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MOTHER NATURE TAKES FALL NATIONALS AT LAWRENCEBURG

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 10, 2026)………Mother Nature spoiled Saturday night’s 19th running of the Fall Nationals at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.


 

Rain fell after qualifying, heat races, and the semi-feature event were completed. Following a three-hour rain delay and tireless work by the track crew to get the 3/8-mile dirt oval back into racing shape, cars returned to the track for hot laps around 10pm. Halfway through that hot lap session, rain began to fall once more.


 

After precipitation came and went for another hour, the event was canceled at 11pm Eastern.


 

With all preliminary events having been completed, the program is considered official. No rain checks will be issued. The event will not be rescheduled.


 

Prior to the rain, Kyle Cummins earned his eighth LearnLab fast qualifying time of the season and the 27th of his career, which tied Dave Steele for 17th place on the all-time list.


 

Heat races presented by K1 RaceGear, TJ Forged, and K & N Filters were won by Jake Swanson, Robert Ballou, and Cale Coons. The Five Star Bodies Semi-Feature event was won by Caleb Shietze.


 

Chad Wilson was the only driver to get upside down during the program, biking and flipping his car in turn two during the second heat race. He bounced back to finish fourth in the semi-feature and transfer his way into the feature.


 

Since the feature lineup had been posted, all USAC licensed drivers and entrants who qualified for the feature received 23 points, plus all points earned in qualifying, heat races and/or the semi-feature. All others who didn’t qualify for the feature received 10 points, plus all points earned in qualifying, heat races and/or the semi-feature.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2026 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 19th Fall Nationals


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.834; 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.855; 3. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.902; 4. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-13.990; 5. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.033; 6. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.064; 7. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.074; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-14.228; 9. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.256; 10. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-14.315; 11. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-14.322; 12. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.417; 13. Shawn Westerfeld, 4J, Fischesser/Owen-14.422; 14. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.440; 15. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.461; 16. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-14.499; 17. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.510; 18. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-14.553; 19. Mario Clouser, 3R, Rock Steady-14.602; 20. Chad Wilson, 6w, Wityk-14.760; 21. Austin Nigh, 97, Ninety Seven-14.785; 22. Caleb Shietze, 2B, 2B Racing-14.867; 23. Dustin Webber, 9, Webber-14.972; 24. Brian Heitkamp, 22, Heitkamp-15.115; 25. Owen Barr, 43, Wolf-15.417; 26. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.626; 27. Jake Beck, 92x, Beck-15.753.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (4), 2. Jadon Rogers (5), 3. Kyle Cummins (6), 4. Saban Bibent (1), 5. Mario Clouser (7), 6. Ricky Lewis (3), 7. Caleb Shietze (8), 8. Owen Barr (9), 9. Shawn Westerfeld (2). 1:59.746


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Robert Ballou (1), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 3. Briggs Danner (6), 4. Mitchel Moles (5), 5. Logan Seavey (2), 6. Dustin Webber (8), 7. Chad Wilson (7), 8. Todd Hobson (3). 2:01.534


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (2), 2. Chase Stockon (3), 3. C.J. Leary (5), 4. Justin Grant (6), 5. Ryan Barr (1), 6. Hayden Reinbold (4), 7. Austin Nigh (7), 8. Brian Heitkamp (8), 9. Jake Beck (9). 2:00.905


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Caleb Shietze (4), 2. Austin Nigh (3), 3. Shawn Westerfeld (1), 4. Chad Wilson (2), 5. Owen Barr (6), 6. Troy Carey (8), 7. Brian Heitkamp (5), 8. Jake Beck (7). 2:31.977


 

REMAINDER OF PROGRAM RAINED OUT


 

**Chad Wilson flipped during the second heat.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3119, 2-Justin Grant-2911, 3-Mitchel Moles-2846, 4-Jake Swanson-2592, 5-Briggs Danner-2500, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2429, 7-C.J. Leary-2329, 8-Chase Stockon-2317, 9-Robert Ballou-2291, 10-Logan Seavey-2259.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 2-Hayden Reinbold-142, 3-Justin Grant-139, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Briggs Danner-113, 6-Chase Stockon-112, 7-Cale Coons-109, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-98, 10-Mitchel Moles-93.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 16, 2026 – Dodge City Raceway Park – Dodge City, Kansas – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (13.916)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Kyle Cummins (13.834)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Robert Ballou


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Cale Coons


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Caleb Shietze

 

 

DOG FIGHT! SWANSON COLLARS SPECTACULAR STAAB MEMORIAL AT THE BURG

 

Ryan Seller

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 9, 2026)………Jake Swanson had been yearning for his first career Lawrenceburg Speedway USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory ever since he first stepped foot at the southeastern Indiana 3/8-mile dirt oval.


 

He just needed the perfect moment to come together at exactly the right place at exactly the right time.


 

With four laps remaining during Friday night’s 3rd Annual Greg Staab Memorial, Swanson used his expert timing to pick off Kyle Cummins in lapped traffic for the lead, then successfully fended off all-out blitz from Briggs Danner on the final lap to capture his third triumph of the USAC season.


 

“We’ve got some really good competition, really stout guys, big teams, big money, and it feels really good for my little race team to be keeping up with them and beating them from time-to-time,” Swanson beamed. “It’s definitely something that I’m proud of, and I’m thankful for all the people that who’ve helped me do it.”


 

Swanson’s win was the 10th of his career in USAC National Sprint Car competition, tying him with Thomas Meseraull, Eddie Sachs, Tony Stewart, and Johnny Thomson for 56th place on the all-time list.


 

But none of those 10 had ever occurred at Lawrenceburg, where he had posted five USAC podium finishes dating back to 2021, including a pair of runner-up results and three thirds. He also possessed three other top-five USAC finishes in that span, but nary a win. Until this one.


 

“Oh, man! I’ve wanted to win here for a long time but I’ve just always ran second here. Like a lot of seconds here,” Swanson recounted. “I’m so stoked to finally get one here.”


 

Starting fourth in the 24-car field for the $6,544-to-win 30-lap feature in his Daming Swanson Motorsports/Inland Rigging – Snake Enterprises/DRC/1-Way Chevy, Swanson watched as fellow second row starter Cummins made mincemeat of the front row on the opening lap as Cummins charged past C.J. Leary and Chase Stockon to take an immediate front row seat and promptly took off from the rest of the pack.


 

For a while, it seemed like Cummins was saying ‘sayonara’ to the field, just as he had done 11 previous times with the series this year, and just as he had done one year ago during this very same event. But Swanson steadily and surely moved to the forefront to third by Leary on lap two and to second past Stockon on lap four.


 

Although, by then, Cummins’ lead was already more than two seconds. But Swanson didn’t fret. He was going to take what the track was giving him, all the while running all-out. After all, it’s Lawrenceburg, and any and all slouchers will immediately become exposed.


 

“This place is not one you just go out there and kind of run around,” Swanson explained. “You have to be on the edge the whole time. The cushion might not even look that big on camera on Flo, but it’s sketchy and you’ve got to run right on it and perfect for 30 laps. If you go past it once, you’re going to crash, especially when it gets close to the wall. But the curb was big tonight. You’ve definitely just got to race the racetrack.”


 

On the sixth lap, it was the low line that got sketchy for 12th running Hayden Reinbold as he clipped an infield tire marker with his own left front tire entering turn one and went as far over as a sprint car possibly can without flipping over. However, as he shot up the banking and landed his car on all fours, he entered right into the path of Mario Clouser (13th) who tagged Reinbold, then smashed nose first against the outside wall. Further back, Ryan Barr (16th) checked up to avoid the accident, and Saban Bibent (17th) plowed into the back of Barr, sending Bibent spinning into the outside wall. All drivers were okay, and only Clouser did not return to the race.


 

For the next 20-plus laps, Swanson was the dog chasing the mechanical rabbit that was Cummins. Just before midway, it was all about traffic as Cummins worked the high side around the back half of the field. Yet, lap after lap, the gap back to Swanson visually got incrementally smaller and smaller.


 

With seven laps to go, things got real as Cummins briefly switched to the bottom to work by 13th running Max Adams off turn four but couldn’t clear him. Riding the high line, Swanson quickly ate up the interval and found himself right on the rear bumper of Cummins for the race lead.


 

But there’s a science to executing a perfect pass. That involves not showing your hand too early while trying to give as little indication as possible prior to even thinking about setting up and completing the pass. All that while running 100+ miles per hour, mind you. But patience remains key regardless.


 

“It was pretty difficult to have that much patience,” Swanson admitted. “Well, it was and it wasn’t. I felt like if I showed him and we got to racing, I didn’t know if he was kind of in reserve because I was legged. I was trying really hard to get to him, but I didn’t want to show him. When I did it, I wanted to make sure we did it. It was perfect timing. The lapped cars were doing what I needed them to do, but not what he needed. They’re all racing for position too. You’ve got to be able to work through the middle and go where they’re not. I was just able to capitalize there in traffic.”


 

On lap 27, Swanson was Johnny-on-the-spot. Entering turn one, the 14th place car of Ryan Barr biked on the cushion in between turns one and two. Cummins, who was directly behind Barr, had to bind it up, which knocked him out of his rhythm and sent him into the blues.


 

As Swanson pulled to the inside of Cummins for the lead down the back straightaway, Adams and Barr were, likewise, side-by-side in a battle for 13th place directly in front of them. As those four were in Thunderbirds formation through turns three and four, Cummins fell out of tune and skipped over the turn four cushion. Swanson struck the right chord and found himself in the lead with four laps remaining while Briggs Danner capitalized his way into second by surpassing Cummins at the same time.


 

Now it was Swanson v. Danner. Entering turn one for the final time, Danner made his move as he pulled ahead by a car length and slid up the turn two banking toward Swanson. However, Swanson never batted an eye, kept his foot on the throttle, and gunned his way back into the lead down the back straightaway. Through turns three and four, Danner got twisted up on the cushion and Swanson was able to break away just enough to cross the line a mere 0.257 of a second ahead of Danner in one of the closest finishes of the USAC season.


 

Cummins finished a distant third while C.J. Leary grabbed fourth and Mitchel Moles rounded out the top five.


 

“Doug Doherty, I can’t thank him enough,” Swanson said. “We wouldn’t be on the tour without him and his engines and I just have fun racing with him. My wife, she works so hard for us to keep us going because I don’t do much around the house. I haven’t weeded or done anything as far as yard work goes. My neighbor does all that. I just focus on this racecar.”


 

Swanson and crewman Caleb Stelzig have been busy on another project that has occupied their time of late as they’ve been putting together a new trailer over the past couple of weeks while Swanson also learns how to drive a big rig. Swanson’s No. 5T didn’t even have an engine in it 24 hours before showtime, but it got turned around and was just what he needed to get the job done.


 

“I really wanted to run this engine tonight,” Swanson acknowledged. “I knew we’d have a good shot to win. I’m just really, really pumped. I’m really, really happy.”


 

Cummins was four laps away from repeating his Greg Staab Memorial victory. Up to that point, he'd led each and every one of the 26 circuits. As the leader of the most laps, he was the recipient of the K & N Filters Clean Air Award.


 

Robert Ballou picked up nine positions on his run from 19th to 10th in the feature to pick up Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors for the fifth time this season.


 

Dustin Webber missed the final transfer spot by one solitary position in the Five Star Bodies Semi-Feature after starting at the tail. For that, the Goshen, Ohio racer collected $444. All other non-transfers tonight pocketed $300. Each heat race winner received an extra $144.


 

Justin Grant was the LearnLab Fast Qualifier with a quick lap of 13.626 seconds to record his series-leading ninth fast time of the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season. It was also the 49th of his career with the series, five behind Brady Bacon for fifth place all-time.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 9, 2026 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 3rd Greg Staab Memorial


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.626; 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.691; 3. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-13.725; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.866; 5. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.916; 6. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.012; 7. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.101; 8. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.121; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-14.145; 10. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-14.164; 11. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.190; 12. Mario Clouser, 3R, Rock Steady-14.208; 13. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.249; 14. Shawn Westerfeld, 4J, Fischesser/Owen-14.260; 15. Austin Nigh, 97, Ninety Seven-14.264; 16. Max Adams, 40, Hery-14.293; 17. Dustin Webber, 9, Webber-14.445; 18. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-14.447; 19. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-14.456; 20. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.615; 21. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-14.634; 22. Brian Heitkamp, 22, Heitkamp-14.844; 23. Zach Lamb, 9x, Webber-14.891; 24. Elijah Knoke, 77K, Knoke-14.964; 25. Jake Beck, 92x, Beck-15.265; 26. Kyle Willis, 3JR, Willis/Rock Steady-15.428; 27. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.525; 28. Owen Barr, 43, Wolf-15.584; 29. Nate Carle, 14c, Carle-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (3), 2. C.J. Leary (5), 3. Justin Grant (6), 4. Saban Bibent (1), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 6. Jake Beck (7), 7. Dustin Webber (2), 8. Nate Carle (8). NT


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (6), 2. Chase Stockon (5), 3. Ryan Barr (2), 4. Shawn Westerfeld (3), 5. Kyle Willis (7), 6. Brian Heitkamp (1), 7. Hunter Maddox (4). 1:57.883


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Todd Hobson (2), 2. Hayden Reinbold (4), 3. Mitchel Moles (5), 4. Jake Swanson (6), 5. Austin Nigh (3), 6. Troy Carey (7), 7. Zach Lamb (1). 1:58.349


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (06), 2. Robert Ballou (2), 3. Mario Clouser (4), 4. Max Adams (3), 5. Cale Coons (5), 6. Elijah Knoke (1), 7. Owen Barr (7). 1:57.916


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hunter Maddox (1), 2. Elijah Knoke (3), 3. Brian Heitkamp (2), 4. Troy Carey (5), 5. Dustin Webber (8), 6. Jake Beck (4), 7. Owen Barr (6), 8. Nate Carle (7). 2:38.039


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (4), 2. Briggs Danner (5), 3. Kyle Cummins (3), 4. C.J. Leary (2), 5. Mitchel Moles (9), 6. Justin Grant (6), 7. Chase Stockon (1), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (11), 9. Cale Coons (10), 10. Robert Ballou (19), 11. Todd Hobson (8), 12. Logan Seavey (7), 13. Max Adams (17), 14. Ryan Barr (18), 15. Shawn Westerfeld (15), 16. Hayden Reinbold (13), 17. Saban Bibent (20), 18. Austin Nigh (16), 19. Troy Carey (24), 20. Hunter Maddox (12), 21. Brian Heitkamp (21), 22. Kyle Willis (23), 23. Elijah Knoke (22), 24. Mario Clouser (14). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Kyle Cummins, Laps 27-30 Jake Swanson.


 

**Nate Carle flipped during qualifying.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3084, 2-Justin Grant-2879, 3-Mitchel Moles-2816, 4-Jake Swanson-2561, 5-Briggs Danner-2466, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2399, 7-C.J. Leary-2299, 8-Chase Stockon-2287, 9-Robert Ballou-2260, 10-Logan Seavey-2232.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 2-Hayden Reinbold-142, 3-Justin Grant-139, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Briggs Danner-113, 6-Chase Stockon-112, 7-Cale Coons-109, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-98, 10-Mitchel Moles-93.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 10, 2026 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 19th Fall Nationals

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (13.793)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (13.626)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Logan Seavey


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Briggs Danner


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Todd Hobson


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Hunter Maddox


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Robert Ballou (19th to 10th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kyle Cummins (26 laps led)


 

First Non-Transfer: Dustin Webber

 

MASSINGILL WINS MONTPELIER FINALE,

NELSON REPEATS AS USAC MW THUNDER CHAMPBy: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 Zach Hensle

Montpelier, Indiana (October 3, 2026)………Bryce Massingill spent the early part of Saturday on the bowling lane. By Saturday night, he was back in victory lane at Indiana’s Montpelier Speedway.


 

The Troy, Ohio racer took over the lead from Buddy Hollmeyer with four laps remaining to score the win in the USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget season finale at the 1/4-mile dirt oval.


 

Massingill, who is a member of the University of Northwestern Ohio bowling team, finished his racing season with a flourish, winning five of the final eight feature events to extend his series record to 23 career victories.


 

Meanwhile, with his fifth place finish, Tyler Nelson captured his second consecutive USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget championship by a 40-point margin over Massingill.


 

In a 25-lap feature that consisted of six lead changes among three different drivers, it was Massingill who surged up through the pack from his ninth starting position to get the job done.


 

The first 21 circuits involved a see-saw battle for the lead between Jakeb Boxell and Buddy Hollmeyer. Boxell led laps one through three before Hollmeyer got by him on lap four to lead the first four laps of his career with the series. Boxell emerged at the front once more on lap eight, then Hollmeyer raced back by to lead nine and 10. Boxell briefly led again on lap 11, then once Hollmeyer got past on the 12th lap, he was able to keep Boxell at bay for the next 10 laps.


 

Massingill slotted into second on lap 18, then tracked down Hollmeyer on the 22nd go around. Leading the final four laps, Massingill edged away to grab a 0.473 second margin of victory over Boxell. Luke Hall took third with Hollmeyer fourth and Tyler Nelson fifth.


 

Hollmeyer received the Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race following his best career feature finish with the series. Starting fourth, Hollmeyer raced into the lead on lap four, starting a heated battle with early leader Boxell along with Hall. With Hollmeyer on the bottom line and Boxell up top, Hollmeyer held a narrow advantage, with the exception of laps eight and 11 when Boxell was able to beat him back to the stripe. Massingill turned the race into a four-way battle following Hollmeyer on the low line and was able to squeeze inside for the lead and the eventual win on lap 22.


 

Matt Lux received the Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger award, landing a sixth place result after starting 22nd and finishing sixth (+16) following a fifth to second performance in the semi-feature. Lux and crew made a valiant comeback after making extensive repairs following contact with the turn four wall in his heat race.


 

Ashley Schloss received the LynK Chassis bonus as the first non-transfer in the semi-feature, an event which was won by Dylan Trost. Jon Watson was the recipient of the Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake award after pulling the number 10 pill in the feature redraw.


 

Gunnar Lucius was the Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier with a top lap of 15.608 seconds.


 

Heat races presented by Jeff Hill Trailer Sales, Stiefel’s Home & Auto, Hoosier Auto Racing Fans, and Performance Electronics were won by Michael Magic, Tyler Nelson, Jonathan Decker, Luke Hall, and Stratton Briggs.

 


 

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 3, 2026 – Montpelier Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-15.696; 2. Landen Francis, 85L, Francis-15.996; 3. Ashley Schloss, 11s, Schloss-16.073; 4. Jon Watson, 2w, Watson-16.582; 5. Michael Magic, 36N, Cozzolino-16.881; 6. Ayden Perkins, 48, Perkins-17.296; 7. Parker Perry, 27G, Gresham-NT.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 91N, Nelson-15.631; 2. Cody Beard, 7, Beard-16.031; 3. Seth Crandall, 91, Crandall-16.524; 4. Taylor Nibert, 11N, Nibert-16.534; 5. Troy Borsos, 21T, Borsos-16.733; 6. Jason Bennett, 29, Bennett-16.791; 7. Tommy Bigelow, 2B, Bigelow-16.897.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jalen Cox, 11x, Cox-15.966; 2. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-16.182; 3. Jonathon Decker, 5D, Decker-16.453; 4. Jason Shaffer, 40J, Shaffer-17.021; 5. Jeff Hoying, 0H, Sniper-17.047; 6. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-17.278; 7. Tyler Watkins, 7w, Watkins-17.508.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS FOURTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-15.703; 2. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-15.835; 3. Parker Leek, 7x, Leek-15.987; 4. Chett Gehrke, 21G, Fedorczyk-16.432; 5. Alex Watson, 3w, Watson-16.432]; 6. Derrick Noffsinger, 18N, Noffsinger-16.800; 7. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-NT.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS FIFTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-15.608; 2. Jakeb Boxell, 54, Westfall-15.718[5]; 3. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-15.727; 4. Kole Kirkman, 10K, Kirkman-15.830[3]; 5. Dylan Trost, 21, Trost-16.226; 6. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-16.934.


 

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Michael Magic[5]; 2. Jon Watson[1]; 3. Parker Perry[7]; 4. Landen Francis[3]; 5. Ayden Perkins[6]; 6. Ashley Schloss[2]; 7. Matt Lux[4]. NT


 

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Nelson[4]; 2. Cody Beard[3]; 3. Seth Crandall[2]; 4. Jason Bennett[6]; 5. Troy Borsos[5]; 6. Taylor Nibert[1]; 7. Tommy Bigelow[7]. NT


 

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jonathon Decker[2]; 2. Buddy Hollmeyer[3]; 3. Jalen Cox[4]; 4. Jim Jones[6]; 5. Jason Shaffer[1]; 6. Jeff Hoying[5]; 7. Tyler Watkins[7]. NT


 

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Luke Hall (4), 2. Bryce Massingill (3), 3. Chett Gehrke (3), 4. Parker Leek (4), 5. Brayden Schwartz (7), 6. Alex Watson (5), 7. Derrick Noffsinger (6). NT


 

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stratton Briggs (2), 2. Jakeb Boxell (2), 3. Gunnar Lucius (3), 4. Kole Kirkman (4), 5. Dylan Trost (5), 6. Ian Creager (6). NT


 

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dylan Trost (5), 2. Matt Lux (10), 3. Brayden Schwartz (4), 4. Alex Watson (9), 5. Ashley Schloss (6), 6. Jason Shaffer (3), 7. Jeff Hoying (8), 8. Derrick Noffsinger (12), 9. Tyler Watkins (11), 10. Troy Borsos (2), 11. Taylor Nibert (7). NT


 

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (9), 2. Jakeb Boxell (2), 3. Luke Hall (3), 4. Buddy Hollmeyer (4), 5. Tyler Nelson (7), 6. Matt Lux (22), 7. Stratton Briggs (1), 8. Chett Gehrke (14), 9. Cody Beard (8), 10. Kole Kirkman (20), 11. Parker Perry (11), 12. Michael Magic (5), 13. Landen Francis (16), 14. Jalen Cox (13), 15. Parker Leek (19), 16. Dylan Trost (21), 17. Alex Watson (24), 18. Brayden Schwartz (23), 19. Seth Crandall (12), 20. Gunnar Lucius (15), 21. Jason Bennett (17), 22. Jim Jones (18), 23. Jon Watson (10), 24. Jonathon Decker (6). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 4-7 Buddy Hollmeyer, Lap 8 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 9-10 Buddy Hollmeyer, Lap 11 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 12-21 Buddy Hollmeyer, Laps 22-25 Bryce Massingill.

 


 

‍CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier: Gunnar Lucius (15.608)


 

Jeff Hill Trailer Sales First Heat Winner: Michael Magic


 

Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Tyler Nelson


 

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Jonathon Decker


 

Performance Electronics Fourth Heat Winner: Luke Hall


 

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Fifth Heat Winner: Stratton Briggs


 

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Matt Lux (22nd to 6th)


 

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Buddy Hollmeyer


 

LynK Chassis First Non-Transfer: Ashley Schloss


 

Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake Award: Jon Watson

 

 

HELM MEMORIAL GOES TO JACK

IN WAGNER BROTHER BATTLE AT VALLEY

 

John Lee

By: Ray Cunningham


 

Grain Valley, Missouri (October 3, 2026)………In what turned into a battle of brothers, Jack Wagner got the upper hand on Samuel Wagner during Saturday night’s 9th annual John Helm Memorial USAC Wholesale Batteries MRA Sprint Car season finale at Grain Valley, Missouri’s Valley Speedway.


 

The Lone Jack, Missouri racer, driving the Jesse Hockett-Wagner Boys Racing No. 77, capped off a championship season in which he won the first ever MRA championship, while taking seven victories in 12 starts as well as 11 podium finishes in 12 feature starts.


 

Jack’s younger brother, Samuel, also of Lone Jack, Missouri, aboard the Jesse Hockett-Wagner Boys Racing No. 73, did not make it easy on his older sibling. Samuel led the first 14 laps of the 25-lap feature before finally relinquishing the point to Jack, who led the remaining 11 laps en route to victory.


 

The Valley Speedway surface was fast and rough for what became a “Cowboy Up” finale following two-straight days of rain earlier in the week at Dennis Shrout’s speed plant. Several times, cars biked up or raised the front end, dragster style, in the feature, including the front runners which led to many jaw dropping moments.


 

Other drivers who excelled in the feature included Nesbit, Mississippi’s Chase Howard, who finished third following the Wagners’ after advancing from 10th to third. Howard was one of four drivers to advance seven positions in the feature and took home the Hard Charger award as well.


 

Lone Jack, Missouri’s Braydon Cromwell had a very eventful night at the race track. Cromwell was the high point earner after qualifying and his heat race. But following the redraw, he had to start sixth. Braydon then fought a throttle issue throughout the feature before coming home fourth. Luke Howard of Overland Park, Kansas advanced seven positions in the feature at the wheel of the Brent Lewis-owned machine to finish fifth after starting 12th.


 

The second half of the top 10 in the feature consisted of Wyatt Burks who took his brand new Maxim chassis from 13th to sixth. Dakota Earls finished seventh with Bryson Smith eighth, and Chris Parkinson ninth after becoming the fourth driver to advance seven positions in the feature along with Chase Howard, Luke Howard, and Wyatt Burks. Justin Johnson rounded out the top 10.


 

Unfortunately, good early performances by Chad Goff, Jake Kouba, Taylor Walton, and Wesley Smith were not rewarded with good finishes in the feature.


 

Goff and Kouba both ran inside the top four before colliding on lap eight of the feature. This occurred after Goff suffered rear end damage following contact with the turn two wall, causing his car to dig into the track in turn three. That was followed by him spinning in front of the field where he was clipped by Kouba. Both drivers were okay. Their cars, however, were not.


 

Shortly after, Taylor Walton, also running inside the top five, pulled into the pits with mechanical issues, later followed by fast qualifier Wesley Smith, driving with the number 12 on his tail tank on this night instead of the usual 44 to honor “The Colonel,” John E. Helm.


 

Before the feature, three competitive and exciting heat races were run with Samuel Wagner, Taylor Walton, and Chad Goff, taking wins.

 


 

USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2026 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri – 9th Annual John Helm Memorial


 

FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Wesley Smith, 12, Helm-13.316; 2. Jack Wagner, 77, Hockett/Wagner-13.541; 3. Samuel Wagner, 73, Hockett/Wagner-13.722; 4. Luke Howard, 2, Lewis-14.660; 5. Justin Johnson, 27, Johnson-14.839; 6. Ronny Howard, 44H, Howard-15.334; 7. Mark Lane, 33L, Lane-16.760.


 

SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tom Curran, 11x, Curran-13.583; 2. Jake Kouba, 6, Kouba-13.935; 3. Taylor Walton, 93, Walton-14.198; 4. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-14.314; 5. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-14.384; 6. Chris Parkinson, 65, Parkins-14.461; 7. Charlie Burton, 91, Burton-15.723.


 

THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Braydon Cromwell, 4, Cromwell-13.755; 2. Chad Goff, 9, Goff-13.805; 3. Bryson Smith, 33, Smith-14.049; 4. Chase Howard, 13, Howard-14.136; 5. Jared McCarty, 44m, McCarty-15.289; 6. Kyle Gorham, 18K, Gorham-16.729; 7. Tyler Burton, 03, Burton-NT.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Samuel Wagner (2), 2. Jack Wagner (3), 3. Luke Howard (1), 4. Wesley Smith (4), 5. Justin Johnson (5), 6. Ronny Howard (6), 7. Mark Lane (7). NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Taylor Walton (2), 2. Jake Kouba (3), 3. Dakota Earls (1), 4. Wyatt Burks (5), 5. Chris Parkinson (6), 6. Tom Curran (4), 7. Charlie Burton (7). NT


 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Chad Goff (3), 2. Braydon Cromwell (4), 3. Chase Howard (1), 4. Bryson Smith (2), 5. Jared McCarty (5), 6. Kyle Gorham (6), 7. Tyler Burton (7). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jack Wagner (6), 2. Samuel Wagner (2), 3. Chase Howard (10), 4. Braydon Cromwell (5), 5. Luke Howard (12), 6. Wyatt Burks (13), 7. Dakota Earls (11), 8. Bryson Smith (9), 9. Chris Parkinson (16), 10. Justin Johnson (14), 11. Ronny Howard (17), 12. Jared McCarty (15), 13. Charlie Burton (19), 14. Mark Lane (20), 15. Kyle Gorham (18), 16. Wesley Smith (7), 17. Chad Goff (4), 18. Jake Kouba (3), 19. Taylor Walton (1), 20. Tom Curran (8). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Samuel Wagner, Laps 15-25 Jack Wagner.

 

WILLIAMS BREAKS THROUGH AT PERRIS

FOR FIRST USAC CRA WIN IN 5 YEARS

A.J. Johnson

By: Lance Jennings

Perris, California (October 3, 2026)………The “Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams of Yorba Linda, California battled three-wide on three occasions on the final lap with race leader Charles Davis Jr. and R.J. Johnson before emerging victorious during Saturday night’s Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car feature at southern California’s Perris Auto Speedway.


 

For Williams, the dramatic 30-lap triumph was his first USAC CRA Sprint Car win of the year and his first series victory since September 6, 2021 at Petaluma.


 

The pilot of the Tom and Christy Dunkel #17w Inland Rigging / Maxima Racing Oils Triple X finished ahead of Johnson, Davis, hard charger Cole Wakim, and Connor Lundy.


 

Starting second, Westminster, California’s Brecken Guerrero led the first eight main event laps of his career, highlighted by a giant wheelie on the seventh circuit. Guerrero’s hopes for a surprise win were dashed as sixth starting “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. took command and led 21 circuits until one of the most dramatic finishes in USAC CRA and Perris Auto Speedway history.


 

Buckeye, Arizona’s Charles Davis Jr. began the night by earning his seventh career Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award. Racing his #47 MP Environmental / Central Arizona Raceway DRC, Davis posted the night’s standard with a time of 17.121 seconds ahead of Johnson, Williams, Connor Speir, and Lundy.


 

Before winning the 12th main event of his career, Williams claimed the 10-lap Sexton Fire Protection First Heat Race. The past USAC CRA co-Rookie of the year finished ahead of Davis, Guerrero, Verne Sweeney, Blake Hendricks, Eric Englert, and Lundy. Davis’ shot at the extra $2,000 Perris “sweep” bonus raised by longtime infield announcer Chris Holt and fan David Siesser ended after the heat race by one position.


 

R.J. Johnson of Laveen, Arizona topped the night’s 10-lap Roy Miller Freight Lines Second Heat Race. Driving the Petty Performance Racing #1p Avanti Windows & Doors / Apache Transport Sherman, the two-time defending champion and point leader placed ahead of “The Radio Flyer” Bruce St. James, Dayton Shelton, Gary Marshall Jr., A.J. Bender, Cole Wakim, and Speir.


 

After starting ninth and finishing fourth in the 30-lap feature, Simi Valley, California’s Wakim earned the night’s Hard Charger Award / “Best Passing Job” honors. Racing the Tom and Christy Dunkel #17x Inland Rigging / Maxima Racing Oils Triple X, the young driver was in a multi-car tangle that stopped a direct transfer in his heat race.


 

The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series will head to Mohave Valley Raceway in Mohave Valley, Arizona this Saturday, October 10. The action packed card will also feature the Living Waters Hospice IMCA Street Stocks, Avanti Windows & Doors POWRi Ecotec Midgets, and Core Construction Dwarf Cars. For more information visit www.mohavevalleyraceway.com.


 

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

 


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 3, 2026 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California


 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-17.121; 2. R.J. Johnson, 1p, Petty-17.180; 3. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-17.190; 4. Connor Speir, 57, Speir-17.560; 5. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-17.611; 6. Cole Wakim, 17x, Dunkel-17.614; 7. Blake Hendricks, 14, Hendricks-17.642; 8. Bruce St. James, 1AZ, St. James-17.748; 9. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-17.750; 10. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-17.810; 11. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-17.811; 12. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.823; 13. Eric Englert, 35, Englert-18.699; 14. Gary Marshall Jr., 23, Bellegante-18.999; 15. Jeff Dyer, 39, Cal-Sun-NT.


 

SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Austin Williams, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Brecken Guerrero, 4. Verne Sweeney, 5. Blake Hendricks, 6. Eric Englert, 7. Connor Lundy. 3:09.24


 

ROY MILLER FREIGHT LINES SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Bruce St. James, 3. Dayton Shelton, 4. Gary Marshall Jr., 5. A.J. Bender, 6. Cole Wakim, 7. Connor Speir. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Austin Williams (4), 2. R.J. Johnson (5), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (6), 4. Cole Wakim (9), 5. Connor Lundy (8), 6. Connor Speir (7), 7. Bruce St. James (3), 8. Blake Hendricks (10), 9. Brecken Guerrero (2), 10. Verne Sweeney (11), 11. Gary Marshall Jr. (14), 12. Eric Englert (13), 13. Dayton Shelton (1), 14. A.J. Bender (12). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Brecken Guerrero, Laps 2-29 Charles Davis Jr., Lap 30 Austin Williams.


 

HARD CHARGER: Cole Wakim (9th to 4th)


 

NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 10, 2026 – Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, Arizona

 

 

CURTAIN CALL! DANNER ACES TOLEDO’S USAC SILVER CROWN SEASON FINALE

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Toledo, Ohio (October 3, 2026)………For Briggs Danner and Ohio’s Toledo Speedway, it was love at first sight.


 

The first time Danner laid eyes on the 1/2-mile paved oval this weekend, he simply decided to go out and win the thing during Saturday’s Hemelgarn Racing / Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic 100-lap USAC Silver Crown championship season finale.


 

Just like clockwork, Danner did the very same thing by winning in his first ever trip to Indiana’s Winchester Speedway in July.


 

Starting third, the Allentown, Pennsylvania native worked his way to second past Mario Clouser on the 32nd lap, then found his way to the lead on the 46th go around when racelong leader Chase Cabre locked up his left front tire on entry into turn three.


 

From that point forward, Danner had to contend with a hard-charging and pesky Tyler Roahrig to capture his third USAC Silver Crown win of the season, and his second on the pavement at the controls of the Doran Racing-Mark Swanson Encore Team/E. Schneider & Sons – Fuel Mart – Sennebogen/Beast/Doran Toyota No. 77.


 

“I’ve just got to hand it to everybody on this team,” Danner praised. “These guys give me a really fast car and it makes my job easy, for sure. Our speed showed today. I know we probably would’ve liked to have been a little bit better at the end, and I know Tyler had a shot to do something. But to qualify as good as we did in our first time coming here and to be able to hold them off, it was great.”


 

Danner’s victory, coupled with a three-point bonus for leading the most laps in Saturday’s race, elevated him to second in the season-ending USAC Silver Crown point standings. Danner actually tied Grant at 557 points but held the tiebreaker over Grant based on most feature victories this year.


 

With the fourth win of his USAC Silver Crown career, Danner moved to 37th place on the all-time series win list alongside Kyle Larson, Daison Pursley, Jeff Swindell, and Rich Vogler. Furthermore, Danner became the first driver since Kody Swanson in 2018 to win the Toledo USAC Silver Crown race from a starting spot further back than the front row! Danner started Saturday’s race from inside row two.


 

For five of the past six years, the Doran Racing team has celebrated a USAC Silver Crown triumph at Toledo. The first four came with Swanson in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and now Danner has added his name to the list of Toledo dominators.


 

Cabre was comfortably up front for the majority of the first half of the race. However, all eyes were on eighth starting Tyler Roahrig who stepped up a lane and methodically picked his way to the front. He went topside around Dakoda Armstrong for sixth on lap 25, by C.J. Leary for fifth on lap 26, and by Justin Grant for fourth on the 28th lap.


 

At the same time, Danner was making his surge, as he charged by Mario Clouser for the runner-up spot on lap 32. Meanwhile, Roahrig’s fantastic run was still rolling along as the traveled the high line around Clouser moments later on the back straightaway on lap 33.


 

Danner made his first bid for the lead on lap 36 as he was able to pull along the inside of Cabre off turn four. However, that pathway was occupied for the time being as the lapped car of Robert Tyler already had the line. Danner instead swung high around Tyler entering turn one and fell back into line behind Cabre. But not for too long.


 

On the 46th lap, Cabre’s left front tire shot out a puff of smoke as he entered through the middle of turn three. That left the matador line open for Danner as he zipped on by Cabre on the low groove to take over the lead just five laps short of the halfway mark.


 

“I knew Chase was going to be pretty good and I was actually a little surprised to see how quickly he started to fall off and tighten up, I feel, as we all did,” Danner remarked.


 

Danner ran his lead out to two full seconds over the next few laps as Roahrig made a beeline to the second position around the outside of Cabre in turns three and four on the 54th lap. However, a yellow flag for the stopped car of first-time USAC Silver Crown starter Jared Kreider completely evaporated Danner’s advantage as the field bunched up for the restart. Thereafter, Roahrig wouldn’t leave Danner alone.


 

“I know Tyler was really good rolling the middle groove there and I wasn’t really quite sure if he was faster or if we were just checked up on the bottom and that’s why he could pick cars off,” Danner pondered. “(Car owner) Kevin (Doran) did a really good job on the radio of letting me know what was going on behind me, when I needed to push, and when I could settle down and save my stuff a little bit.”


 

On lap 72, Roahrig nearly lost the handle of his ride in turn two as he slipped sideways before catching it and continuing on, but his deficit plummeted from a little more than a car length to eight car lengths in the snap of a finger. That said, Roahrig quickly reeled Danner back in and was on his rear bumper with 15 laps to go as lapped traffic loomed. By the time just eight laps remained, traffic was disposed of while Roahrig was superglued to Danner’s rear bumper, and now it was a one-on-one to decide the race.


 

Despite the rigidness of a pavement surface in comparison to dirt, a pavement surface can be quite malleable and finicky based on weather conditions and the time of day, especially when one end of the track is in the shade and the opposite end lays in direct sunlight. Danner had to face the challenge of adapting to his car’s handling as the race wore on, affected by tire wear and the fuel load burning off.


 

“It was tough,” Danner acknowledged. “I felt like I could roll the bottom of three and four really good. I felt like that’s kind of where I felt the best, and as the race went on, the sun was getting lower and lower and it just made it hard to see the front stretch wall. So, I felt like that’s where I struggled the most. As I tried to time my exit off four and entry into one, I think that’s where Tyler was gaining the most on me at the end. I was just trying to keep all four tires underneath me and try to conserve what I could and push when I had to. It’s the name of the of the game for all these races. That’s why I love them so much.”


 

With four laps to go, you could barely slide a credit card between the back of Danner’s car and Roahrig’s nose at the exit of turn four. But moments later when Roahrig drifted wide off turns one and two on the 98th lap, Danner skated away free and easy to put the race on ice by a 0.478 second margin over Roahrig. Cabre crossed the line third with Grant fourth and Armstrong rounding out the top-five.


 

It was banner way for Danner to cap his first full season of USAC Silver Crown racing after enduring a rough patch at the beginning of the campaign with three straight DNFs across June and July.


 

“When we were able to finish races, it was really good,” Danner offered. “It was either running great or not finishing, but that’s part of it. Just trying to get everything figured out to be as consistent as we are is a great thing. If we have a little bit of luck on our side, I think we’re right there.”


 

By leading the most laps (55), Danner also added the K & N Filters Clean Air Award to his accolades for good measure.


 

Kale Drake, meanwhile, was making his first career USAC Silver Crown pavement start, and just the third asphalt start of his racing career following two recent All Star Pavement Midget outings. He worked his way up from his 16th starting position to corral a solid sixth place result. His +10 run earned him the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award.


 

Chase Cabre has now made two LearnLab Qualifying attempts in his brief USAC Silver Crown career. He scored the pole position in both of them. He got it done in August at Iowa Speedway, then got it done again on Saturday at Toledo after reeling off a lap of 15.159 seconds for an average lap speed of 118.741 miles per hour.

 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 3, 2026 – Toledo Speedway – Toledo, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Paved Oval – Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Cabre, 26, Pierce-15.159; 2. Mario Clouser, 20, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-15.256; 3. Briggs Danner, 77, Doran/Swanson-15.290; 4. Kyle Hamilton, 6, Klatt-15.314; 5. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-15.338; 6. Dakoda Armstrong, 5, C & A-15.372; 7. C.J. Leary, 21, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-15.382; 8. Tyler Roahrig, 41, Newman-15.605; 9. Chase Locke, 14, Hamilton/DB-15.727; 10. Nathan Byrd, 40, Meyer/Byrd/Tosti-15.789; 11. Jared Kreider, 24, Haggenbottom-15.803; 12. Kale Drake, 92, Kazmark-15.872; 13. Chelby Hinton, 80, Breidinger-15.963; 14. Kaylee Bryson, 11, Abacus/Droplight-15.995; 15. Robert Tyler, 75, Tyler-16.410; 16. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-16.473; 17. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-17.711; 18. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-19.554.

FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (3), 2. Tyler Roahrig (8), 3. Chase Cabre (1), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Dakoda Armstrong (6), 6. Kale Drake (16), 7. Mario Clouser (2), 8. C.J. Leary (7), 9. Nathan Byrd (10), 10. Chelby Hinton (12), 11. Kaylee Bryson (18), 12. Chase Locke (9), 13. Jared Kreider (11), 14. Robert Tyler (13), 15. Dave Berkheimer (15), 16. Gregg Cory (14), 17. Hayden Reinbold (17), 18. Kyle Hamilton (4). 32:22.998


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-45 Chase Cabre, Laps 46-100 Briggs Danner.


 

FINAL USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-662, 2-Briggs Danner-557, 3-Justin Grant-557, 4-Mario Clouser-487, 5-Gregg Cory-388, 6-Dave Berkheimer-322, 7-Kaylee Bryson-283, 8-Chelby Hinton-279, 9-Dakoda Armstrong-275, 10-Hayden Reinbold-271.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-142, 2-Justin Grant-139, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-139, 4-Robert Ballou-124, 5-Chase Stockon-112, 6-Briggs Danner-110, 7-Cale Coons-108, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-95, 10-Logan Seavey-91.

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: C.J. Leary (15.140)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Chase Cabre (15.159)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Briggs Danner (55 laps led)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kale Drake (16th to 6th)

  

Louisiana Fast! Hinton’s Rise to an Unexpected USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year Season

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (October 8, 2026)………In what may be the most unlikely USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year to emerge, perhaps no one was more surprised about it than Chelby Hinton.


 

“If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that I would end up being Silver Crown Rookie of the Year, I would have told you that you were lying,” Hinton admitted.


 

No lies detected.


 

In 2026, Hinton became the first driver from the state of Louisiana to score points in USAC’s Silver Crown division while also becoming the first driver from The Pelican State to capture Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year honors with the series.


 

Tallying six top 10 finishes in six starts throughout the 2026 season on pavement and dirt, Hinton defeated Hayden Reinbold by a mere eight points in what was one of the closet Rookie of the Year battles in series history after leapfrogging Reinbold in the final race of the year at Toledo.


 

Hinton hails from the small northwestern Louisiana village of Dubberly, whose population is 238. But as far as the element of surprise in his Rookie of the Year award is that he missed four of the first five events of the 2026 season and had literally zero previous pavement experience under his belt entering the year.


 

His actual Silver Crown debut came in last year’s finale at Eldora where he completed 17 laps before a mechanical issue sidelined him. Going into 2026, there was really no set plan to compete for Rookie of the Year. Hinton’s mentor, USAC Hall of Fame mechanic Bob East, got him connected with pavement car owner Charles Breidinger who houses his car in East’s shop.


 

In his first pavement run during June’s Hoosier Hundred at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park just two days shy of his 21st birthday, Hinton started and finished ninth, completing 99 of 100 laps while finishing ahead of several others who possess light year more Silver Crown and pavement experience. After the longest race he’d ever run to that point and the first on an asphalt surface, the post-race reaction from his team is one that Hinton still looks back on as his fondest memory from the entire season.


 

“The looks and the talks that I got from everyone when I got out of the car at IRP, just the proud look on my dad and Bob’s face and Terry (Klatt)’s face, Charles and Miss Janice (East)’s face, and Dave (Brzozowski),” Hinton recalled. “Everyone was so happy. Moments like that are, unfortunately, few and far between in this industry. But that one in particular was one that stands out.”


 

Despite that admirable performance, Hinton was absent for the next two rounds before emerging back on the pavement of Iowa Speedway in the Breidinger number 80. There, a torsion arm broke on the car in the waning stages of the race, but Hinton kept it off the wall. In a race chockfull of attrition, Hinton still managed a 9th.


 

Thereafter, another new experience was on the horizon for Hinton – the dirt miles. Terry Klatt and Bob East offered a second car for Hinton to run and he delivered a 10th at Springfield and a 6th at Du Quoin. It was at that point that a Rookie of the Year title could quite possibly be within reach, and the team’s schedule expanded as a result.


 

“After Iowa, we got back to the shop and Bob was like, “how do you feel about running a mile?” I was like, “yes!” Hinton remembered. “All I had to do was work on it, so we did that. Then, after Springfield, we decided to go to Du Quoin and there really was no plan of running Eldora. But with Bob’s willingness to keep me in a racecar, we were able to make that happen.”


 

At Eldora, Hinton was once again rock solid in the Klatt Enterprises No. 62 as he finished 9th in the 28-car field. Only a pavement show at Ohio’s Toledo Speedway remained on the schedule, and Hinton was right within striking distance, just six points behind Reinbold. That said, in response, Reinbold’s team put together a pavement car for Toledo to go head-to-head with Hinton for the crown. To that point, Reinbold had never competed on a pavement surface.


 

“Following Eldora, we were six points out of the Rookie race and we were going to try to finish Toledo with Charles,” Hinton noted. “Between Charles, Terry, and Bob, they were like, ‘make this happen.’ So, we did what we needed to do to continue the schedule.”


 

While Reinbold struggled with engine issues en route to a 17th place finish, Hinton laid down yet another solid top 10 result to lock up Rookie of the Year honors by eight markers. For Hinton, it was and forever will be a monumental moment in his career after competing semi-regularly with USAC’s National Sprint Car and Midget series over the past few seasons.


 

“This was my last shot at a USAC Rookie of the Year,” Hinton stated. “To me, it really means a lot because, if I do nothing else in my career, I can always say I did that and I’ll always be in the history books. No one can take that away from me. To me, personally, it means the world.”


 

The combination of East, Klatt and Breidinger running Hinton throughout the season may have shown separate entries on paper, but the entire group was all in on Hinton achieving the feat this year.


 

East has long been a champion of Hinton’s racing activities. When Hinton was racing micro sprints at U.S. 24 Speedway in Logansport, Indiana a few years ago, he was noticed by former USAC Midget competitor Doug Wright, who brought Hinton’s name to the attention of East, who gave him his first shot in a USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget back in 2022. For Hinton, he was starstruck just to be standing inside the Beast shop which has produced hundreds of USAC wins and numerous championships over the past four decades.


 

“(Bob) has been very instrumental to my development in really every aspect of my racing,” Hinton praised. “I owe 80 percent of my career to him right now, and I want to do everything right by that man because he’s done everything right by me. He’s always wanted me to continue to get better as a driver and a person. Since I first met Bob, I feel like I’ve grown a lot since then. We work really well together and I haven’t sat in a car yet that Bob has touched that I didn’t like or didn’t feel comfortable in. To this day, he has not done a single thing on a racecar that I didn’t absolutely love.”


 

East has long been associated with Klatt, and without them entering a second car for Hinton to drive on the dirt miles this year, the Rookie race wouldn’t have even been an afterthought.


 

“Anything Bob wants to do, it has to run through Terry, and if Terry doesn’t want me around, then nothing happens,” Hinton explained. “There isn’t a single day that goes by with him in the shop or at the races that isn’t just a blast because Terry is an absolute fun human being to be around. You won’t find a more ecstatic person at the racetrack. I wouldn’t have anything that I have without (Bob and Terry).”


 

To go from zero pavement experience to placing within the top 10 finishers in all of his pavement starts, Hinton quickly showed that he’s a highly capable shoe whether it’s dirt or pavement. It’s a quest Breidinger played a pivotal role in as he provided his Bob East-built Beast chassis for Hinton to succeed in an environment he had never before faced.


 

“I’ve loved Charles the since the first time I started talking to him and I’m guessing he did the same because he has given me anything and everything that I need to go out and compete and have a competitive racecar underneath me,” Hinton said. “No matter where he is or what he’s doing, he always makes sure that I have exactly what I need to be as competitive as I can be.”


 

All in all, in the most unexpected of Rookie seasons, Hinton and the individuals surrounding him teamed up to make it a banner year for all, even if there was really no goal set in stone at the start of the year.


 

“Obviously, I have high expectations of myself, but Bob really didn’t set any standard or goal,” Hinton elaborated. “He just wanted to keep me in a racecar. With Bob, Terry, and Charles putting me through this second and third quarter of the year, none of this would’ve been possible without them.”


 

 

2026 USAC Silver Crown Rookie Driver Points


 

Pos.      Pts.       Driver, Hometown


 

1            279       Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

2            271       Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona


 

3            227       Steve Gennetten, Gravois Mills, Missouri


 

4            148       Robert Tyler, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina


 

5            121       Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

6            117       Chase Cabre, Tampa, Florida


 

7            76          Bret Tripplett, Lincoln, Illinois


 

8            74          Colton Bettis, Lutz, Florida


 

9            45          Mitchell Davis, Auburn, Illinois


 

10          39          Chase Locke, Chester, New Hampshire


 

11          37          Jared Kreider, Stockton, New Jersey


 

12          35          Darin Naida, Adrian, Michigan


 

13          35          Rob Caho Jr., Rush City, Minnesota


 

14          33          Brent Yarnal, Phoenix, Arizona


 

15          29          Scott Hampton, Greenfield, Indiana


 

16          29          Jason York, Chico, California


 

17          23          Kevin Studley, Brownsburg, Indiana


 

18          20          Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, New Jersey


 

19          18          Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

20          15          Colten Cottle, Kansas, Illinois


 

21          10          Aric Gentry, Robards, Kentucky


 

22          10          Adam Taylor, Wheatfield, Indiana


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN ROOKIES OF THE YEAR:


 

1981: Jack Hewitt, Troy, Ohio


 

1982: Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania


 

1983: Rick Hood, Memphis, Tennessee


 

1984: Dave Blaney, Hartford, Ohio


 

1985: Steve Butler, Kokomo, Indiana


 

1986: Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, Ohio


 

1987: Jeff Swindell, Memphis, Tennessee


 

1988: Gene Lee Gibson, Richwood, Ohio


 

1989: Jimmy Sills, Placerville, California


 

1990: Eric Gordon, Greenfield, Indiana


 

1991: Stevie Reeves, Indianapolis, Indiana


 

1992: Jim Keeker, Cicero, Indiana


 

1993: Randy Tolsma, Meridian, Idaho


 

1994: Kenny Irwin Jr. , Indianapolis, Indiana


 

1995: Chuck Leary, Greenfield, Indiana


 

1996: Ryan Newman, South Bend, Indiana


 

1997: Jimmy Kite, Stockbridge, Georgia


 

1998: Todd Kane, Powell, Ohio


 

1999: Paul White, Temple, Texas


 

2000: Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, Washington


 

2001: Aaron Fike, Galesburg, Illinois


 

2002: Matt Westfall, Pleasant Hill, Ohio


 

2003: Ron Gregory, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2004: Aaron Pierce, Muncie, Indiana


 

2005: Josh Wise, Riverside, California


 

2006: Mat Neely, Robinson, Illinois


 

2007: Cameron Dodson, Greenfield, Indiana


 

2008: Steve Arpin, St. Francis, Ontario


 

2009: Kody Swanson, Kingsburg, California


 

2010: Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2011: Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, California


 

2012: Kyle Hamilton, Danville, Indiana


 

2013: Chris Windom, Canton, Illinois


 

2014: Caleb Armstrong, New Castle, Indiana


 

2015: C.J. Leary, Greenfield, Indiana


 

2016: Casey Shuman, Tempe, Arizona


 

2017: Joss Moffatt, Columbus, Indiana


 

2018: Kyle Robbins, New Castle, Indiana


 

2019: Derek Bischak, Angola, Indiana


 

2020: Bryan Gossel, Fort Collins, Colorado


 

2021: Logan Seavey, Sutter, California


 

2022: Gregg Cory, Shelbyville, Indiana


 

2023: Kaylee Bryson, Muskogee, Oklahoma


 

2024: Trey Osborne, Columbus, Ohio


 

2025: Jake Trainor, Medway, Massachusetts


 

2026: Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisana

 

 

 

DIRT SLINGIN’! USAC SPRINTS SET FOR 2 NIGHTS AT THE BURG OCTOBER 9-10

  

Steve Koletar

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 7, 2026)………Two more times. We’re gonna celebrate.


 

The final two Midwest events of the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season bring a double dose of dirt slingin’ to the speedy southeastern Indiana 3/8-mile oval of Lawrenceburg Speedway on Friday-Saturday, October 9-10.


 

Drivers and teams will be chasing after a $6,544 top prize during Friday’s Greg Staab Memorial and a grand prize of $20,000 during Saturday night’s Fall Nationals, with $750 to start each night.


 

The battleground is calling. So, here’s a few Greg Staab Memorial & Fall Nationals tidbits for an all-Burg USAC weekend!


 


 

ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A SEAVEY


 

When it comes to the Fall Nationals, Logan Seavey has had the upper hand in recent years.


 

No driver has ever won the Fall Nationals in three consecutive years, but the Sutter, California native will have that opportunity this Saturday night in the $20,000-to-win feature aboard his Abacus Racing No. 57.


 

The USAC Triple Crown champion owns five overall USAC National Sprint Car wins at The Burg. However, this year’s outings at the track haven’t been to his liking with 15th place results on each occasion. Seavey looks to turn that around this weekend.


 


 

CUMMINS’ TRIFECTA COULD NET $40,000


 

USAC National Sprint Car point leader Kyle Cummins is the defending Greg Staab Memorial winner. He’s the most recent USAC National Sprint Car winner in 2026. He’s far and away the USAC National Sprint Car point leader. Oh, and he won the Fall Nationals back in 2022.


 

Cummins can add to those accolades during Saturday’s Fall Nationals if he can finish on the podium. After finishing 2nd in the first two rounds of the Trifecta at Kokomo’s Smackdown and Tri-State’s Haubstadt Hustler in August and September, respectively, a nice chunk of bonus money could be added to his bank.


 

If Cummins wins the race, he’ll pocket $40,000 with a $20,000 winner’s share, plus the $20,000 bonus. If he runs 2nd in the race, he’d collect $28,000. If he finishes 3rd, $14,000 would be awarded to Cummins. Cummins is the only driver eligible to receive the Trifecta bonus this weekend.


 


 

6 FLAGS IN THE FIELD OF THE CHECKERED VARIETY


 

Kyle Cummins, the 2022 winner, is also one of six Fall Nationals winners scheduled to compete in this weekend’s field along with Robert Ballou, Chase Stockon, Kevin Thomas Jr., Justin Grant, and Logan Seavey.


 

Ballou captured the first two editions of the event in 2007 and 2008, one on the old Lawrenceburg track and one on the current layout. Furthermore, Chase Stockon scored an emotional victory shortly after the passing of his mother in 2012.


 

Kevin Thomas Jr. is the only three-time winner of the event in 2017, 2019, and 2021. Justin Grant has won it twice in 2018 and 2023 and was just five laps away from a third victory when a flat right rear tire ended his bid for the win in 2025.


 

Logan Seavey has won the last two and is now going for an unprecedented three-in-a-row at the Fall Nationals.


 


 

DANNER’S DANCIN’


 

Briggs Danner’s winning ways have been strong of late as he was the victor at Eldora’s Thursday night USAC National Sprint Car program at the end of September. He then followed that up with a USAC Silver Crown victory at Toledo Speedway last Saturday.


 

Danner knows the fast way around Lawrenceburg. He won April’s Justin Owen Memorial at the track and was the inaugural winner of the Greg Staab Memorial back in 2024.


 

His five wins this year on the USAC National Sprint Car trail are already a career high, and now he’s aiming to add on to it at one of his favorite racetracks.


 


 

GRANT IS THE BURG MAN


 

Justin Grant is the all-time winningest USAC National Sprint Car driver at Lawrenceburg with eight career victories, the most recent of which came this past July in the series’ most recent visit to the track during USAC Indiana Sprint Week.


 

Two of Grant’s eight Burg victories have come during the Fall Nationals in 2018 and 2023.


 

His very first career USAC National Sprint Car win came at Lawrenceburg way back in 2012.


 


 

THE FALL GUYS


 

Between Mitchel Moles, Jake Swanson, and C.J. Leary, they possess 45 career USAC National Sprint Car victories at racetracks all across the country. That said, none of them thus far have occurred during the Fall Nationals, as of yet.


 

Swanson was 3rd at the 2023 Fall Nationals and was the fastest qualifier in 2020. Moles has finished 2nd in each of the past two editions of the Fall Nationals in 2024 and 2025. Moles also led all but the final turn of the 2024 Greg Staab Memorial before a mechanical issue put him out.


 

Leary was 2nd at the 2017 Fall Nationals and has been the fastest qualifier at the event on another three occasions. Leary won a pair of USAC National Sprint Car races in his career at The Burg in 2017 and 2020 and was also a track champion in 2013.


 

Cale Coons, meanwhile, takes his first crack at the Fall Nationals this Saturday. He was an 8th place finisher with USAC in the spring of this year.


 

 

CLOUSER IS ROCK STEADY FOR THE WEEKEND


 

Mario Clouser will take over the wheel of the Rock Steady Racing No. 3R this weekend in what will be his first USAC National Sprint Car appearance of the season.


 

Stevie Sussex, the team’s regular driver, has plans with family for the weekend, and thus, will not be in action this weekend. However, Sussex will be back in the ride for the remainder of the USAC season starting with the October 16 round at Dodge City Raceway Park in Kansas.


 

Clouser’s most recent USAC National Sprint Car start resulted in his best career series finish of 5th at Illinois’ Tri-City Speedway in September 2025. He also just wrapped up the USAC Silver Crown season fourth in the standings. He was a 13th place Fall Nationals finisher in 2019.


 


 

DOG DAY AFTERNOON (AND NIGHT)


 

The third running of the Greg Staab Memorial honors the life and memory of the five-time Lawrenceburg Speedway sprint car track champion in 1982-1983-1984-1985-1987.


 

Nicknamed "Dog," Staab was a longtime USAC driver and car owner who also served as the promoter of Lawrenceburg Speedway and was later a USAC National Sprint Car Competition Director.


 

As part of the event, the winner’s share will be $6,544, in recognition of the familiar No. 44 that he campaigned for several years on USAC’s Midget and Sprint Car trails as well as on the local Indiana/Ohio sprint car scene. Furthermore, the event will pay $750 to start both nights this weekend.


 

Staab scored one USAC National Sprint Car victory in his career, a memorable feat in 1988 on the pavement of Indianapolis Raceway Park that was shown live on ESPN. Staab passed away in 2017 at the age of 68.


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

On Friday night, October 9, it’s the 3rd annual Greg Staab Memorial featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus B-Mods, Lawrence Motorsports Trailer Sales Hornets and Rupp Roofing & Seamless Gutters Crown Vics. Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and hot laps at 6:30pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Advance tickets are on sale now at www.LawrenceburgSpeedway.com. General admission tickets are $25 for ages 13 & up. General admission tickets for kids age 12 and under are $10. Pit passes are $35 for ages 11 & up. Pit passes for ages 10 & under are $15. Backstretch/pit parking is $20.


 

On Saturday night, October 10, the 18th running of the Fall Nationals features the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus Diamond Heavy Haul Modifieds and Impact Sports Pro Stocks. Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5pm and hot laps at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Advance tickets are on sale now at www.LawrenceburgSpeedway.com. General admission tickets are $35 for ages 13 & up. General admission tickets for kids age 12 and under are $10. Pit passes are $45 for ages 11 & up. Pit passes for ages 10 & under are $15. Backstretch/pit parking is $20.


 

Both nights of the event can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026.


 


 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3009, 2-Justin Grant-2812, 3-Mitchel Moles-2752, 4-Jake Swanson-2482, 5-Briggs Danner-2386, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2346, 7-C.J. Leary-2229, 8-Chase Stockon-2227, 9-Robert Ballou-2210, 10-Logan Seavey-2185.


 


 

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TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

1 Lap - 7/9/2008 - Levi Jones - 12.926 - 104.441 mph


 

8 Laps - 9/28/2013 - Tracy Hines - 1:51.91 - 96.506 mph


 

10 Laps - 7/10/2008 - Cole Whitt - 2:18.199 - 7.692 mph


 

12 Laps - 10/1/2016 - Stevie Sussex - 2:51.399 - 4.521 mph


 

30 Laps - 10/1/2016 - Josh Hodges - 7:21.09 - 91.818 mph


 


 

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FALL NATIONALS WINS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

3-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

2-Robert Ballou, Bryan Clauson, Justin Grant & Logan Seavey


 

1-Brady Bacon, Kyle Cummins, Damion Gardner, Josh Hodges, Levi Jones, Thomas Meseraull, Jon Stanbrough & Chase Stockon


 


 

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FALL NATIONALS WINNERS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

2007: Robert Ballou (MSCS)


 

2008: Robert Ballou (MSCS)


 

2009: Damion Gardner (USAC) & Jon Stanbrough (MSCS)


 

2010: Rained Out


 

2011: Levi Jones (USAC)


 

2012: Chase Stockon (USAC)


 

2013: Bryan Clauson (USAC)


 

2014: Bryan Clauson (USAC)


 

2015: Thomas Meseraull (USAC)


 

2016: Josh Hodges (USAC)


 

2017: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2018: Justin Grant (USAC)


 

2019: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2020: Brady Bacon (USAC)


 

2021: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2022: Kyle Cummins (USAC)


 

2023: Justin Grant (USAC)


 

2024: Logan Seavey (USAC)


 

2025: Logan Seavey (USAC)


 


 

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GREG STAAB MEMORIAL WINS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

1-Kyle Cummins & Briggs Danner


 


 

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GREG STAAB MEMORIAL WINNERS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

2024: Briggs Danner


 

2025: Kyle Cummins


 


 

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

8-Justin Grant


 

7-Dave Darland


 

6-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

5-Logan Seavey & Jon Stanbrough


 

4-Jack Hewitt


 

3-Brady Bacon, Kevin Briscoe, Bryan Clauson & Rick Hood


 

2-Kyle Cummins, Briggs Danner, Tony Elliott, Levi Jones, C.J. Leary, Danny Milburn & Brian Tyler


 

1-Robert Ballou, Jeff Bland Jr., Mark Cassella, Jerry Coons Jr., Tyler Courtney, Kevin Doty, Jay Drake, Dickie Gaines, Damion Gardner, Josh Hodges, Logan Jarrett, Thomas Meseraull, Rodney Ritter Jr., Brady Short, Chase Stockon, Kevin Thomas, Chris Windom, Josh Wise & J.J. Yeley

 

LEARY’S CROWN! 2026 USAC SILVER CROWN SEASON REVIEW

 

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Through personal loss, love, pain and joy, C.J. Leary continued to race on over the past year and a half.


 

And after finishing the USAC Silver Crown Championship points 3rd, 4th, 4th, and 2nd over the past four seasons, a title was just within reach.


 

In 2026, after 12 years after making his series debut, the Greenfield, Indiana native finally made it to the top once again, this time as a USAC Silver Crown champion.


 

Leary’s Silver Crown title is his first with the series and the second of his USAC national career after also grabbing the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship back in 2019. This one required near perfection as he finished inside the top-five in all but one of the 10 rounds while also tallying three wins.


 

He picked up two wins on the pavement at WWT Raceway and Iowa Speedway, both of which Leary admitted were “bucket list” tracks for him to win at. A repeat victory on the dirt at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds and a ceremonial swim in the infield pond / lake followed in September, to go along with a series-leading 204 laps led, and no finish worse than eighth throughout the season. By September, he had achieved a brand new series record of 15 consecutive top five finishes dating back to mid-2025.


 

The 105-point margin of Leary’s was the series’ largest since the 2015 season, while completing every single one of the 911 laps contested during the 2026 campaign. His quest to the 2026 USAC Silver Crown driving championship has spanned for nearly half of his 30 years on this earth, and this was about as perfect of a year he could’ve possibly had on the racetrack as the team finished every single race without a single DNF.


 

“Over half the battle of Silver Crown racing is making sure that your car runs the full 100 laps and finishes the races,” Leary stated. If you can do that, you’re going to be top 10 for sure, top five maybe even. We’ve had no failures the last two years, which has been just unbelievable. I owe that all to those guys for spending the time in the shop and providing us with all the right parts and pieces. It makes my job easy to show up to track and give them 100 percent.”


 

For C.J., it’s a journey to the championship that debuted in 2014. After going full-time in 2015 in the family-owned No. 30, Leary first raced to victory in USAC national competition in 2016 at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track, celebrating alongside his dad, 1997 Hoosier Hundred winner Chuck Leary, as they became the first father and son to win USAC Silver Crown races as drivers.


 

C.J.’s 2018 champ car score at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway is widely regarded as one of the best races in USAC Silver Crown history, one that C.J. cites put him “on the map” to where teams were calling him to drive their cars on a full-time basis.


 

After a run with the Klatt Enterprises team and Bob East in the forthcoming years, Leary notched another series win in 2022. But after vacating that seat in 2024, Leary joined the Team AZ Racing / Petty-Rossi / Curb-Agajanian team for 2025. Their goals were clear: win races and win championships. Despite a new pavement car, no notebook, and a new combo, they won twice and finished second in the standings for 2025. In 2026, they got even better, attaining their goals by year two in their Avanti Windows & Doors – Curb Records/DRC/Stanton Chevy No. 21.


 

At times, it takes a village to operate at an optimum level, and the 21 bunch sure has its share, becoming quite possibly the first four owner operation to earn a USAC championship, with a team that consists of Mike Burkhart, Craig Burkhart, Eric and Windy Wilkins, Justin Grau, Joe Devin of DRC, Eric Stanton of Stanton Racing Engines, Jerry Petty of Avanti Windows & Doors, Phil Rossi of Apache Transport, and Mike Curb, all of whom can now claim the 2026 Silver Crown title as their very own.


 

“It’s about the people really,” Leary tipped his cap. “I think it’s about the people you surround yourself with. And if you’re not enjoying what you’re doing, why are you doing it? There are a lot of other things out there that we could all be doing, but racing has brought us all together in the sport that we love.”


 

But amid the pursuit of accomplishing the task of capturing a USAC Silver Crown title, away from the track, Leary’s experiences were anything but perfect. An emotional roller coaster over the span of the past year and a half saw his dad pass away unexpectedly in March 2025 at the age of 59. Not only was he his dad, his mentor, and his crew chief, he was his best friend.


 

“Losing my dad was the hardest thing I’ve ever endured and I still struggle with it today. I don’t know if it’s something I’ll ever really truly get over,” C.J. said. “He was my best friend and my crew chief and he was sometimes even my worst enemy. We butted heads a lot, but I sure do wish he was here to have witnessed this season and get to celebrate this championship with us. I know that he was watching over me at all those races.”


 

In December 2025, C.J. married his longtime girlfriend, Kristy Bemmes. In 2026, C.J.’s trusty sidekick, Charlie the Black Lab, who traveled up and down the road to every one of C.J.’s USAC races going back more than a decade, passed away. Soon after, C.J. and Kristy announced that they would soon become the proud new parents of a baby boy in early 2027.


 

“I don’t know if it gets any cooler getting to win a USAC Silver Crown championship and to have a son all in the same year,” Leary beamed. “I’m really looking forward to becoming a dad. I think I’ve learned a lot from my dad and I just hope that I’m as good as he was. I think he’ll be the seventh generation of Charles Leary. That’s really cool for my family and really cool for Kristy. I think she’s going to be a great mom.”


 

Leary led the championship points for all but the first race, which was won in spectacular fashion in May at the Kansas State Fairgrounds by Hayden Reinbold. Restarting 17th after a first lap crash, then later going a lap down just 10 laps into the race, Reinbold took over the lead from a fuel-starved Justin Grant with two laps to go to become the first driver to win in his first career USAC Silver Crown start since Marv Carman in 1984.


 

Dakoda Armstrong charged from fourth to first in the first 10 laps to win the 69th running of the Hoosier Hundred at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in June. In that same race, Russ Gamester made the biggest charge of the season in what was his record-setting 31st career Hoosier Hundred start by driving from 18th to fourth. That same night, Brian Tyler and his son, Robert Tyler, became just the sixth father and son to compete in the same USAC Silver Crown race, joining David & Mike McCreary, Jim & James McElreath, Wayne Reutimann Jr. & Sr., Ken & Davey Hamilton, and Davey Hamilton Jr. & Sr.


 

Mitchel Moles led all but one lap of July’s Sumar Classic at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track as he lost the lead to his teammate Hayden Reinbold with seven laps to go, then quickly grabbed it back on the very next lap to secure the win. Moles and Reinbold’s resulting one-two finish made Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports the first team to occupy the top two spots of a USAC Silver Crown race since Tony Stewart Racing’s Levi Jones and Bryan Clauson in 2010, also at Terre Haute.


 

Briggs Danner tied for the most victories during the 2026 season, going wire-to-wire for all 100 laps to score the Rich Vogler Classic in what his first ever visit to the daunting 37 degree high banks of Indiana’s Winchester Speedway. Danner’s second career series win on July 19 came exactly one year to the day after his first win. Danner then won his first dirt mile race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds’ Bettenhausen 100 in August, taking over the lead from Justin Grant, who suffered another heartbreak when his engine expired just 13 laps from the finish line while leading. Danner then capped the season with another victory on the pavement in his first ever visit to Ohio’s Toledo Speedway.


 

During September’s 4-Crown Nationals at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway, Spire Motorsports with CB Industries debuted their new USAC Silver Crown team with Daison Pursley at the wheel. The result was absolute perfection as they were fastest in practice, captured the pole position in qualifying, then led all 50 laps en route to Pursley’s second straight Eldora champ car win. Interestingly, the top four finishers of the feature were Pursley, Brady Bacon, Matt Westfall, and Logan Seavey. For all four of those drivers, it was their only feature start of the USAC Silver Crown season.


 

Furthermore, Chase Cabre made history at Iowa when he became the first driver to win the pole position in his USAC Silver Crown debut since Shane Hmiel in 2008. In his second qualifying run at Toledo, he captured the pole position again! He led 45 laps in both races, bowing out with a mechanical issue at Iowa before finishing third at Toledo.


 

Also at Iowa, the versatile Nathan Byrd became the first driver since J.J. Yeley in 2007 at Kansas Speedway to compete in both a USAC Silver Crown and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts race on the same day at the same track. Byrd finished fourth in the USAC race and 25th in the NASCAR event.


 

With his eighth place finish in the standings, Chelby Hinton was named the 2026 USAC Silver Crown Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year after finishing all six of his starts inside the top 10. In one of the closest Rookie races in series history, Louisiana’s Hinton edged Hayden Reinbold by a mere eight points.


 

Chase Cabre, Justin Grant, and C.J. Leary each led a three-way tie for the most pole positions in 2026 with two apiece.


 

Six drivers started all 10 feature events: C.J. Leary (1st in points), Briggs Danner (2nd in points), Justin Grant (3rd in points), Mario Clouser (4th in points), Gregg Cory (5th in points), and Dave Berkheimer (6th in points).


 

Seventy-two different drivers competed in a USAC Silver Crown event in 2026, the most in three years.


 


 

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2026 USAC SILVER CROWN STAT LEADERS:


 

Driver Champion: C.J. Leary


 

Entrant Champion: Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing #21


 

Most Wins: 3-Briggs Danner & C.J. Leary


 

Rookie of the Year: Chelby Hinton (8th)


 

Most Laps Led: 204-C.J. Leary


 

Most Top-Fives: 9-C.J. Leary


 

Most Top-Tens: 10-C.J. Leary


 

Most Fast Qualifying Times: 2-Chase Cabre, Justin Grant & C.J. Leary


 

Most Feature Starts: 10-Dave Berkheimer, Mario Clouser, Gregg Cory, Briggs Danner, Justin Grant & C.J. Leary


 

Best Finish By A Rookie: May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hayden Reinbold (1st)


 

Most Positions Advanced in a Race: (14) Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Russ Gamester (18th to 4th)


 


 

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2026 USAC SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE & RESULTS


 

May 9: (D) Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hutchinson, Kansas

WINNER: Hayden Reinbold (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports #119)


 

Jun 7: (P) World Wide Technology Raceway - Madison, Illinois

WINNER: C.J. Leary (Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian #21)


 

Jun 25: (P) Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Brownsburg, Indiana

WINNER: Dakoda Armstrong (C & A Motorsports #5)


 

Jul 5: (D) Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana

WINNER: Mitchel Moles (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports #19)


 

Jul 19: (P) Winchester Speedway - Winchester, Indiana

WINNER: Briggs Danner (Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team #77)


 

Aug 8: (P) Iowa Speedway - Newton, Iowa

WINNER: C.J. Leary (Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian #21)


 

Aug 22: (D) Illinois State Fairgrounds - Springfield, Illinois

WINNER: Briggs Danner (DMW Motorsports #10)


 

Sep 5: (D) Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Du Quoin, Illinois

WINNER: C.J. Leary (Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian #21)


 

Sep 26: Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio

WINNER: Daison Pursley (Spire Motorsports with CB Industries #77)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Toledo, Ohio

WINNER: Briggs Danner (Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team #77)


 


 

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2026 USAC Silver Crown Driver Points


 

Pos.     Pts.      Driver, Hometown


 

1            662       C.J. Leary, Greenfield, Indiana


 

2            557       Briggs Danner, Allentown, Pennsylvania


 

3            557       Justin Grant, Ione, California


 

4            487       Mario Clouser, Auburn, Illinois


 

5            388       Gregg Cory, Shelbyville, Indiana


 

6            322       Dave Berkheimer, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania


 

7            283       Kaylee Bryson, Muskogee, Oklahoma


 

8            279       (R) Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

9            275       Dakoda Armstrong, New Castle, Indiana


 

10          271       (R) Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona


 

11          258       Mitchel Moles, Raisin City, California


 

12          254       Chase Stockon, Fort Branch, Indiana


 

13          251       Jake Swanson, Anaheim, California


 

14          249       Kyle Steffens, Saint Charles, Missouri


 

15          227       (R) Steve Gennetten, Gravois Mills, Missouri


 

16          187       Nathan Byrd, Goodyear, Arizona


 

17          183       Tyler Roahrig, Plymouth, Indiana


 

18          165       Bobby Santos, Franklin, Massachusetts


 

19          148       Jackson Macenko, Cincinnati, Ohio


 

20          148       Carmen Perigo, Stoystown, Pennsylvania


 

21          148       (R) Robert Tyler, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina


 

22          140       Brian Tyler, Parma, Michigan


 

23          125       Davey Hamilton Jr., Boise, Idaho


 

24          121       (R) Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

25          120       Saban Bibent, Cincinnati, Ohio


 

26          117       (R) Chase Cabre, Tampa, Florida


 

27          107       Russ Gamester, Peru, Indiana


 

28          106       Kyle Hamilton, Danville, Indiana


 

29          105       Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, Arizona


 

30          90          Kyle Cummins, Princeton, Indiana


 

31          83          Danny Jennings, Norman, Oklahoma


 

32          81          Trey Osborne, Columbus, Ohio


 

33          80          Chris Fetter, Troy, Missouri


 

34          79          Shane Cockrum, Benton, Illinois


 

35          77          Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma


 

36          76          (R) Bret Tripplett, Lincoln, Illinois


 

37          76          Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma


 

38          74          (R) Colton Bettis, Lutz, Florida


 

39          66          Mark Bitner, Columbus, New Jersey


 

40          64          Matt Westfall, Pleasant Hill, Ohio


 

41          61          Logan Seavey, Sutter, California


 

42          59          Ryan Newman, South Bend, Indiana


 

43          55          Bill Rose, Plainfield, Indiana


 

44          52          Michael Lewis, Noblesville, Indiana


 

45          47          Korey Weyant, Springfield, Illinois


 

46          46          Jimmy Light, West Springfield, Pennsylvania


 

47          45          (R) Mitchell Davis, Auburn, Illinois


 

48          43          Kip Hughes, North Enid, Oklahoma


 

49          41          Brian Ruhlman, Clarklake, Michigan


 

50          39          (R) Chase Locke, Chester, New Hampshire


 

51          37          (R) Jared Kreider, Stockton, New Jersey


 

52          35          Kyle O’Gara, Beech Grove, Indiana


 

53          35          Shane Cottle, Kansas, Illinois


 

54          35          (R) Darin Naida, Adrian, Michigan


 

55          35          (R) Rob Caho Jr., Rush City, Minnesota


 

56          33          (R) Brent Yarnal, Phoenix, Arizona


 

57          33          Chris Urish, Elkhart, Illinois


 

58          31          Jake Trainor, Medway, Massachusetts


 

59          31          Kenny Gentry, Henderson, Kentucky


 

60          29          Bryan Gossel, Fort Collins, Colorado


 

61          29          Robert Ballou, Rocklin, California


 

62          29          (R) Scott Hampton, Greenfield, Indiana


 

63          29          (R) Jason York, Chico, California


 

64          23          (R) Kevin Studley, Brownsburg, Indiana


 

65          22          Patrick Bruns, Champaign, Illinois


 

66          20          Dave Peperak, Clinton, Indiana


 

67          20          (R) Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, New Jersey


 

68          19          Joey Moughan, Springfield, Illinois


 

69          18          (R) Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

70          15          (R) Colten Cottle, Kansas, Illinois


 

71          10          (R) Aric Gentry, Robards, Kentucky


 

72          10          (R) Adam Taylor, Wheatfield, Indiana


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie


 


 

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2026 USAC Silver Crown Entrant Points


 

Pos.     Pts.      Entrant, Team Location


 

1            662       Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Phoenix, Arizona (#21)


 

2            557       Hemelgarn Racing, Toledo, Ohio (#91)


 

3            487       Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Phoenix, Arizona (#20)


 

4            409       Klatt Enterprises, Hastings, Nebraska (#6)


 

5            388       Williams-Cory Racing, Shelbyville, Indiana (#32)


 

6            322       Dave Berkheimer Motorsports, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (#31)


 

7            311       Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team, Lebanon, Ohio (#77)


 

8            287       Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports, Gilbert, Arizona (#19)


 

9            283       Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight, Indianapolis, Indiana (#11)


 

10          281       DMW Motorsports, Phoenix, Arizona (#10)


 

11          275       C & A Motorsports, New Castle, Indiana (#5)


 

12          254       Pink 69 Racing, Evansville, Indiana (#69)


 

13          249       Steffens Motorsports, Saint Charles, Missouri (#8)


 

14          242       Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports, Gilbert, Arizona (#119)


 

15          227       GGR Motorsports, Gravois Mills, Missouri (#64)


 

16          226       Aaron Pierce, Fishers, Indiana (#26)


 

17          215       Kazmark Motorsports, Joliet, Illinois (#92)


 

18       187       Meyer Auto Research-Byrd Racing-John Tosti, Brownsburg, Indiana (#40)


 

19          183       Newman Racing, Snohomish, Washington (#41)


 

20          165       DJ Racing, Boca Raton, Florida (#98)


 

21          164       Hamilton-DB Racing, Avon, Indiana (#14)


 

22          162       John Haggenbottom, Bristol, Pennsylvania (#24)


 

23          148       Brad Hayes Racing, Pendleton, Indiana (#124)


 

24          148       Stehman Motorsports, Halifax, Pennsylvania (#52)


 

25          148       Robert Tyler Racing, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina (#75)


 

26          144       Klatt Enterprises, Hastings, Nebraska (#62)


 

27          140       BCR Group, South Vienna, Ohio (#81)


 

28          135       Breidinger Motorsports, Hillsborough, California (#80)


 

29          120       Sammy & Mouren Fetter, Bridgeton, Missouri (#88)


 

30          107       Gamester Racing, Peru, Indiana (#51)


 

31          95          Shawn Wood, Memphis, Tennessee (#27)


 

32          90          Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Phoenix, Arizona (#33)


 

33          83          David Grace Motorsports, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (#61)


 

34          80          Chris Fetter, Moscow Mills, Missouri (#15)


 

35          77          Chris Dyson Racing, Poughkeepsie, New York (#9)


 

36          76          SV Motorsports, Blackstone, Illinois (#65)


 

37          76          Kip Hughes, Enid, Oklahoma (#60)


 

38          76          Spire Motorsports with CB Industries, Mooresville, North Carolina (#77)


 

39          66          Henry Yeska, Columbus, New Jersey (#4)


 

40          64          Westfall Racing, Pleasant Hill, Ohio (#54)


 

41          61          Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight, Indianapolis, Indiana (#57)


 

42          56          Hans Lein, Edgerton, Wisconsin (#97)


 

43          55          Bill Rose Racing, Crawfordsville, Indiana (#66)


 

44          47          Weyant Motorsports, Rochester, Illinois (#99)


 

45          46          Mike Thomas, Indianapolis, Indiana (#118)


 

46          45          Shoestring Racing, Plainfield, Illinois (#38)


 

47          41          Ruhlman Racing, Clarklake, Michigan (#49)


 

48          35          Whitman-Caho Racing, Rush City, Minnesota (#78)


 

49          33          Brent Yarnal, Phoenix, Arizona (#29)


 

50          33          Urish Racing, Lincoln, Illinois (#177)


 

51          31          Aaron Pierce, Fishers, Indiana (#126)


 

52          31          Gentry Motorsports, Henderson, Kentucky (#18)


 

53          29          Bryan Gossel, Fort Collins, Colorado (#06)


 

54          29          Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Phoenix, Arizona (#211)


 

55          29          York Racing, Brownsburg, Indiana (#255)


 

56          23          Studley Motorsports, Brownsburg, Indiana (#57)


 

57          22          Full Throttle Racing, Champaign, Illinois (#95)


 

58          20          Dave Peperak Motorsports, Clinton, Indiana (#777)


 

59          19          Joey Moughan Racing, Springfield, Illinois (#129)


 

60          18          DMW Motorsports, Phoenix, Arizona (#110)


 

61          15          McQuinn Motorsports, Springfield, Illinois (#114)


 

62          15          Mark Moreland Racing, O’Fallon, Missouri (#04)


 

63          10          Tim & Linda Simmons, Cabot, Arkansas (#3)


 

64          10          Adam Taylor Motorsports, Wheatfield, Indiana (#53)


 


 

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2026 USAC SILVER CROWN ROOKIE DRIVER POINT STANDINGS:

Pos.     Pts.      Driver, Hometown


 

1            279       Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

2            271       Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona


 

3            227       Steve Gennetten, Gravois Mills, Missouri


 

4            148       Robert Tyler, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina


 

5            121       Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

6            117       Chase Cabre, Tampa, Florida


 

7            76          Bret Tripplett, Lincoln, Illinois


 

8            74          Colton Bettis, Lutz, Florida


 

9            45          Mitchell Davis, Auburn, Illinois


 

10          39          Chase Locke, Chester, New Hampshire


 

11          37          Jared Kreider, Stockton, New Jersey


 

12          35          Darin Naida, Adrian, Michigan


 

13          35          Rob Caho Jr., Rush City, Minnesota


 

14          33          Brent Yarnal, Phoenix, Arizona


 

15          29          Scott Hampton, Greenfield, Indiana


 

16          29          Jason York, Chico, California


 

17          23          Kevin Studley, Brownsburg, Indiana


 

18          20          Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, New Jersey


 

19          18          Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

20          15          Colten Cottle, Kansas, Illinois


 

21          10          Aric Gentry, Robards, Kentucky


 

22          10          Adam Taylor, Wheatfield, Indiana


 


 

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RACE WINS:


 

3-Briggs Danner (Jul 19 at Winchester Speedway, Aug 22 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds & Oct 3 at Toledo Speedway)


 

3-C.J. Leary (Jun 7 at World Wide Technology Raceway, Aug 8 at Iowa Speedway & Sep 5 at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds)


 

1-Dakoda Armstrong (Jun 25 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park)


 

1-Mitchel Moles (Jul 5 at the Terre Haute Action Track)


 

1-Hayden Reinbold (May 9 at the Kansas State Fairgrounds)


 

1-Daison Pursley (Sep 26 at Eldora Speedway)


 


 

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LAPS LED:


 

204-C.J. Leary


 

185-Justin Grant


 

164-Briggs Danner


 

99-Mitchel Moles


 

91-Dakoda Armstrong


 

90-Chase Cabre


 

50-Daison Pursley


 

19-Davey Hamilton Jr.


 

6-Bobby Santos


 

3-Hayden Reinbold


 


 

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TOP 5 FINISHES:


 

9-C.J. Leary


 

7-Justin Grant


 

4-Mario Clouser & Briggs Danner


 

3-Dakoda Armstrong & Jake Swanson


 

2-Hayden Reinbold, Tyler Roahrig & Kyle Steffens


 

1-Brady Bacon, Saban Bibent, Nathan Byrd, Chase Cabre, Jerry Coons Jr., Gregg Cory, Russ Gamester, Jackson Macenko, Mitchel Moles, Daison Pursley, Bobby Santos, Logan Seavey, Chase Stockon & Matt Westfall


 


 

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TOP 10 FINISHES:


 

10-C.J. Leary


 

8-Briggs Danner & Justin Grant


 

7-Mario Clouser


 

6-Chelby Hinton


 

4-Dakoda Armstrong & Chase Stockon


 

3-Gregg Cory, Steve Gennetten, Mitchel Moles, Tyler Roahrig, Bobby Santos, Kyle Steffens & Jake Swanson


 

2-Kaylee Bryson, Nathan Byrd, Jackson Macenko, Carmen Perigo & Hayden Reinbold


 

1-Brady Bacon, Colton Bettis, Saban Bibent, Chase Cabre, Shane Cockrum, Jerry Coons Jr., Kyle Cummins, Kale Drake, Chris Fetter, Russ Gamester, Kyle Hamilton, Davey Hamilton Jr., Kip Hughes, Danny Jennings, Michael Lewis, Trey Osborne, Daison Pursley, Bill Rose, Logan Seavey, Brian Tyler, Robert Tyler & Matt Westfall


 


 

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FEATURE STARTS:


 

10-Dave Berkheimer, Mario Clouser, Gregg Cory, Briggs Danner, Justin Grant & C.J. Leary


 

7-Kaylee Bryson


 

6-Chelby Hinton & Hayden Reinbold


 

5-Dakoda Armstrong, Steve Gennetten, Mitchel Moles, Kyle Steffens, Chase Stockon & Jake Swanson


 

4-Nathan Byrd, Brian Tyler & Robert Tyler


 

3-Saban Bibent, Kale Drake, Russ Gamester, Kyle Hamilton, Davey Hamilton Jr., Jackson Macenko, Trey Osborne, Carmen Perigo, Tyler Roahrig, Bobby Santos & Bret Tripplett


 

2-Colton Bettis, Mark Bitner, Chase Cabre, Shane Cockrum, Jerry Coons Jr., Kyle Cummins, Chris Fetter, Danny Jennings, Jimmy Light & Ryan Newman


 

1-Brady Bacon, Robert Ballou, Patrick Bruns, Rob Caho Jr., Cale Coons, Colten Cottle, Shane Cottle, Mitchell Davis, Kenny Gentry, Bryan Gossel, Scott Hampton, Kip Hughes, Jared Kreider, Michael Lewis, Chase Locke, Joey Moughan, Darin Naida, Kyle O’Gara, Dave Peperak, Daison Pursley, Bill Rose, Brian Ruhlman, Logan Seavey, Kevin Studley, Jake Trainor, Chris Urish, Matt Westfall, Korey Weyant, Brent Yarnal & Jason York


 


 

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FAST QUALIFIERS: (Presented by LearnLab)


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (20.789)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - C.J. Leary (30.641)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - C.J. Leary (20.962)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Mitchel Moles (20.627)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Briggs Danner (14.972)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - Chase Cabre (21.963)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (31.504)


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Chase Stockon (30.125)


 

Sep 25: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (16.428)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Chase Cabre (15.159)


 


 

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FAST QUALIFYING TIMES: (Presented by LearnLab)


 

2-Chase Cabre, Justin Grant & C.J. Leary


 

1-Briggs Danner, Mitchel Moles, Daison Pursley & Chase Stockon


 


 

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QUALIFYING RACE WINNERS: (Presented by Five Star Bodies)


 

1-Carmen Perigo


 


 

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TOP ROOKIE FINISHER OF THE RACE:


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hayden Reinbold (1st)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - Brent Yarnal (15th)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Chelby Hinton (9th)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Hayden Reinbold (2nd)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Robert Tyler (8th)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - Chelby Hinton (9th)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Chelby Hinton (10th)


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Chelby Hinton (6th)


 

Sep 26: Eldora Speedway - Chelby Hinton (9th)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Chase Cabre (3rd)


 


 

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HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE: (Presented by Rod End Supply)


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hayden Reinbold (8th to 1st)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - Jackson Macenko (16th to 3rd)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Russ Gamester (18th to 4th)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Bill Rose (18th to 6th)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Brian Tyler (11th to 6th)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - Gregg Cory (15th to 5th)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Steve Gennetten (22nd to 11th)


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Briggs Danner (16th to 3rd)


 

Sep 26: Eldora Speedway - Carmen Perigo (21st to 8th)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Kale Drake (16th to 6th)


 


 

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MOST LAPS LED: (K & N Filters Clean Air Award)


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (98)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - C.J. Leary (45)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Dakoda Armstrong (91)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Mitchel Moles (99)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Briggs Danner (100)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - C.J. Leary (55)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (87)


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - C.J. Leary (100)


 

Sep 26: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (50)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Briggs Danner (55)


 


 

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FASTEST PRACTICE DRIVER: (Presented by Dirt Draft)


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (21.019)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - C.J. Leary (30.596)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Kyle Hamilton (21.215)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Justin Grant (20.462)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Justin Grant (15.149)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - C.J. Leary (22.217)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (30.976)                             


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (29.802)


 

Sep 25: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (16.182)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - C.J. Leary (15.140)

 

Season Finale Goes to Toledo on Saturday

Chuck Reed

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Toledo, Ohio (October 2, 2026)………It’s last call as the USAC Silver Crown trail in 2026 comes to the end of the road this Saturday, October 3.


 

The place is Toledo Speedway. The race is the 13th running of the Hemelgarn Racing / Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic as the champ cars make their curtain call for the year on the 1/2-mile, high-banked paved oval in the upper northwest part of Ohio.


 

A fierce Rookie of the Year battle is at play this weekend, as are intriguing debuts, and several drivers aiming to finish their season on a high note.


 

The event remembers Toledo’s racing hero, 1973 USAC National Sprint Car champion Rollie Beale, who also later became a highly respected USAC official and served as the chief steward for both the Silver Crown and National Sprint Car series for many years.


 

Now, here’s six storylines to watch coming up this Saturday at Toledo!

 


 

LEARY LOCKED IN


 

C.J. Leary enters the Toledo finale playing with house money. He’s already clinched the 2026 USAC Silver Crown championship, the first of his career. Amazingly, he’s the first Indiana born USAC Silver Crown driving champion since Tracy Hines 26 years ago in 2000.


 

Two of Leary’s three USAC Silver Crown wins in 2026 have occurred on the asphalt, at WWT Raceway and Iowa Speedway. Furthermore, he’s currently on a string of an all-time record 15 consecutive top-five finishes with the series dating back to mid-July 2025.


 

Of course, he’d like to put the cherry on top to complete a perfect season of top-fives. But he wants more than that. In his career at Toledo, he’s finished 2nd twice in 2023 and 2024 and was fifth one year ago.

 


 

GRANT EYING FIRST CHAMP CAR W OF ‘26


 

Justin Grant enters Toledo as the defending winner of the Rollie Beale Classic at Toledo, leading all 100 laps from his outside front row starting position in April 2025 en route to the series championship.


 

However, this year, despite several strong runs, he’s been absent from USAC Silver Crown victory lane. He has six top-five finishes and has been in contention to win many of them. However, victory has eluded him thus far.


 

He owns the current longest streak of years with at least one Silver Crown victory with five dating back to 2021. Toledo marks his final opportunity of 2026 to extend that run.


 

Toledo also presents a special opportunity for Grant and his Hemelgarn Racing team. Hemelgarn, a Toledo businessman who owns the Super Fitness health club, is a longtime sponsor of the Rollie Beale Classic and was instrumental in bringing open wheel racing back to Toledo Speedway during the 2000s.

 


 

REINBOLD VS. HINTON FOR THE ROOKIE TITLE


 

Hayden Reinbold and Chelby Hinton are separated by just six points in the battle for USAC Silver Crown Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year honors. Both drivers will be making their Toledo debut this Saturday.


 

Gilbert, Arizona’s Reinbold will make his first pavement start of any kind in his career in the Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports No. 19. The ride is a borrowed car from the Team AZ Racing / Petty-Rossi / Curb-Agajanian stable. Reinbold won the season opener back in May at the Kansas State Fairgrounds.


 

Meanwhile, Dubberly, Louisiana’s Hinton will hit the Toledo pavement for the first time in his career aboard the Breidinger Motorsports No. 80. In his five USAC Silver Crown starts this season, Hinton has yet to finish outside the top-10. His best run to date was a 6th at Du Quoin in September.

 


 

DOUBLE DUTY IN CHAMP CARS & SPRINT CARS


 

Along with USAC Silver Crown action, the 500 Sprint Car Tour will also be on hand for its event at Toledo in an open wheel doubleheader.


 

At least three drivers are planning to pull double-duty by competing in both divisions this Saturday: Tyler Roahrig, Dakoda Armstrong, and Nathan Byrd.


 

Roahrig finished 2nd in last year’s Toledo USAC Silver Crown race while Armstrong took 3rd. Byrd was a 6th place Toledo finisher in 2021.


 

On top of everything else, Byrd will be traveling back and forth between Toledo Speedway and Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin’s Road America where he is competing in the SCCA Runoffs in the Formula Atlantic division this week.


 

 

TOLEDO DEBUTS


 

Eight of the 18 drivers in Saturday’s field will be making their Toledo USAC Silver Crown debuts.


 

Among that group are top Rookie of the Year contenders Hayden Reinbold and Chelby Hinton, plus two-time 2026 series winner Briggs Danner as well as USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget winner Kale Drake, who’ll be making his pavement champ car debut.


 

Chase Cabre will make his first Toledo champ car run as will Robert Tyler. Additionally, two more drivers will be making their first USAC Silver Crown appearance of any kind this Saturday: northeast Supermodified and NEMA Midget star Chase Locke and East Coast winged sprint car racer Jared Kreider.


 

They’ll be facing off with series veterans such as Kyle Hamilton who returns to Toledo for the first time since a 6th place USAC Silver Crown finish in 2019. Kaylee Bryson made her USAC Silver Crown debut at Toledo in 2022 and finished 6th in 2023. Mario Clouser, who ranks fourth in the standings, also finished 6th at Toledo in 2024. Fifth in points in Gregg Cory who finished 13th in 2024. Dave Berkheimer, sixth in points, took a 17th place Toledo result in 2025.


 

 

A HISTORY OF CROWN FINALES


 

Saturday will mark the fourth time the USAC Silver Crown season finale has been held at Toledo Speedway. Jerry Coons Jr. won the first in 2010, while Kody Swanson won the Toledo finale in both 2011 and 2021.


 

Overall, Kody Swanson owns the most USAC Silver Crown finale victories with five. Just one driver in this Saturday’s field has won a finale. That’s C.J. Leary who earned the last win of the 2018 season at Eldora.


 

Speaking of Leary, he’s looking to become the 11th driver to win both the season finale and the USAC Silver Crown championship during the same season. That list includes: Al Unser (1973), Bobby Olivero (1979), Gary Bettenhausen (1980), Jack Hewitt (1986), Steve Butler (1992), Jimmy Sills (1996), J.J. Yeley (2002 & 2003), Bobby East (2012), Kody Swanson (2014, 2015, 2021 & 2024), and Chris Windom (2016).


 

Aaron Pierce won the 2006 season finale as a driver at Kansas Speedway. He’ll try to get it done with his team on Saturday at Toledo with Chase Cabre in the seat. Brian Tyler also achieved the same feat in the 2000 finale at Memphis Motorsports Park. His son, Robert Tyler, will be competing on Saturday with his father turning the wrenches.


 

 

RACE DETAILS


 

This Saturday’s October 3 Stars, Stripes & Speed Fest features the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic for the USAC Silver Crown Championship, plus the 500 Sprint Car Tour, Outlaw Super Late Models and Factory Stocks.


 

Pits open at 9am Eastern with the drivers meeting set for 11am. Practice begins at noon for all divisions, followed by qualifying at 2:30pm for all divisions.


 

Opening ceremonies begin at 4pm, followed by racing action featuring Factory Stock heat races, the 500 Sprint Car Tour 40-lap feature, the Outlaw Super Late Model 50-lap feature, the Factory Stock 20-lap feature, and the 100-lap USAC Silver Crown feature.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at http://www.toledospeedway.com/. General admission tickets are $30. Kids age 6-12 are $5. Ages 5 & under are free. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on race day.


 

The entirety of the event can be watched live on https://flosports.link/usac2026.


 

 

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TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (18)


 

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


 

6 KYLE HAMILTON/Danville, IN (Klatt Enterprises)


 

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


 

14 (R) CHASE LOCKE/Chester, NH (Hamilton-DB Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

24 (R) JARED KREIDER/Stockton, NJ (John Haggenbottom)


 

26 (R) CHASE CABRE/Tampa, FL (Sam Pierce)


 

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


 

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


 

40 NATHAN BYRD/Goodyear, AZ (Meyer Auto Research-Byrd Racing-John Tosti)


 

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Newman Racing)


 

75 (R) ROBERT TYLER/Mount Pleasant, NC (Robert Tyler Racing)


 

77 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team)


 

80 (R) CHELBY HINTON/Dubberly, LA (Breidinger Motorsports)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

92 (R) KALE DRAKE/Collinsville, OK (Kazmark Motorsports)


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-613, 2-Justin Grant-496, 3-Briggs Danner-484, 4-Mario Clouser-435, 5-Gregg Cory-357, 6-Dave Berkheimer-289, 7-Mitchel Moles-258, 8-Chase Stockon-254, 9-Jake Swanson-251, 10-Kyle Steffens-249.

 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK RECORDS AT TOLEDO SPEEDWAY:


 

1 Lap - 10/15/2011 - Kody Swanson - 14.809 - 121.548 mph


 

100 Laps - 4/19/2025 - Justin Grant - 26:38.254 - 112.623 mph


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-613, 2-Justin Grant-496, 3-Briggs Danner-484, 4-Mario Clouser-435, 5-Gregg Cory-357, 6-Dave Berkheimer-289, 7-Mitchel Moles-258, 8-Chase Stockon-254, 9-Jake Swanson-251, 10-Kyle Steffens-249.

 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP ROOKIE POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-242, 2-Chelby Hinton-236, 3-Steve Gennetten-227, 4-Robert Tyler-113, 5-Bret Tripplett-76, 6-Colton Bettis-74, 7-Kale Drake-66, 8-Chase Cabre-50, 9-Mitchell Davis-45, 10-Rob Caho Jr.-35.

 


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-142, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-139, 3-Justin Grant-138, 4-Robert Ballou-124, 5-Chase Stockon-112, 6-Briggs Danner-108, 7-Cale Coons-108, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-95, 10-Logan Seavey-91.

 


 

TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN WINS:


 

8-Kody Swanson


 

2-Jerry Coons Jr.


 

1-Justin Grant & Bobby Santos


 

 

TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN WINNERS:


 

2010: Jerry Coons Jr. (10/16)


 

2011: Kody Swanson (10/15)


 

2012: Jerry Coons Jr. (6/29)


 

2015: Kody Swanson (5/1)


 

2017: Bobby Santos (7/28)


 

2018: Kody Swanson (5/4)


 

2019: Kody Swanson (4/28)


 

2021: Kody Swanson (10/10)


 

2022: Kody Swanson (8/6)


 

2023: Kody Swanson (8/5)


 

2024: Kody Swanson (4/20)


 

2025: Justin Grant (4/19)


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS AT TOLEDO SPEEDWAY


 

2010 FEATURE: (150 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (1), 2. Kody Swanson (5), 3. Bobby East (6), 4. Bryan Clauson (10), 5. A.J. Fike (8), 6. Brian Tyler (11), 7. Levi Jones (4), 8. Bud Kaeding (3), 9. Justin Carver (15), 10. Zach Daum (14), 11. Dave Darland (19), 12. Russ Gamester (12), 13. Derek Hagar (18), 14. Zach Martini (20), 15. Tanner Swanson (9), 16. Tracy Hines (7), 17. Shane Hollingsworth (13), 18. Jeff Swindell (16), 19. Troy DeCaire (17), 20. Jacob Wilson (2). NT


 

2011 FEATURE: (150 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bryan Clauson (6), 3. Bobby East (3), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (2), 5. Darren Hagen (7), 6. Brian Tyler (10), 7. Levi Jones (11), 8. Kyle Hamilton (12), 9. Shane Hollingsworth (13), 10. Eric Gordon (4), 11. Tracy Hines (9), 12. David Byrne (14), 13. Kyle Larson (15), 14. Derek Hagar (16), 15. A.J. Fike (18), 16. Russ Gamester (8), 17. Jimmy Kite (19), 18. Tanner Swanson (5), 19. Doug Berryman (17). 45:54.90


 

2012 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (8), 2. Bobby East (1), 3. Bobby Santos (3), 4. Kody Swanson (2), 5. Tracy Hines (4), 6. Kyle Hamilton (5), 7. Tanner Swanson (6), 8. A.J. Fike (10), 9. Levi Jones (14), 10. Jacob Wilson (11), 11. Bud Kaeding (9), 12. Eric Gordon (13), 13. Brian Tyler (12), 14. Doug Berryman (15), 15. Taylor Ferns (7). 27:07.40


 

2015 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Jacob Wilson (3), 3. A.J. Fike (17), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (7), 5. Aaron Pierce (5), 6. David Byrne (16), 7. Austin Nemire (15), 8. Dave Baumgartner (11), 9. Tracy Hines (4), 10. Rex Norris III (10), 11. C.J. Leary (13), 12. Tim Barber (14), 13. Jarett Andretti (9), 14. Jimmy McCune (12), 15. Tanner Swanson (2), 16. Bobby Santos (8), 17. Kyle Hamilton (6), 18. Patrick Lawson (18). NT


 

2017 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (2), 2. Kody Swanson (1), 3. Chris Windom (4), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (6), 5. Joe Liguori (8), 6. Davey Hamilton (9), 7. Joe Axsom (11), 8. David Byrne (5), 9. Annie Breidinger (12), 10. Justin Grant (7), 11. Troy Thompson (14), 12. Aaron Pierce (3), 13. Joss Moffatt (15), 14. Damion Gardner (10), 15. Matt Goodnight (13). 28:48.17


 

2018 FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Kody Swanson (9), 2. Bobby Santos (4), 3. David Byrne (7), 4. Eric Gordon (16), 5. Aaron Pierce (6), 6. Austin Nemire (8), 7. Cody Gerhardt (15), 8. Matt Goodnight (10), 9. Travis Welpott (11), 10. Justin Grant (1), 11. Kyle Robbins (12, 12. Toni Breidinger (14), 13. Jerry Coons Jr. (2), 14. Kyle Hamilton (3), 15. Chris Windom (5), 16. Dave Darland (13). NT


 

2019 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bobby Santos (11), 3. Aaron Pierce (3), 4. Justin Grant (6), 5. Chris Windom (10), 6. Kyle Hamilton (2), 7. Austin Nemire (20), 8. Derek Bischak (12), 9. Joey Schmidt (13), 10. Brian Gerster (19), 11. Russ Gamester (16), 12. Mike Haggenbottom (22), 13. Cody Gerhardt (21), 14. Kyle Robbins (17), 15. Cody Gallogly (18), 16. Chris Dyson (14), 17. Matt Goodnight (15), 18. Eric Gordon (4), 19. David Byrne (7), 20. Jason Conn (9), 21. C.J. Leary (5), 22. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (8). NT


 

2021 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bobby Santos (4), 3. Brian Tyler (7), 4. David Byrne (3), 5. Davey Hamilton Jr. (14), 6. Nathan Byrd (10), 7. Kyle O'Gara (6), 8. Austin Nemire (15), 9. Taylor Ferns (5), 10. Logan Seavey (12), 11. Mike Haggenbottom (19), 12. Jake Day (21), 13. Tyler Roahrig (8), 14. Annie Breidinger (20), 15. Russ Gamester (11), 16. Mike McVetta (17), 17. Justin Grant (2), 18. Jim Anderson (13), 19. Travis Welpott (18), 20. Aaron Pierce (16), 21. Kyle Robbins (9), 22. Dave Berkheimer (22). NT


 

2022 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bobby Santos (4), 3. Justin Grant (3), 4. Logan Seavey (5), 5. Russ Gamester (7), 6. Derek Bischak (19), 7. Kyle Robbins (6), 8. Brian Tyler (10), 9. Mario Clouser (9), 10. Nick Hamilton (8), 11. C.J. Leary (20), 12. Mike McVetta (11), 13. Kaylee Bryson (15), 14. Kyle O’Gara (12), 15. Mike Haggenbottom (17), 16. Gregg Cory (16), 17. Taylor Ferns (2), 18. Travis Welpott (14), 19. Jake Day (21), 20. Austin Nemire (13), 21. Tom Paterson (18), 22. Dave Berkheimer (22). 1:05:57.617


 

2023 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. C.J. Leary (2), 3. Derek Bischak (5), 4. Justin Grant (3), 5. Logan Seavey (7), 6. Kaylee Bryson (10), 7. Mario Clouser (9), 8. Taylor Ferns (17), 9. Russ Gamester (8), 10. Dakoda Armstrong (6), 11. Bobby Santos (20), 12. Billy Wease (11), 13. Kyle Robbins (14), 14. Kyle O'Gara (12), 15. Matt Westfall (15), 16. Nathan Byrd (13), 17. Trey Burke (18), 18. Mike McVetta (19), 19. Travis Welpott (16), 20. Davey Hamilton Jr. (4), 21. Tom Paterson (22), 22. Dave Berkheimer (21). 28:35.61


 

2024 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. C.J. Leary (3), 3. Tyler Roahrig (2), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Bobby Santos (4), 6. Mario Clouser (9), 7. Logan Seavey (6), 8. Taylor Ferns (11), 9. Jerry Coons Jr. (14), 10. Davey Hamilton Jr. (10), 11. Kaylee Bryson (18), 12. Kyle Steffens (15), 13. Gregg Cory (12), 14. Jackson Macenko (7), 15. Travis Welpott (16), 16. Trey Burke (13), 17. Dakoda Armstrong (8), 18. Dave Berkheimer (17), 19. Nathan Moore (19). 28:00.63


 

2025 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Tyler Roahrig (5), 3. Dakoda Armstrong (7), 4. Kody Swanson (1), 5. C.J. Leary (6), 6. Bobby Santos (9), 7. Kyle O’Gara (13), 8. Mario Clouser (4), 9. Kaylee Bryson (3), 10. Taylor Ferns (14), 11. Jackson Macenko (12), 12. Matt Westfall (15), 13. Kyle Steffens (11), 14. Gregg Cory (16), 15. Colton Bettis (8), 16. Jake Trainor (10), 17. Dave Berkheimer (17). 26:38.254 (New Track Record)

 

Entry List for Saturday’s Toledo USAC Silver Crown Season Finale

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Toledo, Ohio (September 30, 2026)………Eighteen USAC Silver Crown drivers and cars are set to roll for this Saturday’s October 3 Hemelgarn Racing / Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic at Ohio’s Toledo Speedway.


 

The event is the finale for the 2026 series as the field hits the 1/2-mile paved oval for 100 laps at the event honoring the 1973 USAC National Sprint Car champion who hailed from Toledo, Ohio.


 

Justin Grant enters as the defending Rollie Beale Classic winner, scoring the victory in 2025. He also earned the pole position for the race back in 2018.


 

Returning for Saturday’s lineup is C.J. Leary, who has already clinched the 2026 USAC Silver Crown title for the first time in his career, and finished 2nd at the Rollie Beale Classic in both 2023 and 2024. Tyler Roahrig took runner-up honors in the event one year ago while Dakoda Armstrong rounded out the podium in the 2025 race.


 

Kyle Hamilton is also back in the Toledo lineup for the first time since 2019, where he finished 6th. He was also 6th at Toledo back in 2012. Nathan Byrd took 6th in 2021, as did Kaylee Bryson in 2023, and Mario Clouser in 2024.


 

Gregg Cory and Dave Berkheimer are also back at Toledo this Saturday. Cory was a 13th place finisher in 2024, while Berkheimer took 17th in 2025.


 

Hayden Reinbold and Chelby Hinton are separated by just six points in the battle for USAC Silver Crown Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year. Reinbold will make his first pavement start of any kind in his career in the Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports No. 19. The ride is a borrowed car from the Team AZ Racing / Petty-Rossi / Curb-Agajanian stable. Meanwhile, Hinton will hit the Toledo pavement for the first time in his career aboard the Breidinger Motorsports No. 80.


 

In fact, eight of the 18 drivers in the field will be making their Toledo USAC Silver Crown debuts along with Reinbold and Hinton. That list includes two-time 2026 series winner Briggs Danner as well as USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget winner Kale Drake, who’ll be making his pavement champ car debut.


 

Chase Cabre will make his first Toledo champ car run as will Robert Tyler. Additionally, two more drivers will be making their first USAC Silver Crown appearance of any kind this Saturday: Chase Locke and Jared Kreider.

 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

This Saturday’s October 3 Stars, Stripes & Speed Fest features the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic for the USAC Silver Crown Championship, plus the 500 Sprint Car Tour, Outlaw Super Late Models and Factory Stocks.


 

Pits open at 9am Eastern with the drivers meeting set for 11am. Practice begins at noon for all divisions, followed by qualifying at 2:30pm for all divisions.


 

Opening ceremonies begin at 4pm, followed by racing action featuring Factory Stock heat races, the 500 Sprint Car Tour 40-lap feature, the Outlaw Super Late Model 50-lap feature, the Factory Stock 20-lap feature, and the 100-lap USAC Silver Crown feature.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at http://www.toledospeedway.com/. General admission tickets are $30. Kids age 6-12 are $5. Ages 5 & under are free. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on race day.


 

The entirety of the event can be watched live on https://flosports.link/usac2026.

 


 

TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST


 

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


 

6 KYLE HAMILTON/Danville, IN (Klatt Enterprises)


 

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


 

14 (R) CHASE LOCKE/Chester, NH (Hamilton-DB Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

24 (R) JARED KREIDER/Stockton, NJ (John Haggenbottom)


 

26 (R) CHASE CABRE/Tampa, FL (Sam Pierce)


 

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


 

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


 

40 NATHAN BYRD/Goodyear, AZ (Meyer Auto Research-Byrd Racing-John Tosti)


 

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Newman Racing)


 

75 (R) ROBERT TYLER/Mount Pleasant, NC (Robert Tyler Racing)


 

77 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team)


 

80 (R) CHELBY HINTON/Dubberly, LA (Breidinger Motorsports)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

92 (R) KALE DRAKE/Collinsville, OK (Kazmark Motorsports)


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS AT TOLEDO SPEEDWAY


 

2010 FEATURE: (150 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (1), 2. Kody Swanson (5), 3. Bobby East (6), 4. Bryan Clauson (10), 5. A.J. Fike (8), 6. Brian Tyler (11), 7. Levi Jones (4), 8. Bud Kaeding (3), 9. Justin Carver (15), 10. Zach Daum (14), 11. Dave Darland (19), 12. Russ Gamester (12), 13. Derek Hagar (18), 14. Zach Martini (20), 15. Tanner Swanson (9), 16. Tracy Hines (7), 17. Shane Hollingsworth (13), 18. Jeff Swindell (16), 19. Troy DeCaire (17), 20. Jacob Wilson (2). NT


 

2011 FEATURE: (150 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bryan Clauson (6), 3. Bobby East (3), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (2), 5. Darren Hagen (7), 6. Brian Tyler (10), 7. Levi Jones (11), 8. Kyle Hamilton (12), 9. Shane Hollingsworth (13), 10. Eric Gordon (4), 11. Tracy Hines (9), 12. David Byrne (14), 13. Kyle Larson (15), 14. Derek Hagar (16), 15. A.J. Fike (18), 16. Russ Gamester (8), 17. Jimmy Kite (19), 18. Tanner Swanson (5), 19. Doug Berryman (17). 45:54.90


 

2012 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jerry Coons Jr. (8), 2. Bobby East (1), 3. Bobby Santos (3), 4. Kody Swanson (2), 5. Tracy Hines (4), 6. Kyle Hamilton (5), 7. Tanner Swanson (6), 8. A.J. Fike (10), 9. Levi Jones (14), 10. Jacob Wilson (11), 11. Bud Kaeding (9), 12. Eric Gordon (13), 13. Brian Tyler (12), 14. Doug Berryman (15), 15. Taylor Ferns (7). 27:07.40


 

2015 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Jacob Wilson (3), 3. A.J. Fike (17), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (7), 5. Aaron Pierce (5), 6. David Byrne (16), 7. Austin Nemire (15), 8. Dave Baumgartner (11), 9. Tracy Hines (4), 10. Rex Norris III (10), 11. C.J. Leary (13), 12. Tim Barber (14), 13. Jarett Andretti (9), 14. Jimmy McCune (12), 15. Tanner Swanson (2), 16. Bobby Santos (8), 17. Kyle Hamilton (6), 18. Patrick Lawson (18). NT


 

2017 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (2), 2. Kody Swanson (1), 3. Chris Windom (4), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (6), 5. Joe Liguori (8), 6. Davey Hamilton (9), 7. Joe Axsom (11), 8. David Byrne (5), 9. Annie Breidinger (12), 10. Justin Grant (7), 11. Troy Thompson (14), 12. Aaron Pierce (3), 13. Joss Moffatt (15), 14. Damion Gardner (10), 15. Matt Goodnight (13). 28:48.17


 

2018 FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Kody Swanson (9), 2. Bobby Santos (4), 3. David Byrne (7), 4. Eric Gordon (16), 5. Aaron Pierce (6), 6. Austin Nemire (8), 7. Cody Gerhardt (15), 8. Matt Goodnight (10), 9. Travis Welpott (11), 10. Justin Grant (1), 11. Kyle Robbins (12, 12. Toni Breidinger (14), 13. Jerry Coons Jr. (2), 14. Kyle Hamilton (3), 15. Chris Windom (5), 16. Dave Darland (13). NT


 

2019 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bobby Santos (11), 3. Aaron Pierce (3), 4. Justin Grant (6), 5. Chris Windom (10), 6. Kyle Hamilton (2), 7. Austin Nemire (20), 8. Derek Bischak (12), 9. Joey Schmidt (13), 10. Brian Gerster (19), 11. Russ Gamester (16), 12. Mike Haggenbottom (22), 13. Cody Gerhardt (21), 14. Kyle Robbins (17), 15. Cody Gallogly (18), 16. Chris Dyson (14), 17. Matt Goodnight (15), 18. Eric Gordon (4), 19. David Byrne (7), 20. Jason Conn (9), 21. C.J. Leary (5), 22. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (8). NT


 

2021 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bobby Santos (4), 3. Brian Tyler (7), 4. David Byrne (3), 5. Davey Hamilton Jr. (14), 6. Nathan Byrd (10), 7. Kyle O'Gara (6), 8. Austin Nemire (15), 9. Taylor Ferns (5), 10. Logan Seavey (12), 11. Mike Haggenbottom (19), 12. Jake Day (21), 13. Tyler Roahrig (8), 14. Annie Breidinger (20), 15. Russ Gamester (11), 16. Mike McVetta (17), 17. Justin Grant (2), 18. Jim Anderson (13), 19. Travis Welpott (18), 20. Aaron Pierce (16), 21. Kyle Robbins (9), 22. Dave Berkheimer (22). NT


 

2022 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bobby Santos (4), 3. Justin Grant (3), 4. Logan Seavey (5), 5. Russ Gamester (7), 6. Derek Bischak (19), 7. Kyle Robbins (6), 8. Brian Tyler (10), 9. Mario Clouser (9), 10. Nick Hamilton (8), 11. C.J. Leary (20), 12. Mike McVetta (11), 13. Kaylee Bryson (15), 14. Kyle O’Gara (12), 15. Mike Haggenbottom (17), 16. Gregg Cory (16), 17. Taylor Ferns (2), 18. Travis Welpott (14), 19. Jake Day (21), 20. Austin Nemire (13), 21. Tom Paterson (18), 22. Dave Berkheimer (22). 1:05:57.617


 

2023 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. C.J. Leary (2), 3. Derek Bischak (5), 4. Justin Grant (3), 5. Logan Seavey (7), 6. Kaylee Bryson (10), 7. Mario Clouser (9), 8. Taylor Ferns (17), 9. Russ Gamester (8), 10. Dakoda Armstrong (6), 11. Bobby Santos (20), 12. Billy Wease (11), 13. Kyle Robbins (14), 14. Kyle O'Gara (12), 15. Matt Westfall (15), 16. Nathan Byrd (13), 17. Trey Burke (18), 18. Mike McVetta (19), 19. Travis Welpott (16), 20. Davey Hamilton Jr. (4), 21. Tom Paterson (22), 22. Dave Berkheimer (21). 28:35.61


 

2024 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. C.J. Leary (3), 3. Tyler Roahrig (2), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Bobby Santos (4), 6. Mario Clouser (9), 7. Logan Seavey (6), 8. Taylor Ferns (11), 9. Jerry Coons Jr. (14), 10. Davey Hamilton Jr. (10), 11. Kaylee Bryson (18), 12. Kyle Steffens (15), 13. Gregg Cory (12), 14. Jackson Macenko (7), 15. Travis Welpott (16), 16. Trey Burke (13), 17. Dakoda Armstrong (8), 18. Dave Berkheimer (17), 19. Nathan Moore (19). 28:00.63


 

2025 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Tyler Roahrig (5), 3. Dakoda Armstrong (7), 4. Kody Swanson (1), 5. C.J. Leary (6), 6. Bobby Santos (9), 7. Kyle O’Gara (13), 8. Mario Clouser (4), 9. Kaylee Bryson (3), 10. Taylor Ferns (14), 11. Jackson Macenko (12), 12. Matt Westfall (15), 13. Kyle Steffens (11), 14. Gregg Cory (16), 15. Colton Bettis (8), 16. Jake Trainor (10), 17. Dave Berkheimer (17). 26:38.254 (New Track Record)

 

  UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB

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.


 

This schedule is subject to change.

 

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