


 

By midway, Cummins was right on Seavey’s tail as the pair worked through lapped traffic, but the coast was made clear for the leaders on the 22nd lap when 17th running Kevin Thomas Jr. came to a halt in turns three and four with a flat right rear tire, which caused additional damage to the right side of his ride and promptly ended his night.


 

On the ensuing restart, Cummins found his stride along the inside line and came within a car length of nipping Seavey at the stripe at the completion of lap 23. But the high side proved to be Seavey’s jam and he utilized it to launch off turn two and leave Cummins in the not-so-distant past as he blazed a trail out in front of Cummins to the tune of 1.1 second.


 

That said, just when Seavey might’ve a felt a slight sense of peacefulness, eighth running Jake Swanson’s shredded right rear tire on the 30th lap squashed any semblance of that. As Swanson was forced to the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area, Seavey was sent into a worrisome state of mind.“


 

Usually, when they work the track like that, it’s really fast early,” Seavey explained. “That’s really hard on tires because we are running so hard and we’ve got a full fuel load. Once I saw Jake pop a tire, I was nervous because I hadn’t really saved anything early. I was worried about tires all race because you’re so hard on them here. You’re running around here full throttle basically. Speaking of full throttle, it’s also hard on fuel.”


 

That became the next nail-biting situation Seavey had to endure while cruising toward victory with the white flag in sight. That’s when Ryan Bernal (9th) slowed with an apparent fuel issue, and under the caution period, C.J. Leary (4th) and Briggs Danner (8th) both slipped into the work area with dry fuel tanks but weren’t able to make it back on track in time for the restart.


 

Call it a premonition, but Seavey admitted he had an inkling that the book wasn’t about to be closed on this sucker just yet.


 

“I don’t know why, but once we took that first white, I just had a feeling that it wasn’t over,” Seavey stated. “Then, we got that caution and we had to go again. I was liking what I was doing on the restarts. I was a little bit vulnerable, but I felt better about protecting than I did about moving up and maybe giving him an opportunity to slide us. I thought I did as good as I could on those starts, but the guy behind you has the catbird seat to try and make a move, and he tried, but my Abacus 57 was a little too fast tonight.”


 

Cummins did take a run at Seavey in turns one and two on the first lap of the green-white-checkered finish. But it was to no avail and nearly cost him the second position as Stockon’s momentum carried him right to within an arm’s length of Cummins on the back straightaway.


 

At this particular moment, Seavey was up front singing a merry tune as he put the finishing touches on a grand victory. Yet, all the while, he maintained a pit in his stomach as he pondered if he could even make it successfully to the line.


 

“I was out (of fuel) those last two laps and watching that 35 grand go out the window,” Seavey revealed. “Luckily, I had just enough to hold on and this Stanton engine was running just good enough to get me to the line.”


 

Seavey’s fears did not come to fruition, and instead, he closed out the victory with a 0.412 second winning margin as past Western World victors occupied the top-four finishing positions with Kyle Cummins second, Chase Stockon third and Brady Bacon fourth while Ricky Thornton Jr. rounded out the top-five.


 

How did Thornton's first two nights in a USAC National Sprint Car go? Well, the late model star followed up his impressive fourth place finish on Friday with a fifth on Saturday night. With it, he earned 2025 Western World Rookie of the Year honors, plus an extra $1,500 as the Team AZ-Petty-Rossi “Whiz Kid” award winner.


 

R.J. Johnson collected a $3,131.98 bonus for his run from 23rd to ninth in the feature. That's $2,461.98 from the Lafond Jar of Change, another $520 as the #WesternWorld Passing Master and $150 more courtesy of Rod End Supply.


 

In what was the closest Rookie battle in USAC National Sprint Car racing history, Gunnar Setser prevailed over Hayden Reinbold by a four point margin (2166 to 2162) to earn the Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year award.


 

Brentwood, California's Blake Bower earned his way into the feature in spectacular fashion. After getting passed on the final lap of the semi, he raced back into the final transfer spot off the last corner to land an A-Main spot in his first ever Western World appearance. That proved to be the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP / AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 25, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 58th Western World Championships


 

CAR IQ / IN HONOR OF WILEY MILLER SR. & WILEY MILLER II FIRST QUALIFIER: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Brady Bacon (#4c Calderwood), 2. Briggs Danner (#39 Hogue), 3. Stevie Sussex (#17GP Dutcher), 4. Tye Mihocko (#5 Mihocko), 5. Ricky Lewis (#41 Lewis), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#3R Rock Steady), 7. Blake Bower (#17x Dunkel), 8. Max Adams (#42 Cheney), 9. Daison Pursley (#86 CBI), 10. Cole Wakim (#73 Ford), 11. Matt Westfall (#11c Turner-Wheeler), 12. Marty Hawkins (#3m Hawkins), 13. Verne Sweeney (#98v Guerrero). 2:06.39 (New Track Record)


 

K1 RACEGEAR / W.C. FRIEND SECOND QUALIFIER: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Chase Stockon (#92 Sertich), 2. Ryan Bernal (#17 Calderwood-Dunkel), 3. Braden Chiaramonte (#73B OCC), 4. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (#51T Tafoya), 5. Hayden Reinbold (#19 Reinbold-Underwood), 6. Connor Lundy (#97 Lundy), 7. Saban Bibent (#98 Wedgewood), 8. R.J. Johnson (#33p Petty), 9. A.J. Bender (#21x Bender), 10. Isaac Chapple (#6w Chapple-Hall), 11. Brecken Guerrero (#98B Guerrero), 12. Brent Sexton (#44 Sexton), 13. Jim Vanzant (#3v Vanzant). 2:07.87


 

USAC GEAR / SILBERMAN SOLAR THIRD QUALIFIER: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Mitchel Moles (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood), 2. Jake Swanson (#5T Daming Swanson), 3. Gunnar Setser (#5G KO), 4. Charles Davis Jr. (#47 Davis), 5. Logan Calderwood (#6 Calderwood), 6. Trey Osborne (#6T Ebert), 7. Kobe Simpson (#21K Simpson), 8. David Gasper (#18 Kittle-Gasper), 9. J.J. Yeley (#2 Yeley), 10. Kyle Shipley (#0G Black Gold), 11. Dayton Shelton (#4D Shelton), 12. Wayne Siddle (#007 Siddle), 13. Harley Burns (#14 Hendricks), 14. Austin Williams (#17w Dunkel). 2:11.30


 

HOOSIER TIRE / WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY C-MAIN: (1 lap, shortened from 8 laps due to accident, all transfer to the semi) 1. Brecken Guerrero, 2. Marty Hawkins, 3. Wayne Siddle, 4. Verne Sweeney, 5. Jim Vanzant, 6. Brent Sexton, 7. Dayton Shelton. NT


 

THE UNDERWOOD DASH: (10 laps) 1. Kyle Cummins (#3p Petty), 2. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus), 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Ricky Thornton Jr. (#20RT Petty), 5. C.J. Leary (#21AZ Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian), 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Briggs Danner, 8. Mitchel Moles, 9. Ryan Bernal, 10. Jake Swanson. NT


 

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Justin Grant (#4 TOPP)


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS / FACTORY WRAPS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Trey Osborne, 3. Daison Pursley, 4. R.J. Johnson, 5. Blake Bower, 6. Connor Lundy, 7. Saban Bibent, 8. A.J. Bender, 9. Kobe Simpson, 10. J.J. Yeley, 11. Max Adams, 12. Kyle Shipley, 13. Cole Wakim, 14. Isaac Chapple, 15. Brecken Guerrero, 16. Verne Sweeney, 17. Wayne Siddle, 18. Jim Vanzant, 19. Brent Sexton, 20. Marty Hawkins. NT


 

FEATURE: (35 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (2), 2. Kyle Cummins (1), 3. Chase Stockon (6), 4. Brady Bacon (3), 5. Ricky Thornton Jr. (4), 6. Mitchel Moles (8), 7. Hayden Reinbold (18), 8. Stevie Sussex (11), 9. R.J. Johnson (23), 10. Tye Mihocko (14), 11. Ricky Lewis (17), 12. Jake Swanson (10), 13. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (15), 14. Daison Pursley (22), 15. Trey Osborne (21), 16. Austin Williams (26-C), 17. C.J. Leary (5), 18. Briggs Danner (7), 19. Gunnar Setser (13), 20. Ryan Bernal (9), 21. Braden Chiaramonte (12), 22. A.J. Bender (27-N), 23. Kobe Simpson (25-N), 24. Kevin Thomas Jr. (20), 25. Charles Davis Jr. (16), 26. Logan Calderwood (19), 27. Blake Bower (24). NT


 

(C) represents a USAC CRA Sprint Car provisional starter


 

(N) represents a USAC National Sprint Car provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-35 Logan Seavey.


 

**J.J. Yeley flipped during the third qualifier. Dayton Shelton flipped during the C-Main. Logan Calderwood flipped on lap 1 of the feature.


 

FINAL USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3365, 2-Mitchel Moles-2979, 3-Logan Seavey-2973, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2829, 5-Justin Grant-2759, 6-Briggs Danner-2697, 7-C.J. Leary-2660, 8-Jake Swanson-2643, 9-Chase Stockon-2272, 10-Gunnar Setser-2166.


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-1385, 2-Ricky Lewis-1305, 3-Austin Williams-1125, 4-A.J. Bender-1097, 5-Tommy Malcolm-991, 6-Charles Davis Jr.-962, 7-Blake Bower-954, 8-David Gasper-893, 9-Connor Lundy-805, 10-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-701.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Gunnar Setser-157, 3-Briggs Danner-151, 4-C.J. Leary-141, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-135, 6-Logan Seavey-126, 7-Justin Grant-124, 8-Hayden Reinbold-123, 9-Kyle Cummins-120, 10-Chase Stockon-119.


 

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: C.J. Leary (15.370)


 

Car IQ / In Honor of Wiley Miller Sr. & Wiley Miller II First Qualifier Winner: Brady Bacon


 

K1 RaceGear / W.C. Friend Second Qualifier Winner: Chase Stockon


 

USAC Gear / Silberman Solar Third Qualifier Winner: Mitchel Moles


 

Hoosier Tire / Woodland Auto Display C-Main Winner: Brecken Guerrero


 

The Underwood Dash Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Factory Wraps Semi Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Rod End Supply / In Memory of Jim & Chet Gardner / Lafond Jar of Change Hard Charger: R.J. Johnson (23rd to 9th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Blake Bower


 

Wild West Shootout Stampede Western World Passing Master Champion: R.J. Johnson (24)


 

Team AZ-Petty-Rossi Racing “Whiz Kid” Western World Rookie of the Year: Ricky Thornton Jr. (5th)

 

 

SEAVEY SINGS AT CASA GRANDE,WINS WESTERN WORLD OPENER

Rich Forman

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 23, 2025)………Four years following his initial taste of Western World success, Logan Seavey feasted on the field during Friday night’s USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship debut at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway.


 

Seavey (Sutter, California) rushed into the lead from his outside second row starting position by lap three and paced the remaining 28 circuits to capture the opening night of the 58th annual Western World Championships at the 3/8-mile dirt oval, an event co-sanctioned by the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series.


 

For Seavey, it was his eighth victory of the USAC National Sprint Car season and the 32nd of his career, tying him with the great Rollie Beale for 16th place on the series’ all-time feature win list.


 

After qualifying fourth and finishing second by a single car length in his heat race, Seavey had sensed that he let down his team and their Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical – Droplight – Elbrecht Concrete/DRC/Stanton Chevy.


 

“I knew my car was going to be super, super good early,” Seavey foreshadowed. “(Crew chief) Kirk (Simpson) had this thing lights out all night. I feel like I narrowly missed quick time, but that was probably my doing. Then, I narrowly missed winning my heat race. I felt like I owed one to these guys for giving me such a good racecar.”


 

Just moments into the 30-lap feature, Seavey more than made up for it. By the end of lap one, he had ridden the high line around the outside of C.J. Leary and Justin Grant to slot into second. Then, Seavey immediately found the low line to his liking. On the third go around, Seavey pulled even with Bacon, then slipped out in front as he carved a path under Bacon and slid past in turn one to take over the race lead, a place he knew he had to get to in a hurry if he wanted it to be his night.


 

“With Brady and Justin on the front row, if you don’t go early, they’re going to get rolling and figure out where they need to be,” Seavey explained. “These races are so much easier once you get to the lead. You can see the cushion really well and you get to observe the whole racetrack.”


 

Ten laps into it, Seavey had opened up a 1.5 second advantage over series champion Kyle Cummins, but lapped traffic was poised to play a role. In a matter of five laps, at the halfway point, Cummins had shaved a full second off Seavey’s lead to put the interval between the two at about a half second.


 

At the precise moment when Seavey was about to reach the two-wide blockade of the traffic, the red flag was displayed for fifth running Kevin Thomas Jr. after a collision with fourth place Justin Grant at the entry to turn three on lap 16. Thomas barrel rolled three times before being nailed by the trailing Daison Pursley (7th), which also sent Pursley spinning to a stop, knocking both Thomas and Pursley out of the race in a moment’s notice.


 

As a result of the incident, Thomas’ series record streak of 29 consecutive top-10 finishes screeched to a halt. Thomas, who finished 25th on the night, hadn’t finished outside the top-10 since the USAC Eastern Storm round at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway four months earlier on June 21.


 

With traffic cleared for the leaders, Seavey’s biggest nemesis down the stretch was the gnarly cushion and the ever changing track conditions.


 

“We’re already really close to the wall, and (the cushion) was pretty big there early,” Seavey said. “It just kept getting thicker and thicker as the race went on. I knew there at the very end, it was going to start taking rubber. I could see the shine kind of going away and I was struggling to gain on the cars in front of me. I just felt so good on the cushion; I didn’t want to give up on it and have somebody make a big run on me. I stayed up there as long as I could until the last three or four laps, then I finally had to peel off.”


 

By then, Seavey’s lead held steady, but Cummins was able to climb to within a couple car lengths of Seavey’s rear bumper. Yet, at that point, Seavey had firmly entrenched himself in the catbird seat and wasn’t going to do anything to put that in jeopardy.


 

“This place is so fast and so tricky, it can be easy to get uncomfortable,” Seavey revealed. “(The crew) has done such a good job today to make me feel good in this racecar so that I can run as hard as I need to in order to win these races.”


 

At the stripe, Seavey was .788 seconds ahead of the field, ahead of Cummins while Leary was strong late to finish third ahead of the surgent Ricky Thornton Jr. in fourth and an impressive Ricky Lewis who finished fifth, advancing 21 positions after using a provisional and starting 26th on the grid.


 

With his runner-up finish, Cummins set a new USAC National Sprint Car record by posting his 37th top-five finish of the 2025 series season in 48 starts so far. That broke the mark of 36 top-fives set by Brady Bacon during the 2021 season.


 

C.J. Leary continued his masterful run of Western World finishes with a third place result. Dating back to the 2022 installment of the event, Leary has finished 2nd-5th-3rd-4th-3rd-3rd in his six most recent starts at Western World.


 

The top-four of Seavey, Cummins, Leary and Ricky Thornton Jr. are all locked into Saturday’s $35,000-to-win feature event at Central Arizona.


 

Late Model superstar Ricky Thornton Jr. made a spectacular USAC National Sprint Car debut by winning his heat race, then advancing from 10th to fourth in the feature. It’s the best USAC Sprint Car debut by any driver since Mitchel Moles took second at the Terre Haute Track in 2022. Thornton’s performance earned him the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

It was a lucrative hard charging night for Ryan Bernal. He raced from 18th to 10th in the feature, and with it, he earned $1021.26 from the Lafond Jar of Change, plus another $150 from Rod End Supply for a grand total of $1,171.26.


 

Chase Stockon picked up an extra $100 courtesy of Bud & Cathy Goodwin for his 13th place feature finish. James Turnbull II, meanwhile, was the Hard Luck Award recipient after a violent crash in his heat race. The Indio, California native walked away from the crash and also walked away with $200 from an anonymous donor.


 

In Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying, Mitchel Moles equaled an all-time USAC National Sprint Car record with his 15th fast time of the year. That tied Kevin Thomas Jr. for the most quick times in a single season with the series, a mark set by KTJ during the 2018 campaign.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP / AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 24, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 58th Western World Championships


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING / WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY / W.C. FRIEND QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-15.024 (New Track Record); 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-15.049; 3. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-15.050; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.072; 5. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-15.082; 6. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-15.105; 7. Brady Bacon, 4c, Calderwood-15.109; 8. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-15.136; 9. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.173; 10. Isaac Chapple, 6w, Chapple/Hall-15.205; 11. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-15.210; 12. Trey Osborne, 6T, Ebert-15.233; 13. Tye Mihocko, 5, Mihocko-15.241; 14. Ryan Bernal, 17, Calderwood/Dunkel-15.245; 15. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.254; 16. Stevie Sussex, 17GP, Dutcher-15.280; 17. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-15.290; 18. Kyle Shipley, 0G, Black Gold-15.297; 19. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-15.300; 20. Cole Wakim, 73, Ford-15.311; 21. Braden Chiaramonte, 73B, OCC-15.364; 22. Max Adams, 42, Cheney-15.408; 23. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-15.425; 24. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-15.426; 25. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-15.485; 26. Ricky Thornton Jr., 20RT, Petty-15.497; 27. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-15.525; 28. J.J. Yeley, 2, Yeley-15.535; 29. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-15.578; 30. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.599; 31. Matt Westfall, 11c, Turner/Wheeler-15.615; 32. David Gasper, 18, Kittle/Gasper-15.630; 33. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-15.639; 34. Blake Bower, 17x, Dunkel-15.692; 35. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-15.700; 36. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-15.709; 37. Harley Burns, 14, Hendricks-15.719; 38. James Turnbull II, 2J, Turnbull-15.830; 39. A.J. Bender, 21x, Bender-15.871; 40. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-15.993; 41. Wayne Siddle, 007, Siddle-16.070; 42. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-16.178; 43. Brent Sexton, 44, Sexton-16.282; 44. Verne Sweeney, 98v, Guerrero-16.462; 45. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-16.504; 46. Jim Vanzant, 3v, Vanzant-16.848.


 

CAR IQ / IN HONOR OF WILEY MILLER SR. & WILEY MILLER II FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Ricky Thornton Jr., 2. Braden Chiaramonte, 3. Briggs Danner, 4. Stevie Sussex, 5. Ricky Lewis, 6. Mitchel Moles, 7. Matt Westfall, 8. Wayne Siddle, 9. Jim Vanzant, 10. Daison Pursley. NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR / W.C. FRIEND SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Max Adams, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Trey Osborne, 5. Logan Calderwood, 6. Saban Bibent, 7. David Gasper, 8. Harley Burns, 9. Dayton Shelton. 2:12.67


 

USAC GEAR / SILBERMAN SOLAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. Tye Mihocko, 6. Kobe Simpson, 7. Kyle Shipley, 8. James Turnbull II, 9. Brent Sexton. NT


 

COOKOUT / SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Logan Seavey, 3. Connor Lundy, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Hayden Reinbold, 6. A.J. Bender, 7. Blake Bower, 8. Austin Williams, 9. Verne Sweeney. 2:12.74


 

CAR IQ / IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Charles Davis Jr., 2. Chase Stockon, 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 5. R.J. Johnson, 6. Cole Wakim, 7. Isaac Chapple, 8. Brecken Guerrero, 9. Marty Hawkins. 2:12.33 (New Track Record)


 

HOOSIER TIRE / WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY C-MAIN: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the semi) 1. Austin Williams, 2. Harley Burns, 3. Brecken Guerrero, 4. Dayton Shelton, 5. Marty Hawkins, 6. Verne Sweeney, 7. Jim Vanzant, 8. Wayne Siddle. NT


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS / FACTORY WRAPS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 2. Mitchel Moles, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Tye Mihocko, 5. Logan Calderwood, 6. David Gasper, 7. Saban Bibent, 8. Ricky Lewis, 9. Cole Wakim, 10. Isaac Chapple, 11. Kobe Simpson, 12. Austin Williams, 13. A.J. Bender, 14. Blake Bower, 15. Matt Westfall, 16. Brecken Guerrero, 17. Harley Burns, 18. Dayton Shelton, 19. R.J. Johnson. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (4), 2. Kyle Cummins (6), 3. C.J. Leary (3), 4. Ricky Thornton Jr. (10), 5. Ricky Lewis (26-C), 6. Brady Bacon (2), 7. Justin Grant (1), 8. Mitchel Moles (12), 9. Jake Swanson (5), 10. Ryan Bernal (18), 11. Briggs Danner (15), 12. Stevie Sussex (20), 13. Chase Stockon (19), 14. Gunnar Setser (9), 15. Trey Osborne (16), 16. Braden Chiaramonte (21), 17. Tye Mihocko (17), 18. Max Adams (8), 19. Hayden Reinbold (14), 20. R.J. Johnson (25-C), 21. Charles Davis Jr. (11), 22. J.J. Yeley (23), 23. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (22), 24. Kobe Simpson (27-N), 25. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7), 26. Daison Pursley (13), 27. Connor Lundy (24). NT


 

(C) represents a USAC CRA Sprint Car provisional starter


 

(N) represents a USAC National Sprint Car provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Brady Bacon, Laps 3-30 Logan Seavey.


 

**Daison Pursley flipped during the first heat. James Turnbull II flipped during the third heat. Kevin Thomas Jr. flipped on lap 16 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3298, 2-Mitchel Moles-2924, 3-Logan Seavey-2903, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2806, 5-Justin Grant-2749, 6-Briggs Danner-2670, 7-C.J. Leary-2631, 8-Jake Swanson-2604, 9-Chase Stockon-2208, 10-Gunnar Setser-2141.


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-1339, 2-Ricky Lewis-1264, 3-Austin Williams-1094, 4-A.J. Bender-1074, 5-Tommy Malcolm-991, 6-Charles Davis Jr.-939, 7-Blake Bower-931, 8-David Gasper-883, 9-Connor Lundy-795, 10-Brody Roa-676.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Gunnar Setser-157, 3-Briggs Danner-151, 4-C.J. Leary-141, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-135, 6-Logan Seavey-125, 7-Justin Grant-124, 8-Kyle Cummins-120, 9-Chase Stockon-116, 10-Hayden Reinbold-112.


 

WILD WEST SHOOTOUT STAMPEDE WESTERN WORLD PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-8, 2-Ryan Bernal-8, 3-Stevie Sussex-8, 4-Chase Stockon-8, 5-David Gasper-8, 6-Logan Seavey-7, 7-Ricky Thornton Jr.-6, 8-Briggs Danner-5, 9-Braden Chiaramonte-5, 10-Mitchel Moles-4.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP / AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 25, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 58th Western World Championships

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: C.J. Leary (15.297)


 

Honest Abe Roofing / Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend / Cody Quarles Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (15.024)


 

Car IQ / In Honor of Wiley Miller Sr. & Wiley Miller II First Heat Winner: Ricky Thornton Jr.


 

K1 RaceGear / W.C. Friend Second Heat Winner: Max Adams


 

USAC Gear / Silberman Solar Third Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

Cook Out / Sexton Fire Protection Fourth Heat Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Car IQ / In Memory of Jim & Chet Gardner Fifth Heat Winner: Charles Davis Jr.


 

Hoosier Tire / Woodland Auto Display C-Main Winner: Austin Williams


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Factory Wraps Semi Winner: Daison Pursley


 

Rod End Supply / In Memory of Jim & Chet Gardner / Lafond Jar of Change Hard Charger: Ryan Bernal (18th to 10th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Ricky Thornton Jr.


 

Bud & Cathy Goodwin 13th Place Finisher: Chase Stockon


 

Hard Luck Award: James Turnbull II

 

 

SWANSON TOPS THURSDAY’S WESTERN WORLD TUNE-UP

 

Josh James

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 23, 2025)………Jake Swanson continued his roll into Thursday’s Western World Championships practice night at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway.


 

The 2022 Western World winner from Anaheim, California posted the best time of the 34 USAC AMSOIL National/Avanti USAC CRA Sprint Cars that took time on Thursday night at the 3/8-mile dirt oval, clocking in with a top lap of 15.109 seconds in his Daming Swanson Motorsports/Inland Rigging – Dougherty Motorsports/DRC/1-Way Chevy.


 

Swanson is fresh off his first USAC National Sprint Car feature victory of the 2025 season last Saturday night at Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas. He’s also picked up his first two fast qualifying times of the year in each of his past two series appearances last weekend.


 

Fifty two cars are expected to compete in this Friday-Saturday’s October 24-25 58th running of Western World, which pays $35,000-to-win in the finale.


 

Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pennsylvania) was second quick at 15.174, while Mitchel Moles (Raisin City, California) checked in third overall at 15.209. Defending Western World winner Kyle Cummins (Princeton, Indiana) was fourth at 15.253 while 2017 Western World winner Chase Stockon (Fort Branch, Indiana) rounded out the top-five at 15.315.


 

Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Oklahoma), the 2023 Western World winner, was eighth overall at 15.367. Logan Seavey (Sutter, California), the 2021 Western World victor, was 12th quickest at 15.584. Five-time Western World winner Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) was 18th in line at 15.888.


 

Late Model star Ricky Thornton Jr. (Chandler, Arizona), making his USAC National Sprint Car debut, was 17th fastest in a third Petty Performance Racing entry.


 

Joshua Shipley (Surprise, Arizona) was the lone incident of the night as he got upside down in turn one. He walked away without injury.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP / AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR PRACTICE RESULTS: October 23, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 58th Western World Championships


 

PRACTICE: 1. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-15.109; 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-15.174; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-15.209; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-15.253; 5. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.315; 6. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-15.329; 7. Stevie Sussex, 17GP, Dutcher-15.359; 8. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-15.367; 9. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.433; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-15.459; 11. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.508; 12. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.584; 13. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-15.606; 14. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-15.657; 15. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-15.673; 16. A.J. Bender, 21x, Bender-15.702; 17. Ricky Thornton Jr., 20RT, Petty-15.704; 18. Brady Bacon, 4c, Calderwood-15.888; 19. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-15.931; 20. Ryan Bernal, 17, Dunkel-15.937; 21. Matt Westfall, 11c, Turner/Wheeler-15.962; 22. J.J. Yeley, 2, Yeley-15.970; 23. Cole Wakim, 73, Wakim-15.986; 24. Braden Chiaramonte, 73B, OCC-16.037; 25. Wayne Siddle, 007, Siddle-16.037; 26. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-16.075; 27. Harley Burns, 14, Hendricks-16.082; 28. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-16.125; 29. Trey Osborne, 6T, Ebert-16.340; 30. Blake Bower, 17x, Dunkel-16.341; 31. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-16.342; 32. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-16.348; 33. Joshua Shipley, 2x, Shipley-16.369; 34. Brent Sexton, 44, Sexton-16.938.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP / AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACES: October 24-25, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 58th Western World Championships


 

**Joshua Shipley flipped during practice.

 

 

Jake Swanson captured his first USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory of the year on Saturday night at Amarillo, Texas' Route 66 Motor Speedway.

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Amarillo, Texas (October 18, 2025)………”This is for Joe.”


 

To Jake Swanson, Joe Daming was like a second father. In February of 2024, Daming expressed to Jake that his dream was for Swanson to one day take his team to the national level. One day later after that conversation, Daming passed away unexpectedly at the age of 47.


 

Committed to carrying on Joe’s legacy, Daming Swanson Motorsports was formed shortly thereafter, and in 2025, Swanson, along with the Daming family, took the team on the road full-time with the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.


 

Hard work, dedication, desire and dream all came together in unison on Saturday night as Swanson took the team to victory lane for the first time in USAC competition by scoring a $10,000 triumph in the series’ debut at Amarillo, Texas’ Route 66 Motor Speedway.


 

But in truth, this win was worth so much more. This was Jake’s dream. This was Joe’s dream. And, at last, those dreams had come true with a victory in the 47th race of the USAC National Sprint Car season aboard the Daming Swanson Motorsports/Inland Rigging – Dougherty Motorsports/DRC/1-Way Chevy.


 

“Joe is so stoked right now; he’s upstairs pounding beers, I know it,” Swanson said with a smile. “To the whole Daming family, thank you guys for giving me this opportunity and letting me take all your stuff and turn it into a national winning program. I just can’t believe we were able to do this.”


 

For Anaheim, California's Swanson, it was his first USAC win in more than two years, since a USAC Indiana Sprint Week score in July of 2023 at Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway. Furthermore, it was the seventh win of Swanson’s USAC National Sprint Car career, tying him for 66th place all-time alongside the likes of Bobby Santos, Bobby Unser, Brady Short, Briggs Danner, Darren Hagen, Doug Kalitta, Jim Keeker, Josh Wise, Kenny Irwin Jr., Kevin Doty and Kevin Thomas.


 

When Jake and his wife, Jess, moved from California to Indiana in early 2021, the Daming family welcomed them with open arms. The Swanson/Daming combo won frequently on the local level in the Hoosier state during the years between 2021-2023, and to this day, several of the same individuals responsible for that success are still involved, all of whom are essentially important for making this dream a reality.


 

“We started in the local realm and we’ve come here and have now won on the national stage,” Swanson reflected. “There are literally like 10 people that we could not do this without. This thing does not get to the racetrack without them. We’re racing on no money, no budget. We’re literally racing on winnings. So, thank god we won tonight because I’m relying on sponsorship to get us up and down the road. I definitely don’t have deep enough pockets to run this deal.”


 

This year, especially of late, Swanson had displayed flashes of brilliance that demonstrated how close the team was to breaking through. A solid stretch leading into the weekend saw him tally six top-fives in a span of seven starts. On Friday, he set a new track record in qualifying at Dodge City and followed up by establishing yet another track record in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying on Saturday at Route 66 with a time of 13.648 seconds.


 

With the inversion top-six inversion, Swanson lined up sixth in the feature. However, as the festivities had barely gotten underway, a major calamity encompassing 10 drivers littered the front straightway with damaged racecars. At the conclusion of the opening lap, ninth starting Wyatt Burks slapped the outside wall at the exit of turn four. As his car crawled slowly down the front straight, mass carnage ensued, resulting in Justin Zimmerman, Saban Bibent, Anton Hernandez and Caleb Stelzig all flipping upside down. All were able to walk away.


 

Bibent returned to the fray after several teams chipped in to help repair his ride in the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area. Initially, Bibent was the front runner for the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the night based solely on his last lap, last turn pass to gain the final transfer spot in his heat race. After returning to action and promptly driving back up through the field to complete the race with a damaged racecar and a 13th place finish, he clinched it.


 

While Kevin Thomas Jr. controlled the pace for the first half of the 30-lap main from his pole starting position, Swanson was rising up the pylon. Swanson took second from Danner around the outside on lap eight, then quickly chopped Thomas’ lead from a full second to a half-second to where he was right on his bumper on lap 16 and ready to pounce. Right there and then, Swanson raced by Thomas on the back straight to take his spot at the front of the field.


 

With two to go, Thomas found his second wind and took a swing at Swanson for the lead. Thomas briefly held a car length lead midway through turns one and two, but as he drifted up toward the top of the second turn, Swanson’s momentum was at warp speed as he escaped from Thomas off the edge to retake the lead for good.


 

Swanson finished off the 30th and final lap roughly 2.5 car lengths ahead of Thomas, 0.213 seconds to the better at the stripe. Mitchel Moles slipped by for third late in the going with C.J. Leary fourth and Logan Seavey rounding out the top-five.


 

Swanson not only entered the win column for the 2025 USAC season, he also put his name into the record books as a first-time USAC winner as a car entrant. And he accomplished the deed with the Daming family by his side, including crewman Austin Daming, Joe’s son.


 

“Austin and I have spent countless hours in the shop,” Swanson revealed. “Three years ago, he had hardly ever been at the racetrack before. Now, he’s a good wrench. I love what we’ve done and I’m so proud of my guys, my people.”


 

Joe’s wife, Jenny, was overcome with emotion and was present in victory lane for the special moment.


 

“I’m just so grateful to be here,” Jenny said. “I’m so grateful for Jake and all of our crew for fulfilling Joe’s dream. I can’t tell you how special it is to watch my son continue to work hard every day and to help make Jake’s dream come true too.”


 

After leading half of the race before finishing as the runner-up, Thomas would certainly have wanted to be one spot better. That said, no one was better than him across the two nights of racing this weekend at Dodge City and Route 66 where he finished third and second, respectively. By earning the most combined points throughout the pair of nights, Thomas collected an extra $2,000 for his efforts as the High Plains Thunder Bonus winner.


 

Gunnar Setser advanced seven positions from 13th to sixth in the feature to receive Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors. Furthermore, he extended his USAC National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year point lead from five to 14 over Hayden Reinbold with just three races remaining.


 

Paul White picked up an extra $250 from ProSource's Buck Rice. The 2001 USAC Silver Crown champion was the top finisher from the POWRi Elite Non-Wing Sprints, tallying a 15th place result while fellow Elite competitors Cooper Sullivan (16th) and Caleb Stelzig (20th) also earned bonuses.


 

Trey Osborne certainly had the speed but not the good fortune. He started the evening by qualifying fifth out of the 31 cars on hand, but in his heat race, he blew a tire, which destroyed the shock, Jacobs Ladder, radius rod and torque tube studs. In the semi-feature, the driveshaft sheared the splines off at the start, ending his night on the spot. For his misfortune, Osborne was the recipient of the ProSource Hard Luck bonus.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 18, 2025 – Route 66 Motor Speedway – Amarillo, Texas – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Co-Sanctioned by POWRi Elite Non-Wing Sprints


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-13.648 (New Track Record); 2. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.686; 3. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-13.738; 4. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.748; 5. Trey Osborne, 6T, Ebert-13.821; 6. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.886; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-13.888; 8. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.929; 9. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-13.937; 10. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.021; 11. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.082; 12. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-14.089; 13. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-14.149; 14. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-14.154; 15. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-14.159; 16. Anthony Nicholson, 16, Nicholson-14.199; 17. Wesley Smith, 2B, 2B Racing-14.220; 18. Stevie Sussex, 17GP, Dutcher-14.229; 19. Don Grable, 45x, Budlong-14.292; 20. Chris Douglas, 56, Douglas-14.602; 21. Caleb Stelzig, 21, Stelzig-14.616; 22. Paul White, 1, White-14.663; 23. Anton Hernandez, 38, Oeschger-14.737; 24. Justin Zimmerman, 31m, Herrel-14.842; 25. R.J. Miller, 34, Miller-14.902; 26. Colt Treharn, 77, Treharn/Seals-14.960; 27. Nathan Moore, 6, Moore-14.994; 28. Brian Morris, 199, Chitty-15.048; 29. Bryan Debrick, 36, Reed-NT; 30. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-NT; 31. Cooper Sullivan, 79F, Fry-NT (time of 15.099 disallowed due to illegal left rear tire).


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Mitchel Moles, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Wesley Smith, 5. Caleb Stelzig, 6. R.J. Miller, 7. Trey Osborne. NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Stevie Sussex, 2. Logan Seavey, 3. Briggs Danner, 4. Kyle Cummins, 5. Paul White, 6. Kobe Simpson, 7. Cooper Sullivan, 8. Colt Treharn. 1:56.22 (New Track Record)


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Anton Hernandez, 5. Saban Bibent, 6. Don Grable, 7. Nathan Moore. 1:57.45


 

COOKOUT FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Wyatt Burks, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Anthony Nicholson, 5. Chris Douglas, 6. Justin Zimmerman, 7. Brian Morris. 1:59.26


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Kobe Simpson, 2. Justin Zimmerman, 3. R.J. Miller, 4. Don Grable, 5. Nathan Moore, 6. Cooper Sullivan, 7. Colt Treharn, 8. Brian Morris, 9. Trey Osborne. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (6), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 3. Mitchel Moles (7), 4. C.J. Leary (4), 5. Logan Seavey (5), 6. Gunnar Setser (13), 7. Briggs Danner (2), 8. Justin Grant (11), 9. Stevie Sussex (10), 10. Hayden Reinbold (3), 11. Kyle Cummins (12), 12. Wesley Smith (16), 13. Saban Bibent (14), 14. Anthony Nicholson (15), 15. Paul White (20), 16. Cooper Sullivan (24-P), 17. Chase Stockon (8), 18. Don Grable (17), 19. Wyatt Burks (9), 20. Caleb Stelzig (19), 21. R.J. Miller (23), 22. Anton Hernandez (21), 23. Justin Zimmerman (22), 24. Chris Douglas (18), 25. Kobe Simpson (25). NT


 

(P) represents a POWRi Elite Non-Wing Sprints provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Kevin Thomas Jr., Laps 16-30 Jake Swanson.


 

**Saban Bibent, Caleb Stelzig, Anton Hernandez & Justin Zimmerman flipped on lap 2 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3219, 2-Mitchel Moles-2867, 3-Logan Seavey-2823, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2775, 5-Justin Grant-2690, 6-Briggs Danner-2623, 7-C.J. Leary-2559, 8-Jake Swanson-2548, 9-Chase Stockon-2164, 10-Gunnar Setser-2098.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Gunnar Setser-157, 3-Briggs Danner-147, 4-C.J. Leary-141, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-135, 6-Justin Grant-124, 7-Logan Seavey-122, 8-Kyle Cummins-116, 9-Hayden Reinbold-112, 10-Chase Stockon-110.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: October 24-25, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 58th Western World Championships


 

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Logan Seavey (13.972)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Jake Swanson (13.648)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Mitchel Moles


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Stevie Sussex


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Chase Stockon


 

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Wyatt Burks


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Kobe Simpson


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Gunnar Setser (13th to 6th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Saban Bibent


 

Oklahoma Tidbits Lowest Pill Draw: Dakota Earls


 

ProSource Top Elite Qualifier: Kobe Simpson


 

ProSource Top Finishing Elite Drivers: Paul White (15th), Cooper Sullivan (16th) & Caleb Stelzig (20th)


 

ProSource Hard Luck: Trey Osborne


 

High Plains Thunder Bonus: Kevin Thomas Jr.

 

 

 

 

HOUSE MONEY! DODGE CITY IS CUMMINS’ CITYbIN USAC SPRINT CAR RETURN TO KANSAS

 

Rich Forman

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Dodge City, Kansas (October 17, 2025)………If you thought Kyle Cummins was going to wind it down after wrapping up the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship with four races remaining, you thought wrong.


 

Playing with house money, so to speak, the Princeton, Indiana driver’s responsibilities now revolved around simply concentrating on winning races rather than counting points night-in and night-out.


 

In his first race as the champion on Friday night at Kansas’ Dodge City Raceway Park, Cummins led early, fell behind, then capitalized when Kevin Thomas Jr. had a run-in with lapped traffic. From there, Cummins led the final 22 circuits to capture his 10th win of the series season in his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors - Premier Recycling/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy.


 

“Points racing is stressful,” Cummins noted. “It’s every day and you’ve got to be on kill every time you hit the racetrack. If you’re not, you’re losing. Mentally, you’ve got to be ready for it. It was a tough season and I’m glad to get it done. That way, we can go out and have some fun.”


 

It was quite a monumental night for Cummins in terms of his place in USAC National Sprint Car history. For instance, with his latest victory, he set a new single season USAC National Sprint Car record with his 42nd top-10 finish, breaking the record formerly held by Brady Bacon since 2021. Furthermore, Cummins tied Bacon’s 2021 record for most top-fives in a season at 36.


 

To add to it, Cummins became the second driver this season to reach double digits in feature victories, joining Justin Grant in that category. This marks the first time in 48 years that multiple drivers have surpassed 10 wins in a single USAC National Sprint Car season. Back in 1977, Tom Bigelow hit 14 wins while Pancho Carter tallied 10.


 

Ironically, there’s another record Cummins is threatening to overtake, which also involves Carter and Bigelow. Carter’s final 369 point margin over Bigelow in 1976 stands as the largest USAC National Sprint Car differential between first and second in series history. Cummins’ Dodge City triumph pushed his lead to 378 with three races remaining.


 

Cummins’ 30th career USAC National Sprint Car victory also tied him with Chris Windom for 19th place on the all-time series win list.


 

In what was the first USAC National Sprint Car event held at Dodge City’s 3/8-mile dirt oval in 14 years, Cummins started on the outside of the front row for the 30-lap feature and quickly broke out to the lead around the outside of pole sitter Chase Stockon.


 

Suddenly, fourth starting Kevin Thomas Jr. broke rank from his fourth starting spot, going by Logan Seavey for third on the opening lap, then surging under Stockon for second in turn four on the second go around. By the fourth lap, Thomas had the lead in his grip as he slid up in front of Cummins off the exit of turn four.


 

“I wasn’t great,” Cummins confided. “I was good, but (Thomas) was just better through the middle. I was making adjustments right behind him there and was right there with him. I just couldn’t get around him.”


 

On lap nine, Thomas whistled his way into turn three and nearly collided with the back end of 23rd place running Cooper Sullivan. The closing rate proved to be so spectacular, Thomas had to stand on the binders to avoid contact, which pitched his car sideways and slid backward up the racetrack and nearly into the path of the high line riding Cummins who snaked around Thomas to complete the pass for the lead around the top side of turns three and four.


 

“It was pretty close,” Cummins recalled. “I don’t know if I want to get any closer than that. I went in there and was going to rip the top, but Kevin got a little sideways. When he did, it kind of backed both of those cars up. I had to let off but I knew that was really my only chance.”


 

While Cummins pounced back to the front of the pack, Briggs Danner was suddenly the one on the move. Danner wriggled his way into the top-three by lap 13 as he weaved through lapped traffic and around Stockon for the spot in turn two. Two laps later, Danner slotted into second as he zipped around the outside of Thomas and began slicing into Cummins’ 1/2-second advantage with lapped cars here, there and everywhere in between.


 

With 10 laps to go, the only yellow flag of the night fell when eighth running Jake Swanson slowed to a stop with a flat right rear tire. He returned to the tail of the field after stopping in the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area for fresh rubber but managed only to get back up to 13th at the finish line.


 

To begin the night, Swanson set a new one-lap USAC National Sprint Car track record at Dodge City with a time of 14.963 seconds during Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying, eclipsing the former mark of 15.261, set by Chris Windom in 2011. The quick time was Swanson’s first of the USAC National Sprint Car season and the 11th of his career, equaling him with Daison Pursley, George Snider and Jim McWithey for 50th place all-time.


 

With the caution, traffic was cleared from the equation for the front runners, which was all to the benefit of Cummins who simply took off over the final 10 laps while the rest of the field was busy fighting their own battles. The most intense of which was the duel for second, which saw Danner and Thomas officially exchange the position four separate times between laps 21 and 26 before Danner finally cleared him with an outside maneuver on lap 26.


 

Up ahead, Cummins was in total command as he finished the night off 0.700 seconds ahead at the line with Danner crossing the stripe in second, Thomas third, C.J. Leary fourth and Stockon fifth.


 

Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Caleb Stelzig had to dig himself out of a hole to start the night. His qualifying time was disallowed due to having the incorrect left rear tire affixed to his car. Starting 22nd in the feature, he went +5 to finish 17th, which made him the evening’s Rod End Supply Hard Charger. Furthermore, Stelzig was the highest finishing POWRi Elite Non-Wing Sprint driver in the feature, helping him to pocket $400 worth of bonuses alone.


 

Trey Osborne left Kansas with a top-10 feature finish in what was the Columbus, Ohio racer's first career USAC National Sprint Car start in the Sunflower State. That earned him the Inferno Armor USA Fire Move of the Night.


 

Stevie Sussex picked up an extra $100 from Oklahoma Tidbits for his pill draw performance. The Tempe, Arizona racer drew the highest pill of the night, then came out last in line and still managed to qualify ninth in the field of the 24 cars on hand.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 17, 2025 – Dodge City Raceway Park – Dodge City, Kansas – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Co-Sanctioned by the POWRi Elite Non-Wing Sprints


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.963 (New Track Record); 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-15.049; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-15.102; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.116; 5. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-15.117; 6. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.191; 7. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-15.222; 8. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-15.224; 9. Stevie Sussex, 17GP, Dutcher-15.226; 10. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.234; 11. Trey Osborne, 6T, Ebert-15.278; 12. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-15.302; 13. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-15.431; 14. Wesley Smith, 2B, 2B Racing-15.536; 15. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-15.547; 16. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-15.621; 17. R.J. Miller, 34, Miller-15.758; 18. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-15.778; 19. Anthony Nicholson, 16, Nicholson-15.941; 20. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-15.993; 21. Paul White, 1w, White-16.489; 22. Glen Saville, 75, Saville-NT; 23. Caleb Stelzig, 21, Stelzig-NT (time of 15.954 disallowed due to illegal left rear tire); 24. Cooper Sullivan, 79F, Fry-NT (time of 16.675 disallowed due to illegal left rear tire).


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Wyatt Burks, 2. Saban Bibent, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Jake Swanson, 5. Mitchel Moles, 6. Logan Seavey, 7. Caleb Stelzig, 8. Anthony Nicholson. 2:06.62


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. Wesley Smith, 3. Briggs Danner, 4. Trey Osborne, 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. R.J. Miller, 7. Dakota Earls, 8. Cooper Sullivan. 2:03.21


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Stevie Sussex, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Kobe Simpson, 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 7. Paul White. 2:05.06


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (2), 2. Briggs Danner (5), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 4. C.J. Leary (7), 5. Chase Stockon (1), 6. Justin Grant (8), 7. Mitchel Moles (10), 8. Logan Seavey (3), 9. Hayden Reinbold (12), 10. Trey Osborne (13), 11. Gunnar Setser (15), 12. Stevie Sussex (11), 13. Jake Swanson (6), 14. Wyatt Burks (9), 15. Wesley Smith (14), 16. Saban Bibent (19), 17. Caleb Stelzig (22), 18. Anthony Nicholson (18), 19. Kobe Simpson (17), 20. Dakota Earls (20), 21. Cooper Sullivan (23), 22. Paul White (21), 23. R.J. Miller (16). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Kyle Cummins, Laps 4-8 Kevin Thomas Jr., Laps 9-30 Kyle Cummins.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3173, 2-Mitchel Moles-2795, 3-Logan Seavey-2753, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2702, 5-Justin Grant-2634, 6-Briggs Danner-2564, 7-C.J. Leary-2487, 8-Jake Swanson-2465, 9-Chase Stockon-2127, 10-Gunnar Setser-2037.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Gunnar Setser-150, 3-Briggs Danner-147, 4-C.J. Leary-141, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-135, 6-Logan Seavey-122, 7-Justin Grant-121, 8-Kyle Cummins-115, 9-Hayden Reinbold-112, 10-Chase Stockon-110.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 18, 2025 – Route 66 Motor Speedway – Amarillo, Texas – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Chase Stockon (15.237)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Jake Swanson (14.963)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Wyatt Burks


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: C.J. Leary


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Caleb Stelzig (22nd to 17th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Trey Osborne


 

Oklahoma Tidbits Lowest Pill Draw: Stevie Sussex


 

ProSource Top Elite Qualifier: R.J. Miller


 

ProSource Top Finishing Elite Drivers: Caleb Stelzig (17th), Kobe Simpson (19th) & Cooper Sullivan (21st)

 

 

CHIARAMONTE CHALKS UP FIRST WIN AT ANTIOCH, SARALE CLINCHES USAC WS MIDGET TITLE

A.J. Johnso

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Antioch, California (October 11, 2025)………Braden Chiaramonte raced to his first career USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Western States Midget victory on Saturday night at California’s Antioch Speedway.


 

Starting fifth on the grid, Chiaramonte (El Cajon, California) took over the lead with six laps remaining in the 30-lap feature to notch his first series win aboard the Rusty Carlile-owned No. 51.


 

In doing so, Chiaramonte became the second first-time feature winner of the 2025 USAC Western States Midget season after Dane Culver was victorious in August at California’s Santa Maria Speedway.


 

It was Culver who led the first lap at Antioch after starting from the outside of the front row. However, his lead was short lived as Jake Andreotti took over on lap two and proceeded to lead a race high 23 laps after starting on the pole.


 

Chiaramonte made the winning move on lap 26, which put him in victory lane in the event which was co-sanctioned by the Bay Cities Racing Association. Chiaramonte was also the night’s fastest qualifier, timing in with a lap of 13.883 seconds.


 

Andreotti finished as the runner-up followed by series point leader Caden Sarale who came home third to clinch the 2025 USAC Western States Midget championship. Culver and Kaleb Montgomery rounded out the top-five.


 

Heat race victories were captured by Culver and Ryan Bernal.


 


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 11, 2025 – Antioch Speedway – Antioch, California – Co-Sanctioned by BCRA


 

QUALIFYING: 1. Braden Chiaramonte, 51, Carlile-13.883; 2. Ben Covich, 65NZ, Covich-14.254; 3. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-14.279; 4. Broedy Graham, 66, BGR-14.294; 5. Dane Culver, 73, Ford-14.326; 6. Ryan Bernal, 31B, Beilman-14.388; 7. Drake Cardey, 17A, Dunkel-14.619; 8. Logan Mitchell, 96x, Mitchell-14.639; 9. Connor Speir, 14JR, Speir-14.657; 10. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-14.698; 11. Kaleb Montgomery, 68, Six8-14.855; 12. Jake Andreotti, 00, Davis-14.914; 13. Cody Gray, 32c, Gray-14.928; 14. Dale Johnston, 20J, Johnston-15.083; 15. Nathan Moore, 25JR, Moore-15.550; 16. Floyd Alvis, 18, Champion-16.047; 17. Hailey Lambert, 55, Lambert-17.326.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Dane Culver (2), 2. Caden Sarale (3), 3. Drake Cardey (1), 4. Braden Chiaramonte (4), 5. Kaleb Montgomery (6), 6. Connor Speir (5), 7. Nathan Moore (8), 8. Hailey Lambert (9), 9. Cody Gray (7). NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Ryan Bernal (2), 2. Jake Andreotti (6), 3. Logan Mitchell (1), 4. Broedy Graham (3), 5. Preston Norbury (5), 6. Ben Covich (4), 7. Dale Johnston (7), 8. Floyd Alvis (8). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Braden Chiaramonte (5), 2. Jake Andreotti (1), 3. Caden Sarale (4), 4. Dane Culver (2), 5. Kaleb Montgomery (9), 6. Ryan Bernal (3), 7. Broedy Graham (8), 8. Dale Johnston (14), 9. Ben Covich (11), 10. Floyd Alvis (16), 11. Preston Norbury (10), 12. Connor Speir (12), 13. Hailey Lambert (15), 14. Logan Mitchell (7), 15. Drake Cardey (6), 16. Nathan Moore (13). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Dane Culver, Laps 2-24 Jake Andreotti, Laps 25-30 Braden Chiaramonte.


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Caden Sarale-694, 2-Dane Culver-581, 3-T.J. Smith-561, 4-Connor Speir-419, 5-Todd Hawse-391, 6-Jett Yantis-376, 7-Kyle Hawse-338, 8-Broedy Graham-330, 9-Hailey Lambert-302, 10-Ben Covich-249.


 

NEXT USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: October 25, 2025 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California

 

 

SEAVEY SCORES $30,000 AT THE BURG’S FALL NATIONALS, CUMMINS CLINCHES USAC SPRINT TITLE

Ryan Sellers

Logan Seavey celebrates his $30,000 payday after winning the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship Fall Nationals on Saturday night at Indiana's Lawrenceburg Speedway.

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 11, 2025)………Just when it seemed Logan Seavey was destined for a runner-up finish, in the blink of an eye, everything changed during the final laps of Saturday night’s 18th running of the Fall Nationals at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.


 

Seavey (Sutter, California) led the initial 15 laps of the feature before giving way to Justin Grant who led the next 10 circuits and appeared in total control until five laps remaining. But when Grant’s right rear tire let go with five to go, that reopened the door for Seavey who seized the moment and raced away to his second consecutive Fall Nationals triumph.


 

For his efforts, Seavey collected a $30,000 payday, encompassing a $20,000 winner’s share, plus a $10,000 bonus as part of the NOS Energy Drink Hoosier Trifecta. Seavey finished all three Trifecta events on the podium, including a pair of victories at Tri-State Speedway’s Haubstadt Hustler and Lawrenceburg’s Fall Nationals, plus a third place result at Kokomo Speedway’s Sprint Car Smackdown.


 

Meanwhile, with his third place result at Lawrenceburg, Princeton, Indiana’s Kyle Cummins gained enough points to clinch his first career USAC National Sprint Car driving championship with four races remaining. Furthermore, it was also the first USAC National Sprint Car titles for both the Petty Performance Racing team as well as Mach-1 Chassis.


 

With his seventh win of the USAC National Sprint Car season in his Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical – Droplight – Elbrecht Concrete/DRC/Stanton Chevy, Seavey became the third driver to capture back-to-back Fall Nationals scores, following Robert Ballou (2007 & 2008) and Bryan Clauson (2013 & 2014).


 

It was Seavey’s fifth career USAC National Sprint Car win at Lawrenceburg and the 31st overall of Seavey’s USAC National Sprint Car career, tying him with Tyler Courtney for 17th place on the all-time list. This one was quite another lucrative USAC success for Seavey after pocketing $20,000 in his most recent win at Tri-State a month ago.


 

Oftentimes in racing, it’s better to be lucky than good. On Saturday night at The Burg, Seavey was both of those things.


 

“We’ll take them how we can get them,” Seavey said. “We’ve had a struggle over the last few months, but I feel like tonight, we finally figured it out and got back on the right track. I just wish it wasn’t so late in the year with only four races to go. I’m happy that we got our car back and I’m comfortable again driving this sprint car. Hopefully this means we’re back.”


 

One night earlier, Seavey ran inside the top-five of the Greg Staab Memorial at Lawrenceburg, but never quite felt at ease throughout the night. Entering Saturday, the Abacus crew went to work fine-tuning the No. 57 to where it was right on the money.


 

“Last night, we ran fourth but we just really haven’t been happy with the car,” Seavey admitted. “We made some big swings tonight to try and get me more comfortable and we just kind of went back to how we started the year. Man, it was lights out right away.”


 

Seavey started the feature from the outside of the front row and immediately took control as he raced around the outside of pole sitter Mitchel Moles to slot into the race lead. Simultaneously, Grant was working his way into the fold, taking third from Kyle Shipley on the opening lap, then chasing down Moles for the runner-up position on the 10th lap with a turn three slide job.


 

To that point, Seavey’s lead over Grant stood at a full second. However, Grant ate up the interval in a hurry, and on the 16th lap, Grant hustled around the outside of Seavey in turn four to take over the lead at the midway point.


 

“I felt like my car was probably just as good as (Grant’s) but he was just outdriving me,” Seavey explained. “He was running really hard, and with $40 grand, he’s got a rabbit to chase. If there’s a guy you don’t want behind you, it’s Justin. He went by me and I could kind of pace him. I told my guys all night, ‘man, this is a place I want to start fourth.’ I had to start on the front row and Justin got to start fourth. He got to pace me and find out how to get faster. That’s just how it goes here at Lawrenceburg.”


 

Grant pushed his lead to nearly a full second after putting Kayla Roell a lap down with seven laps remaining, separating himself from Seavey and Moles who toured the 3/8-mile dirt oval, desperately trying to erase the gap.


 

But on lap 26 of 30, heartbreak for Grant struck again as he suddenly slowed in turns one and two with a shredded right rear tire. The ordeal was costly as Grant was in the driver’s seat for a $40,000 payday – $20,000 for the race and a personal $20,000 share as part of the NOS Energy Drink Hoosier Trifecta.


 

It was the third consecutive trip to Lawrenceburg in which misfortune has hit Grant. In July, he broke his left foot in an accident during the feature, which derailed his championship hopes. On Friday, Grant’s bid for victory ended abruptly due to an engine failure while leading the race. It’s been a wild bout of misfortune for Grant at Lawrenceburg where he is a seven time USAC National Sprint Car winner, tied for the most all-time.


 

Grant returned to the field with fresh rubber after his TOPP Motorsports crew swapped it out during the caution in the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area. Grant’s misfortune was Seavey’s gain as he now held the upper hand as the new race leader with five laps remaining.


 

“It’s hard not to feel for Justin there,” Seavey acknowledged. “That’s a $40,000 tire for him and three nights in a row now at Lawrenceburg have bit him pretty hard. You got to feel for those guys.”


 

On the final restart, Seavey shook himself away from the field and bolted away to victory by a 0.897 second margin with Mitchel Moles second again at the Fall Nationals for the second straight year. Kyle Cummins took third with C.J. Leary fourth and Jake Swanson fifth.


 

Swanson continued his solid stretch of finishes with a 12th to 5th run to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors. Over his seven most recent USAC National Sprint Car starts, he's now finished 5th-5th-5th-8th-5th-3rd-5th.


 

Kyle Shipley parlayed a nice fourth place qualifying run into a top-10 feature finish in his first career Fall Nationals start. That said, it came following a nifty recovery early in the feature when he bounced several times through turns one and two but managed to save it and continue on without contact. The save earned him the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

In Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying, Kevin Thomas Jr. collected his first USAC National Sprint Car Fast Qualifying time of the year. Despite winning the event three times, it was his first career quick time during the Fall Nationals. Overall, his 13.663 second lap was the 41st fast qualifying time of his career with the series, sixth most all-time.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 11, 2025 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 18th Fall Nationals


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-13.663; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.762; 3. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.771; 4. Kyle Shipley, 00, Anderson-13.822; 5. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.868; 6. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-13.872; 7. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-13.916; 8. Todd Hobson, 98H, Doran/Wedgewood-13.933; 9. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-13.960; 10. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-13.978; 11. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-14.025; 12. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.026; 13. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.117; 14. Ricky Lewis, 2B, 2B Racing-14.125; 15. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.129; 16. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-14.403; 17. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-14.505; 18. Glen Saville, 75, Saville-14.821.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Saban Bibent, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. C.J. Leary, 5. Kyle Shipley, 6. Kobe Simpson. 1:55.835


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Ricky Lewis, 2. Todd Hobson, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Kyle Cummins, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Kayla Roell. 1:55.113


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Hayden Reinbold, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Briggs Danner, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Mitchel Moles, 6. Glen Saville. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (2), 2. Mitchel Moles (1), 3. Kyle Cummins (5), 4. C.J. Leary (10), 5. Jake Swanson (12), 6. Hayden Reinbold (9), 7. Ricky Lewis (8), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 9. Gunnar Setser (13), 10. Kyle Shipley (3), 11. Todd Hobson (11), 12. Justin Grant (4), 13. Chase Stockon (15), 14. Kayla Roell (17), 15. Saban Bibent (7), 16. Briggs Danner (14), 17. Glen Saville (18), 18. Kobe Simpson (16). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Logan Seavey, Laps 16-25 Justin Grant, Laps 26-30 Logan Seavey.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3097, 2-Mitchel Moles-2739, 3-Logan Seavey-2698, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2631, 5-Justin Grant-2571, 6-Briggs Danner-2486, 7-C.J. Leary-2418, 8-Jake Swanson-2417, 9-Chase Stockon-2063, 10-Gunnar Setser-1990.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Gunnar Setser-146, 3-Briggs Danner-144, 4-C.J. Leary-138, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-134, 6-Logan Seavey-122, 7-Justin Grant-119, 8-Kyle Cummins-114, 9-Chase Stockon-110, 10-Hayden Reinbold-109.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 17, 2025 – Dodge City Raceway Park – Dodge City, Kansas – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Todd Hobson (13.850)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Kevin Thomas Jr. (13.663)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Saban Bibent


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Ricky Lewis


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Hayden Reinbold


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Jake Swanson (12th to 5th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Kyle Shipley

 

BRUNO IS BUENO AT NEW EGYPT’S FALL CLASSIC

Steve Koletar

By: Kurt Bettler


 

New Egypt, New Jersey (October 10, 2025)………Christian Bruno from Deptford, New Jersey has always loved the big, sweeping half-miles. In fact, he stunned everyone back in April, snookering Briggs Danner from 11th to win the Port Royal season opener. That victory immediately put the No. 17B Bentley Truck Repair machine on the radar of every USAC East Coast competitor.


 

Surprisingly, Bruno hadn’t visited victory lane since that early-season triumph despite multiple top-five finishes. But on Friday night, in front of a nearly sold out crowd at New Jesery’s New Egypt Speedway, Bruno and his crew had the car dialed in and ready to shine.


 

Twenty-two Innovative Machining Technology Wingless Sprints shared the pits with the World of Outlaws, creating an electric atmosphere. Heat race victories went to Chris Allen Jr., Ed Aikin, and Kenny Miller III.


 

The redraw mixed things up, putting two hungry drivers — Joe Kata and Mick D’Agostino — on the front row, each searching for their first USAC East Coast win.


 

When the green flag dropped, it was third-starting Bruno who rocketed to the front. He set sail early while Aikin, starting fifth, clawed his way past D’Agostino and Kata into the runner-up spot.


 

A lap five yellow slowed the field when Cherry, Shepsis, Haggenbottom, and Mallet tangled in turn four. On the restart, eighth-starting Kenny Miller III quickly became a factor, slicing his way toward the top four.


 

As the laps clicked away, Bruno was long gone, building a comfortable lead as Aikin, Kata, and Miller waged a fierce battle behind him. Further back, Ronald Helmick found speed on the bottom and began charging toward the front.


 

Then, a late yellow with five to go bunched the field and changed everything. Helmick’s steady climb landed him inside the top five, while Miller forged his way to third, setting up a thrilling dash to the finish.


 

When the checkered flag waved, there was no doubt. Christian Bruno was back in victory lane, dominating the Fall Classic at New Egypt and reminding everyone that the No. 17B team knows how to win on the big stage.


 


 

USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2025 – New Egypt Speedway – New Egypt, New Jersey


 

BDB GRAPHICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chris Allen Jr. (#71 Allen) (1), 2. Alex Bright (#20 Hummer) (4), 3. Brendan Hires (#2 Hires) (5), 4. Ronald Helmick (#22R Helmick) (6), 5. Mark Bitner (#15 Bitner) (7), 6. Joey Crilly (#22J Crilly) (2), 7. Dirk Rimrott (#27 Rimrott) (3), 8. Lee Kauffman (#96 Kauffman) (8). NT


 

E. SCHNEIDER & SONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ed Aikin (#7 Aikin) (2), 2. Patrick Chilmonik (#1 Chilmonik) (4), 3. Joe Kata (#10 Kata) (3), 4. Mike Haggenbottom (#51 Kelly) (1), 5. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (#83 Buckwalter) (6), 6. Dan Malley (#9 Malley) (5), 7. Greg Shepsis (#75 Shepsis) (7). NT


 

BOULEVARD TRUCK REPAIR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kenny Miller III (#23m Miller), (4), 2. Christian Bruno (#17 Bruno) (5), 3. Mick D'Agostino (#91 D’Agostino) (6), 4. Blaine Emery (#68 Emery) (7), 5. Jason Cherry (#67 Cherry) (1), 6. Heidi Hedin (#3H Hedin) (3), 7. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki) (2). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Christian Bruno (3), 2. Ed Aikin (5), 3. Kenny Miller III (8), 4. Ronald Helmick (10), 5. Joe Kata (1), 6. Mick D'Agostino (2), 7. Mark Bitner (13), 8. Bruce Buckwalter Jr (14), 9. Brendan Hires (7), 10. Blaine Emery (12), 11. Joey Crilly (16), 12. Heidi Hedin (18), 13. Patrick Chilmonik (6), 14. Dan Malley (17), 15. Mike Haggenbottom (11), 16. Jason Cherry (15), 17. Dirk Rimrott (19), 18. Lee Kauffman (21), 19. Greg Shepsis (20), 20. Chris Allen Jr. (4), 21. Alex Bright (9), 22. Steven Drevicki (22). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Christian Bruno.


 

USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS POINTS: 1-Steven Drevicki-819, 2-Ed Aikin-738, 3-Kenny Miller III-592, 4-Chris Allen Jr.-579, 5-Ronald Helmick-544, 6-Bobby Butler-530, 7-Christian Bruno-477, 8-Jason Cherry-474, 9-Bruce Buckwalter Jr.-417, 10-Mike Haggenbottom-393.


 

NEXT USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE: November 1, 2025 – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey

 

 

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 STAAB MEMORIAL AT THE BURG

Rich Forman

Kyle Cummins scored his ninth victory of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season during Friday night's Greg Staab Memorial at Indiana's Lawrenceburg Speedway. He was joined in victory lane by Suzi Elliott, daughter of Staab

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 10, 2025)………Just because Kyle Cummins possesses a monster point lead in the race for the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, he’s not intent on making the final month of the season a figurative victory lap.


 

Instead, the Princeton, Indiana racer simply showcased the same kind of intestinal fortitude that he’s displayed time and time again throughout the 2025 season during Friday night’s second running of the Greg Staab Memorial.


 

Starting third, Cummins raced into the lead past Chase Stockon on the 13th trip around the 3/8-mile dirt oval, then paced the remaining 18 laps to earn his ninth series victory of the year in his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors - Premier Recycling/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy.


 

For Cummins, it was his second USAC triumph at The Burg, and his first since 2022. His 29th career USAC National Sprint Car feature victory moved him past the likes of A.J. Foyt, Don Branson, J.J. Yeley and Levi Jones for sole possession of 20th place on the series’ all-time win list.


 

Furthermore, Cummins ran up his point lead to 356 markers with five events remaining on the schedule. The largest championship point margin between first and second in the history of USAC National Sprint Car racing is 369, set by Pancho Carter over Tom Bigelow back in 1976. Now, ever since he ended a three-month lull without a USAC victory, Cummins has won two of his last three starts and shows no signs of tightening up in crunch time.


 

“We struggled there at midseason and it’s kind of turned around now,” Cummins admitted. “October seems to be the month of money, so there’s some big money to win here going into the last handful of races.”


 

Initially, pole starting Justin Grant appeared to be the man to beat in what was his first appearance at Lawrenceburg since an accident at the same track in July left him with a broken left foot. By the third lap, he’d already slithered away to a 1.4 second advantage over Stockon with Jake Swanson third in line.


 

Separate spins involving Aric Gentry (19th) and Kyle Willis (21st) on the fourth lap necessitated the first stoppage of the night. On the ensuing lap four restart, Grant pulled away once again, but as he made his way through turn four, his car suddenly slowed, the victim of an engine failure that ended his night prematurely with a 21st place result.


 

Stockon became the new leader at that juncture, while behind him, Cummins was beginning to make his surge. On lap six, Cummins dove under Swanson to gain the runner-up spot, and now, he was in prime position to win the thing.


 

“You’ve got to get to the front of these races,” Cummins explained. “If you start fifth, sixth, fourth and don’t get up there, everyone’s fast, so it’s hard to maneuver and get by them once it gets a defined line. So, I just try to make sure to get going quickly. Even if I wasn’t close, I got to at least show them my nose and get them racing a little bit.”


 

On the ninth circuit, the red flag was displayed after Nate Carle (16th) lost power in turn four. With nowhere to go, Kobe Simpson (17th) plowed into the back of Carle, resulting in Simpson flipping over once before landing on his wheels. Both drivers were done for the evening.


 

With the field re-racked, Cummins slid Stockon for the top spot in turn one on the lap 11 restart. That said, Stockon didn’t give in without a fight as he countered Cummins’ slider by driving back by on the back straightaway to retain the lead. Two laps later, however, Cummins took his shot again, and this time, it stuck.


 

“At the beginning of the race, I wasn’t so great,” Cummins acknowledged. “As I lost the fuel load and stuff, it got a little better. There at the end, I felt pretty good.”


 

How good did he feel? Cruising with two laps remaining, Cummins’ lead had expanded to a whopping 4.209 seconds when the yellow flag fell for debris in turn one, resulting from a jettisoned right rear wheel cover that had previously been attached to Saban Bibent’s machine.


 

Despite the field being bunched up one more time for the green-white-checkered run to the finish, nobody could match what Cummins had in store down the stretch. Cummins pulled away from Stockon, Swanson et al. during the final restart, crossing the line 0.775 seconds ahead of the pack for the win with Stockon second, Swanson third, Logan Seavey fourth and Ricky Lewis fifth after starting back in the 10th position.


 

It was another fine run for Chase Stockon. For the second time this year, he finished as the runner-up in USAC National Sprint Car competition at Lawrenceburg. In April, he led the first eight laps and finished second. On Friday night, he led nine laps en route to another second.


 

Jake Swanson has strung together several solid performances of late on the USAC National Sprint Car docket. On Friday night, he looked strong once again as he got back on the podium with a third place result, his fifth top-five finish in his past six feature starts this year.


 

Kayla Roell advanced six positions from her 18th starting spot to finish 12th in the feature. She picked up $294 for her efforts from Rod End Supply and the family and friends of the late Greg Staab, who was a five-time sprint car track champion driver at Lawrenceburg, a former promoter at Lawrenceburg, a sprint car track champion car owner at Lawrenceburg and a past USAC series coordinator who passed away in 2017.


 

Saban Bibent had never finished inside the top-10 of a USAC National Sprint Car feature. On Friday night, in his 17th career series start, he made it happen with a ninth place result. It also came after he took evasive action to narrowly avoid a bicycling Hayden Reinbold by about a foot or two, which could’ve spelled catastrophe. All of it made him the clear-cut choice for Inferno Armor’s Fire Move of the Night.


 

During Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying, Mitchel Moles collected his 14th USAC National Sprint Car fast qualifying time of the season. That landed him just one shy of the all-time series single season record of 15 fast qualifying times set by Kevin Thomas Jr. in 2018. He also collected $294 for his efforts in time trials, while all three heat race winners – C.J. Leary, Seavey and Swanson – also pocketed a $144 reward from Staab’s family and friends.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2025 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 2nd Greg Staab Memorial


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-13.836; 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.937; 3. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-13.947; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.988; 5. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.003; 6. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.006; 7. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.017; 8. Ricky Lewis, 2B, 2B Racing-14.041; 9. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-14.043; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.045; 11. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-14.119; 12. Nate Carle, 14c, Carle-14.121; 13. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.182; 14. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.278; 15. Todd Hobson, 98H, Doran/Wedgewood-14.361; 16. Shawn Westerfeld, 44, Fischesser/Owen-14.390; 17. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-14.418; 18. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-14.502; 19. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-14.685; 20. Dustin Webber, 9, Webber-14.930; 21. Kyle Willis, 5w, Willis-15.229; 22. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-15.314.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Mitchel Moles, 5. Shawn Westerfeld, 6. Hayden Reinbold, 7. Aric Gentry, 8. Kayla Roell. 1:56.145


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all  transfer to the feature) 1. Logan Seavey, 2. Gunnar Setser, 3. Ricky Lewis, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Briggs Danner, 6. Dustin Webber, 7. Ryan Barr. 1:57.216


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Saban Bibent, 3. Todd Hobson, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Nate Carle, 6. Kobe Simpson, 7. Kyle Willis. 1:57.351


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (3), 2. Chase Stockon (2), 3. Jake Swanson (4), 4. Logan Seavey (8), 5. Ricky Lewis (10), 6. Briggs Danner (5), 7. Kevin Thomas Jr. (12), 8. Mitchel Moles (6), 9. Saban Bibent (11), 10. Gunnar Setser (13), 11. Todd Hobson (15), 12. Kayla Roell (18), 13. C.J. Leary (7), 14. Dustin Webber (19), 15. Shawn Westerfeld (16), 16. Aric Gentry (21), 17. Kyle Willis (20), 18. Hayden Reinbold (9), 19. Nate Carle (14), 20. Kobe Simpson (17), 21. Justin Grant (1). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Justin Grant, Laps 4-12 Chase Stockon, Laps 13-30 Kyle Cummins.


 

**Ryan Barr flipped during the second heat. Kobe Simpson flipped on lap 9 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3023, 2-Mitchel Moles-2667, 3-Logan Seavey-2622, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2570, 5-Justin Grant-2523, 6-Briggs Danner-2449, 7-C.J. Leary-2352, 8-Jake Swanson-2352, 9-Chase Stockon-2019, 10-Gunnar Setser-1938.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Briggs Danner-144, 3-Gunnar Setser-142, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-134, 5-C.J. Leary-132, 6-Logan Seavey-121, 7-Justin Grant-119, 8-Kyle Cummins-112, 9-Chase Stockon-108, 10-Hayden Reinbold-106.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 11, 2025 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 19th Fall Nationals

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (13.819)


 

Honest Abe Roofing/Greg Staab Memorial Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (13.836)


 

Car IQ/Greg Staab Memorial First Heat Winner: C.J. Leary


 

K1 RaceGear/Greg Staab Memorial Second Heat Winner: Logan Seavey


 

USAC Gear/Greg Staab Memorial Third Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

Rod End Supply/Greg Staab Memorial Hard Charger: Kayla Roell (18th to 12th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Saban Bibent


 

Greg Staab Memorial Top Dog Draw: Aric Gentry

 

 

HIS AIM IS TRUE! GRANT GETS HIS RIFLE WITH FIRST HULMAN CLASSIC WIN AT TERRE HAUTE

Indy Racing Images

y: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Terre Haute, Indiana (October 3, 2025)………Justin Grant had won just about every event the Terre Haute Action Track has to offer over the years under the USAC banner. However, after 15 tries dating back to the year 2010, he had come up snake eyes in terms of capturing victory at the Tony Hulman Classic.


 

Overall, Grant had reigned victorious five times at the western Indiana 1/2-mile dirt oval between USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and USAC Silver Crown competition. He picked off the Jim Hurtubise Classic in 2019 before grabbing the Don Smith Classic in 2020 and 2023. With the Crown car, he’d won the Sumar Classic twice in 2018 and 2022. Yet, to date, his best Hulman Classic result was a runner-up finish back in 2020.


 

All that said, it turned out it was the 16th start that was the charm for Grant to finally get his Hulman Classic rifle. No driver in Friday night’s Terre Haute field owned more Hulman Classic feature starts than Grant, and throughout the 30-lap feature, no driver could keep up with Grant and his TOPP Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – TOPP Industries – LA Poly/Maxim/Kistler Chevy.


 

Starting fourth on the grid, Grant (Ione, California) charged by Mitchel Moles on the fourth lap and led the remaining 27 laps to earn his sixth career USAC victory at Terre Haute, his series-leading 11th USAC National Sprint Car triumph of the 2025 season, the all-time leading 65th series win of his career, and on this night, most importantly, his first ever Hulman Classic win, which completed yet another task on his personal checklist.


 

“I’ve been really fortunate to have some success here at Terre Haute, but I’ve never been able to get a rifle,” Grant stated. “I’ve wanted to win the Hulman awfully bad and we’ve been close a few times. This one feels really good tonight.”


 

Grant’s $10,000 score came on a night in which Pancho Carter was on hand to serve as the grand marshal 50 years after his first Hulman Classic win in 1975. Eventually, Carter won the race again in 1979 to become the first two-time Hulman Classic winner. On Friday night, Pancho was there in victory lane to present the rifle to Grant and officially welcome him into the exclusive Hulman Classic winners club.


 

“To win the Hulman, especially with Pancho Carter as the grand marshal, that’s really neat. I saw him earlier and I’m glad he’s handing me a rifle now. He’s not nearly as scary as he was back when I first moved back here,” Grant said with a laugh.


 

Outside front row starter Moles established the early race lead of the 55th annual running of the Hulman Classic, taking the advantage from pole sitter Kevin Thomas Jr. Quickly, though, fourth starting Grant was on the move as he took KTJ for third on the opening lap, then bolted around the outside of C.J. Leary on the second go around to slot into second.


 

At the end of the second lap, July’s Don Smith Classic winner, Chase Stockon, found trouble after clipping the inside guardrail while running sixth. The resulting contact flattened his left front tire and necessitated a caution as he slowed dramatically in turns three and four. After his crew replaced the tire in the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area, Stockon restarted 21st and worked his way back through the field to finish the race in seventh, earning him Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night honors.


 

Following the ensuing restart, it didn’t take long for Grant to make his way to the front. On the fourth lap, Grant dove under Moles in turn one and stuck the pass by the time he reached turn two. From there, Grant instantly opened up his lead, growing the interval to nearly three seconds by the end of the 10th circuit.


 

Through the middle stages, Grant never relented, slicing his way through the tail end of the field. After all, one misplay of traffic can spell doom as the trailing driver can close the gap in no time flat. Grant knew full well there wasn’t any time to “rest” as he grew his lead even more.


 

“I felt like I was running really, really hard,” Grant explained. “At Terre Haute, it’s so crucial that how you get off (the turns) is based on how well you get in. You’ve got to get in good, get in right and get off good, and if you don’t, you can burn a half-second a lap pretty darn quick. So, running the thing hard adds up and you can get it back really quickly.”


 

The race became a tug-of-war for second during the final 10 laps as Leary dove under Moles in turn three for the runner-up spot on the 20th lap. But by the time they’d gotten to turn four, Moles turned it down and blazed his way back on by Leary to maintain his grip on second for the time being. That is until Moles’ right rear tire shredded entering turn one with just four laps remaining, sending him to a stop and a disappointing 19th place result after running inside the top-two for the entire duration to that point.


 

As for Grant, he suddenly had a different feel during the latter stages of the race. But judging by his late race lap times that hovered in the 20.1 to 20.2 second range, it didn’t seem to slow him up much at all.


 

“I honestly didn’t know if I had a tire going down or if I was just getting tight,” Grant revealed. “The curb kept getting thicker, and there at the end, the wheel was shaking and doing some strange stuff at the end of the straightaway, which made it difficult. Some of my laps toward the end were getting pretty ugly, but I figured that as long as I was running hard, they can be a little ugly.”


 

Grant had no challengers after the ensuing restart as he distanced himself from the field to the tune of 1.725 seconds as he crossed under Tom Hansing’s twin checkered flags. Leary earned his best career Hulman Classic finish of second while Ricky Lewis equaled his best career series finish with a third. Series point leader Kyle Cummins took fourth while Jake Swanson advanced six positions to round out the top-five.


 

Lewis went 10th to third to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors with a last lap, last turn surge to grab the final podium spot in the feature in what was just his second start for the 2B Racing team. In fact, that final lap was Lewis’ fastest lap of the race, second fastest among all drivers.


 

Cummins collected the first Terre Haute quick time of his USAC career during Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying. Topping the charts at 19.662 seconds, it was his second fast qualifying time of the series season and the 19th of his career, tying him with 1967 USAC National Sprint Car champion Greg Weld for 28th place on the all-time list.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 3, 2025 – Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 55th Tony Hulman Classic


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-19.662; 2. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-19.738; 3. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-19.811; 4. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-19.843; 5. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-19.950; 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-20.075; 7. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-20.103; 8. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-20.124; 9. Ricky Lewis, 2B, 2B Racing-20.172; 10. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-20.287; 11. Wyatt Burks, 16K, Knight-20.366; 12. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-20.386; 13. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-20.498; 14. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-20.519; 15. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-20.658; 16. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-20.686; 17. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-20.731; 18. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-20.890; 19. Shane Cottle, 34, Olson-20.918; 20. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-21.216; 21. Adam Taylor, 8T, Doherty-21.958.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Logan Seavey, 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Jake Swanson, 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. Shane Cottle, 7. Brandon Mattox. 2:45.047


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all  transfer to the feature) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Saban Bibent, 3. Briggs Danner, 4. Hunter Maddox, 5. Mitchel Moles, 6. Wyatt Burks, 7. Tony Helton. 2:44.880


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Hayden Reinbold, 3. Todd Hobson, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Ricky Lewis, 6. Adam Taylor, 7. Chance Crum. 2:45.084


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (4), 2. C.J. Leary (3), 3. Ricky Lewis (10), 4. Kyle Cummins (6), 5. Jake Swanson (11), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 7. Chase Stockon (5), 8. Hayden Reinbold (15), 9. Gunnar Setser (7), 10. Briggs Danner (9), 11. Logan Seavey (8), 12. Shane Cottle (19), 13. Saban Bibent (14), 14. Chance Crum (13), 15. Wyatt Burks (12), 16. Brandon Mattox (16), 17. Adam Taylor (21), 18. Tony Helton (20), 19. Mitchel Moles (2), 20. Hunter Maddox (17), 21. Todd Hobson (18). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Mitchel Moles, Laps 4-30 Justin Grant.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2944, 2-Mitchel Moles-2607, 3-Logan Seavey-2553, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2511, 5-Justin Grant-2494, 6-Briggs Danner-2385, 7-C.J. Leary-2307, 8-Jake Swanson-2276, 9-Chase Stockon-1945, 10-Gunnar Setser-1888.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Briggs Danner-144, 3-Gunnar Setser-139, 4-C.J. Leary-132, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-129, 6-Justin Grant-119, 7-Logan Seavey-117, 8-Kyle Cummins-110, 9-Chase Stockon-108, 10-Hayden Reinbold-106.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: October 10-11, 2025 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Chase Stockon (19.935)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Kyle Cummins (19.662)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Chase Stockon


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Ricky Lewis (10th to 3rd)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Chase Stockon

 

R.J. JOHNSON STAYS HOT WITH USAC CRA AT PERRIS

 

A.J. Johnson

By Lance Jennings


 

Perris, California (September 27, 2025)………Leading the final fourteen laps, fifth starting R.J. Johnson claimed his second consecutive Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car victory on Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway.


 

Driving the Petty Performance Racing #33p Sherman, the point leader from Laveen, Arizona finished ahead of A.J. Bender, “The Pride of Garden Grove” Brody Roa, hard charger Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm, and a rebounding Ricky Lewis.


 

For his efforts, Johnson also earned an extra $500 bonus from series title sponsor, Avanti Windows & Doors.


 

Oxnard, California’s Ricky Lewis opened the program by earning his fifth career Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Access Systems Fast Time Award. The owner/driver of the Mesilla Valley Transportation #41 DRC recorded a time of 16.591 seconds over Johnson, David Gasper, “The Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams, “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr., and the rest of the 17-car roster.


 

Brody Roa of Garden Grove, California took the BR Performance #91R DRC to victory in the 10-lap WC Friend Company Access Systems / In Honor of Wiley Miler Sr. & Wiley Miller II / Silbermann Solar First Heat Race. “Bullet” Blake Bower from Brentwood, California topped the In Memory of Jim & Chet Gardner / Sexton Fire Protection / Factory Wraps Second Heat Race in the Tom and Christy Dunkel #17X DRC. For Roa and Bower, the triumphs were their fourth heat race wins of the campaign.


 

Starting 11th, Yucaipa, California’s Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm earned his second In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner Hard Charger Award / “Best Passing Job” honors of the campaign. Racing Dino Napier’s #5X Maxim, Malcolm had raced up to third before falling to fourth at the checkered flags after a hard fought battle with Roa.


 

Next Saturday, October 4th, the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series will hit the road and travel to Mohave Valley Raceway in Mohave Valley, Arizona for their second and last visit on the schedule.


 

For more information on the series, visit www.usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on the USAC CRA Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.


 


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 27, 2025 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California


 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY / WC FRIEND COMPANY ACCESS SYSTEMS QUALIFYING: 1. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-16.591; 2. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-16.736; 3. David Gasper, 18, Kittle/Gasper-16.789; 4. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-16.792; 5. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-16.965; 6. Blake Bower, 17x, Dunkel-16.983; 7. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.998; 8. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-17.066; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.130; 10. Connor Speir, 57, Speir-17.161; 11. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-17.179; 12. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-17.417; 13. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-17.535; 14. Bryan Whitley, 22, Whitley-17.719; 15. Jeff Dyer, 39, Cal-Sun-17.743; 16. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-17.911; 17. Elexa Herrera, 5E, Herrera-18.619.


 

WC FRIEND COMPANY ACCESS SYSTEMS / IN HONOR OF WILEY MILLER SR. & WILEY MILLER II / SILBERMANN SOLAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Brody Roa, 2. Tommy Malcolm, 3. Ricky Lewis, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. David Gasper, 6. A.J. Bender, 7. Jeff Dyer, 8. Verne Sweeney, 9. Elexa Herrera. 2:52.93


 

IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER / SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION / FACTORY WRAPS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Blake Bower, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Connor Speir, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 6. Bryan Whitley, 7. Brecken Guerrero, 8. Connor Lundy. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. R.J. Johnson (5), 2. A.J. Bender (7), 3. Brody Roa (9), 4. Tommy Malcolm (11), 5. Ricky Lewis (6), 6. Charles Davis Jr. (2), 7. Blake Bower (1), 8. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (8), 9. Connor Speir (10), 10. Bryan Whitley (13), 11. Brecken Guerrero (15), 12. Verne Sweeney (12), 13. Elexa Herrera (16), 14. Austin Williams (3), 15. David Gasper (4), 16. Jeff Dyer (14), 17. Connor Lundy (17). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Blake Bower, Laps 17-30 R.J. Johnson.


 

IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER HARD CHARGER: Tommy Malcolm (11th to 4th)


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-1167, 2-Ricky Lewis-1140, 3-Austin Williams-955, 4-A.J. Bender-941, 5-Tommy Malcolm-932, 6-David Gasper-807, 7-Blake Bower-803, 8-Charles Davis Jr.-792, 9-Connor Lundy-680, 10-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-636.


 

NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 4, 2025 – Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, Arizona

 

 

NO 2ND THOUGHTS! CUMMINS ENDS 3-MONTH USAC SPRINT WIN DROUGHT AT BUTLER

Ryan Sellers

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Quincy, Michigan (September 27, 2025)………After three months and 20 starts without a victory, Kyle Cummins was beginning to wonder if he’d ever win again in USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship competition.


 

Couple that with the fact that he’s finished as the runner-up in seven of his last 10 series starts, the Princeton, Indiana driver was pondering what exactly he could do to push himself back to the top, especially after missing out on a win by mere inches 24 hours earlier.


 

Yet, Saturday’s event at Quincy, Michigan’s proved to be everything Cummins had wished and hoped it would be, even when it looked like he had let the opportunity slip from his grip for a brief moment during the midway point of the 30-lap feature.


 

Just as soon as Cummins took over the top spot from Justin Grant on the 13th circuit, he saw his lead escape the following lap. However, Cummins rediscovered his groove once more, then sprinted back by Grant to slot into the lead before patrolling the final 15 laps to earn his eighth victory of the USAC National Sprint Car season.


 

“Finally, finally! Holy moly,” Cummins exclaimed after capturing his first series win since June 29 of this year at Ohio’s Millstream Speedway. “It felt like a long time coming. We’ve got some wins this year, but when it doesn’t come for a long time, it feels like you might never win again, but we just kept pushing.”


 

Cummins’ 28th career USAC National Sprint Car win moved him inside the top-20 on the all-time list alongside series champions A.J. Foyt, Don Branson, J.J. Yeley and Levi Jones. While not a USAC National Sprint Car champion yet, Cummins is sure on his way, currently possessing a commanding 297 point lead with seven races remaining this season.


 

Speaking of lengthy absences, Saturday’s event was the first time USAC had visited Butler’s 3/8-mile since August of 1990, 35 years ago when Hank Lower was victorious in what was his first and only career USAC feature start. Furthermore, it was USAC’s first trip to the state of Michigan in 12 years, dating back to an I-96 Speedway show in 2013.


 

Starting fourth in his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors - Premier Recycling/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy, Cummins lurched forward to third by the end of the opening lap and vaulted into second by lap two as he sped by Hayden Reinbold and Chase Stockon, respectively, while Grant took control up front after starting on the outside of the front row.


 

Grant paced Cummins for the first 12 laps before the frontrunners reached the tail end of the field. Grant escaped the increasingly closer Cummins as he threaded the needle between the lapped cars of Max Frank and Josh Turner in the third turn, opening up his lead for the time being until a yellow flag was displayed for Aaron Davis (13th) and Steve Irwin (14th) who tangled and spun to a stop in between turns three and four.


 

With a clear track in front of the leaders on the lap 13 restart, opportunity knocked on Cummins’ door, advising him to shoot his shot. By the time the pair hit turn three, Cummins had dipped a toe on the bottom and stuck with it through the exit of turn four, leading to him edging ahead of Grant by a car length at the stripe. However, Grant got wound up on the outside of Cummins on lap 14 and rode the high line through turns three and four to retake the lead by .009 seconds at the line.


 

On lap 15, Cummins finally gained the upper hand from Grant and drove back by on the bottom of turns three and four to take command once and for all.


 

“I felt like I was pacing Justin really well there, and it kind of came down to whoever made a mistake,” Cummins stated. “We got into lapped traffic and he got through them pretty good. After that restart, he got up a little bit and I knew that was my chance. He came back around me on the outside, which actually showed me a little bit. I could move up just a hair in three and I was actually a little better up there. When the time came to pass lapped cars, it might’ve been even better than working the bottom.”


 

Despite Cummins’ freedom up front, heavy traffic took its toll. Grant was able to close right to the tail of Cummins on the 22nd lap but he couldn’t get any further as any plans to surge ahead of Cummins were thwarted by the gridlock running high, low and middle. But all credit goes to Cummins who made all the right moves down the stretch to disallow Grant from making any credible bid for the lead and the win.


 

“If Justin doesn’t mess up, I don’t know how we can get around him,” Cummins pondered. “The only thing was lapped traffic and how that was going to work out. There was just a little something down there and he got a little tight. I hit it just right that time and was able to drag race him into one. He kind of passed me back, but luckily, I got back by him there and was trying to make sure I didn’t blow the corner.”


 

Cummins remained in total control after that, passing under the checkered flag 1.576 seconds ahead at the finish line over Justin Grant, Hayden Reinbold and Mitchel Moles with Chase Stockon rounding out the top-five.


 

For Cummins, B-U-T-L-E-R spelled R-E-L-I-E-F. After gaining seven wins in his first 21 series starts to begin the year, followed by a 20-race winless stretch, Cummins was feeling pretty satisfied while standing in Butler’s victory lane.


 

“This is big,” Cummins reiterated. “(Last week) at Eldora, I was pretty sure we figured it out, but it’s a big track, so you’re not sure. The car is right back to where it needs to be. I actually made some adjustments after my crew was on me last night because I really messed up by not getting after the shocks, not trying to loosen up, and then throughout the race, I was trying to tell myself that that I could just give it a little turn to the right, whatever I could do to keep giving it little turns.”


 

On Saturday, Justin Grant was using a cane to walk around as he continues to nurse his broken left foot. But despite the cane, he was more than able to fulfill the challenge by leading 13 of the 30 laps in the feature on his way to a solid second place result.


 

One night earlier at Paragon, C.J. Leary was the biggest mover in the feature. On this night at Butler, he did it again by advancing four spots from 11th to seventh to earn his second straight Rod End Supply Hard Charger Award.


 

Hayden Reinbold stood on the podium for the third time during the 2025 USAC National Sprint Car season tonight with a third place result at Butler. In doing so, he closed the gap in the Rookie of the Year race to three points behind Gunnar Setser with just seven races remaining. Reinbold’s performance was good enough to earn him Inferno Armor USA Fire Move of the Night honors.


 

Hail! Hail! To Michigan! Thirteenth place finishing Brian Ruhlman was the top-finishing Michigan driver in the feature and collected a $250 bonus posted by USAC CEO Kevin Miller, a native Michigander who got his start in motorsports as a crewman for a Sprints on Dirt (SOD) race team at Butler Motor Speedway. In fact, the top-three finishing Michigan natives all earned bonuses, including Steve Irwin ($150 for 14th) and Josh Turner ($100 for 15th).


 

To start off the night, Moles turned his 13th fast time of the USAC National Sprint Car season, which now has him just two shy of Kevin Thomas Jr.’s single season series record of 15 set in 2018. Moles’ track record establishing lap was the 28th of his career, moving him past Dave Steele and into sole possession of 16th place all-time.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 27, 2025 – Butler Motor Speedway – Quincy, Michigan – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.139 (New Track Record); 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.219; 3. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.270; 4. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.294; 5. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.369; 6. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.417; 7. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.465; 8. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.529; 9. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.637; 10. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-14.642; 11. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.775; 12. Keith Sheffer II, 2B, 2B Racing-14.777; 13. Isaac Chapple, 6, Chapple/Hall-14.924; 14. Aaron Davis, 11, Davis-15.201; 15. Brian Ruhlman, 49, Ruhlman-15.251; 16. Rob Caho Jr., 78, Caho-15.289; 17. Steve Irwin, 0, Flying Zero-15.443; 18. Josh Turner, 4T, Turner-15.521; 19. Max Frank, 25, Frank-15.568; 20. Jack James, 99, James-15.932; 21. R.J. Payne, 33, Payne-16.301.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Logan Seavey, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Hayden Reinbold, 5. Rob Caho Jr., 6. Isaac Chapple, 7. Max Frank. 2:01.539


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all  transfer to the feature) 1. Briggs Danner, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Justin Grant, 4.  Steve Irwin, 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 6. Aaron Davis, 7. Jack James. 1:58.518 (New Track Record)


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Josh Turner, 5. Brian Ruhlman, 6. Keith Sheffer II, 7. R.J. Payne. 1:59.522


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (4), 2. Justin Grant (2), 3. Hayden Reinbold (3), 4. Mitchel Moles (6), 5. Chase Stockon (1), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 7. C.J. Leary (11), 8. Jake Swanson (7), 9. Gunnar Setser (8), 10. Briggs Danner (9), 11. Logan Seavey (10), 12. Isaac Chapple (13), 13. Brian Ruhlman (15), 14. Steve Irwin (17), 15. Josh Turner (18), 16. Max Frank (19), 17. Aaron Davis (14), 18. Jack James (20), 19. R.J. Payne (21), 20. Rob Caho Jr. (16), 21. Keith Sheffer II (12). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Justin Grant, Lap 13 Kyle Cummins, Lap 14 Justin Grant, Laps 15-30 Kyle Cummins.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2873, 2-Mitchel Moles-2576, 3-Logan Seavey-2505, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2450, 5-Justin Grant-2412, 6-Briggs Danner-2336, 7-C.J. Leary-2231, 8-Jake Swanson-2213, 9-Gunnar Setser-1834, 10-Hayden Reinbold-1831.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Briggs Danner-144, 3-Gunnar Setser-139, 4-C.J. Leary-131, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-129, 6-Logan Seavey-117, 7-Justin Grant-116, 8-Kyle Cummins-108, 9-Chase Stockon-108, 10-Hayden Reinbold-99.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 3, 2025 – Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 55th Tony Hulman Classic

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (14.309)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (14.139)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Briggs Danner


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: C.J. Leary (11th to 7th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Hayden Reinbold


 

Best Finishing Michigan Driver Bonus: Brian Ruhlman (13th)


 

Second Best Finishing Michigan Driver Bonus: Steve Irwin (14th)


 

Third Best Finishing Michigan Driver Bonus: Josh Turner (15th)

 

 

PHOTO FINISH! MOLES BREAKS 61-RACE USAC SPRINT CAR WINLESS STREAK IN PARAGON THRILLER

David Nearpass

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Paragon, Indiana (September 26, 2025)……… Mitchel Moles had done just about everything there is to do in USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship competition this season. But a feature win had eluded him time and time again.


 

Sixty-one races after last reaching victory lane with the series, the Raisin City, California native finally broke through in photo finish fashion by mere inches over Kyle Cummins during Friday night’s Fall Brawl at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway.


 

As a matter of fact, Moles had finished as the runner-up on five occasions with the series this year alone. The .021 second margin of victory by Moles over Cummins was the closest of the year with the series, and this time, Moles wasn’t about to let this one slip through his fingers.


 

“We’ve been so close so many times this year,” Moles exhaled after taking his Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports/AME – Mesilla Valley Transportation/Spike/Stanton Chevy to victory lane. “It feels great to finally get the job done. Maybe that means I’ll keep my job next year!”


 

Moles also quipped that he remained undefeated at Paragon’s 3/8-mile dirt oval in his career. His only other trip to the track in July 2024 resulted in a Leon Gentry Memorial score with the USAC Midwest Thunder Sprint Cars. Overall, it was Moles’ fifth career USAC National Sprint Car victory, and one that is most rewarding in what has been a turnaround year which sees him second overall in the series standings.


 

“We’ve won some races here and there but crashed a lot and learned a lot from that,” Moles summed up since joining Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports in 2022. “I’m thankful for Tammi and Andy (Reinbold) for being great owners and sticking with a kid that tore up all their equipment and had to buy all new stuff. Hopefully, this is a road to paying it off for them.”


 

Foreshadowing the feature, Moles was involved in a bit of a dust up during his heat race after attempting to make an outside pass on Chance Crum for the win. At the stripe, Moles and Crum collided, with Crum winning the race while airborne. Meanwhile, Moles careened into the infield, short of the victory, but transferring into the feature with dramatic flair where he earned the fourth starting spot.


 

The majority of the first half of the 30-lap feature was controlled by Logan Seavey who raced out to the front from his outside front row starting spot and maintained a sturdy advantage at the head of the pack in the first USAC National Sprint Car event held at Paragon since four years earlier in 2021.


 

On the fourth lap, the feature’s lone caution came out after Carson Garrett and Justin Grant tangled entering turn three. Garrett climbed over Grant’s left side tires and spun backwards to a stop atop the high side of the surface. Garrett returned to the field at the tail but managed only a 17th place finish.


 

To start the evening, Garrett set a new one-lap track USAC National Sprint Car track record at Paragon with a time of 14.309 seconds in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying. That broke the 29-year-old track record of 14.886 held by Mark Cassella that had stood since 1996.


 

When the race resumed, Moles began to gain ground. He worked and worked on Hunter Maddox before swiping the second position with an outside turn four pass on lap nine while his rear brake rotor glowed red hot, and on occasion, set off a spectacular shower of sparks.


 

By then, Seavey had constructed a 1.3 second lead over the field, but that changed quite quickly as he closed in on the tail end of the lead lap cars. That allowed Moles to reel his way into contention to where he was squarely on Seavey’s rear bumper just before the midway point. But as Seavey drifted toward the middle of turn three on the 14th circuit, Moles took heed and slipped under Seavey at the exit of turn four, slid up and burst away into the night.


 

Almost instantaneously, Cummins appeared in the frame and was there to pounce on lap 18 as he flashed under Seavey on the back straightaway to take over second where he remained eight tenths of a second behind Moles for the lead.


 

With five laps remaining, Moles’ advantage was a mere two car lengths over Cummins, and it quickly became a duel between two drivers who were exhausted of finishing as the runner-up. Whereas Moles has accumulated five second place finishes overall with the series in 2025, Cummins had recorded six second place results in his nine most recent starts, 10 in totality to date!


 

On the final lap, Moles initially appeared to have gained some breathing room as he cleared the lapped car of Brandon Mattox and possessed about a seven car length advantage over Cummins heading into turns one and two for the final time.


 

That lead quickly dissipated by the time the two entered turn three. Moles had closed in right to the tail tank of 14th running Ricky Lewis. Lewis remained on the high side on the same line Moles chose just behind him. Cummins promptly dove to the lower lane and the two were now practically even at the exit of turn four. Moles had nowhere else to go, and was tucked in a couple feet behind Lewis, carrying enough speed to edge Cummins to the line by a margin about the size of a front bumper.


 

“Every time I feel like I get down and I try to protect and try to take their line away, it doesn’t work out for me, so I just stuck with what I knew,” Moles revealed after his long-awaited triumph. “Honestly, the lapped cars were the hardest thing for me. I didn’t really know where to go there at the line. Kyle was right to the inside of me and I just started pushing Ricky across the line because I didn’t know what else to do.”


 

Behind Moles was Cummins who, astoundingly, finished second for the seventh time in his last 10 USAC National Sprint Car feature starts, and the 11th time overall this season. Seavey took third after leading the initial 14 laps. Seavey had also led the first seven laps before finishing second in the most recent USAC Sprint Car race at Paragon in 2021. Grant tallied a fourth place finish while Jake Swanson came home fifth for the third consecutive series race over the past nine nights.


 

C.J. Leary was buried deep in the feature field, but after starting 17th, he dug his way forward 10 positions to land a solid seventh place result to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

Braxton Cummings experienced a little bit of it all throughout the night. Mechanical issues prevented him from qualifying at the start of the program, but in the semi-feature, his sensational last lap, last turn pass netted him the win and a spot in the feature where he advanced his way up from 24th to 16th. All of that earned him the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

In the track record department, Kevin Thomas Jr. broke a 41-year-old mark during his heat race victory. His eight-lap heat race time of 1:57.475 shattered the USAC National Sprint Car record of 2:06.560 for the distance at Paragon, held by three-time USAC National Sprint Car champion Sheldon Kinser since 1984.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2025 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Fall Brawl


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Carson Garrett, 2E, Epperson-14.309 (New Track Record); 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.314; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.344; 4. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.350; 5. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.398; 6. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-14.443; 7. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.453; 8. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.482; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.519; 10. Ricky Lewis, 2B, 2B Racing-14.533; 11. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.543; 12. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.555; 13. Jordan Kinser, 75, Tate-14.562; 14. Anthony Nicholson, 16, Nicholson-14.572; 15. Todd Hobson, 77, Wingo-14.586; 16. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-14.678; 17. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.710; 18. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-14.712; 19. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-14.758; 20. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-14.863; 21. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-14.947; 22. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-14.962; 23. Austin Cory, 00, Cory-15.089; 24. Michael Clark, 8, Clark-15.211; 25. Sam Hinds, 71H, Hinds-15.386; 26. Travis Thompson, 7, Thompson-15.413; 27. Rob Caho Jr., 78, Caho-15.452; 28. Braxton Cummings, 71B, Cummings-NT.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Brandon Mattox, 4. Carson Garrett, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Jordan Kinser, 7. Travis Thompson. 1:57.475 (New Track Record)


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5  transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Ricky Lewis, 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Hunter Maddox, 5. Matt Westfall, 6. Rob Caho Jr., 7. Anthony Nicholson. NT


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Chance Crum, 2. Mitchel Moles, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Todd Hobson, 6. Braxton Cummings, 7. Austin Cory. 2:00.872


 

COOKOUT FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Trey Osborne, 4. Gabriel Gilbert, 5. Briggs Danner, 6. Sam Hinds, 7. Michael Clark. 2:00.621


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Braxton Cummings, 2. Sam Hinds, 3. Rob Caho Jr., 4. Travis Thompson, 5. Michael Clark, 6. Jordan Kinser, 7. Austin Cory. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (4), 2. Kyle Cummins (5), 3. Logan Seavey (2), 4. Justin Grant (8), 5. Jake Swanson (3), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7), 7. C.J. Leary (17), 8. Gunnar Setser (9), 9. Hayden Reinbold (14), 10. Chase Stockon (11), 11. Briggs Danner (12), 12. Trey Osborne (16), 13. Chance Crum (10), 14. Ricky Lewis (13), 15. Hunter Maddox (1), 16. Braxton Cummings (24), 17. Carson Garrett (6), 18. Matt Westfall (20), 19. Sam Hinds (21), 20. Todd Hobson (15), 21. Rob Caho Jr. (23), 22. Brandon Mattox (19), 23. Gabriel Gilbert (18), 24. Travis Thompson (22). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Logan Seavey, Laps 14-30 Mitchel Moles.


 

**Jordan Kinser flipped during the semi.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2793, 2-Mitchel Moles-2503, 3-Logan Seavey-2457, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2386, 5-Justin Grant-2337, 6-Briggs Danner-2285, 7-C.J. Leary-2172, 8-Jake Swanson-2156, 9-Chase Stockon-1814, 10-Kale Drake-1811.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Briggs Danner-144, 3-Gunnar Setser-139, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-129, 5-C.J. Leary-127, 6-Logan Seavey-117, 7-Justin Grant-116, 8-Chase Stockon-108, 9-Kyle Cummins-105, 10-Hayden Reinbold-99.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 27, 2025 – Butler Motor Speedway – Quincy, Michigan – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kevin Thomas Jr. (14.333)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Carson Garrett (14.309)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Chance Crum


 

Cookout Fourth Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Braxton Cummings


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: C.J. Leary (17th to 7th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Braxton Cummings

 

Western World! USAC Sprints Cap Season at Central Arizona Oct 24-25

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 21, 2025)………It’s Western World!


 

That’s all that needs to be said to introduce one of the most famed sprint car races in the United States, an Arizona racing tradition since 1968, and one that has been revitalized as the event celebrates its 58th edition this weekend, Friday-Saturday, October 24-25, 2025.


 

For the first time ever, the event comes to Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway and offers a record purse of more than $115,000 throughout the weekend for the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Cars, an effort spearheaded by Avanti’s Jerry Petty to boost this great tradition to even greater heights.


 

A stunning entry list of 52 USAC drivers and cars, plus nearly 40 from the 360 Sprint Car ranks, the 2025 installment of the Western World Championships is one of the most highly anticipated events on the calendar.


 

The weekend also serves as the finale for USAC National Sprint Car racing in 2025, marking the final two shows of the season. Let’s take one last look at the storylines heading into a stellar weekend in the Grand Canyon State.


 


 

RECORD PURSE


 

A record $35,000-to-win is on the line for Saturday night’s USAC National/CRA Sprint Car portion of Western World, to go along with a minimum $1000-to-start.


 

The winner of Saturday’s feature event could potentially walk away with a $42,500 payday if he was to lead all 30 laps of the feature. An extra $15,000 in lap money has been kicked into the event with the leader of each lap pocketing $250 with $150 going to second and $100 to third.


 

A $7,500 prize will go to Friday night’s USAC National/CRA Sprint Car feature winner.


 

Also a part of Saturday night’s program will be the $5,000-to-win Underwood Dash presented by AME Electrical, a pursuit style event that will feature 10 cars competing for 12 laps in a winner-take-all special. The lineup will consist of the top-four finishers from Friday night’s feature starting at the front, followed by Saturday’s three qualifying race winners, followed by Saturday’s three qualifying race runner-up finishers.


 

The 12-lap dash will take place in four 3-lap segments. After each segment is completed, the last two cars running will be eliminated. Furthermore, if a car stops on the course for any reason, that car is also eliminated.


 

Also this weekend, the Lafond Jar of Change will be awarded to each night's USAC hard charger. Thus far, the prize has already reached $1000 for Friday and $2000 for Saturday. The Jar of Change has been awarded since 1992. In 2024, J.J. Yeley earned a record $3,423.68, and this year's award is poised to exceed that.

 


 

6-PACK OF WESTERN WORLD WINNERS


 

Six past Western World Championships feature winners are in this year’s field: Brady Bacon, Chase Stockon, Logan Seavey, Jake Swanson, Daison Pursley and Kyle Cummins.


 

Cummins enters as the defending race winner after scoring the victory in 2024 at Mohave Valley Raceway. Pursley swept both nights of the event at Cocopah Speedway in 2023. Swanson, meanwhile, swept the entire night in 2022 by setting quick time, winning his heat race, then going on to capture the feature win at Cocopah. Seavey clicked off his Western World score at Arizona Speedway in 2021 as did Stockon back in 2017.


 

Bacon has won five final night main events during Western World dating back to 2009 and 2010 with the ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint Cars at USA Raceway in Tucson. He added to his win list three more times at Arizona Speedway in San Tan Valley, with the USAC Southwest/West Coast 360 Sprint Cars in 2016 and 2018, then again in 2019 with the USAC National/Western States Midgets.


 


 

ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? THESE GUYS ARE


 

A total of 18 USAC sanctioned events have been held at Central Arizona Raceway over the years, mostly with the USAC Southwest Sprint Car division dating back to 2013. Seven drivers in this year’s Western World lineup have won with USAC at Central Arizona.


 

Native Arizonans Charles Davis Jr., R.J. Johnson and Stevie Sussex can all count themselves among the winners on that list. Davis has won six of those 18 events, while Johnson owns three and Sussex one. Kevin Thomas Jr. and C.J. Leary strayed away from their USAC national schedules to win at Central Arizona two times apiece.


 

In 2025, USAC CRA debuted at the track on back-to-back nights in April with Ricky Lewis and David Gasper each picking up the feature victories.


 


 

DOUBLIN’ UP


 

In addition to the USAC National/CRA 410 c.i. Sprint Car portion of the program this weekend, the 360s of the Sands Chevrolet Wild West Sprints will also be in competition both nights.


 

At press time, 13 drivers are expected to pull double-duty by competing in both divisions across the pair of nights.


 

Among the 13 are USAC Triple Crown champion J.J. Yeley, as well as 2025 USAC National Sprint Car champion Kyle Cummins, four-time USAC National Sprint Car titlist Brady Bacon and 2024 USAC National Midget champ Daison Pursley.


 

One of the top-five winningest USAC National Sprint Car drivers of all-time, Kevin Thomas Jr., is on the double-duty list as is 2024 USAC CRA Sprint Car champion and current series point leader R.J. Johnson.


 

USAC National Sprint Car racing’s 2017 Rookie of the Year Stevie Sussex will be doing both as will David Gasper, a USAC CRA winner at Central Arizona in April, plus Wayne Siddle, Dayton Shelton, Elexa Herrera, Grant Sexton and Connor Lundy.


 


 

NOBODY BEATS THE WHIZ


 

Team AZ-Petty-Rossi will present The Whiz Kid Award, named for Arizona Motorsports Hall of Fame inductee and two-time Western World winning mechanic Eric Wilkins.


 

The Whiz Kid Award will reward multiple Rookies of the Year at the Western World in both the USAC National/CRA and the 360 divisions on Saturday night. At the conclusion of Saturday’s program, the Western World Rookie of the Year in each division will earn a $1,000 reward and a trophy for their efforts across the two-night event.


 

The Western World Rookies for 2025 consists of 14 drivers in the USAC portion of the program, including late model racing superstar Ricky Thornton Jr., plus USAC national feature winners Briggs Danner and Hayden Reinbold, plus standout Gunnar Setser.


 

Also making their first ever voyages to Western World are Marty Hawkins, Trey Osborne, Harley Burns, Blake Bower, Kobe Simpson, Connor Speir, Cole Wakim, Connor Lundy, Saban Bibent and Brecken Guerrero.


 


 

SETSER VS. REINBOLD FOR THE ROOKIE PRIZE


 

Speaking of Rookies, the USAC National Sprint Car MPI Rookie of the Year race comes down to these two final events, featuring Columbus, Indiana’s Gunnar Setser and Gilbert, Arizona’s Hayden Reinbold.


 

Setser owns a 14-point lead over Reinbold entering Western World in what has been among the closest Rookie battles in series history.


 

As far as their 2025 series statistics, both drivers have made 46 feature starts. Reinbold leads Setser five-to-two in terms of top-five finishes. However, Setser holds the upper hand in top-10 finishes with 21 over Reinbold’s 18.


 

All told, 154 points are up for grabs this weekend with a full program of 84 points available on Friday. Meanwhile, Saturday’s program offers 70 points as part of a feature points only program.


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

The 58th Annual Avanti Windows & Doors Western World Championships on October 24-25 at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway hosts the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship / Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Cars, plus the Sands Chevrolet Wild West Sprints on back-to-back nights.


 

Racing festivities kick off at Western World with practice night from 6-9pm Mountain Standard Time on Thursday, October 23.


 

On Friday and Saturday, the pits open at 2pm Mountain Standard Time while the front gates open at 3pm with the drivers meeting set for 4pm and hot laps at 5pm.


 

Friday advance tickets are on sale now at: https://centralarizonaraceway.ticketspice.com/central-arizona-raceway-october-24


 

Saturday advance tickets are on sale now at: https://centralarizonaraceway.ticketspice.com/central-arizona-raceway-october-25-2025


 

Tickets will also be on sale at the gate on race day.


 

Both nights of the event can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://www.flosports.link/usac.


 


 

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WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS USAC SPRINT CAR ENTRY LIST


 

(52 cars & drivers)


 

0G KYLE SHIPLEY/Phoenix, AZ (Black Gold Racing)


 

OO7 WAYNE SIDDLE/Tucson, AZ (Wayne Siddle)


 

1 NATE SCHANK/Santa Rosa, CA (Nate Schank)


 

2 J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ (Yeley Racing)


 

2J JAMES TURNBULL II/Indio, CA (James Turnbull II)


 

2x JOSHUA SHIPLEY/Surprise, AZ (Joshua Shipley)


 

3m (R) MARTY HAWKINS/Santa Rosa, CA (Hawkins Motorsports)


 

3p KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Petty Performance Racing)


 

3R KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (Rock Steady Racing)


 

3v JIM VANZANT/Prescott, AZ (Jim & Bonnie Vanzant)


 

4 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (TOPP Motorsports)


 

4c BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Calderwood Racing)


 

4D DAYTON SHELTON/Prescott, AZ (Shelton Motorsports)


 

5 TYE MIHOCKO/Peoria, AZ (Tim Mihocko)


 

5E ELEXA HERRERA/New Cuyama, CA (James Herrera)


 

5G (R) GUNNAR SETSER/Columbus, IN (KO Motorsports)


 

5T JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Daming Swanson Motorsports)


 

6 LOGAN CALDERWOOD/Goodyear, AZ (Calderwood Racing)


 

6T (R) TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (Larry Ebert)


 

6w ISAAC CHAPPLE/Willow Branch, IN (Chapple-Hall Racing Team)


 

11c MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (Kevin Turner & Greg Wheeler)


 

14 (R) HARLEY BURNS/Brazil, IN (Tom Hendricks)


 

17 RYAN BERNAL/Hollister, CA (Tom & Christy Dunkel)


 

17GP STEVIE SUSSEX/Tempe, AZ (Michael Dutcher Motorsports)


 

17w AUSTIN WILLIAMS/Yorba Linda, CA (Tom & Christy Dunkel)


 

17x (R) BLAKE BOWER/Brentwood, CA (Tom & Christy Dunkel)


 

18 DAVID GASPER/Goleta, CA (Kittle Motorsports & Gasper Racing)


 

19 (R) HAYDEN REINBOLD/Gilbert, AZ (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)


 

19AZ MITCHEL MOLES/Raisin City, CA (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)


 

20RT (R) RICKY THORNTON JR./Chandler, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

21AZ C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Team AZ-Curb-Agajanian Racing)


 

21K (R) KOBE SIMPSON/Bonham, TX (Kevin Simpson)


 

21x A.J. BENDER/San Diego, CA (Kim & Richard Bender)


 

22 GRANT SEXTON/Lakeside, CA (Brent Sexton)


 

33p R.J. JOHNSON/Laveen, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

39 (R) BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Hogue Racing Enterprises)


 

41 RICKY LEWIS/Oxnard, CA (Ricky Lewis)


 

42 MAX ADAMS/Loomis, CA (Cheney Racing)


 

44 BRENT SEXTON/Lakeside, CA (Brent Sexton)


 

47 CHARLES DAVIS JR./Buckeye, AZ (Charles Davis Jr.)


 

51T EDDIE TAFOYA JR./Chino Hills, CA (Eddie Tafoya)


 

57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing)


 

57x (R) CONNOR SPEIR/Fillmore, CA (Keith Speir)


 

73 (R) COLE WAKIM/Simi Valley, CA (Josh Ford Motorsports)


 

73B BRADEN CHIARAMONTE/El Cajon, CA (OCC Motorsports)


 

78 BRODY WAKE/Lake Havasu City, AZ (Ryan Wake)


 

86 DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (CB Industries)


 

92 CHASE STOCKON/Fort Branch, IN (Tom & Laurie Sertich)


 

97 (R) CONNOR LUNDY/Peoria, AZ (Matt Lundy)


 

98 (R) SABAN BIBENT/Cincinnati, OH (Wedgewood Motorsports)


 

98B (R) BRECKEN GUERRERO/Westminster, CA (Rachel Guerrero)


 

98v VERNE SWEENEY/Lomita, CA (Rachel Guerrero)


 


 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3219, 2-Mitchel Moles-2867, 3-Logan Seavey-2823, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2775, 5-Justin Grant-2690, 6-Briggs Danner-2623, 7-C.J. Leary-2559, 8-Jake Swanson-2548, 9-Chase Stockon-2164, 10-Gunnar Setser-2098.


 


 

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USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Gunnar Setser-157, 3-Briggs Danner-147, 4-C.J. Leary-141, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-135, 6-Justin Grant-124, 7-Logan Seavey-122, 8-Kyle Cummins-116, 9-Hayden Reinbold-112, 10-Chase Stockon-110.


 


 

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PAST WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WINNERS


 

MANZANITA SPEEDWAY – PHOENIX, ARIZONA


 

1968: Bob Cleberg (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1969: Bob Huebner (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1970: Jerry McClung (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1971: Jan Opperman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1972: Jan Opperman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1973: Earl Wagner (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1974: Rick Ferkel (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1975: Ron Shuman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1976: Bubby Jones (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1977: Ron Shuman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1978: Lealand McSpadden (World of Outlaws/CRA Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1979: Tim Green (World of Outlaws/CRA Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1980: Jeff Swindell (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1981: Ron Shuman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1982: Steve Kinser (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1983: Steve Kinser (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1984: Ron Shuman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1985: Steve Kinser (Non-Winged Sprint) & Lealand McSpadden (Mighty Midgets of Arizona)


 

1986: Bobby Davis Jr. (Winged Sprint) & Ron Shuman (Mighty Midgets of Arizona)


 

1987: Steve Kinser (Winged Sprint) & Lealand McSpadden (Mighty Midgets of Arizona)


 

1988: Mark Kinser (USA Winged Sprint) & Jack Yeley (Mighty Midgets of Arizona)


 

1989: Sammy Swindell (USA Winged Sprint) & Gary Faucett (Arizona Midget Racing Association)


 

1990: Steve Kinser (Winged Sprint) & Rip Williams (CRA Sprint)


 

1991: Danny Lasoski (Winged Sprint), Wayne Bennett (360 Non-Winged Sprint) & Ron Shuman (Arizona Midget Racing Association)


 

1992: Steve Kinser (Winged Sprint) & Bob Ream Jr. (360 Non-Winged Sprint) & Bob Brosemann (Arizona Midget Racing Association)


 

1993: Lealand McSpadden (CRA Sprint)


 

1994: Ron Shuman (SCRA Sprint)


 

1995: Lealand McSpadden (SCRA Sprint), Ricky Johnson (Arizona Non-Winged 360 Sprint) & Josh Pelkey (Midget)


 

1996: Steve Kinser (World of Outlaws Sprint)


 

1997: Mark Kinser (World of Outlaws Sprint)


 

1998: Tyler Walker (World of Outlaws Sprint)


 

1999: Donny Schatz (World of Outlaws Sprint)


 

2000: Jay Drake (SCRA Sprint)


 

2001: Jeremy Sherman (SCRA Sprint)


 

2002: Bud Kaeding (SCRA Sprint) & Jeremy Sherman (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2003: Tony Elliott (SCRA Sprint) & Jeremy Sherman (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2004: Bud Kaeding (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Josh Ford (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2005: Dave Darland (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Cory Kruseman (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2006: Josh Wise (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Cory Kruseman (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2007: Jerry Coons Jr. (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Cory Kruseman (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint)


 

2008: Kevin Swindell (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Jesse Hockett (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint)


 


 

USA RACEWAY – TUCSON, ARIZONA


 

2009: Brady Bacon (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint) & Sammy Swindell (ASCS Winged 360 Sprint)


 

2010: Brady Bacon (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint) & Donny Schatz (ASCS Winged 360 Sprint)


 

2011: Tracy Hines (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint) & Donny Schatz (ASCS Winged 360 Sprint)


 


 

CANYON SPEEDWAY PARK – PEORIA, ARIZONA


 

2012: Bryan Clauson (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint) & Wayne Johnson (ASCS Winged 360 Sprint)


 

2013: Bryan Clauson (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint) & Bryan Clauson (USAC National/Western States Midget)


 

2014: Matt Rossi (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint) & Darren Hagen (USAC National/Western States Midget)


 


 

USA RACEWAY – TUCSON, ARIZONA


 

2015: Bryan Clauson (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Brody Roa (USAC Southwest/West Coast 360 Sprint)


 


 

ARIZONA SPEEDWAY – SAN TAN VALLEY, ARIZONA


 

2016: Chris Windom (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Brady Bacon (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint)


 

2017: Chase Stockon (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Chris Windom (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint)


 

2018: Tyler Courtney (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Brady Bacon (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint)


 

2019: Tyler Courtney (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Brady Bacon (USAC National Midget/Western States)


 

2020: Buddy Kofoid (USAC National Midget) & Tyler Courtney (USAC CRA/Southwest Sprint)


 

2021: Logan Seavey (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Chris Windom (USAC National Midget)


 


 

COCOPAH SPEEDWAY – SOMERTON, ARIZONA


 

2022: Jake Swanson (USAC National/CRA Sprint)


 

2023: Daison Pursley (USAC CRA Sprint)


 


 

MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY – MOHAVE VALLEY, ARIZONA


 

2024: Kyle Cummins (USAC CRA Sprint)

 

Over 50! 2025 Western World USAC Sprint Entry List Rises to 52 for Oct 24-25

Rick Kimball

By: Richie Murray - USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 20, 2025)………The entry list has surpassed 52 drivers and cars for the 58th annual edition of the Western World Championships.


 

Two-straight nights of USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car racing await on October 24-25, 2025, at Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande.


 

Fifty-two are entered to date, including past Western World winners Brady Bacon, Kyle Cummins, Daison Pursley, Jake Swanson and Logan Seavey.


 

USAC national champions J.J. Yeley, Justin Grant and C.J. Leary have entered as have fellow USAC national feature winners Kevin Thomas Jr., Hayden Reinbold, Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, Chase Stockon, Matt Westfall and Ryan Bernal.


 

Late model racing star Ricky Thornton Jr. has filed his entry to compete as has reigning USAC CRA Sprint Car champion and current point leader R.J. Johnson, plus top USAC National Sprint Car Rookie Gunnar Setser.


 

Early entry cutoff for the event is Monday, October 20. Entries filed after that date are $150.


 

The event at the 3/8-mile dirt oval will pay $7,500 to Friday night’s winner while Saturday’s finale will offer $35,000 to the winner, plus $15,000 in lap leader money and a minimum of $1,000 to start the feature.


 

Also on the event card for both nights is the Sands Chevrolet Wild West 360 Non Wing Sprint Cars.


 

The Western World Championships are one of the most famed and longest-running sprint car events in the world. The tradition of the event dates back to Bob Cleberg’s victory in 1968. Kyle Cummins enters as the defending Western World champion after winning the main event in 2024.


 

Tickets for the Western World Championships and Camping spots are available now. Visit https://www.centralazraceway.com/press/article/180179 for more information.


 


 

WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY LIST


 

(52 cars & drivers as of October 20, 2025)


 

0G KYLE SHIPLEY/Phoenix, AZ (Black Gold Racing)


 

OO7 WAYNE SIDDLE/Tucson, AZ (Wayne Siddle)


 

1 NATE SCHANK/Santa Rosa, CA (Nate Schank)


 

2 J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ (Yeley Racing)


 

2J JAMES TURNBULL II/Indio, CA (James Turnbull II)


 

2x JOSHUA SHIPLEY/Surprise, AZ (Joshua Shipley)


 

3m MARTY HAWKINS/Santa Rosa, CA (Hawkins Motorsports)


 

3p KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Petty Performance Racing)


 

3R KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (Rock Steady Racing)


 

3v JIM VANZANT/Prescott, AZ (Jim & Bonnie Vanzant)


 

4 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (TOPP Motorsports)


 

4c BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Calderwood Racing)


 

4D DAYTON SHELTON/Prescott, AZ (Shelton Motorsports)


 

5 TYE MIHOCKO/Peoria, AZ (Tim Mihocko)


 

5E ELEXA HERRERA/New Cuyama, CA (James Herrera)


 

5G GUNNAR SETSER/Columbus, IN (KO Motorsports)


 

5T JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Daming Swanson Motorsports)


 

6 LOGAN CALDERWOOD/Goodyear, AZ (Calderwood Racing)


 

6T TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (Larry Ebert)


 

6w ISAAC CHAPPLE/Willow Branch, IN (Chapple-Hall Racing Team)


 

11c MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (Kevin Turner & Greg Wheeler)


 

14 HARLEY BURNS/Brazil, IN (Tom Hendricks)


 

17 RYAN BERNAL/Hollister, CA (Tom & Christy Dunkel)


 

17GP STEVIE SUSSEX/Tempe, AZ (Michael Dutcher Motorsports)


 

17w AUSTIN WILLIAMS/Yorba Linda, CA (Tom & Christy Dunkel)


 

17x BLAKE BOWER/Brentwood, CA (Tom & Christy Dunkel)


 

18 DAVID GASPER/Goleta, CA (Kittle Motorsports & Gasper Racing)


 

19 HAYDEN REINBOLD/Gilbert, AZ (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)


 

19AZ MITCHEL MOLES/Raisin City, CA (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)


 

20RT RICKY THORNTON JR./Chandler, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

21AZ C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Team AZ-Curb-Agajanian Racing)


 

21K KOBE SIMPSON/Bonham, TX (Kevin Simpson)


 

21x A.J. BENDER/San Diego, CA (Kim & Richard Bender)


 

22 GRANT SEXTON/Lakeside, CA (Brent Sexton)


 

33p R.J. JOHNSON/Laveen, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

39 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Hogue Racing Enterprises)


 

41 RICKY LEWIS/Oxnard, CA (Ricky Lewis)


 

42 MAX ADAMS/Loomis, CA (Cheney Racing)


 

44 BRENT SEXTON/Lakeside, CA (Brent Sexton)


 

47 CHARLES DAVIS JR./Buckeye, AZ (Charles Davis Jr.)


 

51T EDDIE TAFOYA JR./Chino Hills, CA (Eddie Tafoya)


 

57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing)


 

57x CONNOR SPEIR/Fillmore, CA (Keith Speir)


 

73 COLE WAKIM/Simi Valley, CA (Josh Ford Motorsports)


 

73B BRADEN CHIARAMONTE/El Cajon, CA (OCC Motorsports)


 

78 BRODY WAKE/Lake Havasu City, AZ (Ryan Wake)


 

86 DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (CB Industries)


 

92 CHASE STOCKON/Fort Branch, IN (Tom & Laurie Sertich)


 

97 CONNOR LUNDY/Peoria, AZ (Matt Lundy)


 

98 SABAN BIBENT/Cincinnati, OH (Wedgewood Motorsports)


 

98B BRECKEN GUERRERO/Westminster, CA (Rachel Guerrero)


 

98v VERNE SWEENEY/Lomita, CA (Rachel Guerrero)

 

THE SCOOP: KANSAS-TEXAS TWO-STEP FOR USAC SPRINTS OCTOBER 17-18 AT DODGE CITY & AMARILLO

Steve Baker

Speedway, Indiana (October 15, 2025)………Back on the road again!


 

The USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship hits the highway for Kansas/Texas Two-Step this weekend, October 17-18.


 

First up is a return to Kansas’ Dodge City Raceway on Friday night, October 17, for the first time in 14 years, paying $6,000-to-win. To cap the weekend off, the series travels down south to the Texas panhandle for USAC’s first ever visit to Amarillo, Texas’ Route 66 Motor Speedway for $10,000-to-win.


 

As we head down the home stretch, here are the storylines to keep tuned to this weekend!


 


 

DODGE CITY WAR


 

It’s been 14 years since the USAC National Sprint Cars have paid a visit to Dodge City Raceway Park. Back in August 2011, USAC Hall of Famer Tracy Hines swept to victories on consecutive nights.


 

Chris Windom holds Dodge City’s one-lap USAC National Sprint Car track record of 15.261 seconds, set on the opening night of the 2011 weekend.


 

It’s been three years since USAC National Sprint Cars last raced anywhere in the state of Kansas with Brady Bacon scoring the victory at Kansas City’s Lakeside Speedway in May of 2022.


 


 

AMARILLO BY NIGHT


 

Never before has USAC raced in Amarillo. However, USAC National Sprint Cars have made five previous visits to the Lone Star State of Texas dating back to 1959, and the list of winners is a doozy, featuring five series champions and five drivers who are or will be inducted into the USAC Hall of Fame one day.


 

The first Texas visit came at Houston’s Meyer Speedway in 1959 where hometown hero A.J. Foyt tamed the field under the “Midwest” division moniker in what was the last series event held in the decade of the 1950s.


 

Don Branson edged Jim Hurtubise to the finish line by a mere two feet at Meyer the following year in early 1960. Rufus Jones, better known as Parnelli, got his revenge in October of 1960 at Meyer Speedway when he became the third-straight USAC Sprint Car driving champion to “walk-off” with a feature victory in the final race of the season.


 

The hiatus lasted 25 years before USAC Sprint Car racing returned to Texas in 1985, which presented a unique USAC vs CRA (California Racing Association) challenge. Rick Hood trailed Steve Butler for 29 of the 30 laps before roaring from behind in the final turn to beat Butler to the checkered flag.


 

Thirty eight years later, in 2023, Brady Bacon wired all 30 laps to earn his first career victory at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite after several years of trying to win both with and without a wing.


 


 

CUMMINS PLAYING WITH HOUSE MONEY


 

Kyle Cummins has already wrapped up the 2025 USAC National Sprint Car driving championship, but he’s still got records to chase.


 

For one, his lead currently stands at 358 points, just 11 shy of the all-time series record of 369, set by Pancho Carter in 1976.


 

Furthermore, Cummins has also tallied 41 top-tens and 35 top-fives with the series to date during the 2025 season. The all-time single season record in both categories belongs to Brady Bacon in 2021 with 41 top-tens and 36 top-fives. Cummins could very well set that record this weekend. Over his last 17 series starts, he has 17 top-tens and 15 top-fives.


 


 

GRANT & BRIGGS BACK IN KANSAS


 

Justin Grant and Briggs Danner have already experienced their fair share of success in the state of Kansas this year.


 

Grant has won in a USAC Silver Crown car and Midget this year in the Sunflower State, capturing the both back in May at the Belleville High Banks.


 

In July of this year, Danner raced his way to glory at Hutchinson’s Salt City Raceway with his first career Silver Crown victory.


 

This weekend, they’ll attempt to repeat their Kansas success.


 


 

JAKE SWANSON’S ROLLING


 

Few drivers have been as consistent of late as Jake Swanson.


 

His solid stretch of finishes over his seven most recent USAC National Sprint Car starts has seen him tally results of 5th-5th-5th-8th-5th-3rd-5th.


 

He’s among those looking to score his first USAC National Sprint Car win of the year, something he hasn’t achieved since July of 2023 at Putnamville, Indiana’s Lincoln Park Speedway.


 


 

POINT OF ORDER


 

Although the race at the top of the USAC National Sprint Car standings is locked up, there are several battles throughout the rest of the top-10 that still remain up for grabs.


 

Forty-one points separate second and third in the standings between Mitchel Moles and Logan Seavey. Another 60 points stand between Kevin Thomas Jr. and Justin Grant for fourth and fifth. C.J. Leary and Jake Swanson find themselves one single point apart between seventh and eighth.


 

Meanwhile, the MPI Rookie of the Year race rages on with Gunnar Setser leading Hayden Reinbold by 10 markers entering the weekend.


 


 

HIGH PLAINS THUNDER BONUS


 

The High Plains Thunder Bonus, a $2,000 prize awarded to the driver who earns the best overall points finish across the back-to-back nights of USAC National Sprint Car racing at Kansas’ Dodge City Raceway Park on Friday and at Route 66 Motor Speedway on Saturday.


 

The High Plains Thunder Bonus is designed to reward consistency across two demanding tracks on consecutive nights. Dodge City’s wide, sweeping surface and Amarillo’s fast Texas clay provide two very different challenges, pushing drivers to adapt quickly and prove themselves under pressure. If a tie occurs, the fastest qualifying lap at Amarillo will determine the winner.


 


 

ELITE BONUSES


 

Both of this weekend’s events will be co-sanctioned by USAC and the POWRi Elite Non-Wing Sprints.


 

ProSource is presenting an Elite driver bonus program for the weekend, offering extra cash to the top-10 drivers in the current Elite point standings each night.


 

Those bonuses include $100 to the top Elite qualifier, $250 to an Elite driver who wins a heat race, and $250 to the highest finishing Elite driver in the feature, $150 to the second highest Elite feature finisher and $100 to the third highest Elite feature finisher.


 

Among the drivers eligible for the bonuses are Elite point leader Paul White as well as Jason Howell, R.J. Miller, Bryan Debrick, Michael Merrell, Kobe Simpson, Caleb Stelzig, Joshua Hanna, Weston Gorham and Anton Hernandez.


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

On Friday, October 17, at Kansas’ Dodge City Raceway Park, the program will feature the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus IMCA Hobby Stocks. Pits open at 1pm Central with the grandstands opening at 4pm, the drivers meeting at 5:30pm and hot laps at 6pm, followed by racing. General admission tickets are $25 for ages 13 & up. General admission tickets are free for ages 12 & under are free. Pit passes are $40.


 

On Saturday, October 18, at Amarillo, Texas’ Route 66 Motor Speedway, the docket consists of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the Air Compressor Solutions Street Stocks. Pits open on race day at Noon Central time with the front gates opening at 4:30pm, the drivers meeting at 5:15pm and hot laps at 6pm. Advance tickets are now on sale for the event at www.route66motorspeedway.net. General admission tickets are $35 apiece for ages 13 and up, $15 for ages 5-12 and free for ages 4 and under. Pit passes are $45 each for all ages.


 

Both events can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://www.flosports.link/usac.


 


 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3097, 2-Mitchel Moles-2739, 3-Logan Seavey-2698, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2631, 5-Justin Grant-2571, 6-Briggs Danner-2486, 7-C.J. Leary-2418, 8-Jake Swanson-2417, 9-Chase Stockon-2063, 10-Gunnar Setser-1990.


 


 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS AT DODGE RACEWAY PARK:

2-Tracy Hines


 


 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINNERS AT DODGE RACEWAY PARK:

2011: Tracy Hines (8/12) & Tracy Hines (8/13)


 


 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS IN KANSAS:


 

2-Brady Bacon, Robert Ballou & Tracy Hines


 

1-Don Branson, Tony Elliott, Kenny Irwin Jr., Bubby Jones, Arnie Knepper, Jud Larson, Jim Mahoney, Thomas Meseraull, Smokey Snellbaker, Robbie Stanley, Dave Steele, Brian Tyler, Greg Weld, Carl Williams, Doug Wolfgang & J.J. Yeley


 


 

PAST DODGE CITY RACEWAY PARK USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RESULTS:


 

NIGHT #1 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Chris Windom, 5. Hud Cone, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11. Bobby East, 12. Travis Rilat, 13. Keith Bloom Jr., 14. Patrick Stasa, 15. Josh Stephens, 16. Justin Schwien, 17. Zach Blurton, 18. Jordan Weaver, 19. Cody Brewer, 20. Jeff Stasa, 21. Tony Everhart, 22. Kris Miller, 23. C.J. Johnson, 24. Michael Williams. 8:18.18


 

NIGHT #2 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Travis Rilat, 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Bobby East, 9. Keith Bloom Jr., 10. Patrick Stasa, 11. Jeff Stasa, 12. Jordan Weaver, 13. Robert Ballou, 14. Tony Everhart, 15. Blake Fitzpatrick, 16. Zach Blurton, 17. Hud Cone, 18. Damion Gardner, 19. Kris Miller, 20. Michael Williams. NT


 


 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS IN TEXAS:

1-Brady Bacon, Don Branson, A.J. Foyt, Rick Hood & Parnelli Jones

 

OVER 40! 2025 WESTERN WORLD USAC SPRINT ENTRY LIST RISES FOR OCT 24-25

Rick Kimball

 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 13, 2025)………The entry list has surpassed 40 drivers and car for the 58th annual edition of the Western World Championships.


 

Two-straight nights of USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car racing awaits on October 24-25, 2025, at Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande.


 

Forty-one drivers and cars are entered to date, including past Western World winners Brady Bacon, Kyle Cummins, Daison Pursley, Jake Swanson and Logan Seavey.


 

USAC national champions J.J. Yeley, Justin Grant and C.J. Leary have entered as have fellow USAC national feature winners Kevin Thomas Jr., Hayden Reinbold, Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner and Chase Stockon.


 

Late model racing star Ricky Thornton Jr. has filed his entry to compete as has reigning USAC CRA Sprint Car champion and current point leader R.J. Johnson, plus top USAC National Sprint Car Rookie Gunnar Setser.


 

Driver and car registration is now officially open for the 58th annual edition of Western World Championships. Teams can file their entry for the event now at https://usacracing.ticketspice.com/58th-annual-western-world-championships.


 

The event at the 3/8-mile dirt oval will pay $7,500 to Friday night’s winner while Saturday’s finale will offer $35,000 to the winner, plus $15,000 in lap leader money and a minimum of $1,000 to start the feature.


 

Also on the event card for both nights is the Sands Chevrolet Wild West 360 Non Wing Sprint Cars.


 

The Western World Championships are one of the most famed and longest-running sprint car events in the world. The tradition of the event dates back to Bob Cleberg’s victory in 1968. Kyle Cummins enters as the defending Western World champion after winning the main event in 2024.


 

Tickets for the Western World Championships and Camping spots are available now. Visit https://www.centralazraceway.com/press/article/180179 for more information.


 


 

WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY LIST


 

(41 cars & drivers as of October 13, 2025)


 

0G KYLE SHIPLEY/Phoenix, AZ (Black Gold Racing)

2 J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ (Yeley Racing)

2J (R) JAMES TURNBULL II/Indio, CA (James Turnbull II)

2x JOSHUA SHIPLEY/Surprise, AZ (Joshua Shipley Racing)

3m MARTY HAWKINS/Santa Rosa, CA (Marty Hawkins)

3p KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Petty Performance Racing)

3R KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (Rock Steady Racing)

3v JIM VANZANT/Prescott, AZ (Jim & Bonnie Vanzant)

4 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (TOPP Motorsports)

4c BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Calderwood Racing)

4D DAYTON SHELTON/Prescott, AZ (Johnny Shelton)

5 TYE MIHOCKO/Peoria, AZ (Tim Mihocko)

5E ELEXA HERRERA/New Cuyama, CA (Elexa Herrera)

5G (R) GUNNAR SETSER/Columbus, IN (KO Motorsports)

5T JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Daming Swanson Motorsports)

6 LOGAN CALDERWOOD/Goodyear, AZ (Calderwood Racing)

6w ISAAC CHAPPLE/Willow Branch, IN (Chapple-Hall Racing)

7 WAYNE SIDDLE/Tucson, AZ (Wayne Siddle)

11c MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (DAR Motorsports)

14 HARLEY BURNS/Brazil, IN (Tom Hendricks)

17 RYAN BERNAL/Hollister, CA (Dunkel-Calderwood)

17GP STEVIE SUSSEX/Tempe, AZ (Michael Dutcher Motorsports)

17w AUSTIN WILLIAMS/Yorba Linda, CA (Tom & Christy Dunkel)

17x BLAKE BOWER/Brentwood, CA (Tom & Christy Dunkel)

19 (R) HAYDEN REINBOLD/Gilbert, AZ (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)

19AZ MITCHEL MOLES/Raisin City, CA (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)

20RT RICKY THORNTON JR./Chandler, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)

21 A.J. BENDER/Ramona, CA (Richard Bender)

21AZ C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian Racing)

22 GRANT SEXTON/Lakeside, CA (Grant Sexton)

33p R.J. JOHNSON/Laveen, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)

39 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Hogue Racing Enterprises)

42 MAX ADAMS/Loomis, CA (Cheney Racing)

44 BRENT SEXTON/Lakeside, CA (Brent Sexton)

51T EDDIE TAFOYA JR./Chino Hills, CA (Eddie Tafoya)

57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing)

57x CONNOR SPEIR/Fillmore, CA (Keith Speir)

73 COLE WAKIM/Simi Valley, CA (Josh Ford Motorsports)

86 DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (CB Industries)

92 CHASE STOCKON/Fort Branch, IN (Tom & Laurie Sertich)

97 CONNOR LUNDY/Peoria, AZ (Connor Lundy)

(R) represents a USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Rookie

 

 

2026 USAC Sprint Season Launches with 6 Florida Races in February

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (October 9, 2025)………Sunshine and a $24,000 point fund will greet USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship competitors when the 2026 season opens in the state of Florida February 8-14.


 

Winter Dirt Games XVII Presented by Yokohama Tires champion earning the most total points throughout the series will earn a $12,000 reward. A sum of $6,000 will go to the runner-up, $3,000 to third, $2,000 to fourth and $1,000 to fifth.


 

USAC National Sprint Cars’ trip to the Sunshine State will feature six events across six consecutive nights – the first two at Barberville, Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park and the final four at Ocala Speedway. All six races in Florida will also offer full points toward the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.


 

Leading off the 2026 season is a practice for all teams at Ocala Speedway from 2-4pm Eastern on Sunday, February 8.


 

The first race of the 17th annual edition of Winter Dirt Games arrives at Volusia Speedway Park as part of the DIRTcar Nationals on Monday-Tuesday, February 9-10, at the 1/2-mile dirt oval. The first night of racing in Volusia on Monday will pay $6,000-to-win while Tuesday night’s round will pay $12,000-to-win.


 

USAC National Sprint Car action then moves west to Ocala Speedway on Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday night, February 11-12-13-14, for four consecutive nights of racing on the 3/8-mile D-shaped dirt track. Wednesday and Thursday’s events will both pay $6,000-to-win. Friday’s round will reward the winner with $7,500 while the victor of Saturday’s finale will earn $10,000-to-win.


 

Additional information on times and ticket prices for the events will be made available in the coming months at www.usacracing.com.


 

Fifty-one previous USAC National Sprint Car Winter Dirt Games events have been held since the series debuted in 2010. Justin Grant is the all-time winningest driver in Winter Dirt Games history with eight career victories.


 

Kyle Cummins captured the 2025 Winter Dirt Games championship, winning once each at Ocala and Volusia. Additional feature events in 2025 were won by Logan Seavey (Volusia), Justin Grant (Ocala), Brady Bacon (Ocala) and Daison Pursley (Ocala).


 

USAC racing and the Sunshine State have a history that dates back to the decade of the 1950s. In fact, the first three USAC Sprint Car races ever held took place in Florida in February of 1956. Bob Sweikert won the first such event at Southland Speedway in West Palm Beach, followed by Chuck Weyant at Jacksonville Speedway and Pat O’Connor at Medley Speedway in Miami.

 


 

2026 WINTER DIRT GAMES SCHEDULE:


 

Sunday, February 8: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida (Practice Only from 2-4pm Eastern)


 

Monday, February 9: Volusia Speedway Park || Barberville, Florida ($6,000-to-win)


 

Tuesday, February 10: Volusia Speedway Park || Barberville, Florida ($12,000-to-win)


 

Wednesday, February 11: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida ($6,000-to-win)


 

Thursday, February 12: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida ($6,000-to-win)


 

Friday, February 13: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida ($7,500-to-win)


 

Saturday, February 14: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida ($10,000-to-win)

 


 

2026 WINTER DIRT GAMES POINT FUND:


 

1st: $12,000


 

2nd: $6,000


 

3rd: $3,000


 

4th: $2,000


 

5th: $1,000

 

 

UNDERWOOD DASH DEBUTS AT WESTERN WORLD OCT 24-25 AT CENTRAL ARIZONA

Rick Kimball

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 7, 2025)………The $5,000-to-win Underwood Dash presented by AME Electrical will debut during the 58th annual running of the Western World Championships on October 24-25 at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway.


 

The pursuit style event will feature 10 cars competing for 12 laps in a winner-take-all special as part of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship / Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series portion of the program.


 

The lineup will consist of the top-four finishers from Friday night’s USAC feature starting at the front, followed by Saturday’s three qualifying race winners, followed by the Saturday’s three qualifying race runner-up finishers.


 

The 12-lap race will take place in four 3-lap segments. After each segment is completed, the last two cars running will be eliminated. Furthermore, if a car stops on the course for any reason, that car is also eliminated.


 

Four cars will compete in the final segment, and the finishing order among the top-four for the final 3-lap segment will determine the first two rows of Saturday night’s $35,000-to-win feature event.


 

The Western World at the 3/8-mile dirt oval will pay $7,500 to Friday night’s feature winner while Saturday’s finale will reward the winner with a $35,000 payday, plus $15,000 in lap leader money and a minimum of $1,000 to start the feature.


 

Also on the event card for both nights is the Sands Chevrolet Wild West 360 Non Wing Sprint Cars.


 

The Western World Championships are one of the most famed and longest-running sprint car events in the world. The tradition of the event dates back to Bob Cleberg’s victory in 1968. Kyle Cummins enters as the defending Western World champion after winning the main event in 2024.


 

Tickets for the Western World Championships and Camping spots are available now. Visit https://www.centralazraceway.com/press/article/180179 for more information.


 

Driver and car registration is now officially open for the 58th annual edition of Western World Championships. Teams can file their entry for the event now at https://usacracing.ticketspice.com/58th-annual-western-world-championships.

 

USAC Car Owner Steve Phillips Passes Away at 70

Dave Darland

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (October 5, 2025)………Steve Phillips, who earned 19 career wins as a USAC National Sprint Car team owner for drivers Dave Darland and Jason McDougal between 2013-2019, passed away on October 4, 2025. He was 70 years old.


 

Phillips’ black No. 71p won several marquee events in USAC competition over the years, namely with Darland. Together, they achieved 17 series victories, starting with the Larry Rice Classic in 2013 at Indiana’s Bloomington Speedway.


 

In fact, Darland’s winningest USAC National Sprint Car campaign came in his first season with the Phillips team, winning seven times in total, which included Sprint Car Smackdown at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway and the Oval Nationals at California’s Perris Auto Speedway.


 

Together, Darland and Phillips won the final night of Smackdown in three consecutive years between 2013-2014-2015. During the 2014 Smackdown, it was Phillips’ car in which Darland drove when he became the all-time winningest driver in USAC National Sprint Car history with his 53rd score. The record has since been surpassed.


 

Also in 2014, Phillips and Darland won six more times, including the Tony Hulman Classic at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track. During their final season together in 2015, they added four more victories to their USAC win total.


 

In 2018, Phillips, alongside his wife, Carla, returned to USAC National Sprint Car victory lane with driver Jason McDougal who scored at Missouri’s I-55 Raceway, then in 2019, tallied one more at New Jersey’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park, which was the last victory to date for the team.


 

In all, Phillips’ team made 260 USAC National Sprint Car feature starts between 2010-2025 with drivers Clinton Boyles, Shane Cockrum, Jerry Coons Jr., Shane Cottle, Dave Darland, Justin Grant, Darren Hagen, Jason McDougal, Cannon McIntosh, Billy Puterbaugh Jr., Carson Short, Mike Spencer, Stevie Sussex and Kody Swanson. Most recently, during the 2025 season, the team made eight series starts with Rookie Chelby Hinton.


 

Born and raised in Phoenix, Phillips was a racer himself, competing as a driver in sprint cars and midgets in his native Arizona. In his Rookie season of 1977, he scored his first career midget feature victory at Manzanita Speedway. In 1990, he captured the Sprint Car Owners Association driving championship.


 

During the 1990s, Steve moved to Texas, then to Indiana while taking on a new full-time job as a mechanic for the Hall-VDS Racing Indy Car team, which fielded cars for the likes of John Andretti, Teo Fabi and Gil de Ferran.


 

A member of the Arizona Motorsports Hall of Fame, Phillips also made 13 starts as a USAC Silver Crown team owner with a driver list featuring Billy Puterbaugh Jr., Matt Goodnight, Dave Darland and Jason McDougal. The team’s best result was a fourth with Darland during the 4-Crown Nationals at Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway in 2017.

 

 

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