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SHARK TALE! SARFF SNAGS FIRST CAREER USAC MIDGET WIN AT PARAGON

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Paragon, Indiana (June 10, 2026)………Throughout his brief but highly successful USAC Indiana Midget Week career, Karter Sarff has displayed a tremendous knack for qualifying.

On Wednesday night during round two of IMW at Paragon Speedway, the Mason City, Illinois native successfully translated his time trial prowess into his first career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory.

The sixth place starting Sarff, nicknamed “The Shark,” slipped through the pack and into the lead past Jakeb Boxell on the 14th lap, then led the remaining 17 circuits to snag the victory aboard his Paul May Motorsports/Peffley & Hinshaw Wrecker Service – Factory 71/Ripper/Speedway Toyota.

With the win, Sarff became the first driver since Gavin Miller in 2023 to win his first USAC feature during Indiana Midget Week. Furthermore, Sarff is now the first driver since John Andretti in 1985 to win his first ever USAC National Midget race at Paragon.

“It doesn't even feel real,” Sarff stated. “It's kind of emotional, honestly, with just how hard we've been working and I’m so thankful for Paul letting me come out here and have a little fun. Paul and I work together really well, and obviously, it shows. We just needed to put a whole night together, and once I got the lead there, I felt like tonight was our night and I was going to give it my all. A huge thank you to everyone who's been a part of my journey and helped me get here. It's pretty badass to get my first USAC win.”

To start off the evening, Sarff was the fastest qualifier for the fourth consecutive Indiana Midget Week event, a streak that began at Paragon one year ago. His lap of 15.383 seconds in LearnLab Qualifying set the tone for the night, and slotted him on the outside of row three for the 30-lap feature.

For the second straight night, Zach Wigal started from the pole position and led the opening lap. Unfortunately for him, just like in the IMW opener at Circle City the night before, it was the only lap he led. On the second lap, Wigal slipped sideways off turn four, allowing Gunnar Setser to shoot past to the lead. Wigal, meanwhile, fell back to fourth as Setser, Boxell and Sarff all drove by.

The evening’s lone red flag was displayed on the fourth lap when Kyle Jones (14th) flipped upside down in turn four. After being pushed back to the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area for repairs, Jones restarted at the tail and completed the race a lap down in the 18th position.

Once the race resumed, a duel formed at the front of the field between Setser and Boxell. After his lap six slider attempt was thwarted by Setser in turns three and four, Boxell gathered it up and went topside around Setser off turn two to become the new race leader on the seventh go around.

Cue the Jaws music. Sarff followed suit on the ninth lap, going toe-to-toe with Setser in turns three and four before emerging with the second position on lap nine. Twice, Sarff executed a turn one slide job on Boxell on laps 13 and 14, but each time, Boxell countered back underneath to retake the spot midway down the back straight.

But on the 14th lap, Sarff smelled blood in the water and successfully diamonded turns three and four to snare the top spot from Boxell, and took complete command of the race from there on, just one lap before the halfway mark.

“I kind of found that line there early,” Sarff admitted. “I don't know if I did it on purpose or about spun out. However, I found it, and it worked the whole race. I’m just thankful for God showing me that line. I just felt like it was our night and it just feels really, really good.”

Sarff wasn’t quite out of the woods yet during the second half of the race as lapped traffic occupied the high, low and middle lanes at times. But all the while, Sarff remained on attack mode to push his lead to nearly two seconds in the latter stages.

“I definitely was getting a little nervous there,” Sarff admitted. “I felt like I kept getting slowed down and couldn’t quite run the line I wanted to run. There were cars all over the place where the good line was. So, I just had to try and bite my tongue there and not do anything stupid, but at the same time, everyone's closing in on you. It was super stressful, and I'm just so relieved right now.”

Nothing spells stress relief like a victory, and Sarff delivered, crossing under the checkered flag 2.274 seconds ahead runner-up Jakeb Boxell with Cannon McIntosh third, Kale Drake fourth and Jacob Denney fifth.

Sarff also led the most laps (17 of 30) en route to victory, earning himself K & N Filters Clean Air Award honors.

Furthermore, not only was the win the first in USAC National Midget competition for Sarff, it was also the first for car owner Paul May, the veteran sprint car racer from Terre Haute, Indiana.

“It’s special,” Sarff exclaimed. “There's all the fans that are here and just being in the state of Indiana. All these tracks are pretty difficult and they're not all that similar, I feel, to most of the tracks I run full-time at with POWRi. I'm kind of at a loss for words and just super grateful. Thank you to Paul May and Toyota and everyone on Paul's car who helps make it happen.”

It was another stellar performance for Jacob Denney at Paragon. Last year, he won the feature going away. But, this time around, he had to start his race from the 10th row. He made the most of it, advancing 14 positions from his 19th starting spot to finish fifth and earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.

Gavin Miller set a new Paragon Speedway eight-lap USAC National Midget track record during his victory in the first heat race of the night. His time of 2:07.379 broke the former record of 2:10.840, held by Jason McDougal since 2021.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: RACE: June 10, 2026 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 71m, May-15.383; 2. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-15.448; 3. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-15.465; 4. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.483; 5. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-15.487; 6. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-15.502; 7. Zach Wigal, 1, O'Dell-15.592; 8. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.644; 9. Drake Edwards, 40D, McDermand-15.675; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-15.687; 11. Trevor Cline, 55, Cline-15.716; 12. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.732; 13. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-15.741; 14. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-15.756; 15. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-15.843; 16. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.848; 17. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-15.905; 18. Brandon Carr, 98K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.907; 19. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.944; 20. Drew Sherman, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.949; 21. Matt Sherrell, 2D, Harris-15.966; 22. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-16.191; 23. Adam Taylor, 7T, ATM-16.378; 24. Chris Serle-Thrussell, 75AU, Griffiths-16.759; 25. Mike Unger, 67u, Frederiksen/Unger-16.934; 26. Sammy Males, 4AU, Males-17.806; 27. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-NT (time of 16.109 disallowed due to missing scales).

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gavin Miller (1), 2. Kyle Jones (2), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 4. Zach Wigal (4), 5. Karter Sarff (6), 6. Logan Seavey (7), 7. Jacob Denney (5), 8. Bradley Cox (8), 9. Mike Unger (9). 2:07.379 (New Track Record)

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Kale Drake (5), 3. Hayden Reinbold (1), 4. Trevor Cline (3), 5. Brecken Reese (6), 6. Drew Sherman (7), 7. Colton Robinson (4), 8. Adam Taylor (8), 9. Sammy Males (9). NT

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cannon McIntosh (3), 2. Gunnar Setser (5), 3. Ethan Mitchell (2), 4. Jakeb Boxell (6), 5. Matt Sherrell (7), 6. Mack Leopard (9), 7. Drake Edwards (4), 8. Brandon Carr (1), 9. Chris Serle-Thrussell (8). NT

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (1), 2. Drake Edwards (3), 3. Bradley Cox (5), 4. Colton Robinson (2), 5. Brandon Carr (4), 6. Adam Taylor (6), 7. Sammy Males (8), 8. Mike Unger (7). 2:12.791

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Karter Sarff (6), 2. Jakeb Boxell (4), 3. Cannon McIntosh (7), 4. Kale Drake (3), 5. Jacob Denney (19), 6. Gunnar Setser (2), 7. Justin Grant (8), 8. Brecken Reese (5), 9. Gavin Miller (9), 10. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 11. Zach Wigal (1), 12. Matt Sherrell (17), 13. Logan Seavey (15), 14. Trevor Cline (11), 15. Bradley Cox (21), 16. Colton Robinson (22), 17. Ethan Mitchell (13), 18. Kyle Jones (12), 19. Hayden Reinbold (14), 20. Brandon Carr (23), 21. Drake Edwards (20), 22. Mack Leopard (18), 23. Drew Sherman (16), 24. Adam Taylor (24). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Zach Wigal, Laps 2-6 Gunnar Setser, Laps 7-13 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 14-30 Karter Sarff.

**Kyle Jones flipped on lap 4 of the feature.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jakeb Boxell-277, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-269, 3-Jacob Denney-263, 4-Justin Grant-251, 5-Kale Drake-243, 6-Zach Wigal-242, 7-Gunnar Setser-220, 8-Gavin Miller-214, 9-Brecken Reese-211, 10-Hayden Reinbold-204.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Jakeb Boxell-139, 2-Karter Sarff-135, 3-Cannon McIntosh-128, 4-Kale Drake-128, 5-Brecken Reese-122, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-120, 7-Logan Seavey-115, 8-Jacob Denney-113, 9-Zach Wigal-111, 10-Gunnar Setser-111.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-59, 2-Hayden Reinbold-57, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-55, 4-Briggs Danner-47, 5-Robert Ballou-44, 6-Justin Grant-43, 7-Logan Calderwood-39, 8-Chase Stockon-38, 9-Brady Bacon-37, 10-Kyle Cummins-34.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-17, 2-Cannon McIntosh-14, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-13, 4-Colton Robinson-10, 5-Matt Sherrell-10, 6-Karter Sarff-9, 7-Hayden Reinbold-9, 8-Bradley Cox-9, 9-Jakeb Boxell-8, 10-Gunnar Setser-8.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 11, 2026 – Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 5/16-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Mack Leopard (15.583)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (15.383)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Gavin Miller

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Justin Grant

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Cannon McIntosh

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Jacob Denney

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Karter Sarff (17 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Jacob Denney (19th to 5th)

REINBOLD REIGNS AT CIRCLE CITY USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK OPENER

Indy Racing Images

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Indianapolis, Indiana (June 9, 2026)………On a night when the race was on to defeat Mother Nature, Hayden Reinbold beat both the field and the weather during Tuesday night’s USAC Indiana Midget Week opener at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis.

Starting seventh, the Gilbert, Arizona native cruised the bottom of the 1/4-mile dirt oval, taking the lead from Brecken Reese on lap 19 of 30 to capture his first career USAC Indiana Midget Week victory.

The win was Reinbold’s second career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory in his Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports/AME Electrical – JUGO Super Foods/Spike/Stanton SR-11x. Last fall, he grabbed his first USAC victory at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway.

Furthermore, Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports has now won a feature event in all three USAC national divisions in 2026. Reinbold has won once each with the Silver Crown series and the National Midgets. Meanwhile, Mitchel Moles has punched tallied four USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car main events this season, including two-straight last weekend.

Under threatening skies, the program was in hurry-up mode all night long. As it turned out, Reinbold was in his own personal hurry-up mode. But first, he had to wade his way through the pack, which saw front row combatants Zach Wigal and Reese duke it out in the early stages.

Wigal paced lap one from the pole while outside front row starter Reese used the high line to hustle around the outside of Wigal for the lead on the second go around at the exit of turn four. Wigal kept after him and slid in front of Reese in the fourth turn on lap eight. But Reese denied his request as he dove back under Wigal to retain the lead.

Halfway in, Reese began to work lapped traffic, while opening up his lead to a commanding 1.644 second margin as he sought his first career USAC feature victory.

However, on lap 17, Justin Grant (3rd) put all four wheels atop the turn three cushion as he attempted a diamond maneuver with a downward trajectory to the bottom of turn four. As he came off the cushion, though, his car slipped sideways. Jacob Denney (4th) plowed into the left front of Grant’s car, resulting in Denney flipping over on his side.

Grant’s machine took the brunt of the damage and exited to the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area before returning to the grid. Denney’s ride was tipped back on its wheels, but had to restart at the tail. Denney, who came in as the USAC National Midget point leader, finished 11th while Grant crossed the line in 15th.

With Grant and Denney now out of the picture, it was Reese, Wigal and Reinbold running one-two-three. While Reese and Wigal sort of drifted through the middle in turns one and two, Reinbold stayed glued to the bottom. Reinbold breezed by Wigal at the exit of turn two on the 17th lap resumption. Two laps later, Reinbold stuck to his guns on the low line to pick off Reese for the race lead.

“I started running the bottom-middle and everyone was sliding themselves through one and two. That’s when I could get a run off (turn) two on them,” Reinbold recalled. “The car was super, super good.”

After the lapped cars of Adam Taylor and Bradley Cox tangled and stopped on lap 21, the ensuing restart saw Logan Seavey follow Reinbold’s lead as he too went to the low side to pass Reese for second. But as Seavey fought a tooth and nail battle with Reese, Reinbold had lengthened his lead to nearly two seconds over the next handful of laps.

“It started getting super slick and I was kind of getting nervous because the bottom was really good,” Reinbold explained. “Then, the whole track started to slow down. I didn’t know if I had to move up or move to the middle. I even started hitting the (infield) tires towards the end there.”

Reinbold was in total control from that point forward, building his advantage to 2.836 seconds as he crossed under Tom Hansing’s dual checkered flags with Seavey second, a surging Kevin Thomas Jr. in third, Wigal in fourth and Reese rounding out the top-five.

After the checkered, Boxell and Cannon McIntosh had a bit of a post-race tangle in turn two as both came to a stop adjacent from each other. But their results were already set in stone with Boxell slotted sixth and McIntosh eighth.

Just a little over five minutes after the checkered flag waved, the skies opened up and deluged the Circle City Raceway property. But the race was complete, just in the nick of time.

Kevin Thomas Jr. vaulted into the USAC National Midget point lead with a 14th to third run that landed him a podium finish, plus Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors by advancing 11 positions.

Brecken Reese led a race-high 17 laps. Although he came up just shy of his first career USAC victory, his fifth place finish still proved to be his best career USAC Indiana Midget Week result to date. By leading the most laps, he was also the K & N Filters Clean Air Award winner.

Karter Sarff recorded his fourth career USAC National Midget LearnLab Fast Qualifying time with a lap of 12.620 seconds. Incredibly, he’s been the fastest qualifier in each of the past three Indiana Midget Week events dating back to last season.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: RACE: June 9, 2026 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 71m, May-12.620; 2. Drake Edwards, 40D, McDermand-12.636; 3. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-12.662; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.689; 5. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-12.712; 6. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-12.741; 7. Zach Wigal, 1, O'Dell-12.761; 8. Trevor Cline, 55, Cline-12.792; 9. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-12.793; 10. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-12.821; 11. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.830; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-12.855; 13. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.864; 14. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.878; 15. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-12.904; 16. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.969; 17. Rylan Gray, 81G, Gray-13.033; 18. Matt Sherrell, 2D, Harris-13.037; 19. Brandon Carr, 98K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.050; 20. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-13.097; 21. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-13.115; 22. Adam Taylor, 7T, ATM-13.119; 23. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-13.132; 24. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-13.133; 25. Drew Sherman, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.356; 26. Chris Hartman, 35s, Hodge-13.736; 27. Robert Carson, 99K, Carson-13.880; 28. Mike Unger, 67u, Frederiksen/Unger-13.891.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mack Leopard (1), 2. Cannon McIntosh (3), 3. Karter Sarff (6), 4. Rylan Gray (2), 5. Kale Drake (5), 6. Gunnar Setser (4), 7. Drew Sherman (7). 2:09.979

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hayden Reinbold (4), 2. Matt Sherrell (2), 3. Colton Robinson (3), 4. Brecken Reese (5), 5. Adam Taylor (1), 6. Chris Hartman (7), 7. Drake Edwards (6). NT

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (4), 2. Justin Grant (6), 3. Brandon Carr (2), 4. Kyle Jones (3), 5. Zach Wigal (5), 6. Bradley Cox (1), 7. Robert Carson (7). NT

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jakeb Boxell (1), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 3. Ethan Mitchell (2), 4. Logan Seavey (6), 5. Gavin Miller (3), 6. Trevor Cline (5), 7. Mike Unger (7). 2:13.835

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Drake Edwards (1), 2. Gunnar Setser (3), 3. Trevor Cline (2), 4. Bradley Cox (4), 5. Drew Sherman (6), 6. Chris Hartman (5), 7. Mike Unger (8), 8. Robert Carson (7). 1:49.747 (New Track Record)

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hayden Reinbold (7), 2. Logan Seavey (4), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (14), 4. Zach Wigal (1), 5. Brecken Reese (2), 6. Jakeb Boxell (10), 7. Kale Drake (3), 8. Cannon McIntosh (15), 9. Gunnar Setser (13), 10. Karter Sarff (6), 11. Jacob Denney (8), 12. Colton Robinson (16), 13. Gavin Miller (18), 14. Kyle Jones (17), 15. Justin Grant (5), 16. Mack Leopard (9), 17. Matt Sherrell (20), 18. Brandon Carr (21), 19. Trevor Cline (12), 20. Ethan Mitchell (22), 21. Adam Taylor (23), 22. Drake Edwards (11), 23. Bradley Cox (24), 24. Rylan Gray (19). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Zach Wigal, Laps 2-18 Brecken Reese, Laps 19-30 Hayden Reinbold.

**Jacob Denney flipped on lap 17 of the feature.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-220, 2-Jakeb Boxell-201, 3-Jacob Denney-199, 4-Zach Wigal-196, 5-Justin Grant-191, 6-Hayden Reinbold-173, 7-Kale Drake-173, 8-Gavin Miller-160, 9-Gunnar Setser-157, 10-Brecken Reese-153.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-78, 2-Logan Seavey-75, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-71, 4-Zach Wigal-65, 5-Brecken Reese-64, 6-Jakeb Boxell-63, 7-Kale Drake-58, 8-Cannon McIntosh-56, 9-Karter Sarff-55, 10-Jacob Denney-49.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-59, 2-Hayden Reinbold-57, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-55, 4-Briggs Danner-47, 5-Robert Ballou-44, 6-Justin Grant-42, 7-Logan Calderwood-39, 8-Chase Stockon-38, 9-Brady Bacon-37, 10-Kyle Cummins-34.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-13, 2-Hayden Reinbold-9, 3-Cannon McIntosh-8, 4-Gunnar Setser-5, 5-Gavin Miller-5, 6-Logan Seavey-4, 7-Jakeb Boxell-4, 8-Colton Robinson-4, 9-Justin Grant-4, 10-Karter Sarff-3.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 10, 2026 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (12.433)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (12.620)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Mack Leopard

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Hayden Reinbold

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Jacob Denney

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Jakeb Boxell

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Drake Edwards

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Brecken Reese (17 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kevin Thomas Jr. (14th to 3rd)

SUNDAY DRIVE! LEARY GETS HIS KICKS IN ROUTE 66 CLASSIC AT WWT RACEWAY

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Madison, Illinois (June 7, 2026)………Twenty-nine years ago in 1997, Chuck Leary christened the then-brand-new World Wide Technology Raceway (then known as Gateway Motorsports Park) by capturing the pole position for the inaugural USAC Silver Crown event at the track.

Twenty-nine years later, on a Sunday afternoon, Chuck’s son, C.J. Leary, established his own mark at the 1.25-mile paved oval by not only repeating his dad’s feat of starting on the pole, but then took it another step further by going on to win the main event.

C.J., from Greenfield, Indiana, took the lead when Davey Hamilton Jr.’s car overheated on the back straightaway on lap 22. Leary then led the final 45 laps en route to victory lane at the slightly shortened OUTFRONT Route 66 Classic Presented by Welsch Heating & Cooling.

Leary’s sixth career USAC Silver Crown win moved him to 21st place on the all-time list alongside Tom Bigelow, Russ Gamester, Kenny Irwin Jr., Jason Leffler, Ken Schrader and Al Unser. Plus, Leary is now the Silver Crown point leader as he remains on the hunt for his first career series title.

The race concluded one lap short of the scheduled 66-lap distance due to a combination of oil being laid down on the racing surface on the final lap as well as time constraints, which required the race to go checkered at 4:00pm sharp.

Yet, whether it was 65 laps or 66 laps, Leary had the field covered aboard his Team AZ-Petty-Rossi/Curb Agajanian Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors – Curb Records/DRC/Stanton Chevy.

“I'm out of breath,” Leary exhaled. “We unloaded fast. Thanks to Corey (Fillip) with Advanced Racing Shocks for coming up with a new shock program versus what we had on last year, which was still pretty good. Thanks to the Burkhart family and Joe Devin, who has really taken on the crew chief role, at least on my car. This thing was a rocket ship.”

That said, it was outside front row starter Bobby Santos who initially found the front as he got out in front of Leary to lead the opening lap. That didn’t last long as fourth starting Davey Hamilton Jr. surged to the front on the second lap by going three-wide alongside Leary and Santos down the back straightaway.

On the fourth lap, the left front spindle broke on the car of 14th running Brent Yarnal, who was making his WWTR debut. His contact with the outside turn three wall resulted in significant damage to the left side of his car as well as the SAFER barrier. Yarnal was conscious and alert and was later transported to a local hospital for further evaluation.

Upon the restart, Leary made his way back up to second as he dove under Santos entering turn one on lap 15. Utilizing the draft off of Hamilton’s car, Leary immediately began to close up the 1.2 second gap for the lead. However, that gap instantly went to nil on lap 21 when Hamilton’s engine overheated, sending him into the pits and out of the race for good.

With Leary the new leader, he was set on cruise control. However, another factor began to weigh on his and the team’s mind, which altered their strategic thought process a bit.

“I knew that the 14 (Hamilton) couldn't keep up that pace on the start and I was trying to conserve,” Leary explained. “Then, on that red, we were talking about maybe a time limit. So, I just got up on the wheel and got after it.”

Attrition was an issue for many front runners throughout the midsection of the race. Second place runner Briggs Danner, making his first USAC pavement start, pulled off the pace when smoke began billowing from his ride on the 30th lap. Armstrong was the next victim while running second as he too slowed dramatically before stopping on lap 35.

Jackson Macenko, who started 16th in the field after changing a right rear tire following qualifying, made his way into third as he beat Santos in a drag race to the entry of turn one on lap 45.

Leary continuously upped the interval over Grant during the last 20 laps, where it sat at 3.532 seconds over Grant. Macenko kept his incredible charge going on the bottom of turn one when he took the second spot from Grant on lap 57. Moments later, Grant began to fall off the pace and then fell out of the race with a magneto failure. Now occupying second, Santos moved up another position in the pecking order from as he breezed by Macenko on the back straight on lap 63.

All the while, Leary was setting the pace to the tune of 4.5 seconds. But by then, a slight disturbance came into play. Although, Leary seemed comfortably in control by that point.

“We picked up a pretty good vibration there towards the end of the race and tried to milk it home,” Leary revealed. “We were getting a little free, then the 6 blew up going into three and laid oil down on the track.”

The 6 was Michael Lewis who was making his first USAC Silver Crown start in 20 years! He started fifth and finished seventh, completing every lap but the last one in his return.

With the yellow and checkered flags waving simultaneously, Leary crossed the line as the winner for the third time in his USAC career on pavement.

Santos finished second as Macenko earned Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors with a career best series finish in his +13 run to third. Kyle Steffens posted a fourth place result for the second straight series race while Mario Clouser rounded out the top-five.

Leary didn't lead early, but he led often. Overall, he led the most lap (45 of 65) to grab accolades as the K & N Filters Clean Air Award. Furthermore, Leary’s pole run of 30.641 seconds (146.862 mph average) was the 10th of his USAC Silver Crown career, placing him eighth all-time alongside Bobby East and Rich Vogler.

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 7, 2026 – World Wide Technology Raceway – Madison, Illinois – 1.25-Mile Paved Oval – OUTFRONT 100 Route 66 Classic Presented by Welsch Heating & Cooling

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. C.J. Leary, 21, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-30.641; 2. Bobby Santos, 98, DJ-30.667; 3. Briggs Danner, 77, Doran/Swanson-30.958; 4. Davey Hamilton Jr., 14, Hamilton/DB-31.016; 5. Michael Lewis, 6, Klatt-31.070; 6. Mario Clouser, 20, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-31.180; 7. Dakoda Armstrong, 5, C & A-31.272; 8. Kyle O'Gara, 92, Kazmark-31.434; 9. Kyle Steffens, 8, Steffens-31.442; 10. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-31.450; 11. Jackson Macenko, 124, Hayes-31.628; 12. Colton Bettis, 26, Pierce-32.060; 13. Kaylee Bryson, 11, Abacus/Droplight-32.141; 14. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-33.711; 15. Brent Yarnal, 29, Yarnal-33.827; 16. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-35.834; 17. Jake Trainor, 126, Pierce-NT.

FEATURE: (65 laps, shortened from 66 laps due to time constraints, starting positions in parentheses) 1. C.J. Leary (1), 2. Bobby Santos (2), 3. Jackson Macenko (16), 4. Kyle Steffens (9), 5. Mario Clouser (6), 6. Kaylee Bryson (12), 7. Michael Lewis (5), 8. Justin Grant (10), 9. Dakoda Armstrong (7), 10. Briggs Danner (3), 11. Davey Hamilton Jr. (4), 12. Dave Berkheimer (15), 13. Gregg Cory (13), 14. Kyle O'Gara (8), 15. Brent Yarnal (14), 16. Colton Bettis (11). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Bobby Santos, Laps 2-20 Davey Hamilton Jr., Laps 21-65 C.J. Leary.

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-140, 2-Justin Grant-122, 3-Kyle Steffens-122, 4-Mario Clouser-116, 5-Briggs Danner-95, 6-Gregg Cory-78, 7-Hayden Reinbold-70, 8-Dave Berkheimer-70, 9-Bobby Santos-67, 10-Jackson Macenko-64.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-59, 2-Hayden Reinbold-51, 3-Briggs Danner-47, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-44, 5-Robert Ballou-44, 6-Justin Grant-42, 7-Logan Calderwood-39, 8-Chase Stockon-38, 9-Brady Bacon-37, 10-Kyle Cummins-34.

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 20, 2026 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – USAC Eastern Blast

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: C.J. Leary (30.596)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: C.J. Leary (30.641)

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: C.J. Leary (45 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Jackson Macenko (16th to 3rd)

ILLINOIS SWEEP! MOLES BACKS IT UP AT RED HILL FOR $10,000 PAYDAY

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Sumner, Illinois (June 6, 2026)……For Raisin City, California’s Mitchel Moles, Red Hill Raceway officially became a home away from home this weekend.

After winning Friday night’s feature at the Sumner, Illinois 3/8-mile dirt oval, Moles backed it up on Saturday night to win the inaugural Illinois Sprint Car Championship, co-sanctioned by both the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint Car Series.

For the second consecutive night, Moles charged from his sixth place starting position to take over the lead just one lap prior to the halfway point. Moles then paced the final 16 laps, then had to pass and repass Briggs Danner after a restart with two laps remaining to pick up the $10,000 victory.

It was just like déjà vu for Moles, but this time, he stuck the celebratory cage stand in victory lane after losing his balance following Friday’s triumph. After all, he’s gotten accustomed to winning of late in his Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports/AME – Mesilla Valley Transportation/Spike/Stanton Chevy.

“What a great experience; ten thousand dollar richer,” Moles beamed. “They always say that when you get one, you can just keep them rolling. Well, I got one and then it kind of just never really happened. I got another one, and it still never really happened. But I can feel the momentum rolling now. I’m very excited for what's to come.”

Moles’ fourth victory of the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season has already doubled his previous season high, and his ninth career series win lifted him to 58th place on the all-time list alongside Mario Andretti, Briggs Danner, Pat O’Connor, Hunter Schuerenberg and Robbie Stanley.

“Like I told (car owner) Andy (Reinbold), if we could ever start winning these races from sixth, we'd be good,” Moles said. “Really, all we've done is I've just turned it up a little bit myself. We've got cars pretty similar and everything's really the same. I just kind of started pushing. I crashed a lot there for a little while, so I’m kind of inching back towards pushing again.”

With it, Moles became the first multi-time USAC National Sprint Car winner at Red Hill in six tries. It’s a track he likens to a supersized version of another venue in his native California where he cut his teeth racing micro sprints, bringing a little slice of life with him to southeastern Illinois.

“I grew up racing at a place called Plaza Park and it’s like a miniature version of this,” Moles explained. “We used to run a bunch up above the cushion like that all the time. It's great to finally see something from that. Nothing's really transferred from California for me out here. I feel like this track just really suits my driving style with the way you have to get above the cushion and turn down and run a bunch of throttle in qualifying.”

Initially, Cale Coons got the jump from the outside of the front row and led the opening two laps. But on lap three, disaster struck for the leading Rookie of the Year contender as he biked on the entry into turn one, slammed the outside wall and helicoptered around a few times before coming to a rest on all fours, ending his race and his bid for a first career USAC national victory. As a consolation prize, Coons was the weekend’s Parallax Group Passing Master titlist, advancing a total of 13 positions throughout the two nights of racing.

Jake Swanson took over as the new leader, but soon thereafter, Moles was already surging. Moles took fifth from Justin Grant midway down the back straightaway on the ninth lap. By lap 13, Moles had his patented Red Hill high-low line working to perfection, and made up significant ground in turn two to rein in Kyle Cummins and Swanson for the lead.

On lap 15, Moles first rocketed by Cummins on the bottom of turn one, then dove low under Swanson in turn three a half lap later to reach the front of the pack. It was a type of line he basically had all to himself.

“It was just kind of the same thing as last night,” Moles acknowledged. “The turn down lane was good for me and none of those guys were using it. Then, I kind of showed it to Kyle (Cummins) and he was just too low on entry. He wasn't getting up above it like I was.”

Moles grew his lead to three seconds with five laps remaining while Danner went to second a lap later as he throttled around the outside of Swanson at the exit of turn four.

But for the second night in a row, Chase Stockon (5th) slowed with a shredded right rear tire with two laps to go. This time, it occurred on the back straight amid a bevy of traffic. Seventh running Jadon Rogers, a runner-up finisher on Friday, had no place to go and plowed into Stockon’s ride, sending Rogers spinning to a stop and Stockon to the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area.

That set up another duel featuring Moles at the front of the line for a two-lap shootout to decide the win. Danner took his shot with a slider in turn three on the white flag lap, which Moles countered by slicing back under Danner off the exit of turn four to retain the lead.

Moles answered yet again on the final lap when Danner drove it in deep on the bottom of turn one, then slid up in front of Moles to nab the lead ever so briefly. Midway through turns one and two, however, Moles turned and pointed his car to the bottom at the exit of turn two to rip away the lead just like that.

“You don't want to go do something you haven't been doing the whole race, especially down in turn one,” Moles said. “It's so slick on entry and Andy was telling me under yellow that I had a decent lead. But I did go to the top. It was hard to get off two. If he slid me there, I'd have a better shot. But it was definitely harder to get off two than it was off four. I knew if he slid me over there, I could turn down.”

For the final time in turn three, Moles got ahead of the curve, using the same line to bolt from the top to the bottom off turn four to secure the victory to the tune of a 0.530 second margin.

Danner took second with Kevin Thomas Jr. advancing seven positions from his 10th starting spot to finish third and earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors. Swanson led 12 laps and grabbed fourth while Hayden Reinbold was fifth, up seven spots from his 12th starting position.

“That was the lane I've been running all night. Especially on the last corner, that's why I went up there,” Moles stated. “I buried it in there and I said, ‘if Briggs is here, he can have it and take it all.’ Hats off to them. I think he started right behind me. He did a really good job, and those guys are clicking too. I’m so excited to see what's to come. We’re two of the younger guys. So, I’m excited for what's to come for the sport.”

For the second straight night, Moles captured the K & N Filters Clean Air Award after leading the most laps (16). To open the night, Moles recorded his 33rd career USAC National Sprint Car fast qualifying time, moving him into a tie with Chase Stockon for 12th place all-time after a quick lap of 14.615 in LearnLab Qualifying.

For it all, Moles gave major props to the crew who sets up the No. 19AZ.

“Andy just makes the right calls,” Moles pinpointed. “Right before qualifying tonight, he walked over and said, ‘hey, I need to do this. What do you think?’ And I'm like, ‘do it.’ And it was light years better. Hats off to my guys. They work so freaking hard and they've dealt with a lot of adversity with me, especially Andy. He's been here through the whole thing and it's going to make me emotional, but I’ll try not to do that.”

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 6, 2026 – Red Hill Raceway – Sumner, Illinois –Illinois Sprint Car Championship – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Co-Sanctioned by the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint Car Series

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.615; 2. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.696; 3. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.698; 4. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.714; 5. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.771; 6. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.797; 7. C.J. Leary, 24x, Maddox-14.945; 8. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.981; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.992; 10. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.071; 11. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.134; 12. Wesley Smith, 44, WSR-15.142; 13. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.286; 14. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-15.303; 15. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.322; 16. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-15.452; 17. J.J. Hughes, 76J, Hughes-15.600; 18. Kent Schmidt, 5K, Schmidt-15.763; 19. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-15.782; 20. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.823; 21. Michael Clark, 8, Clark-NT; 22. Steve Thomas, 20, Thomas-NT.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (2), 2. Jadon Rogers (1), 3. Logan Seavey (3), 4. Mitchel Moles (6), 5. C.J. Leary (4), 6. Justin Grant (5), 7. Aric Gentry (7). 2:07.282

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (4), 2. Cale Coons (5), 3. J.J. Hughes (1), 4. Chase Stockon (6), 5. Hayden Reinbold (3), 6. Troy Carey (7), 7. David Gasper (2). NT

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (6), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 3. Jake Swanson (5), 4. Wesley Smith (3), 5. Robert Ballou (2), 6. Kent Schmidt (1). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (6), 2. Briggs Danner (7), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 4. Jake Swanson (1), 5. Hayden Reinbold (12), 6. Justin Grant (3), 7. Robert Ballou (14), 8. Kyle Cummins (4), 9. C.J. Leary (9), 10. Logan Seavey (11), 11. Chase Stockon (5), 12. Charles Davis Jr. (8), 13. Jadon Rogers (15), 14. J.J. Hughes (16), 15. Aric Gentry (19), 16. Wesley Smith (13), 17. Troy Carey (18), 18. Kent Schmidt (17), 19. Steve Thomas (20), 20. Cale Coons (2), 21. Michael Clark (21). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Cale Coons, Laps 3-14 Jake Swanson, Laps 15-30 Mitchel Moles.

**David Gasper flipped during the second heat.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1306, 2-Justin Grant-1218, 3-Mitchel Moles-1199, 4-Briggs Danner-1142, 5-Logan Seavey-1087, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1075, 7-Jake Swanson-1072, 8-Chase Stockon-1038, 9-C.J. Leary-1000, 10-Robert Ballou-939.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-59, 2-Hayden Reinbold-51, 3-Briggs Danner-47, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-44, 5-Robert Ballou-44, 6-Justin Grant-40, 7-Logan Calderwood-39, 8-Chase Stockon-38, 9-Brady Bacon-37, 10-Kyle Cummins-34.

FINAL ILLINOIS SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-13, 2-Mitchel Moles-12, 3-Hayden Reinbold-10, 4-Aric Gentry-10, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-9, 6-Briggs Danner-8, 7-Kyle Cummins-8, 8-Robert Ballou-8, 9-Troy Carey-8, 10-Steve Thomas-8.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 6, 2026 – Red Hill Raceway – Sumner, Illinois –Illinois Sprint Car Championship – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Co-Sanctioned by the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint Car Series

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Cale Coons (14.741)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (14.615)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Charles Davis

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Briggs Danner

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kevin Thomas Jr. (10th to 3rd)

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Mitchel Moles (16 laps led)

Illinois Sprint Car Championship Parallax Group Passing Master Champion: Cale Coons (13)

BRUNO IS UNSTOPPABLE, WINS 3RD STRAIGHT WITH USAC EAST COAST AT SELINSGROVE

Steve Koletar

By: Kurt Bettler

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (June 5, 2026)………Coming into 2026 with a handful of victories already under his belt, Christian Bruno has elevated his game to another level.

On Friday night at Pennsylvania’s Selinsgrove Speedway, he took it up another notch with his third consecutive USAC East Coast Sprint Cars Presented by Baer Den Farms feature victory.

With three consecutive wins, the Deptford, New Jersey standout, driving for Gene Franckowiak, continues to cash big checks and build even bigger expectations as the calendar turns towards Eastern Storm.

The front row for the feature belonged to Rookie Joey Crilly and Ed Aikin following the redraw, while Bruno and Steven Drevicki earned heat race victories earlier in the evening.

When the green flag waved, it was Aikin showing exactly why experience matters. The veteran immediately took command, hustling around the Snyder County half-mile and holding off the charging pack in the opening laps.

But the battle at the front quickly intensified as Drevicki and Bruno reeled in the No. 7 machine. Racing side-by-side with the leader, Bruno found speed where few could, ripping around the outside groove to seize the lead on lap seven.

Starting eighth, Bruno looked poised to drive away from the field, but Kenny Miller III had no intention of making it easy. The “Thriller” attacked the cushion with reckless abandon, carrying the front wheels high and chasing the 3BC through every corner as the crowd roared its approval.

For a time, it appeared Miller might have something for the leader, but traffic ultimately played into Bruno’s hands. Navigating through slower cars with precision, Bruno found clean air and gradually stretched his advantage.

Behind the leaders, Kyle Spence quietly worked his way into contention while Drevicki remained within striking distance of the battle for the top spot. Aikin continued his impressive run near the front, and rookie points leader Kata stayed firmly in the mix as the race unfolded.

As the laps clicked away, Spence worked his way past Aikin for fourth while Kata climbed into sixth. Rookie Brendan Hires made a late-race move around Ronald Helmick, while Jason Cherry maintained a solid run inside the top ten throughout the feature.

At this point, the hottest driver in the division is undeniable. Three straight victories, relentless speed, and the confidence to charge from eighth to first have made Christian Bruno the man everyone is chasing as the summer racing season begins to heat up. The rest of the field may be closing in, but right now the road to victory lane runs straight through Bruno and the 3BC team.

USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE RESULTS: June 5, 2026 – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

E. SCHNEIDER & SONS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki), 2. Ronald Helmick (#22R Helmick), 3. Ed Aikin (#7 Aikin-Butler), 4. Joey Crilly (#51 Kelly), 5. Jason Cherry (#67 Cherry), 6. Steve Downs (#12 Downs), 7. Brett Rose (#45R Rose), 8. Shane Braxton (#35 Braxton). NT

BDB GRAPHICS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Christian Bruno (3BC Franckowiak), 2. Kyle Spence (#42 Fraker), 3. Kenny Miller III (#23m Miller), 4. Joe Kata (#10 Kata), 5. Brendan Hires (#2 Danner), 6. Olivia Thayer (#39T Thayer), 7. Dale Schweikart (#78 Schweikart), 8. Greg Shepsis (#75 Shepsis). NT

MALLEY POOL WATER FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Christian Bruno (8), 2. Kenny Miller III (7), 3. Steven Drevicki (5), 4. Kyle Spence (6), 5. Ed Aikin (2), 6. Joe Kata (4), 7. Brendan Hires (10), 8. Ronald Helmick (3), 9. Jason Cherry (9), 10. Olivia Thayer (12), 11. Steve Downs (11), 12. Brett Rose (13), 13. Dale Schweikart (14), 14. Shane Braxton (15), 15. Joey Crilly (1), 16. Greg Shepsis (16). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Ed Aikin, Laps 7-25 Christian Bruno.

NEXT USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE: June 27, 2026 – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

RAD Hot Lap Fast Time: Christian Bruno

Bitner Automotive Hot Lap Fast Time: Steven Drevicki

Hoosier Tire Poker Chip: Jason Cherry

C & C Landscape Hard Charger: Christian Bruno (8th to 1st)

JPA Hard Luck Award: Joey Crilly

J & W Home Improvement Best Crate or 305: Greg Shepsis

DOWN WITH THE SICKNESS! MOLES RISES TO VICTORY AT RED HILL

rich foreman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Sumner, Illinois (June 5, 2026)……In sickness and in health, Mitchel Moles has had quite the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season thus far in 2026.

During Friday night’s Illinois Sprint Car Championship weekend opener at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois, Moles set a new career high in USAC National Sprint Car wins for a season with his third triumph of the year after fending off an attack from Jadon Rogers down the stretch to the checkered.

For Moles, this one had a bit of a different feeling as well as a different landing than usual. The Raisin City, California native reported he had been a bit under the weather this past week. Then, as he climbed from the car to celebrate the triumph with a cage stand in victory lane, he promptly lost his footing and fell to the ground.

Moles didn't quite stick the landing, but he sure stuck his Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports/AME – Mesilla Valley Transportation/Spike/Stanton Chevy in victory lane.

“While I was racing, I probably didn’t look like I was sick. But when I did that cage stand there, it definitely looked like my equilibrium was off a little bit,” Moles admitted. “I've been sick all week and I haven't seen these guys since Knoxville last week, really. I'm still not feeling 100 percent. They pretty much did all the work tonight. I didn't do anything other than just drive the thing.”

The eighth career USAC National Sprint Car win for Moles moved him into a share for 63rd place on the all-time series win list alongside Mike Bliss, Chet Fillip, Johnny Rutherford, Joe Saldana and Jake Swanson.

Moles, who owns Red Hill’s USAC National Sprint Car one-lap track record, lined up sixth in the 25-lap feature in an event that was co-sanctioned by both USAC and the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint Car Series. Robert Ballou, just as he did in USAC’s early April race at Red Hill, established the early lead after starting on the pole position.

By lap seven, Ballou’s lead had ballooned to 1.5 seconds when Briggs Danner (5th) got sideways in turn two. Rogers had no place to go and wound up tapping Danner’s rear bumper, which sent Danner spinning to a stop and brought out the first caution. Danner restarted at the tail of the 23-car field, and managed to drive all the way back to finish ninth.

Following the restart, Moles turned it up. Slotting into the fourth spot, Moles made his way to third when he dove under Logan Seavey in turn three on lap seven, then grabbed the second position on lap nine as he whistled underneath Leary entering turn one.

Moles quickly erased Ballou’s lead, and on lap 12, made his move for the lead as he split between Ballou to his outside and the lapped car of Collin Jackson to his inside entering turn one. Yet, at the same moment, the yellow flag was displayed for the slowing car of Kevin Thomas Jr. (13th), negating the move, and placing Ballou back in front of Moles for the restart.

Wasting no time flat, Moles moved to the inside of Ballou as he got into turn one on the lap 13 restart. All the while, Moles was using a trick line to get around the 3/8-mile dirt oval, as he sort of diamonded the corner by going high on entry, then slicing down to the bottom to get a big run down the straightaways, which worked ever so perfectly and just in the nick of time.

“It went away fast,” Moles said of the line. “I knew that pretty much when I cleared Robert, it was damn near done. Then, I had to revert back to the top, which was just like moving snow. It was just blowing as fast as it could to get to the wall and I got into the wall there a couple times. I was just trying not to crash thing. Nobody wants to crash while leading.”

Rogers rose to second on lap 16 as he narrowly slid by Ballou in turn two. Now, the mission was on to track down Moles and his 1.7 second advantage out front. Lapped traffic assisted Rogers in that endeavor, much to the chagrin of Moles. Rogers took advantage and was right on Moles’ tail as the front two encountered Troy Carey and Michael Clark.

Once cleared of both lappers, Rogers had Moles in his crosshairs with the white flag just about to be displayed on lap 24, and was in the process of sliding Moles for the lead in turn two when the yellow flag was thrown for seventh running Chase Stockon who stopped in turn four with a flat right rear tire.

Rogers, whose last and only USAC National Sprint Car win to date came four years earlier in 2022, stuck right with Moles on the first circuit of the two-lap shootout. Rogers made slight contact with Moles back bumper in turn two, then chased Moles down the back straightaway and the pair went side-by-side entering turn three. Both drivers slid up the track in turn four, but Moles never gave an inch and used the high side momentum to secure the lead exiting turn four.

On the final go around, Rogers was never close enough to mount one final bid for the win as Moles passed underneath the checkered flag to win by about two car lengths, 0.255 seconds ahead of Rogers at the line. Ballou third with USAC point leader Kyle Cummins fourth and Cale Coons fifth.

“He was getting through one and two a lot better, then he tag bumped me on the start and I knew, okay, he's running up here, at least,” Moles said of Rogers on the final restart. “He was just better than me up there (in turns one and two), and I felt like I was better down there (in turns three and four) than him. So, I just changed it up, licked the stamp and just tried to finish it off for these guys.”

Moles led the most laps and he also led the last lap. He did it all tonight at Red Hill, taking the lead just before the halfway point of the feature, then paced the final 13 to score the win as well as the K & N Filters Clean Air Award.

Coons has been impressive all year as the driver who has passed the most cars in USAC national competition (59). On this night, he gained 10 more on a 15th to fifth place run to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.

Justin Grant recorded his 43rd career USAC National Sprint Car fast qualifying time with his lap of 14.545 seconds in LearnLab Qualifying. That moved Grant past Kevin Thomas Jr. and into sole possession of sixth place all-time.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 5, 2026 – Red Hill Raceway – Sumner, Illinois –Illinois Sprint Car Championship – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Co-Sanctioned by the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint Car Series

FIRST LEARNLAB QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.654; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.691; 3. C.J. Leary, 24x, Maddox-14.730; 4. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-14.945; 5. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.306; 6. Kent Schmidt, 5K, Schmidt-15.345; 7. Michael Clark, 8, Clark-16.043; 8. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-18.081.

SECOND LEARNLAB QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-15.046; 2. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.065; 3. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.068; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.182; 5. J.J. Hughes, 76J, Hughes-15.188; 6. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.200; 7. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-15.676; 8. Glen Saville, 75, Grasmere-15.894.

THIRD LEARNLAB QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.545; 2. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.854; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.900; 4. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.991; 5. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-15.010; 6. Steve Thomas, 20, Thomas-17.117; 7. Collin Jackson, 64c, Jackson-17.399.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jadon Rogers (1), 2. C.J. Leary (2), 3. Kyle Cummins (3), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 5. Kent Schmidt (6), 6. Troy Carey (5), 7. Michael Clark (7), 8. Jake Swanson (8). 2:06.88

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (1), 2. Robert Ballou (3), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (2), 4. Hayden Reinbold (6), 5. David Gasper (4), 6. J.J. Hughes (5), 7. Aric Gentry (7), 8. Glen Saville (8). 2:10.48

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (1), 2. Mitchel Moles (2), 3. Chase Stockon (3), 4. Justin Grant (4), 5. Cale Coons (5), 6. Steve Thomas (6), 7. Collin Jackson (7). 2:10.42

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (6), 2. Jadon Rogers (5), 3. Robert Ballou (1), 4. Kyle Cummins (7), 5. Cale Coons (15), 6. Justin Grant (12), 7. C.J. Leary (2), 8. Logan Seavey (4), 9. Briggs Danner (3), 10. Hayden Reinbold (11), 11. J.J. Hughes (16), 12. Aric Gentry (18), 13. Michael Clark (17), 14. Troy Carey (20), 15. Steve Thomas (22), 16. Collin Jackson (23), 17. Chase Stockon (9), 18. David Gasper (14), 19. Kent Schmidt (13), 20. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 21. Charles Davis Jr. (8), 22. Glen Saville (21), 23. Jake Swanson (19). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Robert Ballou, Laps 13-25 Mitchel Moles.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1245, 2-Justin Grant-1157, 3-Mitchel Moles-1118, 4-Briggs Danner-1067, 5-Logan Seavey-1038, 6-Jake Swanson-1004, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1004, 8-Chase Stockon-987, 9-C.J. Leary-950, 10-Robert Ballou-883.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-59, 2-Hayden Reinbold-44, 3-Briggs Danner-42, 4-Justin Grant-40, 5-Logan Calderwood-39, 6-Chase Stockon-38, 7-Brady Bacon-37, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-37, 9-Robert Ballou-37, 10-Kyle Cummins-34.

ILLINOIS SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-10, 2-Steve Thomas-7, 3-Collin Jackson-7, 4-Justin Grant-6, 5-Aric Gentry-6, 6-Troy Carey-6, 7-Mitchel Moles-5, 8-J.J. Hughes-5, 9-Michael Clark-4, 10-Jadon Rogers-3.

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (14.545)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (14.545)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Logan Seavey

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Briggs Danner

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Cale Coons (15th to 5th)

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Mitchel Moles (13 laps led)

IT’S A FULL NELSON AT MOLER

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Williamsburg, Ohio (May 29, 2026)………Tyler Nelson led all 25 laps to nail down a dominating USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget feature victory on Friday night at Ohio’s Moler Raceway Park.

Starting on the outside of the front row, Nelson (Olathe, Kansas) ran the high line to perfection, taking the checkered flag by a whopping margin of 6.054 seconds.

The victory was Nelson’s first of the season and the second of his career with the series. The defending series champion was also the night’s fastest qualifier with a lap of 13.432 seconds.

Behind Nelson, a tremendous battle was waged for second through sixth, all of whom were separated by less than two seconds at the line with Ian Creager taking the runner-up spot.

Trisdon Brown initially crossed the finish line in third place, but his car came up light at the scales after suffering a fuel leak which went through more than 10 gallons of fuel during the feature. Thus, Brown was repositioned to the tail of the field and a 22nd place result.

Brown’s misfortune moved Matt Lux up to third place, while Gunnar Lucius and Dylan Trost rounded out the top five.

Bryce Massingill received the Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake award for drawing the number nine feature redraw pill after winning his heat race. Massingill climbed up to the top three until a blown radiator hose ended his night.

Chris Hartman received both the Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger award for advancing from 19th to 10th as well as the LynK Chassis bonus for finishing 10th. Taten Long also went +9, moving from 21st to 12th.

Ian Creager received the Rosewood Machine & Tool Company Precision Move of the Race for his drive from seventh to second in the feature after picking up a heat race win. Dylan Trost won the Velocita by Borsos Racing Glove/Shoe gift certificate for finishing fifth.

Creager won the Jeff Hill Trailer Sales first heat race. Lux captured victory in Stiefel’s Home & Auto heat race two. Massingill was the recipient of the Hoosier Auto Racing Fans third heat race with a last lap pass over Landen Francis to win by 0.016 gap at the stripe.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 29, 2026 – Moler Raceway Park – Williamsburg, Ohio‍

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Kole Kirkman, 5m, Magic-13.607; 2. Chase Hodge, 7c, Hodge-14.258; 3. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-14.261; 4. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-14.277; 5. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-14.329; 6. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-14.699; 7. Chris Hartman, 35s, Hartman-15.267; 8. Tyler Watkins, 7T, Watkins-15.367.

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 91N, Nelson-13.432; 2. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-13.855; 3. Trisdon Brown, 2, Briggs-14.301; 4. Ashley Schloss, 11s, Schloss-15.648; 5. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-16.943; 6. Dylan Trost, 21, Trost-NT; 7. Taylor Nibert, 11N, Nibert-NT.

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-13.630; 2. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-13.874; 3. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-14.218; 4. Parker Perry, 27G, Gresham-14.229; 5. Landen Francis, 85L, Francis-14.985; 6. Troy Borsos, 21T, Borsos-15.068; 7. Taten Long, 99L, Long-NT.

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Ian Creager, 2. Chase Hodge, 3. Buddy Hollmeyer, 4. Cole Morgan, 5. Tyler Watkins, 6. Cody Dye, 7. Chris Hartman, 8. Kole Kirkman. NT

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Matt Lux, 2. Tyler Nelson, 3. Trisdon Brown, 4. Dylan Trost, 5. Taylor Nibert, 6. Ashley Schloss, 7. Stratton Briggs. NT

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Bryce Massingill, 2. Landen Francis, 3. Gunnar Lucius, 4. Parker Perry, 5. Brayden Schwartz, 6. Troy Borsos, 7. Taten Long. NT

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Nelson (2), 2. Ian Creager (7), 3. Matt Lux (3), 4. Gunnar Lucius (6), 5. Dylan Trost (11), 6. Landen Francis (5), 7. Buddy Hollmeyer (8), 8. Cole Morgan (10), 9. Brayden Schwartz (15), 10. Chris Hartman (19), 11. Tyler Watkins (13), 12. Taten Long (21), 13. Ashley Schloss (17), 14. Bryce Massingill (9), 15. Chase Hodge (4), 16. Troy Borsos (18), 17. Cody Dye (16), 18. Taylor Nibert (14), 19. Parker Perry (12), 20. Kole Kirkman (22), 21. Stratton Briggs (20), 22. Trisdon Brown (1) (Originally finished 3rd, but was repositioned to 22nd place due to his car being underweight at post-race tech inspection). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Tyler Nelson.

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET POINTS: 1-Matt Lux-154, 2-Tyler Nelson-140, 3-Gunnar Lucius-140, 4-Bryce Massingill-117, 5-Ian Creager-112, 6-Dylan Trost-109, 7-Kole Kirkman-106, 8-Landen Francis-92, 9-Buddy Hollmeyer-91, 10-Parker Perry-85.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: June 6, 2026 – Atomic Speedway – Chillicothe, Ohio‍

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Fast Qualifier: Tyler Nelson

Jeff Hill Trailer Sales First Heat Winner: Ian Creager

Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Matt Lux

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Bryce Massingill

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Chris Hartman (19th to 10th)

Velocita 5th Place Finisher: Dylan Trost

LynK Chassis 10th Place Finisher: Chris Hartman

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Ian Creager

Wilwood Tough Brake: Bryce Massingill

BRUNO GOES BACK-TO-BACK WITH USAC EAST COAST AT SELINSGROVE

Steve Koletar

By: Kurt Bettler

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania (May 30, 2026)………Fresh off a victory last weekend, Christian Bruno kept the momentum rolling on Saturday night at Pennsylvania’s Selinsgrove Speedway.

The Deptford, New Jersey native charged from the eighth starting position to score another impressive USAC East Coast Sprint Car triumph after winning at Big Diamond Speedway seven nights earlier.

Ronald Helmick and Ed Aikin led the field to green, but it didn't take long for Steven Drevicki to make his move. Charging through the pack in the opening laps, Drevicki grabbed the lead on lap three and immediately set a blistering pace around the Snyder County oval.

While Drevicki controlled the early stages, Bruno was steadily working forward. Using the high side and every inch of the racetrack, Bruno methodically picked off competitors as he chased down the leaders.

At the halfway mark, Drevicki remained firmly in command despite increasing pressure from lapped traffic. A daring four-wide maneuver through slower cars allowed him to maintain the top spot, but Bruno continued to close.

As rubber began to lay down on the racing surface, Bruno found speed where few others could, flirting with the outside wall and carrying tremendous momentum through the corners.

With the laps winding down, Bruno's relentless charge brought him to the rear bumper of Drevicki. The battle intensified in front of an energized Selinsgrove crowd before Bruno completed the pass and drove away to secure his second consecutive victory.

Drevicki crossed the line second after a strong performance, while Kyle Spence completed the podium in third. Pole sitter Ronald Helmick finished fourth, with Kenny Miller III rounding out the top five.

USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE RESULTS: May 30, 2026 – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

E. SCHNEIDER & SONS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Christian Bruno (#3BC Franckowiak) (4), 2. Ed Aikin (#7 Aikin-Butler) (7), 3. Ronald Helmick (#22R Helmick) (8), 4. Richy Carnathan (#64 Carnathan) (5), 5. Shane Braxton (#35 Braxton) (1), 6. Jason Cherry (#67c Cherry) (2), 7. Larry McVay (#51 Kelly) (6), 8. Ryan Roulette (#67 Buckwalter) (9), 9. Anthony Foscone Jr. (#14 Foscone) (3). NT

BDB GRAPHICS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Kenny Miller III (#23m Miller) (7), 2. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki) (5), 3. Kyle Spence (#42 Fraker) (4), 4. Olivia Thayer (#39T Thayer) (2), 5. Joe Kata (#10 Kata) (3), 6. Greg Shepsis (#75 Shepsis) (8), 7. Brett Rose (#45R Rose) (1). NT

MALLEY POOL WATER FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Christian Bruno (8), 2. Steven Drevicki (7), 3. Kyle Spence (4), 4. Ronald Helmick (1), 5. Kenny Miller III (5), 6. Olivia Thayer (3), 7. Ed Aikin (2), 8. Joe Kata (10), 9. Jason Cherry (11), 10. Shane Braxton (9), 11. Brett Rose (14), 12. Ryan Roulette (15), 13. Richy Carnathan (6), 14. Larry McVay (13), 15. Anthony Foscone Jr. (16), 16. Greg Shepsis (12). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Ed Aikin, Laps 2-20 Steven Drevicki, Laps 21-25 Christian Bruno.

USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS POINTS: 1-Christian Bruno-292, 2-Steven Drevicki-289, 3-Kenny Miller III-265 4-Kyle Spence-259, 5-Joe Kata-214, 6-Olivia Thayer-212, 7-Ronald Helmick-196, 8-Ed Aikin-185, 9-Bruce Buckwalter Jr.-155, 10-Shane Braxton-131.

NEXT USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE: June 5, 2026 – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

‍CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

RAD Hot Lap Fast Time: Christian Bruno

Bitner Automotive Hot Lap Fast Time: Christian Bruno

Hoosier Tire Pill Draw: Greg Shepsis

C & C Landscape Hard Charger: Christian Bruno (8th to 1st)

JPA Hard Luck Award: Thomas Radivoy

J & W Home Improvement Best Crate: Greg Shepsis

CORN BELT KING! BACON BOLTS TO KNOXVILLE GLORY ONCE MORE

rich forman

Knoxville, Iowa (May 30, 2026)……Death, taxes and Brady Bacon winning USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship races at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway.

In this world, few things can be said to be certain. Yet, Bacon’s prowess of Knoxville’s 1/2-mile dirt oval continued on Saturday night as he took over the lead from Jake Swanson with 11 laps remaining, then fended off a feisty challenge from Briggs Danner in the waning laps to win the Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Bacon pocketed a cool $15,000 for his efforts aboard the Chris Dyson Racing/Concord American Flagpole – Racer Magazine/Triple X/Rider Chevy.

In 15 career USAC National Sprint Car feature starts at Knoxville, Bacon has now won a total of six times and finished inside the top-three on 13 overall occasions. Furthermore, this latest triumph was his fifth under the Corn Belt Clash banner.

On top of all that, Bacon’s Knoxville win was the 63rd of his USAC National Sprint Car career, moving him past Dave Darland and into second place on the all-time list. Bacon now trails only Grant now who remains at 67 career series victories.

Bacon had his work cut out in this particular one as he started seventh on the grid for the 30-lap main event. But pretty much instantaneously, he was moving forward. On the opening lap, he used the low line to elevate three positions up the pecking order to fourth. By the second lap, he’d surged by Friday night feature winner Kyle Cummins on the back straightaway to take over third.

”I know the wing guys maybe don't like it that good on the bottom, but we kind of have to have something like that to be able to maneuver around and run the middle a little bit,” Bacon said of the track conditions. “There were a lot more options tonight and it just gave me more opportunities to pass cars. Starting on the inside on the initial start was pretty helpful and we got to fourth right away. I honestly thought Jake was pretty much gone, but fortunately, the lapped traffic kind of held him up enough to where we were able to catch him and capitalize on that, and get by him, then hold on during that restart.”

Meanwhile, Swanson was running up front in a backup ride after severely damaging the car he ran 24 hours earlier, which he flipped hard after a right front spindle suddenly broke, sending him flipping in turn three. This ride was much smoother and faster for Swanson who led second place runner Justin Grant for the initial six circuits.

On lap seven, Bacon got a drive under Grant on the back straightaway to slot into the second spot. However, by that point, Swanson was long gone, and Bacon was forced to overcome a nearly six second deficit. Without the benefit of a yellow flag for the majority of the race, Bacon was going to be tasked with erasing the substantial deficit under green flag conditions.

Kevin Thomas Jr. got up into the mix on lap 11 as he drove under Grant on the front straight to grab third. Meanwhile, Swanson began to work lapped traffic at the halfway point of the race, which began to crimp his style as his lead dwindled from just a tick under six seconds to a little over one second in the span of about three laps, and was continuously shrinking.

By the 19th lap, Bacon had caught Swanson as the top-two drivers employed two different tactics with Swanson running the top and Bacon occupying the bottom as the pair ran side-by-side through the long, sweeping corners. As the two entered turn one for the 20th time, Swanson altered course and dove to the bottom ahead of Bacon.

However, Swanson couldn’t stick the bottom and drifted up into no man’s land in the middle of the racetrack. As Swanson fought to attain any sort of traction through the slick, Bacon had all four wheels in the moisture along the bottom, which he utilized to rush by Swanson and into the lead with 11 laps remaining.

Over the ensuing next six laps, Bacon spiked his lead to 1.7 seconds over Swanson, but a caution with four laps to go changed all that in the blink of an eye when Thomas Jr. and the lapped car of Clinton Bruns got together in turn four, resulting in Bruns spinning to a stop to necessitate the feature’s only stoppage.

With a clear track ahead of him, but a full hornet’s nest behind him, Bacon had a couple of options on the lap 27 restart. To go high or to go low, that was the question.

“I knew I probably needed to be on the bottom because you get such a good run down the back straightaway if you do it right,” Bacon explained. “I was being a little conservative on the first couple of laps after the restart, and I knew I just needed to pick up the pace and not miss it. Sometimes, a little faster you go, the better your car works, but you run the risk of missing it. If I would have missed it, he would have blown right by me. Thankfully, that didn't happen.”

The he was Danner who was among a swarm of drivers on the attack for the win with three laps remaining. As the triumvirate of Bacon, Swanson and Thomas Jr. scratched along the bottom, Danner took to the high side, taking advantage of a two-for-one deal when he blitzed around the outside of Thomas Jr., then Swanson in turns one and two to take over second.

It was there, however, that Bacon saw the nose of Danner’s racecar make an appearance on the right side of his peripheral vision. In counterpoint, Bacon immediately eschewed the bottom in favor of the top entering turn three, and throughout the rest of the way.

“I saw him poking his nose on the outside of me there,” Bacon recalled. “So, I just knew I had to pick up the pace over here and then get back to the top and run my line where I needed to be. I was just scared to be too tight up there on that restart with my air being low. But on the bottom, I wasn't any good down there. Luckily, I was able to not lose the lead there, then I picked up the pace on the bottom in one and two before getting back up to the top in three and four.”

Danner closed to within a single car length of Bacon who once again hit the bottom of turns one and two. But the turn two cushion proved to be a bit tricky for Danner. On the final lap, Danner snagged the turn two ledge, which snapped him sideways and deterred his momentum. On the final trip into turn three, Bacon once more swapped lanes to the top, deterring Danner from making one last ditch effort to steal the win.

Bacon emerged across the finish line as a winner, 0.675 seconds ahead of Danner who finished as the runner-up with Thomas Jr. third, Swanson fourth and C.J. Leary fifth.

On top of it all, Bacon passed a total of 18 cars throughout the two nights of USAC racing at Knoxville to earn the Corn Belt Clash Parallax Group Passing Master title.

Swanson, meanwhile, led a race-high 19 of 30 laps en route to a fourth place feature finish and the K & N Filters Clean Air Award.

R.J. Johnson finished his Corn Belt Clash weekend on a high note. He advanced +9 in the feature, moving from 20th to 11th. With that, he picked up the Rod End Supply Hard Charger Award.

Leary took one step closer to 60 as he had his brand new DRC Chassis humming along in LearnLab Qualifying. His lap of 19.017 seconds was the 59th fast time of his USAC National Sprint Car career. That's just six shy of Tom Bigelow's all-time series record of 65.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 30, 2026 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa – Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – Co-Sanctioned by the USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Racing Association

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-19.017; 2. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-19.027; 3. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-19.062; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-19.079; 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-19.113; 6. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-19.144; 7. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-19.189; 8. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-19.301; 9. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-19.321; 10. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-19.330; 11. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-19.356; 12. Ryan Bernal, 17, Dunkel-19.433; 13. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-19.501; 14. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-19.535; 15. Riley Kreisel, 91, Kreisel-19.572; 16. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-19.686; 17. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.753; 18. Steven Snyder Jr., 87, CB/Spire-19.807; 19. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-19.835; 20. Justin Zimmerman, 1, Herrell-19.851; 21. R.J. Johnson, 1p, Petty-19.857; 22. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-20.244; 23. Glen Saville, 75, Grasmere-20.475; 24. Jake Kouba, 6K, Kouba-20.769; 25. Clinton Bruns, 7, Bruns-20.890; 26. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-21.089; 27. Ben Woods, 11B, B & R-21.110; 28. Lance Silvers, 7x, Silvers-23.641.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (3), 2. Chase Stockon (2), 3. Cale Coons (4), 4. Kyle Cummins (5), 5. Kobe Simpson (1), 6. C.J. Leary (6), 7. Charles Davis Jr. (7), 8. Troy Carey (8), 9. Clinton Bruns (9), 10. Lance Silvers (10). 2:45.220

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (3), 2. Robert Ballou (1), 3. Justin Grant (6), 4. Logan Seavey (4), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 6. Hayden Reinbold (2), 7. Glen Saville (7). 2:44.831

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Steven Snyder Jr. (1), 2. Ryan Bernal (3), 3. Jake Swanson (5), 4. Gavin Miller (6), 5. Mitchel Moles (4), 6. Riley Kreisel (2), 7. R.J. Johnson (7), 8. Ben Woods (9), 9. Jake Kouba (8). 2:46.151

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (7), 2. Briggs Danner (8), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (2), 4. Jake Swanson (1), 5. C.J. Leary (6), 6. Gavin Miller (4), 7. Justin Grant (5), 8. Kyle Cummins (3), 9. Logan Seavey (11), 10. Cale Coons (10), 11. R.J. Johnson (20), 12. Mitchel Moles (12), 13. Steven Snyder Jr. (9), 14. Ryan Bernal (13), 15. Chase Stockon (14), 16. Robert Ballou (18), 17. Kobe Simpson (17), 18. Hayden Reinbold (15), 19. Charles Davis Jr. (19), 20. Jake Kouba (24), 21. Troy Carey (22), 22. Ben Woods (23), 23. Clinton Bruns (25), 24. Riley Kreisel (16), 25. Glen Saville (21), 26. Lance Silvers (26). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Jake Swanson, Laps 20-30 Brady Bacon.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1195, 2-Justin Grant-1107, 3-Mitchel Moles-1068, 4-Briggs Danner-1017, 5-Logan Seavey-988, 6-Jake Swanson-954, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-954, 8-Chase Stockon-937, 9-C.J. Leary-900, 10-Robert Ballou-833.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-49, 2-Hayden Reinbold-43, 3-Briggs Danner-42, 4-Logan Calderwood-39, 5-Chase Stockon-38, 6-Brady Bacon-37, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-37, 8-Robert Ballou-37, 9-Justin Grant-34, 10-Kyle Cummins-31.

FINAL CORN BELT CLASH PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Brady Bacon-18, 2-Briggs Danner-13, 3-R.J. Johnson-12, 4-Ben Woods-10, 5-Chase Stockon-9, 6-Kyle Cummins-7, 7-Kobe Simpson-7, 8-Robert Ballou-6, 9-Troy Carey-6, 10-Justin Grant-5.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: June 5-6, 2026 – Red Hill Raceway – Sumner, Illinois –Illinois Sprint Car Championship – 1/3-Mile Dirt Track

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kyle Cummins (19.089)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: C.J. Leary (19.017)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Brady Bacon

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Briggs Danner

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Steven Snyder Jr.

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Jake Swanson (19 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: R.J. Johnson (20th to 11th)

Corn Belt Clash Parallax Group Passing Master Champion: Brady Bacon (18)

HALF-MILE MASTER! CUMMINS CHECKS OFF KNOXVILLE VICTORY AT CORN BELT CLASH OPENER

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Knoxville, Iowa (May 29, 2026)……The term “Half-Mile Master” in connection with Kyle Cummins would’ve been downright preposterous just a short time ago.

Oh, how the turns have been tabled, and vice versa!

The Princeton, Indiana racer can now lay claim to capturing USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature victories at three of the most iconic 1/2-mile dirt tracks in the world.

In April, he conquered Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track for the first time. Two weeks ago, he mastered Ohio’s Eldora Speedway for the first time. On Friday night, he was triumphant at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway on the opening night of the Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash. Oh yeah. That was the first time too!

Perhaps the wildest part of it all is the fact that he’s added the entire trio of triumphs to his resume within the past seven weeks. At all three of them, he had never won a USAC feature at prior to the 2026 campaign.

At Knoxville, on his third try at a restart while running in the second position, Cummins made it a charm as he slid C.J. Leary in turn one on the lap 18 resumption, then led the remaining nine laps to earn his fourth series win of the year and the 34th of his career, picking up a $10,000 reward in his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors – JUGO Superfoods/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy.

Before this season, Cummins owned just one career USAC win on a 1/2-mile, that being at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park just one year ago. His initial Knoxville win on Friday night came in an event sponsored by his team owner, Jerry Petty, who provided a motivational directive to prior to the race.

“He told me we had to win tonight, and if we’re going to win tonight, we have to win tomorrow,” Cummins relayed from Petty. “We’ve never won here with him. We are always terrible here and it just seems like I could never get ahold of the track. Tonight, we brought something a little different. I tried something in the heat race and it was really bad. So, we went back to what we were running again.”

While Cummins started fifth on the grid in the 25-lap main event, it was third starting Gavin Miller, in just his second career series start, who surged past both front row occupants – Leary and Mitchel Moles – to gain the lead and the upper hand early in the going.

Cummins, meanwhile, instantly entered the mix, advancing two spots up to third behind Miller and Leary.

“The first couple laps, I felt good,” Cummins related. “I think C.J. was definitely faster than I was, but as the run went on, I felt like, if I fell back far enough to see the cushion, I could start running him back down. As my tires got heat in them, I think I became a little bit better, but then we always seemed to have a yellow.”

On the fourth lap, Miller got on the bike in a major way on the turn three cushion, rising his left side wheels to the sky before landing back on all fours. The ordeal allowed Leary to instantly close up the gap for the lead. One lap later, Leary went topside around Miller in turn four to pick off the top spot.

Miller changed course after the cushion excursion by rolling around the bottom. Cummins took advantage of the situation and used the high line to escape around Miller for the runner-up position on lap seven.

Nine laps into it, sixth running Jake Swanson endured a frightening incident when his right front spindle broke as he entered the high line in turn three. The sudden jettisoning of his right front wheel from the car promptly sent his car digging into the dirt and flipping into orbit. Swanson was able to climb out and walk away.

On the ensuing restart, Cummins took his first shot at Leary for the lead, to no avail, as Leary gapped Cummins to the tune of 1.5 seconds. That lead was quickly erased when 22nd running Dakota Earls flipped upside down in turn four on the 13th lap. He too was able to climb out and walk away.

For the next restart, Cummins was able to get side-by-side with Leary through turns one and two, but Leary successfully thwarted the attack for the time being and once again matriculated out to a full second advantage. That said, yet another stoppage halted the action on lap 16 when 16th running Riley Kreisel slowed with a flat left rear tire that forced him into the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area.

That set the stage for Cummins to make his winning move as he built a head of steam on the front straightaway, then successfully cleared Leary to assume the number one position on lap 17.

“On the restart before, I was all messed up,” Cummins admitted. “The next one, I went through the middle and was like ‘naw, not good.’ But the middle was better in three and four, so I decided to not even think about sliding him. I just wanted to get a start, get around one and two, and hopefully, break some momentum and get him in three and four because I thought I could stick a lot better there. When we took off, I was backpedaling down the straightaway. I’m like, ‘come on man. Go!’ I thought this is the only time I can get it. It’s extremely tough to pass somebody, and once I got out there and could see the cushion, I thought, ‘we got to go.’ It about bit me a couple times there.”

A lap later, Grant followed suit to second while Bacon slotted into third as Leary fell back to fourth in the pecking order. Meanwhile, Cummins’ lead had blossomed to nearly two seconds with the laps winding down.

Cummins finished the job to win by a 1.777 second margin over Grant, Bacon and Leary with Briggs Danner rounding out the top-five.

Bacon always seems to find his way to the front at Knoxville, and this night was no exception. In 14 career USAC National Sprint Car starts at the track dating back to 2010, he's finished on the podium an incredible 12 times. In this one, he advanced 11th to thirrd to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.

Leary led the most laps (12) throughout the feature, and wound up finishing fourth, equaling his best result of the USAC National Sprint Car season thus far. The performance made him the K & N Filters Clean Air Award honoree.

Danner was the night’s LearnLab Fast Qualifier, pacing the field with a time of 18.562 seconds. It was the sixth career USAC National Sprint Car Fast Qualifying time for Danner, tying him for 81st place all-time with Daron Clayton, Derek Davidson, Eric Gordon, Jac Haudenschild, James McElreath, Ken Schrader, Mike Bliss, Richard Griffin and Tray House.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 29, 2026 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa – Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – Co-Sanctioned by the USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Racing Association

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-18.562; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-18.622; 3. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-18.627; 4. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-18.716; 5. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-18.757; 6. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-18.760; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-18.764; 8. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-18.765; 9. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-18.781; 10. Ryan Bernal, 17, Dunkel-18.870; 11. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-18.919; 12. Riley Kreisel, 91, Kreisel-18.946; 13. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-18.951; 14. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-19.018; 15. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.021; 16. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-19.191; 17. Steven Snyder Jr., 87, CB/Spire-19.229; 18. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-19.237; 19. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-19.262; 20. R.J. Johnson, 1p, Petty-19.267; 21. Justin Zimmerman, 1, Herrell-19.499; 22. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-19.522; 23. Glen Saville, 75, Grasmere-19.694; 24. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-19.724; 25. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-19.910; 26. Jake Kouba, 6K, Kouba-20.402; 27. Ben Woods, 11B, B & R-20.664; 28. Clinton Bruns, 7, Bruns-21.483; 29. Lance Silvers, 7x, Silvers-23.066; 30. Jonathan Hughes, 67, Hughes-23.759.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (2), 2. Briggs Danner (6), 3. Ryan Bernal (3), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 5. Charles Davis Jr. (1), 6. Gavin Miller (5), 7. Kobe Simpson (7), 8. Trey Osborne (9), 9. Troy Carey (8), 10. Clinton Bruns (10). 2:38.908

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (3), 2. Brady Bacon (4), 3. Steven Snyder Jr. (1), 4. Kyle Cummins (6), 5. Mitchel Moles (5), 6. R.J. Johnson (7), 7. Chase Stockon (2), 8. Glen Saville (8), 9. Jake Kouba (9), 10. Lance Silvers (10). NT

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (4), 2. Robert Ballou (2), 3. C.J. Leary (5), 4. Hayden Reinbold (1), 5. Justin Grant (6), 6. Justin Zimmerman (7), 7. Riley Kreisel (3), 8. Dakota Earls (8), 9. Ben Woods (9). NT

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (10 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chase Stockon (2), 2. Riley Kreisel (1), 3. Kobe Simpson (3), 4. Ben Woods (9), 5. Troy Carey (7), 6. Dakota Earls (5), 7. Jake Kouba (8), 8. Clinton Bruns (10), 9. Lance Silvers (11), 10. Glen Saville (4), 11. Trey Osborne (6). 3:26.672

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (5), 2. Justin Grant (4), 3. Brady Bacon (11), 4. C.J. Leary (1), 5. Briggs Danner (6), 6. Cale Coons (7), 7. Gavin Miller (3), 8. Mitchel Moles (2), 9. Robert Ballou (13), 10. Steven Snyder Jr. (15), 11. Chase Stockon (19), 12. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 13. Logan Seavey (8), 14. Kobe Simpson (21), 15. R.J. Johnson (17), 16. Justin Zimmerman (18), 17. Charles Davis Jr. (14), 18. Riley Kreisel (20), 19. Ben Woods (22), 20. Troy Carey (23), 21. Hayden Reinbold (16), 22. Ryan Bernal (12), 23. Dakota Earls (24), 24. Jake Swanson (9). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Gavin Miller, Laps 5-16 C.J. Leary, Laps 17-25 Kyle Cummins.

**Jake Swanson flipped on lap 9 of the feature. Dakota Earls flipped on lap 13 of the feature.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1138, 2-Justin Grant-1044, 3-Mitchel Moles-1025, 4-Briggs Danner-942, 5-Logan Seavey-937, 6-Chase Stockon-897, 7-Jake Swanson-886, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-884, 9-C.J. Leary-833, 10-Robert Ballou-795.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-49, 2-Hayden Reinbold-43, 3-Logan Calderwood-39, 4-Chase Stockon-38, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-37, 6-Briggs Danner-36, 7-Robert Ballou-35, 8-Justin Grant-34, 9-Kyle Cummins-31, 10-Brady Bacon-31.

CORN BELT CLASH PARALLAX GROUP POINTS: 1-Brady Bacon-10, 2-Chase Stockon-9, 3-Ben Woods-8, 4-Kobe Simpson-7, 5-Kyle Cummins-6, 6-Briggs Danner-5, 7-Steven Snyder Jr.-5, 8-Troy Carey-5, 9-Robert Ballou-4, 10-R.J. Johnson-3.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: May 30, 2026 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa – Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – Co-Sanctioned by the USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Racing Association

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Briggs Danner (18.658)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Briggs Danner (18.562)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Jake Swanson

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Logan Seavey

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Cale Coons

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Chase Stockon

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: C.J. Leary (12 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Brady Bacon (11th to 3rd)

2026 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PREVIEW!

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Speedway, Indiana (June 8, 2026)………It’s a racing junkie’s dream!

Six nights at six different racetracks await the USAC Midget National Championship for the 22nd annual edition of USAC Indiana Midget Week on June 9-14, 2026.

The IMW docket consists of six events in all, with the frenzied and action packed week beginning at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 9, then it’s on to Paragon on Wednesday, June 10, and to Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway on Thursday, June 11.

Bloomington Speedway starts the weekend on Friday, June 12; Haubstadt’s Tri-State Speedway on Saturday, June 13; with the finale set for Kokomo Speedway on Sunday, June 14.

USAC Indiana Midget Week is the hottest ticket in town with sprint cars also serving as the support class each and every night. A plethora of drivers will be jumping back-and-forth between the two machines throughout the night in double-duty mode.

The Indiana Midget Week champion will earn a prize of $15,000 for their efforts in a week that truly tests the physical, mental and mechanical abilities of each driver, crew and machine.

Let’s dig into it! Here’s a smorgasbord of storylines we’re watching entering USAC Indiana Midget Week 2026.

DRAKE & SEAVEY BRING IMW CHAMPIONSHIP CREDENTIALS

Kale Drake enters this week as the defending Indiana Midget Week champion. Just three drivers previously have captured back-to-back IMW titles: Shane Cottle (2005 & 2006), Rico Abreu (2014 & 2015) and Buddy Kofoid (2021 & 2022).

Drake won the Circle City opener a year ago, and finished every race of the week on the podium for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports.

This year, though, Drake will drive the RMS Racing No. 4, which has won twice in Indiana Midget Week competition in 2021 and 2022 with Thomas Meseraull at the wheel. Drake has finished 8th and 6th in his two USAC starts this year.

Overall, two USAC Indiana Midget Week champions will be in the field this week with Drake joining two-time champ Logan Seavey, who captured titles in both 2019 and 2023, and also possesses four IMW feature victories.

DENNEY LEADS THE CHARGE

Jacob Denney was the only multi-time winner of Indiana Midget Week in 2025, scoring victories at both Paragon and Kokomo.

Denney (Galloway, Ohio) enters the week as the USAC National Midget point leader by a single marker over Kevin Thomas Jr. after Denney was triumphant in the most recent series event at Kokomo in April.

After gaining his first USAC national win in 2022 at Lincoln Park, Denney owns four overall IMW feature triumphs. His best IMW points finish to date is a 3rd in both 2022 and 2025.

Throughout the history of IMW, just four drivers have entered as the USAC National point leader and went on to win the Indiana Midget Week championship: Jerry Coons Jr. (2007), Darren Hagen (2012), Rico Abreu (2014) and Buddy Kofoid (2021).

Additionally, four of the last five Indiana Midget Week champs have also captured the USAC National Midget title in the same season: Buddy Kofoid (2021-22), Logan Seavey (2023) and Daison Pursley (2024).

VETERANS VYING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH

Justin Grant is among the drivers who’ve come so close to an Indiana Midget Week titles over the years, finishing as the runner-up in 2022, 2023 and 2025. Grant’s one and only IMW win to date came seven years ago in 2019! He won the 2026 season opener at Kokomo in April for CB Industries, and stands just one point out of the lead in the USAC National Midget race at the moment.

Kevin Thomas Jr. is in a similar boat. His most recent Indiana Midget Week win came in 2018! Last year, he finished a career best 4th in Indiana Midget Week points with consistent finishes in his 4 Kings Racing ride. He’s run inside the top-four in both of his USAC National Midget starts this year, and now aims to put 4 Kings in USAC victory lane for the first time.

RETURN OF CANNON

Reigning USAC National Midget champion Cannon McIntosh returns to the seat of the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 71K to compete at Indiana Midget Week in 2026.

McIntosh has been absent with the series so far this year, but will now take on all six nights of action this week.

The Bixby, Oklahoma racer last won an Indiana Midget Week race in 2022, and tallied a best IMW points finish of 3rd back in 2024.

SHARK WEEK

Karter Sarff will be the pilot of the Paul May Motorsports No. 71m throughout the entirety of Indiana Midget Week.

The Mason City, Illinois racer was impressive in IMW action in 2025, finishing 5th in the standings with top finishes of 3rd at Circle City and 6th at Paragon. He was also the fastest qualifier at both Paragon and Kokomo.

Nicknamed “The Shark,” Sarff captured the POWRi Midget championship in 2023 and was named the Turkey Night Grand Prix Rookie of the Year in 2025.

YOUNG GUNS OF MIDGET WEEK

The thing that makes Indiana Midget Week exciting is the unpredictability, and the prospect of up-and-coming drivers making big impressions throughout the week.

Gavin Miller did just that in 2023 when he became a first-time USAC National Midget feature winner at Bloomington. Hayden Reinbold and Drake Edwards have already won USAC National Midget main events, but a first Indiana Midget Week win could very well be on the horizon this week.

Another group of young guns looking to become first-time USAC National Midget winners during Indiana Midget Week include Jakeb Boxell, Zach Wigal, Colton Robinson, Gunnar Setser, Brecken Reese, and Trevor Cline, just to name a few.

Fourteen drivers have accomplished that feat over the years: Johnny Rodriguez, Shane Cottle, Brady Bacon, Steve Buckwalter, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Tanner Thorson, Spencer Bayston, Tyler Courtney, Chris Windom, Kyle Cummins, Corey Day, Jacob Denney, and Gavin Miller.

Furthermore, another new name, Drew Sherman, the son of standout racer Jeremy Sherman, will also be making his USAC debut in a second Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports entry.

#100 ON THE HORIZON THIS WEEK

If all goes according to plan, Indiana Midget Week will celebrate its 100th event during the upcoming series this week.

With 98 events taking place dating back to its 2005 origins, the Paragon Speedway round on Wednesday, June 10, is slated to be the 100th event run in the series’ 22-year history at press time.

USAC Hall of Famer Jay Drake won the inaugural feature race held at Lawrenceburg Speedway on August 18, 2005. Since then, 254 different drivers have started an Indiana Midget Week feature.

Bryan Clauson owns the most Indiana Midget Week championships with three in 2009-11-16. Bryan Clauson and Kyle Larson are the winningest drivers in Indiana Midget Week history with nine apiece.

Larson and Rico Abreu have clocked in with the most top qualifying times in IMW history with nine each. Jerry Coons Jr. has recorded the most career IMW feature starts (64) and top-10 results (42). Meanwhile, Clauson collected 28 top-fives in his IMW career, which still ranks number one all-time.

RACE DETAILS

For more information on each event of USAC Indiana Midget Week 2026, visit www.usacracing.com, go to the menu, then go to the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship page. From there, click on “Event Info” next to the corresponding event on the schedule.

The entire week of events can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026.

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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-150, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-149, 3-Justin Grant-147, 4-Jakeb Boxell-138, 5-Zach Wigal-131, 6-Gavin Miller-119, 7-Kale Drake-115, 8-Gunnar Setser-109, 9-Hayden Reinbold-95, 10-Colton Robinson-95.

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK CHAMPIONS:

2005: Shane Cottle

2006: Shane Cottle

2007: Jerry Coons Jr.

2008: Tracy Hines

2009: Bryan Clauson

2010: Tracy Hines & Brad Kuhn

2011: Bryan Clauson

2012: Darren Hagen

2013: Christopher Bell

2014: Rico Abreu

2015: Rico Abreu

2016: Bryan Clauson

2017: Shane Golobic

2018: Spencer Bayston

2019: Logan Seavey

2020: Kyle Larson

2021: Buddy Kofoid

2022: Buddy Kofoid

2023: Logan Seavey

2024: Daison Pursley

2025: Kale Drake

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE WINS: (2005-2025)

9-Bryan Clauson & Kyle Larson

6-Buddy Kofoid

5-Christopher Bell & Tanner Thorson

4-Rico Abreu, Jacob Denney & Logan Seavey

3-Spencer Bayston, Shane Cottle, Tyler Courtney, Darren Hagen, Brad Kuhn, Michael Pickens & Chris Windom

2-Jerry Coons Jr., Thomas Meseraull, Daison Pursley, Davey Ray, Brad Sweet & Ryan Timms

1-Emerson Axsom, Brady Bacon, Chad Boat, Steve Buckwalter, Kyle Cummins, Dave Darland, Zach Daum, Corey Day, Jay Drake, Kale Drake, Justin Grant, Tracy Hines, Levi Jones, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Johnny Rodriguez, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Kevin Swindell, Kevin Thomas Jr.

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WINNERS BY TRACK (2005-2025)

CIRCLE CITY RACEWAY: 2021-Corey Day, 2023-Buddy Kofoid, 2025-Kale Drake

PARAGON SPEEDWAY: 2020-Kyle Larson, 2021-Thomas Meseraull, 2025-Jacob Denney

LINCOLN PARK SPEEDWAY: 2010-Brad Sweet, 2011-Bryan Clauson, 2012-Bryan Clauson, 2013-Christopher Bell, 2014-Dave Darland, 2015-Bryan Clauson, 2016-Tanner Thorson, 2017-Michael Pickens, 2018-Chad Boat, 2019-Tanner Thorson, 2020-Kyle Larson, 2020-Chris Windom, 2021-Tanner Thorson, 2022-Jacob Denney, 2023-Buddy Kofoid, 2024-Emerson Axsom

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY: 2008-Davey Ray, 2009-Brad Kuhn, 2010-Shane Cottle, 2011-Kyle Larson, 2012-Levi Jones, 2013-Bryan Clauson, 2014-Christopher Bell, 2015-Christopher Bell, 2016-Christopher Bell, 2017-Tyler Courtney, 2019-Tyler Courtney, 2021-Buddy Kofoid, 2022-Buddy Kofoid, 2023-Gavin Miller, 2024-Daison Pursley

TRI-STATE SPEEDWAY: 2021-Kyle Cummins, 2022-Thomas Meseraull, 2023-Jacob Denney, 2024-Logan Seavey

KOKOMO SPEEDWAY: 2006-Brady Bacon, 2007-Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 2008-Bryan Clauson, 2009-Bryan Clauson, 2010-Brad Kuhn, 2011-Michael Pickens, 2012-Kyle Larson, 2013-Christopher Bell, 2014-Bryan Clauson, 2016-Rico Abreu, 2017-Spencer Bayston, 2018-Kevin Thomas Jr., 2020-Tanner Thorson, 2021-Chris Windom, 2022-Cannon McIntosh, 2024-Daison Pursley, 2025-Jacob Denney

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FAST QUALIFYING TIMES: (2005-2025)

9-Rico Abreu & Kyle Larson

5-Bryan Clauson & Justin Grant

4-Brady Bacon, Logan Seavey & Chris Windom

3-Chad Boat, Steve Buckwalter, Brad Sweet & Tanner Thorson

2-Christopher Bell, Jerry Coons Jr., Corey Day, Bobby East, Shane Golobic, Tracy Hines, Buddy Kofoid, Ethan Mitchell, Daison Pursley, Karter Sarff & Kevin Thomas Jr.

1-Jade Avedisian, Spencer Bayston, Tanner Carrick, Tyler Courtney, Chance Crum, Dave Darland, Zach Daum, Jacob Denney, Darren Hagen, Jesse Love, Chase McDermand, Cannon McIntosh, Thomas Meseraull, Michael Pickens, Chase Randall, Danny Stratton & Zach Wigal

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TOP-5 FINISHES: (2005-2025)

28-Bryan Clauson

22-Tracy Hines

21-Jerry Coons Jr. & Kyle Larson

19-Justin Grant

18-Logan Seavey Chris Windom

17-Tanner Thorson

16-Buddy Kofoid

15-Rico Abreu

14-Brad Kuhn

13-Darren Hagen

12-Brady Bacon, Christopher Bell, Tyler Courtney & Cannon McIntosh

11-Kevin Thomas Jr.

10-Spencer Bayston, Shane Cottle & Brad Sweet

9-Emerson Axsom & Daison Pursley

8-Dave Darland, Jacob Denney & Michael Pickens

6-Chad Boat, Steve Buckwalter, Kyle Cummins, Zach Daum & Thomas Meseraull

5-Bobby East, Shane Golobic, Davey Ray & Bryant Wiedeman

4-Kale Drake, Levi Jones, Jason McDougal, Kevin Swindell & Cole Whitt

3-Caleb Armstrong, Brenham Crouch, Brad Mosen, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Tyler Thomas, Ryan Timms & Josh Wise

2-Alex Bright, Kaylee Bryson, Tanner Carrick, Corey Day, Jay Drake, Brad Loyet, Chase McDermand, Gavin Miller, Mitchel Moles, Jeremy Warren & Zeb Wise

1-Bubba Altig, Jade Avedisian, Brent Beauchamp, Clinton Boyles, Chance Crum, Drake Edwards, Andrew Felker, Brian Gerster, Ryan Kaplan, Ethan Mitchell, Jace Park, Taylor Reimer, Hayden Reinbold, Johnny Rodriguez, Karter Sarff, Gio Scelzi, Hunter Schuerenberg, Holly Shelton, K.J. Snow, Jon Stanbrough, Chase Stockon, Gary Taylor, Dillon Welch & Zach Wigal

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TOP-10 FINISHES: (2005-2025)

42-Jerry Coons Jr.

35-Tracy Hines

34-Bryan Clauson

32-Justin Grant

29-Chris Windom

28-Logan Seavey & Tanner Thorson

27-Brady Bacon & Zach Daum

26-Rico Abreu

25-Kevin Thomas Jr.

24-Darren Hagen & Brad Kuhn

22-Buddy Kofoid & Kyle Larson

21-Cannon McIntosh & Michael Pickens

17-Steve Buckwalter, Dave Darland & Thomas Meseraull

16-Spencer Bayston, Chad Boat, Shane Cottle & Daison Pursley

15-Tyler Courtney

14-Shane Golobic

13-Jacob Denney Bobby East

12-Christopher Bell & Jason McDougal

11-Kyle Cummins & Brad Sweet

10-Caleb Armstrong, Emerson Axsom, Levi Jones & Tyler Thomas

9-Gavin Miller & Bryant Wiedeman

8-Kaylee Bryson, Tanner Carrick, Brad Loyet & Taylor Reimer

7-Davey Ray

6-Jade Avedisian, Alex Bright, Andrew Felker, Chase McDermand, Brad Mosen, Ryan Robinson & Ryan Timms

5-Brent Beauchamp, Corey Day, Kale Drake, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Cole Whitt, Josh Wise & Zeb Wise

4-Brenham Crouch, Carson Macedo, Hayden Reinbold, Chase Stockon & Kevin Swindell

3-Clinton Boyles, Cole Carter, Shane Hmiel, Kody Swanson & Zach Wigal

2-Bubba Altig, Jake Andreotti, Chase Barber, Jay Drake, Damion Gardner, Ronnie Gardner, Brian Gerster, Shane Hollingsworth, Darren Jenkins, Ethan Mitchell, Chase Randall, Johnny Rodriguez, Karter Sarff, Gunnar Setser, Holly Shelton, Matt Smith, Gary Taylor, Jeremy Warren & Hayden Williams

1-Garrett Aitken, A.J. Anderson, Dakoda Armstrong, Teddy Beach, Ryan Bernal, Cole Bodine, Jakeb Boxell, Austin Brown, Brian Carber, Henry Clarke, Jesse Colwell, Colten Cottle, Chance Crum, Ryan Durst, Drake Edwards, A.J. Fike, Blake Fitzpatrick, Josh Ford, Alfred Galedrige, Dominic Gorden, Rylan Gray, Chuck Gurney Jr., Scott Hatton, Jonathan Hendrick, Chase Johnson, Ryan Kaplan, Tucker Klaasmeyer, Trevor Kobylarz, Andrew Layser, Brock Maskovich, Mat Neely, Jake Neuman, Jace Park, Justin Peck, Parker Price-Miller, Jimi Quin, Jadon Rogers, Gio Scelzi, Hunter Schuerenberg, Matt Sherrell, Jake Slotten, Nathan Smee, K.J. Snow, Jon Stanbrough, Danny Stratton, Brandon Wagner, Gage Walker, Dillon Welch, Daniel Whitley & John Wolfe

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE STARTS: (2005-2025)

64-Jerry Coons Jr.

58-Zach Daum

53-Justin Grant

48-Thomas Meseraull

46-Brady Bacon & Tanner Thorson

45-Chris Windom

44-Dave Darland & Kevin Thomas Jr.

42-Steve Buckwalter & Bryan Clauson

40-Darren Hagen & Tracy Hines

38-Michael Pickens

37-Logan Seavey

36-Brad Kuhn & Cannon McIntosh

35-Rico Abreu

32-Chad Boat

30-Davey Ray

28-Alex Bright & Tyler Courtney

27-Bobby East & Daison Pursley

26-Levi Jones

25-Tyler Thomas

24-Shane Cottle, Kyle Larson, Jason McDougal & Ethan Mitchell

23-Caleb Armstrong, Kyle Cummins & Buddy Kofoid

22-Shane Golobic

21-Tanner Carrick & Hayden Reinbold

20-Spencer Bayston

19-Jacob Denney & Bryant Wiedeman

18-Christopher Bell

17-Brad Loyet, Taylor Reimer & Brad Sweet

16-Jade Avedisian, Emerson Axsom & Kaylee Bryson

15-Brenham Crouch, Chase McDermand & Holly Shelton

14-Cole Bodine, Gavin Miller & Ryan Robinson

13-Brad Mosen & Ryan Timms

12-Ronnie Gardner, Jake Neuman & Gage Walker

11-Jake Andreotti, Mario Clouser, Chance Crum, Tucker Klaasmeyer, Danny Stratton, Dillon Welch & Hayden Williams

10-Chase Barber, Andrew Felker, Sam Johnson, Jimi Quin, Nathan Smee & Cole Whitt

9-Trevor Kobylarz, Andrew Layser, Josh Wise & Zeb Wise

8-Brenden Bright, Corey Day, Kale Drake, Shane Hmiel, Chase Johnson, Kyle Jones, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & Kevin Swindell

7-Dalton Armstrong, Brent Beauchamp, Cole Carter, Henry Clarke, Maria Cofer, Drake Edwards, Tom Hessert III, Trey Marcham, Chase Randall, Levi Roberts, Matt Smith, Kody Swanson & Zach Wigal

6-Dakoda Armstrong, Brian Carber, Ryan Greth, Trey Gropp, Shane Hollingsworth, Jesse Love, Brayton Lynch, Carson Macedo, Matt Westfall & Daniel Whitley

5-Austin Brown, Jesse Colwell, Chelby Hinton, C.J. Leary, Mitchel Moles, Dustin Morgan & Billy Pauch Jr.

4-Gary Altig, Ryan Bernal, Clinton Boyles, David Budres, Ryan Criswell, Ricky Ehrgott, Scott Hatton, Holley Hollan, Dayne Kingshott, Ricky Lewis, Tyler Nelson, Jace Park, Chase Stockon, Tanner Swanson, Gary Taylor, Bryce Townsend & Nick Wean

3-Garrett Aitken, Isaac Chapple, Cale Coons, Hank Davis, Tony DiMattia, Jay Drake, Mariah Ede, Karsyn Elledge, A.J. Fike, Josh Ford, Noah Gass, Chett Gehrke, Brian Gerster, Dominic Gorden, Zane Hendricks, Mike Hess, Darren Jenkins, Ryan Kaplan, Jimmy Light, Critter Malone, Kaiden Manders, Dene McAllan, Justin Peck, Parker Price-Miller, Brecken Reese, Johnny Rodriguez, Corbin Rueschenberg, Karter Sarff, Hunter Schuerenberg, Gunnar Setser, Ryan Smith, Steven Snyder Jr., Jon Stanbrough, Bryan Stanfill & Jeremy Warren

2-A.J. Anderson, Teddy Beach, Kyle Beilman, Lance Bennett, Alex Bowman, Jakeb Boxell, Blake Brannon, Cody Brewer, Daron Clayton, Kellen Conover, Colten Cottle, Courtney Crone, Robert Dalby, Ryan Durst, Tony Elliott, Damion Gardner, Rylan Gray, Bobby Grewohl, Frankie Guerrini, Chuck Gurney Jr., Garrett Hansen, Nathan High, Chase Jones, Cade Lewis, Greg Lueckert, Brock Maskovich, Jaimie McKinlay, Matt Moore, Adam Pierson, Daryn Pittman, Domain Ramsay, Colton Robinson, Gio Scelzi, Kent Schmidt, Matt Sherrell, Jimmy Simpson, K.J. Snow & Jason Yount

1-Robert Ballou, Adam Barth, Chris Baue, Jeff Bland Jr., Adam Bolyard, Kaidon Brown, Mark Brown, Travis Buckley, Adam Clarke, Trevor Cline, Shane Cockrum, Kyle Craker, Justin Dickerson, Sean Dodenhoff, Don Droud Jr., Dave Ely, Murray Erickson, A.J. Felker, Blake Fitzpatrick, Alfred Galedrige, Bradley Galedrige, Ron Gregory, Mason Hannagan, Russ Harper, Jonathan Hendrick, Ted Hines, Matt Hummel, Logan Jarrett, Cory Kruseman, Michael Lewis, Joe Liguori, Andy Malpocker, Mario Marietta, Chance Morton, Seth Motsinger, Mat Neely, Brian Postle, Brody Roa, Kayla Roell, Jadon Rogers, Nick Rowe, Jeff Schindler, Stephen Schnapf, Kyle Schuett, Alex Schutte, Jonathan Shafer, Casey Shuman, Landon Simon, Jake Slotten, Adam Taylor, Brandon Wagner, Todd Wanless & John Wolfe

To the Arch! USAC Silver Crown at WWT Raceway Sunday, June 7

Joe DeFabis

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Madison, Illinois (June 3, 2026)………For the 13th time, USAC Silver Crown National Championship racing will take a trip to the biggest, boldest and fastest circuit on the series trail this Sunday, June 7.

The OutFront Route 66 Classic Presented by Welsch Heating & Cooling at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois, just outside of Saint Louis, brings the series to the 66-lap, 82.5-mile extravaganza on the 1.25-mile paved oval.

It’s all part of NTT IndyCar Series weekend where one ticket gets you all of the action on Sunday, including Silver Crown, IndyCar and the IndyNXT Series.

This is the place where 180 mph speeds for USAC Silver Crown cars are the norm, and where drafting is a key factor in a discipline where that isn’t the norm.

With that said, here’s six fast storylines!

3 PAST WINNERS

Three past WWT Raceway USAC Silver Crown winners will be in the field this Sunday: Bobby Santos, Davey Hamilton Jr. and Dakoda Armstrong.

Santos (Franklin, Massachusetts) won the race on back-to-back occasions in 2013-2014. Hamilton (Boise, Idaho) got his first and only USAC Silver Crown victory to date at WWT back in 2023. Armstrong had the upper hand in 2024 as he raced to victory.

GRANT LEADS THE WAY

Justin Grant enters Sunday’s race as the USAC Silver Crown point leader by a three marker margin.

However, he’s got some business to take care of following the heartbreak he experienced in May’s season opener on the dirt of Hutchinson, Kansas.

There, after leading the first 98 laps from the pole, his car ran out of fuel coming to the white flag. He hung on for second, but he is still the point leader after gaining six bonus points for capturing the pole and leading the most laps.

He’s been good at WWT over his first five starts, finishing 6th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 4th.

KAYLEE DEBUTS WITH NEW TEAM

Kaylee Bryson, the only woman to win a USAC Silver Crown event, returns to the series with a new team on Sunday.

Abacus Racing has partnered with Droplight to field Bryson in select USAC Silver Crown races on dirt and pavement under the banner of Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight.

Back in 2024, Bryson was terrific at WWT as she raced to a third place result, her finest finish with the series on a pavement track.

A QUARTER CENTURY IN WAITING FOR LEWIS

It’s been a quarter century since Michael Lewis last competed in a WWT Raceway USAC Silver Crown race. It’s been 21 years since he competed in a USAC race of any kind!

The Noblesville, Indiana driver stepped away from the sport around that time two decades ago. But now, in 2026, Lewis is back in the game and will compete in all six pavement USAC Silver Crown events on the series schedule aboard the Klatt Enterprises No. 6.

Lewis’ resume shows four career USAC National Sprint Car victories, plus an additional eight triumphs in USAC National Midget competition, all on pavement. However, a first career USAC Silver Crown win would mean the world to him.

DANNER TAKES ON THE PAVEMENT

The Doran Racing No. 77 is a familiar sight at the front of the USAC Silver Crown field, especially on pavement tracks. The team won at WWT in 2022, then won again there in 2025.

But that was with Kody Swanson as the driver. The eight-time series champion has vacated the seat to take on the role of USAC Silver Crown Series Director for 2026, and will not compete with the series this year.

Stepping in the seat is Briggs Danner, a nine-time USAC National Sprint Car winner, who is taking on the full USAC Silver Crown series for the first time in 2026 on both dirt and pavement tracks. The team is now entered under Doran-Swanson Racing, named as such for Kevin Doran and the Mark Swanson Encore Team.

DUOS DUELING

Two car teams are a bit of a rarity in USAC Silver Crown racing. Of course, over the years, we’ve seen the Viceroy entries for Al Unser and Mario Andretti, as well as the Tony Stewart Racing cars for the likes of Levi Jones and Bobby East, just to name a couple.

There will be two multi-car teams competing at WWT this Sunday with full-time competitors C.J. Leary and Mario Clouser in a pair of Team AZ/Petty/Ross/Curb-Agajanian machines. Pavement aces Colton Bettis and Jake Trainor will also be teamed up in twin AP Driver Development entries.

Clouser finished a best of 3rd at WWT in 2022 while Leary grabbed 4th in 2024. Trainor debuted at WWT in 2025, but an accident in turns one and two ended his night prematurely. Bettis will be making his WWT debut.

ROOKIES & VETS

Sunday’s lineup consists of three drivers making their WWT debuts: Briggs Danner, Colton Bettis and Brent Yarnal, who’ll be joined by 15 others who’ve experienced this place before in a USAC Silver Crown car.

Nathan Byrd finished 5th at WWT in 2022 as did Jackson Macenko, who earned his best career series result to date with a 5th in 2025. Kyle O’Gara raced to 8th in 2023. Gregg Cory took 13th in both 2024 and 2025. Dave Berkheimer, meanwhile, finished 16th in 2024.

RACE DETAILS

The OutFront Route 66 Classic Presented by Welsch Heating & Cooling features the USAC Silver Crown Championship at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois on Sunday, June 7.

The schedule for USAC Silver Crown race day consists of the front gates opening at 11:30am. Silver Crown practice runs from Noon-12:45pm, followed by qualifying at 1:45pm and the 66-lap, 82.5-mile Silver Crown main event at 5:45pm. All times are central.

Advance tickets are on sale now at: https://www.tixr.com/groups/wwtraceway/events/bommarito-500-weekend-157645

The event can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026. The event can also be watched LIVE on Amazon Prime.

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USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-73, 2-Hayden Reinbold-70, 3-C.J. Leary-64, 4-Kyle Steffens-61, 5-Mario Clouser-58, 6-Chase Stockon-55, 7-Briggs Danner-52, 8-Steve Gennetten-49, 9-Danny Jennings-46, 10-Kip Hughes-43.

WWTR USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (18)

5 DAKODA ARMSTRONG/New Castle, IN (C & A Motorsports)

6 MICHAEL LEWIS/Noblesville, IN (Klatt Enterprises)

8 KYLE STEFFENS/St. Charles, MO (Steffens Motorsports)

11 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight)

14 DAVEY HAMILTON JR./Boise, ID (Hamilton-DB Racing)

20 MARIO CLOUSER/Auburn, IL (Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing)

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

26 (R) COLTON BETTIS/Lutz, FL (Sam Pierce Racing)

29 (R) BRENT YARNAL/Phoenix, AZ (Brent Yarnal)

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Dave Berkheimer Motorsports)

32 GREGG CORY/Shelbyville, IN (Williams-Cory Racing)

40 NATHAN BYRD/Goodyear, AZ (Meyer Auto Research)

77 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Doran-Swanson Racing)

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)

92 KYLE O’GARA/Beech Grove, IN (Kazmark Motorsports)

98 BOBBY SANTOS/Franklin, MA (DJ Racing)

124 JACKSON MACENKO/Cincinnati, OH (Brad Hayes Racing)

126 JAKE TRAINOR/Medway, MA (Sam Pierce Racing)

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year contender

TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC SILVER CROWN AT WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY:

1 Lap - 8/16/2024 - Kody Swanson - 30.239 - 148.814 mph

60 Laps - 6/25/2016 - Tanner Swanson - 44:33.031 - 101.009 mph

80 Laps - 6/14/2014 - Bobby Santos - 49:46.000 - 120.563 mph

USAC SILVER CROWN WINS AT WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY:

2-Bobby Santos & Kody Swanson

1-Pat Abold, Dakoda Armstrong, Davey Hamilton Jr., Tracy Hines, Ryan Newman, Dave Steele, Tanner Swanson & J.J. Yeley

USAC SILVER CROWN WINNERS AT WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY:

1997: Pat Abold (9/14)

1998: J.J. Yeley (10/17)

1999: Ryan Newman (7/30)

2000: Tracy Hines (5/7)

2001: Dave Steele (8/25)

2013: Bobby Santos (6/1)

2014: Bobby Santos (6/14)

2016: Tanner Swanson (6/25)

2022: Kody Swanson (8/19)

2023: Davey Hamilton Jr. (8/27)

2024: Dakoda Armstrong (8/16)

2025: Kody Swanson (6/14)

PAST USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS AT WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY:

1997 FEATURE (80 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Pat Abold (2), 2. Dave Steele (5), 3. Dan Drinan (10), 4. Kenny Irwin Jr. (25), 5. Robby Flock (6), 6. Tony Stewart (4), 7. Jimmy Sills (3), 8. Dave Darland (21), 9. Ryan Newman (12), 10. Mike Gregg (26), 11. Russ Gamester (17), 12. Jim Keeker (19), 13. Brian Tyler (22), 14. Ronnie Burke (30), 15. Eric Gordon (23), 16. Wally Pankratz (27), 17. Chuck Gurney (11), 18. Jason McCord (29), 19. Gary Irvin (24), 20. Donnie Beechler (13), 21. Bentley Warren (20), 22. Jack Hewitt (7), 23. Chuck Leary (1), 24. Ricky Logan (28), 25. Mike Bliss (9), 26. Kevin Thomas (14), 27. Davey Hamilton (8), 28. Johnny Parsons (16), 29. Gary Hieber (18), 30. Tracy Hines (15). NT

1998 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. J.J. Yeley (17), 2. Tracy Hines (12), 3. Ryan Newman (2), 4. Jason Leffler (3), 5. Bentley Warren (8), 6. Jason McCord (14), 7. Brad Armstrong (15), 8. Davey Hamilton (9), 9. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (18), 10. Pat Abold (27), 11. Eric Gordon (19), 12. Derek Davidson (22), 13. Dave Darland (20), 14. Johnny Parsons (29), 15. Rebel Jackson Jr. (26), 16. Brian Tyler (10), 17. Jimmy Sills (6), 18. Mike Brooks (28), 19. Robby Flock (11), 20. Gary Hieber (25), 21. Doug Didero (24), 22. Dave Steele (1), 23. Kevin Bloomstran (30), 24. Jack Hewitt (16), 25. Jerry Coons Jr. (23), 26. Chet Fillip (21), 27. Stevie Reeves (13), 28. Dan Drinan (5), 29. Russ Gamester (4), DQ. Chuck Leary (7). 56:47.64

1999 FEATURE: (80 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ryan Newman (6), 2. Kenny Irwin Jr. (8), 3. Jack Hewitt (1), 4. Gary Hieber (18), 5. Tracy Hines (5), 6. Russ Gamester (7), 7. Bentley Warren (15), 8. Brad Noffsinger (12), 9. Jimmy McCune (17), 10. Dave Darland (20), 11. Robby Flock (14), 12. Todd Kane (19), 13. Chuck Leary (2), 14. Brian Gerster (21), 15. Paul White (23), 16. Tony Elliott (4), 17. Tom Capie (27), 18. Rebel Jackson Jr. (16), 19. J.J. Yeley (26), 20. Brian Paulus (9), 21. Jason Leffler (3), 22. Brian Tyler (13), 23. Randy Bateman (30), 24. Chet Fillip (11), 25. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (24), 26. Rich Tobias Jr. (29), 27. Keith Butler (28), 28. Jimmy Sills (10), 29. Jason McCord (22), 30. Jay Drake (25). 59:46.88

2000 FEATURE: (80 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tracy Hines (4), 2. Jason Leffler (6), 3. Brad Noffsinger (1), 4. J.J. Yeley (5), 5. John Heydenreich (26), 6. Jack Hewitt (15), 7. Dan Drinan (12), 8. Jimmy McCune (27), 9. Russ Gamester (8), 10. Brian Paulus (20), 11. Dave Darland (11), 12. Jay Drake (16), 13. Brian Gerster (18), 14. Billy Whittaker (22), 15. Todd Kane (23), 16. Jimmy Kite (28), 17. Bobby McMahan (24), 18. Kasey Kahne (17), 19. Tom Capie (29), 20. Jimmy Sills (7), 21. Jon Herb (14), 22. Bud Kaeding (3), 23. Paul White (2), 24. Chet Fillip (21), 25. Tony Elliott (30), 26. Brian Tyler (10), 27. Ed Carpenter (13), 28. Jason McCord (25), 29. Ryan Newman (9), 30. Gary Hieber (19). NT

2001 FEATURE: (80 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dave Steele (1), 2. Tracy Hines (10), 3. Mike Bliss (7), 4. Paul White (8), 5. Brian Tyler (6), 6. J.J. Yeley (2), 7. Ed Carpenter (11), 8. Kasey Kahne (9), 9. Bud Kaeding (14), 10. Chet Fillip (26), 11. Gary Hieber (27), 12. John Heydenreich (19), 13. Jerry Coons Jr. (17), 14. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (22), 15. Jason McCord (15), 16. Rich Tobias Jr. (21), 17. Tom Capie (16), 18. A.J. Fike (18), 19. Robby Flock (24), 20. Dave Darland (4), 21. Derek Davidson (20), 22. Eric Butze (28), 23. Jay Drake (12), 24. Tony Elliott (13), 25. Bentley Warren (30), 26. Michael Lewis (23), 27. Dane Carter (25), 28. John Nervo (29), 29. Aaron Fike (3), 30. Russ Gamester (5). 51:14.28

2013 FEATURE: (80 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (5), 2. Kody Swanson (3), 3. Chris Windom (1), 4. Brian Tyler (10), 5. Jacob Wilson (7), 6. Jerry Coons Jr. (8), 7. Levi Jones (6), 8. Bobby East (2), 9. Shane Hollingsworth (11), 10. A.J. Fike (4), 11. David Byrne (15), 12. Zach Daum (12), 13. Jarett Andretti (9), 14. Tracy Hines (14), 15. Aaron Pierce (13), 16. Randy Bateman (16). NT

2014 FEATURE: (80 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (5), 2. Tracy Hines (1), 3. Bobby East (3), 4. Caleb Armstrong (7), 5. Kody Swanson (12), 6. Jarett Andretti (4), 7. Cale Thomas (9), 8. Chris Windom (13), 9. Tanner Swanson (2), 10. David Byrne (6), 11. Randy Bateman (10), 12. Patrick Lawson (11), 13. Jacob Wilson (8). 49:46.000

2016 FEATURE: (60 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (1), 2. Chris Windom (5), 3. Austin Nemire (4), 4. David Byrne (6), 5. Joe Liguori (9), 6. Justin Grant (7), 7. Casey Shuman (8), 8. Hunter Schuerenberg (12), 9. Jerry Coons Jr. (3), 10. Shane Cottle (11), 11. Kody Swanson (2), 12. Patrick Lawson (10), 13. Tad Roach (13). 44:33.031

2022 FEATURE: (80 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Davey Hamilton Jr. (7), 3. Mario Clouser (5), 4. Justin Grant (3), 5. Nathan Byrd (12), 6. Kyle Robbins (11), 7. Eric Gordon (14), 8. Bryan Gossel (17), 9. Taylor Ferns (6), 10. C.J. Leary (9), 11. Bobby Santos (2), 12. Brian Tyler (8), 13. Travis Welpott (15), 14. Derek Bischak (10), 15. Patrick Lawson (13), 16. Logan Seavey (4), 17. Dave Berkheimer (19), 18. Gregg Cory (16), 19. Tom Paterson (18), 20. Mike McVetta (20). 1:07:32.395

2023 FEATURE: (80 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Davey Hamilton Jr. (6), 2. Bobby Santos (3), 3. Justin Grant (9), 4. Logan Seavey (2), 5. Derek Bischak (7), 6. Trey Burke (11), 7. Kaylee Bryson (10), 8. Kyle O'Gara (8), 9. Mario Clouser (5), 10. Dakoda Armstrong (13), 11. Taylor Ferns (12), 12. Bryan Gossel (17), 13. Nathan Moore (19), 14. Kody Swanson (1), 15. Travis Welpott (18), 16. Matt Westfall (14), 17. Nathan Byrd (22), 18. Mike McVetta (16), 19. C.J. Leary (4), 20. Tom Paterson (20), 21. Aaron Pierce (15), 22. Patrick Lawson (21). 1:05:05.708

2024 FEATURE: (60 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dakoda Armstrong (3), 2. Justin Grant (6), 3. Kaylee Bryson (5), 4. C.J. Leary (2), 5. Bobby Santos (14), 6. Mario Clouser (8), 7. Nathan Byrd (7), 8. Logan Seavey (4), 9. Kyle Steffens (10), 10. Bryan Gossel (12), 11. Patrick Lawson (11), 12. Kody Swanson (1), 13. Gregg Cory (13), 14. Davey Hamilton Jr. (9), 15. Nathan Moore (16), 16. Dave Berkheimer (15). 46:58.536

2025 FEATURE: (66 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Dakoda Armstrong (4), 3. Bobby Santos (2), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Jackson Macenko (11), 6. Kyle Steffens (7), 7. Mario Clouser (6), 8. Billy Wease (12), 9. Nathan Byrd (10), 10. Taylor Ferns (9), 11. Matt Westfall (16), 12. Kaylee Bryson (14), 13. Gregg Cory (17), 14. C.J. Leary (3), 15. Derek Bischak (13), 16. Jake Trainor (8), 17. Tyler Roahrig (15), 18. Dave Berkheimer (18). NT

Run to Red Hill! Two Nights of USAC Sprints June 5-6

Brendon Bauman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Sumner, Illinois (June 3, 2026)………Red Hill Raceway, it’s good to be back!

This time, USAC heads back to Red Hill for a brand new event on the calendar – the Illinois Sprint Car Championship – for two-straight nights of action this weekend on June 5-6, with Friday’s feature paying $6,000-to-win and Saturday’s winner bringing home $10,000.

It’s only been two months since the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship last took on the Sumner, Illinois 1/3-mile dirt oval, but the feeling is still fresh.

Both nights of the event will be co-sanctioned by the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprints. Friday night’s program will utilize the Midwest Thunder format while Saturday night’s show will present the traditional USAC format.

Let’s get up to speed with a couple servings of storylines for the Red Hill weekend!

A SPRING IN GRANT’S STEP AT RED HILL

Justin Grant was victorious in the most recent USAC National Sprint Car race held at Red Hill in the spring, back on April 3. As a matter of fact, it was also his most recent series victory.

Starting fifth that night, Grant quickly made up ground, chasing down Robert Ballou on the 17th lap before leading the final 14 circuits to earn the victory.

Grant currently ranks second in USAC points, 88 out of the lead behind Kyle Cummins.

MOLES RACY AT RED HILL

Back in April, Mitchel Moles set a new one-lap USAC National Sprint Car track record at Red Hill with a time of 14.327 seconds, which broke the mark formerly held by his Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports teammate, Hayden Reinbold.

In two outings at Red Hill, Moles finished 4th in 2025 and 2nd in 2026. He currently ranks third in the standings, and a couple more good runs this weekend could help vault him back into the title race.

SEAVEY, ONE YEAR LATER

One year ago, in June of 2025, Logan Seavey punctuated his first visit to Red Hill with a USAC National Sprint Car victory.

Seavey also owns the 8-lap USAC National Sprint Car track record at Red Hill with a time of 2:00.261, set during a heat race win in 2025.

Seavey’s last USAC National Sprint Car victory came all the way back in February, and a Red Hill score this weekend would be welcomed quite well by the 2024 series champion.

NEW RIDE FOR LEARY

C.J. Leary will drive the Hunter Maddox Racing #24x on both nights of racing at Red Hill this weekend. Maddox was the 2024 USAC National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year.

Leary, the 2019 USAC National Sprint Car driving champion, was previously entered in Maddox’s car back in February on the final night of Winter Dirt Games at Florida’s Ocala Speedway.

In Leary’s two USAC appearances at Red Hill, he finished 5th in 2025 and 10th in April 2026.

Leary has driven the Fox Brothers-Brayden Fox Racing No. 53 in USAC competition since April, but the Leary-Fox combo is only slated to run a partial USAC schedule in 2026, and will return on the July 3-4 Sprintacular weekend at Putnamville, Indiana’s Lincoln Park Speedway.

BALLOU A RED HILL FRONT RUNNER

Robert Ballou’s strongest run of the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season so far came at Red Hill back in April. There, he led the initial 16 laps en route to a fourth place result in his Ballou Motorsports No. 12.

Now, the veteran owner/driver looks to reach USAC victory lane for the first time in 2026. The next victory would be the 40th of the Rocklin, California native’s career.

Ballou won a Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint A-Main at Red Hill in 2024.

RED HILL IS ROGERS’ JAM

Jadon Rogers has already won at Red Hill during the 2026 season, and it came in dramatic fashion!

In May, Rogers passed Wesley Smith on the last lap to win a USAC Wholesale Batteries MRA Sprint Car Series / Midwest Thunder 410 Sprint Car Series combined event. That same evening, Rogers was also the fastest qualifier.

Over the past three seasons, Rogers has won a grand total of four sprint car features at Red Hill, all of which have come under the Midwest Thunder banner.

COONS A PASSING PHENOM

Cale Coons is not only the leading USAC National Sprint Car Rookie driver to this point in 2026. He also leads the USAC National Parallax Group Passing Master standings entering the month of June.

Coons has passed a total of 49 cars in feature events thus far in 2026, all of which he has completed in USAC National Sprint Car competition.

At Red Hill, he finished a strong 7th back in April of this year.

RED HILL WINNERS

All in all, six drivers in this weekend’s field have previously won at Red Hill.

Jadon Rogers has four wins at Red Hill, while Chase Stockon has two. Logan Seavey and Justin Grant each have one win apiece with USAC over the past two seasons. Robert Ballou and Wesley Smith have also added single Red Hill victories on their resume.

Among the top-10 in the USAC standings, point leader Kyle Cummins is yet to win at Red Hill as is Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, Jake Swanson, Kevin Thomas Jr. and C.J. Leary.

RACE DETAILS

On Friday, June 5, at Red Hill Raceway, pits open at 3:00pm Central, front gates open at 5:30pm, drivers meeting at 6pm and hot laps at 7pm with qualifying and racing to follow. Grandstand admission for ages 13 & up is $30 while kids age 6-12 are $5 and children age 5 & under are free. Pit passes are $40 apiece.

On Saturday, June 6, at Red Hill Raceway, pits open at 3:00pm Central, front gates open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and hot laps at 6:30pm with qualifying and racing to follow. Grandstand admission for ages 13 & up is $30 while kids age 6-12 are $5 and children age 5 & under are free. Pit passes are $40 apiece.

On both nights of the Illinois Sprint Car Championship at Red Hill, the program features the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship co-sanctioned by the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprints, plus DIRTcar Modifieds and B Mods.

Both nights of the event can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026. Friday night’s event can be watched LIVE on Amazon Prime.

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS AT RED HILL RACEWAY

1-Derek Davidson, Justin Grant, Billy Puterbaugh Jr. & Logan Seavey

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINNERS AT RED HILL RACEWAY

1996: Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (8/10)

1998: Derek Davidson (10/3)

2025: Logan Seavey (6/13)

2026: Justin Grant (4/3)

TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS AT RED HILL RACEWAY

1 Lap - 4/3/2026 – Mitchel Moles – 14.327

8 Laps - 6/13/2025 – Logan Seavey – 2:00.261

RED HILL RACEWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR FEATURE RESULTS

1996 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Billy Puterbaugh Jr., 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Gary Blum, 4. Brian Hayden, 5. Brian Tyler, 6. Wil Newlin, 7. Dave Peperak, 8. Eric Gordon, 9. Mark Cassella, 10. Tim Cox, 11. Bryan Ruble, 12. Tony Elliott, 13. Ray Morgan, 14. Doug Kalitta, 15. Dave Steele, 16. Victor Hensley, 17. Bryon Walters, 18. Jerry Ruble, 19. Tray House. NT

1998 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Derek Davidson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Brian Tyler, 4. Brian Hayden, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Terry Pletch, 9. Jack Hewitt, 10. Alex Shanks, 11. Robbie Rice, 12. Kevin Miller, 13. Tim Cox, 14. Kent Christian, 15. Gary Hayhurst Jr., 16. Levi Jones, 17. Roger Chaudion, 18. Mark Cummins, 19. Rusty McClure, 20. Brandon Petty, 21. Hud Cone, 22. Matt Jewell. NT

2025 FEATURE: (32 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (2), 2. Kyle Cummins (3), 3. Chase Stockon (11), 4. Mitchel Moles (5), 5. C.J. Leary (1), 6. Jake Swanson (7), 7. Kale Drake (13), 8. Briggs Danner (10), 9. Carson Garrett (14), 10. Charles Davis Jr. (15), 11. Kevin Thomas Jr. (12), 12. Gunnar Setser (8), 13. Kayla Roell (17), 14. Justin Grant (4), 15. Logan Calderwood (19), 16. Abby Hohlbein (21), 17. Tony Helton (22), 18. Kobe Simpson (20), 19. Robert Ballou (9), 20. Hayden Reinbold (6), 21. Jadon Rogers (18), 22. Sam Scott (16), 23. Harley Burns (23). NT

APRIL 3, 2026 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (5), 2. Mitchel Moles (6), 3. Briggs Danner (10), 4. Robert Ballou (3), 5. Kyle Cummins (4), 6. Jake Swanson (1), 7. Cale Coons (9), 8. Jadon Rogers (8), 9. Logan Seavey (7), 10. C.J. Leary (18), 11. Chase Stockon (14), 12. Kevin Thomas Jr. (2), 13. Logan Calderwood (20), 14. Gunnar Setser (15), 15. Chance Crum (12), 16. Kyle Shipley (17), 17. Hayden Reinbold (19), 18. David Gasper (11), 19. Brandon Mattox (16), 20. Trey Osborne (13), 21. Aric Gentry (22), 22. Bryce Andrews (24), 23. Austin Hawkins (25), 24. Chelby Hinton (21), 25. Chet Williams (23), 26. James Boyd (26). NT

Bryson Joins New Abacus-Droplight USAC Silver Crown Team, Debuts June 7 at WWTR

Indianapolis, Indiana (June 1, 2026)………Abacus Racing announced today that it has partnered with Droplight to field a select-race USAC Silver Crown entry under the banner of Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight.

The new program will feature accomplished driver Kaylee Bryson behind the wheel of the No. 11 machine, making its debut this Sunday, June 7, during the OUTFRONT Route 66 Classic Presented by Welsch Heating & Cooling at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

Droplight's presence in motorsports continues to expand as the company deepens its commitment to grassroots racing through a new partnership with Abacus Racing for the 2026 USAC Silver Crown Series.

A key component of the program is the addition of Bryson, one of the most accomplished female drivers in USAC competition. In May 2024, she became the first female driver to win a USAC national feature event when she captured victory at Kansas’ Belleville High Banks in a Silver Crown event.

Bryson was named the 2022 USAC National Most Improved Driver, and in 2023, earned USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year honors. Additionally, Bryson became the first woman to compete in the Saturday night A-Main at the 2022 Chili Bowl Nationals. In 2025, she became the first woman to win Trans-Am championships in two different classes.

“We've had the opportunity to work with Kaylee over the years, and she immediately stood out as a perfect fit for this program,” Abacus Racing Team Principal Brent Cox added. “Her talent, professionalism, and determination align with everything we're trying to build.”

Joseph Anderson, Co-Founder and CEO of Droplight, echoed that sentiment.

“When Brent shared Kaylee's racing résumé and her story, we immediately recognized not only an outstanding driver, but someone who embodies the values we look for in our partners and ambassadors,” said Anderson. “We believe she has tremendous potential both on and off the racetrack, and we're excited to support the next chapter of her career.”

Bryson is equally enthusiastic about the opportunity.

“Having already built a strong relationship with Brent and the Abacus team, this was an opportunity I couldn't pass up,” said Bryson. “The professionalism, vision, and commitment behind this program are exciting. I'm grateful for the opportunity to represent Abacus Racing, Droplight, and all of our partners, and I'm looking forward to getting started this weekend.”

The program will showcase Desnuda Organic Tequila as the primary sponsor for pavement events and Ichor Water as the primary sponsor for dirt events. The No. 11 program will receive support from Postgame Ice, CG CPAs, Indy Custom Stone, Forecheck Marketing, Indy Powersports, Logical Systems Inc. (LSI), Design Service Solutions (DSS), and Droplight.

The debut weekend is particularly fitting, as the USAC Silver Crown Series shares the stage with the NTT INDYCAR Series, further connecting the developmental roots of American open wheel racing with its highest level of competition.

According to Abacus Racing Team Principal Brent Cox, the partnership was a natural evolution following his introduction to Droplight founders Phil Williams and Joseph Anderson.

“When I first met Phil and Joe, it was clear we shared many of the same values,” said Cox. “Grassroots America, hard work, small business, supporting the underdog, and a passion for racing. What began as support for our No. 57 sprint car program with Logan Seavey quickly evolved into conversations about building something together in Silver Crown. The more we talked, the more it became obvious that this partnership was meant to happen.”

For Droplight, the move represents another step in building a motorsports platform that connects racing, business, and brand development.

“We believe racing remains one of the most authentic ways to build meaningful relationships and elevate great brands,” said Matthew Porter, Chief Racing Officer for Droplight. “Our experience with Abacus Racing has been exceptional, and we recognize that the foundation of INDYCAR was built through USAC and the Silver Crown Series. When Brent presented the opportunity, it aligned perfectly with our commitment to grassroots America and the communities that support our ecosystem.”

2026 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Feb 9 - Volusia Speedway Park - Barberville, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 1/2 M

Feb 10 - Volusia Speedway Park - Barberville, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 1/2 M

Feb 11 - Ocala Speedway - Ocala, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 3/8 M

Feb 12 - Ocala Speedway - Ocala, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 3/8 M

Feb 13 - Ocala Speedway - Ocala, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 3/8 M

Feb 14 - Ocala Speedway - Ocala, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 3/8 M

Apr 3 - Red Hill Raceway - Sumner, Illinois - 3/8 M

Apr 4 - Paragon Speedway - Paragon, Indiana - Chuck Amati Classic - 3/8 M

Apr 11 - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Justin Owen Memorial - 3/8 M

Apr 12 - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - Jim Hurtubise Classic - 1/2 M

May 1 - Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, Indiana - Larry Rice Classic - 1/4 M

May 2 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - Spring Showdown - 1/4 M

May 15 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - #LetsRaceTwo - 1/2 M

May 16 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - #LetsRaceTwo - 1/2 M

May 20 - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - Tony Hulman Classic - 1/2 M

May 21 - Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana - Circle City Salute - 1/4 M

May 29 - Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, Iowa - Corn Belt Clash - 1/2 M

May 30 - Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, Iowa - Corn Belt Clash - 1/2 M

Jun 5 - Red Hill Raceway - Sumner, Illinois - 3/8 M

Jun 6 - Red Hill Raceway - Sumner, Illinois - 3/8 M

Jun 16 - Grandview Speedway - Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm / Jesse Hockett Classic - 1/3 M

Jun 17 - Bridgeport Speedway - Swedesboro, New Jersey - Eastern Storm - 4/10 M

Jun 18 - Big Diamond Speedway - Pottsville, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm - 3/8 M

Jun 19 - Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm - 1/2 M

Jun 20 - Port Royal Speedway - Port Royal, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm - 1/2 M

Jun 21 - Action Track USA - Kutztown, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm - 1/5 M

Jun 26 - TBA

Jun 27 - Butler Motor Speedway - Quincy, Michigan - 3/8 M

Jun 28 - TBA

Jul 3 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Indiana - Sprintacular - 5/16 M

Jul 4 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Indiana - Sprintacular - 5/16 M

Jul 23 - The Dirt Track at IMS - Speedway, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 1/5 M

Jul 24 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 5/16 M

Jul 25 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 1/4 M

Jul 26 - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 3/8 M

Jul 27 - Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 1/4 M

Jul 29 - Paragon Speedway - Paragon, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 3/8 M

Jul 30 - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week / Don Smith Classic - 1/2 M

Jul 31 - Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week / Sheldon Kinser Memorial - 1/4 M

Aug 1 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 1/4 M

Aug 27 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - Sprint Car Smackdown - 1/4 M

Aug 28 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - Sprint Car Smackdown - 1/4 M

Aug 29 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - Sprint Car Smackdown - 1/4 M

Sep 11 - Lernerville Speedway - Sarver, Pennsylvania - Commonwealth Clash - 4/10 M

Sep 12 - Lernerville Speedway - Sarver, Pennsylvania - Commonwealth Clash - 4/10 M

Sep 18 - Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana - 1/4 M

Sep 19 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - Haubstadt Hustler - 1/4 M

Sep 24 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M

Sep 26 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M

Oct 9 - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Greg Staab Memorial - 3/8 M

Oct 10 - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Fall Nationals - 3/8 M

Oct 16 - Dodge City Raceway Park - Dodge City, Kansas - 3/8 M

Oct 17 - Route 66 Motor Speedway - Amarillo, Texas - 3/8 M

Oct 23 - Central Arizona Raceway - Casa Grande, Arizona - Western World Championships - 3/8 M

Oct 24 - Central Arizona Raceway - Casa Grande, Arizona - Western World Championships - 3/8 M

USAC East Coast Sprint Car Schedule 2026

Apr 18: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey

Apr 24: (Fri) – Bedford Speedway – Bedford, Pennsylvania

Apr 25: (Sat) – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania

May 9: (Sat) – TBA

May 22: (Fri) – Big Diamond Speedway – Pottsville, Pennsylvania

May 23: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey

May 30: (Sat) – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Jun 5: (Fri) – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Jun 27: (Sat) – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Jul 3: (Fri) – Penn-Can Speedway – Susquehanna, Pennsylvania

Jul 8: (Wed) – Action Track USA – Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Jul 11: (Sat) – TBA

Jul 17: (Fri) – Clinton County Speedway – Mill Hall, Pennsylvania

Jul 25: (Sat) – Grandview Speedway - Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania

Aug 1: (Sat) – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Aug 7: (Fri) – Big Diamond Speedway – Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Aug 15: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey

Aug 16: (Sun) – Action Track USA – Kutztown, Pennsylvania (Rain Date 8/30)

Sep 5: (Sat) – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania

Sep 19: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey

Oct 30: (Fri) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey (Practice & Non-Winners Race)

Oct 31: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey

2026 USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

May 8-9 - (D) Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hutchinson, Kansas - Salt City 100 - 1/2 M

May 22 - (P) Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Brownsburg, Indiana - Hoosier Hundred - .686 M

Jun 7 - (P) World Wide Technology Raceway - Madison, Illinois - Route 66 Classic - 1.25 M

Jun 20 - (D) Port Royal Speedway - Port Royal, Pennsylvania - USAC Eastern Blast - 1/2 M

Jul 5 - (D) Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - Sumar Classic - 1/2 M

Jul 19 - (P) Winchester Speedway - Winchester, Indiana - Rich Vogler Classic - 1/2 M

Aug 8 - (P) Iowa Speedway - Newton, Iowa - TBA - 7/8 M

Aug 22 - (D) Illinois State Fairgrounds - Springfield, Illinois - Bettenhausen 100 - 1 M

Sep 5 - (D) Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Du Quoin, Illinois - Ted Horn 100 - 1 M

Sep 13 - (P) TBA

Sep 25-26 - (D) Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M

Oct 3 - (P) Toledo Speedway - Toledo, Ohio - Rollie Beale Classic - 1/2 M

(P) represents a pavement event

(D) represents a dirt event

2026 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Apr 24 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Grand Prix - 1/4 M

Apr 25 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Grand Prix - 1/4 M

Jun 9 - Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 1/4 M

Jun 10 - Paragon Speedway - Paragon, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 3/8 M

Jun 11 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 5/16 M

Jun 12 - Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 1/4 M

Jun 13 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 1/4 M

Jun 14 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 1/4 M

Jun 30 - The Dirt Track at IMS - Speedway, IN - BC39 - 1/5 M

Jul 1 - The Dirt Track at IMS - Speedway, IN - BC39 - 1/5 M

Jul 7 - TBA

Jul 8 - Mitchell County Fairgrounds - Beloit, KS - Chad McDaniel Memorial - 1/4 M

Jul 10 - Jefferson County Speedway - Fairbury, NE - Midwest Midget Championship - 1/5 M

Jul 11 - Jefferson County Speedway - Fairbury, NE - Midwest Midget Championship - 1/5 M

Aug 14 - Coles County Speedway - Mattoon, IL - King of Coles - 1/8 M

Aug 15 - Coles County Speedway - Mattoon, IL - King of Coles - 1/8 M

Aug 16 - Jacksonville Speedway - Jacksonville, IL - 1/4 M

Sep 4 - TBA

Sep 6 - Angell Park Speedway - Sun Prairie, WI - Firemen's Nationals - 1/3 M

Sep 7 - TBA

Sep 24 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, OH - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M

Sep 26 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, OH - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M

Nov 13 - Placerville Speedway - Placerville, CA - Hangtown 100 - 1/4 M

Nov 14 - Placerville Speedway - Placerville, CA - Hangtown 100 - 1/4 M

Nov 18 - Plaza Park Raceway - Visalia, CA - 1/5 M

Nov 20 - Merced Speedway - Merced, CA - Chase Johnson Classic - 1/4 M

Nov 21 - Merced Speedway - Merced, CA - Chase Johnson Classic - 1/4 M

Nov 24 - Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway - Bakersfield, CA - Jason Leffler Memorial - 1/3 M

Nov 28 - Ventura Raceway - Ventura, CA - Turkey Night Grand Prix - 1/5 M

2026 USAC MIDWEST RACING ASSOCIATION SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE

Apr 11 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri

Apr 25 – Springfield Raceway – Springfield, Missouri

May 15 – Electric City Speedway – Butler, Missouri

May 23 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri

May 29 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa

May 30 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa

Jun 13 – I-35 Speedway – Winston, Missouri

Jun 20 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri

Jul 11 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri

Jul 18 – I-35 Speedway – Winston, Missouri

Jul 31 – Electric City Speedway – Butler, Missouri

Aug 28 – Lakeside Speedway – Kansas City, Kansas

Aug 29 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri

Sep 26 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri

2026 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES SCHEDULE

February 14: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA (Winner: R.J. Johnson)

February 28: Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, AZ

March 13: Imperial Valley Raceway – Imperial, CA (California Mid-Winter Fair)

March 14: Imperial Valley Raceway – Imperial, CA (California Mid-Winter Fair)

March 21: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

April 11: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

April 17: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ

April 18: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ

May 2: Ventura Raceway – Ventura, CA

May 15: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ

May 16: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ

May 23: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA (Salute to Indy)

June 6: Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, CA

June 20: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

July 4: Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, CA (Doug Fort Memorial)

July 11: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

August 15: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

September 5: Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, CA (Louie Vermeil Classic)

September 6: Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, CA (Louie Vermeil Classic)

September 19: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

September 26: Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, CA

October 3: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

October 10: Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, AZ

October 23: *Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ (Western World Championships)

October 24: * Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ (Western World Championships)

November 7: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

* = Co-Sanctioned Event with USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars.

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