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  UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB

 UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB

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Founded in 1956, the United States Auto Club (USAC) has been a cornerstone of American motorsports for over six decades. As a premier motorsport sanctioning body, USAC is dedicated to fostering a vibrant community for racing enthusiasts, professional drivers, and teams across the United States. Our journey began with a commitment to promote fair competition, innovation, and excellence in motorsports, and these values continue to drive us today.

 

Kasey Coler Appointed as USAC’s New President/CEO

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (December 8, 2025)………Kasey Coler has been appointed as the President/CEO of the United States Auto Club, effective January 1, 2026.


 

Coler comes to USAC after serving the last nine years as the Vice President of track management and operation for the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) and as the general manager of Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.


 

A native of Michigan who now resides in central Indiana, Coler will oversee all of USAC’s motorsports entities in circle track, off road, power sports and road racing.


 

“It is an absolute honor and privilege to join the USAC team,” said Coler, who was USAC’s 2022 Race Organizer of the Year. “With the scope of USAC’s history, its strong presence and its bright future, I’m excited to be a part of it.”


 

Coler becomes the 10th president of the United States Auto Club dating back to its founding in September 1955 and is thrilled to lead USAC’s next chapter founded on tradition while also continuing to build upon the foundation that has been constructed over the years and decades.


 

“I am really impressed with what has been built over the past 18 years under Kevin Miller’s vision and drive,” Coler stated. “It’s a really good team and I look forward to focusing on continuous improvement across the various USAC platforms.”


 

Kevin Miller, who has served as USAC’s President/CEO since December 1, 2007, will step into a new role as the President of the Automobile Competition Committee of the United States (ACCUS-FIA) beginning January 1, 2026. The role at ACCUS places Miller as the USA representative on the global motorsports footprint, representing member clubs such as NASCAR, INDYCAR, IMSA, NHRA, SCCA and USAC with the FIA and in Washington, D.C.


 

Miller will also lead U.S. Race Management, the USA’s delegated sporting authority for FIA World Championship events such as Formula 1 and will be directly involved with all FIA World Championship events held in the United States, including Formula 1, Formula E, WEC and WRC. He will also be among the leaders working alongside lobbyists in Washington, D.C. regarding the political and regulatory issues that impact clubs, tracks, and the future of motorsports in the United States.


 

In addition to spending much of the last decade in leadership roles at IRP and NHRA, Coler’s background consists of marketing at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Vice President of Marketing at INDYCAR and Vice President of Marketing with the Professional Bull Riders. Coler is a 2004 graduate of Indiana University.


 

Coler’s personal background in motorsports is diverse. Similarly, USAC is the most diversified sanctioning body in the motorsports world, with more than 20,000 annual competitors, and a footprint spanning the globe. That aspect has Coler particularly excited.


 

“I’ve devoted quite a bit of time to understanding USAC’s extensive history,” Coler said. “USAC has played a key role in many major historical events, all while working closely with other sanctioning bodies. That’s pretty darn exciting.”


 

Meanwhile, Miller is proud to become the first USAC President to move into a position beyond USAC and to lead ACCUS, which epitomizes USAC’s respect in the world’s motorsports scene, after leading the charge in orchestrating the expansive growth and diversity of USAC racing programs to include Road Racing, Powersports, Off-Road, Rally and youth racing.


 

Miller enhanced USAC with new business entities such as the additions of International Snowmobile Racing (ISR), American Rally Association (ARA), Wyrk_Space and Al Kamel North America. Under Miller’s leadership, he oversaw the revitalized new USAC headquarters in Speedway and the construction of the Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He too is excited about what the future of USAC holds with Coler at the helm.


 

“I am super proud of what the USAC team has accomplished over the past 18 years,” Miller said. “What makes this transition easier is knowing how strong our team is to carry us into the future. Kasey is someone who understands racing, understands people and understands USAC. He will bring new energy, new ideas, and new opportunities, and I trust him fully to carry USAC forward.”

 

Kale Force! Drake Dominates 2025 USAC Parallax Passing Master Title

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (December 4, 2025)………Kale Drake set a new record en route to the USAC National Parallax Group Passing Master championship in 2025.


 

The Collinsville, Oklahoma native advanced a total of 242 positions in feature events throughout the season across all three USAC national divisions (Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint & NOS Energy Drink National Midget), surpassing the former single season record of 230 set by Justin Grant in 2021. For his performance, Drake earned a $2,500 reward.


 

Drake did his work across all USAC national divisions in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Midget, the 2B Racing Sprint Car and the McQuinn Motorsports Silver Crown car, making a total of 60 starts. That works out to at least four cars passed per start for the 20-year-old Drake.


 

“To set the record is super special,” Drake exclaimed. “I think it’s cool that they started recording this because it’s not easy passing these guys when you’re doing it with the best in the business. All these guys are constantly trying to win, just as I am, but when you’re doing it from the back, it’s a little bit harder. So, I’m pretty proud of it.”


 

Drake did most of his passing by digging deep after starting deep. In fact, he was the hard charger of the feature on 10 different occasions this season. No other driver had more than four! In eight different instances, Drake advanced more than 10 positions in a feature, salvaging the night after starting near the back of the pack.


 

“It’s pretty cool to show the amount of resilience my teams and myself have had this year,” Drake said. “It’s no secret that qualifying has been our worst enemy. We’ve started behind the eight ball most nights. To have the grit and determination and resilience to continue pushing as far up in the pack each night and always moving forward is super cool.”


 

Drake led the passing master points in each month of the season from February to November, ultimately winning the battle by 61 passes over runner-up Gunnar Setser. In all reality, it was over as soon as it began with Drake commanding a massive lead by the end April, already passing 72 cars.


 

“We had a lot of tracks that were cowboy up at the sprint car races early in the year. Even in Florida, we started off with some really good runs coming from the back at Volusia,” Drake recalled. “Getting the opportunity to run all these tracks that I hadn’t seen, that was a lot of it. Once I got going in the feature, I could really just get after it. We were able to pass a lot of good guys when it was rough and the conditions weren’t ideal. I really seem to thrive on tracks like that for some reason, but I don’t really know why.”


 

Drake’s most personally memorable run was the Midwest opening USAC National Sprint Car race at Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway in April. Starting 23rd in the feature field, Drake climbed 18 spots to finish the 30-lap feature in the fifth position.


 

“We got a really good run there on a super rough track,” Drake remembered. “It was a little bit chilly that night, and my shield was fogging up and we were going through tear offs like crazy. It’s just one I’ll remember forever. It got me my best run at one of my least favorite tracks that I’ve now grown to like. I think that was probably my favorite one.”


 

For Drake, it was quite a remarkable year of passing cars. If he had a preference, he’d rather not have to work as hard as he did to make his way to the front. But for all of us who get to witness it, it sure is fun to watch, and it paid off for him in the end as well.


 

“It was a lot of fun, but I certainly would’ve loved to have started further up, so we weren’t having to pass as many cars,” Drake laughed. “But I think it helps you keep your head high instead of getting down on yourself when you’re making good strides like that. When there’s cool rewards up for grabs, thanks to Parallax Group, and Rod End Supply for the hard charger awards, that makes it a little bit easier when you seem to be down.”


 


 

USAC NATIONAL PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER CHAMPIONS:


 

2020: Chris Windom, Canton, Illinois (226)


 

2021: Justin Grant, Ione, California (230)


 

2022: Justin Grant, Ione, California (213)


 

2023: Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma (199)


 

2024: Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma (209)


 

2025: Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma (242)


 


 

2025 USAC NATIONAL PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER STANDINGS:


 

242-Kale Drake


 

181-Gunnar Setser


 

151-Briggs Danner


 

149-Justin Grant


 

141-C.J. Leary


 

140-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

133-Logan Seavey


 

127-Hayden Reinbold


 

120-Kyle Cummins


 

119-Chase Stockon


 

103-Jake Swanson


 

82-Daison Pursley


 

80-Cannon McIntosh


 

74-Cale Coons


 

69-Robert Ballou


 

67-Ricky Lewis


 

65-Kayla Roell


 

64-Shane Cottle & Mitchel Moles


 

56-Jacob Denney


 

52-Steven Snyder Jr.


 

49-Gavin Miller


 

36-Drake Edwards


 

35-Gregg Cory & Matt Westfall


 

34-Kyle Jones


 

33-Harley Burns


 

32-Jadon Rogers


 

31-Saban Bibent, Brecken Reese & Brian Tyler


 

30-Jakeb Boxell


 

28-Trey Osborne


 

27-Brady Bacon & Carson Garrett


 

25-Joey Amantea & Kyle Steffens


 

24-Chance Crum


 

23-Dave Berkheimer, Carmen Perigo & Zach Wigal


 

20-Zach Daum, Charles Davis Jr. & Kip Hughes


 

19-Rob Caho Jr.


 

18-Taylor Ferns, Ethan Mitchell, Kobe Simpson & Ricky Thornton Jr.


 

17-Nathan Byrd, Chase Dietz & Thomas Meseraull


 

15-Kaylee Bryson & Braydon Cromwell


 

14-Mario Clouser


 

13-Chelby Hinton & Jake Trainor


 

12-Dakoda Armstrong & Todd Hobson


 

11-Rylan Gray, Danny Jennings, Brian Ruhlman, Karter Sarff & Korey Weyant


 

10-Mack Leopard & Jackson Macenko


 

9-Logan Calderwood, Aric Gentry, Matt Goodnight, Jack Hoyer, Tim Kent, Zack Merritt & Corbin Rueschenberg


 

8-Travis Mahoney


 

7-Abby Hohlbein, Zack Pretorius, Colton Robinson, Eddie Tafoya Jr. & Trey Zorn


 

6-Max Adams, Shane Cockrum, Hunter Maddox, Brandon Mattox, Kyle O'Gara & Tom Savage


 

5-Casey Buckman, Russ Gamester, Jimmy Light, Tyler Roahrig & Caiden Warren


 

4-Tom Harris, Cord Kisthardt, Bobby Santos, Adam Taylor & Billy Wease


 

3-Derek Bischak, Nic Harris & Travis Millar


 

2-Garrett Benson, Mark Bitner, Jerry Coons Jr., Bradley Cox, A.J. Fike, Chris Hartman, Sam Hinds, Joey Moughan, Ryan Newman, Ken Schrader & Jake Scott


 

1-Jason Cherry, Dave Doran, Kenny Gentry & Bryan Gossel

 

 

Trainor on Rails! Massachusetts Racer is 2025 USAC Silver Crown Top Rookie

Indy Racing Images

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (December 4, 2025)………With a focus solely on the pavement tracks throughout the 2025 USAC Silver Crown National Championship season, Jake Trainor’s performance earned him Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year honors.


 

The pavement specialist from Medway, Massachusetts started all six asphalt track events on the 13-race schedule this past season en route to a 19th place finish in the overall series standings aboard the Klatt Enterprises/Wilwood Disc Brakes – Brown & Miller Racing Solutions – Klotz – Hoosier Tire/Beast/Ford.


 

In doing so, Trainor became the first Massachusetts native to capture the USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year award. In fact, across all three of USAC’s national divisions, he’s the first Bay Stater ever to collect the Rookie of the Year distinction. He’s also the first pavement only competitor to corral USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year since Derek Bischak in 2019.


 

“It’s kind of crazy; I was not expecting it at all,” Trainor said of being named the series’ top Rookie. “It’s really cool with the history of the USAC Silver Crown series and to do it for Bob and Terry Klatt, and all the history they’ve been able to accomplish together. Just to be able to do it with them, it’s really special. I’m very grateful for Bob and Janice East and Terry taking a chance and giving me an opportunity this year.”


 

Trainor’s finish of fifth at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park was the best among all series Rookies on the season and proved to be his best result of the year. In fact, he dug deep after starting 16th by climbing up 11 spots to score a top-five finish in the longest race of the season at 146 laps and 100 miles on the .686-mile paved oval.


 

“That run at the Hoosier Hundred was really cool,” Trainor fondly recalled. “That race in itself, there’s a lot of history behind it. We didn’t qualify all that great and we weren’t having a great day up until the race. I knew we had the speed to be up front. That’s why it was so discouraging to qualify in the back. But I was able to drive up through the field, which was really fun.”


 

In fact, the longer distances coupled with the challenge of figuring out a new type of racecar while simultaneously visiting an array of racetracks he’d never before laid eyes on proved to be his biggest hurdle to overcome.


 

“It’s a different style of racing with longer races and the different feel you get with such a long and heavy car like that,” Trainor explained. “It was a challenge for me to learn the new racetracks on the go. I was really struggling with that as I tried to learn both the racetrack and the racecar at the same time.”


 

Trainor is a first generation racer, with his introduction to the sport coming from sitting in the stands with his dad as a six-year-old. Trainor remembers a chance meeting at Connecticut’s Thompson Speedway’s World Series event in which a promotional booth for the Little T Quarter Midget Club was set up in the midway. One thing led to another, and Jake’s father soon sold his prized Corvette, and with the money, purchased a quarter midget, starting him on the path toward a racing career.


 

After quarter midgets, Trainor stepped into Eastern Midget Association competition by the time he was 11 at tracks based around the North Carolina area, then began with the northeast United States based NEMA Lites series where he eventually became a two-time series champion in 2021 and 2022.


 

Away from the racetrack, Trainor’s life is racing. He works full-time for Matt Seymour Racing at the team’s Marlboro, Massachusetts shop, maintaining all of the team’s midgets and sprint cars on a day-to-day basis. Trainor has won numerous midget races for the Seymour team at IRP, and this past May, captured his second career victory in the Little 500 Sprint Car race at Indiana’s Anderson Speedway with the team.


 


 

2025 USAC SILVER CROWN ROOKIE DRIVER POINT STANDINGS:


 

POS.     PTS.      DRIVER, HOMETOWN


 

1            238       Jake Trainor, Medway, Massachusetts


 

2            181       Jackson Macenko, Cincinnati, Ohio


 

3            166       Saban Bibent, Cincinnati, Ohio


 

4            156       Danny Jennings, Norman, Oklahoma


 

5            130       Travis Mahoney, Oglesby, Illinois


 

6            110       Kip Hughes, North Enid, Oklahoma


 

7            89          Tom Savage, Red Lion, Pennsylvania


 

8            68          Colton Bettis, Lutz, Florida


 

9            58          Aric Gentry, Robards, Kentucky


 

10          56          Will Armitage, Athens, Illinois


 

11          54          Rob Caho Jr., Rush City, Minnesota


 

12          39          Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, Arizona


 

13          37          Alex Bright, Collegeville, Pennsylvania


 

14          35          Dave Doran, Cincinnati, Ohio


 

15          31          Mark Bitner, Columbus, New Jersey


 

16          27          Steve Gennetten, Gravois Mills, Missouri


 

17          26          Tim Kent, Bristow, Oklahoma


 

18          25          Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

19          19          Kyle Wissmiller, Saybrook, Illinois


 

20          18          Joe Trenca, Phoenix, New York


 

21          16          Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

22          10          Mike Adkins, Bellevue, Washington


 


 

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

 

Grant Goes Gold! JG Wins 5th Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship in 2025

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (December 3, 2025)………Although his left foot was shattered, battered and tattered for the second half of the 2025 USAC national season, Justin Grant managed to pull through it all to earn the Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship for the fifth time in his career.


 

The Ione, California native collected $15,000 after earning a total of 4,982 points across USAC’s three national divisions in 2025 (Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint & NOS Energy Drink National Midget). In doing so, he became the first five-time titlist of the Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship (2017-2021-2022-2023-2025).


 

“It’s really cool to have done it five times now,” Grant exclaimed. “I’ve been running races for a long time now, and I’m really fortunate to have some success year after year and come up with a few of these. It’s definitely one to keep an eye on throughout the year and one you want to win. When you’re doing all three series, you want to be the guy who does it the best, if you can. It also carries Mike Curb’s name, who’s been such an influence and supporter of our sport, and that makes it special as well.”


 

Despite leading all drivers with 16 USAC national victories during the 2025 campaign (11 Sprint, 3 Midget & 2 Silver Crown), this one was easily the most challenging Curb title Grant has endured. In late July during the USAC Indiana Sprint Week round at Lawrenceburg Speedway, Grant suffered a broken left foot in a crash that sidelined him for the next four races and put the balance of his season in jeopardy.


 

“When I broke my foot, I was potentially going to miss some races, and I wanted to know how many I could stand to miss and still be able to maintain my (Curb) lead,” Grant inquired. “I ended up not missing as many races as I thought we might.”


 

But Grant soon bounced back, and by the second week of August, he was back in the seat of a racecar and running up front, accumulating four more USAC National Sprint Car wins after the injury.


 

“Every season is challenging in some way at some point, it seems like,” Grant acknowledged. “You have some hurdles to overcome whether it’s performance or management or funding. This year, it just happened to be my foot. There’s always a little bit of something going on, but this one was a little different.”


 

In the 13 days between the crash and the next USAC race, Grant’s foot had three screws installed to heal his five broken metatarsals and torn ligaments. In the meantime, his Silver Crown crew chief, Dennis LaCava, was busy constructing a piece of metal that resembled a dolly at first inspection. The piece clamped around Grant’s cast and featured a plate on the bottom that could meet up to the pedal. The overarching goal was to alleviate the load off the front half of his foot, thus allowing him to use his ankle and shin to apply the brakes.


 

“Fortunately, I had a good surgeon who was really supportive of me getting back in the car and I have a lot of good people around me, including Dennis, who really made a lot of it happen for me. All my teams stepped up and filled some of the roles I would normally fill, like my wife, Ashley, and a ton of people who took the load off me, so I could continue to race. Normally, I’m pretty hands on and involved with things, but this year, I really wasn’t able to do that after the injury. I had a bit to overcome, but it was able to be overcome because I have a lot of really good people around me.”


 

Across the three USAC national divisions in 2025, Grant won his second career Silver Crown title, finished as the runner-up in Midget points and fifth in the Sprint standings. Interestingly, Grant described the distinct differences in the demands each type of car had on him post-injury, and the quest to make each car feel as natural as possible.


 

“The crown stuff wasn’t so bad, really,” Grant admitted. “We had the brakes rigged up really good to where it got the load off my foot and into my leg. It wasn’t an issue of being able to push on the brake pedal. The crown races are long and physical. I was fresh out of surgery and still healing when I returned. My energy level was a struggle. Just having the stamina to run 100 laps well and remain focused in the heat of the summer, that was the hard part.”


 

The sprint car, however, proved to be a demanding in its own unique way.


 

“The sprint car was easy enough to drive, but it jostles and bangs and beats you up so much,” Grant explained. “It would really jostle my foot around and it would get to being pretty sore, especially when you’re running night after night after night, which added up and really took its toll. But the sprint car has enough motor to where you can run in and stand on the brakes and motor through it. You just have to run more throttle pedal and motor through the brake pedal.”


 

The midget had its own distinct nuances as well.


 

“You’re doing lighter movements with your foot in a midget,” Grant described. “You’re using a little bit of brake and you’re squeezing a little bit of brake, and it was hard to modulate those small pedal movements. I was really good at being able to run on down there and stand on the brakes. Like a crown car, you slow down and come off it, so that wasn’t too bad. You have to have a little bit of finesse on the brake pedal.”


 

Across the board, Grant possesses championship teams in Hemelgarn Racing (Silver Crown), TOPP Motorsports (Sprint Car) and CB Industries (Midget). That made the process of wedging his broken foot into the cockpit of a racecar as seamless as it could possibly be.


 

“Part of the issue was that my ankle couldn’t move,” Grant noted. “With the way you normally use the brake pedal, your foot comes off the heel riser and shoves forward, but the front of your foot and ankle has to move to allow that. We were moving the heel riser up and eight of an inch and adding a few more pounds of spring just to get it to where my foot could swing down onto the brake pedal and back to the heel riser in one motion. All that had to be just right for it to work. Fortunately, my teams are all really, really great to work with at making changes to the brake pedals, springs and heel risers and all the things to help make my foot comfortable.”


 

This year marked the 27th year of the Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship. Curb has offered the reward annually since the 1999 USAC season to honor USAC’s top overall points champion. Once known as the USAC Super License, the title was rechristened as the National Drivers Championship in recent years to more properly represent the accomplishment of achieving the feat, which so few have done. Now Grant will accept the honor once again during USAC’s Night of Champions at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Indianapolis on Friday night, December 12, 2025.


 


 

MIKE CURB USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONS:


 

1999: Dave Darland, Lincoln, Indiana


 

2000: Tracy Hines, New Castle, Indiana


 

2001: J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, Arizona


 

2002: J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, Arizona


 

2003: J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, Arizona


 

2004: Jay Drake, Val Verde, California


 

2005: Josh Wise, Riverside, California


 

2006: Josh Wise, Riverside, California


 

2007: Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, Arizona


 

2008: Tracy Hines, New Castle, Indiana


 

2009: Cole Whitt, Alpine, California


 

2010: Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2011: Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2012: Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2013: Tracy Hines, New Castle, Indiana


 

2014: Tracy Hines, New Castle, Indiana


 

2015: Dave Darland, Lincoln, Indiana


 

2016: Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma


 

2017: Justin Grant, Ione, California


 

2018: Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, Indiana


 

2019: Tyler Courtney, Indianapolis, Indiana


 

2020: Chris Windom, Canton, Illinois


 

2021: Justin Grant, Ione, California


 

2022: Justin Grant, Ione, California


 

2023: Justin Grant, Ione, California


 

2024: Logan Seavey, Sutter, California


 

2025: Justin Grant, Ione, California


 


 

2025 MIKE CURB USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS


 

PTS/DRIVER


 

4982-Justin Grant


 

4491-Logan Seavey


 

4304-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

3568-Kyle Cummins


 

3439-C.J. Leary


 

3226-Mitchel Moles


 

3169-Gunnar Setser


 

3154-Hayden Reinbold


 

3088-Kale Drake


 

2996-Briggs Danner


 

2928-Jake Swanson


 

2619-Chase Stockon


 

2044-Daison Pursley


 

1693-Robert Ballou


 

1432-Cannon McIntosh


 

1383-Jacob Denney


 

1233-Gavin Miller


 

1192-Steven Snyder Jr.


 

1183-Cale Coons


 

1155-Ricky Lewis


 

1144-Drake Edwards


 

1131-Brady Bacon


 

1111-Carson Garrett


 

1036-Matt Westfall


 

985-Kayla Roell


 

944-Jadon Rogers


 

726-Kobe Simpson


 

695-Joey Amantea


 

616-Saban Bibent


 

605-Brecken Reese


 

599-Kyle Jones


 

581-Harley Burns


 

559-Chance Crum


 

541-Jakeb Boxell


 

521-Kyle Steffens


 

510-Braydon Cromwell


 

503-Chelby Hinton


 

502-Mario Clouser


 

493-Kody Swanson


 

457-Brandon Mattox


 

453-Logan Calderwood


 

445-Karter Sarff


 

416-Mack Leopard


 

411-Todd Hobson


 

408-Charles Davis Jr.


 

375-Dave Berkheimer


 

374-Ethan Mitchell


 

373-Thomas Meseraull


 

364-Max Adams


 

345-Dakoda Armstrong


 

337-Trey Osborne


 

327-Zach Wigal


 

326-Hunter Maddox


 

314-Colton Robinson


 

299-Taylor Ferns


 

273-Gregg Cory


 

272-Bobby Santos


 

263-Nathan Byrd


 

261-Tyler Roahrig


 

251-Rylan Gray


 

238-Jake Trainor


 

237-Kaylee Bryson


 

236-Zack Pretorius


 

215-Zach Daum


 

207-Aric Gentry


 

198-Corbin Rueschenberg


 

189-Brandon Carr & Matt Goodnight


 

183-Tom Harris & Brian Tyler


 

181-Jackson Macenko


 

176-Eddie Tafoya Jr.


 

168-Chase Dietz & Carmen Perigo


 

160-Troy Carey


 

156-Danny Jennings & Mark Smith


 

155-Jimmy Light


 

152-Abby Hohlbein


 

137-Zack Merritt


 

135-Shane Cockrum


 

130-Travis Mahoney


 

125-Russ Gamester


 

112-Garrett Benson & Billy Wease


 

110-Kip Hughes


 

107-Frankie Guerrini


 

106-James Turnbull II


 

105-Derek Bischak & Jerry Coons Jr.


 

98-Nic Harris


 

97-Sam Hinds


 

96-Jack Hoyer & K.J. Snow


 

95-Travis Millar & Kyle O'Gara


 

89-Tom Savage


 

87-Kyle Robbins


 

84-Eli Wilhelmus


 

82-Cord Kisthardt


 

80-Jason Cherry


 

78-Bradley Cox


 

76-Casey Buckman & Bryan Gossel


 

68-Colton Bettis & Brian Ruhlman


 

66-Korey Weyant


 

65-A.J. Fike


 

61-Caiden Warren


 

59-Trey Zorn


 

58-Chris Hartman & Ryan Newman


 

56-Will Armitage


 

54-Rob Caho Jr.


 

50-Austin Cory & Steve Justis


 

48-Kenny Gentry


 

45-Jake Scott


 

43-Bill Rose


 

40-Oliver Akard, Blake Brannon, Shane Cottle, Tom Payet, Mathew Radisich & Jake Robinson


 

39-Ricky Thornton Jr.


 

37-Alex Bright


 

35-Dave Doran


 

31-Mark Bitner & Chris Urish


 

30-Dylan Doyle & Jacob Tuttle


 

27-Steve Gennetten & Joey Moughan


 

26-Tim Kent


 

20-Adam Taylor


 

19-Kyle Wissmiller


 

18-Ken Schrader & Joe Trenca


 

10-Mike Adkins & Hunter Wilson

 

Maryland Man! Snyder Snags USAC Midget Rookie of the Year for 2025

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (December 4, 2025)………Throughout the past 70 years of USAC competition, racers hailing from the state of Maryland have seemingly been few and far between.


 

In 2025, Steven Snyder Jr. waved the Maryland flag proudly by earning accolades as the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship Max Papis Innovations Bob Stroud Rookie of the Year.


 

Snyder, the 20-year-old from Rising Sun, Maryland, ranked eighth in series points after accruing six top-fives and 12 top-tens while starting all 23 feature events throughout the 2025 season in his RMS Racing/EnviroFab – Vahlco Wheels – Rod End Supply – MPV Logistics/Spike/Speedway Toyota.


 

Positioning himself as the top Rookie in the standings from start to finish throughout the season, Snyder finished a best of second during April’s Kokomo Grand Prix at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway and November’s Hangtown 100 at California’s Placerville Speedway.


 

Furthermore, Snyder led the first six laps of the 4-Crown Nationals in September at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway and added a fast qualifying time during the Chase Johnson Classic in November at Merced Speedway.


 

Despite an absence from the win column, Snyder and the team’s goal of earning USAC National Midget Rookie of the Year honors was solidified right out of the box and cemented with continued solid performances throughout the trail.


 

“We had a goal going into this year of trying to win (Rookie of the Year),” Snyder said. “It’s definitely neat to see that, with the Rookie class we had this year, our team was able to come out on top.”


 

As for the rarity of a Maryland driver making an impact in USAC circles, Snyder is the first driver hailing from the Old Line State to ever appear in the USAC National Midget point standings. Furthermore, he’s only the second Marylander of any kind to make an appearance in the standings. Car owner John Burkett from Williamsport, Maryland etched a place in the series’ entrant standings in 1967 and 1970. Snyder is prideful of those roots.


 

“It’s cool to be the only driver from Maryland to ever do it,” Snyder beamed. “At the end of a race night, fans have come up to me and have seen the Maryland flag on the belt of my suit. People will ask what that is, and I’ve got to explain that I’m from Maryland and this is my flag.”


 

Aside from his Maryland upbringing, Snyder also had a quite unusual path in that his family never raced. His uncle, Cody Jourdan, took him to a .25 Midget Driver Experience program when he was four or five years old, which proved to be young Steven’s first behind the wheel encounter. With the support of his family and father, Steven Snyder, the young driver turned motorsports into something he strived to make a living in.


 

Snyder already possesses a strong resume across a wide variety of racing machinery. With USAC’s .25 Midget division, he earned a total of six championships between 2013-2018 on both dirt and pavement tracks. In 2021, he scored the Action Track USA 600 Wingless Sprint title. A highly accomplished micro sprint racer, his 2021 victory in the KKM Giveback Classic at Oklahoma’s Port City Raceway brought him national attention. Back in June of this year, Snyder grabbed his first 410 winged sprint car win at Tri-City Raceway Park with a dramatic last lap pass in the Western Pennsylvania Sprint Speedweek finale.


 

That said, racing can throw all kinds of curveballs at you, and how you respond to them is what is going to define you. Steven Snyder Jr. withstood all of that to earn himself (and his state) a place in the USAC record books.


 

“Racing is so humbling,” Snyder admitted. “You’ll have a lot of up and down nights. You take the highs when you can get them and you take the lows when they come your way. Coming right out of the box and finishing second was awesome, but then there was more of a learning curve. It’s been cool to see how this team has been able to constantly improve throughout the year.”


 

The USAC National Midget Rookie of the Year award is named in memory of Bob Stroud, who supervised hundreds of USAC events spanning nearly two decades. Stroud was highly regarded by participants, and the gravel-voiced but fatherly figure had two separate careers as a USAC official. After many years with AAA in several disciplines, he was named USAC’s full-time Midget division supervisor in 1960, a role he served through 1970. From 1971-1976, he served in the same capacity with USAC’s Stock Car division. Always a strong advocate for fairness in competition and safety, he retired at the end of the 1976 season due to ill health and passed away on July 24, 1981. Stroud was inducted into the USAC Hall of Fame in 2014.


 


 

2025 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROOKIE DRIVER POINT STANDINGS:


 

POS.     PTS.      DRIVER, HOMETOWN


 

1            1192     Steven Snyder Jr., Rising Sun, Maryland


 

2            1003     Gunnar Setser, Columbus, Indiana


 

3            766       Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

4            605       Brecken Reese, Canyon, Texas


 

5            541       Jakeb Boxell, Zanesville, Indiana


 

6            416       Mack Leopard, Beavercreek, Ohio


 

7            314       Colton Robinson, Titusville, Florida


 

8            222       Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

9            198       Corbin Rueschenberg, Mesa, Arizona


 

10          189       Brandon Carr, Sheffield, United Kingdom


 

11          137       Zack Merritt, Greeley, Colorado


 

12          112       Garrett Benson, Concordia, Missouri


 

13          107       Frankie Guerrini, San Rafael, California


 

14          96          K.J. Snow, Kingsburg, California


 

15          82          Cord Kisthardt, Hershey, Pennsylvania


 

16          78          Bradley Cox, Burkburnett, Texas


 

17          61          Caiden Warren, Eaton, Colorado


 

18          59          Trey Zorn, Russell, Kansas


 

19          58          Chris Hartman, Boulder, Colorado


 

20          40          Blake Brannon, Morgan Hill, California


 

21          40          Tom Payet, Perth, Western Australia


 

22          40          Jake Robinson, Perth, Western Australia


 

23          40          Mathew Radisich, Auckland, New Zealand


 

24          30          Dylan Doyle, Brighton, Colorado


 

25          20          Adam Taylor, Wheatfield, Indiana


 


 

BOB STROUD USAC NATIONAL MIDGET ROOKIES OF THE YEAR:


 

1969: Billy Engelhart, Madison, Wisconsin


 

1970: Danny Brown, Rossville, Illinois


 

1971: Danny Caruthers, Anaheim, California


 

1972: Tommy Astone, Fresno, California


 

1973: Mike Gregg, Fort Collins, Colorado


 

1974: Richard Powell, Enid, Oklahoma


 

1975: Larry Patton, Anaheim, California


 

1976: James McElreath, Arlington, Texas


 

1977: Lonnie Caruthers, Corona Del Mar, California


 

1978: Tommy Thomas, Dana Point, California


 

1979: Barry Butterworth, Auckland, New Zealand


 

1980: Trevor Boys, Calgary, Alberta


 

1981: Sherman Armstrong Jr., Winchester, Indiana


 

1982: Chris Maxson, McHenry, Illinois


 

1983: John Andretti, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania


 

1984: Russ Gamester, Peru, Indiana


 

1985: Bobby Allen, Carmel, Indiana


 

1986: Steve Enlow, Tulsa, Oklahoma


 

1987: John Meyers, Oak Brook, Illinois


 

1988: Jim Keeker, Cicero, Indiana


 

1989: Jeff Gordon, Vallejo, California


 

1990: Dan Ford, Saint Peters, Missouri


 

1991: Doug Kalitta, Ypsilanti, Michigan


 

1992: Brian Gerster, Indianapolis, Indiana


 

1993: Chuck Leary, Greenfield, Indiana


 

1994: David Bridges, Indianapolis, Indiana


 

1995: Ryan Newman, South Bend, Indiana


 

1996: Carl Olsen, Auckland, New Zealand


 

1997: Nick Lundgreen, Franklin, Wisconsin


 

1998: Michael Lewis, Noblesville, Indiana


 

1999: A.J. Fike, Galesburg, Illinois


 

2000: Aaron Fike, Galesburg, Illinois


 

2001: Bobby East, Brownsburg, Indiana


 

2002: Teddy Beach, Donnelsville, Ohio


 

2002: Ron Gregory, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2003: Ryan Durst, Lincoln, Nebraska


 

2004: Todd Beach, Donnelsville, Ohio


 

2005: Darren Hagen, Riverside, California


 

2006: Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2007: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Olive Branch, Mississippi


 

2008: Chad Boat, Phoenix, Arizona


 

2009: Zach Daum, Pocahontas, Illinois


 

2010: Daniel Bedford, Brentwood, California


 

2011: Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, California


 

2012: Rico Abreu, Saint Helena, California


 

2013: Christopher Bell, Norman, Oklahoma


 

2014: Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, Alabama


 

2015: Spencer Bayston, Lebanon, Indiana


 

2016: Carson Macedo, Lemoore, California


 

2017: Tanner Carrick, Lincoln, California


 

2018: Logan Seavey, Sutter, California


 

2019: Andrew Layser, Collegeville, Pennsylvania


 

2020: Buddy Kofoid, Penngrove, California


 

2021: Chase Randall, Waco, Texas


 

2022: Mitchel Moles, Raisin City, California


 

2023: Gavin Miller, Allentown, Pennsylvania


 

2024: Zach Wigal, Belpre, Ohio


 

2025: Steven Snyder Jr., Rising Sun, Maryland

 

Kody Swanson Named USAC Silver Crown Series Director

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (December 4, 2025)………Kody Swanson is the most decorated driver in the history of USAC Silver Crown racing, but for the 2026 season, he will take on a new role within the series.


 

Swanson has been named USAC Silver Crown Series Director heading into the 2026 racing season. His duties will consist of coordinating with race teams, track promoters and on scheduling in the short term with the long term in mind.


 

“Over time, this is something I’ve wanted to help with, specifically the USAC Silver Crown Series, and USAC in general,” Swanson stated about his new position. “This is the series I love.”


 

Swanson’s concentration is on “filling the gaps” in order to strengthen the series in a way that benefits everyone involved from the teams and drivers to the racetracks and to the race fans. That includes getting more teams to more racetracks and fortifying relationships with promoters to grow together in a way that is sustainable now and into the future.


 

“I think it’s hugely important,” Swanson said. “I was a race fan first because I was there to watch my dad (Mike Swanson) race supermodifieds, which was my introduction to the sport,” Swanson recalled. “Eventually, I got the chance to become a competitor, which is an opportunity I never thought I’d get. That’s what led to my joy of the sport. I’ve enjoyed it from so many roles that have all led to this point and have taken me to the Silver Crown series.”


 

Few individuals possess the appreciation of the history and importance of the series more than Kody Swanson, an asset he will carry with him in his new role.


 

“As a competitor, USAC Silver Crown racing my absolute favorite and there are so many things I love about the series that make it unique to short track open wheel racing, and the ways it connects to the tradition and history of our sport,” Swanson stated. “I took it so seriously, I’ve structured so many years of my racing career all around competing in this series specifically, and it personally became my favorite series.”


 

Behind the wheel in USAC Silver Crown competition, Swanson has achieved a record setting eight championships, 49 victories and 59 pole positions, all of which rank number one in series history. However, as the series director, Swanson will take a step back from competing in USAC Silver Crown events.


 

“It’s important enough to me to put the driving part aside for the series I love, and to be a part of the future and direction of it by helping our competitors get to enjoy it the same way I did.”


 

Swanson still plans to compete in sprint car and midget racing events outside of the USAC banner, but in terms of the champ cars, the 37-year-old Swanson’s focus is on his new capacity, and he feels like the timing is just right to take on the task.


 

“I love the sport and series so much; it’s something I want to be involved in,” Swanson said. “I feel like, at this point in my career, I've been involved in various capacities, whether it was working on cars or helping teams with sponsorship or even having a family team on the west coast. I’ve learned a lot about the different areas and I feel like I can be helpful in this role”


 

Tommie Estes, who served as the USAC Silver Crown Series Director from 2023-2025, will transition to promoting Putnamville, Indiana’s Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway on a full-time basis.

 

Kruseman to Serve as USAC West Coast Director, Focuses on Series Coordination

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (December 3, 2025)………Cory Kruseman, Director of USAC West Coast operations, will place a renewed emphasis on coordination between USAC’s CRA Sprint Car and Western States Midget divisions along with the national series for the 2026 season.


 

Kruseman will oversee all of the United States Auto Club's racing endeavors throughout the western United States. Kruseman’s focus for the new year involves bringing both of USAC’s western circle track divisions under one umbrella in terms of schedule coordination and a tighter-knit staff.


 

“I’m excited to bring the Western States Midgets and CRA Sprint Cars under a single umbrella to create a well-coordinated schedule,” Kruseman explained.


 

Kruseman, a native of Ventura, California, brings decades of experience in the sport. As a highly successful driver, he was a 2023 inductee into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame. As a car owner, he operates a sprint car driving school and his own team has won numerous events on the west coast over the years. His role within USAC entering the 2026 season will be a managerial role, overseeing both series as a whole while each series will have their own race director, focusing on that aspect.


 

“This move allows us to bring USAC back into a single organization, which helps us better align with competitors, promoters and race fans,” Kruseman said.


 

The west coast coordination also aligns with several major USAC national events, opening up dates on the calendar for USAC’s western contingent to partake in events without having a conflict. As a driver himself, Kruseman recalled the days when he, as a west coast regular, would often compete in national events on off weekends from his regular schedule. It’s something he anticipates will open the door of opportunity for the current crop of drivers and teams to pursue a similar path.


 

“Combining the (west coast) divisions and being able to work closely with the national series allows us to do things differently,” Kruseman stated. “Now, we’re sharing ideas. We are still always looking for sponsorship; we’re still always going to chase money; we’re still going to chase racers and we’re still going to chase racetracks, but it gives us a path of least resistance by being able to work together now instead of trying to get eight or 10 people on one page. Now it’s a difference of maybe two or three people.”


 

USAC National Series Director Kirk Spridgeon echoed the sentiment.


 

“Having all our series in sync is important, and we’ve heard more and more from competitors who wish to run across the different series we have,” Spridgeon said. “Having Cory focus on that to help each series coincide together will allow competitors to mix those series with some of our attractive national events as well.”


 

In addition to Kruseman’s appointment, Zach Zauss (CRA Sprint Cars) and Bronsen Chiaramonte (Western States Midgets) have been hired as each series’ new race director for the 2026 season. Tony Jones (CRA) and Malyssa Young (Western States) had served in those roles throughout the 2025 season.


 

“I really want to thank Tony and Malyssa for all their hard work with USAC’s west coast series,” Kruseman stated. “Their diligent efforts have laid a great foundation for us to continue to build upon in the upcoming years.”


 

Kruseman’s career behind the wheel includes such accolades as the 1999 Non-Wing World Sprint Car Championship, plus 2000 and 2004 Chili Bowl Midget Nationals victories, 2002 and 2005 USAC Indiana Sprint Week titles, the 2006 USAC CRA Sprint Car crown as well as the 2011 USAC Western States Midget championship, in addition to winning more than 100 sprint car features between SCRA, USAC CRA and USAC’s national series.


 

For Kruseman, the west coast is vital to motorsports, and its continued strength is of utmost importance to the future of auto racing as a whole, just as it’s always been.


 

“The west coast is very important to me personally,” Kruseman acknowledged. “When you look at the USAC national roster, a big percentage of them come from California. Being a local driver for so many years and then going to the national side myself, my dream was always to work hard out here on the west coast so we could get an opportunity to go race with the national guys. It’s really hard to take somebody who only runs 25-30 races on the west coast, to compete with somebody who runs 70-80 on the national tour, so this gives us two platforms to work with. If you have the right amount of weekends off, it doesn’t step on the national side. And hopefully our guys will be able to go back there, and vice versa, we’ll get some guys to come out here. We got some pretty good weather and some pretty cool racetracks, and I think that’s important.”

 

  

JOB FINISHED FOR McINTOSH! 2025 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK NATIONAL MIDGET REVIEW

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (December 2, 2025)………Resilience was at the forefront of Cannon McIntosh’s ascension to the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship in 2025.


 

One year after finishing as the runner-up in the series standings, the Bixby, Oklahoma native climbed to the top after leading the series with five victories, 14 top-fives and 19 top-tens at the wheel of his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/Mobil 1 – Toyota – Curb Records/LynK/Speedway Toyota No. 71K.


 

By a 44-point margin, McIntosh became the third Oklahoman to capture the USAC National Midget crown following Christopher Bell (2013) and Daison Pursley (2024), who McIntosh finished as a runner-up to in the standings one year ago.


 

Meanwhile, McIntosh also provided Keith Kunz Motorsports its record-extending 13th USAC National Midget entrant title. For Curb-Agajanian, their latest entrant title is their 11th.


 

Since returning to KKM in 2024, McIntosh has accumulated eight wins, 29 top-fives and 39 top-tens in a total of 46 feature starts, a consistent run that saw him win more often (5) than he finished outside the top-ten (4) throughout the 2025 campaign. Mission accomplished.


 

“(Crew chief) Beau (Binder) and I sat down and talked about our goals and what we needed to do to accomplish them,” McIntosh explained. “I just took it one race at a time and I felt like we struggled at the beginning and just learned from every race as we went on. We had our down moments but I feel like that’s when we came out and did our best, whether it was winning or just running up front the next time out.”


 

That seemed to be a reoccurring theme for the 22-year-old McIntosh. In May in Belleville, Kansas, McIntosh tangled with his championship nemesis, Justin Grant, while battling for second on the first of two nights on the short track. Restarting at the tail, he charged back from 22nd to finish fifth! One night later at Belleville, he bounced back to take the victory.


 

In July at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a mishap relegated him to a 21st place finish on the opening night of the BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors. On the next night at IMS, misfortune seemingly continued after flipping wildly in his heat race. After repairs, he came back to win the semi-feature. Starting 19th in the feature, it seemed to be a long shot to win it, but don’t tell that to Cannon. After passing teammate Jacob Denney with two laps remaining, McIntosh had earned a $20,039 prize while becoming the first multi-time BC39 winner. The +18 run proved to be the biggest charge of the series season by any driver.


 

“We were really good at being resilient and overcoming bad nights,” McIntosh noted. “When I look back at the BC39, on the first night, we struggled, stalled the car and ended up in the back. When we came back the next night, I was scratching my head. I knew the car was capable, and then we went out and won it. That’s the moment I knew this team was capable of doing this.”


 

Prior to his BC39 triumph, McIntosh stood a distant 106 points out of the championship lead behind Justin Grant and Kale Drake. That just so happened to be when Cannon was at his best as he strung together seven consecutive podium finishes that resulted in another pair of victories during Mid-America Midget Week at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex and Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway, the latter of which was worth a cool $10,000.


 

In a mere five races, McIntosh had erased a 106-point deficit to reign at the top of the standings following his Jefferson County win. After initially pulling away to a 39-point edge, the first event of November’s Golden State Invasion at Placerville Speedway’s Hangtown 100 had shrunk McIntosh’s lead to three over Grant.


 

But when the walls began to close in on McIntosh, he responded. He won the next race out, this time at Merced Speedway’s Midget Madness, and subsequently, stretched out his lead over Grant, a lead he did not relinquish. In fact, the Merced win was monumental as it provided car owner Keith Kunz his 200th career USAC national victory across the three divisions (Midget, Sprint Car, Silver Crown).


 

“It was those bad moments that really helped us do what we had to do,” McIntosh acknowledged. “But we weren’t going down without a fight. We were down a lot of points but we just kind of forgot about that and decided to go out and start clicking off wins and podiums, and I think we went on a streak of seven podiums in a row. That got us right back in the fight. We were just not even thinking about it and just going out and racing.”


 

Behind every winning driver is a winning crew, and McIntosh is no exception.


 

“These guys worked really hard all year – Beau (Binder), Phil (Zubizareta) and Spencer (Rolenc) – that was our core group throughout the entire season,” McIntosh said. It took all these pieces to make it happen along with Pete Willoughby and Keith Kunz. it’s an honor to do this for them. These guys stayed confident in me and I stayed confident in them all the time. That’s what did it. Belief in ourselves and belief in the group that we have. I definitely couldn’t have done it without these guys.”


 

Elsewhere, Justin Grant led the points longer than any other driver on the circuit, topping the standings for 12 races throughout the first half of the season. He won three times, including April’s Kokomo Grand Prix at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway where he set a new record by winning across all three USAC national divisions quicker than any driver in series history. He won again in his next outing at Belleville, then scored the opening night of the BC39 at IMS en route to a runner-up points finish for the third time in his career, also doing so in 2022 and 2023. He also led all series drivers with three fast qualifying times.


 

Kevin Thomas Jr. equaled a career best finish in the USAC National Midget points by taking third in the standings a full decade after also finishing third in 2015. Despite no wins, he tied McIntosh for the series lead with 19 top-ten results, while garnering four second place finishes at Circle City, Bloomington and Eldora twice. He did accrue the most heat race victories of the season as well, amassing eight.


 

Jacob Denney continued his rise up the rankings with three wins and a career best fourth place finish in the standings. His first USAC start for the KKM team resulted in victory in the season opener at Kokomo after starting 17th! That erased a drought of 48 series starts without a win. Furthermore, he won twice during USAC Indiana Midget Week in June at Paragon and then continued his prowess at Kokomo with his second of the win there to close out IMW.


 

Kale Drake finished fifth in the standings, starting off the year by winning back-to-back in extremely superstitious fashion. On the way to Sweet Springs, he paid $22.22 for gas, then drew pill #22, then put on 22 tear-offs before the feature. For good measure, he led the final two laps of the feature to earn his second career series win. In fact, he won – you guessed it – two times overall this season, including at Circle City in June. His second place finish at Kokomo clinched him the $15,000 USAC Indiana Midget Week championship by – wait for it – a 22-point margin. You can’t make this stuff up.


 

Gavin Miller experienced a breakout year, winning three times in a four-race span during the late summer months. After 763 days and 56 races without a USAC victory, he returned to victory lane at Jefferson County, then did it again twice on Labor Day weekend by scoring at Bloomington, then grabbing the prestigious 40th Firemen’s Nationals at Wisconsin’s Angell Park Speedway worth $10,000.


 

Logan Seavey also posted a victory in November at Merced’s Chase Johnson Classic and led all drivers with 115 laps led. Drake Edwards became a first-time USAC National Midget winner during the Chad McDaniel Memorial at Kansas’ Mitchell County Fairgrounds. Fellow Arizonan Hayden Reinbold also became a first-time series victor in September at Eldora in what was his 101st career series start, which occurred on the very same night he also earned his first career fast qualifying time with the series.


 

Non-championship contenders, but midget racing masters, also dropped in on occasion to flex their muscles. Daison Pursley’s historic September night at Eldora saw him perform a USAC sweep of the 4-Crown Nationals by winning the Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget portions of the program in a single $45,000 night. He backed that up in the next series round at Placerville’s Hangtown 100 where late-race contact between him and Kyle Larson for the lead led to a deafening chorus of boo birds. Yet, it was another $20,000 payday for Pursley.


 

Buddy Kofoid won the $12,500-to-win Jason Leffler Memorial at the event’s new home of Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway in November, utilizing essentially the same team and car number that Leffler used to win his first USAC National Midget title in 1997. At Ventura, Corey Day closed out the year by becoming the youngest back-to-back winner in the 84-year history of the ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix Presented by the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame, which was worth $15,000.


 

Steven Snyder Jr. was named USAC National Midget MPI Rookie of the Year after finishing eighth in the standings with a pair of second place results at Kokomo and Placerville. Gunnar Setser, another impressive Rookie, finished 10th in the standings with a best result of fifth at Sweet Springs.


 

Also of note, Jerry Coons Jr. and his son, Cale Coons, each started both features at Belleville in May, making it one of the rare occasions a father has competed against his son in a USAC National Midget feature, joining Ted & Gene Hartley, Danny & George Kladis, Don & Rich Vogler, Bob & Bobby Wente, Bob & Terry Wente, Buddie & Trevor Boys, Jim & Ted Hines, Norm & Travis Young, Leon & Brady Bacon, Ryan & Randy Oerter, Ryan & Ashley Oerter and Joe & Clinton Boyles.


 

For the first time in series history, one team occupied the top four finishing positions of a feature event. In 2025, it happened twice for the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports team, in April at Belleville and again in November at Merced.


 

In a statistical oddity in August at Bloomington, every race conducted during the program was won by a car sporting the number 97. Zach Wigal scored the first heat race win in Pat O’Dell’s No. 97x. The second race victory was captured by Kale Drake in the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 97K. Gavin Miller, aboard his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 97, finished off the preliminaries with a win in heat race three, then completed the night as the feature victor.


 

Nine drivers started all 23 feature events: Jacob Denney, Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Hayden Reinbold, Gunnar Setser, Steven Snyder Jr. and Kevin Thomas Jr. Overall, 107 drivers started a USAC National Midget feature in 2025.


 


 

2025 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK NATIONAL MIDGET STAT LEADERS


 

Driver Champion: Cannon McIntosh


 

Entrant Champion: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K


 

Most Wins: Cannon McIntosh (5)


 

Rookie of the Year: Steven Snyder Jr. (8th)


 

Most Laps Led: 115-Logan Seavey


 

Most Top-Fives: 14-Cannon McIntosh


 

Most Top-Tens: 19-Cannon McIntosh & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Most Fast Qualifying Times: 3-Justin Grant


 

Most Heat Race Wins: 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Most Feature Starts: 23-Jacob Denney, Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Hayden Reinbold, Gunnar Setser, Steven Snyder Jr. & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Biggest Charge of the Year: Jul 2: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Cannon McIntosh (19th to 1st)


 


 

2025 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS


 

Apr 26: Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN

              WINNER: Jacob Denney (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)


 

Apr 27: Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN

              WINNER: Justin Grant (CB Industries #87)


 

May 16: Belleville Short Track - Belleville, KS

              WINNER: Justin Grant (CB Industries #87)


 

May 17: Belleville Short Track - Belleville, KS

              WINNER: Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)


 

May 18: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Sweet Springs, MO

              WINNER: Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97K)


 

Jun 3: (I) Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, IN

              WINNER: Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97K)


 

Jun 4: (I) Paragon Speedway - Paragon, IN

              WINNER: Jacob Denney (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)


 

Jun 8: (I) Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN

              WINNER: Jacob Denney (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)


 

Jul 1: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, IN

              WINNER: Justin Grant (CB Industries #87)


 

Jul 2: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Speedway, IN

              WINNER: Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)


 

Jul 8: (M) Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Sweet Springs, MO

              WINNER: Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)


 

Jul 9: (M) Mitchell County Fairgrounds - Beloit, KS

              WINNER: Drake Edwards (CB Industries #83)


 

Jul 11: (M) Jefferson County Speedway - Fairbury, NE

              WINNER: Gavin Miller (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97)


 

Jul 12: (M) Jefferson County Speedway - Fairbury, NE

              WINNER: Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)


 

Aug 29: Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, IN

              WINNER: Gavin Miller   Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97


 

Aug 31: Angell Park Speedway - Sun Prairie, WI

              WINNER: Gavin Miller (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #97)


 

Sep 18: Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, OH

              WINNER: Hayden Reinbold (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports #19AZ)


 

Sep 20: Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, OH

              WINNER: Daison Pursley (CB Industries #86)


 

Nov 15: (G) Placerville Speedway - Placerville, CA

              WINNER: Daison Pursley (CB Industries #86)


 

Nov 21: (G) Merced Speedway - Merced, CA

              WINNER: Cannon McIntosh (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71K)


 

Nov 22: (G) Merced Speedway - Merced, CA

              WINNER: Logan Seavey (Abacus Racing #57)


 

Nov 25: (G) Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway - Bakersfield, CA

              WINNER: Buddy Kofoid (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #71)


 

Nov 29: (G) Ventura Raceway - Ventura, CA

              WINNER: Corey Day (Willie Kahne #4K)


 

------------------------ KEY DEFINITIONS -------------------------


 

(I) represents an Indiana Midget Week event


 

(M) represents a Mid-America Midget Week event


 

(G) represents a Golden State Invasion event


 


 

2025 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER POINT STANDINGS:


 

POS.     PTS.      DRIVER, HOMETOWN


 

1            1432     Cannon McIntosh, Bixby, Oklahoma


 

2            1388     Justin Grant, Ione, California


 

3            1385     Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, Alabama


 

4            1383     Jacob Denney, Galloway, Ohio


 

5            1252     Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

6            1233     Gavin Miller, Allentown, Pennsylvania


 

7            1212     Logan Seavey, Sutter, California


 

8            1192     Steven Snyder Jr. (R), Rising Sun, Maryland


 

9            1144     Drake Edwards, Peoria, Arizona


 

10          1003     Gunnar Setser (R), Columbus, Indiana


 

11          992       Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona


 

12          842       Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma


 

13          766       Cale Coons (R), Greencastle, Indiana


 

14          605       Brecken Reese (R), Canyon, Texas


 

15          599       Kyle Jones, Kennedale, Texas


 

16          541       Jakeb Boxell (R), Zanesville, Indiana


 

17          445       Karter Sarff, Mason City, Illinois


 

18          416       Mack Leopard (R), Beavercreek, Ohio


 

19          374       Ethan Mitchell, Mooresville, North Carolina


 

20          373       Thomas Meseraull, San Jose, California


 

21          327       Zach Wigal, Belpre, Ohio


 

22          314       Colton Robinson (R), Titusville, Florida


 

23          222       Chelby Hinton (R), Dubberly, Louisiana


 

24          215       Zach Daum, Pocahontas, Illinois


 

25          198       Corbin Rueschenberg (R), Mesa, Arizona


 

26          189       Brandon Carr (R), Sheffield, United Kingdom


 

27          170       Kyle Cummins, Princeton, Indiana


 

28          137       Zack Merritt (R), Greeley, Colorado


 

29          112       Garrett Benson (R), Concordia, Missouri


 

30          107       Frankie Guerrini (R), San Rafael, California


 

31          105       Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, Arizona


 

32          96          K.J. Snow (R), Kingsburg, California


 

33          82          Cord Kisthardt (R), Hershey, Pennsylvania


 

34          78          Bradley Cox (R), Burkburnett, Texas


 

35          61          Caiden Warren (R), Eaton, Colorado


 

36          59          Trey Zorn (R), Russell, Kansas


 

37          58          Chris Hartman (R), Boulder, Colorado


 

38          40          Blake Brannon (R), Morgan Hill, California


 

39          40          Tom Payet (R), Perth, Western Australia


 

40          40          Jake Robinson (R), Perth, Western Australia


 

41          40          Mathew Radisich (R), Auckland, New Zealand


 

42          30          Dylan Doyle (R), Brighton, Colorado


 

43          20          Adam Taylor (R), Wheatfield, Indiana


 

(R) represents a USAC National Midget Rookie


 


 

2025 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANT POINT STANDINGS:


 

POS.     PTS.      ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION


 

1            1432     Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Columbus, Indiana (#71K)


 

2            1388     CB Industries, Mooresville, North Carolina (#87)


 

3            1385     4 Kings Racing, Battle Creek, Michigan (#14)


 

4            1383     Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Columbus, Indiana (#67)


 

5            1252     Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Columbus, Indiana (#97K)


 

6            1233     Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Columbus, Indiana (#97)


 

7            1212     Abacus Racing, Indianapolis, Indiana (#57)


 

8            1192     RMS Racing, New Lenox, Illinois (#4)


 

9            1144     CB Industries, Mooresville, North Carolina (#83)


 

10          1091     CB Industries, Mooresville, North Carolina (#86)


 

11          1001     Kevin Arnold, Columbus, Indiana (#43)


 

12          992       Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports, Gilbert, Arizona (#19AZ)


 

13          696       Dooling Autosports/Curb-Agajanian, Freeport, Texas (#63)


 

14          599       Joyner Motorsports, Concordia, Kansas (#27x)


 

15          541       4 Kings Racing, Battle Creek, Michigan (#14JB)


 

16          426       Tim Engler, Princeton, Indiana (#7x)


 

17          355       Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Columbus, Indiana (#67K)


 

18          339       Bundy Built Motorsports, Mooresville, North Carolina (#19m)


 

19          297       Karter Sarff Racing, Mason City, Illinois (#21K)


 

20          246       Central Motorsports, Edmond, Oklahoma (#85)


 

21          232       Pat O'Dell, Rochester, Illinois (#97x)


 

22          222       Klatt Enterprises, Hastings, Nebraska (#4B)


 

23          199       Cornell Racing Stables, Monee, Illinois (#8)


 

24          198       Scott Rueschenberg, Mesa, Arizona (#26)


 

25          189       Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, Columbus, Indiana (#98K)


 

26          179       Tim Engler, Princeton, Indiana (#7s)


 

27          170       Glenn Styres Racing, Ohsweken, Ontario (#3G)


 

28          137       Ryan Oerter, Ellicott, Colorado (#43m)


 

29          110       F & F Racing, Indianapolis, Indiana (#63G)


 

30          82          Cord Kisthardt, Hershey, Pennsylvania (#21K)


 

31          78          Lonnie Cox, Elbert, Colorado (#45)


 

32          40          Paul Brannon, Morgan Hill, California (#40)


 

33          40          Bennett Motorsport, Perth, Western Australia (#7AU)


 

34          40          Paul Robinson, Perth, Western Australia (#8AU)


 

35          40          Out & About Racing, Safety Beach, Victoria (#17NZ)


 

36          30          Nick Poe, Centerville, Ohio (#2B)


 

37          20          Adam Taylor Racing, Wheatfield, Indiana (#7T)


 


 

2025 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROOKIE DRIVER POINT STANDINGS:


 

POS.     PTS.      DRIVER, HOMETOWN


 

1            1192     Steven Snyder Jr., Rising Sun, Maryland


 

2            1003     Gunnar Setser, Columbus, Indiana


 

3            766       Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

4            605       Brecken Reese, Canyon, Texas


 

5            541       Jakeb Boxell, Zanesville, Indiana


 

6            416       Mack Leopard, Beavercreek, Ohio


 

7            314       Colton Robinson, Titusville, Florida


 

8            222       Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

9            198       Corbin Rueschenberg, Mesa, Arizona


 

10          189       Brandon Carr, Sheffield, United Kingdom


 

11          137       Zack Merritt, Greeley, Colorado


 

12          112       Garrett Benson, Concordia, Missouri


 

13          107       Frankie Guerrini, San Rafael, California


 

14          96          K.J. Snow, Kingsburg, California


 

15          82          Cord Kisthardt, Hershey, Pennsylvania


 

16          78          Bradley Cox, Burkburnett, Texas


 

17          61          Caiden Warren, Eaton, Colorado


 

18          59          Trey Zorn, Russell, Kansas


 

19          58          Chris Hartman, Boulder, Colorado


 

20          40          Blake Brannon, Morgan Hill, California


 

21          40          Tom Payet, Perth, Western Australia


 

22          40          Jake Robinson, Perth, Western Australia


 

23          40          Mathew Radisich, Auckland, New Zealand


 

24          30          Dylan Doyle, Brighton, Colorado


 

25          20          Adam Taylor, Wheatfield, Indiana


 


 

2025 USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS


 

FEATURE WINS


 

5-Cannon McIntosh (May 17 at the Belleville Short Track, Jul 2 at The Dirt Track at IMS, Jul 8 at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex, Jul 12 at Jefferson County Speedway & Nov 21 at Merced Speedway)


 

3-Jacob Denney (Apr 26 at Kokomo Speedway, Jun 4 at Paragon Speedway & Jun 8 at Kokomo Speedway)


 

3-Justin Grant (Apr 27 at Kokomo Speedway, May 16 at the Belleville Short Track & Jul 1 at The Dirt Track at IMS)


 

3-Gavin Miller (Jul 11 at Jefferson County Speedway, Aug 29 at Bloomington Speedway & Aug 31 at Angell Park Speedway)


 

2-Kale Drake (May 18 at Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex & Jun 3 at Circle City Raceway)


 

2-Daison Pursley (Sep 20 at Eldora Speedway & Nov 15 at Placerville Speedway)


 

1-Corey Day (Nov 29 at Ventura Raceway)


 

1-Drake Edwards (Jul 9 at the Mitchell County Fairgrounds)


 

1-Buddy Kofoid (Nov 25 at Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway)


 

1-Hayden Reinbold (Sep 18 at Eldora Speedway)


 

1-Logan Seavey (Nov 22 at Merced Speedway)


 


 

FEATURE LAPS LED


 

115-Logan Seavey


 

111-Jacob Denney


 

110-Justin Grant


 

99-Corey Day


 

92-Gavin Miller


 

76-Cannon McIntosh


 

52-Kyle Larson


 

45-Buddy Kofoid


 

42-Drake Edwards & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

26-Kale Drake


 

21-Riley Kreisel & Daison Pursley


 

18-Hayden Reinbold


 

6-Steven Snyder Jr.


 

2-Brecken Reese


 


 

TOP-5 FEATURE FINISHES


 

14-Cannon McIntosh


 

12-Jacob Denney & Justin Grant


 

10-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

8-Kale Drake & Logan Seavey


 

7-Gavin Miller


 

6-Drake Edwards & Steven Snyder Jr.


 

5-Daison Pursley


 

3-Buddy Kofoid


 

2-Jakeb Boxell, Corey Day & Hayden Reinbold


 

1-Jake Andreotti, Landon Brooks, Tanner Carrick, Jerry Coons Jr., Kyle Cummins, Zach Daum, Shane Golobic, Kyle Jones, Riley Kreisel, Kyle Larson, Carson Macedo, Thomas Meseraull, Justin Peck, Brecken Reese, Karter Sarff, Gunnar Setser, K.J. Snow & Zach Wigal


 


 

TOP-10 FEATURE FINISHES


 

19-Cannon McIntosh & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

17-Jacob Denney & Justin Grant


 

16-Kale Drake, Gavin Miller & Logan Seavey


 

13-Drake Edwards


 

12-Steven Snyder Jr.


 

9-Daison Pursley


 

8-Gunnar Setser


 

7-Hayden Reinbold


 

6-Karter Sarff


 

4-Jakeb Boxell & Kyle Jones


 

3-Landon Brooks, Cale Coons, Buddy Kofoid, Brecken Reese & Zach Wigal


 

2-Tanner Carrick, Kyle Cummins, Zach Daum, Corey Day, Carson Macedo, Thomas Meseraull, Justin Peck & Colton Robinson


 

1-Jake Andreotti, Jerry Coons Jr., Colby Copeland, Briggs Danner, Andrew Felker, Shane Golobic, Rylan Gray, Chelby Hinton, Riley Kreisel, Kyle Larson, Mack Leopard, Ethan Mitchell, K.J. Snow, Ricky Thornton Jr., Austin Wood & Jett Yantis


 


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING FAST QUALIFYING TIMES


 

3-Justin Grant


 

2-Jacob Denney, Karter Sarff & Logan Seavey


 

1-Tanner Carrick, Drake Edwards, Kyle Larson, Mack Leopard, Carson Macedo, Cannon McIntosh, Daison Pursley, Hayden Reinbold, Steven Snyder Jr. & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 


 

2025 USAC NATIONAL MIDGET FAST QUALIFIERS


 

Apr 26: Kokomo Speedway - Justin Grant - 13.285


 

Apr 27: Kokomo Speedway - Drake Edwards - 13.013


 

May 16: Belleville Short Track - Jacob Denney - 11.994


 

May 17: Belleville Short Track - Justin Grant - 12.194


 

May 18: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Cannon McIntosh - 11.746


 

Jun 3: Circle City Raceway - Justin Grant - 12.482


 

Jun 4: Paragon Speedway - Karter Sarff - 14.833


 

Jun 8: Kokomo Speedway - Karter Sarff - 13.252


 

Jul 8: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Logan Seavey - 11.692


 

Jul 9: Mitchell County Fairgrounds - Logan Seavey - 12.332


 

Jul 11: Jefferson County Speedway - Mack Leopard - 10.945


 

Aug 29: Bloomington Speedway - Kevin Thomas Jr. - 11.852


 

Aug 31: Angell Park Speedway - Jacob Denney - 14.203


 

Sep 18: Eldora Speedway - Hayden Reinbold - 16.072


 

Nov 15: Placerville Speedway - Kyle Larson - 11.487


 

Nov 21: Merced Speedway - Tanner Carrick - 11.845


 

Nov 22: Merced Speedway - Steven Snyder Jr. - 12.555


 

Nov 25: Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway - Carson Macedo - 14.512


 

Nov 29: Ventura Raceway - Daison Pursley - 12.140


 


 

HEAT RACE / QUALIFYING RACE WINS: (Presented by Cook Out, K1 RaceGear, USAC Gear & Car IQ)


 

8-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

7-Kale Drake & Steven Snyder Jr.


 

5-Jacob Denney, Justin Grant & Daison Pursley


 

4-Cale Coons, Drake Edwards & Thomas Meseraull


 

3-Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Ethan Mitchell & Hayden Reinbold


 

2-Chelby Hinton, Brecken Reese, Logan Seavey, Gunnar Setser & Zach Wigal


 

1-Jakeb Boxell, Bradley Cox, Kyle Cummins, Zach Daum, Corey Day, Shane Golobic, Rylan Gray, Kyle Jones, Mack Leopard, Mitchel Moles, Michael Pickens, Colton Robinson, Corbin Rueschenberg, Karter Sarff & Austin Wood

 


 

SEMI WINS: (Presented by Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts)


 

2-Kyle Jones, Cannon McIntosh & Hayden Reinbold


 

1-Landon Brooks, Cale Coons, Colby Copeland, Don Droud Jr., Colton Robinson, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey, Steven Snyder Jr., Ricky Thornton Jr. & Zach Wigal


 


 

FEATURE STARTS


 

23-Jacob Denney, Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh, Gavin Miller, Hayden Reinbold, Gunnar Setser, Steven Snyder Jr. & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

22-Kale Drake


 

21-Logan Seavey


 

20-Cale Coons


 

16-Brecken Reese


 

15-Kyle Jones & Daison Pursley


 

12-Jakeb Boxell


 

11-Mack Leopard


 

10-Ethan Mitchell & Karter Sarff


 

9-Thomas Meseraull


 

8-Colton Robinson


 

7-Zach Daum, Chelby Hinton, Corbin Rueschenberg & Zach Wigal


 

5-Brandon Carr


 

4-Jake Andreotti, Kyle Cummins, Corey Day, Ronnie Gardner, Buddy Kofoid, Carson Macedo, Zack Merritt, Michael Pickens & Blake Spicer


 

3-Lance Bennett, Garrett Benson, Landon Brooks, Tanner Carrick, Mark Chisholm, Braxton Cummings, Frankie Guerrini, Justin Peck, Caden Sarale & Jett Yantis


 

2-Chris Baue, Jason Bennett, Kaylee Bryson, Steve Buckwalter, Jerry Coons Jr., Bradley Cox, Michael Faccinto, Andrew Felker, Ty Gibbs, Rylan Gray, Sam Johnson, Tim Kent, Kameron Key, Cord Kisthardt, Riley Kreisel, Kyle Larson, Michael Magic, Trey Marcham, Shannon McQueen, Mitchel Moles, K.J. Snow, Chase Stockon, Ricky Thornton Jr., Caiden Warren, Trent Way, Chad Winfrey, Austin Wood & J.J. Yeley


 

1-Chris Andrews, Emerson Axsom, Jonathan Beason, Dan Bennett, Trevor Cline, Colby Copeland, Briggs Danner, Justin Dickerson, Don Droud Jr., Santino Ferrucci, Dalten Gabbard, Shane Golobic, Broedy Graham, Mason Hannagan, Chris Hartman, Luke Icke, Parker Jones, Jordan Kinser, Kaiden Manders, Chase McDermand, Ashley Oerter, Branigan Roark, Daniel Robinson, Jeff Schindler, Brian Schwabauer, T.J. Smith, Connor Speir, Bryan Stanfill, Jeff Stasa, John Webster, Cody Weisensel, Garet Williamson, Dusty Young & Trey Zorn


 


 

HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE


 

Apr 26: Kokomo Speedway - Kale Drake (11th to 4th)


 

Apr 27: Kokomo Speedway - Kale Drake (15th to 5th)


 

May 16: Belleville Short Track - Thomas Meseraull (8th to 2nd)


 

May 17: Belleville Short Track - Steven Snyder Jr. (16th to 6th)


 

May 18: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Andrew Felker (19th to 7th)


 

Jun 3: Circle City Raceway - Kale Drake (9th to 1st)


 

Jun 4: Paragon Speedway - Kyle Cummins (16th to 8th)


 

Jun 8: Kokomo Speedway - Jacob Denney (17th to 1st)


 

Jul 1: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Kyle Cummins (19th to 3rd)


 

Jul 2: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Cannon McIntosh (19th to 1st)


 

Jul 8: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Kale Drake (17th to 7th)


 

Jul 9: Mitchell County Fairgrounds - Jacob Denney (11th to 3rd)


 

Jul 11: Jefferson County Speedway - Logan Seavey (19th to 6th)


 

Jul 12: Jefferson County Speedway - Drake Edwards (16th to 10th)


 

Aug 29: Bloomington Speedway - Hayden Reinbold (23rd to 11th)


 

Aug 31: Angell Park Speedway - Daison Pursley (20th to 7th)


 

Sep 18: Eldora Speedway - Tim Kent (21st to 14th)


 

Sep 20: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (7th to 1st)


 

Nov 15: Placerville Speedway - Landon Brooks (21st to 4th)


 

Nov 21: Merced Speedway - Justin Grant (23rd to 13th)


 

Nov 22: Merced Speedway - Cale Coons (22nd to 14th)


 

Nov 25: Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway - Kale Drake (20th to 7th)


 

Nov 29: Ventura Raceway – Carson Macedo (24th to 7th)


 


 

DIRT DRAFT FASTEST HOT LAPS DRIVER


 

Apr 26: Kokomo Speedway - Drake Edwards (13.324)


 

Apr 27: Kokomo Speedway - Karter Sarff (13.122)


 

May 16: Belleville Short Track - Gunnar Setser (12.038)


 

May 17: Belleville Short Track - Jerry Coons Jr. (12.358)


 

May 18: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Kevin Thomas Jr. (12.113)


 

Jun 3: Circle City Raceway - Jacob Denney (12.698)


 

Jun 4: Paragon Speedway - Kevin Thomas Jr. (15.060)


 

Jun 8: Kokomo Speedway - Jakeb Boxell (13.331)


 

Jul 1: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Daison Pursley (12.362)


 

Jul 2: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Mitchel Moles (12.398)


 

Jul 8: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Logan Seavey (11.834)


 

Jul 9: Mitchell County Fairgrounds - Steven Snyder Jr. (12.416)


 

Jul 11: Jefferson County Speedway - Steven Snyder Jr. (11.076)


 

Jul 12: Jefferson County Speedway - Steven Snyder Jr. (11.042)


 

Aug 29: Bloomington Speedway - Jacob Denney (11.930)


 

Aug 31: Angell Park Speedway - Kale Drake (14.277)


 

Sep 18: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (16.218)


 

Sep 20: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (16.385)


 

Nov 15: Placerville Speedway - Kevin Thomas Jr. (11.617)


 

Nov 21: Merced Speedway - Tanner Carrick (11.903)


 

Nov 22: Merced Speedway - Caden Sarale (12.503)


 

Nov 25: Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway - Jake Andreotti (14.419)


 

Nov 29: Ventura Raceway – Karter Sarff (12.094)


 


 

2025 USAC INFERNO ARMOR FIRE MOVE OF THE NIGHT


 

Apr 26: Kokomo Speedway - Cale Coons


 

Apr 27: Kokomo Speedway - Kyle Jones


 

May 16: Belleville Short Track - Cannon McIntosh


 

May 17: Belleville Short Track - Logan Seavey


 

May 18: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Justin Grant


 

Jun 3: Circle City Raceway - Karter Sarff


 

Jun 4: Paragon Speedway - K.J. Snow


 

Jun 8: Kokomo Speedway - Drake Edwards


 

Jul 1: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Jonathan Beason


 

Jul 2: The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway - Steven Snyder Jr.


 

Jul 8: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex - Chad Winfrey


 

Jul 9: Mitchell County Fairgrounds - Chelby Hinton


 

Jul 11: Jefferson County Speedway - Kyle Jones


 

Jul 12: Jefferson County Speedway - Blake Spicer


 

Aug 29: Bloomington Speedway - Brecken Reese


 

Aug 31: Angell Park Speedway - Gunnar Setser


 

Sep 18: Eldora Speedway - Jakeb Boxell


 

Sep 20: Eldora Speedway - Drake Edwards


 

Nov 15: Placerville Speedway - Colby Copeland


 

Nov 21: Merced Speedway - Connor Speir


 

Nov 22: Merced Speedway - Logan Seavey


 

Nov 25: Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway - Jett Yantis


 

Nov 29: Ventura Raceway – Carson Macedo


 


 

ALL-TIME USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FEATURE WINS (1956-2025)


 

1. [111 wins]  Mel Kenyon


 

2. [95 wins]  Rich Vogler


 

3. [78 wins]  Bob Wente


 

4. [63 wins]  Bob Tattersall


 

5. [59 wins]  Sleepy Tripp


 

6. [48 wins]  Jimmy Davies


 

7. [38 wins]  Bryan Clauson


 

8. [35 wins]  Tracy Hines


 

9. [31 wins]  Gene Hartley & Chuck Rodee


 

11. [30 wins]  Dave Darland, Mike McGreevy, Johnny Parsons & Tanner Thorson


 

15. [29 wins]  Kyle Larson


 

16. [27 wins]  Gary Bettenhausen & Tony Stewart


 

18. [25 wins]  Darren Hagen, Parnelli Jones, Buddy Kofoid & Dave Strickland


 

22. [24 wins]  Billy Engelhart


 

23. [23 wins]  Christopher Bell, Pancho Carter, Tommy Copp, Kevin Olson & Billy Vukovich


 

28. [22 wins]  Tom Bigelow, Bobby East & Shorty Templeman


 

31. [21 wins]  Steve Cannon, Jimmy Caruthers, Rex Easton & Ken Schrader


 

35. [20 wins]  A.J. Foyt & Justin Grant


 

37. [19 wins]  Jerry Coons Jr., Tyler Courtney, Stan Fox, Jason Leffler & Logan Seavey


 

42. [18 wins]  Dave Steele


 

43. [17 wins]  Jay Drake & J.J. Yeley


 

45. [16 wins]  Rico Abreu, George Amick, Billy Cantrell, Lee Kunzman, Bobby Olivero & Henry Pens


 

51. [15 wins]  Don Branson, Larry Rice & Chris Windom


 

54. [14 wins]  Chuck Arnold, Cannon McIntosh, Jack Turner & Leroy Warriner


 

58. [13 wins]  Steve Knepper, Don Meacham, Ryan Newman & Stevie Reeves


 

62. [12 wins]  Danny Caruthers, Gene Force, Russ Gamester, Jeff Gordon, Bobby Grim & Ron Shuman


 

68. [11 wins]  Kasey Kahne, Jimmy Knight, Bob McLean, Johnny Moorhouse, Daison Pursley, Bobby Santos & Brad Sweet


 

75. [10 wins]  Allen Heath, Doug Kalitta, Brad Kuhn, Steve Lotshaw, Jerry McClung, Thomas Meseraull & Chuck Weyant


 

82. [9 wins]  Billy Boat, Chad Boat, Tony Elliott & Chuck Gurney


 

86. [8 wins]  Brady Bacon, Merle Bettenhausen, Tony Bettenhausen, Hank Butcher, Kevin Doty, Dan Drinan, Ronnie Duman, Brian Gerster, Kenny Irwin Jr., Eddie Johnson, Michael Lewis, Andy Michner & Josh Wise


 

99. [7 wins]  Tommy Astone, Jack Hewitt, Don Horvath, Page Jones, Kenneth Nichols, Larry Patton, Les Scott, Len Sutton, Ryan Timms & Johnnie Tolan


 

109. [6 wins]  Spencer Bayston, Donnie Beechler, George Benson, Dana Carter, Bob Cicconi, Jacob Denney, Robby Flock, Nick Fornoro Jr., Arnie Knepper, Ricky Shelton, Mike Streicher, Dave Strickland Jr., Kevin Thomas Jr. & Roger West


 

123. [5 wins]  Mike Bliss, Lonnie Caruthers, Larry Dickson, Mike Fedorcak, Burt Foland, Mack McClellan, Danny McKnight, Cliff Spalding, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & Jerry Weeks


 

133. [4 wins]  Caleb Armstrong, Teddy Beach, Johnny Boyd, Frank Burany, Russ Congdon, Zach Daum, Corey Day, Ray Elliott, Aaron Fike, Danny Frye, Billy Garrett, Mike Gregg, Jim Hettinger, John Heydenreich, Bubby Jones, Levi Jones, Andy Linden, Bobby Marshman, Roger McCluskey, Bill Mehner, Gavin Miller, Ken Nichols, Jeff Nuckles, Jan Opperman, Michael Pickens, Gary Ponzini, Davey Ray, Eddie Sachs, Don Schilling, Sammy Sessions, George Snider, Dale Swaim, Kevin Swindell, Rodger Ward & Zeb Wise


 

168. [3 wins]  Emerson Axsom, John Batts, Gays Biro, Shane Cottle, Allen Crowe, Kale Drake, Bruce Field, A.J. Fike, Drew Fornoro, Gene Gennetten, Rick Goudy, Bob Hare, Bob Hauck, Jeff Heywood, Bill Homeier, Sam Isenhower, Jim Keeker, Jim McClean, Warren Mockler, Mitchel Moles, Davey Moses, Earl Motter, Jerry Nuckles, Danny Oakes, Johnnie Parsons, Porky Rachwitz, Johnny Riva, Johnny Roberts, Lowell Sachs, Billy Shuman, Tom Steiner, Bobby Unser & Billy Wease


 

201. [2 wins]  Al Alpern, Sonny Ates, Johnny Baldwin, Jim Beckley, Dean Billings, Alan Brown, Jack Calabrase, Tanner Carrick, Johnny Cofer, Mel Cornett, Cotton Farmer, Terry Farrar, Joe Garson, Chuck Gurney Jr., Kyle Hamilton, Bob Hogle, Rick Hood, P.J. Jones, Carson Macedo, Critter Malone, Jimmy McCune, Jason McDougal, Aaron Pollock, Barry Reed, Lloyd Ruby, Joe Saldana, Tom Sellberg, Tony Simon, Danny Stratton, Kody Swanson, Steve Troxell, Don Vogler, Bruce Walkup, Terry Wente, Johnny White, Tommy White & Cole Whitt


 

238. [1 wins]  John Andretti, Mario Andretti, Mike Appio, Dick Atkins, Paul Bates, Harry Beck, Bud Bogard, Tony Bonadies, Dan Boorse, Don Boorse, Dwight Brown, Steve Buckwalter, Barry Butterworth, Gary Byers, Larry Cannon, Tyce Carlson, Ed Carpenter, Dane Carter, Billy Cassella, Bill Chennault, Bud Clemons, Roy Cook Jr., Kyle Cummins, Ryan Durst, Drake Edwards, Edgar Elder, Todd Forbes, Joe Gaerte, Bradley Galedrige, Steve Gennetten, Elmer George, Potsy Goacher, Shane Golobic, David Gough, Ron Gregory, Norm Hall, Bob Harkey, Vern Harriman, Scott Hatton, Al Herman, Jordan Hermansader, Mike Hess, Jim Hines, Ted Hines, Shane Hmiel, Dean Holden, Blake Hollingsworth, Chuck Hulse, Buddy Irwin, Eddie Jackson, Van Johnson, Brent Kaeding, Bud Kaeding, Jimmy Kirk, Kevin Koch, Randy Koch, Bill Kollman, Cory Kruseman, Michael Lang, Greg Leffler, Larry McCloskey, Chase McDermand, Jim McElreath, Mel McGaughy, John Meyers, J.R. Miller, Travis Miniea, Russ Moynagh, Richard Myhre, Dick Northam, Hank Nykaza, Brian Olson, Danny O'Neill, Jim Packard, Wally Pankratz, Forrest Parker, Gene Pastor, Gary Patterson, Danny Pens, Jiggs Peters, Dick Pole, Richard Powell, Buddy Rackley, Keith Rauch, Dave Ray, Jimmy Reece, Hayden Reinbold, Bob Richards, Bruce Robey, Johnny Rodriguez, Gene Roehl, Jack Runyon, Sammy Sauer, Gio Scelzi, Dutch Schaefer, Ryan Scott, Frank Secrist, Jimmy Sills, Jigger Sirois, Lee Smith, Ron Smoker, Ned Spath, J.P. Standley, Graham Standring, Jerry Stone, Tanner Swanson, Buddy Taylor, Tyler Thomas, Randy Tolsma, Leo Tucker, Bob Veith, Joe Walter, Bryant Wiedeman, Zach Wigal, Eric Wilkins, Mauri Wilson, Doug Wolfgang & Billy Wood


 


 

ALL-TIME USAC MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP FAST QUALIFYING TIMES (1956-2025)


 

1. [94] Mel Kenyon


 

2. [84] Rich Vogler


 

3. [77] Jimmy Davies


 

4. [74] Bob Wente


 

5. [45] Mike McGreevy


 

6. [38] Tracy Hines & Bob Tattersall


 

8. [37] Dave Strickland


 

9. [36] Johnny Parsons


 

10. [33] Chuck Rodee


 

11. [29] Tommy Astone & Jimmy Caruthers


 

13. [28] Kevin Olson


 

14. [27] Parnelli Jones


 

15. [26] Jason Leffler & Tanner Thorson


 

17. [25] Gary Bettenhausen


 

18. [24] Gene Hartley


 

19. [22] Don Branson, Stan Fox & Shorty Templeman


 

22. [21] Kyle Larson, Logan Seavey & Tony Stewart


 

25. [20] Bryan Clauson, Dan Drinan, Bobby East & Bobby Grim


 

29. [19] Jay Drake


 

30. [17] Dave Steele & Mike Streicher


 

32. [16] Rico Abreu, Billy Engelhart, Darren Hagen, Steve Lotshaw & Bobby Olivero


 

37. [15] George Benson, Tom Bigelow, Billy Cantrell, Tyler Courtney & Les Scott


 

42. [14] Jerry Coons Jr., Dave Darland, Jeff Gordon, Kenny Irwin Jr. & Bob McLean


 

47. [13] Jimmy Knight & J.J. Yeley


 

49. [12] Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh, Don Meacham, Larry Rice & Josh Wise


 

54. [11] Brady Bacon, Danny Caruthers, Lonnie Caruthers, Russ Congdon, Tommy Copp, Ryan Newman, Ken Schrader, Len Sutton, Brad Sweet, Sleepy Tripp & Billy Vukovich


 

65. [10] George Amick, Pancho Carter, Allen Crowe & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

69. [9] A.J. Foyt, Doug Kalitta, Larry Patton, Stevie Reeves, Dave Strickland Jr. & Jerry Weeks


 

75. [8] Spencer Bayston, Christopher Bell, Dana Carter, Rex Easton, Russ Gamester, Don Horvath, Kasey Kahne, Sammy Sessions, George Snider, Jack Turner & Leroy Warriner


 

86. [7] Jade Avedisian, Mike Bliss, Ray Elliott, Allen Heath, Andy Michner, Henry Pens, Daison Pursley, Lowell Sachs & Kody Swanson


 

95. [6] Chad Boat, Burt Foland, Brian Gerster, Mike Gregg, Kyle Hamilton, Buddy Kofoid, Lee Kunzman, Jerry McClung, Bill Mehner, Ron Shuman, Jimmy Sills, Don Vogler, Chris Windom & Billy Wood


 

109. [5] Merle Bettenhausen, Billy Boat, Gary Byers, Steve Cannon, Tanner Carrick, Kevin Doty, Ronnie Duman, Aaron Fike, Shane Golobic, Rick Goudy, Jeff Heywood, Eddie Johnson, Steve Knepper, Brad Kuhn, Andy Linden, Ethan Mitchell, Bobby Santos, Chris Shultz, Billy Shuman, Chuck Weyant & Mauri Wilson


 

130. [4] Caleb Armstrong, Sonny Ates, Dane Carter, Joe Corrigan, Ray Crawford, Zach Daum, Jacob Denney, Mike Fedorcak, Robby Flock, Joe Garson, Chuck Gurney, Jim Hettinger, Arnie Knepper, Carson Macedo, Chuck Marshall, Danny McKnight, Mitchel Moles, Jeff Nuckles, Danny Oakes, Gary Ponzini, Richard Powell, Porky Rachwitz, Taylor Reimer, Eddie Sachs, Ricky Shelton, Tom Steiner, Johnny W. Anderson, Bruce Walkup, Rodger Ward, Roger West & Zeb Wise


 

161. [3] Harry Beck, Donnie Beechler, Tony Bettenhausen, Dwight Brown, Steve Buckwalter, Hank Butcher, Jack Calabrase, Cole Carter, Bob Cicconi, Mario Clouser, Larry Dickson, Tony Elliott, Bruce Field, A.J. Fike, Gene Force, Danny Frye, Bob Hare, Ted Hines, P.J. Jones, Greg Leffler, Grier Manning, Mack McClellan, Roger McCluskey, Thomas Meseraull, Johnny Moorhouse, Kenneth Nichols, Jerry Nuckles, Tim Pangborn, Forrest Parker, Johnnie Parsons, Johnny Roberts, Randy Roberts, Karter Sarff, Don Schilling, Don "Spyder" Anderson, Dale Swaim, Ryan Timms, Johnnie Tolan & Dillon Welch


 

200. [2] Sherman Armstrong Jr., Jack Bates, Gays Biro, Art Bisch, Dan Boorse, Kaylee Bryson, Bill Chennault, Paul Clark, Bob Cortner, Chris Cumberworth, Bob Davison, Corey Day, Edgar Elder, Todd Forbes, Nick Fornoro Jr., Gene Gennetten, Elmer George, Joe Giba, Ron Gregory, Ted Hartley, Mike Hess, Jim Hines, Shane Hmiel, Eddie Jackson, Bubby Jones, Dick Jones, Page Jones, Ronnie Kaplan, Johnny Kay, Walt Kennedy, Michael Lewis, Brad Loyet, Jim Mahoney, Jim McClean, Sarah McCune, Parker Price-Miller, Warren Mockler, Earl Motter, Ken Nichols, Hank Nykaza, Steve Paden, Danny Pens, Michael Pickens, Levi Roberts, Johnny Rodriguez, Lloyd Ruby, Joe Saldana, Sammy Sauer, Ryan Scott, Tom Sellberg, Jigger Sirois, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Danny Stratton, Russ Sweedler, Buddy Taylor, George Tichenor, Bud Tingelstad, Steve Troxell, Bobby Unser, Billy Wease, Ken Weiland, Cole Whitt, Zach Wigal & Carl Williams


 

264. [1] Bobby Allen, Al Alpern, Chuck Amati, John Andretti, Cap Arnold, Chuck Arnold, Dick Atkins, Tony Ave, Emerson Axsom, Steve Barth, Dave Bartlett, Todd Barton, John Batts, Jim Beckley, Daniel Bedford, Dick Betts, Jim Bob Luebbert, Nick Bohanon, Tony Bonadies, Johnny Boyd, Alex Bright, Bob Burbridge, Buddy Cagle, Larry Cannon, Roy Caruthers, Billy Cassella, Steve Chassey, Bill Cheesbourg, Bud Clemons, Johnny Cofer, Maria Cofer, Duke Cook, Jay Cornell, Chance Crum, A.J. Davis, Duke DeRosa, Danny Ebberts, Drake Edwards, Bob Ellingham, Dean Erfurth, Russ Faucett, Sarah Fisher, Dan Ford, Josh Ford, Danny Frye Jr., Jim Gates, Johnny Gavin, Roy Gillhamer, Roy Graham, Bob Gregg, Mike Groff, Chuck Gurney Jr., Gene Gurney, Butch Haisman, Davey Hamilton, Garrett Hansen, Bob Harkey, Alex Harris, Scott Hatton, Jac Haudenschild, Al Henderson, Jordan Hermansader, Mike Hill, Larry Hillerud, Bob Hogle, Shane Hollingsworth, Bill Homeier, Rick Hood, Wally Hostettler, Billy Hughes, Jeff Hunt, Tony Hunt, Gary Irvin, Bob Jesser, Ronnie Johncox, Kyle Jones, Paul Jones, Jack Jordan, Brent Kaeding, Gary Kanawyer, Jim Keeker, Harry Kern, Jimmy Kirk, Danny Kladis, George Kladis, Clay Klepper, Kevin Koch, Randy Koch, Bill Kojis, Bill Kollman, Jim Lauri IV, Buddy Lee, Donnie Lehmann, Mack Leopard, Bob Lithgow, Ed Loomis, Jesse Love, Dave Lundy, Jim Malloy, Bobby Marshman, Larry McCloskey, Jimmy McCune, Chase McDermand, Jason McDougal, Lealand McSpadden, Al Miller, J.R. Miller, Stephanie Mockler, Davey Moses, Mike Mosley, Brad Noffsinger, Danny O'Neill, Ralph Parkinson, Gary Patterson, Dick Pole, Bill Puterbaugh, Jon Rahe, Bill Randall, Chase Randall, Norm Rapp, Keith Rauch, Dickie Reese, Hayden Reinbold, Bill Renshaw, Bob Richards, Bruce Robey, Jack Runyon, John Sarna, Gio Scelzi, Chase Scott, Shane Scully, Roy Seidenstricker, Holly Shelton, Dean Shirley, Tony Simon, C.L. Smith, Steven Snyder Jr., Bob Spoo, J.P. Standley, Gig Stephens, Tanner Swanson, Kevin Swindell, Kevin Thomas, Al Unser, Don Weaver, Terry Wente, Gene Weyant, Johnny White, Newt White, Bryant Wiedeman, Eric Wilkins & Don Wilson


 


 

ALL-TIME USAC NATIONAL MIDGET DRIVER CHAMPIONS


 

1956: Shorty Templeman, 1957: Shorty Templeman, 1958: Shorty Templeman, 1959: Gene Hartley, 1960: Jimmy Davies, 1961: Jimmy Davies, 1962: Jimmy Davies, 1963: Bob Wente, 1964: Mel Kenyon, 1965: Mike McGreevy, 1966: Mike McGreevy, 1967: Mel Kenyon, 1968: Mel Kenyon, 1969: Bob Tattersall, 1970: Jimmy Caruthers, 1971: Danny Caruthers, 1972: Pancho Carter, 1973: Larry Rice, 1974: Mel Kenyon, 1975: Sleepy Tripp, 1976: Sleepy Tripp, 1977: Mel Kenyon, 1978: Rich Vogler, 1979: Steve Lotshaw, 1980: Rich Vogler, 1981: Mel Kenyon, 1982: Kevin Olson, 1983: Rich Vogler, 1984: Tom Bigelow, 1985: Mel Kenyon, 1986: Rich Vogler, 1987: Kevin Olson, 1988: Rich Vogler, 1989: Russ Gamester, 1990: Jeff Gordon, 1991: Mike Streicher, 1992: Stevie Reeves, 1993: Stevie Reeves, 1994: Tony Stewart, 1995: Tony Stewart, 1996: Kenny Irwin Jr., 1997: Jason Leffler, 1998: Jason Leffler, 1999: Jason Leffler, 2000: Kasey Kahne, 2001: Dave Darland, 2002: Dave Darland, 2003: J.J. Yeley, 2004: Bobby East, 2005: Josh Wise, 2006: Jerry Coons Jr., 2007: Jerry Coons Jr., 2008: Cole Whitt, 2009: Brad Kuhn, 2010: Bryan Clauson, 2011: Bryan Clauson, 2012: Darren Hagen, 2013: Christopher Bell, 2014: Rico Abreu, 2015: Tracy Hines, 2016: Tanner Thorson, 2017: Spencer Bayston, 2018: Logan Seavey, 2019: Tyler Courtney, 2020: Chris Windom, 2021: Buddy Kofoid, 2022: Buddy Kofoid, 2023: Logan Seavey, 2024: Daison Pursley, 2025: Cannon McIntosh


 


 

ALL-TIME USAC NATIONAL MIDGET ENTRANT CHAMPIONS


 

1956: Ashley Wright, 1957: Lloyd Rahn, 1958: Lloyd Rahn, 1959: Ray Bolander, 1960: Jimmy Davies, 1961: Howard Linne, 1962: Jimmy Davies, 1963: Robert Shadday, 1964: Willard Coil, 1965: Mel & Don Kenyon, 1966: Mel & Don Kenyon, 1967: Mel & Don Kenyon, 1968: Mel & Don Kenyon, 1969: Jack Stroud, 1970: Doug Caruthers, 1971: Doug Caruthers, 1972: Shannon Brothers, 1973: Doug Caruthers, 1974: 3-K Racing Enterprises, 1975: Sleepy Tripp, 1976: Sleepy Tripp, 1977: Sherman Armstrong, 1978: Doug & Dana Caruthers, 1979: 3-K Racing Enterprises, 1980: 3-K Racing Enterprises, 1981: 3-K Racing Enterprises, 1982: Nick Gojmeric, 1983: Streicher Racing, 1984: Wilke Racing, 1985: 3-K Racing Enterprises, 1986: Jonathan Byrd, 1987: Jonathan Byrd, 1988: Wilke Racers, 1989: Gamester Racing, 1990: Streicher Racing, 1991: Streicher Racing, 1992: Ralph Potter, 1993: Steve Lewis, 1994: Ralph Potter, 1995: Steve Lewis, 1996: Steve Lewis, 1997: Pete Willoughby, 1998: Steve Lewis, 1999: Steve Lewis, 2000: Steve Lewis, 2001: Steve Lewis, 2002: Steve Lewis, 2003: Steve Lewis, 2004: Steve Lewis, 2005: Wilke-Pak Racers, 2006: Keith Kunz Motorsports, 2007: Wilke-Pak Racers, 2008: Keith Kunz Motorsports, 2009: RW Motorsports, 2010: Corey Tucker Racing/Keith Kunz Motorsports/BCI, 2011: Corey Tucker Racing/BCI/Curb-Agajanian, 2012: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2013: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2014: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2015: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2016: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2017: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2018: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2019: Clauson Marshall Racing, 2020: Tucker-Boat Motorsports, 2021: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2022: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, 2023: Abacus Racing, 2024: CB Industries, 2025: Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports


 


 

ALL-TIME USAC NATIONAL MIDGET ROOKIES OF THE YEAR


 

1969: Billy Engelhart, 1970: Danny Brown, 1971: Danny Caruthers, 1972: Tommy Astone, 1973: Mike Gregg, 1974: Richard Powell, 1975: Larry Patton, 1976: James McElreath, 1977: Lonnie Caruthers, 1978: Tommy Thomas, 1979: Barry Butterworth, 1980: Trevor Boys, 1981: Sherman Armstrong, 1982: Chris Maxson, 1983: John Andretti, 1984: Russ Gamester, 1985: Bobby Allen, 1986: Steve Enlow, 1987: John Meyers, 1988: Jim Keeker, 1989: Jeff Gordon, 1990: Dan Ford, 1991: Doug Kalitta, 1992: Brian Gerster, 1993: Chuck Leary, 1994: David Bridges, 1995: Ryan Newman, 1996: Carl Olsen, 1997: Nick Lundgreen, 1998: Michael Lewis, 1999: A.J. Fike, 2000: Aaron Fike, 2001: Bobby East, 2002: Teddy Beach & Ron Gregory, 2003: Ryan Durst, 2004: Todd Beach, 2005: Darren Hagen, 2006: Bryan Clauson, 2007: Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 2008: Chad Boat, 2009: Zach Daum, 2010: Daniel Bedford, 2011: Kyle Larson, 2012: Rico Abreu, 2013: Christopher Bell, 2014: Kevin Thomas Jr., 2015: Spencer Bayston, 2016: Carson Macedo, 2017: Tanner Carrick, 2018: Logan Seavey. 2019: Andrew Layser, 2020: Buddy Kofoid, 2021: Chase Randall, 2022: Mitchel Moles, 2023: Gavin Miller, 2024: Zach Wigal, 2025: Steven Snyder Jr.

 

 

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