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The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States. From 1956 to 1979, USAC sanctioned the United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 the organization sanctioned the Indianapolis 500. Today, USAC serves as the sanctioning body for a number of racing series, including the Silver Crown Series, National Sprint Cars, National Midgets, Speed2 Midget Series, .25 Midget Series, Stadium Super Trucks, and Pirelli World Challenge.

 100th Start, 100 Laps Led: Grant Conquers All at Toledo’s Rollie Beale Classic

Ryan Sellers

Justin Grant (right) and car owner/race sponsor Ron Hemelgarn (left) celebrate Saturday's USAC Silver Crown victory at Ohio's Toledo Speedway

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Toledo, Ohio (April 19, 2025)………There can’t possibly be a better way to celebrate a 100th career USAC Silver Crown start the way Justin Grant did during Saturday afternoon’s Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic at Ohio’s Toledo Speedway.


 

Grant (Ione, California) started from the outside of the front row, but he didn’t run second for very long. In fact, by turn one, Grant had taken a stranglehold of the lead and never relented as he led all 100 laps en route to a dominating 6.684 second margin of victory on the 1/2-mile paved oval in his Hemelgarn Racing/NOS Energy Drink – Super Fitness – Hemelgarn Enterprises/Beast/Speedway Ford.


 

In the process, Grant completed the 100 lap, 50 mile contest in caution free fashion. In fact, his time for the distance of 26:38.254 (112.623 mph average) set a brand new track record at Toledo, breaking the former mark of 27:07.40 by nearly half a minute, which was set by Jerry Coons Jr. in 2012.


 

But this particular one hit differently. Grant, who has driven for Toledo native Ron Hemelgarn’s team since 2017, had never finished better than third. However, on Saturday, in the very same event that Hemelgarn has supported as a sponsor for all these years, Ron’s day in the sun at his hometown track had finally arrived.


 

“It’s incredible to pick up a win here at Toledo Speedway for Ron Hemelgarn,” Grant exclaimed. “He’s been a great supporter of my career and he’s let me drive this number 91 for eight or nine years now. Ron said he’s never won at Toledo. It’s an honor for me to pull that off for him. It’s the least I can do to say thanks for all the years he’s let me try.”


 

Overall, it was Grant’s eighth victory of his USAC Silver Crown career, tying Chris Windom for 16th place all-time. Known primarily for his dirt success, Grant’s score was his second in USAC Silver Crown competition on pavement. Back in 2021, he captured a win at Indiana’s Winchester Speedway. It’s a persistence that has paid off. Over the winter, Grant put a laser focus on bettering his game on the blacktop.


 

“I really felt like I went to work this winter on the pavement stuff,” Grant explained. “I bet I’ve watched Kody run 5,000 laps around Toledo, in the dead of winter, and I really tried to study and get serious about this pavement stuff. I’m just super glad it paid off.”


 

To start the day, the question pondered among those on hand was, “who’ll stop the rain?” Early morning storms delayed the day’s activities by several hours. After Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying, the question changed to, “who’ll stop the reign?”


 

That, of course, refers to Kody Swanson, winner of the past six USAC Silver Crown main events at Toledo dating back to 2018. In all, Swanson owns eight Silver Crown wins at Toledo, and in qualifying, he added his ninth pole position at Toledo, the 55th overall of his career.


 

However, Swanson, who had led 778 of the 1,200 total laps ever run in Silver Crown competition at Toledo (64.8%) never led a lap on Saturday. Instead, Grant got the advantage over him at the start and never looked back, an ideal situation for Grant which went exactly to his plan.


 

“I’ve watched a lot of laps around here and the one thing I’ve learned was that it’s tough to pass here, especially if they’re good,” Grant pointed out. “You’ve got to wait for their car to fall off and you can’t count on that with Kody. I knew it would make our life a heck of a lot easier if I could get the jump on him. It’s 100 laps but I’d rather spend 100 trying to keep him behind me than trying to get by him. He’s pretty good. He’s really good.”


 

Meanwhile, Tyler Roahrig moved forward to second from his fifth starting spot after dueling side-by-side with Swanson for several laps before emerging into the runner-up spot on lap 37. Seventh starting Dakoda Armstrong muscled past Swanson on the bottom of turns three and four to wrestle away the third spot on the 83rd lap.


 

All the while, Grant was setting a blistering pace, and shockingly, put Swanson a lap down with an outside pass in turn four on lap 95. That left only three cars on the lead lap at the finish line, a remarkable pace that placed Grant into “untouchable” mode from start to finish in the car set up to perfection by crew chief Dennis LaCava.


 

“Any advantage I could gain, that’s what I was looking for,” Grant admitted. “I knew on practice day that I could run between 15.6 to 15.8 (seconds) on really old tires. (Spotter Brian Karraker) kept me running 15.8s the whole race and it felt like a Sunday drive. When these pavement cars are good, they’re incredible. This might be one of the best racecars I’ve ever driven. This thing was on rails. It was incredible.”


 

Six days after taking second on the dirt in the USAC Silver Crown season opener at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track, Grant pummeled the Toledo field to raise his point lead to 24 after the first pair of events.


 

Roahrig equaled his best career USAC finish with a second, which was the best ever result for his Newman Racing team. The performance earned Roahrig the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

Armstrong took third for his best performance yet at Toledo. Swanson crossed the line in fourth, which equaled his worst Silver Crown outing in 12 career series starts at Toledo after also garnering a fourth in 2012. C.J. Leary rounded out the top-five in the one-of-a-kind, first ever traditional pavement Silver Crown car built by DRC chassis.


 

In his first USAC Silver Crown start since 2023, Kyle O’Gara earned Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors. O'Gara started 13th and finished seventh in what was also the series debut for the #141 machine owned by Charles and Brandi Maxwell.


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: April 19, 2025 – Toledo Speedway – Toledo, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Paved Oval – Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Kody Swanson, 77, Doran Binks-15.223; 2. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-15.244; 3. Kaylee Bryson, 26, Pierce-15.311; 4. Mario Clouser, 22, Rice/Abacus-15.393; 5. Tyler Roahrig, 41, Newman-15.409; 6. C.J. Leary, 21, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi-15.414; 7. Dakoda Armstrong, 5, C & A-15.425; 8. Colton Bettis, 126, Pierce-15.429; 9. Bobby Santos, 98, DJ-15.481; 10. Jake Trainor, 6, Klatt-15.556; 11. Kyle Steffens, 8, Steffens-15.615; 12. Jackson Macenko, 124, Hayes-15.697; 13. Kyle O'Gara, 141, Maxwell-15.726; 14. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-15.819; 15. Matt Westfall, 54, 4 Kings-15.831; 16. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-16.819; 17. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-19.155.


 

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


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 Justin Grant.


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-140, 2-C.J. Leary-116, 3-Kody Swanson-95, 4-Kaylee Bryson-95, 5-Matt Westfall-91, 6-Logan Seavey-70, 7-Tyler Roahrig-67, 8-Brady Bacon-64, 9-Dakoda Armstrong-64, 10-Dave Berkheimer-64.


 

USAC NATIONAL PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-55, 2-C.J. Leary-48, 3-Briggs Danner-36, 4-Jadon Rogers-26, 5-Chase Stockon-24, 6-Kyle Cummins-19, 7-Robert Ballou-18, 8-Jake Swanson-17, 9-Justin Grant-16, 10-Kayla Roell-15.


 

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: May 4, 2025 – Winchester Speedway – Winchester, Indiana – 1/2-Mile Paved Oval – Rich Vogler Classic


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: Kody Swanson (15.223)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Kody Swanson (15.223)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kyle O’Gara (13th to 7th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Race: Tyler Roahrig

 

Seavey Scores Second Straight Sumar Classic at Terre Haute

Ryan Sellers

Sunday April 13th...Logan Seavey celebrates Sunday's USAC Silver Crown season opening victory at Indiana's Terre Haute Action Track with his wife, Kinley, and one month old child, Lane.

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Terre Haute, Indiana (April 13, 2025)………In the long history of USAC Silver Crown racing at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track, no driver had ever won the Sumar Classic in consecutive years. That is, until Logan Seavey.


 

In fact, the Sutter, California driver has now collected a pair of Sumar Classic wins a six month span, taking last October’s round and then backing it up on Sunday night in the 21st running of the event, which opened the 2025 series season.


 

Seavey worked his way up through the field from his fourth place starting spot before capitalizing on Daison Pursley’s “bike” on lap 55 to take over the lead. Seavey then secured the victory by successfully navigating a green-white-checkered restart to grab the win in his Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing/Bloomington Bison – Indy Custom Stone – CG CPAs/DRC/Felker Chevy.


 

In what was the 300th dirt race in USAC Silver Crown history, Seavey punctuated the night with his 10th career USAC Silver Crown victory, tying Gary Bettenhausen, Mike Bliss and Tanner Swanson for 11th place all-time.


 

When it comes to dirt 1/2-miles in the USAC Silver Crown series, no driver of this era has been more successful than Seavey. Of his 10 career series victories, eight have come on dirt 1/2-miles. That already ranks second all-time behind only Jack Hewitt’s nine.


 

To open the night, Mitchel Moles was the dominant force, recording the fastest lap in Dirt Draft Practice and then scoring the pole position with a fast lap of 20.896 seconds in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying. That made Moles a perfect three-for-three on qualifying for the weekend after also taking fast time honors with the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship on Friday at Lincoln Park Speedway and on Saturday at Lawrenceburg Speedway.


 

However, at the drop of the green flag for the feature, it was the two Chris Dyson Racing cars wrenched by Sean Michael that flexed their muscles. Outside front row starter Pursley slid into the lead while third place starting Bacon slotted into second. Seavey, meanwhile, popped into third while Moles fell to fourth on the opening lap.


 

On the 28th lap, Bacon nearly tagged the outside guardrail between turns three and four, losing significant ground while opening the door for Seavey to march through. By lap 30, Seavey was in position to capitalize when he dug in on the bottom of turns one and two to power by Bacon for the runner-up spot, demonstrating the fact that he was letting the race and the track come to him.


 

“I told my spotter, ‘man, I don’t really like now that the cushion is up on the flat,’” Seavey recalled. “It went from down on the banking to instantly on the flat against the wall and really big. I didn’t really like the look of it. I was a little bit tight early and that wasn’t ideal for me. I was trying to run off it as long as I could until the track came to me.”


 

By halfway, the top-two of Pursley and Seavey had broken away from the rest of the field. On lap 55, Pursley’s night very nearly came to an end when he got up on two wheels and made contact with the outside turn four guardrail. Seavey once again saw daylight and drove by to occupy the number one spot with 46 laps remaining.


 

“Daison started to get a little bit tight there as I was closing in and then he biked massively and I was just able to capitalize,” Seavey explained. “It would’ve been really hard to pass as hard as we were running the top, so I was trying to push him a little bit. He’s got a spotter in his ear telling him I was four or five seconds back. He was running harder and I was staying right with him, just trying to keep his spotter in his ear and making him run harder and harder and it bit him pretty good over in three and four. I knew it was going to be really hard to slide him. I probably would’ve crashed sending it in there. I had to pass him a little different way and try to make him make a mistake.”


 

With 35 laps to go, Seavey was forced to fight his way through a wall of six cars at the tail of the lead lap. The congestion on the track briefly caused a congestion headache for Seavey, which allowed Pursley to close the gap to within a couple car lengths. But on lap 70, Pursley’s second wind came to a screeching halt as he snagged the turn four cushion with his right rear tire, which clockwised his car 180 degrees before it came to a rest to bring out the caution. Pursley restarted at the tail but ultimately dropped out after completing 95 laps to finish 13th.


 

Seavey had things well in hand down the stretch, constructing a massive lead of 11.756 seconds with less than five laps to go, even clipping the turn four guardrail with his right rear tire for good measure. Fortunately for him, it was no harm, no foul as he tried to test the delicate balance between staying patient and outrunning his competition. A true catch 22.


 

“It's kind of tough,” Seavey admitted. “You want to go a little bit slower and save your stuff but then you just hit the cushion, and without the tires spinning, it makes it worse. There were 10 laps there where (spotter) Daniel (Whitley) was telling me I had a big lead and I kept getting tight and screwing up. It’s a catch 22. You want to calm down, but the more you try to back up your corner, you just get tighter and then you’re in the fence even harder. It’s tricky. It’s another Silver Crown race that felt like a sprint car race. We were hammering for 100 laps straight.”


 

Seavey’s massive lead evaporated on lap 98 of 100 when late model star Ricky Thornton Jr., making his USAC Silver Crown debut, slowed to a stop at the bottom of turn four with a flat right rear tire while running eighth. In the end, he wound up 12th in the running order.

On the ensuing restart, Seavey attempted to slide himself into turn one, but it nearly backed him up as he spun his tires while drifting up to the top of turn two, allowing Bacon to close within a car length of Seavey’s rear bumper. Nonetheless, Seavey got back on the horse and managed to gap himself from Bacon and the rest of the field to cross the finish line 0.945 seconds ahead.


 

Justin Grant’s last lap, last turn pass delivered him a runner-up finish with Bacon taking third, Briggs Danner fourth and C.J. Leary rounding out the top-five.


 

After initially qualifying 16th, Chase Dietz’s time was disallowed due to a weight infraction, which relegated him to the 20th starting spot for the feature. Dietz hustled his way up the field 14 positions to finish sixth to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

The Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night went to Saban Bibent who made a terrific comeback after enduring a vicious sprint car crash 24 hours earlier at Lawrenceburg Speedway. At Terre Haute, Bibent went 17th to 11th to earn his best career USAC Silver Crown finish in just his third start.


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: April 13, 2025 – Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, Indiana – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Sumar Classic


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-20.896; 2. Daison Pursley, 09, Dyson-20.899; 3. Brady Bacon, 9, Dyson-20.928; 4. Logan Seavey, 22, Rice/Abacus-20.981; 5. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-21.040; 6. Ricky Thornton Jr., 20, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi-21.249; 7. Matt Westfall, 54, 4 Kings-21.309; 8. C.J. Leary, 21, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi-21.403; 9. Briggs Danner, 10, DMW-21.405; 10. Jimmy Light, 118, Thomas-21.449; 11. Kody Swanson, 24, Haggenbottom-21.502; 12. Kaylee Bryson, 26, Pierce-21.575; 13. Chase Stockon, 69, Pink 69-21.904; 14. Jake Swanson, 6, Klatt-21.956; 15. Kyle Steffens, 8, Steffens-21.985; 16. Trey Osborne, 81, Lovelace-22.175; 17. Shane Cockrum, 97, Lein-22.344; 18. Saban Bibent, 88, Fetter-22.593; 19. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-24.429; 20. Bill Rose, 66, Rose-NT; 21. Aric Gentry, 3, Simmons-NT; 22. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-NT; 23. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-NT; 24. Mario Clouser, 92, Kazmark-NT; 25. Chase Dietz, 86, Lee-22.161 (time disallowed due to weight infraction).


 

FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (4), 2. Justin Grant (5), 3. Brady Bacon (3), 4. Briggs Danner (9), 5. C.J. Leary (8), 6. Chase Dietz (20), 7. Matt Westfall (7), 8. Kaylee Bryson (12), 9. Mitchel Moles (1), 10. Bill Rose (19), 11. Saban Bibent (17), 12. Ricky Thornton Jr. (6), 13. Daison Pursley (2), 14. Dave Berkheimer (23), 15. Shane Cockrum (16), 16. Kody Swanson (11), 17. Trey Osborne (15), 18. Jake Swanson (14), 19. Chase Stockon (13), 20. Jimmy Light (10), 21. Kenny Gentry (22), 22. Aric Gentry (21), 23. Gregg Cory (18). 54:08.78


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-54 Daison Pursley, Laps 55-100 Logan Seavey.


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Logan Seavey-70, 2-Justin Grant-67, 3-Brady Bacon-64, 4-Briggs Danner-61, 5-C.J. Leary-58, 6-Chase Dietz-55, 7-Matt Westfall-55, 8-Kaylee Bryson-49, 9-Mitchel Moles-46, 10-Bill Rose-43.


 

USAC NATIONAL PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-55, 2-C.J. Leary-47, 3-Briggs Danner-36, 4-Jadon Rogers-26, 5-Chase Stockon-24, 6-Kyle Cummins-19, 7-Robert Ballou-18, 8-Jake Swanson-17, 9-Justin Grant-15, 10-Kayla Roell-15.


 

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: April 19, 2025 – Toledo Speedway – Toledo, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: Mitchel Moles (20.395)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (20.896)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Chase Dietz (20th to 6th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Race: Saban Bibent

 

Gasper Gets it Done with USAC CRA at Central Arizona

Casa Grande, Arizona (April 12, 2025)………David Gasper led all  led all 30 laps to claim his fourth career Avanti W indows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car feature victory on Saturday night at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway.


 

The triumph was the Goleta, California native’s second of the USAC CRA season, both of which have come in a one week span after he also captured the win on April 5 at California’s Perris Auto Speedway in his Kittle Motorsports/Gasper Racing no. 18 entry.


 

R.J. Johnson (Laveen, Arizona), Ricky Lewis (Camarillo, California), J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, Arizona), and Charles Davis Jr. (Buckeye, Arizona) rounded out the top-five in the 30-lap main event.


 

"Chargin" Charles Davis Jr. lived up to his nickname and received a $200 hard charger bonus courtesy of Steve Lafond and Rich's Auto.


 

For the second night in a row, defending series champion R.J. Johnson set a new track record and earned the Woodland Auto Display/WC Friend Company Access Systems Fast Time Award at Central Arizona.


 

Johnson also captured the win in the In Honor of Wiley Miller Sr. and Wiley Miller II / Sexton Fire Protection first heat race. A.J. Bender (San Diego, California) scored the Silbermann Solar/Factory Wraps second heat race win. Brody Roa (Garden Grove, California) was the victor of the WC Friend Company Access Systems/In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner third heat race.


 

 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 12, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona


 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY / WC FRIEND COMPANY ACCESS SYSTEMS QUALIFYING: 1. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-15.730 (New Track Record); 2. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-15.758; 3. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-15.849; 4. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-15.866; 5. David Gasper, 18, Kittle/Gasper-15.904; 6. J.J. Yeley, 2, Yeley-15.985; 7. Brody Wake, 78B, Wake-16.017; 8. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-16.094; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-16.098; 10. Matt Westfall, 11c, Turner/Wheeler-16.187; 11. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-16.234; 12. Brody Roa, 15, Bonneau-16.247; 13. Logan Williams, 5W, McCarthy-16.268; 14. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-16.272; 15. Connor Speir, 57s, Speir-16.409; 16. Blake Bower, 17x, Dunkel-16.432; 17. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.471; 18. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-16.490; 19. Colt Treharn, 77, Seals-16.815; 20. Andrew Sweeney, 98A, Guerrero-16.949; 21. Eugene Thomas, 10, Tellas-17.163; 22. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-17.306; 23. Lonnie Oliver, 22AZ, Oliver-17.542; 24. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-18.048; 25. Elexa Herrera, 5E, Herrera-18.216; 26. Lonnie Hochstetler, 31H, Hochstetler-18.362.


 

IN HONOR OF WILEY MILLER SR. & WILEY MILLER II / SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Logan Williams, 3. Brody Wake, 4. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 5. Matt Westfall, 6. Colt Treharn, 7. Verne Sweeney, 8. Elexa Herrera, 9. Blake Bower. NT


 

SILBERMANN SOLAR / FACTORY WRAPS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. A.J. Bender, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Austin Williams, 4. Ricky Lewis, 5. David Gasper, 6. Connor Lundy, 7. Andrew Sweeney, 8. Lonnie Oliver, 9. Lonnie Hochstetler. NT


 

WC FRIEND COMPANY ACCESS SYSTEMS / IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Brody Roa, 2. Dayton Shelton, 3. Cody Williams, 4. Tommy Malcolm, 5. Connor Speir, 6. J.J. Yeley, 7. Eugene Thomas, 8. Brecken Guerrero. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. David Gasper (2), 2. R.J. Johnson (6), 3. Ricky Lewis (5), 4. J.J. Yeley (7), 5. Charles Davis Jr. (14), 6. Brody Roa (12), 7. Austin Williams (11), 8. Connor Lundy (8), 9. A.J. Bender (17), 10. Dayton Shelton (18), 11. Blake Bower (16), 12. Logan Williams (13), 13. Verne Sweeney (22), 14. Eugene Thomas (21), 15. Lonnie Oliver (23), 16. Elexa Herrera (25), 17. Brecken Guerrero (24), 18. Brody Wake (1), 19. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (3), 20. Matt Westfall (10), 21. Cody Williams (9), 22. Connor Speir (15), 23. Colt Treharn (19), 24. Tommy Malcolm (4), 25. Andrew Sweeney (20). NT


 

**Cody Williams flipped during lap 18 of the feature. Brody Wake flipped during lap 23 of the feature.


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 David Gasper.


 

IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER / TEAR-OFF HEAVEN FOTOS / RICH’S AUTO HARD CHARGER: Charles Davis Jr. (14th to 5th)


 

NEW AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ricky Lewis-468, 2-R.J. Johnson-437, 3-Charles Davis Jr.-380, 4-Austin Williams-376, 5-David Gasper-371, 6-A.J. Bender-369, 7-Cody Williams-363, 8-Tommy Malcolm-304, 9-Jake Swanson-299, 10-Logan Williams-290.


 

NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: April 26, 2025 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California

 

New Mentality, Same Winning Ways! Cummins Wins Again at Lincoln Park

David Nearpass

Kyle Cummins celebrates Friday night's USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature victory at Putnamville, Indiana's Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Putnamville, Indiana (April 11, 2025)………He was the first to one win. He was the first to two wins. Now, he’s the first to three wins.


 

Kyle Cummins once again demonstrated his blazing start to the 2025 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season on Friday night at Putnamville, Indiana’s Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway by winning his third series feature of the campaign so far.


 

The Princeton, Indiana’s latest triumph arrived after scoring the opening race in February at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park followed by another victory later that same week at Florida’s Ocala Speedway. In his seven starts thus far in 2025, Cummins has yet to finish outside the top-five, and has run his streak to 14 consecutive top-10 results dating back to the end of the 2024 season.


 

Starting fourth, Cummins wrestled his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors - Premier Recycling/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy around the tricky 5/16-mile dirt oval surface to the lead past Logan Seavey in turns three and four on lap 10, then led the remaining 21 circuits to earn his first USAC feature win at Lincoln Park since 2019, and his second overall.


 

Cummins’ 23rd career USAC National Sprint Car victory moved him to 29th on the all-time series win list alongside C.J. Leary and Roger McCluskey.


 

Thus far, Cummins has clicked off finishes of 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 5th, 1st, 3rd and 1st, which has him atop the USAC National Sprint Car standings. It’s the type of performance that Cummins has chalked up to a change in mindset.


 

“This year, things have changed,” Cummins explained. “It’s a no give up attitude. They might be right behind you, so I just have to go, go, go. I’m not going to get beat because I was going easy. My mentality is a little different. We’re pushing every lap and doing what we can do. So far, this season has started out really good.”


 

From the pole position, Seavey led the opening four laps of the 30-lap contest, while Kyle Shipley slotted into second and Cummins made his way into third. However, Shipley wasn’t content to ride around in second for long as he slid under Seavey for the top spot on the fifth lap to lead for the first time in his USAC career.


 

Shipley’s initial visit to the top of the leaderboard proved to be short lived as Seavey cut back underneath Shipley in turn two to retake the lead for the ensuing two laps on the sixth and seventh go around. Shipley didn’t stray too far, and on lap eight, he scooted under Seavey in turns three and four to reassume his spot at the head of the field.


 

Moments later, in turn two, fourth running Mitchel Moles clipped an infield tire and tipped over, bringing out the red flag and taking him out of winning contention. Moles restarted from the tail of the field, but came home in the 16th position. Earlier in the night, Moles tallied his 16th career fast time with the series in Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying, tying him with USAC national champions Rollie Beale, Jack Hewitt and Doug Kalitta for 29th place all-time.


 

On the lap nine restart, Seavey found his way back to the lead for a third stint after Shipley caught a rut in turn two. However, lurking in third and ready to pounce was Cummins who picked off Shipley around the outside for second at the stripe on lap nine, then cut low in turn three a half-lap later to swipe the top spot from Seavey for good on the 10th lap.


 

Over the course of the span between laps 10 and 19, Cummins constructed a full straightaway lead of 4.085 seconds over Seavey and Justin Grant who had risen into the top-three on a cool and chilly night, conditions in which Cummins claimed he doesn’t normally do his best work in, and in a roundabout way, led to him making wholesale changes on the car late in the program.


 

“Normally, when it’s a little chilly, I feel like I’m not as good,” Cummins revealed. “With the ruts and stuff we had going on up there, I just kind of moved my line a little bit. I watched the (semi-feature) and got super nervous and changed the whole car. Then, I decided to come back just a little bit. It definitely helped me toward the end of the race. But the first five to ten laps were a little hairy.”


 

That said, Cummins’ comfortable lead nearly came to a hasty halt with six to go on lap 25. Daison Pursley (9th), Robert Ballou (12th) and Zack Pretorius (13th) all tangled and stopped at the entry into turn one. Cummins avoided the catastrophe as he evasively swerved off the banking and avoided any and all contact.


 

With his five second lead evaporated, Cummins had to rebuild, and that he did. Over the next six laps, Cummins bolted out to a 4.433 second margin as he crossed the finish line over runner-up Justin Grant who swiftly worked his way past Seavey for the spot on the back straightaway with three laps to go.


 

Seavey wound up third, ending his bid for four consecutive USAC National Sprint Car victories at Lincoln Park Speedway after scoring all three wins in 2024. Jake Swanson finished a season best fourth while Kale Drake was simply incredible as he raced his way from the 23rd starting spot to finish fifth, equaling his career best USAC National Sprint Car result, while also earning Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

Prior to Friday night, Kyle Shipley’s best career USAC National Sprint Car finish was 14th, earned in July 2024 at Lincoln Park. On this night, he led the first two laps of his USAC career and ran up front before dropping back to sixth at the finish. Still, it was his best career USAC result, and for that, he was the recipient of Inferno Armor’s Fire Move of the Night.


 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: April 11, 2025 – Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 5/16-Mile Dirt Track


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.685; 2. Max Adams, 17GP, Dutcher-12.720; 3. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.962; 4. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.093; 5. Kyle Shipley, 4u, AJR-13.107; 6. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.124; 7. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-13.135; 8. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-13.181; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-13.197; 10. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-13.198; 11. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.274; 12. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-13.276; 13. Jadon Rogers, 66, Amati-13.277; 14. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming/Swanson-13.280; 15. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.289; 16. Carson Garrett, 2E, Epperson-13.331; 17. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.332; 18. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.396; 19. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-13.425; 20. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-13.446; 21. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-13.456; 22. Tye Mihocko, 24p, Paul-13.479; 23. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-13.479; 24. Brayden Fox, 53, Fox-13.540; 25. Kale Drake 2B, 2B Racing-13.585; 26. Nate Ervin, 11, Algieo-13.599; 27. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-13.654; 28. Jake Scott, 33, Miller-13.677; 29. James Turnbull II, 2J, Turnbull-13.712; 30. Sam Hinds, 71H, Hinds-13.825; 31. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-13.891; 32. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Boyd-13.906; 33. Ivan Glotzbach, i1, Glotzbach-14.046; 34. James Boyd, 16B, Boyd-14.166; 35. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-14.226; 36. Bryce Andrews, 17, MSR-14.359; 37. Justin Meneely, 100, Meneely-15.147; 38. Kyle Johnson, 99J, Johnson-NT.


 

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Jadon Rogers, 2. Kyle Shipley, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Hayden Reinbold, 6. Kale Drake, 7. Ivan Glotzbach, 8. Justin Meneely, 9. Colin Parker, 10. James Turnbull II. NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Chase Stockon, 3 Logan Seavey, 4. Max Adams, 5. Brandon Mattox, 6. James Boyd, 7. Sam Hinds, 8. Tye Mihocko, 9. Nate Ervin. NT


 

HOOSIER TIRE THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Cummins, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Gabriel Gilbert, 5. Zack Pretorius, 6. C.J. Leary, 7. Harley Burns, 8. Tony Helton, 9. Kayla Roell. 2:18.32


 

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Carson Garrett, 2. Chance Crum, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Brayden Fox, 5. Gunnar Setser, 6. Jake Scott, 7. Braydon Cromwell, 8. Bryce Andrews, 9. Daison Pursley. 2:17.75


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 2. Kale Drake, 3. Harley Burns, 4. C.J. Leary, 5. Jake Scott, 6. Bryce Andrews, 7. Kayla Roell, 8. Braydon Cromwell, 9. Sam Hinds, 10. Nate Ervin, 11. Justin Meneely, 12. Tony Helton, 13. James Boyd, 14. Colin Parker, 15. Ivan Glotzbach. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (4), 2. Justin Grant (3), 3. Logan Seavey (1), 4. Jake Swanson (8), 5. Kale Drake (23), 6. Kyle Shipley (2), 7. Max Adams (5), 8. Jadon Rogers (7), 9. Chase Stockon (13), 10. Carson Garrett (9), 11. Briggs Danner (16), 12. Kevin Thomas Jr. (12), 13. Daison Pursley (11), 14. Zack Pretorius (10), 15. C.J. Leary (24), 16. Mitchel Moles (6), 17. Gunnar Setser (20), 18. Chance Crum (15), 19. Robert Ballou (14), 20. Hayden Reinbold (17), 21. Brayden Fox (22), 22. Brandon Mattox (18), 23. Gabriel Gilbert (21), 24. Harley Burns (19). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Logan Seavey, Lap 5 Kyle Shipley, Laps 6-7 Logan Seavey, Lap 8 Kyle Shipley, Laps 9 Logan Seavey, Laps 10-30 Kyle Cummins.


 

**Tye Mihocko flipped during the second heat. Daison Pursley flipped during the fourth heat. Ivan Glotzbach flipped during the semi. Mitchel Moles flipped on lap 9 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-531, 2-Justin Grant-501, 3-Daison Pursley-489, 4-Logan Seavey-395, 5-Mitchel Moles-387, 6-Jake Swanson-382, 7-Brady Bacon-366, 8-C.J. Leary-359, 9-Briggs Danner-357, 10-Kale Drake-354.


 

PARALLAX GROUP USAC NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-49, 2-C.J. Leary-41, 3-Jadon Rogers-26, 4-Briggs Danner-24, 5-Chase Stockon-24, 6-Robert Ballou-17, 7-Jake Swanson-15, 8-Kyle Cummins-14, 9-Harley Burns-14, 10-Daison Pursley-13.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: April 12, 2025 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Justin Owen Memorial


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (12.939)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (12.685)


 

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

Hoosier Tire Third Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Carson Garrett


 

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


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kale Drake (23rd to 5th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Kyle Shipley

Ricky Lewis Adds Casa Grande USAC CRA Sprint Debut to Win List

Ben Thrasher

By: Lance Jennings


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (April 11, 2025)………Taking command from Brody Roa on the fifth circuit, Ricky Lewis (Oxnard, Calif.) sailed to his fourth Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car win of the campaign on Friday night in the series debut at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

Piloting his no. 41 Coyote Candle Company / Mesilla Valley Transportation DRC, the series point leader ran at a torrid pace to escape from all challengers to score the win while J.J. Yeley, A.J. Bender, Roa, and new track record holder R.J. Johnson rounded out the top-five.


 

Johnson opened the night by posting a new track record and earning the ninth Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Fast Time Award of his career. Driving the Petty Performance Racing no. 33p Avanti Windows & Doors / Apache Transport entry, the defending champion topped the charts with a time of 15.810 seconds over the 30 cars at the Pinal County Fairgrounds.


 

Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm, Blake Bower, J.J. Yeley and Ricky Lewis raced to victory in their 10-lap heat races.


 

For his efforts, J.J. Yeley earned the $200 In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner / Tear-Off Heaven Fotos / Rich’s Auto Hard Charger Award with a second place run from tenth. We appreciate their support.


 

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Tomorrow, the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series will be back in action at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway.


 

 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 11, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona


 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY / WC FRIEND COMPANY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-15.810 (New Track Record); 2. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-15.816; 3. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.977; 4. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-16.049; 5. Caleb Stelzig, 21x, Stelzig-16.146; 6. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-16.160; 7. Brody Roa, 15, Bonneau-16.196; 8. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.212; 9. David Gasper, 18, Kittle/Gasper-16.223; 10. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-16.331; 11. J.J. Yeley, 2, Yeley-16.354; 12. Matt Westfall, 11c, Turner/Wheeler-16.494; 13. Brody Wake, 78B, Wake-16.515; 14. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-16.578; 15. Logan Williams, 5w, McCarthy-16.599; 16. A.J. Hernandez, 72, Hernandez-16.738; 17. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-16.740; 18. Blake Bower, 17x, Dunkel-16.853; 19. Connor Speir, 57s, Speir-16.877; 20. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-16.893; 21. Lonnie Oliver, 22AZ, Oliver-16.955; 22. Shon Deskins, 20, Deskins-17.075; 23. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-17.151; 24. Andrew Sweeney, 98A, Guerrero-17.166; 25. Colt Treharn, 77, Seals-17.222; 26. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-17.435; 27. Lonnie Hochstetler, 31H, Hochstetler-17.570; 28. Justin Kierce, 43, Kierce-17.862; 29. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-17.958; 30. Elexa Herrera, 5E, Herrera-18.090.


 

IN HONOR OF WILEY MILLER SR. & WILEY MILLER II FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Tommy Malcolm, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Brody Wake, 4. David Gasper, 5. Colt Treharn, 6. Lonnie Oliver, 7. Brecken Guerrero, 8. Caleb Stelzig. NT


 

WC FRIEND COMPANY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Blake Bower, 2. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 3. Shon Deskins, 4. Cody Williams, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Connor Lundy, 7. Dayton Shelton, 8. Elexa Herrera. NT


 

SILBERMANN SOLAR THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Logan Calderwood, 3. Connor Speir, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Logan Williams, 7. Lonnie Hochstetler. NT


 

SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION / IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Ricky Lewis, 2. Andrew Sweeney, 3. A.J. Bender, 4. Matt Westfall, 5. Verne Sweeney, 6. Justin Kierce, 7. A.J. Hernandez. NT


 

FACTORY WRAPS SEMI: (12 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature) 1. Charles Davis Jr., 2. Connor Lundy, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Logan Williams, 5. Colt Treharn, 6. Dayton Shelton, 7. Lonnie Oliver, 8. Justin Kierce, 9. Verne Sweeney, 10. Lonnie Hochstetler, 11. Elexa Herrera, 12. Brecken Guerrero. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ricky Lewis (4), 2. J.J. Yeley (10), 3. A.J. Bender (1), 4. Brody Roa (2), 5. R.J. Johnson (6), 6. David Gasper (8), 7. Cody Williams (3), 8. Charles Davis Jr. (7), 9. Brody Wake (12), 10. Austin Williams (13), 11. Connor Lundy (9), 12. Tommy Malcolm (15), 13. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (5), 14. Logan Williams (14), 15. Blake Bower (16), 16. Dayton Shelton (22), 17. Connor Speir (17), 18. Andrew Sweeney (20), 19. Matt Westfall (11), 20. Shon Deskins (18), 21. Logan Calderwood (19), 22. Colt Treharn (21). NT


 

**Shon Deskins flipped during lap 6 of the feature.


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Brody Roa, Laps 5-30 Ricky Lewis


 

IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER / TEAR-OFF HEAVEN FOTOS / RICH’S AUTO HARD CHARGER: J.J. Yeley (10th to 2nd)


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ricky Lewis-394, 2-R.J. Johnson-356, 3-Cody Williams-334, 4-Austin Williams-318, 5-Charles Davis Jr.-315, 6-A.J. Bender-315, 7-Jake Swanson-299, 8-David Gasper-295, 9-Logan Calderwood-286, 10-Tommy Malcolm-272.


 

NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: April 12, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona

 

 

 

 
 

Golobic Gets Placerville USAC Western States Midget Score

Devin Mayo

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Placerville, California (April 5, 2025)………At his self-described “favorite racetrack in the world,” Shane Golobic was proficient yet again at California’s Placerville Speedway.


 

The Fremont, California racer tracked down racelong leader T.J. Smith near the halfway point of Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Western States Midget feature. From there, the fourth place starting Golobic led the final 12 circuits to take the checkered flag in his Matt Wood Racing machine.


 

For Golobic, it was his eighth career USAC Western States Midget main event victory, tying him with Tracy Hines, Michael Lewis, Steve Paden, Alex Schutte and Danny Stratton for 27th place all-time. It was also Golobic’s first series triumph since the 2022 season.


 

Furthermore, Golobic became Placerville’s first three-time USAC Western States Midget winner after previously picking up series victories in 2013 and 2017.


 

Smith (Fresno, California) led the opening 13 laps of the feature before Golobic took over up front. Smith’s second place result has vaulted him into the series point lead.


 

The night’s fastest qualifier, Tanner Carrick (Lincoln, California), took third in the feature with Caden Sarale (Fresno, California) fourth and Jett Yantis (Bakersfield, California) rounding out the top-five.


 

Carrick’s fast lap of 11.810 in time trials bested the field of 24 entries around the 1/4-mile dirt oval. Heat race victories were collected by Sarale, Brody Fuson (Bakersfield, California) and Golobic while the semi-feature win was scored by Yantis.


 

The event was part of the Nor-Cal Challenge, a co-sanctioned event between USAC’s Western States Midgets, the Bay Cities Racing Association and Western Midget Racing.

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USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 5, 2025 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, California – Co-Sanctioned by BCRA & Western Midget Racing


 

QUALIFYING: 1. Tanner Carrick, 32T, Sarale-11.810; 2. Brody Fuson, 51, Carlile-11.886; 3. T.J. Smith, 68, Six8-11.926; 4. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-12.017; 5. Jett Yantis, 4, Carlile-12.077; 6. Shane Golobic, 17w, Wood-12.121; 7. Broedy Graham, 66, BGR-12.184; 8. Connor Speir, 14JR, Streeter/Graunstadt-12.383; 9. Todd Hawse, 18, Hawse-12.408; 10. Dale Johnston, 20J, Johnston-12.474; 11. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-12.525; 12. Dane Culver, 50, Knuckles Up-12.571; 13. Anthony Bruno, 9, Bruno-12.794; 14. Logan Mitchell, 96x, Mitchell-12.983; 15. Blaine Craft, 57, Craft-13.335; 16. Ryan Carter, 7A, Carter-13.369; 17. Adam Weisberg, 15, Weisberg-13.465; 18. Floyd Alvis, 18A, Champion-13.476; 19. Dave Stoltz, 77, Stoltz-13.504; 20. Kelly Nichols, 2ND, Nichols/Peckfelder-13.587; 21. Teddy Bivert, 35s, Bivert-13.671; 22. Kyle Hawse, 20x, Hawse-15.439; 23. Marvin Mitchell, 68m, Mitchell-15.930; 24. Jake Andreotti, 00, Davis-15.930.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Caden Sarale (5), 2. Broedy Graham (4), 3. Anthony Bruno (2), 4. Tanner Carrick (6), 5. Dale Johnston (3), 6. Dave Stoltz (7), 7. Ryan Carter (1), 8. Kyle Hawse. NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brody Fuson (6), 2. Jett Yantis (5), 3. Logan Mitchell (2), 4. Connor Speir (4), 5. C.J. Sarna (3), 6. Adam Weisberg (1), 7. Kelly Nichols (7), 8. Marvin Mitchell (8). NT


 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Shane Golobic (5), 2. Dane Culver (3), 3. T.J. Smith (6), 4. Todd Hawse (4), 5. Jake Andreotti (8), 6. Teddy Bivert (7), 7. Blaine Craft (2), 8. Floyd Alvis (1). NT


 

SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kelly Nichols (2), 2. Adam Weisberg (3), 3. Blaine Craft (5), 4. Ryan Carter (6), 5. Marvin Mitchell (4), 6. Floyd Alvis (7), 7. C.J. Sarna (1). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Shane Golobic (4), 2. T.J. Smith (2), 3. Tanner Carrick (8), 4. Caden Sarale (5), 5. Jett Yantis (3), 6. Jake Andreotti (9), 7. Connor Speir (12), 8. Dane Culver (7), 9. Anthony Bruno (10), 10. Todd Hawse (13), 11. Blaine Craft (19), 12. Ryan Carter (20), 13. Adam Weisberg (18), 14. Brody Fuson (6), 15. Kelly Nichols (17), 16. Dale Johnston (16), 17. Teddy Bivert (15), 18. Dave Stoltz (14), 19. Broedy Graham (1), 20. Logan Mitchell (11). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 T.J. Smith, Laps 14-25 Shane Golobic.


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-T.J. Smith-153, 2-Caden Sarale-148, 3-Dane Culver-126, 4-Todd Hawse-96, 5-Broedy Graham-75, 6-Dalten Gabbard-59, 7-Randi Pankratz-57, 8-Kyle Hawse-53, 9-Bryan Drollinger-48, 10-Brody Fuson-48.


 

NEXT USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: April 26, 2025 – Plaza Park Raceway – Visalia, California

 

 

Gasper’s Second Wind Nets Perris USAC CRA Sprint Victory

 

A.J. Johnson

By: Lance Jennings


 

Perris, California (April 5, 2025)………Regaining the lead from R.J. Johnson on lap 26, David Gasper of Goleta, California sailed to his first Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car victory of the year on Saturday night at southern California’s Perris Auto Speedway.


 

Driving the Kittle Motorsports / Gasper Racing #18 Art Klee / Valley Precision DRC, Gasper started third and led the first 22 circuits until Johnson powered to the top spot. Gasper, the 2024 series Rookie of the Year, found his rhythm and was able to take command four laps later. Ryan Bernal, hard charger A.J. Bender, Johnson, and Ricky Lewis followed Gasper to the checkered flags.


 

“The Cadillac” Cody Williams began the night by posting the 22nd Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Fast Time Award of his career. Driving his #44 WC Friend Company / Trench Shoring DRC, Williams placed on top of the charts with a time of 16.379 seconds over the 24 cars in attendance.


 

Logan Calderwood, Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm, and A.J. Bender took the checkered flags in their 10-lap heat races.


 

Bender also earned the In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner Hard Charger Award with a third place run from 12th.


 

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The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series will make their first ever visit at Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande, Arizona with two nights of action starting on Friday, April 11th.

 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 5, 2025 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California


 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY / WC FRIEND COMPANY QUALIFYING: 1. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-16.379; 2. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-16.531; 3. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-16.663; 4. David Gasper, 18, Kittle/Gasper-16.673; 5. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-16.720; 6. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-16.755; 7. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-16.761; 8. Ryan Bernal, 17x, Dunkel-16.766; 9. Logan Williams, 5w, McCarthy-16.827; 10. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.861; 11. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-16.882; 12. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.937; 13. Cole Wakim, 73, Ford-17.091; 14. Blake Bower, 17, Dunkel-17.231; 15. Blake Hendricks, 14, Hendricks-17.263; 16. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-17.267; 17. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-17.421; 18. Brody Wake, 78B, Wake-17.575; 19. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-17.741; 20. Jeff Dyer, 39, Cal-Sun-18.093; 21. Shane Sexton, 74, Sexton-18.170; 22. Gary Marshall Jr., 23, Marshall-18.276; 23. Elexa Herrera, 5E, Herrera-19.215; 24. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-19.479.


 

IN HONOR OF WILEY MILLER SR. & WILEY MILLER II / SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Logan Calderwood, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Cody Williams, 4. David Gasper, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Cole Wakim, 7. Gary Marshall Jr., 8. Verne Sweeney. 3:02.91


 

SILBERMANN SOLAR / FACTORY WRAPS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Tommy Malcolm, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Blake Bower, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Jeff Dyer, 7. Elexa Herrera, 8. Connor Lundy. 3:02.58


 

WC FRIEND COMPANY / IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. A.J. Bender, 2. Logan Williams, 3. Ricky Lewis, 4. Brody Wake, 5. Shane Sexton, 6. Brecken Guerrero, 7. Blake Hendricks, 8. Eddie Tafoya Jr. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. David Gasper (3), 2. Ryan Bernal (8), 3. A.J. Bender (12), 4. R.J. Johnson (2), 5. Ricky Lewis (4), 6. Brody Roa (10), 7. Austin Williams (5), 8. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (7), 9. Cody Williams (6), 10. Charles Davis Jr. (1), 11. Logan Williams (9), 12. Brody Wake (17), 13. Logan Calderwood (16), 14. Blake Bower (14), 15. Cole Wakim (13), 16. Blake Hendricks (15), 17. Gary Marshall Jr. (21), 18. Shane Sexton (20), 19. Verne Sweeney (18), 20. Elexa Herrera (22), 21. Brecken Guerrero (23), 22. Tommy Malcolm (11), 23. Jeff Dyer (19). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 David Gasper, Laps 23-25 R.J. Johnson, Laps 26-30 David Gasper.


 

IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER HARD CHARGER: A.J. Bender (12th to 3rd)


 

NEW AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ricky Lewis-313, 2-Jake Swanson-299, 3-R.J. Johnson-285, 4-Cody Williams-276, 5-Austin Williams-273, 6-Charles Davis Jr.-258, 7-Logan Calderwood-256, 8-A.J. Bender-245, 9-David Gasper-235, 10-Tommy Malcolm-225.


 

NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACES: April 11-12, 2025 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona

 

 

 

USAC Kokomo Midget GP Shifts to Sat-Sun, April 26-27

The dates for this weekend’s Kokomo Grand Prix have been shifted by one day and will now run on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27

With forecasts calling for rain on the originally scheduled date of Friday, the decision has been made to contest the complete event with two consecutive nights of full programs for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway.


 

The Kokomo Grand Prix will feature the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship and Kokomo Sprint Cars on each night at the 1/4-mile dirt oval. On both nights, the pits will open at 3pm Eastern with the grandstands opening at 3pm. The drivers meeting is set for 5:30pm with cars hitting the track at 6pm followed by hot laps, qualifying and racing.


 

Adult general admission tickets for each night of the Kokomo Grand Prix are $30 with kids age 12 and under free. Pit passes are $40 for all ages each night.


 

The field will feature the likes of 2019 Kokomo Grand Prix winner Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Ala.), plus 2022 Kokomo Indiana Midget Week winner Cannon McIntosh (Bixby, Okla.) and 2024 Kokomo Indiana Midget Week winner Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.).


 

Pursley, the reigning series champ will also be joined in the field by 2023 champion Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) as well as 2020 USAC Silver Crown and 2022-2023 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Champion Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.), just to name a few.


 

Past Kokomo Grand Prix feature winners include Rico Abreu (2014 twice), Darren Hagen (2015), Brady Bacon (2017 twice), Tyler Courtney (2018-19), Kevin Thomas Jr. (2019), Emerson Axsom (2021) and Chris Windom (2021).


 

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

 

Kokomo Grand PrixView! USAC Midget Season Begins April 25-26

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The 70th season of USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship competition gets underway this Friday-Saturday, April 25-26, at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway.

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Kokomo, Indiana (April 22, 2025)……….


 

What better way to kick it off than with the Kokomo Grand Prix, featuring two-straight nights of full programs featuring the midgets alongside Kokomo Speedway’s sprint car division.


 

The anticipation brings new combinations for the season, new hopes, renewed dreams and a slew of up and comers looking to mix it up with veterans all vying for the ultimate accomplishment of a championship.


 

The quest begins now. So, here are six storylines that we're watching this weekend.

 


 

QUICK AT KOKOMO


 

Three past Kokomo Speedway USAC National Midget winners are expected in this weekend’s Grand Prix lineup. Among them, Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama) is the lone past Kokomo Grand Prix winner in the field, scoring a last lap thriller back in 2019. In fact, he’s a two-time Kokomo USAC Midget winner, also taking the Indiana Midget Week round in 2018.


 

Cannon McIntosh (Bixby, Oklahoma) punctuated the Indiana Midget Week Kokomo round with a victory in 2022 while fellow Okie Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Oklahoma) performed likewise, making a late-race charge to score the win in the series’ most recent round at Kokomo in 2024 en route to the series championship.

 


 

CBI RELOADS


 

Pursley will return to the CB Industries team for this weekend’s Kokomo Grand Prix in his familiar no. 86 with which he captured seven USAC National Midget wins and the championship a year ago. While Pursley doesn’t currently plan to compete for a repeat USAC title at press time, the CBI no. 86 will contest the entire 2025 schedule with a rotating cast of drivers.


 

Joining CBI for a full-time USAC championship run in 2025 is Justin Grant (Ione, California), an 11-time USAC National Sprint Car winner at Kokomo who is still on the hunt for his first USAC Midget win at the track. Upstart Drake Edwards (Peoria, Arizona), the 2024 USAC Western States Midget Rookie of the Year will go full-time nationally in a third CBI entry.

 


 

VETERAN LADEN KKM


 

Another perennial USAC National Midget championship contender, Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, will have a veteran, winning lineup in its full-time arsenal for 2025. All of which are pursuing a first career USAC National Midget driving title.


 

Cannon McIntosh is a previous USAC Midget winner at Kokomo in 2022. The nine-time series winner finished a career best runner-up in the standings a year ago. Meanwhile, three-time series winner Jacob Denney (Galloway, Ohio) captured a USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget victory at Kokomo back in 2020 as he moves from Tom Malloy’s team to the KKM squad.


 

One-time USAC winners Gavin Miller (Allentown, Pennsylvania) and Kale Drake (Collinsville, Oklahoma) seek to have a breakout season in the upcoming campaign


 

It’s also worth noting that the first of Keith Kunz’s record 150 USAC National Midget victories as an entrant came at Kokomo with driver Page Jones during the 1992 season.

 


 

RETURN OF THE J-MAC


 

Jason McDougal’s most recent USAC National Midget start came three seasons ago during the 2022 Turkey Night Grand Prix at southern California’s Ventura Raceway.


 

But with Thomas Meseraull unavailable to drive the Engler Machine No. 7x this weekend, McDougal (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma) has been tabbed for the ride at the Kokomo Grand Prix.


 

McDougal is a two-time USAC National Midget feature winner, having scored both back in 2019 at Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway and Indiana’s Tri-State Speedway. His best Kokomo performance to date came during the 2019 Grand Prix where he finished second to Tyler Courtney.


 

 

A NEW COONS ON THE SCENE


 

A new Coons will step in as a full-time USAC National Midget driver in 2025 for Dooling Autosports/Curb-Agajanian.


 

The son of USAC career Triple Crown champion Jerry Coons Jr. has a quality pedigree of his own, having won three points-paying USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget features between 2023-2024, plus a special event score.


 

Jerry owns seven career Kokomo Grand Prix starts between 2014-2019, finishing a best of fifth in 2017. Now Cale will aim to become the first son of a former Kokomo Grand Prix starter to also make a start himself in the event.


 

Cale will be at the wheel of the famed black no. 63, which has twice won at Kokomo, first in 2014 with driver Bryan Clauson then again in 2018 with Kevin Thomas Jr.

 


 

SEASON OPENING HISTORY


 

The Kokomo Grand Prix marks the start of the 70th season of USAC National Midget competition. This is the third occasion in which Kokomo will open the season, having previously done so in 2014 and 2015, with Rico Abreu and Darren Hagen winning, respectively.


 

Overall, Steve Lotshaw, Tony Stewart and Rich Vogler share the record for the most USAC National Midget season opening wins with three apiece. Justin Grant can equal that record this Friday after previously scoring in 2017 at the Southern Illinois Center and in 2022 at Florida’s Ocala Speedway.


 

In recent years, Cannon McIntosh (2024 at Belleville) and Logan Seavey (2018 at the Southern Illinois Center) have won season openers. Both aim to achieve a similar feat this Friday.


 

In nine instances, the season opening winner has gone on to win the USAC National Midget title later that same year: Mel Kenyon (1968), Rich Vogler (1978), Steve Lotshaw (1979), Jason Leffler (1999), Bryan Clauson (2011), Rico Abreu (2014), Logan Seavey (2018), Tyler Courtney (2019) and Buddy Kofoid (2021).


 

 

RACE DETAILS


 

The Kokomo Grand Prix will feature the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship and Kokomo Sprint Cars on each night at the 1/4-mile dirt oval. On both nights, the pits will open at 3pm Eastern with the grandstands opening at 3pm. The drivers meeting is set for 5:30pm with cars hitting the track at 6pm followed by hot laps, qualifying and racing.


 

Adult general admission tickets for each night of the Kokomo Grand Prix are $30 with kids age 12 and under free. Pit passes are $40 for all ages each night.


 

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


 

 

TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK NATIONAL MIDGETS AT KOKOMO SPEEDWAY:


 

1 Lap - 4/5/2019 - Dillon Welch - 12.665 - 71.062 mph

8 Laps - 6/20/2010 - Steve Buckwalter - 1:51.62 - 64.505 mph

10 Laps - 4/5/2019 - Tanner Carrick - 2:10.06 - 69.199 mph

12 Laps - 4/13/2018 - Holly Shelton - 2:46.01 - 65.056 mph


 

 

KOKOMO GRAND PRIX WINNERS:


 

2014: Rico Abreu (4/11) & Rico Abreu (4/12)

2015: Darren Hagen (4/11)

2016: Rained Out

2017: Brady Bacon (4/8) & Brady Bacon (4/9)

2018: Tyler Courtney (4/13)

2019: Tyler Courtney (4/5) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (4/6)

2020: Not Held

2021: Emerson Axsom (4/30) & Chris Windom (5/1)

2022: Rained Out

2023: Rained Out

 


 

KOKOMO GRAND PRIX WINS:


 

2-Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon & Tyler Courtney

1-Emerson Axsom, Darren Hagen, Kevin Thomas Jr. & Chris Windom

 


 

KOKOMO USAC NATIONAL MIDGET WINS:


 

7-Rich Vogler

6-Mel Kenyon

3-Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Bryan Clauson, Jimmy Davies, Bob Wente & Chris Windom

2-Chuck Arnold, Tyler Courtney, Bobby Grim, Page Jones, Mike McGreevy, Ken Schrader, Bob Tattersall & Kevin Thomas Jr.

1-Tommy Astone, Emerson Axsom, Spencer Bayston, Christopher Bell, Tom Bigelow, Bud Bogard, Frank Burany, Pancho Carter, Danny Caruthers, Jimmy Caruthers, Tommy Copp, Rex Easton, Tony Elliott, Billy Engelhart, Gene Force, Darren Hagen, Gene Hartley, Jack Hewitt, Tracy Hines, Brad Kuhn, Lee Kunzman, Kyle Larson, Critter Malone, Cannon McIntosh, Don Meacham, Jerry Nuckles, Forrest Parker, Michael Pickens, Daison Pursley, Ron Shuman, Graham Standring, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Mike Streicher, Dave Strickland, Len Sutton, Shorty Templeman, Tanner Thorson, Sleepy Tripp, Jerry Weeks & J.J. Yeley

 


 

KOKOMO USAC NATIONAL MIDGET WINNERS:


 

1956: Forrest Parker (7/28)

1957: Len Sutton (6/23) & Rex Easton (8/17)

1958: Frank Burany (5/24)

1959: Gene Force (5/29) & Shorty Templeman (7/12)

1960: Jimmy Davies (5/29), Bod Bogard (6/25), Gene Hartley (7/24) & Bob Wente (8/13)

1961: Jimmy Davies (5/29) & Jimmy Davies (7/30)

1962: Tommy Copp (6/30) & Bob Tattersall (7/29)

1964: Bob Wente (7/11)

1965: Mel Kenyon (5/30), Bobby Grim (6/26) & Bobby Grim (7/24)

1966: Chuck Arnold (5/29) & Bob Tattersall (8/27)

1967: Mike McGreevy (5/29), Chuck Arnold (6/17) & Mike McGreevy (7/22)

1968: Bob Wente (6/30) & Don Meacham (7/21)

1969: Lee Kunzman (5/31)

1970: Dave Strickland (5/30) & Tom Bigelow (8/1)

1971: Danny Caruthers (7/16) & Jimmy Caruthers (8/7)

1972: Pancho Carter (8/26)

1973: Billy Engelhart (7/14)

1975: Sleepy Tripp (7/9)

1976: Tommy Astone (7/7)

1977: Mel Kenyon (7/13)

1978: Ron Shuman (8/23) & Jerry Weeks (8/23)

1979: Mel Kenyon (6/14) & Mel Kenyon (7/11)

1980: Rich Vogler (6/11) & Rich Vogler (7/10)

1981: Rich Vogler (6/10) & Ken Schrader (7/8)

1982: Ken Schrader (6/10) & Mel Kenyon (7/7)

1983: Rich Vogler (6/8) & Rich Vogler (7/13)

1984: Jerry Nuckles (6/6)

1985: Rich Vogler (6/29)

1987: Mel Kenyon (6/24)

1988: Mike Streicher (6/22) & Rich Vogler (8/17)

1990: Graham Standring (8/8)

1991: Jack Hewitt (8/7)

1992: Page Jones (8/19)

1993: Critter Malone (8/11)

1994: Page Jones (7/27)

1995: Tony Elliott (8/23)

2000: Tracy Hines (8/27)

2003: J.J. Yeley (6/15)

2006: Brady Bacon (8/20)

2007: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (8/12)

2008: Bryan Clauson (8/10)

2009: Bryan Clauson (6/14)

2010: Brad Kuhn (6/20)

2011: Michael Pickens (6/12)

2012: Kyle Larson (6/17)

2013: Christopher Bell (6/16)

2014: Rico Abreu (4/11), Rico Abreu (4/12) & Bryan Clauson (6/15)

2015: Darren Hagen (4/11)

2016: Rico Abreu (6/5)

2017: Brady Bacon (4/8), Brady Bacon (4/9) & Spencer Bayston (6/11)

2018: Tyler Courtney (4/13) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (6/3)

2019: Tyler Courtney (4/5) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (4/6)

2020: Tanner Thorson (6/21) & Chris Windom (9/26)

2021: Emerson Axsom (4/30), Chris Windom (5/1) & Chris Windom (6/12)

2022: Cannon McIntosh (6/11)

2024: Daison Pursley (6/9)

 


 

PAST KOKOMO GRAND PRIX RESULTS


 

2014 NIGHT #1 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Christopher Bell, 4. Chris Windom, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Zach Daum, 9. Shane Hollingsworth, 10. Tanner Thorson, 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 12. Andrew Felker, 13. Parker Price-Miller, 14. Tyler Thomas, 15. Tyler Courtney, 16. Davey Ray, 17. Daniel Robinson, 18. Austin Brown, 19. Darren Hagen, 20. Shane Cottle, 21. Justin Peck, 22. Taylor Ferns, 23. Spencer Bayston, 24. Seth Motsinger, 25. Alex Bright, 26. Colten Cottle. NT


 

2014 NIGHT #2 FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Tanner Thorson, 3. Christopher Bell, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Tyler Thomas, 6. Kevin Thomas Jr., 7. Andrew Felker, 8. Zach Daum, 9. Parker Price-Miller, 10. Shane Hollingsworth, 11. Colten Cottle, 12. Tyler Courtney, 13. Seth Motsinger, 14. Davey Ray, 15. Chris Windom, 16. Bryan Clauson, 17. Michael Pickens, 18. Darren Hagen, 19. Alex Bright, 20. Steve Buckwalter, 21. Jake Blackhurst, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Austin Brown, 24. Caleb Armstrong, 25. Brady Bacon, 26. Spencer Bayston. NT


 

2015 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Tanner Thorson, 4. Steve Buckwalter, 5. Davey Ray, 6. Andrew Felker, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Tyler Thomas, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Tyler Courtney, 11. Shane Hollingsworth, 12. Gage Walker, 13. Zach Daum, 14. Isaac Chapple, 15. Spencer Bayston, 16. Justin Grant, 17. Jim Radney, 18. Tucker Klaasmeyer, 19. Ryan Greth, 20. Kevin Thomas Jr., 21. Alex Bright, 22. Justin Peck. NT


 

2017 NIGHT #1 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Spencer Bayston, 3. Tanner Thorson, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Justin Grant, 7. Chris Windom, 8. Tyler Thomas, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Ryan Robinson, 11. Chad Boat, 12. Holly Shelton, 13. Gage Walker, 14. Alex Bright, 15. Tucker Klaasmeyer, 16. Jake Neuman, 17. Tanner Carrick, 18. Brayton Lynch, 19. Tyler Nelson, 20. Shane Golobic. NT


 

2017 NIGHT #2 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Tanner Thorson, 3. Tyler Courtney, 4. Rico Abreu, 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 6. Spencer Bayston, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Shane Golobic, 9. Ryan Robinson, 10. Holly Shelton, 11. Davey Ray, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Alex Bright, 14. Tyler Thomas, 15. Tyler Nelson, 16. Jake Neuman, 17. Brayton Lynch, 18. Ryan Greth, 19. Chad Boat, 20. Justin Grant, 21. Chris Windom, 22. Chase Jones, 23. Tanner Carrick. NT


 

2018 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Tyler Courtney (5), 2. Chad Boat (8), 3. Brady Bacon (7), 4. Spencer Bayston (3), 5. Justin Grant (6), 6. Zeb Wise (12), 7. Logan Seavey (2), 8. Thomas Meseraull (16), 9. Ryan Robinson (4), 10. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 11. Holly Shelton (9), 12. Tucker Klaasmeyer (13), 13. Dave Darland (20), 14. Andrew Felker (17), 15. Jerry Coons Jr. (18), 16. Brayton Lynch (15), 17. Tanner Carrick (10), 18. Kyle Craker (14), 19. Gage Walker (23). 20. Alex Bright (21), 21. Tyler Thomas (11), 22. Chase Jones (22), 23. Kyle Schuett (19), 24. Matt Moore (24). NT


 

2019 NIGHT #1 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Tyler Courtney (6), 2. Jason McDougal (3), Chris Windom (4), 4. Zeb Wise (12), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 6. Logan Seavey (8), 7. Thomas Meseraull (2), 8. Dillon Welch (7), 9. C.J. Leary (5), 10. Tanner Carrick (16), 11. Dave Darland (21), 12. Chad Boat (10), 13. Tyler Thomas (20), 14. Jesse Colwell (11), 15. Tucker Klaasmeyer (13), 16. Andrew Layser (15), 17. Holley Hollan (14), 18. Ethan Mitchell (24), 19. Cole Bodine (22), 20. Karsyn Elledge (23), 21. Zane Hendricks (18), 22. Jerry Coons Jr. (17), 23. Justin Peck (19), 24. Tony DiMattia (9). NT


 

2019 NIGHT #2 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 2. Justin Grant (3), 3. Zeb Wise (6), 4. Jason McDougal (2), 5. C.J. Leary (8), 6. Chris Windom (1), 7. Tucker Klaasmeyer (12), 8. Logan Seavey (13), 9. Tyler Courtney (5), 10. Thomas Meseraull (10), 11. Jesse Colwell (15), 12. Chad Boat (7), 13. Jake Neuman (16), 14. Ace McCarthy (14), 15. Dillon Welch (11), 16. Andrew Layser (22), 17. Holley Hollan (17), 18. Jerry Coons Jr. (20), 19. Zane Hendricks (19), 20. Cole Bodine (21), 21. Tanner Carrick (9), 22. Sterling Cling (24), 23. Dave Darland (18), 24. Ethan Mitchell (23). NT


 

2021 NIGHT #1 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Emerson Axsom (2), 2. Cannon McIntosh (3), 3. Chris Windom (1), 4. Justin Grant (9), 5. Buddy Kofoid (8), 6. Daison Pursley (4), 7. Tanner Thorson (17), 8. Ethan Mitchell (12), 9. Kevin Thomas Jr. (13), 10. Thomas Meseraull (16), 11. Bryant Wiedeman (7), 12. Kyle Cummins (14), 13. Logan Seavey (10), 14. Clinton Boyles (15), 15. Hayden Reinbold (18), 16. Brandon Waelti (20), 17. Bryan Stanfill (19), 18. Chase Randall (5), 19. Brenham Crouch (6), 20. Jason McDougal (11). NT


 

2021 NIGHT #2 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chris Windom (1), 2. Buddy Kofoid (8), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (13), 4. Tanner Thorson (7), 5. Emerson Axsom (6), 6. Justin Grant (5), 7. Logan Seavey (9), 8. Thomas Meseraull (11), 9. Brenham Crouch (16), 10. Kyle Cummins (4), 11. Cannon McIntosh (12), 12. Chase Randall (2), 13. Bryant Wiedeman (14), 14. Clinton Boyles (18), 15. Jason McDougal (15), 16. Ethan Mitchell (10), 17. Hayden Reinbold (17), 18. Brandon Waelti (20), 19. Daison Pursley (3), 20. Bryan Stanfill (19). NT

 

2025 USAC Hall of Fame Tickets on Sale Now

Speedway, Indiana (April 22, 2025)………Join us for the 2025 USAC Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Wednesday, July 2!


 

The event will take place at USAC Headquarters located at 4910 W 16th St. Speedway, Indiana 46224.


 

A luncheon ticket is required to attend the event and must be reserved in advance at https://usacracing.ticketspice.com/2025-hof-ceremony-. Tickets will be available at will call.


 

The luncheon starts at noon Eastern. The hall of fame ceremony is slated to begin after the luncheon at 1:00pm and is open to the public at this time.


 

USAC’s 12th hall of fame class includes driver/car owner Jack Bowsher, driver Dave Darland, car owner/official Bob Estes, car owner/crew chief Bob Hampshire, promoters Roger & Linda Holdeman, official Tommy Hunt and driver Gordon Johncock.


 

The 2025 USAC Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held between race days during the BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. USAC headquarters are located just across the street from the racetrack.

 

USAC CRA Sprints Return to Action April 26 at The PAS!

 

Doug Allen

By: Lance Jennings


 

Perris, California (April 22, 2025).........The cars and stars of the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Cars will head to Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday, April 26th.


 

Promoted by Don Kazarian and presented by Heimark Distributors / Anheuser Busch, the eighth championship point race will also feature the PAS Senior Sprint Cars, PAS Young Gun Sprint Cars, PASSCAR Super Stocks, and PASSCAR Street Stocks.


 

Located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in Perris, California, the Spectator Gates will open at 5:00pm Pacific and racing at "America's Premier Dirt Track" will start at 7:00pm. For more event information, visit the track’s website at www.perrisautospeedway.com or call 951.940.0134.

 


 

NOTICE TO RACERS:


 

- ALL RACERS MUST PURCHASE THEIR USAC LICENSE / MEMBERSHIPS ONLINE PRIOR TO THE EVENT AT WWW.USACRACING.COM OR WWW.USACLICENSE.COM. (If racers have a membership question, contact Julie Tanaka at julietanaka@aol.com.)


 

- ENTRY FEE: There is an entry fee due at registration / pill pick.


 

- TRANSPONDERS: Transponders ARE MANDATORY and will be available to rent.


 

- ONE WAY RADIOS / RACECEIVERS: One way radios ARE MANDATORY.


 

- TIRE RULE: Hoosier tires ARE REQUIRED ON ALL FOUR CORNERS of the car.


 

- FRONT AXLE TETHER SYSTEMS: Front axle tether systems (2-Chassis, 1-King Pin to King Pin) ARE MANDATORY.


 

- FULL CONTAINMENT SEATS: Full containment seats ARE MANDATORY.


 

- COCKPIT ADJUSTABLE SHOCKS: Cockpit adjustable shocks ARE ALLOWED.


 

- MUFFLER RULE: Mufflers ARE REQUIRED at Perris Auto Speedway.


 

- RULE BOOK: The series rule book is online at www.usacracing.com.

 

Heading to Saturday’s action, Perris Auto Speedway has hosted 260 USAC CRA Sprint Car events since March 6, 2004. In all, forty-seven drivers have claimed victory at their “home track,” led by ten-time champion, “The Demon” Damion Gardner with fifty-one triumphs. During the last two visits, point leader Ricky Lewis and last season’s rookie of the year, David Gasper took the checkered flags at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds. Nic Faas set the 1-lap track record of 15.833 on February 25, 2012 and the complete Perris USAC CRA win list is at the end of this release.


 

Ricky Lewis of Oxnard, California sits atop the point standings and leads the competition by thirty-one markers. Racing his #41 Coyote Candle Company / Mesilla Valley Transportation DRC, Lewis won the Casa Grande debut on April 11th and ran third the following night. To date, the young driver has posted four feature wins, two heat race victories, six top-10 finishes, and 102 feature laps led in the campaign. With eight career USAC CRA wins, Ricky primarily races in the Midwest and might miss Saturday’s race at Perris Auto Speedway.


 

Defending champion, R.J. Johnson of Laveen, Arizona has climbed to second in the chase for the USAC CRA championship. Driving the Petty Performance Racing #33P Avanti Windows & Doors / Apache Transport entry, Johnson ran fifth and second at Central Arizona Raceway. At press time, the multi-time Arizona Sprint Car Champion has two Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Access Systems Fast Time Awards, three heat race victories, five top-10 finishes, and 3 feature laps led on the year. Currently tied with “The Macho Man” Brady Bacon, “Dynamite” David Cardey, and Richard Vander Weerd with nine wins, R.J. will have his sights on returning to victory circle this Saturday night.


 

After running eighth and fifth at Casa Grande, “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. of Buckeye, Arizona has climbed to third in the USAC CRA point standings. Piloting his #47 MP Environmental Services / RSS Industries Triple X, Davis has one heat race victory, one Factory Wraps Semi-Main win, one In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner Hard Charger Award, five top-10 finishes, and 5 feature laps led on the season. With seven career USAC CRA wins, the multi-time Arizona Sprint Car Champion is expected to race this Saturday at Perris before heading to the Midwest to battle with the USAC National Series.


 

“The Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams of Yorba Linda, California ranks fourth in the point chase. Racing the Tom & Christy Dunkel #17W Inland Rigging / Maxima Oil DRC, Williams finished tenth and seventh at the Pinal County Fairgrounds. At press time, the 2009 Co-Rookie of the Year has posted seven top-10 finishes on the season and is tied with Matt Mitchell with eleven career USAC CRA wins. “The Big Game Hunter” will be looking for his first victory of the season at Perris.


 

After racing sixth on April 11th and winning the following night, David Gasper of Goleta, California is fifth in the USAC CRA championship standings. Driving the Kittle Motorsports / Gasper Racing #18 Art Klee / Valley Precision Products DRC, Gasper has recorded two feature wins, one Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Access Systems Fast Time Award, one Factory Wraps Semi-Main win, four top-10 finishes, and 57 feature laps led in the campaign. The 2024 Rookie of the Year has four career victories and will have his sights on another win at Perris Auto Speedway.


 

Brody Wake of Lake Havasu City, Arizona leads the chase for Rookie of the Year honors over Connor Lundy, Cole Wakim, Lonnie Oliver, Connor Speir, Caleb Stelzig, Blake Hendricks, Colt Treharn, and Justin Kierce.


 

Among the other drivers expected to be in action are A.J. Bender, “The Cadillac” Cody Williams, Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm, Logan Williams, Blake Bower, Logan Calderwood, Brody Roa, Eddie Tafoya Jr., Verne Sweeney, Elexa Herrera, “Shugah” Shane Sexton, Jeff Dyer, Gary Marshall Jr., Grant Sexton, Brent Sexton, and more.


 

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in Perris, California. General admission tickets (13 & over) are $35, Senior tickets (65 & over) are $30, Kids tickets (6 to 12) are $10, and Children (5 and under) are FREE. The Lake Perris Fairgrounds charges $20 for parking. Advance tickets are available online for an additional fee, and for more event information, visit the track’s website at www.perrisautospeedway.com or call 951.940.0134.


 

The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series thanks Factory Wraps, The Gardner Family (In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner), In Honor of Wiley Miller Sr. & Wiley Miller II, Sexton Fire Protection, Silbermann Solar, WC Friend Company Access Systems, and Woodland Auto Display for their support.


 

For more information on the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series, visit the United States Auto Club (USAC) website at www.usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on the USAC CRA Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.

 


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS: 2004-Rip Williams, 2005-Damion Gardner, 2006-Cory Kruseman, 2007-Tony Jones, 2008-Mike Spencer, 2009-Mike Spencer, 2010-Mike Spencer, 2011-Mike Spencer, 2012-Mike Spencer, 2013-Damion Gardner, 2014-Damion Gardner, 2015-Damion Gardner, 2016-Damion Gardner, 2017-Damion Gardner, 2018-Damion Gardner, 2019-Damion Gardner, 2020-NO AWARD, 2021-Damion Gardner, 2022-Damion Gardner, 2023-Brody Roa, 2024-R.J. Johnson.

 


 

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR WINS: 4-Ricky Lewis, 2-David Gasper, 1-Jake Swanson.

 


 

PERRIS AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA 1-LAP QUALIFYING RECORD: Nic Faas – 15.833 (02/25/12)

 


 

PERRIS AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR WINS: 51-Damion Gardner, 24-Mike Spencer, 19-Tony Jones, 17-Cory Kruseman, 10-Matt Mitchell, 9-Nic Faas, 8-David Cardey, 8-Richard Vander Weerd, 7-Brody Roa, 7-Rip Williams, 6-Bryan Clauson, 6-Justin Grant, 6-Mike Kirby, 6-Danny Sheridan, 6-Austin Williams, 5-Brady Bacon, 5-Robert Ballou, 5-Rickie Gaunt, 4-Dave Darland, 4-Charles Davis Jr., 4-R.J. Johnson, 4-Tommy Malcolm, 3-Garrett Hansen, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr., 2-David Gasper, 2-Darren Hagen, 2-Jesse Hockett, 2-Levi Jones, 2-C.J. Leary, 2-Ricky Lewis, 1-Blake Miller, 2-Jake Swanson, 2-Cody Williams, 2-Chris Windom, 1-A.J. Bender, 1-Chad Boespflug, 1-Greg Bragg, 1-Daron Clayton, 1-Josh Ford, 1-Josh Hodges, 1-Bud Kaeding, 1-Adam Mitchell, 1-Johnny Rodriguez, 1-Hunter Schuerenberg, 1-Chase Stockon, 1-Scotty Weir, 1-Jason York.


 

 

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS: 1. Ricky Lewis-468, 2. R.J. Johnson-437, 3. Charles Davis Jr.-380, 4. Austin Williams-376, 5. David Gasper-371, 6. A.J. Bender-369, 7. Cody Williams-363, 8. Tommy Malcolm-304, 9. Jake Swanson-299, 10. Logan Williams-290, 11. Blake Bower-289, 12. Logan Calderwood-286, 13. Brody Wake (R)-262, 14. Brody Roa-247, 15. Eddie Tafoya Jr.-236, 16. Connor Lundy (R)-230, 17. Braden Chiaramonte-204, 18. Verne Sweeney-183, 19. Elexa Herrera-142, 20. Cole Wakim (R)-127.

 

Toledo Shuffle! USAC Silver Crown Goes to Toledo’s Pavement April 19

Jack Reitz

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Toledo, Ohio (April 16, 2025)………The USAC Silver Crown trail is a diverse one with an array of dirt and pavement tracks each taking turns hosting the behemoths of the USAC arsenal – the champ cars.


 

Just last Sunday, Terre Haute’s dirt 1/2-mile was the battlefield. Now, this Saturday, April 19, the stage is paved with asphalt as the series takes on Ohio’s Toledo Speedway for the 12th running of the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic Fueled by Marco’s Pizza.


 

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


 

Here’s seven storylines to watch coming up this Saturday at Toledo!


 


 

WHO’LL STOP THE REIGN?


 

Creedence Clearwater Revival once asked us “Who’ll stop the rain?” Race fans still wonder “Who’ll stop the reign…of Kody Swanson at Toledo?”


 

Swanson (Kingsburg, California) has raced to eight overall USAC Silver Crown victories at Toledo in 2011-15-18-19-21-22-23-24, including six consecutive. The eight victories are one shy of the record for most by any driver at a single track in USAC Silver Crown history, one that he himself owns with nine scores at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.


 

Kody’s current run of six consecutive Silver Crown wins at Toledo does have him at the top of another record for consecutive victories at one track. He set the record during the 2024 running of the event in which he led all 100 laps en route to the win after starting on the pole.


 

As the owner of eight poles and eight victories in Silver Crown competition at Toledo, Swanson is the winningest USAC driver in the history of the track. He’s also the only driver to have started all 11 previous USAC Silver Crown events contested at Toledo dating back to 2010 and has now led 778 of the 1,200 total laps ever run in Silver Crown competition at Toledo for a percentage of 64.8%.


 

The eight-time USAC Silver Crown champion, however, is buried deep in the points entering Toledo following a 16th place result in last Sunday’s opener at Terre Haute which has him 16th in the standings with a lot of ground to cover.

 


 

THE 100 CLUB


 

Twenty drivers have reached the 100 career start mark with the USAC Silver Crown series. Justin Grant (Ione, California) is poised to become the next this Saturday.


 

Grant currently stands at 99 starts dating back to his 2012 series debut. Other drivers in the 100 career start club include: Russ Gamester (218), Brian Tyler (212), Dave Darland (201), Jerry Coons Jr. (190), Tracy Hines (172), Jack Hewitt (163), Kody Swanson (154), Eric Gordon (153), Johnny Parsons (151), Tony Elliott (147), George Snider (129), Gary Hieber (125), Chuck Gurney (115), Bud Kaeding (113), Jimmy Sills (113), Dave Steele (111), John Heydenreich (110), Aaron Pierce (106), A.J. Fike (105) and Larry Rice (100).


 

Grant has finished each of his last three Toledo starts inside the top-five with a 3rd in 2022, 4th in 2023 and another 4th in 2024.

 


 

MARIO'S NEW SPEEDWAGON


 

This past Sunday, Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing captured the season opening victory of the USAC Silver Crown campaign on the dirt of the Terre Haute Action Track with Logan Seavey as the winning driver.


 

However, for the first time since 2019, the no. 22 will have a different driver in the seat. Mario Clouser has been selected as the wheelman of the car for Toledo. In the team’s four previous starts with Seavey, he collected a 10th, 4th, 5th and 7th.


 

Meanwhile, Clouser has progressively finished better in each of his three Toledo Silver Crown starts with a 9th in 2022, a 7th in 2023 and a 6th in 2024.

 


 

THE BOLT MAKES USAC HISTORY


 

At age 15, teenage sensation Colton Bettis will become the youngest driver to compete in a USAC Silver Crown event this Saturday at Toledo. The Lutz, Florida native will drive a second Sam Pierce Racing car at Toledo as a teammate to Kaylee Bryson.


 

Bettis has been on quite a roll as of late, winning the 2024 Auburndale Pro Late Model Championship and the 2024 BG Southern Sprint Car Series Championship. Thus far in 2025, he’s won five of the first seven winged pavement sprint car races in Florida in which he competed in.


 

Currently ranked second in the 2025 National Pavement Sprint Car rankings, Bettis is also the current BG Southern Sprint Car Shootout Series points leader.

 


 

BUSY IS THE WORD FOR BYRD


 

Perhaps no other driver will have a more diversified upcoming week of racing than Nathan Byrd.


 

On Thursday, Byrd (Goodyear, Arizona) will compete with the 500 Sprint Car Tour at Indiana’s Anderson Speedway. On Friday, he’s off to North Carolina’s Rockingham Speedway to race with the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. To cap off his weekend on Saturday, he’ll wheel the Meyer Auto Research no. 40 Silver Crown car at Toledo.


 

The first of Byrd’s two Silver Crown starts at Toledo was his best, finishing sixth in 2021. His most recent appearance at the track netted a 16th in 2023.


 

 

LEARY DEBUTS NEW CAR


 

To kick off the week, C.J. Leary took his first ride in the Team AZ-Petty-Rossi Silver Crown car, which he took to a 5th place finish at Terre Haute’s dirt oval.


 

This weekend, the team will make a debut of another kind as they unveil the first ever DRC pavement Silver Crown chassis. In a series dominated by Beast chassis in the win column over the pavement for the past three decades, it will be interesting to see how the new DRC design performs in its first race day.


 

Leary also has a bit of a score to settle at Toledo after a magnificent 2023 run which saw him lead a race-high 77 laps before finishing second to Kody Swanson. Leary’s most recent USAC Silver Crown win actually came on the pavement of Wisconsin’s Madison International Speedway in 2022.

 


 

FIRST THINGS FIRST FOR SANTOS


 

When it comes to USAC Silver Crown season openers on pavement, no driver has won more often than Bobby Santos. Santos has captured the pavement opener on six occasions in his career in 2012-13-17-18-22-23.


 

Back in 2017, Santos (Franklin, Mass.) raced around Kody Swanson just before the midway point to score one in the win column for himself and the DJ Racing team at Toledo Speedway. He’s also the only driver to win at Toledo in a USAC Sprint, Midget and Silver Crown car in his career in addition to collecting a King of the Wing Sprint Car victory there in 2017.


 

In six of his nine career Silver Crown starts at Toledo, Santos has placed on the podium, and he’s also taken the runner-up position four times in 2018-19-21-22.

 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

An open practice session will be held at Toledo Speedway on Friday, April 18. USAC Silver Crown practice will take place from 4:15-5pm Eastern and again from 6:15-8pm in an alternating fashion along with the other divisions.


 

On Saturday, April 19, at Toledo Speedway, the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship plus the CRA Jegs All Star Tour & Factory Stocks.


 

USAC pit gates open at 8am Eastern. Spectator grates open at 10:30am with practice set for 11:20am, followed by qualifying at 12:30pm, an autograph session from 1:50-2:30pm. Pre-race ceremonies begin at 2:45pm followed by the 100-lap USAC Silver Crown feature at 3pm.


 

General admission tickets are $30. Kids age 6-12 are $5. Ages 5 & under are free. Advance tickets are on sale now at http://www.toledospeedway.com/.


 

 

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2025 ROLLIE BEALE CLASSIC ENTRY LIST: (19)

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

6 JAKE TRAINOR/Greenfield, IN (Klatt Enterprises)

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

18 TRAVIS WELPOTT/Pendleton, IN (Welpott Racing)

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

22 MARIO CLOUSER/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)

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

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)

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

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

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Michael Newman)

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

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

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

81 TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (BCR Group)

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)

98 BOBBY SANTOS/Franklin, MA (DJ Racing)

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

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

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

 


 

TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC SILVER CROWN AT TOLEDO SPEEDWAY:

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

100 Laps - 6/29/2012 - Jerry Coons Jr. - 27:07.40 - 110.606 mph

 


 

TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN WINS:

8-Kody Swanson

2-Jerry Coons Jr.

1-Bobby Santos

 


 

TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN WINNERS:

2010: Jerry Coons Jr. (10/16)

2011: Kody Swanson (10/15)

2012: Jerry Coons Jr. (6/29)

2015: Kody Swanson (5/1)

2017: Bobby Santos (7/28)

2018: Kody Swanson (5/4)

2019: Kody Swanson (4/28)

2021: Kody Swanson (10/10)

2022: Kody Swanson (8/6)

2023: Kody Swanson (8/5)

2024: Kody Swanson (4/20)

 


 

PAST USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS AT TOLEDO SPEEDWAY:


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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

 

Team Arizona! Thornton to Make USAC Silver Crown Debut at Terre Haute April 13

Josh James

Late model racing superstar Ricky Thornton Jr. will make his USAC Silver Crown debut when the 2025 series season opens on Sunday, April 13, at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track.

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (January 8, 2025)………Late model racing superstar Ricky Thornton Jr. will make his USAC Silver Crown debut when the 2025 series season opens on Sunday, April 13, at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track.


 

The Chandler, Arizona native, who has amassed more than 400 wins and 30-plus championships in factory stocks, modifieds and late models throughout his career, will compete in his first ever USAC Silver Crown event behind the wheel of a second Team AZ Racing entry as a teammate to the team’s full-time driver, C.J. Leary, in an Avanti Windows & Doors sponsored machine.


 

For Thornton, the recently crowned 2024 Lucas Oil Late Model champion, getting an opportunity to wheel a Silver Crown car has been a goal for quite some time. Come April, he’ll get his shot in the 21st running of the Sumar Classic at Terre Haute’s famed 1/2-mile dirt oval.


 

“It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. I’ve just never had the opportunity,” Thornton revealed. “(Team owner Michael Burkhart) reached out to me last year, actually. We talked a little bit, but we just couldn’t find the right time for it to work. The hard part for me is a lot of the races are on the same weekend somewhere else. It’s hard to be somewhere Saturday and get there by Sunday to go to do it.”


 

However, the schedule will work in the 34-year-old driver’s favor this year. The previous two nights, on April 11-12, Thornton plans to compete in the World of Outlaws Late Model Illini 100 at Illinois’ Farmer City Raceway, just on the other side of the state line from the Silver Crown race on Sunday, April 13, in Terre Haute, Indiana, making travel logistically possible.


 

In recent times, Thornton has competed in midgets and sprint cars, including making his USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship debut in July of 2024 at Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway, making the feature in the process. In 2017, he competed in a 360 Challenge Cup Sprint Car event at Central Arizona Raceway, winning the main event his first time out. Nonetheless, a champ car is an animal all its own and is a challenge he’s looking forward to tackling.


 

“We’re hoping to find somewhere where we can go and test so I can kind of get used to the car,” Thornton said. “We’ll get a little bit of practice the day of the race, but it would be nice to go practice somewhere, and when we get there, not be so in the dark. I have a little bit of an idea with what’s going on, but until you’re in the seat, you really don’t know 100 percent.”


 

In fact, it’s an entirely new challenge as Thornton has never before been to the Terre Haute Action Track nor has he attended a Silver Crown race in-person or sat in the seat of a Silver Crown car. With that said, he’s seen plenty of both when taking in the action on FloRacing over the years.


 

Thornton pondered the expectations for his Silver Crown race day at Terre Haute. From track conditions to the feel of the car with a full fuel load to the competition he’ll face, the tangibles run the gamut. But once he feels in tune with the car and team, he’s confident that he’ll be right on pace.


 

“I think the biggest thing for me is going to be the start of the race,” Thornton anticipates. “As far as having all that fuel and stuff like that, how different the car is going to react to try to do things, that’s going to be the biggest thing. Figuring out the car and just getting used to it is going to take me a little bit of time with the car being so big and the wheelbase so long. I feel like once I get the hang of that, I’ll be in good shape. But I’m also racing against a really good group of guys. Being comfortable and trying to race are two different things, so hopefully, I can be competitive right out of the box.”


 


 

RACE DETAILS:


 

The 21st running of the Sumar Classic features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship this Sunday, April 13, at the Terre Haute Action Track’s 1/2-mile dirt track in Terre Haute, Indiana.


 

Pits open at 2pm Eastern and grandstands open at 4pm with the drivers meeting at 4:15pm and cars on track at 5pm, followed immediately by qualifications and racing.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at www.ActionTrackTix.com. Advance tickets are $30 for grandstand seating. Kids age 12 and under are free. General admission seats are not reserved and are on a first come basis. However, advance ticket holders will gain access through gates beginning 30 minutes prior to the published gate opening times.


 

Pit passes are $40. Grandstand seating is included as well as access to the controlled Pit Pass area. Signed waivers must be completed prior to access. Infield admission is $15, which allows for access to the grass infield of the Action Track through the tunnel at the far right (turn one side) of main grandstand.


 

Sunday’s Sumar Classic can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac.


 


 

2025 SUMAR CLASSIC ENTRY LIST: (30 ENTRIES)

Car # / Driver / Hometown / Car Owner

07 (R) JOHN TOSTI/High Ridge, MO (John Tosti)

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

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

3 (R) ARIC GENTRY/Robards, KY (Tim Simmons)

6 JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Klatt Enterprises)

9 BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Chris Dyson Racing)

10 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)

18 TRAVIS WELPOTT/Pendleton, IN (Welpott Racing)

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

20 (R) RICKY THORNTON JR./Chandler, AZ (Team AZ Racing)

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

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

24 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (John Haggenbottom)

26 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Sam Pierce)

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)

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

54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (Westfall Racing)

66 BILL ROSE/Plainfield, IN (Bill Rose Racing)

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

78 (R) ROB CAHO JR./Mound, MN (Caho Racing)

81 TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (BCR Group)

86 CHASE DIETZ/York, PA (Bruce Lee)

88 (R) SABAN BIBENT/Cincinnati, OH (Sammy & Mouren Fetter)

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)

92 MARIO CLOUSER/Auburn, IL (Kazmark Motorsports)

97 SHANE COCKRUM/Benton, IL (Hans Lein)

99 KOREY WEYANT/Springfield, IL (Scott Weyant)

118 JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Wingo Brothers Racing)

144 (R) KYLE WISSMILLER/Saybrook, IL (Wissmiller Racing)

181 KENNY GENTRY/Henderson, KY (Gentry Motorsports)

 
 

Parallax Group Presents USAC’s National Passing Master Award for 2025

josh james

Speedway, Indiana (April 10, 2025)………Parallax Group has posted a $2,500 reward to the driver who passes the most total cars during feature events throughout USAC’s 2025 national season.


 

Since 2020, USAC’s Passing Master bonus has been provided to the driver who advances the most combined positions during feature events throughout USAC’s Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget season.


 

Past USAC Passing Master champions include Chris Windom (2020), Justin Grant (2021 & 2022) and Daison Pursley (2023 & 2024).


 

Grant moved up a record 230 positions in 2021 and passed 212 in 2022. Windom chalked up the inaugural Passing Master award in 2020 with 226. Over the past two seasons, Pursley has passed 199 in 2023 and 209 in 2024.


 

C.J. Leary leads the current Parallax Group USAC National Passing Master standings with 32, all of which came in February in Florida. Kale Drake sits second at 31 with Jadon Rogers third at 26, Chase Stockon fourth at 20 and Briggs Danner fifth at 19.


 

Joe Brandon, president and owner of Parallax Group Inc., is a longtime sponsor and car owner in USAC competition. Parallax Group offers world class power supply products to the RV industry.

 


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER CHAMPIONS:

2020: Chris Windom, Canton, Illinois

2021: Justin Grant, Ione, California

2022: Justin Grant, Ione, California

2023: Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma

2024: Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma

 

4JO: USAC Sprints Hit The Burg for JO Memorial on April 12

indy racing

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (April 8, 2025)………This one’s 4JO.


 

The USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway race on in the memory of the 2022 track champion this Saturday night, April 12, with the second annual running of the Justin Owen Memorial.


 

We race on with the thoughts of Justin on our minds and we race on at a place that was a like a second home to him, where he made himself a fan favorite and where we created a lasting legacy that continues on inside the heart and soul of racers, crew members, track workers and fans alike this weekend.


 


 

Two Time Spring Winner Jr.


 

For the longest time, Lawrenceburg’s Spring USAC National Sprint Car event had the distinction of producing a different winner each year between 2006 and 2023: Jon Stanbrough (2006), Levi Jones (2007), Josh Wise (2009), Jerry Coons Jr. (2010), Kevin Thomas Jr. (2013), Justin Grant (2014), Logan Jarrett (2015), Dave Darland (2016), Chris Windom (2017) and Brady Bacon (2021).


 

But in 2024, Kevin Thomas Jr. put an end to that streak by becoming the first two-time Spring Lawrenceburg victor after also scoring in 2013.


 

At this time a year ago, it was the Cullman, Alabama driver’s first win after joining Rock Steady Racing. Now, after a bit of an inauspicious start with a best finish of 8th through the first six rounds of the 2025 season, Thomas looks to break through at the same place of his breakthrough nearly 365 days ago.


 


 

Seven Up!


 

Dave Darland holds the all-time record of USAC National Sprint Car wins at Lawrenceburg with seven between 1998 and 2016.


 

Two drivers in this Saturday’s field have an opportunity to equal Darland’s longstanding record. Justin Grant and Kevin Thomas Jr. currently possess six victories apiece.


 

Grant won his very first USAC feature victory at Lawrenceburg in 2012, and since then, has reeled off additional wins in 2014, 2018, 2019 and twice in 2023. Thomas, meanwhile, has added six, starting with two in 2013, plus one each in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2024.


 


 

Danner’s at Home at The Burg


 

Briggs Danner very well could’ve won all three of his USAC National Sprint Car starts at Lawrenceburg in 2024.


 

In July’s Indiana Sprint Week round, the Allentown, Pennsylvania racer led a total of nine laps and was running in the number one spot with 12 laps to go under caution when an engine issue sent him to the sideline.


 

In October’s Greg Staab Memorial, Danner led the final two laps after misfortune befell Mitchel Moles in a similar manner, leading to Danner’s victory. The following night, Danner started on the outside of the front row of the feature and carried the lead into turn one where he endured a vicious flip that ended his weekend early.


 

Danner is making his first run at a USAC National Sprint Car title in 2025, and another big win at The Burg could really jumpstart their quest as the season gets into full swing.


 


 

The Hoffman Car Races On


 

The familiar colors and number of the Hoffman Auto Racing / Dynamics Inc. team will return throughout the 2025 season in a different form as a sponsor of Nick Bilbee’s racing operation.


 

Bilbee was contacted during the offseason by Tom Hoffman, and he expressed interest in putting a deal together with Bilbee to keep the Hoffman family No. 69 on track after Brady Bacon’s departure at the end of the 2024 campaign.


 

The Hoffman team is synonymous with success in USAC National Sprint Car racing, amassing 140 feature wins and 13 entrant championships over the years. Dave Darland, Jon Stanbrough, Jerry Coons Jr. and Bacon have collected a total eight Lawrenceburg USAC Sprint Car wins between 1998-2021.


 

Bilbee (Indianapolis, Indiana) considers Lawrenceburg his home track, having tallied four sprint car championships at the venue in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024. In the 2024 Spring USAC race at The Burg, he finished a solid 10th in the feature.


 


 

Moles Looking to Avenge


 

Mitchel Moles is due for some good fortune when it comes to Lawrenceburg Speedway after several close encounters one year ago.


 

In July’s Indiana Sprint Week round, Moles was set to take off from the outside of the front row. However, while the field was on its pace laps and getting ready to go green, Moles pulled off to the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area due to a broken mag box. Relegated to the tail of the field for the start, Moles made a nice recovery by working himself all the way up to a seventh place finish.


 

In October, he led the first 29 laps of the 30-lap feature, and just as he was within reach of the checkered flag, the caution flag was displayed due to an incident elsewhere on the track. Under caution, Moles was forced to pull off track again. This time, as his engine’s RPMs suddenly rose, Moles wore out his brakes just trying to keep his car whoa’d down under yellow, thus handing over the victory once more.


 

The following night during October’s $20,000-to-win Fall Nationals, Moles led the opening lap and ran second. He’s sure to be a contender again this weekend, and as long as lady luck is riding along with him, it could be a long-awaited big night for Moles at The Burg.

 


 

JO Bonuses


 

Saturday’s second annual Justin Owen Memorial is a special one, honoring the life and memory of the driver who passed away in a qualifying crash during the April 2023 USAC event at Lawrenceburg.


 

The 26-year-old Owen was the 2022 sprint car track champion at Lawrenceburg, scoring two feature wins en route to the title at the 3/8-mile dirt oval in southeastern Indiana where he’d long been a regular competitor for the past several seasons. Among his greatest achievements were a victory in the season-closing Dick Gaines Memorial at Lawrenceburg in 2022. With USAC, Owen made two feature starts, both at Lawrenceburg in 2019 and 2021.


 

For Saturday, $6,000 has been added to the purse courtesy of friends, family, sponsors, donations and t-shirt sales. Among the rewards are a $1204 bonus which will be awarded to the feature hard charger. Additionally, $604 is up for grabs to the first non-transfer in the semi-feature.


 

Furthermore, a $404 bonus will be awarded to the driver with the second fastest hot lap time, and $404 more will go to the second fastest qualifier. Plus, $264 more will go to fourth place in the feature while $26 extra will be awarded to the fourth place finisher in each heat race.


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

No less than eight past USAC National Sprint Car winners at Lawrenceburg are expected to be on hand for Saturday’s event which culminates with a $7,400-to-win 30-lap feature. Past Lawrenceburg USAC National Sprint Car winners in the field include Justin Grant (6), Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), Logan Seavey (3), C.J. Leary (2), Robert Ballou (1), Kyle Cummins (1), Briggs Danner (1) and Chase Stockon (1).


 

This Saturday, April 13, features the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus the Impact Sports Pure Stocks and the Lawrence Motorsports Trailer Sales Hornets.


 

The event will start one hour earlier than normal with the pits opening at 2pm Eastern, front gates opening at 4pm and hot laps at 5pm with qualifying and racing to follow.


 

Grandstand admission for ages 13 and up is $25 while kids age 7-12 are $8 and children age 6 & under are free. Pit passes are $35 apiece.


 

If you’re unable to make it to the track, you may also watch this Saturday’s Lawrenceburg event LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac.


 


 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-449, 2-Daison Pursley-449, 3-Justin Grant-425, 4-Brady Bacon-366, 5-Mitchel Moles-344, 6-C.J. Leary-325, 7-Logan Seavey-324, 8-Jake Swanson-313, 9-Briggs Danner-309, 10-Robert Ballou-295.


 


 

TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:

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

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

10 Laps - 7/10/2008 - Cole Whitt - 2:18.19 - 97.692 mph

12 Laps - 10/1/2016 - Stevie Sussex - 2:51.39 - 94.521 mph

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


 


 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

7-Dave Darland


 

6-Justin Grant & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

5-Jon Stanbrough


 

4-Jack Hewitt


 

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


 

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


 

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


 


 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINNERS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

1983: Danny Milburn (9/18)


 

1984: Rick Hood (6/9) & Danny Milburn (9/16)


 

1985: Rick Hood (6/8)


 

1986: Rick Hood (6/7)


 

1988: Jack Hewitt (6/4)


 

1989: Rodney Ritter Jr. (7/1)


 

1992: Kevin Thomas (8/8)


 

1993: Jack Hewitt (7/10)


 

1994: Jon Stanbrough (6/18)


 

1995: Jack Hewitt (7/1)


 

1996: Mark Cassella (8/31)


 

1997: Brian Tyler (7/19) & Brian Tyler (8/30)


 

1998: Kevin Doty (5/30), Dave Darland (7/18) & Dave Darland (8/29)


 

1999: Kevin Briscoe (6/5), Jack Hewitt (7/22) & Tony Elliott (8/28)


 

2000: Kevin Briscoe (7/22) & Tony Elliott (8/26)


 

2001: Dave Darland (7/26)


 

2002: Kevin Briscoe (7/25)


 

2003: J.J. Yeley (5/31), Jay Drake (6/1) & Jon Stanbrough (7/24)


 

2004: Jon Stanbrough (7/22)


 

2005: Dickie Gaines (7/21)


 

2006: Jon Stanbrough (4/22)


 

2007: Levi Jones (4/21), Jon Stanbrough (7/11) & Dave Darland (7/12)


 

2008: Jeff Bland Jr. (7/9) & Brady Short (7/10)


 

2009: Josh Wise (4/18), Dave Darland (7/10), Jerry Coons Jr. (8/22 Special Event) & Damion Gardner (10/2)


 

2010: Jerry Coons Jr. (4/17) & Dave Darland (7/9)


 

2011: Robert Ballou (7/10), Levi Jones (10/1)


 

2012: Justin Grant (7/15) & Chase Stockon (9/29)


 

2013: Kevin Thomas Jr. (4/6), Kevin Thomas Jr. (7/14) & Bryan Clauson (9/28)


 

2014: Justin Grant (4/5) & Bryan Clauson (9/27)


 

2015: Logan Jarrett (4/4), Brady Bacon (7/12) & Thomas Meseraull (10/3)


 

2016: Dave Darland (4/2), Bryan Clauson (7/10) & Josh Hodges (10/1)


 

2017: Chris Windom (4/1), C.J. Leary (7/9) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (9/30)


 

2018: Tyler Courtney (7/22) & Justin Grant (9/29)


 

2019: Justin Grant (7/21) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (10/5)


 

2020: C.J. Leary (7/26) & Brady Bacon (10/3)


 

2021: Brady Bacon (4/3), Logan Seavey (7/25) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (10/2)


 

2022: Kyle Cummins (10/1)


 

2023: Justin Grant (7/24) & Justin Grantn (10/7)


 

2024: Kevin Thomas Jr. (4/13) & Logan Seavey (7/30), Briggs Danner (10/11) & Logan Seavey (10/12)


 


 

PAST APRIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR FEATURE RESULTS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

APRIL 2006 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Shane Cottle, 4. Jay Drake, 5. Mat Neely, 6. Josh Wise, 7. Scotty Weir, 8. Dickie Gaines, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Matt Westfall, 11. Derek O’Dell, 12. Jason Knoke, 13. Brady Short, 14. John Wolfe, 15. Daron Clayton, 16. Bryan Clauson, 17. Cory Kruseman, 18. Justin Marvel, 19. Brandon Petty, 20. Ted Hines, 21. Dave Darland, 22. Jerry Coons Jr. NT


 

APRIL 2007 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Kevin Swindell, 4. Robert Ballou, 5. Josh Wise, 6. Brett Burdette, 7. Jesse Hockett, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Shane Hollingsworth, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Darren Hagen, 12. Shane Cottle, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Daron Clayton, 15. Chris Windom, 16. Damion Gardner, 17. Mat Neely, 18. Jimmy Light, 19. Brady Short, 20. Chad Boespflug, 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 22. Dustin Morgan, 23. Matt Westfall. NT


 

APRIL 2009 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Josh Wise, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Chad Boat, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Jesse Hockett, 8. Cole Whitt, 9. Brady Short, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Brett Burdette, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Chris Windom, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Robert Ballou, 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 18. Jimmy Light, 19. Bryan Clauson, 20. Nic Faas, 21. Jeff Bland Jr., 22. Shane Cottle, 23. Hunter Schuerenberg. NT


 

APRIL 2010 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 2. Chris Windom, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Brady Short, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Shane Cottle, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Damion Gardner, 9. Justin Grant, 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11. Bryan Clauson, 12. Darren Hagen, 13. Blake Fitzpatrick, 14. Shane Hmiel, 15. Tracy Hines, 16. Jonathan Hendrick, 17. Ricky Williams, 18. Brett Burdette, 19. Kyle Cummins, 20. Henry Clarke, 21. Dave Darland, 22. John Memmer. NT


 

APRIL 2013 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Hunter Schuerenberg, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Coleman Gulick, 7. Thomas Meseraull, 8. Shane Cottle, 9. Landon Simon, 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11. Dave Darland, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Justin Grant, 14. Tyler Courtney, 15. Logan Hupp, 16. Ted Hines, 17. Nick Drake, 18. Kyle Robbins, 19. Christopher Bell, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. C.J. Leary, 22. Matt Westfall, 23. Chris Windom. NT


 

APRIL 2014 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Scotty Weir, 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Logan Jarrett, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Kody Swanson, 13. Chris Windom, 14. Travis Hery, 15. Jarett Andretti, 16. Shane Cockrum, 17. Parker Price-Miller, 18. C.J. Leary, 19. Tracy Hines, 20. Chris Gurley, 21. Kevin Thomas Jr., 22. Thomas Meseraull. NT


 

APRIL 2015 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Logan Jarrett, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Justin Grant, 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11. Kyle Cummins, 12. Aaron Farney, 13. Jarett Andretti, 14. Tyler Courtney, 15. Chad Boespflug, 16. Kyle Robbins, 17. Landon Simon, 18. Daron Clayton, 19. Travis Hery, 20. Logan Hupp, 21. Bryan Clauson, 22. Chris Windom, 23. Casey Shuman, 24. Kevin Thomas Jr. NT


 

APRIL 2016 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Scotty Weir, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Max McGhee, 6. Dallas Hewitt, 7. Thomas Meseraull, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Justin Grant, 10. Aaron Farney, 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Jarett Andretti, 14. Kyle Cummins, 15. Kevin Thomas Jr., 16. Landon Simon, 17. Carson Short, 18. Cole Ketcham, 19. Shawn Westerfeld, 20. Chad Boespflug, 21. Shane Cottle, 22. Jon Stanbrough, 23. Joss Moffatt. NT


 

APRIL 2017 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Chad Boespflug, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Landon Simon, 6. Josh Hodges, 7. Shawn Westerfeld, 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9. Jarett Andretti, 10. Shane Cottle, 11. Dallas Hewitt, 12. Tyler Courtney, 13. Tyler Thomas, 14. Corey Smith, 15. Isaac Chapple, 16. Jeff Bland Jr., 17. Max McGhee, 18. Kody Swanson, 19. Nick Bilbee, 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 21. Carson Short, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Chase Stockon. NT


 

APRIL 2021 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (6), 2. C.J. Leary (2), 3. Chris Windom (10), 4. Justin Grant (1), 5. Thomas Meseraull (9), 6. Jadon Rogers (11), 7. Paul Nienhiser (5), 8. Cole Bodine (3), 9. Robert Ballou (22), 10. Stevie Sussex (4), 11. Sterling Cling (7), 12. Nick Bilbee (14), 13. Tanner Thorson (13), 14. Jake Swanson (16), 15. Max Adams (20), 16. Dave Darland (8), 17. Scotty Weir (19), 18. Matt Westfall (12), 19. Kevin Thomas Jr. (17), 20. J.J. Hughes (15), 21. Kyle Cummins (18), 22. Brandon Mattox (P) (24), 23. Garrett Abrams (21), 24. Chase Stockon (P) (23). NT


 

APRIL 2024 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7), 2. Brady Bacon (9), 3. Logan Seavey (4), 4. C.J. Leary (2), 5. Jake Swanson (3), 6. Daison Pursley (6), 7. Kyle Cummins (1), 8. Chase Stockon (8), 9. Mitchel Moles (18), 10. Nick Bilbee (11), 11. Jadon Rogers (14), 12. Carson Garrett (17), 13. Matt Westfall (13), 14. Joey Amantea (19), 15. Shawn Westerfeld (15), 16. Saban Bibent (10), 17. Ryan Barr (22), 18. Kayla Roell (21), 19. Robert Ballou (12), 20. Hunter Maddox (20), 21. Garrett Abrams (16), 22. Justin Grant (5). NT

 

Bill Marvel Women’s Charity Golf Outing on May 21 to Benefit USAC RaceAid

Indianapolis, Indiana (April 9, 2025)………Tee up for the 29th annual Bill Marvel Women's Charity Golf Outing to benefit USAC RaceAid on Wednesday, May 21, at the Eagle Creek Golf Club in Indianapolis, Ind.


 

Registration and breakfast for the golf scramble is set for 7:30am Eastern with a shotgun start at 8:30am and will be followed by a luncheon, raffle and silent auction at the course located at 8802 West 56th Street in Indy.


 

All skill levels are welcome. The price is $85 per player for the event. Sponsors and teams can register for the event now at https://usacracing.redpodium.com/raceaid. From there, click the button next to “Register For A RACEAID Event” then select “RaceAid Golf Outing.”


 

Thanks to sponsors, golfers and partners, the annual golf outing has raised more than $400,000 over the years. You can help make this year’s golf tournament another success by partnering in any of the following ways: playing in the tournament, sponsoring a hole or team, giving a financial donation, providing door prizes or by donating auction items.


 

For any questions, or you would rather register with a check or cash, please contact Nikki@usacnation.com or by calling the USAC office at 317-247-5151 (Extension 704).


 

Since 1959, the United States Auto Club Benevolent Foundation (now USAC RaceAid) has provided financial aid to the families of auto racing participants with ties to USAC who have been injured and/or need assistance. USAC RACEAID also provides support to surviving family members with immediate and ongoing expenses. Over the years, the foundation has provided millions of dollars to help members and their families in times of need. The needs, whether small or large, never cease.


 

To donate to USAC RaceAid, please visit www.RaceAid.Fund.

 

 
 An Evening with Johnny Rutherford at USAC on May 8


 

Enjoy an evening with Johnny Rutherford and special guest, author Bart Stevens, on Thursday night, May 8, 2025, from 7pm-9pm Eastern at USAC headquarters in Speedway, Indiana.


 

The special USAC RaceAid benefit will feature Rutherford, a three-time Indianapolis 500 winner and 1965 USAC National Sprint Car champion, who will take part in a discussion and meet and greet.


 

Stevens will also be on hand to discuss everything from racing history to Johnny Rutherford to Sam Nunis and even Michael Jackson!


 

Rutherford has graciously joined this event in large part due to the fondness he has for USAC’s benevolent fund, and the assistance it has provided to his racing friends who have been injured and in need throughout the years.


 

Tickets are on sale for the event now and can be purchased at https://usacracing.redpodium.com/raceaid. From there, click the button next to “Register For A RACEAID Event” then select “An Evening with Johnny Rutherford.”


 

Light snacks and drinks are included in the ticket cost. Your ticket is a donation to RaceAid.


 

The event is a lead in to the Sonsio Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR Series event which takes place over the course of May 9-10 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located right across the street from USAC headquarters, which are located at 4910 W. 16th Street in Speedway, Indiana.


 

Since 1959, the United States Auto Club Benevolent Foundation (now USAC RaceAid) has provided financial aid to the families of auto racing participants with ties to USAC who have been injured and/or need assistance. USAC RACEAID also provides support to surviving family members with immediate and ongoing expenses. Over the years, the foundation has provided millions of dollars to help members and their families in times of need. The needs, whether small or large, never cease.


 

To donate to USAC RaceAid, please visit www.RaceAid.Fund.

 

USAC CRA Sprint Double Debut April 11-12 at Central Arizona

Lance Jennings

Casa Grande, Arizona (April 8, 2025)………After a torrid battle at Perris, the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Cars will make their first ever visit to Central Arizona Raceway with two nights of action starting with the 525th event in series history on Friday-Saturday, April 11-12.


 

The special Friday and Saturday doubleheader at the fast 3/8-mile oval in Casa Grande, Arizona will also showcase Dirt Mini Late Models, IMCA Mod Lites, and Pure Stocks.


 

Located at the Pinal County Fairgrounds, the Pit Gates at Central Arizona Raceway will open at 2:00pm, the Spectator Gates will open at 5:00pm, and racing is scheduled for 7:00pm. For more event information, visit the track’s website at www.centralazraceway.com or call 602.292.7607.


 

For those that cannot be at the races, a live stream will be broadcast by www.FloRacing.com.

 


 

NOTICE TO RACERS:


 

- APPROVED/LEGAL MUFFLERS: MUFFLERS ARE REQUIRED at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

- FUEL WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE RACE TRACK.


 

- ALL RACERS MUST PURCHASE THEIR USAC LICENSE / MEMBERSHIPS ONLINE PRIOR TO THE EVENT AT WWW.USACRACING.COM OR WWW.USACLICENSE.COM. (If racers have a membership question, contact Julie Tanaka at julietanaka@aol.com.)


 

- ENTRY FEE: There is an entry fee due at registration / pill pick.


 

- TRANSPONDERS: Transponders ARE MANDATORY and will be available to rent.


 

- ONE WAY RADIOS / RACECEIVERS: One way radios ARE MANDATORY.


 

- TIRE RULE: Hoosier tires ARE REQUIRED ON ALL FOUR CORNERS of the car.


 

- FRONT AXLE TETHER SYSTEMS: Front axle tether systems (2-Chassis, 1-King Pin to King Pin) ARE MANDATORY.


 

- FULL CONTAINMENT SEATS: Full containment seats ARE MANDATORY.


 

- COCKPIT ADJUSTABLE SHOCKS: Cockpit adjustable shocks ARE ALLOWED.


 

- RULE BOOK: The series rule book is online at www.usacracing.com.


 

- 360 BONUS: Thanks to Sands Chevrolet and Central Arizona Raceway, a bonus will be given to the top three finishing 360 Sprint Cars. $500 for best, $300 for second best, and $200 for third best. Drivers must notify USAC CRA officials at pill pick.


 

-HARD CHARGER BONUS: Photographer, Steve Lafond has donated $100 cash each night for the hard charger in the main event.

 

While new to USAC CRA, Central Arizona Raceway was a regular stop for the Arizona based USAC SouthWest Sprint Car Series. Between 2013 and 2019, the Pinal County Fairgrounds hosted that group seventeen times with seven different winners led by “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. with seven victories. While the track has a new configuration, Logan Seavey set the 410 series record of 14.948 on October 26, 2019 and R.J. Johnson established the 360 series record of 15.058 on October 29, 2016.


 

After five championship point races, Ricky Lewis of Oxnard, California has taken over the point lead. Racing his #41 Coyote Candle Company / Mesilla Valley Transportation DRC, Lewis ran fifth last Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway and carries a 14-point advantage over the competition. To date, the young driver has posted three feature wins, one heat race victory, four top-10 finishes, and 76 feature laps led on the season. With seven career USAC CRA wins, Ricky primarily races in the Midwest and might miss the action at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

Anaheim, California’s Jake Swanson is second in the chase for the championship. The pilot of the Tom & Christy Dunkel #17X Inland Rigging / Maxima Oil DRC skipped last Saturday’s event at Perris to prepare for a busy racing schedule in the Midwest. At press time, the 2012 Rookie of the Year has one feature win, one Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Fast Time Award, four top-10 finishes, and 31 feature laps led to his credit. With seven career USAC CRA wins, the 2022 Western World Champion might also skip the doubleheader at the Pinal County Fairgrounds.


 

After finishing fourth last Saturday night, R.J. Johnson of Laveen, Arizona has climbed to third in the USAC CRA point chase. Driving the Petty Performance Racing #33P Avanti Windows & Doors / Apache Transport entry, the defending champion has posted two heat race victories, three top-10 finishes, and 3 feature laps led in the campaign. To date, the multi-time Arizona Sprint Car Champion is currently tied with “The Macho Man” Brady Bacon, “Dynamite” David Cardey, and Richard Vander Weerd with nine career series wins. Starting this Friday, Johnson will have his sights on sweeping both races at Casa Grande.


 

“The Cadillac” Cody Williams of Corona, California ranks fourth in the championship point standings. Piloting his #44 WC Friend Company / Get-Er Done Racing DRC, Williams scored the twenty-second Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Fast Time Award of his career before finishing ninth in the Perris main event. At press time, the former National Non-Wing Sprint Car Rookie of the Year has two fast time awards, one heat race victory, and three top-10 finishes to his credit. “The Cadillac” is tied with “Sunshine” Tyler Courtney, and Garrett Hansen with five career USAC CRA wins and he will be looking to earn his first triumph of the year.


 

“The Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams of Yorba Linda, California is fifth in the USAC CRA point standings. Racing the Tom & Christy Dunkel #17W Inland Rigging / Maxima Oil DRC, Williams placed seventh last Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. At press time, the 2009 Co-Rookie of the Year has recorded five top-10 finishes on the season and is currently tied with Matt Mitchell with eleven career wins. “The Big Game Hunter” will have his sights on adding Central Arizona Raceway to his win list.


 

After a driver membership audit, Connor Lundy of Peoria, Arizona leads the chase for Rookie of the Year honors over Cole Wakim, Caleb Stelzig, Lonnie Oliver, Brecken Guerrero, Blake Hendricks, and Connor Speir.


 

Among the other drivers expected to be in action are “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr., Logan Calderwood, A.J. Bender, David Gasper, Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm, Logan Williams, Blake Bower, Eddie Tafoya Jr., Verne Sweeney, Elexa Herrera, Austin Ervine, Grant Sexton, Brent Sexton, “The Rattlesnake” Andrew Sweeney, Matt Westfall, Brody Wake, Justin Kierce, A.J. Hernandez, and more.


 

Central Arizona Raceway is located on the Pinal County Fairgrounds at 512 S. Eleven Mile Corner Road in Casa Grande, Arizona. To get to the track, take Exit 194 from Interstate 10, then head east seven miles to the fairgrounds. Adult Tickets are $25, Senior/Military Tickets are $20, Young Adult Tickets (12-17) are $15, and Kids (11 and under) are FREE. For more event and ticket information, visit www.centralazraceway.com or call 602.292.7607.


 

The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series thanks Factory Wraps, The Gardner Family (In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner), In Honor of Wiley Miller Sr. & Wiley Miller II, Sexton Fire Protection, Silbermann Solar, WC Friend Company, and Woodland Auto Display for their support.


 

For more information on the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series, visit the United States Auto Club (USAC) website at www.usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on the USAC CRA Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.


 


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS: 2004-Rip Williams, 2005-Damion Gardner, 2006-Cory Kruseman, 2007-Tony Jones, 2008-Mike Spencer, 2009-Mike Spencer, 2010-Mike Spencer, 2011-Mike Spencer, 2012-Mike Spencer, 2013-Damion Gardner, 2014-Damion Gardner, 2015-Damion Gardner, 2016-Damion Gardner, 2017-Damion Gardner, 2018-Damion Gardner, 2019-Damion Gardner, 2020-NO AWARD, 2021-Damion Gardner, 2022-Damion Gardner, 2023-Brody Roa, 2024-R.J. Johnson.


 


 

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR WINS: 3-Ricky Lewis, 1-David Gasper, 1-Jake Swanson.


 


 

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS: 1. Ricky Lewis-313, 2. Jake Swanson-299, 3. R.J. Johnson-285, 4. Cody Williams-276, 5. Austin Williams-273, 6. Charles Davis Jr.-258, 7. Logan Calderwood-256, 8. A.J. Bender-245, 9. David Gasper-235, 10. Tommy Malcolm-225, 11. Logan Williams-208, 12. Blake Bower-206, 13. Braden Chiaramonte-204, 14. Eddie Tafoya Jr.-154, 15. Connor Lundy (R)-134, ---. Verne Sweeney-134, 17. Cole Wakim (R)-127, 18. Brody Roa-118, 19. Kevin Thomas Jr.-103, 20. Elexa Herrera-100.

 

32 Entries for Sunday’s USAC Silver Crown Sumar Classic at Terre Haute

Josh James

Thirty-two USAC Silver Crown entries are set for this Sunday’s 21st running of the 100-lap Sumar Classic on April 13 at western Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track.

 


 

SUMAR PAST WINNERS


 

The event at the 1/2-mile dirt oval features five past winners: Kody Swanson (2014), Shane Cockrum (2015), C.J. Leary (2016), two-time victor Justin Grant (2018 & 2022) and defending winner Logan Seavey (2024).

 


 

SUMAR VETERANS


 

They’re among the 22 Sumar Classic veterans in the field along with first-time winning hopeful and past runner-up Daison Pursley who finished 2nd in the 2024 race. Fellow top-five Sumar Classic finishers in this Sunday’s lineup include Brady Bacon (3rd in 2022), Chase Stockon (4th in 2024) and Matt Westfall (5th in 2002-03). Meanwhile, Bill Rose (6th in 2022) and Briggs Danner (7th in 2024) also return to the Sumar Classic field.


 

Further returnees to the Sumar Classic lineup are Mario Clouser (12th in 2024), Travis Welpott (14th in 2022), Jimmy Light (16th in 2024), Kyle Steffens (18th in 2002), Gregg Cory (18th in 2024) and Nathan Moore (19th in 2024), plus Mitchel Moles (20th in 2024), Chase Dietz (22nd in 2024), Jake Swanson (24th in 2022), Trey Osborne (25th in 2024) and Kyle Wissmiller (26th in 2004), who is making his series comeback after a 21-year hiatus.

 


 

SUMAR ROOKIES


 

Nearly a third of this Sunday’s field belongs to Sumar Classic first-timers, including late model star Ricky Thornton Jr. who is making his USAC Silver Crown debut. USAC national winners Kaylee Bryson and Kyle Cummins also look to make their first Sumar Classic start.


 

Also looking to crack the Sumar Classic feature starting lineup for the first time are Dave Berkheimer, Saban Bibent, Rob Caho Jr., Aric Gentry, Kenny Gentry, John Tosti and Korey Weyant, whose great uncle, Chuck Weyant, scored a AAA Midget feature victory at the Terre Haute Action Track in 1955.

 


 

RACE DETAILS:


 

The 21st running of the Sumar Classic features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship this Sunday, April 13, at the Terre Haute Action Track’s 1/2-mile dirt track in Terre Haute, Indiana.


 

Pits open at 2pm Eastern and grandstands open at 4pm with the drivers meeting at 4:15pm and cars on track at 5pm, followed immediately by qualifications and racing.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at www.ActionTrackTix.com. Advance tickets are $30 for grandstand seating. Kids age 12 and under are free. General admission seats are not reserved and are on a first come basis. However, advance ticket holders will gain access through gates beginning 30 minutes prior to the published gate opening times.


 

Pit passes are $40. Grandstand seating is included as well as access to the controlled Pit Pass area. Signed waivers must be completed prior to access. Infield admission is $15, which allows for access to the grass infield of the Action Track through the tunnel at the far right (turn one side) of main grandstand.


 

Sunday’s Sumar Classic can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac.

 


 

2025 SUMAR CLASSIC ENTRY LIST: (32 ENTRIES)


 

Car # / Driver / Hometown / Car Owner


 

07 (R) JOHN TOSTI/High Ridge, MO (John Tosti)


 

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


 

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


 

3 (R) ARIC GENTRY/Robards, KY (Tim Simmons)


 

6 JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Klatt Enterprises)


 

9 BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Chris Dyson Racing)


 

10 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)


 

18 TRAVIS WELPOTT/Pendleton, IN (Welpott Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

24 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (John Haggenbottom)


 

26 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Sam Pierce)


 

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)


 

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


 

33 KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Petty Performance Racing)


 

48 NATHAN MOORE/Kaufman, TX (Chip Thomas-Joe Moore)


 

54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (Westfall Racing)


 

66 BILL ROSE/Plainfield, IN (Bill Rose Racing)


 

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


 

78 (R) ROB CAHO JR./Mound, MN (Caho Racing)


 

81 TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (BCR Group)


 

86 CHASE DIETZ/York, PA (Bruce Lee)


 

88 (R) SABAN BIBENT/Cincinnati, OH (Sammy & Mouren Fetter)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

92 MARIO CLOUSER/Auburn, IL (Kazmark Motorsports)


 

97 SHANE COCKRUM/Benton, IL (Hans Lein)


 

99 KOREY WEYANT/Springfield, IL (Scott Weyant)


 

118 JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Wingo Brothers Racing)


 

121 (R) RICKY THORNTON JR./Chandler, AZ (Team AZ Racing)


 

144 (R) KYLE WISSMILLER/Saybrook, IL (Wissmiller Racing)


 

181 KENNY GENTRY/Henderson, KY (Gentry Motorsports)

 

Starting Again at Lincoln Park! USAC Sprint Season Resumes Apr 11

Jack Reitz

Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Indiana is set to host the resumption of the 2025 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship this Friday night, April 11.

After nearly two months away from the racetrack, it’s time to get back up to speed, on both the season at hand and this weekend’s upcoming action in the Hoosier state.


 

It’s race number 51 for the USAC National Sprint Cars at Lincoln Park, with a rare springtime date at the 5/16-mile Putnamville dirt oval to boot. In fact, the last winner to emerge as a springtime Lincoln Park USAC Sprint Car winner came 39 years ago!


 

Check it out and more in this edition of the storylines!


 


 

4-PEAT 4 SEAVEY


 

Defending series champion Logan Seavey has won each of the last three USAC National Sprint Car feature events at Lincoln Park Speedway, including a sweep of all three events in 2025 en route to a 14-win season.


 

Few drivers have ever reached the stratosphere of winning four or five consecutive USAC National Sprint Car races at one track. As a matter of fact, it’s just three. Jim Hurtubise (Terre Haute Action Track), Steve Chassey (Winchester Speedway) and Tyler Courtney (Eldora Speedway) are the only drivers to reach five-straight at one track.


 

Among those with four USAC National Sprint Car wins in a row at one track include Bryan Clauson (Bloomington Speedway), Mike Bliss (Indianapolis Raceway Park), Tracy Hines (Indianapolis Raceway Park), Robert Ballou (Perris Auto Speedway), Bubby Jones (Terre Haute Action Track), Dave Steele (Winchester Speedway) and Brady Bacon (Grandview Speedway).


 


 

CUMMINS ON A HOT STREAK


 

It’s been nearly two months since the most recent USAC National Sprint Car events in Florida, but you could certainly say that Kyle Cummins is on a roll heading into Lincoln Park.


 

Cummins (Princeton, Indiana) is the only two-time USAC National Sprint Car feature winner so far this season, and recorded finishes of 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 5th, 1st & 3rd in his six starts down in the Sunshine State in February.


 

He’s won at Lincoln Park Speedway already in his USAC Sprint Car career, taking top honors in July of 2019. In his most recent USAC Sprint start at the track, he finished second to Seavey in July 2024. To boot, he was also victorious in the only sprint car race held in Indiana thus far in 2025, the No Way Out 40 in March at Paragon Speedway.


 


 

DAISON’S BEEN AMAZIN’ TOO


 

Speaking of drivers off to strong starts, Daison Pursley fits that category to a T. Like Cummins, Pursley (Locust Grove, Oklahoma) has also finished all six of his USAC National Sprint Car starts this season inside the top-five, highlighted by a victory in the most recent round in February at Florida’s Ocala Speedway.


 

It’s not entirely clear what Pursley and CB Industries plans are for the remainder of the USAC Sprint Car season, but right now, Pursley is currently tied atop the overall USAC National Sprint Car standings with Cummins, but Cummins holds the tiebreaker with his two wins.


 

Pursley knows his way around Lincoln Park. In his most recent USAC Sprint start at Lincoln Park last July, he finished sixth. Furthermore, he set quick time in qualifying at the track in both USAC Sprints and Midgets in 2024.


 


 

SPRINGTIME SPRINGS EARLY IN ‘25


 

A springtime USAC National Sprint Car show at Lincoln Park is a rarity. In fact, the last spring feature run at the track by the series came in May of 1986.


 

Overall, four Springtime USAC National Sprint Car races have been run at Lincoln Park, all in May, won by Kelly Kinser (1983), Chuck Amati (1984), Sheldon Kinser (1985) and Steve Butler (1986).


 

However, no USAC Sprint Car event has been run to completion at Lincoln Park as early in the season as this Friday’s affair. On April 28, 2012, the scheduled event was rained out. On April 27, 2013, another attempt was made with Bryan Clauson setting fast time and Landon Simon winning the first heat race before rain hit during the second heat, washing the remainder of the night out.


 


 

WINNERS ABOUND IN PUTNAMVILLE


 

Several past Lincoln Park Speedway USAC Sprint Car winners are expected to compete in Friday night’s event, with at least 10 drivers in that group taking part.


 

Among this group are three-time winners Robert Ballou and Logan Seavey, plus two-time victor C.J. Leary. One-time winners in the fold include Shane Cottle, Kyle Cummins, Justin Grant, Mitchel Moles, Chase Stockon, Jake Swanson and Kevin Thomas Jr. to be precise.


 

Dave Darland holds the all-time record for USAC National Sprint Car feature wins at Lincoln Park with six, ahead of five-time winner Sheldon Kinser and four-time winner Brady Bacon.


 


 

A NEW REGIME


 

During the offseason, a long term agreement between Lincoln Park Speedway track owner Dave Allison and USAC Promotions was put in place to assure long term stability for the 5/16-mile dirt oval and its competitors and race fans.


 

Tommie Estes, a longtime racer himself, was named as the General Manager of the track while his wife, Jen Estes, will serve as the track’s co-manager. On the track operational side of the sport, Tommie previously oversaw the racing operations at Dodge City Raceway Park in Kansas.


 

Furthermore, Tommie’s extensive background in motorsports management includes serving as the Competition Director for the ASCS National Sprint Tour, the Chili Bowl Nationals, and most recently, as the Competition Director for the USAC Silver Crown National Championship, a role he’ll continue in alongside his duties at Lincoln Park.


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

Friday night’s April 11 event consists of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus 305 RaceSaver Sprint Cars. Pits open at 4pm Eastern with the front gates opening at 5pm, the drivers meeting at 5:30 and cars on track at 6pm.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at https://usacracing.ticketspice.com/2025-lps-promotions. Advance tickets are $25 for grandstand seating. Kids age 12 and under are free. General admission seats are not reserved and are on a first come basis. However, advance ticket holders will gain access through gates beginning 30 minutes prior to the published gate opening times.


 

Pit passes are $40. Grandstand seating is included as well as access to the controlled Pit Pass area. Signed waivers must be completed prior to access. Family 4 Pack tickets for grandstand seating are $90. Individual suite passes are $50. A single night suite for 12 people is available for $500.


 

Both nights of 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-449, 2-Daison Pursley-449, 3-Justin Grant-425, 4-Brady Bacon-366, 5-Mitchel Moles-344, 6-C.J. Leary-325, 7-Logan Seavey-324, 8-Jake Swanson-313, 9-Briggs Danner-309, 10-Robert Ballou-295.


 


 

TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS AT LINCOLN PARK SPEEDWAY:


 

1 Lap - 7/5/2024 - Logan Seavey - 11.959 - 94.071 mph


 

6 Laps - 8/23/1997 - Bill Rose - 1:22.90 - 81.423 mph


 

8 Laps - 7/29/2001 - Bryon Walters - 1:46.75 - 84.309 mph


 

10 Laps - 7/5/2024 - Justin Grant - 2:08.53 - 87.528 mph


 

12 Laps - 7/14/2014 - Jon Stanbrough - 2:40.15 - 84.296 mph


 


 

ALL-TIME LINCOLN PARK SPEEDWAY USAC SPRINT CAR FEATURE WINS


 

6-Dave Darland


 

5-Sheldon Kinser


 

4-Brady Bacon


 

3-Robert Ballou & Logan Seavey


 

2-Steve Butler, Jerry Coons Jr., Jay Drake, Cory Kruseman C.J. Leary & Jon Stanbrough


 

1-Chuck Amati, Chad Boespflug, Bryan Clauson, Shane Cottle, Tyler Courtney, Kyle Cummins, Brad Fox, Dickie Gaines, Justin Grant, Jack Hewitt, Kelly Kinser, Mitchel Moles, Brady Short, Chase Stockon, Jake Swanson, Kevin Thomas Jr. & Tanner Thorson


 


 

ALL-TIME LINCOLN PARK SPEEDWAY USAC SPRINT CAR FEATURE WINNERS


 

1981: Sheldon Kinser (9/16)


 

1983: Kelly Kinser (5/25) & Sheldon Kinser (8/24)


 

1984: Chuck Amati (5/23) & Sheldon Kinser (7/18)


 

1985: Sheldon Kinser (5/4) & Steve Butler (9/7)


 

1986: Steve Butler (5/17) & Sheldon Kinser (8/23)


 

1997: Jack Hewitt (7/27) & Dave Darland (8/23)


 

1998: Dave Darland (7/26) & Brad Fox (8/15)


 

1999: Dave Darland (7/24)


 

2000: Jay Drake (7/29)


 

2001: Jon Stanbrough (7/21)


 

2002: Cory Kruseman (7/20)


 

2003: Jay Drake (7/19)


 

2004: Cory Kruseman (7/17)


 

2005: Dave Darland (7/19)


 

2010: Dickie Gaines (7/24) & Jon Stanbrough (9/10)


 

2012: Dave Darland (7/22)


 

2013: Chad Boespflug (7/4) & Bryan Clauson (7/18)


 

2014: Jerry Coons Jr. (7/4) & Robert Ballou (7/17)


 

2015: Jerry Coons Jr. (7/4) & Brady Bacon (7/16)


 

2016: Robert Ballou (7/1) & Brady Short (7/14)


 

2017: Robert Ballou (7/16)


 

2018: Tyler Courtney (7/6) & Dave Darland (7/26)


 

2019: Kyle Cummins (7/25)


 

2020: Shane Cottle (7/3), Brady Bacon (7/4), Chase Stockon (9/12) & Brady Bacon (9/12)


 

2021: C.J. Leary (7/2), Kevin Thomas Jr. (7/3) & Tanner Thorson


 

2022: C.J. Leary (7/1), Justin Grant (7/2) & Mitchel Moles (7/28)


 

2023: Brady Bacon (7/3) & Jake Swanson (7/27)


 

2024: Logan Seavey (7/5), Logan Seavey (7/6) & Logan Seavey (7/26)

 

Kody Swanson Reveals USAC Silver Crown Plans for 2025

Tyler Carr

Kody Swanson has revealed his plans for the 2025 USAC Silver Crown season.

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (April 6, 2025)………Kody Swanson will chase after his ninth career USAC Silver Crown national championship with a bit of a different team setup throughout the 2025 season.


 

Swanson will once again return to the Doran Binks Racing No. 77 on the pavement track portion of the schedule. On the dirt, the Kingsburg, California native will be the new driver of the John Haggenbottom No. 24.


 

After competing full-time in the USAC Silver Crown series in 2023-2024 on both the dirt and pavement for Doran Binks, the team has decided to focus its efforts on its pavement programs.


 

“I started with the team as a pavement only program in 2021, so I feel like we've come full circle again and will focus on the USAC Silver Crown pavement events and the Little 500, just like we did at the beginning,” Swanson stated. “I'm grateful that we were able to expand that effort the past two years to run the entire series, and to score the championship together last season. I definitely appreciate the chance we have to continue together on the pavement this year.”


 

Left momentarily without a dirt ride, Swanson and Haggenbottom have teamed up for the dirt races. While it is technically a new team for Swanson, in a way, it’s a reunion of sorts to Swanson’s five-year run as the driver of the DePalma Motorsports No. 63, a span which led to four Silver Crown titles and 21 victories.


 

Through Swanson and Haggenbottom’s mutual friendships with former DePalma Motorsports stalwarts Bob Hampshire and Clark Lamme, they’ve gotten to know each other and race against each other, and will now get the opportunity to race with each other.


 

“It’s a neat opportunity to race together, and we’ll have car that is very similar to the 63 that Hampshire and Lamme worked on together all those years ago,” Swanson explained. “I’m also reunited with an engine that helped me win a Silver Crown title a few years back and appreciate that Bob (Hampshire) and Jesse (Himes) are still looking after it and keeping it in great shape.”


 

Competing for a championship with split teams is rare, but not unprecedented. In fact, Swanson captured the 2021 USAC Silver Crown title while competing for Doran on pavement and Chris Dyson Racing on dirt. One aspect Swanson notes as a positive is that each team can come into an event fresh without having just been out on the road running on the other surface.


 

“Racing has challenges in every way, even for us in the short track world trying to run multiple divisions,” Swanson said. “You end up with different teams as you try to cover different divisions. Having a split schedule can be a challenge, but I’m looking forward to this. I’ve run on pavement with the Doran Binks team for a long time, and the good part for me is I’ve had relationships with a lot of these folks. Even if I haven’t raced the Haggenbottom no. 24, I’ve been around those guys. We’ve got mutual friends, and for being a new situation, I feel like there’s a lot of familiarity there.”


 

On dirt, Swanson will pilot the John Haggenbottom No. 24, utilizing a Maxim chassis with a Hampshire Chevy while carrying sponsorship from Radio Hospital, Belmont’s Garage, Kreider Manufacturing, John Venturella and TJ Forged Wheels.


 

On pavement, Swanson will be at the wheel of the Doran Binks No. 77, with a Lanci Ford engine underneath the hood of a Beast chassis. Team principles include Kevin Doran, Dan Binks and Ken Keilholz while sponsorship comes from Mission Foods, Wilke Orthodontics, Glenn Farms, RMT and TJ Forged Wheels.


 

Swanson will make his debut in Haggenbottom’s car on Sunday, April 13, on the dirt at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track. The following weekend, on Saturday, April 19, Swanson will return to the cockpit of the Doran Binks Racing ride on the pavement of Ohio’s Toledo Speedway.

 

 

 
 

USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGETS TAKE ON PLACERVILLE’S NOR-CAL CHALLENGE SATURDAY

Claudia Jimenez

 

Placerville, California (April 3, 2025)………The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC Western States Midgets get back to work this Saturday, April 5, at California’s Placerville Speedway.


 

Round two of the season takes the series back to the 1/4-mile dirt oval for the 14th time dating back to 1996. Michael Faccinto and Cade Lewis captured victories in each of the series events at Placerville in 2024.


 

Jake Andreotti scored the series opening victory on March 8 at California’s Ventura Raceway. By virtue of his runner-up finish at Ventura, Caden Sarale leads the USAC Western States Midget point standings heading into Placerville.


 

Saturday’s event at Placerville presents the Nor-Cal Challenge, which brings USAC’s Western States Midgets, the Bay Cities Racing Association and Western Midget Racing all together this Saturday. Winged Sprint Cars are also on the card along with Pure Stocks and Lightning Sprints.


 

Past USAC Western States Midget winners at Placerville include Jimmy Sills (1996), Shane Golobic (2013 & 2017), Ronnie Gardner (2016), Gio Scelzi (2019), Kyle Larson (2019), Austin Liggett (2021), Jake Andreotti (2022), Michael Faccinto (2022 & 2024), Brody Fuson (2023) and Cade Lewis (2024).


 

Pit gates open at Noon Pacific. Grandstands open at 4:00pm. Cars on track at 5pm. Pit Passes are sold via Pit Pay or at the Pit Booth. Camping is available and space can be reserved by calling the El Dorado County Fairgrounds & Event Center at 530-621-5860. The El Dorado County Fairgrounds will charge $10 per vehicle to park.


 

Tickets can be purchased in advance at https://www.eventsprout.com/event/psr040525.


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Caden Sarale-76, 2-T.J. Smith-76, 3-Dane Culver-70, 4-Dalten Gabbard-59, 5-Randi Pankratz-57, 6-Bryan Drollinger-48, 7-Todd Hawse-48, 8-Hailey Lambert-44, 9-Broedy Graham-43, 10-Brandt Twitty-43.

Perris Hosts 260th USAC CRA Sprint Car Race this Saturday

A.J. Johnson

By: Lance Jennings


 

Perris, California (April 2, 2025).........Following a break in the schedule, the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Cars are back in action this Saturday, April 5th, at southern California’s Perris Auto Speedway.


 

Promoted by Don Kazarian, the fifth championship round will also showcase the PAS Senior Sprint Cars, PAS Young Gun Sprint Cars, PASSCAR Super Stocks, and PASSCAR American Factory Stocks.


 

Located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in Perris, California, the Spectator Gates will open at 5:00pm and racing at "America's Premier Dirt Track" will start at 7:00pm. For more event information, visit the track’s website at www.perrisautospeedway.com or call 951.940.0134.


 

 

NOTICE TO RACERS:


 

- ALL RACERS MUST PURCHASE THEIR USAC LICENSE / MEMBERSHIPS ONLINE PRIOR TO THE EVENT AT WWW.USACRACING.COM OR WWW.USACLICENSE.COM. (If racers have a membership question, contact Julie Tanaka at julietanaka@aol.com.)


 

- ENTRY FEE: There is an entry fee due at registration / pill pick.


 

- TRANSPONDERS: Transponders ARE MANDATORY and will be available to rent.


 

- ONE WAY RADIOS / RACECEIVERS: One way radios ARE MANDATORY.


 

- TIRE RULE: Hoosier tires ARE REQUIRED ON ALL FOUR CORNERS of the car.


 

- FRONT AXLE TETHER SYSTEMS: Front axle tether systems (2-Chassis, 1-King Pin to King Pin) ARE MANDATORY.


 

- FULL CONTAINMENT SEATS: Full containment seats ARE MANDATORY.


 

- COCKPIT ADJUSTABLE SHOCKS: Cockpit adjustable shocks ARE ALLOWED.


 

- RULE BOOK: The series rule book is online at www.usacracing.com.

 

Saturday’s event will be the 260th USAC/CRA event at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds since March 6, 2004. In all, forty-seven drivers have claimed victory at their “home track,” led by ten-time champion, “The Demon” Damion Gardner with fifty-one triumphs. Nic Faas set the 1-lap track record of 15.833 on February 25, 2012 and the complete Perris USAC/CRA win list is at the end of this release.


 

Entering the fifth point race, Jake Swanson (Anaheim, California) sits atop the point standings with a fifty-four point advantage over the competition. Driving the Tom & Christy Dunkel #17X Inland Rigging / Maxima Oil DRC, Swanson scored two third place finishes at the Imperial doubleheader on March 14th and 15th. At press time, the 2012 Rookie of the Year has posted one feature win, one Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Fast Time Award, four top-10 finishes, and 31 feature laps led to his credit. With seven career USAC/CRA wins, the 2022 Western World Champion primarily races in the Midwest and might miss Saturday’s race at Perris Auto Speedway.


 

After winning the last three races, Ricky Lewis (Oxnard, California) has climbed to second in the championship point chase. Racing his #41 Coyote Candle Company / Mesilla Valley Transportation DRC, Lewis has one heat race victory, three top-10 finishes, and 76 feature laps led on the season. Like Swanson, Lewis has seven career USAC/CRA victories, primarily races in the Midwest, and might skip this Saturday’s action.


 

“The Cadillac” Cody Williams (Corona, California) is ranked third in the chase for the championship. Piloting his #44 WC Friend Company / Get-Er Done Racing DRC, Williams recorded a fifth and twelfth place finish at the Imperial doubleheader. To date, the former National Non-Wing Sprint Car Rookie of the Year has posted one Woodland Auto Display / WC Friend Company Fast Time Award, one heat race victory, and two top-10 finishes on the season. “The Cadillac” has five career USAC/CRA feature wins and will be looking to earn his first triumph of 2025.


 

Defending champion, R.J. Johnson (Laveen, Arizona) is fourth in the USAC/CRA point standings. Driving the Petty Performance Racing #33P Avanti Windows & Doors / Apache Transport entry, Johnson ran sixth and twenty-third at Imperial’s doubleheader. At press time, the multi-time Arizona Sprint Car Champion has posted two heat race victories and two top-10 finishes on the year. Currently tied with “The Macho Man” Brady Bacon, “Dynamite” David Cardey, and Richard Vander Weerd with nine career series wins, R.J. will have his sights on returning to victory circle at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds.


 

“The Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams (Yorba Linda, California) ranks fifth in the championship standings. Racing the Tom & Christy Dunkel #17W Inland Rigging / Maxima Oil DRC, Williams placed tenth and ninth at the Imperial Valley Fairgrounds. To date, the 2009 Co-Rookie of the Year has recorded four top-10 finishes in the campaign. Currently tied with Matt Mitchell with eleven career series wins, “The Big Game Hunter” will be looking to add another Perris victory to his resume.


 

Brody Wake (Lake Havasu City, Arizona) leads the chase for Rookie of the Year honors over Connor Lundy, Cole Wakim, Dayton Shelton, Caleb Stelzig, Lonnie Oliver, Connor Speir, Brecken Guerrero, Racin Silva, and Blake Hendricks.


 

Among the other drivers expected to be in action are Logan Calderwood, “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr., Braden Chiaramonte, Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm, A.J. Bender, Blake Bower, Logan Williams, David Gasper, Verne Sweeney, Eddie Tafoya Jr., Elexa Herrera, Brody Roa, Grant Sexton, Brent Sexton, Jeff Dyer, “Shugah” Shane Sexton, and more.


 

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds at 18700 Lake Perris Drive in Perris, California. General admission tickets (13 & over) are $35, Senior tickets (65 & over) are $30, Kids tickets (6 to 12) are $10, and Children (5 and under) are FREE. The Lake Perris Fairgrounds charges $20 for parking. Advance tickets are available and for more event information, visit the track’s website at www.perrisautospeedway.com or call 951.940.0134.


 

The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series thanks Factory Wraps, The Gardner Family (In Memory of Jim and Chet Gardner), In Honor of Wiley Miller Sr. & Wiley Miller II, Sexton Fire Protection, Silbermann Solar, WC Friend Company, and Woodland Auto Display for their support.


 

For more information on the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, visit the United States Auto Club (USAC) website at www.usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on the USAC/CRA Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.

 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS: 2004-Rip Williams, 2005-Damion Gardner, 2006-Cory Kruseman, 2007-Tony Jones, 2008-Mike Spencer, 2009-Mike Spencer, 2010-Mike Spencer, 2011-Mike Spencer, 2012-Mike Spencer, 2013-Damion Gardner, 2014-Damion Gardner, 2015-Damion Gardner, 2016-Damion Gardner, 2017-Damion Gardner, 2018-Damion Gardner, 2019-Damion Gardner, 2020-NO AWARD, 2021-Damion Gardner, 2022-Damion Gardner, 2023-Brody Roa, 2024-R.J. Johnson.

 

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR WINS: 3-Ricky Lewis, 1-Jake Swanson.

 

PERRIS AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC/CRA 1-LAP QUALIFYING RECORD: Nic Faas – 15.833 (02/25/12)

 

PERRIS AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR WINS: 51-Damion Gardner, 24-Mike Spencer, 19-Tony Jones, 17-Cory Kruseman, 10-Matt Mitchell, 9-Nic Faas, 8-David Cardey, 8-Richard Vander Weerd, 7-Brody Roa, 7-Rip Williams, 6-Bryan Clauson, 6-Justin Grant, 6-Mike Kirby, 6-Danny Sheridan, 6-Austin Williams, 5-Brady Bacon, 5-Robert Ballou, 5-Rickie Gaunt, 4-Dave Darland, 4-Charles Davis Jr., 4-R.J. Johnson, 4-Tommy Malcolm, 3-Garrett Hansen, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr., 2-Darren Hagen, 2-Jesse Hockett, 2-Levi Jones, 2-C.J. Leary, 2-Ricky Lewis, 1-Blake Miller, 2-Jake Swanson, 2-Cody Williams, 2-Chris Windom, 1-A.J. Bender, 1-Chad Boespflug, 1-Greg Bragg, 1-Daron Clayton, 1-Josh Ford, 1-David Gasper, 1-Josh Hodges, 1-Bud Kaeding, 1-Adam Mitchell, 1-Johnny Rodriguez, 1-Hunter Schuerenberg, 1-Chase Stockon, 1-Scotty Weir, 1-Jason York.

 

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS: 1. Jake Swanson-299, 2. Ricky Lewis-245, 3. Cody Williams-218, 4. R.J. Johnson-216, 5. Austin Williams-212, 6. Logan Calderwood-211, 7. Charles Davis Jr.-208, 8. Braden Chiaramonte-204, 9. Tommy Malcolm-194, 10. A.J. Bender-173, 11. Blake Bower-166, 12. Logan Williams-160, 13. David Gasper-157, 14. Brody Wake (R)-133, 15. Connor Lundy (R)-123, 16. Tye Mihocko-114, 17. Verne Sweeney-108, 18. Eddie Tafoya Jr.-103, ---. Kevin Thomas Jr.-103, 20. J.J. Yeley-95.

 

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.

 

TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR

USAC SPRINT CAR RACE JULY 24 AT IMS

 

INDIANAPOLIS (Thursday, April 3, 2025) – Tickets are on sale for the first USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the opener of the 38th annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by Honest Abe Roofing series Thursday night, July 24, 2025.


 

Visit www.IMS.com to purchase tickets. Reserved seats start at $45. Parking, camping and pit passes also are available.


 

The event on the quarter-mile dirt oval inside Turn 3 at IMS will feature an invitational field as determined by several different categories. The $10,000-to-win Indiana Sprint Week race at IMS will pay appearance points toward the season-long USAC National Sprint Car standings, but no points will be offered toward the 2025 Indiana Sprint Week standings.


 

C.J. Leary captured the only previous visit by the USAC National Sprint Cars to The Dirt Track at IMS in September 2024, making the winning pass with nine laps remaining to score a 20-lap, non-points exhibition race victory.


 

USAC Indiana Sprint Week, a cornerstone of sprint car racing in the Hoosier State since 1988, has captivated fans for decades with its thrilling action and rich legacy. Indiana Sprint Week’s 2025 schedule consists of eight events at eight different racetracks across a 10-night span between July 24-Aug. 2.

 

RAIN POSTPONES RED HILL USAC SPRINTS TO JUNE 13,CANCELS PARAGON RACE

Speedway, Indiana (April 2, 2025)………Rainfall and storms forecasted throughout the remainder of the week have rained out both of this weekend’s USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship events, on Saturday, April 4, at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway and on Saturday, April 5, at Sumner, Illinois’ Red Hill Raceway.


 

The Salute to Levi Jones event at Red Hill Raceway has been rescheduled for Friday, June 13, marking the series’ first visit to the 3/8-mile dirt oval since 1998.


 

Meanwhile, the Paragon event has been canceled. However, the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship will return to Paragon on Friday, September 26. Prior to that, on Wednesday, June 4, the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship will compete at Paragon as part of USAC Indiana Midget Week.


 

The USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season resumes on Friday, April 11, at Putnamville, Indiana’s Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway and Saturday, April 12, at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.

 

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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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