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NO DOUBTING THOMAS! KTJ WINS AGAIN AT THE GROVE

 

Paul Arch

 

 Friday June 20th.. Kevin Thomas Jr. captured his second consecutive Williams Grove Speedway victory during Friday night's USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment round.

 

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (June 20, 2025)………Kevin Thomas Jr.’s last trip to Williams Grove Speedway saw him lead just one single solitary lap on the way to a dramatic victory in June of 2024.


 

The Cullman, Alabama racer’s latest triumph at the Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 1/2-mile dirt oval didn’t require as much of the late-race dramatics as it did last time, but all in all, the thrill of victory remained just as satisfying.


 

Thomas led all 30 laps to score the victory in Friday night’s USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment round three in his Rock Steady Racing/Inferno Armor – Lucas Oil Center – Creative Finishing/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy.


 

The second victory of the 2025 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season for Thomas was also the 46th of his career with the series, moving him into a tie with Jack Hewitt for sixth place on the all-time USAC National Sprint Car win list.


 

“That’s pretty cool,” Thomas remarked. “When you start out, you look at all the guys on the list. I looked at (Jon) Stanbrough and Jerry Coons Jr. and Dave Darland, and I was like, ‘damn, if I could ever just get one win, that would be pretty cool,’ and just to say I raced with these guys and got a win. Jack is the coolest damn dude ever. He’ll whoop your ass and then pray with you.”


 

Furthermore, the score was the third of Thomas’ career at Williams Grove following triumphant performances in 2017 and 2024. His three USAC National Sprint Car wins at Williams Grove now rank second all-time, only one behind A.J. Foyt’s four. Additionally, Thomas became the first driver to record back-to-back USAC National Sprint Car wins at Williams Grove since the late, great Jan Opperman in 1973.


 

Thomas also provided car owner Hank Byram of Rock Steady Racing his 32nd career USAC National Sprint Car main event win, moving him into a tie with Ben Leyba for 14th place all-time on the series’ entrant win list.


 

However, at first, it was the race that seemingly didn’t want to begin. Just as the 30-lap feature was set to roll off, the track lights went completely dark due to a nearby car accident that knocked out the power to the surrounding area. USAC followers may recall that, six nights earlier, two mid-race power outages during a USAC Silver Crown event at World Wide Technology Raceway resulted in multiple red flags that totaled roughly 45 minutes. This occasion was relatively brief with about a 20-minute unplanned break before light began to beam down from the heavens and racing activities could once again proceed.


 

When on track action was able to resume, the madness mounted. On the first try at the start, 18th starting J.T. Ferry took a tumble in turn three that also collected Abby Hohlbein and first-time USAC National Sprint Car starter Dirk Rimrott. Ferry’s night was over and he was able to walk away while Hohlbein and Rimrott restarted and continued on.


 

But as it turned out, that didn’t last long. On take two of the start, Daison Pursley (7th) lost control in between tuns three and four on his own and spun completely sideways in the middle of the track. Moments later, Joey Amantea clipped Pursley’s left front wheel with his right rear tire and slid to a stop while C.J. Leary also collided with Pursley, knocking all three out of the contest.


 

Further on back, at the very same moment, Hohlbein and Mike Haggenbottom collided, sending both drivers flipping wildly through turns three and four in a spectacular looking ride that both were able to walk away from. While Haggenbottom’s evening ended abruptly, he did set a new record for the longest duration between USAC National Sprint Car feature starts at 28 years, 9 months & 8 days. Before Friday night, his one and only series start came in September of 1996, also at Williams Grove.


 

The third attempt at a start proved to be the charm as Thomas stepped out to the opening lap lead over Jake Swanson who slotted into second. By lap seven, Thomas’ lead stood at a full second while Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier Mitchel Moles was draped all over the back of Kyle Cummins for third.


 

For Thomas, restarts were a must to avoid any missteps. After nearly stuffing it in the fence on his initial try at the start, Thomas took notes and made certain that it didn’t happen again.


 

“It’s hard here, especially with the way the corners are shaped and change up your approach to it,” Thomas explained. “If you do it wrong, you can really open yourself up to failure down there in turn one. I overcooked the first one. I thought I had just a little more grip than what I did and wound up there in the marbles and stuff. I got another shot at it and I felt good there. I just had to be patient. It’s such a long ass straightaway for a non-wing car. You lift before you think you have to and you’re pretty hard on brakes. Even when you’re running the top, you’re pretty hard on the equipment.”


 

Moles’ milestone fast time to open the night was his series-leading sixth of the USAC National Sprint Car season. Furthermore, his lap of 19.246 seconds was the 21st fast qualifying time of his USAC National Sprint Car career, tying him with four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt for 22nd place all-time.


 

That said, Moles was hellbent on adding more accolades as he squeezed between the turn one inside guardrail and Cummins to his outside for the third spot on lap 13. Moments later on lap 14, trouble hit two past USAC national and Eastern Storm champions as Robert Ballou (7th) slowed to a stop with a radius rod issue. Simultaneously, Logan Seavey (9th) slowed with a flat left rear tire. Both were able to return with Ballou crossing the stripe 11th and Seavey one spot behind in 12th.


 

Just as Moles had emerged as a prime contender while running third and challenging for second, he spun backwards into the turn three outside guardrail with a light tap on the 16th lap. Restarting at the back, Moles managed to hustle his way back to 8th at the finish.


 

Just then, Cummins caught his second wind as he slid past Jake Swanson for second in turn one on the 22nd go around. At the moment, Thomas’ lead remained at nearly a full second over Cummins and now Briggs Danner who scooted under Swanson for third in turns one and two with five circuits remaining on lap 26.


 

Up front, Thomas was mostly by his lonesome and was two turns away from victory on the final lap when the yellow lights surrounding the track flashed, signaling caution for ninth running Kayla Roell who slowed to a stop on the front straight, just missing out on becoming the first woman in series history to record a top-10 finish in USAC National Sprint Car competition.


 

Staring at a green-white-checkered finish, Thomas wasn’t keen on experiencing any late-race heroics play out in reverse from one year ago.


 

“I was just hoping I didn’t run out of fuel like Briggs did last year,” Thomas said, referring to Danner’s last lap trouble at the 2024 Williams Grove USAC Eastern Storm round. “Last year, we got lucky, but we were in position to win. We’ll take those, but I felt that, this year, we put ourselves in position to control the race. As tough as this place is to pass and to get around in general, it’s very oddball for a non-wing car. Being that it’s super-fast and also extremely technical, you can overshoot the corners and miss the bottom and get out into no man’s land. By being able to process those into one on each straightaway, having a clean track in front of you is important.”


 

It all worked out in Thomas’ plan as he went undenied on the final restart to keep his challengers at bay, crossing under Warren Alston’s checkered flag 0.397 seconds ahead of runner-up Kyle Cummins who was followed by Briggs Danner in third, Jake Swanson in fourth and Justin Grant rounding out the top-five.


 

It was yet another fine run for Kyle Cummins who upped his best Williams Grove performance from 10th in 2024 to second in 2025 for his best career result at the legendary venue. Best yet for Cummins, he also extended his USAC Eastern Storm point lead to seven with two races remaining.


 

Steven Drevicki equaled his best career USAC National Sprint Car finish by advancing plus-eight from 14th to 6th to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

The Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night went to Briggs Danner who made a spectacular bid up through the field to race his way from 10th to 3rd in the feature. In doing so, Danner kept pace in the USAC Eastern Storm title fight, moving up from third to second in the standings, just seven points behind Cummins.


 

During his first heat race victory, Daison Pursley's eight-lap run broke the USAC National Sprint Car track record for the distance at Williams Grove. Pursley’s time of 2:38.818 surpassed the now former record time of 2:39.140 set by Brady Bacon in 2023.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 20, 2025 – Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-19.246; 2. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-19.305; 3. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-19.321; 4. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-19.354; 5. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-19.374; 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-19.386; 7. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-19.418; 8. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-19.448; 9. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.531; 10. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-19.571; 11. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-19.646; 12. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-19.719; 13. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-19.803; 14. Steven Drevicki, 19s, DeGre-19.913; 15. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-19.992; 16. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-20.221; 17. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Boyd-20.310; 18. J.T. Ferry, 18, Ferry-20.352; 19. Bruce Buckwalter Jr., 83, Buckwalter-20.922; 20. Mike Haggenbottom, 51, Kelly-21.298; 21. Olivia Thayer, 39T, Thayer-21.478; 22. Abby Hohlbein, 2A, 2B Racing-21.615; 23. Dirk Rimrott, 27, Rimrott-NT.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Kale Drake, 4. Mitchel Moles, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Kayla Roell, 7. Abby Hohlbein, 8. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. 2:38.818 (New Track Record)


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Steven Drevicki, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Braydon Cromwell, 7. Mike Haggenbottom, 8. Dirk Rimrott. 2:41.114


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Joey Amantea, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. C.J. Leary, 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 6. J.T. Ferry, 7. Olivia Thayer. 2:43.074


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 2. Kyle Cummins (2), 3. Briggs Danner (10), 4. Jake Swanson (3), 5. Justin Grant (5), 6. Steven Drevicki (14), 7. Hayden Reinbold (12), 8. Mitchel Moles (6), 9. Gunnar Setser (11), 10. Kale Drake (13), 11. Robert Ballou (8), 12. Logan Seavey (9), 13. Braydon Cromwell (17), 14. Kayla Roell (16), 15. Olivia Thayer (21), 16. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (19), 17. Dirk Rimrott (23), 18. Daison Pursley (7), 19. Joey Amantea (15), 20. Mike Haggenbottom (20), 21. C.J. Leary (4), 22. Abby Hohlbein (22), 23. J.T. Ferry (18). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

**J.T. Ferry flipped on lap 1 of the feature. Abby Hohlbein & Mike Haggenbottom flipped on the lap 1 restart during the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1244, 2-Justin Grant-1143, 3-Mitchel Moles-1011, 4-Briggs Danner-953, 5-Logan Seavey-944, 6-Robert Ballou-922, 7-Jake Swanson-916, 8-Kale Drake-874, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-865, 10-C.J. Leary-849.


 

USAC EASTERN STORM PRESENTED BY LEVAN MACHINE & TRUCK EQUIPMENT POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-228, 2-Briggs Danner-221, 3-Justin Grant-210, 4-Mitchel Moles-209, 5-Jake Swanson-182, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-172, 7-Daison Pursley-172, 8-Robert Ballou-161, 9-Logan Seavey-154, 10-Hayden Reinbold-154.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-135, 2-C.J. Leary-58, 3-Briggs Danner-57, 4-Gunnar Setser-57, 5-Kyle Cummins-55, 6-Robert Ballou-50, 7-Chase Stockon-50, 8-Justin Grant-47, 9-Jacob Denney-35, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-34.


 

USAC EASTERN STORM PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Briggs Danner-20, 2-Daison Pursley-15, 3-Robert Ballou-12, 4-Kyle Cummins-11, 5-Steven Drevicki-11, 6-Justin Grant-8, 7-Olivia Thayer-8, 8-Mitchel Moles-7, 9-Kale Drake-7, 10-Gunnar Setser-7.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 21, 2025 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Mitchel Moles (19.439)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (19.246)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Daison Pursley


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Robert Ballou


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Steven Drevicki (14th to 6th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Briggs Danner

MASSINGILL MARCHES TO WAYNESFIELD VICTORY

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Waynesfield, Ohio (June 19, 2025)………Bryce Massingill overtook Luke Hall for the lead with three laps remaining to score the victory during Thursday night’s USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget non-points special event feature at Ohio’s Waynesfield Raceway Park.


 

Massingill (Troy, Ohio) started the 25-lap main event seventh on the grid but steadily worked his way forward to third on lap 20 and to second on lap 21. On lap 23, Massingill got by racelong leader Luke Hall (Ludlow Falls, Ohio) to take over the lead and the win in his family-owned No. 35.


 

Ninth starting Jakeb Boxell (Zanesville, Indiana) took second from Hall on the final lap to finish in the runner-up spot. Hall, who led a race-high 22 of 25 laps, came home third. Jalen Cox (Winchester, Indiana) crossed the line fourth while Tyler Nelson (Olathe, Kansas) rounded out the top-five.


 

 

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: June 19, 2025 – Waynesfield Raceway Park – Waynesfield, Ohio


 

VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Alex Watson, 3w, Watson-14.168; 2. Jacob Sabaj, 21, Sabaj-14.204; 3. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-14.327; 4. Carl Peterson, 49, Peterson-14.362; 5. Tyler Kalb, 32, Kalb-14.416; 6. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-14.421; 7. Steve Myers Jr., 88, Myers-NT.


 

VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 91, Nelson-13.505; 2. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-13.885; 3. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-13.946; 4. Ryan Moran, 01, Moran-14.022; 5. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-14.076; 6. Derrick Noffsinger, 18N, Noffsinger-15.118.


 

VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-13.547; 2. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-13.702; 3. Jalen Cox, 11x, Taylor-13.793; 4. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Hollmeyer-14.169; 5. Taten Long, 99, Long-14.955; 6. Dylan Trost, 21, Trost-NT.


 

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Carl Peterson (1), 2. Ian Creager (2), 3. Alex Watson (4), 4. Jacob Sabaj (3), 5. Tyler Kalb (5), 6. Brayden Schwartz (6), 7. Steve Myers Jr. (7). NT


 

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Nelson (4), 2. Bryce Massingill (2), 3. Gunnar Lucius (3), 4. Ryan Moran (1), 5. Cole Morgan (5), 6. Derrick Noffsinger (6). NT


 

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jakeb Boxell (4), 2. Luke Hall (3), 3. Jalen Cox (2), 4. Buddy Hollmeyer (1), 5. Taten Long (5). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (7), 2. Jakeb Boxell (9), 3. Luke Hall (2), 4. Jalen Cox (6), 5. Tyler Nelson (4), 6. Ian Creager (8), 7. Gunnar Lucius (5), 8. Tyler Kalb (13), 9. Buddy Hollmeyer (12), 10. Jacob Sabaj (10), 11. Cole Morgan (14), 12. Carl Peterson (3), 13. Taten Long (15), 14. Derrick Noffsinger (17), 15. Ryan Moran (11), 16. Alex Watson (1), 17. Brayden Schwartz (16), 18. Steve Myers Jr. (18). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Luke Hall, Laps 23-25 Bryce Massingill.


 

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: June 21, 2025 – Atomic Speedway – Chillicothe, Ohio

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Tyler Nelson (13.505)


 

Performance Electronics First Heat Winner: Carl Peterson


 

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


 

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Jakeb Boxell


 

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Jakeb Boxell (9th to 2nd)

 

  

DIAMOND STUD! CUMMINS SHINES IN USAC EASTERN STORM AT BIG DIAMOND

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Pottsville, Pennsylvania (June 19, 2025)………For many, a fourth place result would never even remotely be considered a disappointing performance. But then again, as the 2025 season has proven time and time again, most drivers aren’t Kyle Cummins.


 

One night after a rare finish off the podium, the Princeton, Indiana racer came back with a vengeance during Thursday night’s second round of USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment at Pottsville, Pennsylvania’s Big Diamond Speedway.


 

“Last night (at Bridgeport), we were pretty disappointed with fourth,” Cummins admitted. “We had a pretty good car all night long and just missed it. These tracks have some grip to them, and I just missed it for the feature there and came home fourth. We weren’t happy with that. We wanted to get a win.”


 

Cummins wired the entire 30-lap distance in his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors – Premier Recycling/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy to score his sixth USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory of the season, which propelled him to the top of the Eastern Storm standings and extended his lead in the season long series points.


 

In the process of racking up his 15th consecutive top-10 finish to start the season, and his 22nd straight dating back to the end of 2024, Cummins captured his second career Eastern Storm feature win, and his first since the 2023 series finale at Kutztown, Pennsylvania’s Action Track USA.


 

Overall, it’s Cummins 26th career USAC National Sprint Car win, which surpasses the total of USAC Hall of Famers Steve Butler, Jay Drake and Parnelli Jones. Cummins has now moved into 23rd place on the all-time list alongside Tony Elliott, Logan Seavey and Dave Steele.


 

It’s somewhat startling to think that Cummins considered himself to be off-stride after not winning in any of his four most recent USAC National Sprint Car starts. After all, in those four particular starts, he finished a “distant” 8th, 3rd, 2nd and 4th. But this team is on a mission, and they don’t intend to be satisfied with anything less than a visit to victory lane.


 

“We haven’t won in a while, it seems like,” Cummins relayed. “It feels good to get back and win another one. It just proves that we’re a force to reckon with everywhere we go. We found some stuff throughout the last couple of weeks and we were kind of not great. We got back to our stride here.”


 

In an all Mach-1 Chassis front row for the feature, Kyle Cummins started on the pole alongside outside front row starter Kevin Thomas Jr. Cummins slid up in front of Thomas in turn one and broke out to the early advantage while fourth starting Mitchel Moles split between Thomas and Jake Swanson at the exit of turn two to slot into second.


 

Throughout much of the duration of the 30-lap distance, Moles was able to steadily inch closer to Cummins and managed to get right to the back bumper of Cummins by the eighth lap. Even through lapped traffic on lap 11, Moles could only close up so much before Cummins found an escape route that not only helped maintain his grasp of the lead but also tightened his grip as he moved around first-time USAC starter Olivia Thayer, which allowed himself to gap Moles as he darted off into the distance at the 3/8-mile dirt oval.


 

A yellow flag for a turn four spin by 16th running Abby Hohlbein on the 15th lap shook things up for a moment at the midway point, completely wiping out Cummins’ 1.113 second lead prior to the caution.


 

That said, Cummins, who had finished 11th and 7th in his only two previous appearances at Big Diamond in 2023 and 2024, respectively, had an ace up his sleeve with the help of sage-like wisdom from his chassis builder, who also happens to own several sprint car wins of his own at Big Diamond over the years, most notably with the United Racing Club (URC).


 

“Mark Smith is here and he runs here a bunch,” Cummins noted. “He said, at all costs, come off the bottom of turn four. No matter what happens, if I ran the top or whatever, I made sure I came off the bottom coming off turn four. It felt like I was super slow getting into three, and I thought somebody was going to come around me, but I felt like I was getting a pretty good drive down the back stretch.”


 

While Cummins found no ill effects from the bunch up of the field, the man who most took advantage of the opportunity was Daison Pursley, who picked his way along the bottom to fifth on lap 15, to fourth on lap 16 and to third on lap 17.


 

All the while, Cummins was enjoying a comfort cruise up front as his lead extended to more than two seconds over the field in the waning laps. When all was said and done, Cummins had put a lock on his latest feature victory by a 1.580 second margin over Mitchel Moles, Daison Pursley and Briggs Danner with Jake Swanson rounding out the top-five.


 

Mitchel Moles finished second at Big Diamond in 2024. He was second at Bridgeport 24 hours earlier. Then, he was second again on Thursday at Big Diamond. While Moles doesn't like finishing as the runner-up all that much, he’s pretty pleased that he’s now just three points out of the Eastern Storm lead after winning the title one year ago.


 

Without Daison Pursley’s miraculous save in hot laps – which at one point saw him bike up on his right front tire, then go all four wheels off the ground before landing back on all fours – he wouldn’t have been able to make his successful run in the feature. For his save, Pursley was bestowed with the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night. To close the evening, he earned Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors for his plus-five surge from eighth to third in the feature.


 

Justin Grant rewrote the record book in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying by setting a new one-lap USAC National Sprint Car track record with a lap of 14.527 seconds. That broke the record of 14.785 set by Daison Pursley in 2023. Grant’s 37th career fast qualifying time in USAC National Sprint Car competition also elevated him past Bryan Clauson on the list and into a tie for eighth place all-time alongside Larry Dickson.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 19, 2025 – Big Diamond Speedway – Pottsville, Pennsylvania – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.527 (New Track Record); 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.578; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.626; 4. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.648; 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.681; 6. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.685; 7. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.782; 8. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-14.797; 9. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.822; 10. Steven Drevicki, 19s, DeGre-14.839; 11. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.844; 12. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-14.867; 13. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.869; 14. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-15.105; 15. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-15.194; 16. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-15.297; 17. J.T. Ferry, 18, Ferry-15.313; 18. Abby Hohlbein, 2A, 2B Racing-15.333; 19. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Boyd-15.424; 20. Billy Ney, 83s, Ney-15.820; 21. Olivia Thayer, 39T, Thayer-NT.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. Kayla Roell, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Hayden Reinbold, 5. Steven Drevicki, 6. Justin Grant, 7. Braydon Cromwell. 2:04.029


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. J.T. Ferry, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 7. Billy Ney. 2:09.449


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Robert Ballou, 5. Joey Amantea, 6. Abby Hohlbein, 7. Olivia Thayer. 2:06.993


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (1), 2. Mitchel Moles (4), 3. Daison Pursley (8), 4. Briggs Danner (5), 5. Jake Swanson (3), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (2), 7. Justin Grant (6), 8. Robert Ballou (11), 9. Kale Drake (7), 10. Logan Seavey (13), 11. Hayden Reinbold (10), 12. Gunnar Setser (14), 13. C.J. Leary (9), 14. Steven Drevicki (12), 15. J.T. Ferry (17), 16. Joey Amantea (15), 17. Kayla Roell (16), 18. Abby Hohlbein (18), 19. Olivia Thayer (21), 20. Braydon Cromwell (19), 21. Billy Ney (20). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kyle Cummins.


 

**Olivia Thayer flipped during the third heat.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1168, 2-Justin Grant-1072, 3-Mitchel Moles-951, 4-Logan Seavey-901, 5-Briggs Danner-882, 6-Robert Ballou-873, 7-Jake Swanson-848, 8-Kale Drake-825, 9-C.J. Leary-817, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-790.


 

USAC EASTERN STORM PRESENTED BY LEVAN MACHINE & TRUCK EQUIPMENT POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-152, 2-Briggs Danner-150, 3-Mitchel Moles-149, 4-Justin Grant-139, 5-Daison Pursley-137, 6-Jake Swanson-114, 7-Robert Ballou-112, 8-Logan Seavey-111, 9-Kale Drake-102, 10-C.J. Leary-98.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-132, 2-C.J. Leary-58, 3-Kyle Cummins-55, 4-Gunnar Setser-55, 5-Briggs Danner-50, 6-Robert Ballou-50, 7-Chase Stockon-50, 8-Justin Grant-47, 9-Jacob Denney-35, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-34.


 

USAC EASTERN STORM PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Briggs Danner-12, 2-Daison Pursley-12, 3-Robert Ballou-9, 4-Kyle Cummins-8, 5-Mitchel Moles-5, 6-Jake Swanson-5, 7-Logan Seavey-5, 8-C.J. Leary-5, 9-Gunnar Setser-5, 10-Kale Drake-4.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 20, 2025 – Williams Grove Speedway – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment


 

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kevin Thomas Jr. (14.490)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (14.527)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: C.J. Leary


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Kale Drake


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Daison Pursley


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Daison Pursley (8th to 3rd)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Daison Pursley

 

TAKE FIVE! GRANT GETS USAC EASTERN STORM OPENERAT BRIDGEPORT

 Lee Greenawalt

Wednesday June 18th...t#4 Justin Grant passes #19AZ Mitchel Moles for the lead with five laps remaining en route to victory on Wednesday night at New Jersey's Bridgeport Motorsports Park. Lee Greenawalt

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Swedesboro, New Jersey (June 18, 2025)………Five USAC Eastern Storm wins. Five different tracks.


 

Justin Grant set a brand new record during Wednesday night’s opener of the 17th edition of Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment at New Jersey’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park.


 

After previously winning at Grandview, Selinsgrove, Williams Grove and Port Royal throughout his career, the Ione, California native added Bridgeport to his personal checklist became the first driver to win Eastern Storm features at five different racetracks.


 

Grant achieved his latest score following a late-race restart in which he made his winning move with five laps remaining to earn his third series victory of the 2025 season in his TOPP Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – TOPP Industries – LA Poly/Maxim/Kistler Chevy.


 

Overall, Grant’s 57th career USAC National Sprint Car triumph brought him one step closer to the all-time series win record as he now sits just four behind Brady Bacon (61) for second all-time and five behind Dave Darland (62) for the number one spot.


 

The victory places Grant as the early Eastern Storm point leader, a major boon toward accomplishing one of his major personal goals of capturing the Eastern Storm title.


 

“We’re chasing the championship here, but coming into this week, I’m just trying to focus on having fun, trying to go win races and do my thing and quit worrying about points,” Grant stated. “I’m not smart enough to do any of that. I just go out and smash and hope it works out.”


 

In the process, Grant gained his 49th career USAC National Sprint Car win as a driver for TOPP Motorsports. That’s just one shy of the all-time series record for feature wins by a driver/entrant combo held by Brady Bacon and Hoffman Auto Racing (50).


 

Pole sitter and reigning Eastern Storm champion Mitchel Moles got the early race edge as he paced around the outside of challenger Kevin Thomas Jr. for the lead on lap one. By lap nine, the leaders were already working lapped traffic, and Moles excelled to extend his lead bit-by-bit, his margin increasing to two full seconds by the halfway mark of the 30-lap main event.


 

Meanwhile, Grant found his way to second around the outside of Thomas in turn four on lap 20. Mere moments later, disaster struck for Thomas whose car went up in a cloud of smoke on the back straight, forcing him to pull into the infield on lap 21, saddled with a disheartening 17th place finish.


 

At that moment, with one of his main contenders falling by the wayside, Moles’ lead remained 2.5 seconds over Grant while being seemingly in complete control. However, Moles’ destiny left his grasp when the yellow flag was displayed for the stopped car of Braydon Cromwell (18th) who came to a halt on the back straight on lap 22.


 

That immediately piqued Grant’s attention as he now knew his second wind had arrived.


 

“I was really, really excited to see that yellow come out,” Grant admitted. “It took me a while to get around (Kevin Thomas Jr.) there. I was running kind of underneath him. The top looked so dirty, but I finally got up there and got rolling. I rolled by KTJ and I knew we were coming to Mitchel. I felt like I was really carrying a lot of speed up there. Once that yellow came out, I was like, ‘ooh here we go!’ This is what they put your name on the visor for.”


 

Moles was a staunch defender for the first three laps following the lap 22 restart as he successfully fended off Grant for the time being, running mostly through the middle and sliding up toward the top of turns two and four. All the while, Grant was wound up on the topside, just looking to pick his spot when the moment arrived.


 

First, Moles successfully denied Grant entering turn one him by sliding himself in order to prevent Grant’s slider attempt on lap 24. However, like clockwork, Grant continued his path up top undeterred, and on lap 25, ducked low off turn four under Moles who was sliding up to the cushion. In the race back to the line, Grant had a half car length edge on Moles.


 

From that point forward, Grant was in a zone, laying down by far the fastest lap of the race with two laps to go. His 15.149 second mark on lap 28 was more than three tenths faster than any other driver during the duration of the event, cementing his victory at the 4/10-mile dirt oval by a 2.414 second margin at the checkered flag over Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, Kyle Cummins and Daison Pursley.


 

Mitchel Moles (Raisin City, California) came oh-so-close to winning his first career USAC Eastern Storm feature after leading the opening 25 laps. He wound up second, which ranks as his best finish of the 2025 USAC National Sprint Car season thus far.


 

“All in all, these restarts are what win and lose these races, and guys like Justin who are veterans, they find ways around guys like me. I’m just trying to learn as much as I can. I got a little soft on the restart and started bouncing, and ultimately, missed it off four and that’s what gave Justin the run on me. I’ve never been given anything easy. I feel like I’ve had to earn every win I’ve ever gotten. I don’t think anything’s going to change, so I’ll just go back to the drawing board.”


 

Briggs Danner grabbed his third career USAC National Sprint Car Honest Abe Roof Fast Qualifier award to start the night. After setting fast time, Danner (Allentown, Pennsylvania) proceeded to run second in his heat and finish third in the feature to provide himself with a nice solid start to his Eastern Storm campaign.


 

“I felt good early on getting around the top,” Danner recalled. “I didn’t want to see that yellow with lapped traffic coming, which bunched us all back up when I felt I had a shot there. I kind of started to search around and saw Cummins poking on the bottom and just made the best of what I had.”‍


 

Robert Ballou was the biggest mover of the feature, advancing plus-six from 13th to 7th in the feature. That earned the Rocklin, California racer Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

Steven Drevicki (Reading, Pennsylvania) represented the USAC East Coast Sprint Car contingent proudly. The four-time series champ raced from fourth to first in a lap to score a heat race win. That earned him the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

Bonuses were up for grabs to the top-three USAC East Coast 360 Sprint Car finishers. At Bridgeport, it was Ed Aikin ($150), Billy Ney ($100) and Patrick Chilmonik ($50).

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 18, 2025 – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey – 4/10-Mile Dirt Track – USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.967; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.974; 3. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.052; 4. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-15.158; 5. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-15.237; 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-15.369; 7. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.452; 8. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-15.474; 9. Steven Drevicki, 19s, DeGre-15.496; 10. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-15.530; 11. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-15.593; 12. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.632; 13. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-15.668; 14. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-15.903; 15. J.T. Ferry, 18, Ferry-16.098; 16. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Boyd-16.192; 17. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-16.265; 18. Abby Hohlbein, 2A, 2B Racing-16.333; 19. Cameron Smith, 96, Kauffman-16.368; 20. Ed Aikin, 7, Aikin-16.628; 21. Billy Ney, 83s, Ney-16.689; 22. Patrick Chilmonik, 1, Chilmonik-17.214; 23. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-NT.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Hayden Reinbold, 6. Braydon Cromwell, 7. Cameron Smith, 8. Patrick Chilmonik. 2:04.574


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Joey Amantea, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Kale Drake, 5. C.J. Leary, 6. Mitchel Moles, 7. Kayla Roell, 8. Ed Aikin. 2:06.064


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Steven Drevicki, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Logan Seavey, 5. J.T. Ferry, 6. Abby Hohlbein, 7. Billy Ney. 2:07.258


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (3), 2. Mitchel Moles (2), 3. Briggs Danner (6), 4. Kyle Cummins (5), 5. Daison Pursley (8), 6. Logan Seavey (4), 7. Robert Ballou (13), 8. C.J. Leary (12), 9. Hayden Reinbold (10), 10. Kale Drake (11), 11. Jake Swanson (14), 12. Joey Amantea (9), 13. Steven Drevicki (7), 14. Gunnar Setser (17), 15. J.T. Ferry (15), 16. Abby Hohlbein (18), 17. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 18. Braydon Cromwell (16), 19. Kayla Roell (22), 20. Ed Aikin (20), 21. Billy Ney (21), 22. Cameron Smith (19), 23. Patrick Chilmonik (23). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Mitchel Moles, Laps 26-30 Justin Grant.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1090, 2-Justin Grant-1011, 3-Mitchel Moles-874, 4-Logan Seavey-854, 5-Robert Ballou-819, 6-Briggs Danner-809, 7-Jake Swanson-781, 8-C.J. Leary-772, 9-Kale Drake-771, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-730.


 

USAC EASTERN STORM PRESENTED BY LEVAN MACHINE & TRUCK EQUIPMENT POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-78, 2-Briggs Danner-77, 3-Kyle Cummins-73, 4-Mitchel Moles-72, 5-Daison Pursley-66, 6-Logan Seavey-64, 7-Robert Ballou-58, 8-C.J. Leary-53, 9-Hayden Reinbold-50, 10-Kale Drake-48.


 

PARALLAX GROUP USAC NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-132, 2-C.J. Leary-58, 3-Kyle Cummins-55, 4-Gunnar Setser-53, 5-Chase Stockon-50, 6-Briggs Danner-49, 7-Justin Grant-47, 8-Robert Ballou-47, 9-Jacob Denney-35, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-34.


 

USAC EASTERN STORM PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Briggs Danner-7, 2-Robert Ballou-6, 3-Kyle Cummins-5, 4-Daison Pursley-5, 5-C.J. Leary-4, 6-Kayla Roell-4, 7-Justin Grant-3, 8-Jake Swanson-3, 9-Steven Drevicki-3, 10-Gunnar Setser-3.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 19, 2025 – Big Diamond Speedway – Pottsville, Pennsylvania – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – USAC Eastern Storm

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CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (15.027)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Briggs Danner (14.967)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Daison Pursley


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Joey Amantea


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Steven Drevicki


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Robert Ballou (13th to 7th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Steven Drevicki

 

GRANDVIEW RAINED OUT, USAC EASTERN STORM OPENS WEDNESDAY AT BRIDGEPORT

 

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania (June 17, 2025)………Tuesday night’s USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment opener at Grandview Speedway has been canceled due to ongoing precipitation and conditions that won't allow for drying.


 

The event will not be rescheduled.


 

USAC Eastern Storm continues Wednesday, June 18, at New Jersey's Bridgeport Motorsports Park before heading to four-straight Pennsylvania races starting at Pottsville’s Big Diamond Speedway on Thursday, June 19. Then it’s on to Mechanicsburg’s Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, June 20.


 

Port Royal Speedway serves at the penultimate round of Eastern Storm on Saturday, June 21, while Action Track USA in Kutztown will host the finale on Sunday, June 22

 

 

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Findlay, Ohio (June 15, 2025)………Tyler Nelson raced from his 8th place starting position to score a USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget victory on Sunday night at Findlay, Ohio’s Millstream Speedway.


 

Nelson (Olathe, Kansas) picked his way through the field from the outside of the fourth row while Bryce Massingill and Luke Hall swapped the lead back and forth for much of the 25-lap main event.


 

Massingill led the opening 13 circuit before Luke Hall led the next three. Massingill surged back to the front to lead laps 17, 18 and 19. That’s when Nelson made his charge to the front past defending series champion Massingill on lap 20.


 

From there, Nelson paced the final six laps to earn his first career USAC Midwest Thunder victory in his own No. 91.


 

Nelson, who was also the VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier, was followed to the line by Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger Jakeb Boxell who made a miraculous +21 charge from 23rd to 2nd! Matt Lux grabbed third with Gunnar Lucius fourth and Buddy Hollmeyer fifth.

 


 

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 15, 2025 – Millstream Speedway – Findlay, Ohio


 

VMS MOTORSPORTS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-18.621; 2. Luke Lemons, 33L, Lemons-19.094; 3. Carl Peterson, 49, Peterson-19.349; 4. Cole Morgan, 7m, Morgan-19.365; 5. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-19.575; 6. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-19.833; 7. Derrick Noffsinger, 18N, Noffsinger-20.202; 8. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-NT.


 

VMS MOTORSPORTS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 91, Nelson-18.440; 2. Zach Wigal, 18, Wigal-18.481; 3. Chett Gehrke, 10, Moore-18.722; 4. Jakeb Boxell, 44JB, Boxell/Merkler-18.766; 5. Drew Rader, 74H, Heitmeyer-18.897; 6. Ryan Moran, 01, Moran-18.965; 7. Jon Watson, 2w, Watson-20.043; 8. Taten Long, 99, Long-20.805.


 

VMS MOTORSPORTS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Michael Magic, 21, Fedorczyk-18.902; 2. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-18.931; 3. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-18.956; 4. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-19.055; 5. Jacob Sabaj, 21s, Sabaj-19.188; 6. Dylan Trost, 21T, Trost-19.435; 7. Cody Dye, 4T, Dye-19.607; 8. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-20.342.


 

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Luke Hall (4), 2. Luke Lemons (3), 3. Cole Morgan (1), 4. Carl Peterson (2), 5. Buddy Hollmeyer (6), 6. Brayden Schwartz (5), 7. Derrick Noffsinger (7). NT


 

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chett Gehrke (2), 2. Tyler Nelson (4), 3. Drew Rader (5), 4. Ryan Moran (6), 5. Jon Watson (7), 6. Taten Long (8), 7. Zach Wigal (3), 8. Jakeb Boxell (1). NT


 

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (7), 2. Matt Lux (1), 3. Gunnar Lucius (2), 4. Michael Magic (3), 5. Jim Jones (6), 6. Cody Dye (5), 7. Jacob Sabaj (4), 8. Dylan Trost (8). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Nelson (8), 2. Jakeb Boxell (23), 3. Matt Lux (9), 4. Gunnar Lucius (2), 5. Buddy Hollmeyer (13), 6. Brayden Schwartz (16), 7. Cody Dye (18), 8. Jim Jones (15), 9. Taten Long (17), 10. Ryan Moran (11), 11. Bryce Massingill (1), 12. Drew Rader (7), 13. Luke Hall (3), 14. Luke Lemons (6), 15. Jacob Sabaj (21), 16. Michael Magic (12), 17. Cole Morgan (5), 18. Zach Wigal (20), 19. Dylan Trost (24), 20. Carl Peterson (10), 21. Chett Gehrke (4), 22. Jon Watson (14), 23. Derrick Noffsinger (19). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Bryce Massingill, Laps 14-16 Luke Hall, Laps 17-19 Bryce Massingill, Laps 20-25 Tyler Nelson.


 

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: June 19, 2025 – Waynesfield Raceway Park – Waynesfield, Ohio

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

VMS Motorsports Fast Qualifier: Tyler Nelson (18.440)


 

Performance Electronics First Heat Winner: Luke Hall


 

Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Chett Gehrke


 

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Bryce Massingill


 

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Jakeb Boxell (23rd to 2nd)


 

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Luke Lemons


 

Lynn Cook – A Racer’s Friend Hard Luck: Zach Wigal


 

Wilwood Certificate: Matt Lux


 

Saldana Racing Products Certificate: Jacob Sabaj


 

LynK Chassis Cash Bonus: Ryan Moran

 

PARTY’S OVER! SWANSON TURNS OUT THE LIGHTS ON USAC SILVER CROWN FIELD AT WWT

 

Rich Forman

 Saturday June 14th..Kody Swanson led the final 22 laps to score the USAC Silver Crown win on Saturday night at World Wide Technology Raceway.

Throughout Kody Swanson’s illustrious USAC Silver Crown career, he’s been known to produce “lights out” performances more often than not.

That description couldn’t have been more apt during Saturday night’s Ranken Technical College Route 66 Classic Presented by Welsch Heating & Cooling at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois.


 

In a race that featured four lead changes, four different race leaders and two separate power outages, Swanson was the victor once more for the 46th occasion in his USAC Silver Crown career at the helm of his Doran Binks Racing/Mission Foods – Wilke Orthodontics – Glenn Farms/Beast/Lanci Ford.


 

The Kingsburg, California native’s series win tally is now officially twice as many as anyone else. Jack Hewitt ranks second all-time in USAC Silver Crown wins with 23, which is exactly 23 series wins behind Swanson’s brand new grand total.


 

After leading twice for a total of 35 circuits in the 66-lap race, Swanson led the final 22 trips around the 1.25-mile paved oval to earn his first victory of the season.  This particular win at WWT came in the fifth event on the 2025 USAC Silver Crown calendar, tied for the furthest into a season Swanson was able to grab his first win dating back to his initial series championship season of 2014. He also won in his fifth series start in 2022.


 

“It’s tough to get to June and to have not had one,” Swanson admitted. “But it wasn’t for a lack of effort. It’s just kind of been one of those years, and sometimes I’ve had some great runs and I’ve had some bad luck when we came here. I told (the crew) at the shop this week, “hey, this week, I think this time it’s going to flip the other way. We’re going to start having some good luck and maybe get one. We never gave up, even through the red flags, light outages, restarts and all that. We just kept after it and gave ourselves a chance.”


 

Swanson also became just the second driver to capture multiple USAC Silver Crown wins at WWT after also getting the victory in 2022. Bobby Santos also doubled up with back-to-back triumphs at the near Saint Louis venue in 2013-2014.


 

That said, most notably, it was a time for redemption and vindication for Swanson following his late-race heartbreak at WWT one year ago. It was then that Swanson held a comfortable lead on the white flag lap when, suddenly, his engine went up in billowing smoke, ending his bid for victory so unceremoniously.


 

Swanson started from the number one spot after earning his 56th career USAC Silver Crown pole position during the afternoon’s Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying. But on the opening lap, Swanson was chewed up and spit out as he dropped from first all the way back to fifth while outside front row starter Santos jetted out to the opening lap lead and C.J. Leary slotted into second.


 

By lap three, Justin Grant was making the biggest moves. He raced down into turn one under Leary, then picked off Santos moments later, taking two spots in rapid fire succession to gain the lead from third. Oh, and if you counted Swanson out at that point, shame on you. By the fourth lap, Swanson had already fought his way back into the runner-up spot behind Grant.


 

On lap 17, Swanson pounced into the lead, driving to the inside of Grant off turn two to occupy the catbird seat just as Dakoda Armstrong followed suit into second place past Grant a lap later.


 

A crash on the 21st lap saw Jake Trainor (15th) slam the outside wall in turn one, leaving a long black tire streak against the SAFER barrier for the only on-track incident of the night. Trainor climbed out of his machine under his own power and walked away.


 

Under the subsequent yellow, the nighttime sky unexpectedly became even darker when the lights along the front straightaway suddenly went dim, resulting in a red flag that brought the field back to pit lane until visibility could be rekindled.


 

When the race resumed, Armstrong found daylight and charged passed Swanson and into the lead on the lap 30 restart. Meanwhile, Leary, who had ran as high as second and was operating in sixth on lap 40, dramatically slowed in between turns three and four. As the field freight-trained on by, Leary coasted down the length of the straightaway and made the hard left turn into the pit area with a reported brake issue. He’d later return to the race, finishing eight laps down in 14th.


 

As the 45th lap came around, Swanson remained in the hunt, chasing Armstrong from his second place vantage point. But when Swanson closed the gap via the draft on the back straightaway moments later, he shot to the bottom of Armstrong to reassert himself as the leader once more with 22 laps remaining.


 

But just as Swanson found his groove and seemed in control, Mother Electricity let it be known that it still had control. On lap 47, the front straightaway track lights went dark for a second time, necessitating another red flag period in which drivers were instructed to park on pit lane once more.


 

Having one red flag period for drivers and teams to contemplate, strategize and adjust is a difficult aspect to navigate, especially when you’re the leader at a track in which the draft and slingshot is such a prevalent maneuver. Swanson remembered the last “lights out” restart which was taken advantage of by Armstrong, but Swanson had a different plan the second time around.


 

“It was pretty tough,” Swanson acknowledged. “After the first red flag and that restart, Dakoda did a great job, and I knew Bobby Santos was coming and we had to race Justin Grant early. There are a bunch of great competitors in this series. If you give them another chance, they’re going to steal it from you because they want it too. Luckily, we were able to wrestle the lead back, then we had another red and had to refocus, and all I told them was that I was going to try something different.”


 

Swanson’s timing was impeccable and he was able to fend off Armstrong’s bid for the lead as he attempted to charge past Swanson on the front straight. However, although Armstrong was able to pull completely alongside Swanson, Swanson was able to outpace him into turn one and managed to retain the spot.


 

During the final laps, Swanson continued to stretch his lead over the field, ultimately pacing under the checkered flag as the winner 2.509 seconds ahead of the competition. Armstrong took second with Santos third and Grant fourth.


 

Jackson Macenko rounded out the top-five following a high line pass around Mario Clouser in turn three on lap 62. It was a career best USAC result for the leading Silver Crown Rookie out of Cincinnati, Ohio. His 11th to fifth run made him the Rod End Supply Hard Charger and also earned him Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night honors.

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USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 14, 2025 – World Wide Technology Raceway – Madison, Illinois – 1.25-Mile Paved Oval – Ranken Technical College Route 66 Classic Presented by Welsch Heating & Cooling


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Kody Swanson, 77, Doran/Binks-30.797; 2. Bobby Santos, 98, DJ-30.978; 3. C.J. Leary, 21, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi-30.994; 4. Dakoda Armstrong, 5, C & A-31.177; 5. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-31.321; 6. Mario Clouser, 92, Kazmark-31.349; 7. Kyle Steffens, 8, Steffens-31.396; 8. Jake Trainor, 6, Klatt-31.537; 9. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-31.708; 10. Nathan Byrd, 40, Meyer-31.762; 11. Jackson Macenko, 124, Hayes-31.930; 12. Billy Wease, 60, Meyer-32.163; 13. Derek Bischak, 22, Rice/Abacus-32.340; 14. Kaylee Bryson, 26, Pierce-32.422; 15. Tyler Roahrig, 41, Newman-32.459; 16. Matt Westfall, 54, 4 Kings-32.570; 17. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-34.335; 18. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-37.150.


 

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


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Bobby Santos, Laps 3-16 Justin Grant, Laps 17-29 Kody Swanson, Laps 30-44 Dakoda Armstrong, Laps 45-66 Kody Swanson.


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-326, 2-C.J. Leary-282, 3-Kody Swanson-232, 4-Matt Westfall-223, 5-Logan Seavey-183, 6-Mario Clouser-178, 7-Gregg Cory-176, 8-Kaylee Bryson-175, 9-Tyler Roahrig-169, 10-Kyle Steffens-166.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-131, 2-Kyle Cummins-54, 3-C.J. Leary-54, 4-Chase Stockon-50, 5-Gunnar Setser-50, 6-Briggs Danner-46, 7-Justin Grant-45, 8-Robert Ballou-41, 9-Jacob Denney-35, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-34.


 

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 21, 2025 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval

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CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: Kody Swanson (30.797)


 

Honest Abe Roofing / Allgaier Performance Fast Qualifier: Kody Swanson (30.797)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Jackson Macenko (11th to 5th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Race: Jackson Macenko

 

SARALE’S LATE-RACE MAGIC NETS VENTURA VICTORY

Caden Sarale snuck under Dane Culver with three laps remaining to win Saturday night’s USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Western States Midget 30-lap feature at California’s Ventura Raceway.

Sarale (Stockton, California) started fourth on the grid as Mathew Radisich led the first 14 laps of the main event. Dane Culver charged to the inside of Radisich in turn three on lap 15 to take over up front to lead at the midway point.


 

Sarale followed suit, blazing by Radisich for the second spot a half lap later. T.J. Smith took over third from Radisich moments after in turn three with an inside move. That’s when the theatrics began.


 

Entering turn one, Radisich tagged the back end of Smith, causing both drivers to spin to a stop. Under the yellow flag, Radisich bumped Smith three times as the two cars were rejoining the field, once on the left side nerf bar and twice on the bumper. Smith raced his way back to fifth after restarting on the tail while Radisich came home ninth.


 

Down the stretch, Sarale stalked Culver until lap 28 when Culver slipped off the bottom of turn four which subsequently opened the door for Sarale to drive past and into the lead and the victory in his own No. 32.


 

For Sarale, it was his second consecutive series win of the 2025 season and the fifth of his USAC Western States Midget career. He now leads the series standings by a 22-point margin over Smith.


 

Culver took second in the feature with Connor Speir third, K.J. Snow fourth and Smith fifth. Fast qualifier Preston Norbury finished 15th. Heat races were won by Norbury, Smith and Speir.


 

 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 14, 2025 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California


 

QUALIFYING: 1. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-13.217; 2. Brandt Twitty, 4B, Twitty-13.267; 3. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-13.281; 4. Jett Yantis, 4y, Carlile-13.334; 5. T.J. Smith, 68, Six8-13.545; 6. Dane Culver, 50, Knuckles Up-13.581; 7. Mathew Radisich, 14R, Graunstadt-13.639; 8. K.J. Snow, 73, Ford-13.696; 9. Todd Hawse, 18, Hawse-13.777; 10. Ben Covich, 65NZ, Covich-13.855; 11. Kyle Hawse, 20x, Hawse-14.107; 12. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-14.483; 13. Hailey Lambert, 55, Lambert-14.514; 14. Billy Rayburn, 9K, Kruseman-14.833; 15. Terry Nichols, 1p, Nichols/Peckfelder-15.011; 16. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-15.071; 17. Bryan Drollinger, 71B, Drollinger-16.165; 18. Connor Speir, 14JR, Graunstadt-17.897; 19. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-NT.


 

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Preston Norbury (6), 2. Ben Covich (3), 3. Ron Hazelton (1), 4. Mathew Radisich (4), 5. Hailey Lambert (2), 6. Randi Pankratz (7), 7. Jett Yantis (5). NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. T.J. Smith (5), 2. K.J. Snow (4), 3. Brandt Twitty (6), 4. Kyle Hawse (3), 5. Billy Rayburn (2). NT


 

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Connor Speir (1), 2. Caden Sarale (6), 3. C.J. Sarna (3), 4. Dane Culver (5), 5. Todd Hawse (4). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Caden Sarale (4), 2. Dane Culver (2), 3. Connor Speir (7), 4. K.J. Snow (9), 5. T.J. Smith (3), 6. C.J. Sarna (13), 7. Todd Hawse (10), 8. Terry Nichols (16), 9. Mathew Radisich (1), 10. Brandt Twitty (5), 11. Kyle Hawse (12), 12. Ben Covich (11), 13. Ron Hazelton (17), 14. Hailey Lambert (14), 15. Preston Norbury (6), 16. Randi Pankratz (19), 17. Jett Yantis (8), 18. Billy Rayburn (15). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Mathew Radisich, Laps 15-27 Dane Culver, Laps 28-30 Caden Sarale.


 

**Bryan Drollinger flipped during qualifying.


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Caden Sarale-312, 2-T.J. Smith-290, 3-Dane Culver-257, 4-Todd Hawse-216, 5-Connor Speir-185, 6-Jett Yantis-182, 7-Kyle Hawse-157, 8-Randi Pankratz-156, 9-Broedy Graham-126, 10-Hailey Lambert-125.


 

NEXT USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: July 5, 2025 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, California

 

 

 

sEAVEY STRIKES BACK, WINS $10,000 AT RED HILL’S SALUTE TO LEVI JONES

Rich Forman

 

Winner Logan Seavey is joined by Levi Jones and Levi's  two sons after Seavey's victory in Friday's Salute to Levi Jones at Red Hill Raceway.

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Sumner, Illinois (June 13, 2025)………Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in western superstition.


 

For Logan Seavey, Friday the 13th signified a new beginning after a somewhat tepid start to his 2025 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season.


 

The defending series champion from Sutter, California executed swiftly through traffic, then fended off repeated challenges from series point leader Kyle Cummins and survived multiple restarts down the stretch to win Friday’s inaugural Salute to Levi Jones at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois.


 

The $10,000 score was the second of the USAC National Sprint Car season for Seavey, and his first since four months prior in February at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park. Overall, it was Seavey’s 26th career USAC National Sprint Car feature victory, tying him with Tony Elliott and Dave Steele for 23rd place all-time.


 

“We’ve had a tough year after coming off the one we did last year,” Seavey stated. “You expect to have the same results, but man, we’ve been close. These guys have been doing a good job. I’ve just been doing a poor job. So tonight, I feel like I ran a good race in the feature and finally rewarded these guys with a win. I couldn’t be happier.”


 

Friday the 13th certainly lived up to its reputation with a series of rain delays interrupting the proceedings, and qualifying not wrapping up until just before the clock struck 11pm local time. But in what was the fifth attempt at holding the event named in honor of Levi Jones, the show was a go. The event was rained out three separate times in 2024, and once more earlier this spring. Perhaps it was fitting that it took five times to run the event. After all, Jones, from nearby Olney, Illinois, captured five USAC National Sprint Car driving championships in his decorated career.


 

In what was the first USAC event held at Red Hill since nearly 27 years ago in 1998, Seavey started the 30-lap feature from the pole position. Originally slated to start on the outside of the front row, Seavey was slotted over to the pole after original front row starter C.J. Leary was deemed to have jumped the initial start, and thus, was docked one row and started third.


 

Early on, it was a three-horse race at the front as Seavey, Cummins and Grant all edged away from the field, running lock step in formation through lapped traffic, with no driver able to capitalize on any other’s missteps around the 3/8-mile dirt oval.


 

Mitchel Moles shook things up as he split between Grant and a lapped car entering turn one on lap 24 to take over third but remained in the distance behind Seavey and Cummins who ran one-two with a couple car lengths of separation. A yellow flag for a spun out Hayden Reinbold (10th) in turn four on lap 29 re-racked the field with two laps remaining.


 

Fourth running Grant emerged into the fray on the lap 29 restart as he slid Moles for third between turns one and two. One lap later, Grant tried the exact same move on Cummins for second, but his plans were foiled when his car over-rotated at the exit of turn two, pitching him completely sideways before Cummins’ gentle nudge while trying to avoid contact with his back bumper sent Grant around to a stop. Grant restarted at the tail and finished 14th.


 

The second attempt at a green-white-checkered was halted when ninth running Robert Ballou slowed dramatically with a caved in tail tank. As Ballou coasted, Cummins slid past Seavey for the lead in turn four, but Seavey answered by cutting back under Cummins to retain the spot, completing the lap just before Ballou’s ordeal necessitated a yellow, which pushed the race to a 32-lap distance, and gave Cummins another chance to take the reins from Seavey.


 

“It was as tough as it gets,” Seavey exhaled. “When the best guy in USAC right now is on your bumper and you’ve got to restart a couple times with him back there, there’s only so much you can do as a leader. The track was changing a lot there at the end. I was just doing everything I could to hold him off. That one when he slid me, I didn’t do a good job. I said, ‘let’s get up and slide myself a little bit,’ but then bash the cushion and try to get away. I think I did a little bit better job at the end.”


 

On the final restart attempt, Seavey had Cummins covered and checked out over the final two laps to cross the stripe 1.075 seconds ahead of runner-up Cummins, who retained his point lead while also grabbing his 14th consecutive top-10 result to begin the series campaign. Chase Stockon came home third with Mitchel Moles fourth and C.J. Leary fifth.


 

For Seavey, it was a sigh of relief after an 11-race run without a victory, especially coming on the heels of a 2024 season in which he captured the season championship and equaled Tom Bigelow’s all-time record of 14 feature wins, but this night hit different.


 

“I think I’ve been struggling a little bit with rough racetracks and I’ve not been doing a good job when it’s rough,” Seavey explained. “I don’t think the car has really been too far off. I just haven’t been putting myself in position to win these races and I’m just not doing a good enough job throughout the night unless the track suits me really well, which it kind of did about halfway through the feature tonight.”


 

Seavey is now just the ninth driver to win a USAC National Sprint Car feature on Friday the 13th, following Jim Mahoney (1991 Lakeside), Billy Pauch (1996 Williams Grove), Brian Tyler (2001 Toledo), Daron Clayton (2007 Gas City), Bryan Clauson (2012 Gas City), Robert Ballou (2015 Perris), Justin Grant (2019 Terre Haute) and Kyle Cummins (2024 Circle City).


 

Starting 11th, Chase Stockon picked his way through the field late in the going. He ran seventh with two laps to go, fourth with one to go, and in the fourth turn on the final lap, he raced into third to land a podium finish. That earned the Fort Branch, Indiana racer the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award (+8).


 

Jake Swanson (Anaheim, California) hustled from fourth to third to second to first to win his heat race. He then finished the night with a solid sixth place result in the feature. That earned him Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night honors.


 

Hayden Reinbold (Gilbert, Arizona) earned his first career USAC Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying award by setting a new track record. His time of 15.009 seconds broke the Red Hill Raceway USAC National Sprint Car track record of 15.498 set by Tony Elliott in 1998.


 

Robert Ballou (Rocklin, California) also rewrote the record books in his heat race by setting a new eight lap USAC track record at Red Hill with a time of 2:05.197, more than six seconds faster than the previous mark held by NHRA Top Fuel champion Doug Kalitta in 1996.

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2025 – Red Hill Raceway – Sumner, Illinois – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Salute to Levi Jones


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.009 (New Track Record); 2. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-15.089; 3. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-15.144; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-15.239; 5. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.251; 6. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-15.313; 7. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-15.342; 8. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.359; 9. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-15.406; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-15.456; 11. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-15.502; 12. Carson Garrett, 15, BGE-15.506; 13. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.570; 14. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-15.573; 15. Sam Scott, 7s, Scott-15.617; 16. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.692; 17. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-15.746; 18. Jadon Rogers, 61m, Edwards-15.816; 19. Logan Calderwood, 6, Ford-15.975; 20. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-16.144; 21. Abby Hohlbein, 2A, 2B Racing-16.208; 22. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-16.245; 23. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-NT.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Charles Davis Jr., 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. Hayden Reinbold, 7. Tony Helton, 8. Logan Calderwood. 2:05.197 (New Track Record)


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Kayla Roell, 5. Kale Drake, 6. Logan Seavey, 7. Kobe Simpson. 2:06.748


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Sam Scott, 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Jadon Rogers, 5. Justin Grant, 6. Carson Garrett, 7. Abby Hohlbein. 2:08.283


 

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


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-32 Logan Seavey.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1017, 2-Justin Grant-933, 3-Mitchel Moles-802, 4-Logan Seavey-790, 5-Robert Ballou-761, 6-Jake Swanson-734, 7-Briggs Danner-732, 8-Kale Drake-723, 9-C.J. Leary-719, 10-Chase Stockon-696.


 

PARALLAX GROUP USAC NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-131, 2-Kyle Cummins-54, 3-C.J. Leary-54, 4-Chase Stockon-50, 5-Gunnar Setser-50, 6-Briggs Danner-46, 7-Justin Grant-44, 8-Robert Ballou-41, 9-Jacob Denney-35, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-34.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 17, 2025 – Grandview Speedway – Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania – 1/3-Mile Dirt Track – USAC Eastern Storm / Jesse Hockett Classic


 

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CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kyle Cummins (14.970)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Hayden Reinbold (15.009)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Robert Ballou


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Chase Stockon (11th to 3rd)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Jake Swanson

 

17TH TO 1ST! DENNEY STUNS WITH KOKOMO WIN, DRAKE TAKES USAC IMW TITLE

 

David Nearpass

Jacob Denney celebrates after his 17th to 1st charge to victory during Sunday's USAC Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway.

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Kokomo, Indiana (June 8, 2025)………Seventeen drivers came into Sunday night’s 2025 USAC Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway mathematically in contention for the miniseries championship.


 

Somewhat fittingly, the final event of the truncated and abbreviated three-race series came down to the two drivers who captured victories in the first two rounds of the series – teammates Jacob Denney and Kale Drake.


 

Denney (Galloway, Ohio) captured the battle with a stunning run to first after starting 17th in the 24-car field on the 1/4-mile dirt oval, leading the final six laps en route to his second victory of the week in his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/JBL Audio – TRD – Toyota – Mobil 1/LynK/Speedway Toyota.


 

Drake (Collinsville, Oklahoma), meanwhile, led 11 laps of his own in the feature before crossing the line in the runner-up spot. But it was his consistency throughout the three-race series in which he garnered a 1st, a 3rd and a 2nd to corral the Indiana Midget Week championship by a 22-point margin.


 

As far as Denney’s plus-16 mad dash to the front, it’s the furthest back any driver has won a USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature dating back to the 2019 season. Ironically, or maybe not so ironically, the previous largest winning charge came via Buddy Kofoid, who drove for the same team and the same car number (#67) as Denney on his way to a 2021 score at Oklahoma’s Port City Speedway.


 

“I’m super stoked to get it done from 17th. That’s way back there,” an ecstatic Denney stated.


 

Denney’s victory is already his third of the USAC National Midget season, and his second at Kokomo after also winning the 2025 season opener during April’s Kokomo Grand Prix. That moved Denney up to 109th place on the all-time USAC National Midget win list alongside Spencer Bayston, Donnie Beechler, George Benson, Dana Carter, Bob Cicconi, Robby Flock, Nick Fornoro Jr., Arnie Knepper, Ricky Shelton, Mike Streicher, Dave Strickland Jr., Kevin Thomas Jr. and Roger West.


 

Perhaps even more impressively, after winning at Paragon Speedway on Wednesday and Kokomo on Sunday, Denney’s Indiana Midget Week career win total stands at four. That already ranks as the fourth most all-time behind Bryan Clauson & Kyle Larson (9), Buddy Kofoid (6) and Christopher Bell & Tanner Thorson (5), and is tied with Rico Abreu & Logan Seavey (4).


 

Denney did the deed at Kokomo after a less than desirable qualifying run of 14th. When all the preliminaries were completed, he was shuffled back to the inside of row nine for the start of the 30-lap feature. By then, the number of eligible Indiana Midget Week championship contenders had dwindled to six with Drake leading the bunch and Denney back in fifth, 27 points behind.


 

If Drake could finish the feature fourth or better, the title was his regardless of how anybody else performed. As it turned out, Drake never strayed outside of the top-two for the entire duration of the feature.


 

Things got off to a messy start, however. As the green flag was waved, sixth place starting Karter Sarff’s car failed to take off, the victim of a stripped cam spud that ended his race and dashed his IMW championship hopes. Sarff entered the feature only 11 points out of the lead in third.


 

But Sarff’s issue was just the beginning of a chain reaction that first saw Colton Robinson broadside into the backside of Sarff. Frankie Guerrini became a victim of circumstance as he tagged Robinson and flipped several times in turn one. Guerrini walked away, and his night, along with Sarff’s, were immediately over.


 

Original pole sitter Jakeb Boxell was penalized on the initial green flag for jumping the start and was henceforth moved back one row while Drake Edwards was slotted over into the pole position. Drake was now the new occupant of the outside of the front row.


 

Edwards took advantage of the situation to lead lap one as Drake dropped into second. By lap six, Drake was angling for the lead as he peeked ahead of Edwards on the outside of turn two. Nonetheless, Edwards managed to fend off Drake for the time being.


 

On lap 10, Edwards’ ride took a hop, skip and a jump atop the turn two cushion, allowing Drake to breeze on by to the inside and into the lead. A lap later, Edwards fought back to wrestle control of the race away from Drake as he drove around the outside of Drake in turns three and four.


 

After third running Daison Pursley fell to the wayside with a flat left rear tire on lap 13, one lap after the ensuing restart, Edwards stumbled on the turn two cushion and subsequently opened the door for Drake to roll on by into the lead. At that very moment, Denney suddenly became a contender, ultimately roaring into second past Edwards on lap 16, and it was then he knew it was go time if he desired to win this deal.


 

“At the end, I just had to go,” Denney explained. “ I had to be patient and take my time because I kept making mistakes. I felt like I was running a completely different line than everybody else in three and four.”


 

Denney chased Drake for the next nine laps, and on the 25th circuit, dove low into turn one and drifted up past Drake. Then in turns three and four, Denney entered high in turn three and swooped low at the exit of turn four around the outside of Drake to take over the top spot for good.


 

“I knew I had to be right there on him to make it work,” Denney explained. “I kept sliding Drake down there and he kept crossing me over. When I finally got around him, I knew that I had to really get across far and get back going again to clear him.”


 

Denney led the final six laps to score the win by a 0.464 margin over Kale Drake, who locked up the USAC Indiana Midget Week championship. Drake Edwards finished third with Kevin Thomas Jr. fourth and Cannon McIntosh fifth.


 

Not only did Denney earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors, he also grabbed the USAC Indiana Midget Week Parallax Group Passing Master title. Through the three races of IMW, he passed a series high total of 25 cars. Sixteen of those passes came during Sunday’s victory at  Kokomo.


 

In his heat race, Drake Edwards surged late in the going to grab the final transfer spot. That earned him a front row starting spot for the feature where he proceeded to lead a race high 13 laps en route to a third place finish, which proved to be the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

Preston Norbury picked up some accolades during his first USAC Indiana Midget Week experience. He attended all three events during the week and collected a $500 bonus from ProSource for his perseverance.


 

Trevor Cline was the ProSource Hard Work award winner. In his first USAC National Midget feature start at Kokomo, he was the final driver finishing on the lead lap (20th), which provided him a $100 bonus.


 

For the second event in a row, albeit four days later, Karter Sarff was the Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier. He topped the field with a lap of 13.252 seconds for his third career fast qualifying time with the series.


 


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 8, 2025 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 21K, Sarff-13.252; 2. Steven Snyder Jr., 4, RMS-13.342; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-13.352; 4. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-13.355; 5. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.412; 6. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-13.442; 7. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.445; 8. Jakeb Boxell, 14JB, 4 Kings-13.450; 9. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-13.465; 10. Trevor Cline, 55, Cline-13.466; 11. Brecken Reese, 00, Chandler-13.481; 12. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-13.498; 13. Rylan Gray, 81G, Gray-13.499; 14. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.512; 15. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-13.564; 16. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-13.566; 17. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.587; 18. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.601; 19. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, Engler-13.614; 20. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-13.624; 21. Zach Wigal, 8, Cornell-13.668; 22. Cannon Mcintosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.699; 23. Chelby Hinton, 4B, Klatt-13.716; 24. Corbin Rueschenberg, 26, Rueschenberg-13.791; 25. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-13.837; 26. Kaiden Manders, 71, Golding-13.873; 27. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-13.897; 28. Tom Payet, 7AU, Bennett-13.916; 29. Frankie Guerrini, 63G, F & F-13.945; 30. Jeff Schindler, 8x, Schindler-14.035; 31. Daniel Harding, 71w, Golding-14.141; 32. Jake Robinson, 8AU, Robinson-14.158; 33. Mark Chisholm, 56x, Chisholm-14.489.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Rylan Gray, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Kale Drake, 4. Colton Robinson, 5. Karter Sarff, 6.  Zach Wigal, 7. Frankie Guerrini, 8. Preston Norbury, 9. Mark Chisholm. 2:15.706


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Cannon McIntosh, 2. Jacob Denney, 3. Gavin Miller, 4. Trevor Cline, 5. Drake Edwards, 6. Steven Snyder Jr., 7. Kaiden Manders, 8. Jeff Schindler. 2:16.960


 

USACGEAR.COM THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Chelby Hinton, 2. Thomas Meseraull, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Cale Coons, 5. Brecken Reese, 6. Logan Seavey, 7. Daniel Harding, 8. Gunnar Setser. NT


 

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Corbin Rueschenberg, 2. Hayden Reinbold, 3. Ethan Mitchell, 4. Daison Pursley, 5. Jakeb Boxell, 6. Blake Brannon, 7. Jake Robinson, 8. Tom Payet. NT


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Steven Snyder Jr., 2. Gunnar Setser, 3. Logan Seavey, 4. Frankie Guerrini, 5. Kaiden Manders, 6. Tom Payet, 7. Jake Robinson, 8. Blake Brannon, 9. Preston Norbury, 10. Mark Chisholm, 11. Jeff Schindler, 12. Daniel Harding. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (17), 2. Kale Drake (3), 3. Drake Edwards (2), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 5. Cannon McIntosh (8), 6. Justin Grant (13), 7. Jakeb Boxell (1), 8. Rylan Gray (7), 9. Gunnar Setser (18), 10. Hayden Reinbold (16), 11. Steven Snyder Jr. (11), 12. Ethan Mitchell (19), 13. Daison Pursley (4), 14. Logan Seavey (12), 15. Corbin Rueschenberg (10), 16. Thomas Meseraull (22), 17. Gavin Miller (21), 18. Brecken Reese (15), 19. Cale Coons (23), 20. Trevor Cline (14), 21. Chelby Hinton (9), 22. Colton Robinson (20), 23. Karter Sarff (6), 24. Frankie Guerrini (24). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Drake Edwards, Lap 10 Kale Drake, Laps 11-14 Drake Edwards, Laps 15-24 Kale Drake, Laps 25-30 Jacob Denney.


 

**Frankie Guerrini flipped on lap 1 of the feature.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-578, 2-Kale Drake-557, 3-Cannon McIntosh-519, 4-Jacob Denney-515, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-478, 6-Logan Seavey-467, 7-Drake Edwards-440, 8-Steven Snyder Jr.-436, 9-Gavin Miller-413, 10-Gunnar Setser-373.


 

FINAL USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-235, 2-Justin Grant-213, 3-Jacob Denney-211, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-211, 5-Karter Sarff-180, 6-Cannon McIntosh-170, 7-Drake Edwards-159, 8-Logan Seavey-159, 9-Hayden Reinbold-159, 10-Gunnar Setser-149.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-125, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Kyle Cummins-53, 4-Gunnar Setser-50, 5-Justin Grant-44, 6-Briggs Danner-44, 7-Chase Stockon-42, 8-Robert Ballou-41, 9-Jacob Denney-35, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-33.


 

FINAL USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-25, 2-Gunnar Setser-21, 3-Justin Grant-18, 4-Kale Drake-17, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-17, 6-Kyle Cummins-15, 7-Zach Wigal-14, 8-Hayden Reinbold-12, 9-Gavin Miller-12, 10-Kyle Jones-11.


 

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 8, 2025 – Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex – Sweet Springs, Missouri – 1/8-Mile Dirt Oval – Mid-America Midget Week


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Jakeb Boxell (13.331)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (13.252)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Rylan Gray


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Cannon McIntosh


 

USACgear.com Third Heat Winner: Chelby Hinton


 

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Corbin Rueschenberg


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Steven Snyder Jr.


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Jacob Denney (17th to 1st)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Drake Edwards


 

ProSource Hard Work Award: Trevor Cline


 

USAC Indiana Midget Week Champion: Kale Drake


 

USAC Parallax Group Indiana Midget Week Passing Master Champion: Jacob Denney (25)


 

ProSource Perseverance Award: Preston Norbury

 

 
 Saturday’s Tri-State USAC Indiana Midget Week Event Rained Out
 
Richie Murray
June 7, 2025
 
Haubstadt, Indiana (June 7, 2025)………Saturday night’s June 7th USAC Indiana Midget Week round at Haubstadt, Indiana’s Tri-State Speedway has been canceled due to wet grounds and more precipitation expected.

The event will not be rescheduled.

The event was to feature the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship at the 1/4-mile dirt oval as the penultimate round of the 21st annual edition of USAC Indiana Midget Week.

USAC Indiana Midget Week continues with the finale of the series on Sunday night, June 8 at Kokomo Speedway. Pits and grandstands open at 3pm Eastern with the drivers meeting set for 5:30pm and cars on track at 6pm followed by qualifying and racing. Tickets and pit passes will be sold at the gate. General admission tickets are $30 & kids age 12 and under are free.  Pit passes are $40 for all ages. Kokomo Sprint Cars are also on the event card.

Kale Drake leads the USAC Indiana Midget Week point standings followed by Justin Grant (-9), Karter Sarff (-13), Kevin Thomas Jr. (-20) and Jacob Denney (-26).

Kale Drake won the opening round of IMW on Tuesday at Circle City Raceway. Logan Seavey was the victor of round two on Wednesday at Paragon Speedway. Events at Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway (Thursday), Bloomington Speedway (Friday) and Tri-State Speedway (Saturday) were rained out.

Rain Wins Bloomington USAC IMW Round, Postponed to Aug. 29

 

Thursday’s Lincoln Park USAC Indiana Midget Week Event Postponed

Richie Murray

June 5, 2025
 
Putnamville, Indiana (June 5, 2025)………Thursday night’s June 5th USAC Indiana Midget Week round at Putnamville, Indiana’s Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway has been postponed due to rain.

Overnight storms continuing into race day morning have forced the postponement of the Lincoln Park event featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship. Officials are discussing a makeup date for the event. The makeup will not be a part of Indiana Midget Week.

USAC Indiana Midget Week continues with the final three races of the series on Friday, June 6 at Bloomington Speedway; Saturday, June 7 at Tri-State Speedway and Sunday, June 8 at Kokomo Speedway.

 
 

ENTER STAGE LEFT! DENNEY DELIVERS VICTORY AT PARAGON

 

wednesday june 4th...Jacob Denney won Wednesday night's USAC Indiana Midget Week round at Paragon Speedway. (David Nearpass Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Paragon, Indiana (June 4, 2025)………Jacob Denney’s USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship career pretty much jump started with his first career series victory during USAC Indiana Midget Week in 2022.


 

On Wednesday night, IMW provided the stage for the Galloway, Ohio racer to once again slay the field, this time at Paragon Speedway in round two of the 21st annual edition of the series.


 

Denney’s third career IMW score came in wire-to-wire fashion as he led all 30 laps from the outside of the front row at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. His latest IMW win came exactly two years to the day of his most recent triumph in the miniseries back in 2023.


 

The third USAC Indiana Midget Week win of Denney’s career marks the third different track and team for which Denney has won with in the series over the past four seasons: 2022 at Lincoln Park Speedway with Mounce-Stout Motorsports; 2023 at Tri-State Speedway with Tom Malloy; and now in 2025 at Paragon with Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports.


 

Denney’s second win of the USAC National Midget season is the fifth overall in his career, lifting him to 122nd place on the all-time list alongside Mike Bliss, Lonnie Caruthers, Larry Dickson, Mike Fedorcak, Burt Foland, Mack McClellan, Danny McKnight, Cliff Spalding, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Jerry Weeks.


 

Needless to say, the trip to Paragon went more smoothly than his last visit to the track with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series in 2023 where he “exited stage right,” so to speak, in turns three and four. This time, it was clean and green for the 20-year-old Denney and his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/JBL Audio – TRD – Toyota – Mobil 1/LynK/Speedway Toyota.


 

Denney established the lead from the get-go as he gapped pole sitter K.J. Snow by 10 car lengths on the opening circuit. By lap five, Denney’s mission had led him to a nearly three second lead, all of which was of utmost importance and went accordingly with his plan.


 

“With that much track rework, you’ve got to get out and go and make your own laps and be the guy to dictate where you move around and which lines are fast,” Denney explained. “The first start was important and I knew each restart was going to be just as important because the corners are so sharp here. You just have to lift getting into them. I didn’t want anybody to drive up in there and slide me.”


 

In the distance behind Denney, the race for second was up for the taking as Hayden Reinbold began to pressure Snow for the position. On the seventh lap, Reinbold tagged the rear bumper of Snow entering turn three and subsequently slid up the racetrack, allowing seven cars to roar past Reinbold as he dropped all the way back to 10th.


 

Following 20th place running Zach Wigal’s stoppage in turns one and two on the 11th lap, the yellow flag dissipated Denney’s 2.1 second lead. Nonetheless, it was merely a temporary disturbance as Denney quickly reestablished his commanding lead to the tune of nearly three seconds.


 

Grant found his way into second as he slid under Snow to grab second in turn four on the 12th lap. Kale Drake followed suit and ski’d under Snow in turns three and four on lap 16 to slot into the “show” position.


 

Few races go exactly to perfection for the eventual winner, and that too can be said about Denney’s firsthand experience on this particular evening. Entering lapped traffic, Denney continued to thrust the hammer down around the outside. Without mirrors or spotters, and a mere 30 laps to get the job done, urgency is preferred over complacency.


 

“I had to move up for lapped traffic and about turned it over, so I definitely held my breath for the last three laps there,” Denney revealed after his close encounter of the third turn cushion. “I kept looking back after any mistake I made, and from the middle of one and two, I could see them entering turn one without making a mistake. So I just had to take a deep breath, because down in turns one and two, you had to run really hard, and in turns three and four, you really had to take it easy running across the slick.”


 

In the end, Denney took it to the stripe 2.537 seconds ahead of the competition, crossing under the checkered flag ahead of runner-up Justin Grant with Kale Drake, K.J. Snow and Cannon McIntosh occupying the top-five in the final running order.


 

Justin Grant brought his ride home in second place, and in the process, rose from fifth to second in USAC Indiana Midget Week points with two rounds down and four to go. It also helped him retain his overall season long USAC National Midget point lead.


 

Meanwhile, Kale Drake maintained his USAC Indiana Midget Week point lead with another podium result, finishing third after starting seventh.


 

Seventeenth place finisher Zach Daum took the ProSource Hard Work Award winner as the last driver finishing the feature on the lead lap. However, he was not all that pleased after a last lap incident relegated him from 13th to a 17th place result, and afterward, stalked the racetrack while carrying his steering wheel and looking for the culprit.


 

Snow met fire in the feature as K.J. Snow, making just his second career USAC National Midget feature start, came home with an impressive fourth place finish with the same team and number Daison Pursley utilized to capture the 2024 USAC Indiana Midget Week crown. For his efforts, Snow was named the recipient of the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

Kyle Cummins advanced eighth positions from 16th to eighth in the feature to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

Karter Sarff’s first run in a midget at Paragon got off to a hot start as he achieved his second career USAC Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying Time. Sarff ultimately finished sixth in the feature to stick himself right in the middle of the Indiana Midget Week title fight where he currently resides third, 13 points out of the lead.


 


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 4, 2025 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 21K, Sarff-14.833; 2. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-15.018; 3. Steven Snyder Jr., 4, RMS-15.092; 4. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-15.105; 5. Cannon Mcintosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.132; 6. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.135; 7. Jakeb Boxell, 14JB, 4 Kings-15.158; 8. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-15.167; 9. K.J. Snow, 86, CBI-15.182; 10. Corbin Rueschenberg, 26, Rueschenberg-15.193; 11. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.212; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-15.216; 13. Kyle Cummins, 3G, Styres-15.226; 14. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.251; 15. Brecken Reese, 00, Chandler-15.261; 16. Zach Daum, 5D, O'Dell-15.269; 17. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.271; 18. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.296; 19. Chelby Hinton, 4B, Klatt-15.311; 20. Kaiden Manders, 71, Golding-15.339; 21. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-15.355; 22. Trey Marcham, 85, Central-15.358; 23. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, Engler-15.373; 24. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-15.407; 25. Daniel Harding, 71w, Golding-15.447; 26. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-15.526; 27. Kevin Newton, 16TH, 2nd Law-15.571; 28. Tom Payet, 7AU, Bennett-15.580; 29. Jake Robinson, 8AU, Robinson-15.595; 30. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-15.666; 31. Zach Wigal, 8, Cornell-15.746; 32. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-15.755; 33. Mason Hannagan, 71H, Hills-15.804; 34. Chris Baue, 36, Baue-15.837; 35. Kyle Jones, 27x, Joyner-16.511.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake, 2. K.J. Snow, 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Ethan Mitchell, 5. Cannon McIntosh, 6. Karter Sarff, 7. Daniel Harding, 8. Mason Hannagan, 9. Jake Robinson.


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Logan Seavey, 2. Trey Marcham, 3. Corbin Rueschenberg, 4. Jacob Denney, 5. Justin Grant, 6. Cale Coons, 7.  Gavin Miller, 8. Blake Brannon, 9. Chris Baue.


 

USACGEAR.COM THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Chelby Hinton, 3. Brecken Reese, 4. Steven Snyder Jr., 5. Zach Wigal, 6. Colton Robinson, 7. Kyle Jones, 8. Jakeb Boxell, 9. Kevin Newton.


 

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Zach Daum, 4. Kaiden Manders, 5. Hayden Reinbold, 6. Drake Edwards, 7. Tom Payet, 8. Preston Norbury.


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Karter Sarff, 2. Drake Edwards, 3. Colton Robinson, 4. Gavin Miller, 5. Tom Payet, 6. Cale Coons, 7. Kyle Jones, 8. Jakeb Boxell, 9. Kevin Newton, 10. Blake Brannon, 11. Mason Hannagan, 12. Chris Baue, 13. Daniel Harding, 14. Jake Robinson, 15. Preston Norbury.


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (2), 2. Justin Grant (6), 3. Kale Drake (7), 4. K.J. Snow (1), 5. Cannon McIntosh (3), 6. Karter Sarff (11), 7. Gunnar Setser (10), 8. Kyle Cummins (16), 9. Kevin Thomas Jr. (15), 10. Logan Seavey (8), 11. Steven Snyder Jr. (5), 12. Colton Robinson (14), 13. Thomas Meseraull (9), 14. Drake Edwards (12), 15. Hayden Reinbold (4), 16. Gavin Miller (17), 17. Zach Daum (19), 18. Zach Wigal (24), 19. Brecken Reese (18), 20. Trey Marcham (23), 21. Ethan Mitchell (22), 22. Cale Coons (26-P), 23. Kyle Jones (25-P), 24. Corbin Rueschenberg (13), 25. Kaiden Manders (21), 26. Chelby Hinton (20). NT


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-30 Jacob Denney.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-506, 2-Kale Drake-472, 3-Cannon McIntosh-443, 4-Jacob Denney-428, 5-Logan Seavey-421, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-397, 7-Steven Snyder Jr.-377, 8-Gavin Miller-368, 9-Drake Edwards-361, 10-Gunnar Setser-315.


 

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-150, 2-Justin Grant-141, 3-Karter Sarff-137, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-130, 5-Jacob Denney-124, 6-Logan Seavey-113, 7-Hayden Reinbold-99, 8-K.J. Snow-96, 9-Cannon McIntosh-94, 10-Thomas Meseraull-92.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-124, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Kyle Cummins-53, 4-Briggs Danner-44, 5-Chase Stockon-42, 6-Robert Ballou-41, 7-Gunnar Setser-41, 8-Justin Grant-37, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-32, 10-Jadon Rogers-30.


 

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-15, 2-Kale Drake-14, 3-Zach Wigal-14, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-13, 5-Kyle Jones-11, 6-Mason Hannagan-11, 7-Justin Grant-9, 8-Jacob Denney-8, 9-Karter Sarff-8, 10-Gavin Miller-8.


 

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 5, 2025 – Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 5/16-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kevin Thomas Jr. (15.060)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (14.833)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Kale Drake


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Logan Seavey


 

USACgear.com Third Heat Winner: Thomas Meseraull


 

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Karter Sarff


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kyle Cummins (16th to 8th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: K.J. Snow


 

ProSource Hard Work Award: Zach Daum

 
 

KALE’S ON RAILS! DRAKE CHARGES 9TH TO THE WIN AT CIRCLE CITY USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK OPENER

Kale Drake scored the victory in Tuesday night's USAC Indiana Midget Week opener at Circle City Raceway. (Rich Forman Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Indianapolis, Indiana (June 3, 2025)………All year long, Kale Drake has displayed an astounding passing prowess that has put him atop USAC’s passing master standings.


 

During Tuesday night’s 21st annual USAC Indiana Midget Week opener at Circle City Raceway’s, that very same passing prowess took the ninth place starting Drake to victory lane.


 

In a race which saw the lead exchange hands six different times among three drivers, Drake (Collinsville, Oklahoma) broke through with the winning move around Kevin Thomas Jr. with six laps remaining to earn his first career Indiana Midget Week win, his second straight USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship victory and his third career series victory overall.


 

Drake, whose 120 passes in USAC national feature events in 2025 is a staggering 66 more than anyone else, leads the season long Parallax Group Passing Master standings.  Starting inside row five, Drake needed to dig deep to get to the front once more in his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/Eibach – TRD – Toyota – Mobil 1/LynK/Speedway Toyota.


 

In the meantime, pole sitter Logan Seavey sprinted out to the lead where he’d remain for the initial 18 circuits of the 30-lap feature. On the ninth lap, 10th running Gunnar Setser flipped upside down in turn two to bring out the only red flag of the night. Setser was able to walk away while Cannon McIntosh, second in series points, also dropped out following the incident, finishing 25th in the 25-car field.


 

When action resumed, Daison Pursley slid past Seavey in turns one and two on the 10th lap. Seavey astutely cut back under to reassume the lead, then fended off another Pursley attack in turns three and four to lead at the stripe by a wheel. Shortly thereafter, Karter Sarff circled the waters, then pounced on lap 16 to take second from Pursley.


 

Suddenly, it was a swarm of six different cars all under a blanket as fifth starting Kevin Thomas Jr. rolled the bottom to fourth on lap 16, to third on lap 17, to second on lap 18 and to the lead on lap 19 in three-wide fashion with himself on the low line, Drake in the middle and Seavey on the outside.


 

Drake had surged from sixth to second in a five-lap span between laps 16-20, and after a somewhat stagnant start, he had surprised the field with his presence at the front and even surprised himself!


 

“I didn’t think we were going to have anything for them,” Drake stated. “Early on in that race, we were struggling and at a standstill really. I could pounce on them when they made a mistake, but other than that, I really didn’t have speed. When I stumbled upon that line, it worked out really well for us.”


 

“That” line involved bouncing his right rear tire off the outside wall in turns one and two, then diamonding his path from the top of turn three to the bottom of turn four. Drake took that maneuver to the lead past Thomas on lap 21 and the duel was on. Thomas retook the top spot on lap 22 before Drake took it back on the 23rd lap. Thomas regained the lead on lap 24, but Drake fought back to reach the top once more on lap 25 around the outside of turn four.


 

Artist Bob Ross once encouraged people to embrace “happy accidents.” Instead of viewing errors as mistakes, he encouraged individuals to use the opportunity to create something unexpected and positive. Drake’s artistry on the racetrack transformed from what could've been construed as an accident to a pivotal and winning moment.


 

“I accidentally did that move in one and two and kind of gained on the guys ahead of me, and I was like, ‘whew! If we can replicate that, we’re going to be hard to beat,’” Drake revealed. “Once I made it happen, we were able to pick our way right through them. They were hanging really bad off the exit, so I could make the diamond line work. I was able to drive it into the corner so hard, thanks to having such a good racecar. I really just had to get it turned and come down the hill. There’s not much to lean on up there and it’s really slick. You’ve got to come up with unique lines like that.”


 

Despite reaching lapped traffic during the final two laps, Drake was able to extend his lead over Thomas in the final stages, leading the final six laps to win by a 1.265 second margin over Thomas, Sarff and Pursley with Seavey rounding out the top-five.


 

Furthermore, Drake became the first feature winning driver to also grab hard charger honors in USAC National Midget competition this season, advancing eight positions to score his second straight feature victory with the series after also winning on May 18 at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in similarly dramatic fashion.


 

“They were racing really hard in front of me, so it slowed them all down, and it really opened the door for me,” Drake explained. “To grab another Rod End Supply Hard Charger is unreal. We’ve passed so many racecars this year, and I think that’s just a testament to the racecars I’ve had the pleasure of sitting in. It just makes my job really easy. If only I could just start my night off a little better! But it doesn’t seem to drag us down too bad.”


 

It was exactly seven years ago to the day that Kevin Thomas Jr. captured his lone USAC Indiana Midget Week win at Kokomo Speedway in 2018. Seven years later, to the day, Thomas nearly pulled off his second IMW triumph, leading three different times for a total of four laps en route to a second place finish.


 

Karter Sarff made an impressive Indiana Midget Week debut, finishing with a career best USAC National Midget result of third to earn the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

Justin Grant earned his 12th career USAC National Midget Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying time, which tied him for 49th place on the all-time list alongside Cannon McIntosh, Don Meacham, Larry Rice and Josh Wise. It was also the fifth fast time of Grant's Indiana Midget Week career, tying him for second most all-time with Bryan Clauson.


 


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 3, 2025 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-12.482; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-12.526; 3. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.539; 4. Karter Sarff, 21K, Sarff-12.553; 5. Zach Wigal, 8, Cornell-12.566; 6. Corbin Rueschenberg, 26, Rueschenberg-12.598; 7. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-12.603; 8. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.612; 9. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.615; 10. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-12.628; 11. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.654; 12. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.659; 13. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-12.679; 14. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.711; 15. Brecken Reese, 00, Chandler-12.717; 16. Steven Snyder Jr., 4, RMS-12.733; 17. Trey Marcham, 85, Central-12.735; 18. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, Engler-12.745; 19. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.753; 20. K.J. Snow, 86x, CBI-12.786; 21. Kyle Jones, 27x, Joyner-12.788; 22. Jakeb Boxell, 14JB, 4 Kings-12.846; 23. Daniel Harding, 71w, Golding-12.853; 24. Zach Daum, 5D, O'Dell-12.867; 25. Mason Hannagan, 71H, Hills-12.869; 26. Kaiden Manders, 71, Golding-12.878; 27. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-12.902; 28. Kyle Cummins, 3G, Styres-12.920; 29. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.952; 30. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-12.953; 31. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-13.010; 32. Tom Payet, 7AU, Bennett-13.026; 33. Jake Robinson, 8AU, Robinson-13.084; 34. Kevin Newton, 16TH, 2nd Law-13.108; 35. Chris Baue, 36, Baue-13.355; 36. Scott Orr, 88s, Orr-13.399; 37. Rylan Gray, 81G, Gray-14.514; 38. Christopher Hartman, 35s, Hodge-NT; 39. Abby Hohlbein, 2B, Poe-NT.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Trey Marcham, 4. Kyle Jones, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Zach Wigal, 7. Mason Hannagan, 8. Cale Coons, 9. Jake Robinson. 2:08.811


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Jacob Denney, 3. Drake Edwards, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Jakeb Boxell, 6. Corbin Rueschenberg, 7. Kaiden Manders, 8. Ethan Mitchell, 9. Kevin Newton, 10. Christopher Hartman. NT


 

USACGEAR.COM THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake, 2. Cannon McIntosh, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Daison Pursley, 5. Brecken Reese, 6. Daniel Harding, 7. Preston Norbury, 8. Blake Brannon, 9. Chris Baue. 2:11.124


 

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Zach Daum, 2. Steven Snyder Jr., 3. Karter Sarff, 4. K.J. Snow, 5. Gavin Miller, 6. Kyle Cummins, 7. Colton Robinson, 8. Tom Payet, 9. Scott Orr. NT


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Zach Wigal, 2. Corbin Rueschenberg, 3. Mason Hannagan, 4. Kyle Cummins, 5. Kaiden Manders, 6. Daniel Harding, 7. Blake Brannon, 8. Preston Norbury, 9. Cale Coons, 10. Colton Robinson, 11. Tom Payet, 12. Chris Baue, 13. Jake Robinson, 14. Kevin Newton, 15. Christopher Hartman, 16. Ethan Mitchell, 17. Rylan Gray. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kale Drake (9), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 3. Karter Sarff (3), 4. Daison Pursley (2), 5. Logan Seavey (1), 6. Zach Wigal (11), 7. Justin Grant (6), 8. Hayden Reinbold (4), 9. Zach Daum (10), 10. Gavin Miller (15), 11. Jacob Denney (16), 12. Thomas Meseraull (8), 13. Drake Edwards (13), 14. Kyle Jones (21), 15. Cale Coons (25-P), 16. Jakeb Boxell (22), 17. Mason Hannagan (23), 18. Kyle Cummins (24), 19. Trey Marcham (19), 20. Steven Snyder Jr. (18), 21. Corbin Rueschenberg (12), 22. Brecken Reese (17), 23. K.J. Snow (20), 24. Gunnar Setser (7), 25. Cannon McIntosh (14). NT


 

(P) represents a provisional starter.


 

**Gunnar Setser flipped on lap 9 of the feature.


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-18 Logan Seavey, Laps 19-20 Kevin Thomas Jr., Lap 21 Kale Drake, Lap 22 Kevin Thomas Jr., Lap 23 Kale Drake, Lap 24 Kevin Thomas Jr., Laps 25-30 Kale Drake.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-430, 2-Kale Drake-400, 3-Cannon McIntosh-379, 4-Logan Seavey-370, 5-Jacob Denney-352, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-344, 7-Gavin Miller-336, 8-Steven Snyder Jr.-327, 9-Drake Edwards-324, 10-Kyle Jones-259.


 

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-78, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-77, 3-Karter Sarff-73, 4-Daison Pursley-66, 5-Justin Grant-65, 6-Logan Seavey-62, 7-Zach Wigal-60, 8-Hayden Reinbold-59, 9-Zach Daum-54, 10-Jacob Denney-48.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-120, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Kyle Cummins-45, 4-Briggs Danner-44, 5-Chase Stockon-42, 6-Robert Ballou-41, 7-Gunnar Setser-38, 8-Justin Grant-33, 9-Jadon Rogers-30, 10-Kyle Jones-29.


 

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-9, 2-Mason Hannagan-9, 3-Kyle Jones-7, 4-Kyle Cummins-7, 5-Jacob Denney-6, 6-Jakeb Boxell-6, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-5, 8-Zach Wigal-5, 9-Gavin Miller-5, 10-Justin Grant-4.


 

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 4, 2025 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Jacob Denney (12.698)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (12.482)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Thomas Meseraull


 

USACgear.com Third Heat Winner: Kale Drake


 

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Zach Daum


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kale Drake (9th to 1st)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Karter Sarff


 

ProSource Hard Work Award: Brecken Reese

 

DREVICKI HANGS ON, WINS WITH USAC EC SPRINTS AT PORT ROYAL

Steve Koletar

 

Port Royal, Pennsylvania (May 31, 2025)………On a cloudy, misty, and cold evening at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway, four-time and defending USAC East Coast Sprint Car champion Steven Drevicki was hot to the touch, leading all 25 laps to earn his second series victory of the year.


 

On a night in which many of the neighboring racetracks had thrown in the towel and called it a night, Port Royal promoter Steve O’Neal and his staff forged ahead. With 104 sprint cars in the pits between 410s, 305s, and the USAC East Coast series, there was no turning back.


 

A great crowd and a good field bared through some short showers before the racing got underway, and the wind howled through the mountains of Juanita County. Also, 20 Innovative Machine Technology wingless sprint cars also howled.


 

Kenny Miller III and Cameron Smith won thrilling heat races. After the heat races, it was clear the USAC East Coast Sprints were racey, and thanks to Gene Franckowiak of JMO Motorsports, the wingless racers were ready to race for a great purse.


 

By virtue of the draw, Kyle Spence, wheeling the Fraker 42, started on the pole alongside defending champion Drevicki. Twenty cars took the drop of Nicole Flood's green flag, and the race was on.


 

Drevicki leaped to the lead. However, he had a hard-charging Christian Bruno working every inch of the speedway close behind. Cameron Smith, an established Central PA winged racer, was aboard the Ilgenfritz Financial 96 and very stoutly leapt into second. Drevicki ripped 15 great non-stop laps when, suddenly, eighth starting Miller came into play. Miller worked over Bruno and Smith, and further back in the top-10, Jason Cherry, Ronald Helmick, and Kyle Spence went tooth and nail for the seventh spot while Bobby Butler ran a content fifth.


 

With just a handful of laps to go in the non-stop A-Main, both Miller and Smith broke down a 1.5-second lead held by the DeGre Engineering No. 19 of Drevicki to less than a second as the leaders had found lapped traffic.


 

With five laps remaining, the Weikel Sportswear No. 23m came to life on the bottom of the sweeping 1/2 mile. The Man from Morgantown was bearing down on Drevicki, and closed to within a bumper coming out of turn four.


 

Working the middle groove to the “diamond line,” Drevicki could not be denied as he flashed across the finish line ahead of Miller III in second with Cameron Smith bringing the Rocky Ridge No. 96 home third.

 


 

NOTES:


 

Olivia Thayer made the first wingless start of her career with a 358 c.i. engine under the hood. The female racer out of Hanover, Pennsylvania finished 15th in the feature. Richy Carnathan made his first start of the season as well while utilizing a Buick engine and ran an impressive heat race but injection issues sidelined the Northampton, Pennsylvania racer in the feature. Jake Galloway returned to action after a scary incident caused by a stuck throttle recently at BAPS Motor Speedway. Jason Cherry made the best of a 20-year-old chassis and broke the top-10 with a solid ninth place result.

 


 

USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE RESULTS: May 31, 2025 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania


 

BDB GRAPHICS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Kenny Miller III (#23m Miller), 2. Ed Aikin (#7 Aikin), 3. Christian Bruno (#17B Bruno), 4. Jason Cherry (#67 Cherry), 5. Chris Allen Jr. (#71 Allen), 6. Dale Schweikart (#78 Schweikart), 7. Blaine Emery (#35 Thomas), 8. Jake Galloway (#27 Galloway), 9. Troy Fraker (#12w Fraker) 10. Gary Huston (#44 Huston). 2:57.073


 

E. SCHNEIDER & SONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature), 1. Cameron Smith (#96 Kauffman), 2. Richy Carnathan (#64 Carnathan), 3. Kyle Spence (#42 Fraker), 4. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki), 5. Bobby Butler (#5B Butler), 6. Ronald Helmick (#22R Helmick), 7. Mike Haggenbottom (#51 Kelly), 8. Olivia Thayer (39T Thayer), 9. Billy Ney (#83 Ney), 10. Dirk Rimrott (#27 Rimrott). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Steven Drevicki (2), 2. Kenny Miller III (8), 3. Cameron Smith (6), 4. Christian Bruno (4), 5. Bobby Butler (10), 6. Chris Allen Jr. (9), 7. Ed Aikin (5), 8. Kyle Spence (1), 9. Jason Cherry (3), 10. Ronald Helmick (12), 11. Jake Galloway (15), 12. Blaine Emery (13), 13. Mike Haggenbottom (14), 14. Dale Schweikart (11), 15. Olivia Thayer (16), 16. Billy Ney (18), 17. Gary Huston (19), 18. Troy Fraker (17), 19. Richy Carnathan (7), 20. Dirk Rimrott (20). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Steven Drevicki.


 

USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS POINTS: 1-Kenny Miller III-296, 2-Steven Drevicki-295, 3-Christian Bruno-261, 4-Ed Aikin-259, 5-Jason Cherry-194, 6-Kyle Spence-174, 7-Chris Allen Jr.-166, 8-Ronald Helmick-164, 9-Billy Ney-153, 10-Mike Haggenbottom-147.


 

NEXT USAC IMT EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE: June 6, 2025 – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Bitner Automotive Fast Time: Kenny Miller III


 

BDB Graphic First Heat Winner: Kenny Miller III


 

E. Schneider & Sons Second Heat Winner: Cameron Smith


 

C & C Landscaping Hard Charger: Kenny Miller III (8th to 2nd)


 

Hoosier Tire Mid-Atlantic Poker Chip Draw: Richy Carnathan


 

JPA Hard Luck Award: Richy Carnathan (motor issues after a strong run)

CAPITAL W!KTJ HITS STRIDE WITH $15,000 KNOXVILLE CORN BELT CLASH SCORE

 

 

Rich Forman Photo

Kevin Thomas Jr. scored a $15,000 Avanti Corn Belt Clash victory on Saturday night at Iowa's Knoxville Raceway

.By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Knoxville, Iowa (May 31, 2025)………For Kevin Thomas Jr., Knoxville Raceway provided the perfect setting for a transformation weekend for both himself and his Rock Steady Racing team.


 

KTJ’s beginning to the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season saw him finish no better than eighth in any of his first 10 series starts, and a point ranking of 11th entering this weekend’s Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash.


 

On Saturday night at the 1/2-mile dirt oval in Iowa, Thomas parlayed an inside second row starting position into victory. First, the Cullman, Alabama racer narrowly avoided a major catastrophe during the opening laps, then put a clamp on the top spot on a lap eight restart en route to his first USAC victory of the season and the first of his career at Knoxville, one that was worth a cool $15,000.


 

At this time last year, Thomas was on his way to a five-win campaign in USAC National Sprint Car competition. The kind of performances that the team had longed for throughout the first several months of the season have now come back around, and the good times are back again for KTJ and the No. 3R.


 

“I’m pretty hard on myself in general, but this year has been pretty trying,” Thomas admitted. “To be able to win here at Knoxville is historic and this was also our first time having an opportunity and then capitalizing on it.”


 

After a seventh place result in Friday’s opener, Thomas knew the capability was there, but everything had to align, from himself and his machine to qualifying well (4th) and setting the tone for the rest of the night at the wheel of his Rock Steady Racing/Inferno Armor – Lucas Oil Center – Creative Finishing/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy.


 

“There are a lot of people who put up with stuff from me and what I like to feel in a racecar,” Thomas explained. “We have tried and tried and tried and there was something that was very much staring us right in the face that we changed. Now it’s so much better. Like last night, it was an unfortunate thing that we had a situation with a right rear shock but we were still running good. This was the first time all year that we’ve been in the invert, and that gave ourselves a chance to win.”


 

The victory moved Thomas another rung up the leader as his 45th career USAC National Sprint Car win sent him to seventh place on the all-time win list alongside 1968-1970-1975 series champion Larry Dickson.


 

The opening laps to the 30-lap feature were as arduous as they were hazardous. On the first try, A.J. Johnson (17th) and Jadon Rogers (24th) simultaneous flipped hard through turn two to necessitate the first red flag of the night. Both drivers were able to climb out and walk away.


 

On the ensuing restart, pole sitter Jake Swanson established the early lead, pacing laps one and two with Justin Grant slotting into second. However, the action halted on the third lap when pre-race favorites C.J. Leary (3rd) and Brady Bacon (4th) touched wheels entering turn three.


 

The resulting contact launched Leary into a series of four barrel-rolls accentuated by major airtime and a meeting with the outside guardrail. Bacon, meanwhile, spiraled three times into the outer guardrail. Each driver was able to climb out and walk away. At the same time, the fifth place running Thomas just narrowly missed contact with the flying car of Leary, appearing to drive completely under and just to the right of the airborne Leary, continuing on without harm.


 

Swanson continued to maintain possession of the lead through lap eight when Robert Ballou (11th) and Kale Drake (12th) tangled in turn two, sending Drake ramping over Ballou’s hood, yet still managing to go onward. Ballou’s misfortune in the deal sent him into a 360 degree spin from which Ballou was able to recover from. Restarting at the tail in 19th, Ballou raced his way back up to eighth by the checkered while Drake was unable to continue on.


 

Just before the yellow, Grant had taken possession of the lead with an outside turn two move on Swanson. However, the yellow flag negated the move, thus sending Grant back to second and reasserting Swanson as the leader.


 

Things soon changed on the lap eight restart as leader Swanson went to the top of turns one and two while Grant dabbled in the middle and Thomas scoured the bottom. Thomas’ low riding groove led him past Grant on the back straight, and when Swanson biked on the cushion in turn four, Thomas zipped on by to take over up front with 23 laps remaining.


 

Ryan Bernal made a sudden surge to go from fourth to third on lap eight before securing the runner-up position on lap 13 as he drove under Grant in turns three and four to occupy the spot. All the while, Kyle Cummins was carving a path from his 18th starting position, grabbing third from Grant on the 20th circuit.


 

Thomas’ lead stood at 1.2 seconds as he worked traffic while Bernal inched forward to his back bumper with eighth laps to go. But when Bernal chrome-horned the rear bumper of 19th running Braydon Cromwell in turn two, the contact stifled Bernal and resulted in Thomas gaining precious time on Bernal to the tune of 1.8 seconds.


 

Finishing his business from there, Thomas led the balance of the distance to the stripe for the biggest payday of the year 1.486 seconds ahead of Bernal as Cummins, Grant and upstart Gunnar Setser rounded out the top-five.


 

Hank Byram’s Rock Steady Racing team garnered their 31st career USAC National Sprint Car triumph, which elevated them into a tie for 15th all-time along with Clauson Marshall Newman Racing.


 

Ryan Bernal doesn't run USAC National Sprint Cars too often, but when he does, he's always a contender. On this night, he advanced from his seventh starting spot to finish second, all while providing the Tom & Christy Dunkel owned No. 17x its best USAC National Sprint Car result to date.


 

Kyle Cummins was in the zone as he traveled +15 from 18th to a third place finish to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors. Cummins also maintained his USAC National Sprint Car point lead, which stands at 53.


 

Wyatt Burks passed a total of 19 cars throughout the two nights of competition at Knoxville over the weekend, most in the field. As a reward, the Topeka, Kansas racer earns the Corn Belt Clash Parallax Group Passing Master title.


 

Gunnar Setser grabbed his first career top-five finish with the USAC National Sprint Cars. The new Rookie point leader with the series was also the recipient of the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night for his fifth place finish.


 

It was 20/20 vision for Mitchel Moles as he collected his 20th career USAC National Sprint Car fast qualifying time during Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying. That increased his series-high mark of fast qualifying performances this season to five. Overall, his 20 fast times place him 23rd on the all-time USAC National Sprint Car fast qualifying list along with series champions Jerry Coons Jr., Tony Elliott and Roger McCluskey.


 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 31, 2025 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-18.868; 2. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-18.994; 3. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-19.010; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-19.019; 5. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-19.050; 6. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming/Swanson-19.178; 7. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.186; 8. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-19.189; 9. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-19.227; 10. Logan Calderwood, 6, Ford-19.351; 11. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-19.363; 12. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-19.373; 13. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-19.376; 14. Ryan Bernal, 17x, Dunkel-19.377; 15. A.J. Johnson, 93, Germar-19.384; 16. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-19.439; 17. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-19.581; 18. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-19.599; 19. Kale Drake 2B, 2B Racing-19.691; 20. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-19.783; 21. Stevie Sussex, 2, Yeley-19.792; 22. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Boyd-19.961; 23. Wesley Smith, 44, Smith-20.026; 24. Carson Garrett, 15, BGE-20.029; 25. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-20.100; 26. Ben Woods, 11B, B & R-20.142; 27. Jadon Rogers, 66, Amati-20.193; 28. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-20.437; 29. Tyler Graves, T4, Graves-20.543; 30. Glen Saville, 75, Grasmere-20.874; 31. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-21.342.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Wyatt Burks, 4. Mitchel Moles, 5. Briggs Danner, 6. Stevie Sussex, 7. Charles Davis Jr., 8. Tyler Graves. NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Braydon Cromwell, 5. Logan Calderwood, 6. Kobe Simpson, 7. Ben Woods. 2:46.070


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Jadon Rogers, 5. A.J. Johnson, 6. Wesley Smith, 7. Hayden Reinbold, 8. Dakota Earls. 2:46.018


 

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Logan Seavey, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Carson Garrett, 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Kayla Roell. 2:48.806


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Kobe Simpson, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Ben Woods, 6. Wesley Smith, 7. Stevie Sussex, 8. Kayla Roell, 9. Dakota Earls, 10. Tyler Graves. 3:38.964


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 2. Ryan Bernal (7), 3. Kyle Cummins (18), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Gunnar Setser (9), 6. Chase Stockon (11), 7. Logan Seavey (15), 8. Robert Ballou (10), 9. Briggs Danner (12), 10. Mitchel Moles (6), 11. Jake Swanson (1), 12. Logan Calderwood (13), 13. R.J. Johnson (19), 14. Wyatt Burks (23), 15. Charles Davis Jr. (16), 16. Carson Garrett (22), 17. Hayden Reinbold (14), 18. Kobe Simpson (20), 19. Braydon Cromwell (21), 20. Kale Drake (8), 21. C.J. Leary (2), 22. Brady Bacon (4), 23. A.J. Johnson (17), 24. Jadon Rogers (24). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Jake Swanson, Laps 8-30 Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

**A.J. Johnson & Jadon Rogers flipped on lap one of the feature. C.J. Leary & Brady Bacon flipped on lap 3 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-943, 2-Justin Grant-890, 3-Mitchel Moles-730, 4-Robert Ballou-728, 5-Logan Seavey-715, 6-Briggs Danner-676, 7-Jake Swanson-671, 8-Kale Drake-667, 9-C.J. Leary-654, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-647.


 

PARALLAX GROUP USAC NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-112, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Briggs Danner-44, 4-Chase Stockon-42, 5-Robert Ballou-41, 6-Kyle Cummins-39, 7-Gunnar Setser-38, 8-Justin Grant-33, 9-Jadon Rogers-30, 10-Logan Seavey-25.


 

FINAL CORN BELT CLASH PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Wyatt Burks-19, 2-Kyle Cummins-18, 3-Gunnar Setser-13, 4-Logan Seavey-13, 5-Ryan Bernal-12, 6-Brady Bacon-11, 7-Robert Ballou-11, 8-Kale Drake-11, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-9, 10-R.J. Johnson-9.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 13, 2025 – Red Hill Raceway – Sumner, Illinois – 1/3-Mile Dirt Track – Salute to Levi Jones


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Jake Swanson (18.927)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (18.868)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: C.J. Leary


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Ryan Bernal


 

Hoosier Tire Third Heat Winner: Kale Drake


 

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Chase Stockon


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kyle Cummins (18th to 3rd)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Gunnar Setser


 

Corn Belt Clash Parallax Group Passing Master Champion: Wyatt Burks (19)

 

 

 

 

61! BACON’S KNOXVILLE TRIUMPH PUTS HIM ONE SHY OF USAC SPRINT RECORD

Rich Forman

Brady Bacon celebrated his 61st career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory on Friday night at Iowa's Knoxville Raceway, one win shy of the all-time series win record.

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Knoxville, Iowa (May 30, 2025)………The winningest USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship driver in the history of Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway did it yet again on Friday during the opening night of the Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash.


 

In doing so, Brady Bacon placed himself squarely on the cusp of becoming the winningest USAC National Sprint Car driver of all-time – Knoxville and every other track included.


 

The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native swiftly maneuvered by racelong leader Chase Stockon with five laps remaining to earn his fifth career USAC National Sprint Car feature victory at Knoxville’s 1/2-mile dirt oval after previously scoring in 2011, twice in 2019 and again in 2020.


 

With all of Brady Bacon’s USAC National Sprint Car wins tallied up after Friday’s triumph, his career win total with the series stands at 61, just one behind Dave Darland’s all-time leading total of 62. A golden opportunity now lies ahead for Bacon to tie Darland’s mark on Saturday at Knoxville with a shot at $15,000-to-win.


 

Aside from the record, Knoxville has proven to be Bacon’s playground over the years. In fact, Friday night’s landing spot was his eighth consecutive top-two result in USAC National Sprint Car competition at Knoxville dating back to 2019, and his 12th podium in 13 career series starts at the track.


 

Needless to say, records are at the forefront of the conversation surrounding Bacon. However, in his personal viewpoint, by winning races, any record that comes his way will naturally take care of itself.


 

“We always come into Knoxville with a lot of confidence with one goal in mind and that’s to win the race,” Bacon stated. “We’re usually right there or maybe one or two spots away from it.”


 

Bacon started fifth on the grid in his Chris Dyson Racing/Concord American Flagpole – Macri Concrete/Triple X/Rider Chevy. Pole sitter Chase Stockon had the early upper hand as he patrolled the bottom to lead the high-riding Bacon by a car length at the stripe to complete lap one of 25.


 

As the front two duked it out, Briggs Danner entered the scene and briefly surged ahead of Bacon on lap five, but time and time again, Bacon dug deep to keep Danner at bay for the time being.


 

The Bacon/Danner duel for second was good news for Stockon who increased his lead to three seconds with 10 laps down and lapped traffic beckoning. That took Stockon off his comfy line around the bottom and forced him to run the top in order to work around the back end of the field. This, in turn, allowed Bacon and Danner to clamp down on Stockon, whose lead had been slashed to a mere half-second in a moment’s notice.


 

On lap 17, Danner got rolling on the top and stormed around the outside of Bacon in turn two to occupy the second position. A lap later, Danner pulled even to the outside of Stockon in turn two. But just as soon as one may have figured Danner’s sudden surge was going to lift him to the front, Stockon successfully thwarted Danner’s attack while Bacon simultaneously swapped paths and went low on the 19th lap to retake second from Danner.


 

With the top-three running nose-to-tail under a blanket, Bacon made his winning move on lap 21 when he chased Stockon on the high side of turn two, then stalked him halfway down the back straight before diving low entering turn three and sliding up in front to take the top spot once and for all and for good.


 

“We were just better on the top than (Stockon) was,” Bacon explained. “The bottom was really good in one and two and he was a little better than us down there to start the race. It just got so important to find the rhythm and gain momentum. He started getting kind of jammed up getting up to lapped cars, then I was just trying to go where he wasn’t.”


 

Danner took the high road and followed suit into second on lap 22 after Stockon went back to the bottom and became stifled behind the lapped car of Stevie Sussex in turns one and two. By then, Bacon’s lead stood at nearly a full second. That is, until a dislodged wheel cover laying on the front straightway necessitated the one and only yellow flag of the feature on the final lap. Yet it wasn’t enough to throw Bacon off his game.


 

“The bottom went away in one and two,” Bacon revealed. “So, I figured that, if I didn’t make the same mistake I made here and let somebody slide me on the restart, I’d be fine. You just had to get up there and get your mile an hour going and don’t make any mistakes. The cushion wasn’t quite as big as it normally is but it could still bite you and it didn’t have quite as much grip to keep you going if you did mess up.”


 

The key factor is that Bacon did not stumble over the course of the final two laps, crossing the line as the victor for the third time during the 2025 USAC National Sprint Car season 1.284 seconds ahead of runner-up Briggs Danner with Chase Stockon third, Robert Ballou fourth and Justin Grant rounding out the top-five.


 

“It was kind of like a chess match,” Bacon explained. “This place is so super technical. If you mess up, you’ll pay dearly. I had a really good car, but I just had to make the right moves. I made a couple mistakes but was able to get in the right place when it mattered and I felt like, once I was out front, I had a car good enough to hold everybody off.”


 

As for Danner and the Hogue Racing Enterprises team, what a way to make a first impression at Knoxville. In his first ever visit to the track, Danner raced to a runner-up finish utilizing a late move to glide his way into second for his best USAC National Sprint Car result of the year so far. That proved to be the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

It was a run to be proud of for Chase Stockon and car owners Tom and Laurie Sertich. Stockon led a race-high 20 laps en route to earning a career best third, the best finish of his career in 10 starts at the track. For the Sertich owned team, it had been 26 years since their most recent Knoxville appearance during the 1999 Non-Wing World Championship with driver Rusty McClure.


 

Kale Drake's 15th to 6th run at Knoxville continued his incredible theme of 2025. It was the fifth time in 12 USAC National Sprint Car starts this season that he's earned Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

Meanwhile, C.J. Leary reset the USAC National Sprint Car track record at Knoxville during Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying with a time of 18.442 seconds, breaking the former mark of 18.548 set by Kevin Thomas Jr. in 2017. For Leary, it was his 56th career USAC National Sprint Car quick time, which ranks fourth all-time and only nine behind all-time leader Tom Bigelow (65).


 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 30, 2025 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-18.442 (New Track Record); 2. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-18.523; 3. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-18.719; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-18.804; 5. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-18.850; 6. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-18.854; 7. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming/Swanson-18.918; 8. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-18.949; 9. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-18.966; 10. Ryan Bernal, 17x, Dunkel-19.005; 11. Jadon Rogers, 66, Amati-19.025; 12. A.J. Johnson, 93, Germar-19.041; 13. Kale Drake 2B, 2B Racing-19.124; 14. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.213; 15. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-19.293; 16. Logan Calderwood, 6, Ford-19.299; 17. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-19.311; 18. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-19.438; 19. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-19.469; 20. Carson Garrett, 15, BGE-19.489; 21. Stevie Sussex, 2, Yeley-19.609; 22. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-19.695; 23. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-19.758; 24. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-19.845; 25. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-19.854; 26. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Boyd-19.866; 27. Glen Saville, 75, Grasmere-20.228; 28. Ben Woods, 11B, B & R-20.372; 29. Tyler Graves, T4, Graves-20.781; 30. Vinny Ward, 82, Ward-21.036; 31. Nick Marts, N3, Marts-23.286.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Kale Drake, 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Briggs Danner, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Gunnar Setser, 7. Stevie Sussex, 8. Tyler Graves. 2:42.677


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Kobe Simpson, 7. Braydon Cromwell, 8. Vinny Ward. 2:44.083


 

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Cummins, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Jadon Rogers, 5. Glen Saville, 6. Wyatt Burks, 7. Kayla Roell. NT


 

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Carson Garrett, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Hayden Reinbold, 5. Logan Calderwood, 6. A.J. Johnson, 7. Ben Woods. 2:48.932


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Wyatt Burks, 2. Stevie Sussex, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Kobe Simpson, 5. Braydon Cromwell, 6. Tyler Graves, 7. Ben Woods, 8. Kayla Roell, 9. Vinny Ward, 10. A.J. Johnson. NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (5), 2. Briggs Danner (2), 3. Chase Stockon (1), 4. Robert Ballou (8), 5. Justin Grant (7), 6. Kale Drake (15), 7. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 8. Kyle Cummins (9), 9. Ryan Bernal (13), 10. Jake Swanson (11), 11. C.J. Leary (6), 12. R.J. Johnson (4), 13. Mitchel Moles (12), 14. Logan Seavey (17), 15. Wyatt Burks (19), 16. Carson Garrett (10), 17. Gunnar Setser (23), 18. Stevie Sussex (20), 19. Charles Davis Jr. (21), 20. Kobe Simpson (18), 21. Hayden Reinbold (22), 22. Glen Saville (24), 23. Logan Calderwood (16), 24. Jadon Rogers (14). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Chase Stockon, Laps 21-25 Brady Bacon.


 

**Kayla Roell flipped during the third heat.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-875, 2-Justin Grant-818, 3-Mitchel Moles-676, 4-Robert Ballou-672, 5-Logan Seavey-656, 6-Kale Drake-636, 7-Briggs Danner-626, 8-Jake Swanson-622, 9-C.J. Leary-621, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-568.


 

PARALLAX GROUP USAC NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-112, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Briggs Danner-41, 4-Robert Ballou-39, 5-Chase Stockon-37, 6-Gunnar Setser-34, 7-Justin Grant-32, 8-Jadon Rogers-30, 9-Kyle Cummins-24, 10-Kyle Jones-22.


 

CORN BELT CLASH PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-10, 2-Brady Bacon-8, 3-Gunnar Setser-8, 4-Robert Ballou-6, 5-Wyatt Burks-6, 6-Justin Grant-5, 7-Ryan Bernal-5, 8-Stevie Sussex-5, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-4, 10-Jake Swanson-4.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: May 31, 2025 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (18.754)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: C.J. Leary (18.442)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Robert Ballou


 

Hoosier Tire Third Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Carson Garrett


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Wyatt Burks


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kale Drake (15th to 6th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Briggs Danner

 

 

USAC Silver Crown Entries For Port Royal on Saturday

Dave Dellinger

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Port Royal, Pennsylvania (June 17, 2025)………Twenty-two USAC Silver Crown drivers and machines are prepared to take on Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway for this Saturday night’s USAC Eastern Blast on June 17 at the dirt half-mile.


 

Among the 22 entries are both previous Port Royal Silver Crown winners, Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey (2022 & 2023) and Locust Grove, Oklahoma’s Daison Pursley (2024).


 

Past Port Royal front runners in this Saturday’s field also include Pleasant Hill, Ohio’s Matt Westfall (2nd in 2022), Pennsylvania’s Chase Dietz (2nd in 2023), Ione, California’s Justin Grant (2nd in 2024), York Stoystown, Pennsylvania’s Carmen Perigo (4th in 2023) and Greenfield, Indiana’s C.J. Leary who won the pole in 2022 and finished 5th in 2023.


 

Meanwhile, Raisin City, California’s Mitchel Moles is back in the saddle at Port Royal after winning the pole in 2023 and finishing 7th in 2024, along with Collegeville, Pennsylvania’s Alex Bright (8th in 2024) and Allentown, Pennsylvania’s Briggs Danner (9th in 2024).


 

The list of fellow Port Royal Silver Crown returnees also consists of Fort Branch, Indiana’s Chase Stockon (11th in 2023), Saint Charles, Missouri’s Kyle Steffens (11th in 2024), Anaheim, California’s Jake Swanson (12th in 2023), Clarklake, Michigan’s Brian Ruhlman (13th in 2022), West Springfield, Pennsylvania’s Jimmy Light (14th in 2022), Columbus, New Jersey’s Mark Bitner (19th in 2022), Troy, Missouri’s Chris Fetter (21st in 2024) and Shelbyville, Indiana’s Gregg Cory (22nd in 2023).


 

Drivers vying for their first career Port Royal USAC Silver Crown starts include USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car point leader Kyle Cummins (Princeton, Indiana), plus series veteran Dave Berkheimer (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania), series Rookie Tom Savage (Red Lion, Pennsylvania) and first-time series participant Travis Mahoney, son of USAC national winner Jim Mahoney.


 

The Eastern Storm/USAC Eastern Blast event will feature both the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the USAC Silver Crown National Championship, plus winged 410 c.i. Sprint Cars. The USAC Silver Crown portion of the program will conclude with a 50-lap main event paying $8,000-to-win.


 

Pits open at 4pm Eastern, front gates open at 5pm and hot laps begin at 6pm, followed by qualifying and racing. Adult admission tickets are $30, students age 13 to 18 are $15 and children 12 and under will be admitted free.


 


 

PORT ROYAL USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (22 CARS)

4 (R) MARK BITNER/Columbus, NJ (Henry Yeska)

6 JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Klatt Enterprises)

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

9 DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (Chris Dyson Racing)

10 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)

15 CHRIS FETTER/Troy, MO (Chris Fetter)

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

20 KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Team AZ-Petty-Rossi Racing)

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

22 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)

24 (R) ALEX BRIGHT/Collegeville, PA (John Haggenbottom)

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

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

38 (R) TOM SAVAGE/Red Lion, PA (Savage Motorsports)

49 BRIAN RUHLMAN/Clarklake, MI (Brian Ruhlman)

52 CARMEN PERIGO/Stoystown, PA (John Stehman)

54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (4 Kings Racing)

65 (R) TRAVIS MAHONEY/Oglesby, IL (SV Motorsports)

69 CHASE STOCKON/Fort Branch, IN (Pink 69 Racing)

86 CHASE DIETZ/York, PA (Bruce Lee)

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)

118 JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Mike Thomas)

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown National Championship Rookie


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-326, 2-C.J. Leary-282, 3-Kody Swanson-232, 4-Matt Westfall-223, 5-Logan Seavey-183, 6-Mario Clouser-178, 7-Gregg Cory-176, 8-Kaylee Bryson-175, 9-Tyler Roahrig-169, 10-Kyle Steffens-166.


 

USAC SILVER CROWN WINS AT PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY:

2-Logan Seavey

1-Daison Pursley


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN WINNERS AT PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY:

2022: Logan Seavey (6/18)

2023: Logan Seavey (6/17)

2024: Daison Pursley (6/15)


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN TRACK RECORDS AT PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY

1 Lap - 6/16/2024 - Brady Bacon - 19.816

50 Laps - 6/16/2024 - Daison Pursley - 28:53.852


 


 

PORT ROYAL USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS:


 

2022 FEATURE: (50 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (6), 2. Matt Westfall (4), 3. Brady Bacon (2), 4. Dallas Hewitt (11), 5. C.J. Leary (1), 6. Shane Cottle (7), 7. Shane Cockrum (10), 8. Kody Swanson (5), 9. Jason McDougal (12), 10. Carmen Perigo (19), 11. Brian Tyler (16), 12. Chase Stockon (17), 13. Brian Ruhlman (15), 14. Jimmy Light (18), 15. Austin Nemire (21), 16. Mark Smith (9), 17. Jake Swanson (3), 18. Travis Welpott (23), 19. Mark Bitner (22), 20. Mike Haggenbottom (20), 21. Tom Paterson (24), 22. Justin Grant (8), 23. Gregg Cory (14), 24. Kyle Robbins (13). 31:43.07 (New Track Record)


 

2023 FEATURE: (50 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (4), 2. Chase Dietz (3), 3. Brady Bacon (6), 4. Carmen Perigo (9), 5. Kody Swanson (2), 6. Justin Grant (7), 7. Matt Westfall (12), 8. Shane Cottle (13), 9. C.J. Leary (5), 10. Kevin Thomas Jr. (14), 11. Chase Stockon (11), 12. Jake Swanson (10), 13. Alex Bright (16), 14. Steve Buckwalter (20), 15. Wayne Johnson (17), 16. Mario Clouser (8), 17. Mark Smith (22), 18. Kaylee Bryson (15), 19. Travis Welpott (26-P), 20. Ryan Thomas (21), 21. Mark Bitner (23), 22. Gregg Cory (24), 23. Taylor Ferns (25-P), 24. Mitchel Moles (1), 25. Trey Burke (19), 26. Russ Gamester (18). NT


 

2024 FEATURE: (50 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Daison Pursley (2), 2. Justin Grant (6), 3. Brady Bacon (1), 4. Matt Westfall (5), 5. Kody Swanson (3), 6. Chase Dietz (9), 7. Mitchel Moles (7), 8. Alex Bright (13), 9. Briggs Danner (12), 10. Logan Seavey (4), 11. Kyle Steffens (11), 12. Carmen Perigo (16), 13. Mark Smith (17), 14. Trey Burke (19), 15. Brian Ruhlman (14), 16. Shane Cottle (10), 17. Robert Ballou (15), 18. Kaylee Bryson (23), 19. Chase Stockon (8), 20. Mark Bitner (20), 21. Chris Fetter (21), 22. Trey Osborne (24), 23. C.J. Leary (18), 24. Nathan Moore (22). 28:53.852 (New Track Record)

 

The Hunt for Red Hill! USAC Sprints Return After 26 Year Hiatus on Friday

josh james

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Sumner, Illinois (June 11, 2025)………Ten thousand dollars to win are on the line at the inaugural Salute to Levi Jones this Friday night, June 13, at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois.


 

The rare Friday the 13th event for the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship at the 3/8-mile dirt oval in southern Illinois presents an even rarer treat – USAC racing at Red Hill.


 

It’s been 26 years since USAC last visited Red Hill in 1998, which just so happened to mark the occurrence of Levi Jones’ first career USAC start, finishing 16th. Levi, who grew up 15 minutes from the track in his native Olney, went on to become a seven-time USAC national champion, and in 2024, was inducted into the USAC Hall of Fame.

Let’s see some of the storylines to check out entering USAC’s return to Red Hill!

 


 

PARTY LIKE IT’S 1998


 

26 years flew by in the snap of a finger. In fact, the last time a USAC National Sprint Car race was held at Red Hill on October 3, 1998, Aerosmith’s “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” Barenaked Ladies’ “One Week” and Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be” occupied spots in the top-five of the Billboard Music charts. And all of us were a little bit younger.


 

That night, Derek Davidson captured the victory, then later became an Indianapolis 500 winning Crew Chief and Race Strategist for Takuma Sato at Rahal Letterman Racing in 2020.


 

The evening also had its share of controversy as championship contenders Tony Elliott and Kevin Thomas met bumper to bumper, sending Thomas into a 360 spin late in the race. A yearlong feud had come to a head and ultimately led to Thomas’ suspension for his conduct in the aftermath of the incident and Elliott’s first USAC title.


 

At any rate, Elliott remains the one-lap track record holder for USAC at Red Hill with a time of 15.498 seconds, which drivers will be chasing this weekend. Meanwhile, the 8-lap track record is held by NHRA Top Fuel champion Doug Kalitta from 1996 at a clip of 2:11.77.


 

 

DRAKE RIDING THE WAVE


 

Fresh off his USAC Indiana Midget Week championship to begin June, Kale Drake now looks to expand his winning horizons to USAC National Sprint Cars.


 

The Collinsville, Oklahoma racer has already won twice in the midgets this year, and at press time, has finished on the podium in each of his past five outings with the series.

With the sprint cars, he’s been an upstart in 2025, finishing inside the top-10 in nine of his 13 starts this season with a best career result of 4th at Bloomington in May.


 

To boot, there is a tie in. Back in 2004, Levi Jones captured his first career USAC National Sprint Car win at North Carolina’s Charlotte Motor Speedway while driving Scott Benic’s No. 2B. This Friday, Drake’s first USAC Sprint Car win could come in Benic’s No. 2B in the race named for Levi Jones.

 


 

CUMMINS LEADS THE CHARGE


 

Kyle Cummins once again enters the weekend as the USAC National Sprint Car point leader, a position he’s held for the entire duration of the season so far.


 

In 13 series starts so far this year, he’s won five and hasn’t finished worse than 8th. The Princeton, Indiana native’s run of 13 consecutive top-10s to start the year are the most since Justin Grant’s 15 in 2020. All of that has Cummins’ point lead standing at 53 over Justin Grant entering Red Hill.


 

Interestingly, Kyle’s father, Mark Cummins, competed in the 1998 Red Hill event in the Vennard No. 56x, team car to that of Kevin Thomas that night. Mark qualified 24th, transferred through his heat to finish 4th and ran 18th in the feature.


 

Joining Cummins in the field are 2025 series winners Justin Grant, Logan Seavey and Kevin Thomas Jr. as well as first-time 2025 winning hopefuls Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, Robert Ballou, C.J. Leary, Kale Drake and Jake Swanson, all of whom rank inside the top-10 of the standings along with top Rookies Gunnar Setser, Hayden Reinbold, Kayla Roell and more.


 

 

MAD MAN ACROSS THE BORDER


 

Robert Ballou can count himself among the Red Hill winners in this Friday night’s field. In August of 2024, the Rocklin, California native picked off a Midwest Thunder Sprint Car win at the track.


 

The Mad Man has been knocking on the door of victory all year long with the USAC National Sprint Cars, especially of late with a 3rd, a 5th, a 2nd, a 6th, a 4th and an 8th in his six most recent starts.


 

Red Hill could prove to be the place for a Ballou breakthrough. He finished 6th and 3rd in each of his USAC Sprint Car starts on the Land of Lincoln side of the Illinois border in 2024.

 


 

STOCKON HAS CONQUERED RED HILL


 

Chase Stockon has a bit of history with Red Hill Raceway. In recent years, the Fort Branch, Indiana racer has won at the track twice in sprint car competition in the Fall of 2023 and in the Spring of 2024.


 

Stockon has been rock solid with the USAC National Sprint Cars in 2025, finishing inside the top-10 in each of his past six series starts.


 

On the final weekend of May, he led 20 laps at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway and finished third, nearly giving car owners Tom & Laurie Sertich their first career USAC victory. A big win at Red Hill this Friday would be massive for the longtime team and would present Stockon with his first USAC score in nearly five seasons.

 


 

ROGERS TOO!


 

Jadon Rogers scored the most recent sprint car feature win at Red Hill back in October of 2024. The Worthington, Indiana racer advanced from 6th to 1st to win the Midwest Thunder show last fall.


 

As far as his USAC season up to this point, Rogers can tell you a twisted tale of his month of May, from being the windshield one weekend to the bug the next.


 

Rogers posted back-to-back southern Indiana top-fives in USAC National Sprint Car competition at Bloomington and Tri-State in mid-May. On the final weekend of the month, he finished with back-to-back last place results at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway.


 

The turn of the calendar to June probably couldn’t have come at a better time as Rogers now pursues his first USAC main event victory since September 2022.


 

 

RACE DETAILS


 

This Friday’s June 13th Salute to Levi Jones features the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the DIRTcar Modfieds. Pits open at 3:30pm Central and front gates open at 5:30pm with the drivers meeting set for 6pm and cars hitting the track at 7pm with qualifying and racing to follow.


 

Grandstand admission for ages 13 & up is $30 while kids age 6-12 are $5 and children age 5 & under are free. Pit passes are $45 for adults and $25 for kids age 10 & under.


 

The event can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac.


 

 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-943, 2-Justin Grant-890, 3-Mitchel Moles-730, 4-Robert Ballou-728, 5-Logan Seavey-715, 6-Briggs Danner-676, 7-Jake Swanson-671, 8-Kale Drake-667, 9-C.J. Leary-654, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-647.


 

 

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RED HILL RACEWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINNERS:


 

1996: Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (8/10)


 

1998: Derek Davidson (10/3)


 

 

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RED HILL RACEWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS:


 

1-Derek Davidson & Billy Puterbaugh Jr.


 

 

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TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS AT RED HILL RACEWAY:


 

1 Lap - 10/3/1998 - Tony Elliott - 15.498


 

8 Laps - 8/10/1996 - Doug Kalitta - 2:11.77


 

 

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PAST RED HILL RACEWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR FEATURE RESULTS:


 

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


 

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

 

Stoops Junior Sprint Invitational Debuts at IMS July 1-2

josh james

By: Richie Murray - USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (June 11, 2025)………For the first time ever, Junior Sprint racing comes to The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 1-2, 2025.


 

The invitational Stoops Buick GMC Junior Sprint event will be held in conjunction with the Battle at the Brickyard and the BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway across two nights to begin the month of July.


 

Eighteen of the best Junior Sprint drivers have been invited to participate in the event, which will consist of a complete show each night featuring drivers from across the nation.


 

The Junior Sprint format for each night entails group qualifying, three heat races and concludes with a 20-lap feature. These events will be held in conjunction with full programs for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship each night.


 

On both Tuesday, July 1, and Wednesday, July 2, the pits at The Dirt Track at IMS open at 9am Eastern with the public gates opening at 4pm. On track action begins at 6pm with opening ceremonies at 7pm and racing set to begin immediately afterward.


 

Tickets to the event can be purchased at www.IMS.com/BC39.

 


 

JUNIOR SPRINT ENTRY LIST:


 

5 Gage Pio


 

7 Hudson Andrews


 

7R Ashlyn Wittmer


 

7w Willard Ballard


 

8 Keaton Flatt


 

9c Ashen Glazier


 

14E Jaxson Evett


 

15 Braylin Morris


 

21 Giselle Hicks


 

28K McKenna Kren


 

32c Blake Crooms


 

40 Tigh Shaffer


 

47 Stetson Stroup


 

65 Bryton Buoy


 

66 Breck Buoy


 

83 Owen Larson


 

87 Levi Ballard


 

707 Jax Wittmer

 

Entry List! 20 USAC Silver Crown Cars Set for Saturday’s Race at WWTR

josh james

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

madison, Illinois (June 11, 2025)………For the 12th time, USAC Silver Crown National Championship racing will take a trip to the biggest, boldest and fastest circuit on the series trail this Saturday, June 14.


 

Twenty drivers and cars are entered for the Route 66 Centennial Classic Presented by Ranken Technical College & Welsch Heating & Cooling at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois for the 66-lap, 82.5-mile extravaganza on the 1.25-mile paved oval.


 

Among the entries are three past WWT Raceway Silver Crown winners: Franklin, Massachusetts’ Bobby Santos (2013 & 2014); Kingsburg, California’s Kody Swanson (2022); and defending victor, New Castle, Indiana’s Dakoda Armstrong (2024).


 

Past top-five WWT Silver Crown finishers looking to upgrade to a first career victory this Saturday night at the St. Louis area oval are Ione, California’s Justin Grant (2nd in 2024) who also enters as the series point leader; plus Auburn, Illinois’ Mario Clouser (3rd in 2022); Muskogee, Oklahoma’s Kaylee Bryson (3rd in 2024); Greenfield, Indiana’s C.J. Leary (4th in 2024); Angola, Indiana’s Derek Bischak (5th in 2023); and Goodyear, Arizona’s Nathan Byrd (5th in 2022).


 

A handful more who have previously raced their way to a top-10 result at WWT are returning to the fray this Saturday, including New Castle, Indiana’s Kyle Robbins (6th in 2022), Shelby Township, Michigan’s Taylor Ferns (9th in 2022) and Saint Charles, Missouri’s Kyle Steffens (9th in 2024).


 

Returning to WWT Raceway after making previous starts at the track are Shelbyville, Indiana’s Gregg Cory (13th in 2024), Pleasant Hill, Ohio’s Matt Westfall (16th in 2023) and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania’s Dave Berkheimer (16th in 2024).


 

Looking to make their first main event start at WWT Raceway are recent Hoosier Hundred winner Tyler Roahrig (Plymouth, Ind.) as well as Billy Wease (Noblesville, Ind.), top-ranked series Rookie Jackson Macenko (Cincinnati, Ohio), Jake Trainor (Medway, Mass.) and Colton Bettis (Lutz, Fla.).


 

 

RACE DETAILS


 

The Route 66 Centennial Classic Presented by Ranken Technical College & Welsch Heating & Cooling features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois on Saturday, June 14.


 

The schedule for USAC Silver Crown race day consists of practice at 9:15am, followed by qualifying at 1:05pm and the 66-lap, 82.5-mile Silver Crown main event at 7pm. (All Times Central).


 

Advance tickets for the event are on sale now at: https://www.tixr.com/groups/wwtraceway/events/bommarito-500-weekend-123468.


 

 

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USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-265, 2-C.J. Leary-247, 3-Logan Seavey-183, 4-Matt Westfall-182, 5-Kody Swanson-156, 6-Tyler Roahrig-140, 7-Gregg Cory-139, 8-Kaylee Bryson-136, 9-Dave Berkheimer-133, 10-Mario Clouser-126.


 

 

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WWTR USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (20)


 

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


 

6 (R) JAKE TRAINOR/Medway, MA (Klatt Enterprises)


 

7 KYLE ROBBINS/New Castle, IN (KR Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

22 DEREK BISCHAK/Angola, IN (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)


 

26 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Sam Pierce Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Newman Racing)


 

54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (4 Kings Racing)


 

55 TAYLOR FERNS/Shelby Township, MI (Taylor Ferns Racing)


 

60 BILLY WEASE/Noblesville, IN (Meyer Auto Research)


 

77 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Doran Binks Racing)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

92 MARIO CLOUSER/Auburn, IL (Kazmark Motorsports)


 

98 BOBBY SANTOS/Franklin, MA (DJ Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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USAC SILVER CROWN WINS AT WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY:


 

2-Bobby Santos


 

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


 

 

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USAC SILVER CROWN WINNERS AT WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY:


 

1997: Pat Abold (9/14)


 

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


 

1999: Ryan Newman (7/30)


 

2000: Tracy Hines (5/7)


 

2001: Dave Steele (8/25)


 

2013: Bobby Santos (6/1)


 

2014: Bobby Santos (6/14)


 

2016: Tanner Swanson (6/25)


 

2022: Kody Swanson (8/19)


 

2023: Davey Hamilton Jr. (8/27)


 

2024: Dakoda Armstrong (8/16)


 

 

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PAST USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS AT WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY RACEWAY:


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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

 

  
 

The Champ! Drake Dashes to 2025 USAC Indiana Midget Week Title

Jack Reitz

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (June 9, 2025)………In what was among the shortest editions of USAC Indiana Midget Week in its 21-year history, Kale Drake came up large to earn the series title and a $15,000 prize.


 

The originally scheduled six-race slate was sliced to three after a trio of consecutive rain outs at Lincoln Park Speedway, Bloomington Speedway and Tri-State Speedway made it so that there was little wiggle room for error, making every point gained more coveted than ever before.


 

Drake’s total take home pay of 23,500 for the series arrived after three consecutive podium finishes, including his first career Indiana Midget Week win in Tuesday’s opener at Circle City Raceway, followed by a 3rd at Paragon Speedway on Wednesday and a 2nd in Sunday’s Kokomo Speedway finale, all of which netted him a 22-point triumph in the final tally.


 

The Collinsville, Oklahoma native became the third Okie to capture a USAC Indiana Midget Week championship, joining Christopher Bell (2013) and Daison Pursley (2024). Additionally, Drake’s performance led to Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports’ eighth Indiana Midget Week title after the team previously got the job done with Christopher Bell (2013), Rico Abreu (2014-2015), Spencer Bayston (2018), Logan Seavey (2019) and Buddy Kofoid (2021-2022).


 

“I’m super grateful for this entire crew,” Drake praised. “Every single one of them plays a really big role in this. Without each and every one of them, none of this would be possible.”


 

The three-race IMW was the shortest in nearly two decades with a two-race series taking place in 2006 and a three-race slate the year prior during the inaugural running of the event in 2005. That led to little room for error among Drake and his competition who entered the final race at Kokomo among the 17 drivers in the championship hunt.


 

“Going into this last one, we’d only gotten two races in,” Drake began. “The points gap was really close with 17 drivers mathematically able to win, which was probably one of the most ever. You really had to buckle down to make sure you earn qualifying points, heat race points, and most of all, finish with a good feature result at the end of the night.”


 

Drake, who also serves as a crewman on the KKM team, has elevated his profile over the course of the 2025 season. After IMW, he now sits second in the season long USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship standings and is on a streak of five consecutive top-three finishes.


 

It’s not lost on Drake regarding the fact that each of the past four Indiana Midget Week champs has gone on to win the USAC National Midget title later that same season: Kofoid (2021-2022), Logan Seavey (2023) and Daison Pursley (2024). Drake intends to become the next in succession.


 

“Man, I’m excited for this season,” Drake exclaimed. “It’s still really, really early, but to have five podiums in a row is just super awesome. I know we didn’t get to race the whole midget week, but we’ll take it. You can’t really be too greedy here. You’ve got to take the little wins when you can.”


 

Jacob Denney (Galloway, Ohio) won two of the three Indiana Midget Week events, leading all 30 laps at Paragon and then charging from 17th to the win at Kokomo, marking the largest charge to win of any driver in USAC National Midget competition since at least 2019. In fact, two of the three races during IMW 2025 were won by Rod End Supply Hard Chargers, including Drake who advanced 9th to 1st at Circle City.


 

An 11th place feature result for Denney in the Circle City opener doomed his chances at a title, but he still managed to race his way back to third in the points behind runner-up Justin Grant (Ione, California). Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama) took fourth with IMW newcomer Karter Sarff (Mason City, Illinois) fifth and Cannon McIntosh (Bixby, Oklahoma) sixth.


 

The top-six in Indiana Midget Week points finished “in the money” with Drake pocketing $15,000 followed by Grant ($6,000), Denney ($4,000), Thomas ($2,500), Sarff ($1,500) and McIntosh ($1,000).


 

Additionally, Denney picked up USAC Indiana Midget Week Parallax Group Passing Master honors with 25 passes, 16 of which came in the Kokomo feature while Preston Norbury (Chino Valley, Arizona) earned $500 with the ProSource Perseverance Award.


 

Denney led the most laps in the series (36), while Drake was the only driver to finish inside the top-five in all three events. Drake, Grant and Thomas were the lone three drivers who finished all three of their starts inside the top-10.


 

Sarff, making his Indiana Midget Week debut, led all drivers with two Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying times at Paragon and Kokomo. Drake, Thomas Meseraull and Gunnar Setser all scored a pair of heat race victories.


 

Forty-five drivers participated in Indiana Midget Week 2025 representing 14 United States (Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania & Texas), as well as two different countries (United States & Australia). Sixteen drivers started all three feature events.


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK STAT LEADERS


 

Driver Champion: Kale Drake


 

Most Feature Wins: 2-Jacob Denney


 

Laps Led: 36-Jacob Denney


 

Top-Fives: 3-Kale Drake


 

Top-Tens: 3-Kale Drake, Justin Grant & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Fast Qualifying Times: 2-Karter Sarff


 

Heat Race Wins: 2-Kale Drake, Thomas Meseraull & Gunnar Setser


 

Feature Starts: 3-Cale Coons, Jacob Denney, Kale Drake, Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh, Thomas Meseraull, Gavin Miller, Brecken Reese, Hayden Reinbold, Corbin

Rueschenberg, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey, Gunnar Setser, Steven Snyder Jr. & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Most Positions Gained in a Feature: June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Jacob Denney (17th to 1st)


 

USAC Indiana Midget Week Parallax Group Passing Master: Jacob Denney (25)


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK SCHEDULE & RESULTS


 

June 3: Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana

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


 

June 4: Paragon Speedway - Paragon, Indiana

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


 

June 5: Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Indiana

WINNER: Rained Out


 

June 6: Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, Indiana

WINNER: Rained Out


 

June 7: Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana

WINNER: Rained Out


 

June 8: Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana

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


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK DRIVER POINT STANDINGS


 

POS.     PTS.      DRIVER, HOMETOWN


 

1           235       Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

2           213       Justin Grant, Ione, California


 

3           211       Jacob Denney, Galloway, Ohio


 

4           211       Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, Alabama


 

5           180       Karter Sarff, Mason City, Illinois


 

6           170       Cannon McIntosh, Bixby, Oklahoma


 

7           159       Drake Edwards, Peoria, Arizona


 

8           159       Logan Seavey, Sutter, California


 

9           159       Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona


 

10         149       Gunnar Setser, Columbus, Indiana


 

11         140       Thomas Meseraull, San Jose, California


 

12         139       Steven Snyder Jr., Rising Sun, Maryland


 

13         124       Gavin Miller, Allentown, Pennsylvania


 

14         121       Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma


 

15         111       Zach Wigal, Belpre, Ohio


 

16         111       Jakeb Boxell, Zanesville, Indiana


 

17         106       Corbin Rueschenberg, Mesa, Arizona


 

18         99         Zach Daum, Pocahontas, Illinois


 

19         99         Brecken Reese, Canyon, Texas


 

20         96         K.J. Snow, Kingsburg, California


 

21         93         Ethan Mitchell, Mooresville, North Carolina


 

22         88         Colton Robinson, Titusville, Florida


 

23         83         Kyle Cummins, Princeton, Indiana


 

24         71         Trey Marcham, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma


 

25         71         Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

26         67         Rylan Gray, Greenfield, Indiana


 

27         60         Kyle Jones, Kennedale, Texas


 

28         60         Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

29         58         Kaiden Manders, Perth, Western Australia


 

30         40         Mason Hannagan, Pittsboro, Indiana


 

31         40         Blake Brannon, Morgan Hill, California


 

32         40         Tom Payet, Perth, Western Australia


 

33         40         Jake Robinson, Perth, Western Australia


 

34         40         Preston Norbury, Chino Valley, Arizona


 

35         40         Daniel Harding, Perth, Western Australia


 

36         38         Trevor Cline, Mooresville, North Carolina


 

37         30         Chris Baue, Indianapolis, Indiana


 

38         24         Frankie Guerrini, San Rafael, California


 

39         20         Kevin Newton, Farmersburg, Indiana


 

40         10         Christopher Hartman, Boulder, Colorado


 

41         10         Abby Hohlbein, Cloverdale, Ohio


 

42         10         Scott Orr, Columbia City, Indiana


 

43         10         Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, Pennsylvania


 

44         10         Mark Chisholm, New Berlin, Illinois


 

45         10         Jeff Schindler, Evansville, Indiana


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK STATISTICS

 


 

2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE WINS


 

2-Jacob Denney (Jun 4 at Paragon Speedway & Jun 8 at Kokomo Speedway)


 

1-Kale Drake (Jun 3 at Circle City Raceway)


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE LAPS LED


 

36-Jacob Denney


 

19-Kale Drake


 

18-Logan Seavey


 

13-Drake Edwards


 

4-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 


 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TOP-5 FEATURE FINISHES


 

3-Kale Drake


 

2-Jacob Denney, Cannon McIntosh & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

1-Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Daison Pursley, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey & K.J. Snow


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TOP-10 FEATURE FINISHES


 

3-Kale Drake, Justin Grant & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

2-Jacob Denney, Cannon McIntosh, Hayden Reinbold, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey & Gunnar Setser


 

1-Jakeb Boxell, Kyle Cummins, Zach Daum, Drake Edwards, Rylan Gray, Gavin Miller, Daison Pursley, K.J. Snow & Zach Wigal


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK HONEST ABE ROOFING FAST QUALIFYING TIMES


 

2-Karter Sarff


 

1-Justin Grant


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK HONEST ABE ROOFING FAST QUALIFIERS


 

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Justin Grant (12.482)


 

June 4: Paragon Speedway – Karter Sarff (14.833)


 

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Karter Sarff (13.252)


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK HEAT RACE WINS: (Presented by Car IQ, K1 RaceGear, USAC Gear & Cook Out)


 

2-Kale Drake, Thomas Meseraull & Gunnar Setser


 

1-Zach Daum, Rylan Gray, Chelby Hinton, Cannon McIntosh, Corbin Rueschenberg & Logan Seavey


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI-FEATURE WINS


 

1-Karter Sarff, Steven Snyder Jr. & Zach Wigal


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE STARTS


 

3-Cale Coons, Jacob Denney, Kale Drake, Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh, Thomas Meseraull, Gavin Miller, Brecken Reese, Hayden Reinbold, Corbin Rueschenberg, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey, Gunnar Setser, Steven Snyder Jr. & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

2-Jakeb Boxell, Kyle Cummins, Zach Daum, Chelby Hinton, Kyle Jones, Trey Marcham, Ethan Mitchell, Daison Pursley, Colton Robinson, K.J. Snow & Zach Wigal


 

1-Trevor Cline, Rylan Gray, Frankie Guerrini, Mason Hannagan & Kaiden Manders


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE


 

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Kale Drake (9th to 1st)


 

June 4: Paragon Speedway – Kyle Cummins (16th to 8th)


 

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Jacob Denney (17th to 1st)


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK DIRT DRAFT FASTEST HOT LAP DRIVER


 

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Jacob Denney (12.698)


 

June 4: Paragon Speedway – Kevin Thomas Jr. (15.060)


 

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Jakeb Boxell (13.331)


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK INFERNO ARMOR FIRE MOVE OF THE NIGHT


 

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Karter Sarff


 

June 4: Paragon Speedway – K.J. Snow


 

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Drake Edwards


 

 

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PROSOURCE HARD WORK AWARD


 

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Brecken Reese


 

June 4: Paragon Speedway – Zach Daum


 

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Trevor Cline


 

 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK CHAMPIONS: (2005-2025)


 

2005: Shane Cottle (Kansas, Illinois)


 

2006: Shane Cottle (Kansas, Illinois)


 

2007: Jerry Coons Jr. (Tucson, Arizona)


 

2008: Tracy Hines (New Castle, Indiana)


 

2009: Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, Indiana)


 

2010: Tracy Hines (New Castle, Indiana) & Brad Kuhn (Avon, Indiana)


 

2011: Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, Indiana)


 

2012: Darren Hagen (Riverside, California)


 

2013: Christopher Bell (Norman, Oklahoma)


 

2014: Rico Abreu (Saint Helena, California)


 

2015: Rico Abreu (Saint Helena, California)


 

2016: Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, Indiana)


 

2017: Shane Golobic (Fremont, California)


 

2018: Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, Indiana)


 

2019: Logan Seavey (Sutter, California)


 

2020: Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, California)


 

2021: Buddy Kofoid (Penngrove, California)


 

2022: Buddy Kofoid (Penngrove, California)


 

2023: Logan Seavey (Sutter, California)


 

2024: Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Oklahoma)


 

2025: Kale Drake (Collinsville, Oklahoma)


 

 

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


 

9-Bryan Clauson & Kyle Larson


 

6-Buddy Kofoid


 

5-Christopher Bell & Tanner Thorson


 

4-Rico Abreu, Jacob Denney, & Logan Seavey


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WINNERS BY TRACK: (2005-2025)


 

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


 

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


 

LINCOLN PARK SPEEDWAY: 2010-Brad Sweet, 2011-Bryan Clauson, 2012-Bryan Clauson, 2013-Christopher Bell, 2014-Dave Darland, 2015-Bryan Clauson, 2016-Tanner Thorson, 2017-Michael Pickens, 2018-Chad Boat, 2019-Tanner Thorson, 2020-Kyle Larson, 2020-Chris Windom, 2021-Tanner Thorson, 2022-Jacob Denney, 2023-Buddy Kofoid, 2024-Emerson Axsom, 2025-Rained Out


 

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY: 2008-Davey Ray, 2009-Brad Kuhn, 2010-Shane Cottle, 2011-Kyle Larson, 2012-Levi Jones, 2013-Bryan Clauson, 2014-Christopher Bell, 2015-Christopher Bell, 2016-Christopher Bell, 2017-Tyler Courtney, 2019-Tyler Courtney, 2021-Buddy Kofoid, 2022-Buddy Kofoid, 2023-Gavin Miller, 2024-Daison Pursley, 2025-Rained Out


 

TRI-STATE SPEEDWAY: 2021-Kyle Cummins, 2022-Thomas Meseraull, 2023-Jacob Denney, 2024-Logan Seavey, 2025-Rained Out


 

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


 

 

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


 

9-Rico Abreu & Kyle Larson


 

5-Bryan Clauson & Justin Grant


 

4-Brady Bacon, Logan Seavey & Chris Windom


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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


 

28-Bryan Clauson


 

22-Tracy Hines


 

21-Jerry Coons Jr. & Kyle Larson


 

19-Justin Grant


 

18-Logan Seavey Chris Windom


 

17-Tanner Thorson


 

16-Buddy Kofoid


 

15-Rico Abreu


 

14-Brad Kuhn


 

13-Darren Hagen


 

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


 

11-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

10-Spencer Bayston, Shane Cottle & Brad Sweet


 

9-Emerson Axsom & Daison Pursley


 

8-Dave Darland, Jacob Denney & Michael Pickens


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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

 


 

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


 

42-Jerry Coons Jr.


 

35-Tracy Hines


 

34-Bryan Clauson


 

32-Justin Grant


 

29-Chris Windom


 

28-Logan Seavey & Tanner Thorson


 

27-Brady Bacon & Zach Daum


 

26-Rico Abreu


 

25-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

24-Darren Hagen & Brad Kuhn


 

22-Buddy Kofoid & Kyle Larson


 

21-Cannon McIntosh & Michael Pickens


 

17-Steve Buckwalter, Dave Darland & Thomas Meseraull


 

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


 

15-Tyler Courtney


 

14-Shane Golobic


 

13-Jacob Denney Bobby East


 

12-Christopher Bell & Jason McDougal


 

11-Kyle Cummins & Brad Sweet


 

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


 

9-Gavin Miller & Bryant Wiedeman


 

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


 

7-Davey Ray


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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


 

64-Jerry Coons Jr.


 

58-Zach Daum


 

53-Justin Grant


 

48-Thomas Meseraull


 

46-Brady Bacon & Tanner Thorson


 

45-Chris Windom


 

44-Dave Darland & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

42-Steve Buckwalter & Bryan Clauson


 

40-Darren Hagen & Tracy Hines


 

38-Michael Pickens


 

37-Logan Seavey


 

36-Brad Kuhn & Cannon McIntosh


 

35-Rico Abreu


 

32-Chad Boat


 

30-Davey Ray


 

28-Alex Bright & Tyler Courtney


 

27-Bobby East & Daison Pursley


 

26-Levi Jones


 

25-Tyler Thomas


 

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


 

23-Caleb Armstrong, Kyle Cummins & Buddy Kofoid


 

22-Shane Golobic


 

21-Tanner Carrick & Hayden Reinbold


 

20-Spencer Bayston


 

19-Jacob Denney & Bryant Wiedeman


 

18-Christopher Bell


 

17-Brad Loyet, Taylor Reimer & Brad Sweet


 

16-Jade Avedisian, Emerson Axsom & Kaylee Bryson


 

15-Brenham Crouch, Chase McDermand & Holly Shelton


 

14-Cole Bodine, Gavin Miller & Ryan Robinson


 

13-Brad Mosen & Ryan Timms


 

12-Ronnie Gardner, Jake Neuman & Gage Walker


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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

 
 

2025 USAC Indiana Midget Week Preview

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (June 2, 2025)………It’s the most wonderful time of the year!


 

No, it’s not Christmastime. But for any racing junkie, this might as well be Christmas in June as six nights at six different racetracks await the USAC Midget National Championship for the 21st annual edition of USAC Indiana Midget Week on June 3-8.


 

The IMW docket consists of six events in all, with the frenzied and action packed week beginning at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 3, before the return of Paragon for the first time since 2021 on Wednesday, June 4.


 

From there, the series follows a path of familiar favorites at Putnamville’s Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway on Thursday, June 5; Bloomington Speedway on Friday, June 6; Haubstadt’s Tri-State Speedway on Saturday, June 7; with the finale set for Kokomo Speedway on Sunday, June 8.


 

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


 

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


 

Let’s dig into it! Here are six storylines we’re watching entering USAC Indiana Midget Week 2025.


 

 

THE USAC MIDGET DOUBLE PLAY


 

Justin Grant leads the USAC National Midget season standings entering Indiana Midget Week, already garnering two victories on the season for he and his CB Industries team at Kokomo and Belleville.


 

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


 

If Grant is able to collect this year’s IMW title, the odds say he’s in good company. All four of the aforementioned drivers also went on to claim the USAC National Midget championship later that same year.


 

Along with Grant, Cannon McIntosh (-16), Kale Drake (-43), Logan Seavey (-57), Jacob Denney (-61) are within striking distance in the series championship races, and these six races could go a long way in forging a path to the top of the standings.


 

Additionally, each of the last four Indiana Midget Week champs have also captured the USAC National Midget title in the same season: Buddy Kofoid (2021-22), Logan Seavey (2023) and Daison Pursley (2024). Overall, nine drivers have won the Indiana Midget Week title and the USAC National Midget championship in the same season: Jerry Coons Jr. (2007), Bryan Clauson (2011), Darren Hagen (2012), Christopher Bell (2013) and Rico Abreu (2014).


 

 

INDIANA MIDGET WEEK BREAKTHROUGHS


 

A handful of this year’s Indiana Midget Week contingent scored their first career USAC National Midget feature wins during IMW. That particular list includes Steve Buckwalter (Gas City 2010), Kyle Cummins (Tri-State 2021), Jacob Denney (Lincoln Park 2022) and Gavin Miller (Bloomington 2023).


 

Over the past 20 years, 14 drivers in total have achieved this feat, including Johnny Rodriguez (Terre Haute 2005), Shane Cottle (Gas City 2006), Brady Bacon (Kokomo 2006), Kyle Larson (Bloomington 2011), Christopher Bell (Lincoln Park 2013), Tanner Thorson (Gas City 2015), Spencer Bayston (Gas City 2016), Tyler Courtney (Montpelier 2017), Chris Windom (Lawrenceburg 2019) and Corey Day (Circle City 2021).


 

No driver was able to break through for USAC win number one during IMW 2024 a year ago. However, this year, there are certainly some prime contenders to get the job done. Steven Snyder Jr. and Gunnar Setser both currently reside inside the top-10 of the standings, while Karter Sarff, a two-time Xtreme Outlaw Midget winner in 2025, looks to be a frontrunner in his first IMW appearance.


 

Drake Edwards, Kyle Jones and Cale Coons have all finished inside the top-five with USAC this season, while Hayden Reinbold and Ethan Mitchell have made some successful noise in each of their Indiana Midget Week careers.

 


 

AUSSIES IN ACTION


 

Four Aussie racers are expected to compete throughout USAC Indiana Midget Week, all hailing from Western Australian.


 

Tom Payet (Treeby) and Jake Robinson (Perth) will wheel a pair of LynK Australia entries built by Keith Kunz Motorsports. Meanwhile, Kaiden Manders (Port Kennedy) and Daniel Harding (Perth) will each be in team cars fielded by Dan Golding Racing.


 

Although Australians have had their share of success in the states over the years, no Aussie driver has ever won a USAC National Midget feature. Adam Clarke came the closest with a runner-up finish at Eldora Speedway in 2006. In fact, only one non-American driver has scored an Indiana Midget Week triumph, that being three-time winner Michael Pickens of New Zealand.

 


 

THE WIDE WORLD OF MIDGET WEEK


 

A roster of around 40 drivers from coast to coast and around the world are expected to compete at some of all events throughout USAC Indiana Midget Week, from Pennsylvania to California and from Canada to Australia.


 

Among them are 14 USAC National Midget main event winners: Steve Buckwalter (#25), Kyle Cummins (#3G), Zach Daum (#5d), Jacob Denney (#67), Kale Drake (#97K), Justin Grant (#87), Chase McDermand (#40m), Cannon McIntosh (#71K), Thomas Meseraull (#7x), Gavin Miller (#97), Daison Pursley (#86), Logan Seavey (#57), Kevin Thomas, Jr. (#14) and Zach Wigal (#8).


 

Many more will be making their Indiana Midget Week debuts, such as Jakeb Boxell (#14JB), Trevor Cline (#55), Cale Coons (#63), Mitchell Davis (#91), Daniel Harding (#71w), Preston Norbury (#77), Tom Payet (#7AU), Brecken Reese (#00), Jake Robinson (#8AU), Colton Robinson (#67K), Corbin Rueschenberg (#26), Karter Sarff (#21K), Gunnar Setser (#43), K.J. Snow (#86) and top series Rookie Steven Snyder Jr. (#4).


 

Returning to Indiana Midget Week field are Blake Brannon (#40), Drake Edwards (#83), Frankie Guerrini (#63G), Chelby Hinton (#4B), Kyle Jones (#27x), Kaiden Manders (#71), Trey Marcham (#85), Ethan Mitchell (#19m), Hayden Reinbold (#19AZ), Jeff Schindler (#8x) and Glenn Styres (#0G).

 


 

#100 ON THE HORIZON THIS WEEK


 

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


 

With 95 events taking place dating back to its 2005 origins, the Tri-State Speedway round on Saturday, May 7, is slated to be the 100th event run in the series’ 21-year history at press time.


 

USAC Hall of Famer Jay Drake won the inaugural feature race held at Lawrenceburg Speedway on August 18, 2005. Since then, 244 different drivers have started an Indiana Midget Week feature.


 

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


 

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


 

 

RACE DETAILS


 

For more information on each event of USAC Indiana Midget Week 2025, visit  www.usacracing.com, go to the menu, then go to the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship page. From there, click on “Event Info” next to the corresponding event on the schedule.


 

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


 

 

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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-365, 2-Cannon McIntosh-349, 3-Kale Drake-322, 4-Logan Seavey-308, 5-Jacob Denney-304, 6-Steven Snyder Jr.-297, 7-Gavin Miller-289, 8-Drake Edwards-281, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-267, 10-Gunnar Setser-224.

 


 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK CHAMPIONS:


 

2005: Shane Cottle


 

2006: Shane Cottle


 

2007: Jerry Coons Jr.


 

2008: Tracy Hines


 

2009: Bryan Clauson


 

2010: Tracy Hines & Brad Kuhn


 

2011: Bryan Clauson


 

2012: Darren Hagen


 

2013: Christopher Bell


 

2014: Rico Abreu


 

2015: Rico Abreu


 

2016: Bryan Clauson


 

2017: Shane Golobic


 

2018: Spencer Bayston


 

2019: Logan Seavey


 

2020: Kyle Larson


 

2021: Buddy Kofoid


 

2022: Buddy Kofoid


 

2023: Logan Seavey


 

2024: Daison Pursley


 

 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE WINS:


 

9-Bryan Clauson & Kyle Larson


 

6-Buddy Kofoid


 

5-Christopher Bell & Tanner Thorson


 

4-Rico Abreu & Logan Seavey


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WINNERS BY TRACK (2005-2024)


 

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


 

PARAGON SPEEDWAY: 2020-Kyle Larson, 2021-Thomas Meseraull


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FAST QUALIFYING TIMES:


 

9-Rico Abreu & Kyle Larson


 

5-Bryan Clauson


 

4-Brady Bacon, Justin Grant, Logan Seavey & Chris Windom


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TOP-5 FINISHES:


 

28-Bryan Clauson


 

22-Tracy Hines


 

21-Jerry Coons Jr. & Kyle Larson


 

18-Justin Grant & Chris Windom


 

17-Logan Seavey & Tanner Thorson


 

16-Buddy Kofoid


 

15-Rico Abreu


 

14-Brad Kuhn


 

13-Darren Hagen


 

12-Brady Bacon, Christopher Bell & Tyler Courtney


 

10-Spencer Bayston, Shane Cottle, Cannon McIntosh & Brad Sweet


 

9-Emerson Axsom & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

8-Dave Darland, Michael Pickens & Daison Pursley


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TOP-10 FINISHES:


 

42-Jerry Coons Jr.


 

35-Tracy Hines


 

34-Bryan Clauson


 

29-Justin Grant & Chris Windom


 

28-Tanner Thorson


 

27-Brady Bacon


 

26-Rico Abreu, Zach Daum & Logan Seavey


 

24-Darren Hagen & Brad Kuhn


 

22-Buddy Kofoid, Kyle Larson & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

21-Michael Pickens


 

19-Cannon McIntosh


 

17-Steve Buckwalter, Dave Darland & Thomas Meseraull


 

16-Spencer Bayston, Chad Boat & Shane Cottle


 

15-Tyler Courtney & Daison Pursley


 

14-Shane Golobic


 

13-Bobby East


 

12-Christopher Bell & Jason McDougal


 

11-Jacob Denney & Brad Sweet


 

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


 

9-Bryant Wiedeman


 

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


 

7-Davey Ray


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

 

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE STARTS:


 

64-Jerry Coons Jr.


 

56-Zach Daum


 

50-Justin Grant


 

46-Brady Bacon & Tanner Thorson


 

45-Thomas Meseraull & Chris Windom


 

44-Dave Darland


 

42-Steve Buckwalter & Bryan Clauson


 

41-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

40-Darren Hagen & Tracy Hines


 

38-Michael Pickens


 

36-Brad Kuhn


 

35-Rico Abreu


 

34-Logan Seavey


 

33-Cannon McIntosh


 

32-Chad Boat


 

30-Davey Ray


 

28-Alex Bright & Tyler Courtney


 

27-Bobby East


 

26-Levi Jones


 

25-Daison Pursley & Tyler Thomas


 

24-Shane Cottle, Kyle Larson & Jason McDougal


 

23-Caleb Armstrong & Buddy Kofoid


 

22-Shane Golobic & Ethan Mitchell


 

21-Tanner Carrick & Kyle Cummins


 

20-Spencer Bayston


 

19-Bryant Wiedeman


 

18-Christopher Bell & Hayden Reinbold


 

17-Brad Loyet, Taylor Reimer & Brad Sweet


 

16-Jade Avedisian, Emerson Axsom, Kaylee Bryson & Jacob Denney


 

15-Brenham Crouch, Chase McDermand & Holly Shelton


 

14-Cole Bodine & Ryan Robinson


 

13-Brad Mosen & Ryan Timms


 

12-Ronnie Gardner, Jake Neuman & Gage Walker


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

5-Austin Brown, Jesse Colwell, Kale Drake, C.J. Leary, Trey Marcham, Mitchel Moles, Dustin Morgan, Billy Pauch Jr. & Zach Wigal


 

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


 

3-Garrett Aitken, Isaac Chapple, Hank Davis, Tony DiMattia, Jay Drake, Mariah Ede, Karsyn Elledge, A.J. Fike, Josh Ford, Noah Gass, Chett Gehrke, Brian Gerster, Dominic Gorden, Zane Hendricks, Mike Hess, Chelby Hinton, Darren Jenkins, Ryan Kaplan, Jimmy Light, Critter Malone, Dene McAllan, Justin Peck, Parker Price-Miller, Johnny Rodriguez, Hunter Schuerenberg, Ryan Smith, Jon Stanbrough, Bryan Stanfill & Jeremy Warren


 

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


 

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

 

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UNITED sprint  LEAGUE

2025 USAC SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE


 

Apr 13 | Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Sumar Classic | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Apr 19 | Toledo Speedway | Toledo, OH | Rollie Beale Classic | 1/2 Mile Pavement


 

May 4 | Winchester Speedway | Winchester, IN | Rich Vogler Classic | 1/2 Mile Pavement


 

May 16-17 | Belleville High Banks | Belleville, KS | Huncovsky Classic | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

May 23 | Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park | Brownsburg, IN | Hoosier Hundred | .686 Mile Pavement


 

Jun 14 | World Wide Technology Raceway | Madison, IL | 1.25 Mile Pavement


 

Jun 21 | Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 18-19 | Salt City Speedway | Hutchinson, KS | Salt City 100 | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 23 | Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park | Brownsburg, IN | .686 Mile Pavement


 

Aug 9 | Salem Speedway | Salem, IN | .555 Mile Pavement


 

Aug 16 | Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, IL | Bettenhausen 100 | 1 Mile Dirt


 

Aug 30 | Du Quoin State Fairgrounds | Du Quoin, IL | Ted Horn 100 | 1 Mile Dirt


 

Sep 19-20 | Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals | 1/2 Mile Dirt
 

2025 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE


 

Feb 10 | Volusia Speedway Park | Barberville, FL | Winter Dirt Games | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Feb 11 | Volusia Speedway Park | Barberville, FL | Winter Dirt Games | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Feb 12 | Ocala Speedway | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Feb 13 | Ocala Speedway | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Feb 14 | Ocala Speedway | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Feb 15 | Ocala Speedway | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Apr 4 | Paragon Speedway | Paragon, IN | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Apr 5 | Red Hill Raceway | Sumner, IL | Salute to Levi Jones | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Apr 12 | Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Justin Owen Memorial | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

May 2 | Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | #LetsRaceTwo | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

May 3 | Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | #LetsRaceTwo | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

May 9 | Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | Larry Rice Classic | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

May 10 | Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Spring Showdown | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

May 21 | Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Tony Hulman Classic | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

May 22 | Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Circle City Salute | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

May 30 | Knoxville Raceway | Knoxville, IA | Corn Belt Clash | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

May 31 | Knoxville Raceway | Knoxville, IA | Corn Belt Clash | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 17 | Grandview Speedway | Bechtelsville, PA | Eastern Storm / Jesse Hockett Classic | 1/3 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 18 | Bridgeport Motorsports Park | Swedesboro, NJ | Eastern Storm | $6,000-to-Win 4/10 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 19 | Big Diamond Speedway | Pottsville, PA | Eastern Storm | $6,000-to-Win 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 20 | Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, PA | Eastern Storm | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 21 | Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA | Eastern Storm | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 22 | Action Track USA | Kutztown, PA | Eastern Storm | 1/6 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 28 | Fremont Speedway | Fremont, OH | 1/3 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 29 | Millstream Speedway | Findlay, OH | 4/10 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 4 | Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Bill Gardner Sprintacular | 5/16 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 5 | Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Bill Gardner Sprintacular | 5/16 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 24 | TBA


 

Jul 25 | Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | 5/16 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 26 | Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 27 | Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 


 

Jul 30 | Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 31 | Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Indiana Sprint Week / Don Smith Classic | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Aug 1 | Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | Indiana Sprint Week / Kinser Memorial | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Aug 2 | Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Aug 21 | Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Aug 22 | Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Aug 23 | Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Sep 5 | Tri-City Speedway | Granite City, IL | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Sep 6 | I-70 Motorsports Park | Odessa, MO | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Sep 12 | Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 


 

Sep 13 | Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Haubstadt Hustler | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Sep 18 | Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Sep 20 | Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Oct 10 | Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Greg Staab Memorial | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Oct 11 | Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Fall Nationals | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Oct 17 | TBA


 

Oct 18 | TBA


 

Oct 24 | Central Arizona Raceway | Casa Grande, AZ | Western World Championships | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Oct 25 | Central Arizona Raceway | Casa Grande, AZ | Western World Championships | 3/8 Mile Dirt

 

2025 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE


 

Apr 25 | Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Grand Prix | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Apr 26 | Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Grand Prix | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

May 16 | Belleville Short Track | Belleville, KS | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

May 17 | Belleville Short Track | Belleville, KS | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

May 18 | Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex | Sweet Springs, MO | 1/6 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 3 | Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Indiana Midget Week | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 4 | Paragon Speedway | Paragon, IN | Indiana Midget Week | 3/8 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 5 | Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Indiana Midget Week | 5/16 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 6 | Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | Indiana Midget Week | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 7 | Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Indiana Midget Week | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Jun 8 | Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Indiana Midget Week | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 8 | Red Dirt Raceway | Meeker, OK | Tuesday Night Thunder | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Jul 9 | Mitchell County Fairgrounds | Beloit, KS | Chad McDaniel Memorial | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

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

Mile Dirt


 

Jul 12 | Jefferson County Speedway | Fairbury, NE | Midwest Midget Championship | 1/5 Mile Dirt


 

Aug 31 | Angell Park Speedway | Sun Prairie, WI | Firemen's Nationals | 1/3 Mile Dirt


 

Sep 1 | TBA


 

Sep 18 | Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Sep 20 | Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals | 1/2 Mile Dirt


 

Nov 14 | Placerville Speedway | Placerville, CA | Hangtown 100 | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Nov 15 | Placerville Speedway | Placerville, CA | Hangtown 100 | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Nov 19 | TBA


 

Nov 21 | Thunderbowl Raceway | Tulare, CA | 1/3 Mile Dirt


 

Nov 22 | Merced Speedway | Merced, CA | Midget Madness | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Nov 23 | Merced Speedway | Merced, CA | Midget Madness | 1/4 Mile Dirt


 

Nov 25 | Bakersfield Speedway | Bakersfield, CA | November Classic | 1/3 Mile Dirt


 

Nov 29 | Ventura Raceway | Ventura, CA | Turkey Night Grand Prix | 1/5 Mile Dirt


 

TBA | The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway | Speedway, IN | BC39 | 1/5 Mile Dirt

 

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES SCHEDULE

February 15: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA (RAIN)

February 22: Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, AZ (Winner: Jake Swanson)

March 1: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA (Winner: Ricky Lewis)

March 14: Imperial Valley Raceway – Imperial, CA (Winner: Ricky Lewis)

March 15: Imperial Valley Raceway – Imperial, CA (Winner: Ricky Lewis)

April 5: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

April 11: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ

April 12: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ

April 26: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

May 3: Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, CA

May 24: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA (Salute to Indy)

June 21: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

July 5: Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, CA

July 19: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

August 16: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

August 30: Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, CA (Louie Vermeil Classic)

August 31: Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, CA (Louie Vermeil Classic)

September 6: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

September 27: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

October 4: Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, AZ

October 18: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

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

October 25: *Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ (Western World Championships)

November 1: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA

November 8: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

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

This schedule is subject to change.

 

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SCHEDULE:


 

Mar 8: Ventura Raceway | Ventura, California


 

Apr 5: Placerville Speedway | Placerville, California


 

Apr 26: Plaza Park Raceway | Visalia, California


 

May 17: Santa Maria Speedway | Nipomo, California


 

Jun 13: Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick's Kern Raceway | Bakersfield, California


 

Jun 14: Ventura Raceway | Ventura, California


 

Jul 5: Placerville Speedway | Placerville, California


 

Jul 12: Ventura Raceway | Ventura, California


 

Aug 9: Santa Maria Speedway | Nipomo, California


 

Sep 13: Merced Speedway | Merced, California


 

Oct 11: Antioch Speedway | Antioch, California


 

Oct 25: Ventura Raceway | Ventura, California

       

 

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