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Indiana sprint week

 

GRANT GETS TRI-STATE FINALE,CUMMINS COLLECTS USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK TITLE

josh james

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Haubstadt, Indiana (August 1, 2026)………Justin Grant won the night while Kyle Cummins won the week after all was said and done during Saturday night’s 39th annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters finale at Haubstadt, Indiana’s Tri-State Speedway.


 

Grant (Ione, California) charged from his seventh starting position before passing Harley Burns for the race lead on lap 18, then led the final 13 circuits to capture his third victory of the nine-race 2026 Indiana Sprint Week series.


 

Meanwhile, Cummins (Princeton, Indiana) finished the race third, but earned enough points to secure his first career USAC Indiana Sprint Week championship by a mere seven point margin over Grant.


 

Grant’s victory was the fourth of his USAC National Sprint Car career at Tri-State’s 1/4-mile dirt oval at the wheel of his TOPP Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – TOPP Industries – LA Poly/Maxim/Stanton Chevy. Three of those scores have occurred during Indiana Sprint Week – 2021, 2024, and 2026. He also won this past June’s USAC Indiana Midget Week round at the track.


 

Furthermore, Grant became the first driver to reach 70 career USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature victories. However, in victory lane, he was greeted by a raucous reaction from patrons who took umbrage with an incident that occurred during a heat race when he and Ballou collided in turn three, sending Ballou flipping wildly, which ultimately sidelined Ballou for the remainder of the program one night after winning at Bloomington and exactly one year to the day after breaking his back in a crash at Bloomington.


 

As for Grant, he explained his view of the altercation, which Ballou didn’t see eye-to-eye with.


 

“I hate that he got upside down there,” Grant said. “I felt like I was clear up alongside him off two and all the way down the backstretch and parked it on the first infield tire. I felt like he had a whole racetrack above him and he tried to get to the first infield tire through the side of my race car. So, I don't know what I could have done there other than just disappearing out of his way. You’ve got to go in the heat races and they won't see it that way. Robert might not either. I'm sorry he got torn up there. I just don't know what else I could do. I’m far enough up along there. I didn't bomb in on him or anything. I was under him all the way off two.


 

I haven't talked to him yet but I'll catch up with him later,” Grant continued. “Hopefully, we can work that out and figure out who was in the wrong there. It's a shame any time something gets torn up. I, of all people, didn't want him to get torn up there because I needed him to transfer so he could try and keep one guy out and get me on the front row. I'm a jerk and whatever, and you can think what you want me but it wasn't in my best interest to do that. So I certainly didn't want to do it.”


 

As for Cummins, his long awaited first career Indiana Sprint Week crown finally came as he put his Petty Performance Racing/Novix Outdoors – Avanti Windows & Doors – JUGO/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy No. 3p on the podium to clinch the championship.


 

“Thank the lord Jesus Christ,” Cummins exclaimed. “I did some praying there before the feature and I just told him whatever his will is, if it's meant to be, it's meant to be. If it's not, we'll just live with it and go on. That calmed me down a little bit. Every time we had a restart, I felt great. Once those guys got out, then Moles got around me on the bottom and I wasn't great on the bottom. I found that top line a little bit and I was like, ‘oh, I can hustle here.’ Then, here came Justin who just drove by all of us. So, I was like, ‘oh boy, if he wins and I finish fourth or fifth, I don't know what the math is, but it's probably not good.’ With the pressure of Jadon (Rogers) there behind me, it was three wide for a while, and my car was only good plugged up in the fence and I got tight a couple times and I was racing for my life.”


 

For Cummins’ the prize was a $25,000 check, a custom championship trophy, and a handmade Bridgeport rocker for his car owner, Jerry Petty. But most of all was the satisfaction of checking off yet another major milestone in a year that has been chockfull of them.


 

“I've wanted to win on the half miles and I checked them all off my list, and I wanted to win Sprint Week,” Cummins noted. “I don't know how many more years I want to do it and this was kind of the best case scenario. We had a great week and I thought that, if I don't do it now, I probably won't ever get it done again. That put a little extra pressure on me.”


 

As for the race itself, Harley Burns was the key guy up front early on as he led the initial 17 laps of his USAC National Sprint Car career in succession after starting on the outside of the front row alongside pole sitter Brady Bacon. Meanwhile, all Cummins had to do was finish inside the top five and the ISW title was his regardless of where any of his fellow championship contenders ran, that being Justin Grant, Mitchel Moles, and Jake Swanson. Despite dropping from third to fifth early on, Cummins never drifted outside of the top five.


 

At the same time, Grant was moving forward from his inside row four position, swiping fourth on lap 13 from fellow title battlers Cummins and Moles. Up a bit further, Bacon was draped all over Burns for the race lead during the midway point of the 30-lap affair but Burns managed to fight him off for the time being.


 

That said, Grant continued to surge. On the 17th trip around The Class Track, Grant slid up in front of Bacon off turn four to take over second. One lap later, Grant swept along the bottom of turns three and four and slid up in front of Burns to put his grip on the lead once and for all.


 

“I knew we had a really, really good car, but we weren't very good all night long,” Grant admitted. “I just tried to keep my nose clean there early. I knew I had a good enough racecar to pick through guys and it looked like everybody else was getting freer and it was coming to me. So, I figured I’d just let things widen up here and we'd be good to drive by them. I figured that once I got Kyle (Cummins) and Mitchel (Moles) put away early, I felt like I was going to be okay to get by Brady (Bacon) and Harley (Burns) there. But getting the 19 and 3p behind you here seems like a good thing.”


 

Despite a yellow flag that bunched up the field following a lap 22 caution for sixth running Rogers who slid to a stop in turn three, Grant had the field covered. In the end, he crossed under the checkered flag 1.361 seconds ahead of runner-up Brady Bacon. Kyle Cummins took third with Mitchel Moles fourth, while Kevin Thomas Jr. rounded out the top five after starting 10th.


 

Grant’s 14 career Indiana Sprint Week victories now rank third all-time behind only Dave Darland (20) and Jon Stanbrough (16).


 

“Thanks to everybody who keeps me digging and keeps me happy in this thing,” Grant stated. “(Crew chief) Jeff Walker tries to keep making me fast and keep me from getting too spun out back in the pits between runs. It's tough. We were really, really bad to start the day and we were able to dig out and have a good racecar at the end. That's a testament to having good people around you and a good racecar underneath you.”


 

Justin Grant turned the fastest lap of the feature late in the going. With three laps remaining, he turned a 13.431 on his way to victory to earn a bonus courtesy of Eclipse Claims Consulting.


 

Harley Burns finished sixth, but led the most laps through the feature, 17 in fact, en route to a career best USAC result of sixth place to grab the K & N Filters Clean Air award.


 

Jake Swanson captured the 2026 USAC Indiana Sprint Week Parallax Group / ProSource Passing Master championship. Throughout ISW, he passed a total of 60 cars. During Saturday’s feature, he advanced 19th to 8th to steal the title by three points over Hunter Schuerenberg. Swanson also earned an extra $250 bonus from Justis Family Racing as the driver who transferred out of the most semi-features during ISW. Swanson transferred through three semis this week, all three of which he won!


 

Mitchel Moles picked up $500 as the LearnLab / JM Onsite Repair Fast Qualifier. The quick time was the 36th of his USAC National Sprint Car career, tying him with Bryan Clauson for 10th place all-time.


 

Texan Dalton Stevens raced his way from 24th to 10th in the feature to become the Rod End Supply Hard Charger, all while earning his best career USAC National Sprint Car result. All of it began after qualifying 29th out of the 33 cars on hand. He scurried his way to a transfer spot in the semi, then raced from the last row in the feature to grab a top 10 result, making him the evening’s Hard Work award winner.


 

Sam Scott was the first non-transfer in the semi-feature. Despite missing the big show, he didn't walk away empty handed. The Patoka, Indiana native pocketed some extra cash from Eclipse Claims Consulting.


 

Brandon Mattox advanced ninth to sixth in the semi-feature. The Terre Haute, Indiana racer picked up the Heading Home 1st bonus from Vogel Real Estate.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 1, 2026 – Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.862; 2. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-12.888; 3. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-13.149; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.239; 5. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-13.295; 6. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-13.337; 7. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.362; 8. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-13.468; 9. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-13.508; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-13.565; 11. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-13.580; 12. Kendall Ruble, 17, Ruble-13.594; 13. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.629; 14. Chet Williams, 38, Williams-13.631; 15. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.642; 16. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-13.704; 17. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.804; 18. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-13.838; 19. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-13.865; 20. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-13.871; 21. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-13.908; 22. Carson Short, 21m, Edwards-13.951; 23. Mike Larrison, 14x, Rogers-13.954; 24. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.103; 25. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-14.115; 26. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-14.173; 27. Sam Scott, 7s, Scott-14.298; 28. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-14.395; 29. Dalton Stevens, 2B, 2B Racing-14.481; 30. Steven Pritchett, 2J, JAE-14.840; 31. Steve Justis, 12J, Justis-15.153; 32. Collin Jackson, 64c, Jackson-15.809; 33. Justin Meneely, 100, Meneely-15.926.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (6), 2. Harley Burns (5), 3. Jadon Rogers (4), 4. C.J. Leary (1), 5. Logan Seavey (2), 6. Briggs Danner (3), 7. Dalton Stevens (8), 8. Brandon Mattox (7), 9. Justin Meneely (9). 2:11.808


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hayden Reinbold (6), 2. Brady Bacon (5), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 4. Chet Williams (3), 5. Carson Short (1), 6. Colin Parker (2), 7. Troy Carey (7), 8. Steven Pritchett (8). 2:16.386


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chase Stockon (6), 2. Mike Larrison (1), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (4), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Hunter Schuerenberg (2), 6. Sam Scott (7), 7. Steve Justis (8), 8. Robert Ballou (3). 2:18.541


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (6), 2. Eli Wilhelmus (5), 3. Aric Gentry (3), 4. Cale Coons (1), 5. Jake Swanson (2), 6. Kendall Ruble (4), 7. Kobe Simpson (7), 8. Collin Jackson (8). NT


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (2), 2. Kendall Ruble (1), 3. Dalton Stevens (7), 4. Colin Parker (3), 5. Sam Scott (4), 6. Brandon Mattox (9), 7. Kobe Simpson (6), 8. Troy Carey (5), 9. Steve Justis (8), 10. Steven Pritchett (10), 11. Justin Meneely (12), 12. Collin Jackson (11). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (7), 2. Brady Bacon (1), 3. Kyle Cummins (3), 4. Mitchel Moles (6), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 6. Harley Burns (2), 7. Logan Seavey (16), 8. Jake Swanson (19), 9. Hayden Reinbold (5), 10. Dalton Stevens (24), 11. Jadon Rogers (9), 12. Eli Wilhelmus (8), 13. Briggs Danner (13), 14. Carson Short (21), 15. Kendall Ruble (12), 16. Cale Coons (23), 17. Charles Davis Jr. (11), 18. C.J. Leary (20), 19. Mike Larrison (22), 20. Aric Gentry (15), 21. Chase Stockon (4), 22. Chet Williams (14), 23. Colin Parker (17), 24. Hunter Schuerenberg (18). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Harley Burns, Laps 18-30 Justin Grant.


 

**Robert Ballou flipped during the third heat.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2433, 2-Justin Grant-2309, 3-Mitchel Moles-2292, 4-Jake Swanson-2046, 5-Briggs Danner-2004, 6-Logan Seavey-1897, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1880, 8-Chase Stockon-1868, 9-Robert Ballou-1815, 10-C.J. Leary-1807.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY K & N FILTERS POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-569, 2-Justin Grant-562, 3-Mitchel Moles-545, 4-Jake Swanson-523, 5-Brady Bacon-522, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-403, 7-Logan Seavey-400, 8-Robert Ballou-392, 9-Jadon Rogers-382, 10-C.J. Leary-359.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-123, 2-Hayden Reinbold-110, 3-Justin Grant-95, 4-Robert Ballou-93, 5-Cale Coons-93, 6-Jacob Denney-84, 7-Jake Swanson-84, 8-Briggs Danner-81, 9-Chase Stockon-81, 10-Gavin Miller-71.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Jake Swanson-60, 2-Hunter Schuerenberg-57, 3-Mitchel Moles-45, 4-Justin Grant-44, 5-Kyle Cummins-43, 6-Dalton Stevens-42, 7-Cale Coons-38, 8-Ricky Lewis-36, 9-Chase Stockon-35, 10-Gavin Miller-34.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: August 27-28-29, 2026 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – Sprint Car Smackdown XV – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

USAC Indiana Sprint Week Champion: Kyle Cummins


 

Parallax Group / ProSource Passing Master Champion: Jake Swanson (60)


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Mitchel Moles (12.656)


 

LearnLab / JM Onsite Repair Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (12.862)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Mitchel Moles


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Hayden Reinbold


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Chase Stockon


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Briggs Danner


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Sam Scott


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Brandon Mattox


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Dalton Stevens (24th to 10th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Harley Burns (17 laps led)


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Justin Grant (13.431)


 

Hard Work Award: Dalton Stevens


 

Justis Family Racing Most Semi Transfers of the Week: Jake Swan

 

BALLOU BAGS BLOOMINGTON’S SHELDON KINSER MEMORIAL ON FINAL LAP

Ryan Sellers

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Bloomington, Indiana (July 31, 2026)………Last season, Robert Ballou endured an accident at Bloomington Speedway that left him with a broken back and wound up costing him the remainder of the season.


 

On Friday, just one day shy of a full year since that accident, Ballou returned to the scene and conquered the red clay 1/4-mile, winning the 35th running of the Sheldon Kinser Memorial after race leader Gavin Miller ran out of fuel on the back straightaway on the final lap, ending his bid for a first career USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory.


 

Meanwhile, Ballou bolted by Miller to the roar of the crowd for his first USAC National Sprint Car victory since the Lincoln Park round of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters in July 2025, 39 feature starts ago.


 

For Ballou, his $10,000 score was the seventh of his Indiana Sprint Week career and was his first USAC victory at Bloomington in what was his 30th career series start at the track aboard his Ballou Motorsports/Suburban Subaru – Deaton’s Waterfront Services/DRC/Ott Chevy.


 

“This is a place that I tend to struggle at and I've worked really hard to try and get it,” Ballou explained. “I’ve watched videos and do what my racecar is asking of me. Tonight, we were on a gamble because of the humidity and the cloud cover and the sprinkles and we were still just a tick too tight. A quarter of a turn would have made my racecar better, and I would have won by a straightaway, but I didn't do that. I'm the mechanic and I had no choice but to sit up in the seat and get up to the top and hold it to the mat for the last few laps. Unfortunately, he ran out of fuel, but fortunately for us, we finally got the monkey off our back.”


 

On this night, it seemed fitting that Ballou drove the No. 12 to the win, as he became just the 12th driver in USAC National Sprint Car history to reach the 40-win mark. His 40th series win tied him for 11th place all-time alongside 1969 and 1971 champion Gary Bettenhausen.


 

Aside from winning after injury, it was also redemption for Ballou from what transpired 24 hours earlier at the Terre Haute Action Track. Ballou led with just a few laps to go when his engine expired, nixing his long awaited return to victory lane. However, he only needed to wait 24 hours later when the tables turned in his favor and he was able to capitalize on Miller’s empty fuel tank on the 30th and final lap.


 

“Last night was heartbreak, and at this race last year, I broke my back,” Ballou reflected. “We needed this win. I started the week behind the eight ball and last night was a huge blow to my race team. It's just one of those deals that you have to crawl before you walk and walk before you run, and after a few nights, I finally got my bearings and got my racecar better so that I could drive it.”


 

Ballou began his race from the pole position and proceeded to lead the initial six laps. But Miller flexed his muscles early, rising from his sixth starting spot to third on the opening lap, then shooting into second past Max Adams for second on lap three. On the seventh go around, Miller fired a shot under Ballou in the third turn to stick the lead and appeared to be the class of the field throughout the balance of the race.


 

Just past midway on lap 17, Indiana Sprint Week point leader Kyle Cummins was involved in an incident that also entangled Kevin Thomas Jr. (8th), Trey Osborne (9th), and Hayden Reinbold (13th). Cummins, Osborne, and Reinbold all came to a stop while Thomas performed a 360-degree spin and kept on going, which by rule, necessitated him to restart at the tail of the field.


 

Jake Swanson also became snarled in the incident, but his 360 spin occurred after the yellow light and flag were displayed, allowing him to maintain his on track position moving forward, which was eighth at the time. Cummins, meanwhile, came back to finish 10th but his ISW point lead had been sliced from 30 to seven entering Saturday’s Tri-State Speedway finale.


 

On lap 19, Ballou’s race nearly came to an end as he half spun in turn two, right into the path of third place running Brady Bacon who nosed into the rear bumper of Ballou’s car, then spun backwards to a stop. Ballou kept on rolling but was apologetic about the ordeal.


 

“I need to say sorry to Brady and (crew chief) Sean Michael,” Ballou stated. “I hit the grease, since it was raining, and I busted sideways and was gathering the car. Obviously, he couldn't have lifted or else he would have got tight. It's super unfortunate. I hate that for those guys. They're one of the best guys around.”


 

Eli Wilhelmus, who won his first career USAC heat race earlier in the evening, flipped over the turns three and four banking while running 11th on the 24th lap, but was able to climb out and walk away.


 

Under the caution, precipitation continued to get a bit stronger, and drivers were asked by race officials to buzz the racetrack to keep the surface alive. The process continued for roughly eight minutes as the rain subsided and the track was deemed race worthy to complete the final six circuits.


 

It was Miller versus Ballou for the next four laps as the duel between the two intensified, and Ballou found a path to his liking on the high side. But upon the completion of lap 28, Logan Seavey (8th) spun to a stop in turn four to bring out the caution, setting up a two-lap dash for the win between Miller and Ballou.


 

On the ensuing restart, Miller gapped Ballou to the tune of about four to five car lengths. But off turn two on the final lap, Miller’s car suddenly slowed to a crawl around the bottom. Ballou ripped by Miller around the top to score a “look what I’ve found” victory while Miller coasted across the line as lone car in the field to run short on fuel.


 

Ballou’s final margin of victory was 0.468 seconds over Mitchel Moles who charged from 13th to the runner-up spot. Justin Grant crossed the line in third with Jake Swanson fourth and Hunter Schuerenberg rounding out the top five for his first top five result with the series in nearly nine years. He was also fifth during a Sprint Car Smackdown prelim in 2017.


 

While it was pure heartbreak and agony for Miller, it was pure joy and jubilation for Ballou who was back on top once again.


 

“I knew that when it started raining and it cleaned up, the top was going to be the best situation because it was greasy down low and he didn't know,” Ballou detailed. “They played a fuel game, but obviously, we didn't plan on trying to keep the cars out there and spinning the racetrack and keeping it good. Otherwise, this wouldn't have happened. Last year, I ran out of fuel running second at Tri-State. It's a game of chess and he who puts his best hand forward every once in a while gets lucky. Tonight, I was lucky and we'll take it to the bank.”


 

While it wasn’t of much consolation after coming so close to his first career USAC National Sprint Car victory, Gavin Miller did pick up two extra awards. He turned the fastest lap of the feature at with an 11.626 second lap on the sixth circuit to secure the Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Lap of the Race. Furthermore, he also led the most laps – 23 out of 30 – to earn the K & N Filters Clean Air Award.


 

The lords of racing were finally on Briggs Danner’s side on this night as he raced from 24th to eighth to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors. Meanwhile, after timing in 31st out of the 41 drivers on hand, he transferred his way into the feature, then proceeded to rise up 16 spots through the field to earn the Hard Work award as well.


 

Cale Coons had to utilize a provisional just to even start the feature. Starting 25th, he charged through the field to finish a solid seventh for his best career Indiana Sprint Week result to date. For his performance, he was named the recipient of the Sober Joe Coffee Recovery of the Night.


 

Cody Trammell picked up a couple of bonuses as well. First, he was the Eclipse Claims Consulting first non-transfer from the semi-feature. He also collected the Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award for advancing the furthest among the non-transferring drivers after starting eighth and finishing fifth in the semi.


 

Hayden Reinbold pocketed an extra $300 for his fast qualifying run of 11.337 seconds courtesy of LearnLab and JM Onsite Repair. It was the second quick time of his USAC National Sprint Car career and his first of the 2026 season.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 31, 2026 – Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, Indiana – 35th Sheldon Kinser Memorial / 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-11.337; 2. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-11.343; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-11.395; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-11.470; 5. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-11.472; 6. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-11.525; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-11.529; 8. Max Adams, 24p, Paul-11.562; 9. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-11.578; 10. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-11.587; 11. Thomas Meseraull, 2E, Epperson-11.626; 12. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-11.628; 13. Cody Trammell, 34T, Trammell-11.635; 14. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-11.645; 15. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-11.689; 16. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-11.689; 17. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-11.699; 18. Jordan Kinser, 75, Tate-11.722; 19. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-11.729; 20. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-11.739; 21. Ricky Lewis, 6, Calderwood-11.774; 22. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-11.777; 23. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-11.798; 24. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-11.815; 25. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-11.848; 26. Jake Scott, 33, Miller-11.856; 27. Dalton Stevens, 2B, 2B Racing-11.894; 28. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-11.912; 29. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-11.931; 30. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-11.935; 31. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-11.936; 32. Travis Oldfield, 38, Oldfield-12.012; 33. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-12.017; 34. Parker Frederickson, 76s, Samson-12.058; 35. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-12.122; 36. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-12.149; 37. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-12.160; 38. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-12.164; 39. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-12.173; 40. Jim Tribby, 9, Tribby-12.299; 41. Collin Jackson, 64c, Jackson-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hunter Schuerenberg (3), 2. Brady Bacon (5), 3. Briggs Danner (7), 4. Thomas Meseraull (4), 5. Ricky Lewis (2), 6. Hayden Reinbold (6), 7. David Gasper (8), 8. Jake Scott (1). 2:01.409


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Harley Burns (2), 2. Jake Swanson (4), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 4. Gavin Miller (6), 5. Dalton Stevens (1), 6. C.J. Leary (3), 7. Travis Oldfield (7), 8. Troy Carey (8). NT


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chance Crum (2), 2. Gunnar Setser (1), 3. Max Adams (5), 4. Jordan Kinser (3), 5. Aric Gentry (7), 6. Cody Trammell (4), 7. Mitchel Moles (6), 8. Daylan Chambers (8). NT


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (4), 2. Robert Ballou (5), 3. Colin Parker (2), 4. Jadon Rogers (3), 5. Logan Seavey (6), 6. Cale Coons (1), 7. Kobe Simpson (8), 8. Parker Frederickson (7). 2:00.122


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Eli Wilhelmus (1), 2. Chase Stockon (2), 3. Kyle Cummins (5), 4. Trey Osborne (6), 5. Gabriel Gilbert (3), 6. Charles Davis Jr. (4), 7. Brandon Mattox (7), 8. Jim Tribby (8). 2:01.000


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hayden Reinbold (1), 2. Ricky Lewis (5), 3. Mitchel Moles (2), 4. Logan Seavey (3), 5. Cody Trammell (8), 6. Gabriel Gilbert (4), 7. C.J. Leary (10), 8. Cale Coons (11), 9. Dalton Stevens (6), 10. Brandon Mattox (13), 11. Aric Gentry (7), 12. Travis Oldfield (12), 13. Parker Frederickson (15), 14. Kobe Simpson (14), 15. Charles Davis Jr. (9), 16. Jim Tribby (18), 17. Daylan Chambers (17), 18. Troy Carey (16). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Robert Ballou (1), 2. Mitchel Moles (13), 3. Justin Grant (7), 4. Jake Swanson (17), 5. Hunter Schuerenberg (8), 6. Max Adams (2), 7. Cale Coons (25-P), 8. Briggs Danner (24), 9. Gavin Miller (6), 10. Kyle Cummins (15), 11. Harley Burns (9), 12. Chance Crum (10), 13. C.J. Leary (26-P), 14. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 15. Brady Bacon (4), 16. Jadon Rogers (19), 17. Chase Stockon (22), 18. Hayden Reinbold (12), 19. Logan Seavey (14), 20. Ricky Lewis (20), 21. Eli Wilhelmus (11), 22. Trey Osborne (5), 23. Colin Parker (21), 24. Thomas Meseraull (16), 25. Gunnar Setser (23), 26. Jordan Kinser (18). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Robert Ballou, Laps 7-29 Gavin Miller, Lap 30 Robert Ballou.


 

**Troy Carey flipped during the second heat. Eli Wilhelmus flipped on lap 24 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2358, 2-Justin Grant-2234, 3-Mitchel Moles-2217, 4-Jake Swanson-1993, 5-Briggs Danner-1964, 6-Logan Seavey-1841, 7-Chase Stockon-1833, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1816, 9-Robert Ballou-1805, 10-C.J. Leary-1775.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY K & N FILTERS POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-494, 2-Justin Grant-487, 3-Jake Swanson-470, 4-Mitchel Moles-470, 5-Brady Bacon-447, 6-Robert Ballou-382, 7-Logan Seavey-344, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-339, 9-Jadon Rogers-335, 10-C.J. Leary-327.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-118, 2-Hayden Reinbold-110, 3-Robert Ballou-93, 4-Justin Grant-89, 5-Cale Coons-86, 6-Jacob Denney-84, 7-Briggs Danner-81, 8-Chase Stockon-81, 9-Jake Swanson-73, 10-Gavin Miller-71.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hunter Schuerenberg-57, 2-Jake Swanson-49, 3-Kyle Cummins-38, 4-Mitchel Moles-38, 5-Justin Grant-37, 6-Ricky Lewis-36, 7-Gavin Miller-34, 8-Cale Coons-31, 9-Briggs Danner-31, 10-Robert Ballou-30.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 1, 2026 – Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Eli Wilhelmus (11.307)


 

LearnLab / JM Onsite Repair Fast Qualifier: Hayden Reinbold (11.337)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Hunter Schuerenberg


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Harley Burns


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Chance Crum


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Eli Wilhelmus


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Hayden Reinbold


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Cody Trammell


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Cody Trammell


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Briggs Danner (24th to 8th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Gavin Miller (23 laps led)


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Gavin Miller (11.626)


 

Hard Work Award: Briggs Danner


 

Sober Joe Coffee Recovery of the Night: Cale Coons

 

CHAMPION MOVE! CUMMINS’ HEROICS CAPTURE DON SMITH CLASSIC AT TERRE HAUTE

David Nearpass

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Terre Haute, Indiana (July 30, 2026)………“’I’ve always wanted to be a champion, but I’ve wanted to be able to make champion moves whenever the pressure is on.”


 

By all accounts, Kyle Cummins certainly made a champion level move to take the lead and the victory on Thursday night during the 16th running of the Don Smith Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track, round seven of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters.


 

On a restart with just two laps remaining, Cummins first gained momentum on the high side of turns one and two, but as race leader Brady Bacon moved up the racetrack on entry into turn three, Cummins dove to the bottom, slid up to the cushion with perfection, then drove away to his ninth USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature win of the year, this one worth $10,000.


 

Cummins’ second victory of the week at the helm of his Petty Performance Racing/Novix Outdoors – Avanti Windows & Doors – JUGO/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy No. 3p was the 10th triumph of his Indiana Sprint Week career, making him just the fifth driver in ISW history to reach double figures in feature wins, joining Dave Darland (20), Jon Stanbrough (16), Cory Kruseman (12), and Justin Grant (11).


 

Furthermore, Cummins’ 39th career USAC National Sprint Car triumph tied him with Robert Ballou for 12th place on the all-time list. Adding to it, the win was his second of the season at the famed 1/2-mile dirt oval after also capturing April’s Jim Hurtubise Classic.


 

Cummins’ latest score is also a boon to his Indiana Sprint Week title hopes. With his Terre Haute success, his point lead has surged from 11 to 30 with now only two events left on the schedule. An Indiana Sprint Week crown is a part of the resume that has been absent from his career thus far, but Cummins sure laid it on the line during the final laps to do everything in his power to change that fact.


 

“Brady (Bacon), Justin (Grant), Robert (Ballou), all of those guys can make pressure moves when the pressure's on and get these last lap passes, just like Justin did to me at Lawrenceburg,” Cummins compared and contrasted. “When we took the green, I was like, ‘no way (Brady is) going to the top,’ and I don't think I lifted. I took the cushion just right and I saw he was going to go to the top. So, I was like, ‘I'm going to slide him and whatever happens at the other end happens.”


 

Cummins started the 30-lap main event from the fifth position, moving past Mitchel Moles on the opening lap and remaining in the fourth spot for the initial 22 caution free laps. Meanwhile, the triumvirate of Grant, Bacon, and Ballou each took their turns at the front. Grant led the first nine before Bacon took over from laps 10-18, then Ballou laid claim to the lead on the 19th circuit with a three-wide move down the back straightaway after Bacon got caught behind the lapped car of Todd Hobson.


 

In the meantime, Cummins was simply trying to stay in the hunt as he searched for a way forward.


 

“My car didn't go on the bottom and I tried to run the bottom and I wasn't any good,” Cummins admitted. “There at the beginning, I'm just like, man, if it runs around the bottom, I might not finish in the top five. Then, I saw Brady move up and I moved up a little bit and it finally started getting cleaned off. Then, it kind of got dirtier or whatever. When Justin moved down, the curb started getting to where I could see it a little bit. I could run on it and make some adjustments in the car. Starting back there in fifth, especially on a track like this, it's tough. You can get there but it's just really hard to pass.”


 

On the 24th lap, Ballou snagged the turn two cushion and got up on the bike. Bacon roared past Ballou to the inside to take the lead midway down the back straight. However, Ballou readjusted, then dove back to the bottom of turn three to slide back in front of Bacon to reobtain the lead. Moments later, however, the first caution of the feature was displayed when Dalton Stevens (18th) slowed in turn four.


 

After the restart, Cummins was seemingly fading from view as Kevin Thomas Jr. stormed past to take the third spot away with five laps remaining, dropping Cummins back to fourth in line. In the meantime, Ballou’s engine began to stumble along the bottom of turns three and four, allowing Bacon to rim ride around the outside to take the top spot on lap 26.


 

Simultaneously, Cummins finally disposed of Thomas, then charged around the outside of Ballou in turn four with just four laps to go. That’s when Cummins went to work on tracking down Bacon and his five car length lead.


 

Meanwhile, the heartbreak for Ballou came to a sour ending with two laps remaining when his engine expired in a puff of smoke, necessitating a caution that bunched up the field for one final green-white-checkered restart, and that’s when Cummins made his winning move, one etched into Terre Haute Action Track lore, starting with a surge forward on the cushion in turns one and two.


 

“Even on the last lap, I wasn't sure; I could have clipped it there,” Cummins said of the cushion. “I was there for a couple laps and I was getting in a little low and smacking it. Before the last caution, I thought Brady was going to the top and it forced me up a little bit higher. That kind of gave me the confidence to go in a little bit higher and get a little bit of momentum. It was definitely treacherous. It wasn't huge, but when you're balled up and to the floor, you're also trying to keep the car straight but also trying to plug it in the cushion and get a drive off the straightaway.”


 

That drive off the straightaway led to Cummins’ turn three slider coming to the white flag. Cummins took the bull by the horns from there, crossing the finish line 1.319 seconds ahead of runner-up Brady Bacon with Kevin Thomas Jr. third, Justin Grant fourth and Jake Swanson fifth. Impressively, among the top five finishers are a combined 229 USAC National Sprint Car feature wins.


 

Bacon led in two different stints between laps 10-18, then paced laps 26-28, As the leader of the most laps (12), he was rewarded with the K & N Filters Clean Air award. Furthermore, he also recorded the fastest lap of the feature. On lap 12, he laid down a lap of 20.817 seconds, earning him the Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Lap of the Race award.


 

Jake Swanson collected his third LearnLab Fast Qualifying time of USAC Indiana Sprint Week 2026. He got one at Kokomo on Saturday, then a second one at Circle City on Tuesday. On Thursday, he added the Terre Haute Action Track to his hit list, a lap which was worth $700, with $600 coming from LearnLab and another $100 paid out from Mach 1 Chassis. Swanson’s fast time was his fifth of the series season and the 17th of his career, moving him into sole possession of 31st place all-time ahead of Rollie Beale, Jack Hewitt, and Doug Kalitta.


 

Hunter Schuerenberg made the biggest charge of any driver during the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season. His +17 run from 23rd to sixth easily made him the Rod End Supply Hard Charger.


 

Ricky Lewis jumped in the Rex Calderwood Racing No. 6 for the night as the team’s regular driver, Logan Calderwood, nursed a knee injury. A sluggish start for Lewis saw him qualify 27th out of the 33 cars on hand. But once he got comfortable in the seat, he was fast, racing from 24th to 10th in the main event to earn the Hard Work Award.


 

Kobe Simpson gave it everything he had in the semi-feature. In a scramble for the final transfer position, he went topside around Carson Short on the final lap to get the spot, which provided him a bonus from Mach 1 Chassis.


 

Carson Short, meanwhile, picked up a couple of rewards, although it didn't exactly go down in the way he would've preferred. He was the Vogel Real Estate Non-Transfer Hard Charger after making his way from eighth to fifth. He was also the Eclipse Claims Consulting First Non-Transfer.


 

The 16th running of the Don Smith Classic was the highest paying event in the 39-year history of Indiana Sprint Week with a total purse of $46,750, including $10,000 to the winner and a minimum of $1,000 to start courtesy of the Smith family.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2026 – Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, Indiana – 16th Don Smith Classic / 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-19.463; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-19.630; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-19.748; 4. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-19.812; 5. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-19.937; 6. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-19.983; 7. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-20.039; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-20.078; 9. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-20.158; 10. Shane Cottle, 34, Olson-20.163; 11. Beau Brandon, 21B, Brandon-20.178; 12. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-20.234; 13. Max Adams, 5x, Adams-20.270; 14. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-20.298; 15. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-20.303; 16. Dalton Stevens, 2B, 2B Racing-20.303; 17. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-20.309; 18. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-20.320; 19. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-20.363; 20. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-20.363; 21. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-20.370; 22. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-20.374; 23. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-20.447; 24. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-20.548; 25. R.J. Miller, 34m, Miller-20.556; 26. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-20.574; 27. Ricky Lewis, 6, Calderwood-20.585; 28. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-20.686; 29. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-20.688; 30. Carson Short, 21m, Edwards-20.713; 31. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-21.232; 32. Michael Clark, 8, Clark-21.774; 33. Todd Moule, AU26, Moule-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (2), 2. Gunnar Setser (1), 3. Robert Ballou (5), 4. Briggs Danner (4), 5. Jake Swanson (6), 6. Max Adams (3), 7. Brandon Mattox (8), 8. R.J. Miller (7). 2:47.495


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jadon Rogers (3), 2. Kyle Cummins (6), 3. Justin Grant (5), 4. Todd Hobson (1), 5. Hunter Schuerenberg (7), 6. Shane Cottle (4), 7. Carson Short (8), 8. Troy Carey (2). 2:49.154


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (2), 2. Dalton Stevens (3), 3. Chase Stockon (5), 4. Mitchel Moles (6), 5. Hayden Reinbold (1), 6. Ricky Lewis (7), 7. Beau Brandon (4), 8. Colin Parker (8). 2:48.284


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. David Gasper (2), 2. Brady Bacon (6), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 4. C.J. Leary (4), 5. Trey Osborne (1), 6. Kobe Simpson (3), 7. Charles Davis Jr. (7), 8. Michael Clark (8). 2:46.466


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Shane Cottle (1), 2. Ricky Lewis (5), 3. Max Adams (3), 4. Kobe Simpson (4), 5. Carson Short (8), 6. Charles Davis Jr. (6), 7. Brandon Mattox (7), 8. Beau Brandon (2), 9. Michael Clark (12), 10. Colin Parker (11), 11. Troy Carey (9), 12. R.J. Miller (10). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (5), 2. Brady Bacon (3), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (12), 4. Justin Grant (1), 5. Jake Swanson (6), 6. Hunter Schuerenberg (23), 7. C.J. Leary (15), 8. Chase Stockon (11), 9. Jadon Rogers (7), 10. Ricky Lewis (24), 11. Logan Seavey (8), 12. Max Adams (16), 13. Mitchel Moles (4), 14. Cale Coons (10), 15. Gunnar Setser (19), 16. Trey Osborne (22), 17. Hayden Reinbold (21), 18. Briggs Danner (13), 19. Kobe Simpson (17), 20. Robert Ballou (2), 21. Todd Hobson (20), 22. Shane Cottle (14), 23. Dalton Stevens (18), 24. David Gasper (9). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Justin Grant, Laps 10-18 Brady Bacon, Laps 19-25 Robert Ballou, Laps 26-28 Brady Bacon, Laps 29-30 Kyle Cummins.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2309, 2-Justin Grant-2162, 3-Mitchel Moles-2145, 4-Jake Swanson-1925, 5-Briggs Danner-1909, 6-Logan Seavey-1812, 7-Chase Stockon-1797, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1775, 9-C.J. Leary-1738, 10-Robert Ballou-1728.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY K & N FILTERS POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-445, 2-Justin Grant-415, 3-Brady Bacon-406, 4-Jake Swanson-402, 5-Mitchel Moles-398, 6-C.J. Leary-317, 7-Logan Seavey-315, 8-Robert Ballou-305, 9-Jadon Rogers-299, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-298.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-118, 2-Hayden Reinbold-110, 3-Robert Ballou-93, 4-Cale Coons-86, 5-Justin Grant-85, 6-Jacob Denney-84, 7-Chase Stockon-76, 8-Gavin Miller-71, 9-Briggs Danner-65, 10-Jake Swanson-60.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hunter Schuerenberg-52, 2-Jake Swanson-34, 3-Ricky Lewis-33, 4-Gavin Miller-32, 5-Kyle Cummins-31, 6-Justin Grant-30, 7-Cale Coons-28, 8-Mitchel Moles-27, 9-Robert Ballou-27, 10-Chase Stockon-25.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 31, 2026 – Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, Indiana – Sheldon Kinser Memorial / 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kyle Cummins (19.814)


 

LearnLab / Mach 1 Chassis Fast Qualifier: Jake Swanson (19.463)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Logan Seavey


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Cale Coons


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: David Gasper


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Shane Cottle


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Carson Short


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Carson Short


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Hunter Schuerenberg (23rd to 6th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Brady Bacon (12 laps led)


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Brady Bacon (20.871)


 

Hard Work Award: Ricky Lewis


 

Mach 1 Chassis Final Transfer Spot: Kobe Simpson

 

 

 

SWANSON SCORES! WINS PARAGON’S USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK RETURN

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Paragon, Indiana (July 29, 2026)………It had been 28 years since Paragon Speedway last hosted a USAC Indiana Sprint Week event, and for most of Wednesday night’s feature, Jake Swanson raced out to a lead that was 28 light years ahead of the competition. Or so it seemed.


 

But when the race tightened up in the waning laps due to a caution and an unexpected wrestling match with the turn four cushion, the Anaheim, California native still wasn’t going to give up the bag, leading all 30 laps to capture the $10,000 victory in round number six of nine of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters at the Belle Sheppard Birthday Bash.


 

Swanson’s triumph was his first at Indiana Sprint Week since winning at Lincoln Park Speedway in 2023. Furthermore, his ninth career USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory moved him to 60th place on the all-time list alongside Mario Andretti, Pat O’Connor, Hunter Schuerenberg, and Robbie Stanley.


 

It was also Swanson’s first USAC score of any kind since February at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park. Over the course of Indiana Sprint Week, victory has been knock, knock, knockin’ on Swanson’s door with finishes of 2nd, 5th, 5th, 3rd, and 10th throughout the past week, which had the team within striking distance of the upper crust of the ISW title race.


 

“This thing's on rails right now,” Swanson beamed. “We've been working and grinding, trying to get this package to this level and to this point. I’ve got a lot of great people like Snake Enterprises who has helped me just kind of massage on this thing and fine-tune a lot of little things to help us get more efficient and get better and get faster.”


 

Swanson and Paragon’s 3/8-mile paperclip shaped dirt oval have been a picture perfect match for each other in 2026. Back in March, Swanson picked up a marquee win in the non-sanctioned No Way Out 40. The Indiana Sprint Week round was icing on the cake for him and his Daming Swanson Motorsports/Inland Rigging – Snake Enterprises/DRC/1-Way Chevy No. 5T.


 

After missing out on a heat race transfer spot in each of his past three USAC Indiana Sprint Week appearances at Kokomo, Lawrenceburg, and Circle City over the past few nights, Swanson had to race his way into the main event by winning three consecutive semi-features. But on Wednesday, Swanson hustled through the pack in his heat race, charging from his sixth starting spot to win the thing decisively. In the end, it set up Swanson to become the first driver since Derek Davidson in 1998 to win an Indiana Sprint Week feature event at Paragon.


 

Starting fourth in the feature, Swanson was out in front of the mayhem that ensued near the conclusion of lap one. In a battle for the seventh spot, Mitchel Moles and Robert Ballou collided at the exit of turn four, with the contact sending Ballou on a sharp left turn directly into the path of Trey Osborne. Both Ballou and Osborne endured damage that sent them to the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area for repairs before returning to the tail of the field. Ballou wound up 13th at the finish line, while Osborne pulled off after five laps with a 24th place result. Moles continued on without issue.


 

On the second attempt at a start, Swanson found his preferred path. First, he cleared fellow row two starter Justin Grant off the second turn. Then, Swanson hit the bottom line in turns three and four and swiftly glided by both Gunnar Setser and Hunter Schuerenberg to lead the opening lap by a little more than a car length.


 

Meanwhile, Grant swiped second from Schuerenberg on the third lap as he dove low into turn three with the two banging sidewalls in the process. Kyle Cummins followed suit to third as he charged under Schuerenberg on the back straight on lap six.


 

By lap 10, Swanson’s lead was already a full straightaway over Grant and Cummins, who were a distant 3.6 seconds behind. After carving his way in and around lapped traffic, Swanson’s lead was a whopping 6.270 seconds by lap 22 when the caution was displayed for Zack Pretorius (20th) who jumped the turn three cushion and got briefly airborne before landing and coming to a stop while Grant took evasive action to avoid contact.


 

In a way, Swanson was a bit perturbed to see the yellow flag. However, it also allowed him to prove his prowess to himself on this particular night.


 

“I hated to see the caution come out, but honestly, I'm glad because then I would have wondered, ‘well, would he have beat me?’ Was I that good? You just never know,” Swanson pondered.


 

As it turned out, Swanson really was that good, but things sure got interesting for a split second down the stretch. First, Cummins got to second on the lap 23 restart when he gracefully used the low line in turns three and four to get the spot.


 

However, on the exit of turn four, Grant snagged the cushion and ricocheted into Cummins. The two touched wheels, elevating Cummins’ right rear tire up off the track surface, while the nose of his car was pointed toward the outside wall. Somehow, Cummins managed to straighten himself out and continue onward in second place. With five laps remaining, Brady Bacon also surged past Grant to work his way into the third spot.


 

Once again, Swanson was gone. His lead was 1.666 seconds and growing as the sands running through the hourglass became less visible. However, the fine line of the turn four cushion nearly cost Swanson everything with three laps remaining. The curb grabbed his right rear tire on lap 28 and threw his car to the right while sending him bouncing three times before he could regain control. As a result, Cummins reentered the picture and was just a few car lengths off Swanson’s back bumper for the race lead.


 

“It was a fine line, for sure,” Swanson said of the cushion. “It was so ledgy and the curb was only getting bigger and sketchier, and I knew we were going to be a little tight for it. I really didn't think the racetrack could stick around this long. So, we were kind of on the tight side, and honestly, I was just trying to hang on the whole time. I was trying to run because I figured that if I got to racing with somebody, it was going to be hard for me to recover because I was just so snug.”


 

That said, Swanson was perfect from there on out, executing the final two laps with precision to win the race by a 0.861 second margin over Kyle Cummins with Brady Bacon third, Justin Grant fourth and Mitchel Moles fifth. Incidentally, all five top five finishers also now reside inside the top five of the Indiana Sprint Week standings, with Cummins reemerging as the leader by 11 points. Moles led by one marker entering the Paragon event.


 

Swanson grabbed the lead at the start of the feature and never let go, leading all 30 laps to earn the K & N Filters Clean Air Award. Furthermore, he also turned the fastest lap of any driver in the feature. On the second go around, he turned a lap of 15.726 seconds en route to victory and an Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Lap bonus.


 

Kyle Cummins was the LearnLab Fastest Qualifier for the seventh time during the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season. It was also the 23rd of his career with the series, tying him for 21st place all-time alongside Indiana Sprint Week champions Logan Seavey and Jon Stanbrough.


 

C.J. Leary rushed through the field from 21st to 12th, with his +9 run earning him the night’s Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

Hunter Maddox jumped into a new ride for Steve Rone and Matt Thompson for the event. After qualifying 31st in the 46-car field, he then raced from seventh to fourth to transfer through his heat race. With that, he was the recipient of the Hard Work Award. Maddox was also the lone driver starting outside of the invert to transfer into the main event, which earned him the Haymaker Award courtesy of The Hayloft.


 

Eli Wilhelmus advanced from 15th to sixth in the semi-feature. Though he came up two spots shy of a transfer spot, he was the biggest mover, which got him a bonus as the Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award winner.


 

Colin Parker charged all the way up to the fifth spot the semi-feature, putting him just one spot short of the final transfer position. But he did earn a bonus from Eclipse Claims Consulting as the First Semi Non-Transfer.


 

It was full moon fever, quite literally, during the preliminary events of Wednesday’s racing program at Paragon. Five drivers got upside down between qualifying and the heat races. Logan Prickett and Todd Moule got upside down in a big way during time trials. Jack Hoyer and Todd Hobson got on their respective lids in separate heat race one accidents. Tony Helton was the final flip victim of the night during the fourth heat. All five drivers were able to climb out and walk away.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 29, 2026 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – The Belle Sheppard Birthday Bash / 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.462; 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.741; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.790; 4. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.862; 5. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.879; 6. Todd Hobson, 77, Wingo Bishop-14.912; 7. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-15.036; 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-15.054; 9. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.076; 10. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.082; 11. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-15.082; 12. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-15.095; 13. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-15.120; 14. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-15.156; 15. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.168; 16. Jack Hoyer, 11, Hoyer-15.183; 17. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-15.206; 18. R.J. Miller, 34m, Miller-15.208; 19. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.238; 20. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-15.283; 21. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.303; 22. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-15.322; 23. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-15.343; 24. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-15.347; 25. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-15.352; 26. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-15.441; 27. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-15.476; 28. Braxton Cummings, 71B, Cummings-15.494; 29. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-15.526; 30. Dalton Stevens, 2B, 2B Racing-15.542; 31. Hunter Maddox, 26, Rone/Thompson-15.555; 32. Brandon Spencer, 22, Spencer-15.593; 33. Cody Trammell, 34T, Trammell-15.666; 34. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-15.697; 35. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-15.705; 36. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.726; 37. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-15.792; 38. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-15.876; 39. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-15.903; 40. Jake Scott, 33, Miller-15.962; 41. Michael Clark, 8, Clark-16.051; 42. Travis Oldfield, 38, Oldfield-16.057; 43. Jim Tribby, 9, Tribby-16.210; 44. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-16.225; 45. Todd Moule, AU26, Moule-NT; 46. Logan Prickett, 37, Prickett-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Robert Ballou (2), 2. Kyle Cummins (6), 3. Harley Burns (4), 4. Hunter Maddox (7), 5. Troy Carey (8), 6. Michael Clark (9), 7. Jack Hoyer (3), 8. Eli Wilhelmus (1), 9. Todd Hobson (5). NT


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (2), 2. Cale Coons (1), 3. Gunnar Setser (5), 4. Jadon Rogers (4), 5. Briggs Danner (6), 6. Zack Pretorius (3), 7. Brandon Spencer (7), 8. Travis Oldfield (9), 9. David Gasper (8). 2:04.587


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (4), 2. C.J. Leary (2), 3. Mitchel Moles (6), 4. Hunter Schuerenberg (5), 5. Braxton Cummings (1), 6. Colin Parker (8), 7. R.J. Miller (3), 8. Jim Tribby (9), 9. Cody Trammell (7). 2:03.872


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (6), 2. Ricky Lewis (4), 3. Logan Seavey (5), 4. Charles Davis Jr. (3), 5. Wyatt Burks (1), 6. Chance Crum (2), 7. Kobe Simpson (7), 8. Tony Helton (8), 9. Gabriel Gilbert (9). NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Trey Osborne (2), 2. Logan Calderwood (3), 3. Justin Grant (6), 4. Chase Stockon (5), 5. Dalton Stevens (1), 6. Hayden Reinbold (4), 7. Brandon Mattox (7), 8. Jake Scott (8). 2:07.511


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (1), 2. Hayden Reinbold (2), 3. Dalton Stevens (5), 4. Zack Pretorius (7), 5. Colin Parker (9), 6. Eli Wilhelmus (15), 7. Michael Clark (10), 8. Wyatt Burks (4), 9. Troy Carey (6), 10. Kobe Simpson (13), 11. Jake Scott (16), 12. Brandon Spencer (12), 13. Travis Oldfield (17), 14. Jim Tribby (18), 15. R.J. Miller (11), 16. Brandon Mattox (14), 17. Braxton Cummings (3), 18. Chance Crum (8), 19. Cody Trammell (19). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (4), 2. Kyle Cummins (6), 3. Brady Bacon (7), 4. Justin Grant (3), 5. Mitchel Moles (5), 6. Hunter Schuerenberg (1), 7. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9), 8. Ricky Lewis (16), 9. Harley Burns (14), 10. Chase Stockon (13), 11. Logan Seavey (12), 12. C.J. Leary (21), 13. Robert Ballou (8), 14. Hayden Reinbold (17), 15. Jadon Rogers (15), 16. Briggs Danner (11), 17. Cale Coons (22), 18. Dalton Stevens (23), 19. Charles Davis Jr. (19), 20. Hunter Maddox (24), 21. Zack Pretorius (18), 22. Logan Calderwood (20), 23. Gunnar Setser (2), 24. Trey Osborne (10). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jake Swanson.


 

**Logan Prickett flipped during qualifying. Todd Moule flipped during qualifying. Jack Hoyer flipped during the first heat. Todd Hobson flipped during the first heat. Tony Helton flipped during the fourth heat.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2227, 2-Mitchel Moles-2099, 3-Justin Grant-2094, 4-Briggs Danner-1877, 5-Jake Swanson-1857, 6-Logan Seavey-1763, 7-Chase Stockon-1742, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1705, 9-Robert Ballou-1697, 10-C.J. Leary-1681.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY K & N FILTERS POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-363, 2-Mitchel Moles-352, 3-Justin Grant-347, 4-Jake Swanson-334, 5-Brady Bacon-329, 6-Robert Ballou-274, 7-Logan Seavey-266, 8-C.J. Leary-260, 9-Jadon Rogers-245, 10-Gavin Miller-238.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-109, 2-Hayden Reinbold-106, 3-Robert Ballou-93, 4-Cale Coons-86, 5-Justin Grant-85, 6-Jacob Denney-84, 7-Chase Stockon-73, 8-Gavin Miller-71, 9-Briggs Danner-65, 10-Jake Swanson-59.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hunter Schuerenberg-33, 2-Jake Swanson-32, 3-Gavin Miller-32, 4-Justin Grant-28, 5-Cale Coons-27, 6-Mitchel Moles-25, 7-Robert Ballou-25, 8-Kyle Cummins-23, 9-Dalton Stevens-22, 10-Kobe Simpson-22.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 30, 2026 – Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, Indiana – 16th Don Smith Classic / 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Brady Bacon (14.845)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Kyle Cummins (14.462)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Robert Ballou


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Brady Bacon


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Trey Osborne


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Briggs Danner


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Colin Parker


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Eli Wilhelmus


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: C.J. Leary (21st to 12th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Jake Swanson (30 laps led)


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Jake Swanson (15.726)


 

Hard Work Award: Hunter Maddox

 

 

BACON ROUNDS UP CIRCLE CITY, WINS USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK ROUND #5

Ryan Sellers

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Indianapolis, Indiana (July 28, 2026)………Brady Bacon had previously conquered the likes of Lawrenceburg, Lincoln Park, Plymouth, Bloomington, and Terre Haute during his USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters career.


 

On Tuesday night, he made it six career Indiana Sprint Week victories at six different racetracks after adding Indianapolis, Indiana’s Circle City Raceway to his checklist in a dominating performance from start to finish aboard his Chris Dyson Racing/Concord American Flagpole – Racer/Triple X/Rider Chevy No. 20.


 

The Broken Arrow, Oklahoma native earned a $10,000 reward after leading all 30 laps from his outside front row starting position to tally his third USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship win of the season and the 64th of his career, while also gaining his second career score at Circle City’s 1/4-mile dirt oval after winning the Circle City Salute in May 2024.


 

As a result, the 2016 and 2023 USAC Indiana Sprint Week champ rose from fifth to fourth in the ISW standings, while also closing the gap on the point lead from 41 to 27. That puts him a bit closer to the $25,000 champion’s share and the traditional Bridgeport rocker awarded to the championship team.


 

“We're just going to keep plugging away,” Bacon stated. “We’ve had a solid week so far, and hopefully, we can clip a couple more wins off here and wind up with a rocking chair at the end of the week.”


 

Both of Bacon’s previous Indiana Sprint Week titles, plus his Circle City score a couple years ago, came in the famed Dynamics Inc. / Hoffman Auto Racing No. 69. For Bacon, the Dyson 20 has a bit of the same feel, and the same success, as he continues to add on to his extensive list of USAC victories.


 

“Chris Dyson gives us all the tools we need to go fast,” Bacon praised. “These are some of the same engines we ran with the 69 from Gene Franckowiak and Rider Racing Engines and they ran good as always.”


 

Bacon’s victory also comes with an interesting background on his crew, who along with crew chief Sean Michael, has them running up front.


 

“We were a little low on crew, so we’ve got a couple kids from Australia – Riley and Cody – who are over here to learn, and they've been working their butts off,” Bacon explained. “Sprint Week is tough, especially for new people, and they came across the world to do it. They've been working hard and we've been fast every night.”


 

During the feature, Bacon grabbed the initial lead away from pole sitter Hayden Reinbold, and despite a few early stoppages, remained unfettered by the commotion. First, Dalton Stevens (20th) spun to a stop in turn one after contact between him and Hunter Schuerenberg on the second lap. Charles Davis Jr. (19th) performed a half-spin in turn three on the third lap which also collected Cale Coons (22nd). On the ensuing restart, Thomas Meseraull spun in turn four on the way back to the green flag directly into the path of Trey Osborne (24th) who ramped over Meseraull and flipped down the straightaway.


 

Even then, with just a few laps under his belt, Bacon felt he was in pretty good shape moving forward.


 

“With the cushion being so low on entry, I knew it was going to be tough to pass,” Bacon acknowledged. “I knew that if I could get out in front and not make any mistakes, I'd be pretty hard to beat. It was a pretty sloppy first couple of laps, but once I got it figured out, we were really good.”


 

While Bacon commanded the early portion of the race, Robert Ballou had gotten by Reinbold for second, while Logan Seavey moved forward to third past Reinbold on the back straightaway on lap five. Kyle Cummins also glided past Reinbold in turn four to get to fourth on lap 10, and Mitchel Moles followed suit, racing by his Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports teammate, Reinbold, in turn four on the 12th lap.


 

By then, Bacon’s lead was a full straightaway – 3.2 seconds. His game plan was coming to fruition.


 

“I thought that (the top side) was going to be the place to be,” Bacon offered. “You could get a really good run off two if you just got it right. Once I kind of dialed in my speed and was where I needed to be to spin the tires, I was pretty good. Coming off four kind of made me nervous when we were over the shelf, but you bang off the wall and still keep your momentum and speed up. My game plan was to go up there and try not to make any mistakes and make someone beat me somewhere else.”


 

Hunter Schuerenberg, who was running 17th, became the second driver to get upside down when he toppled over in turn one on the 20th lap, but was able to climb out and walk away.


 

By then, Moles had already jumped up to fourth by Kyle Cummins, and on lap 21, Seavey climbed further up the leaderboard to second place when he slid Ballou in the first turn but still remained 1.4 seconds behind the front running Bacon. Moles rose to third with yet another turn one slider that shuffled Ballou back to fourth on lap 25. Justin Grant followed suit to fourth by Ballou a lap later as Reinbold crawled the bottom to work his way back into the top five with only a handful of laps to go.


 

Up front, however, it was game over. Bacon sealed the deal, taking the checkered flag by a commanding 2.990 seconds ahead of runner-up Logan Seavey.


 

Bacon also turned the fastest lap of the contest en route to the feature victory. His time of 13.182 seconds on the second lap proved to be the best, earning the Eclipse Claims Fastest Lap Award. He also had a lot of clean air throughout the feature, leading all 30 to grab the K & N Filters Clean Air award.


 

With his third place finish at Circle City, Mitchel Moles ascended to the top of the USAC Indiana Sprint Week standings by one single point over Cummins. Justin Grant finished fourth in the race with Hayden Reinbold rounding out the top five.


 

Grant used the "Kokomo Line" to race his way from 14th to 4th in the feature. His +10 run provided him Rod End Supply Hard Charger accolades.


 

Jake Swanson collected LearnLab Fast Qualifying honors with a lap of 11.852 seconds. Since it was his second fast time of the week, he earned a $400 reward for his qualifying prowess. Furthermore, his fourth fast qualifying time of the USAC National Sprint Car season was also the 16th of his career, tying him with Rollie Beale, Jack Hewitt, and Doug Kalitta for 31st place on the all-time list.


 

Cale Coons started his night by qualifying 40th out of the 49 drivers on hand, but in the end, he raced his way into the feature and scored the Hard Work award for his efforts.


 

Chance Crum came one spot short of transferring his way into the feature. Despite that, he picked up a bonus courtesy of Eclipse Claims as the first semi-feature non-transfer.


 

Trey Osborne worked his way from the C-Main to the semi-feature. Then, he nearly raced his way into a transfer spot in the semi-feature, advancing 12th to sixth. As the hardest charging semi-feature non-transfer, he received a bonus from Vogel Real Estate for the Heading Home 1st Award. Osborne later used a provisional to start the feature.


 

Although, it wasn’t among his most memorable nights of the season, Kyle Cummins set a new USAC National Sprint Car record with his eighth place feature result. It marked his 30th consecutive top 10 finish with the series dating back to the second event of the 2026 season at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park. That broke Kevin Thomas Jr.’s all-time record of 29, set just one season ago in 2025.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 28, 2026 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-11.852; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-11.915; 3. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-12.043; 4. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-12.050; 5. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.052; 6. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-12.053; 7. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-12.061; 8. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-12.113; 9. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-12.114; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-12.130; 11. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.218; 12. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.226; 13. Todd Moule, AU26, Moule-12.285; 14. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-12.314; 15. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-12.347; 16. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-12.363; 17. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-12.422; 18. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-12.431; 19. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-12.443; 20. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-12.472; 21. Thomas Meseraull, 24, Simon-12.478; 22. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-12.489; 23. Dalton Stevens, 2B, 2B Racing-12.501; 24. Jack Hoyer, 11, Hoyer-12.564; 25. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-12.566; 26. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-12.584; 27. Noah Whitehouse, 21, Hajduk-12.593; 28. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-12.618; 29. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-12.619; 30. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-12.641; 31. Austin Nigh, 97, Ninety Seven-12.664; 32. Cody Trammell, 34T, Trammell-12.685; 33. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-12.703; 34. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-12.718; 35. Parker Frederickson, 76s, Samson-12.771; 36. R.J. Miller, 34m, Miller-12.796; 37. Travis Oldfield, 38, Oldfield-12.812; 38. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-12.819; 39. Wyatt Burks, 16w, Knight-12.833; 40. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.859; 41. Frankie Guerrini, G3, Guerrini-12.885; 42. Evan Mosley, 2, Barkdull-12.934; 43. Devan Myers, 75, Myers-12.996; 44. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-13.058; 45. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-13.066; 46. Logan Prickett, 37, Prickett-13.095; 47. Jake Scott, 33, Miller-13.117; 48. James Turnbull II, 5, Baldwin/Fox-NT; 49. Mike Larrison, 06, American Dream-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. C.J. Leary (1), 2. Thomas Meseraull (2), 3. Gavin Miller (4), 4. Brady Bacon (5), 5. Jake Swanson (6), 6. Logan Calderwood (3), 7. Austin Nigh (7), 8. Frankie Guerrini (9), 9. Logan Prickett (10), 10. R.J. Miller (8). 2:07.526


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (4), 2. Kyle Cummins (6), 3. Hayden Reinbold (5), 4. Charles Davis Jr. (2), 5. Chance Crum (3), 6. Cody Trammell (7), 7. Noah Whitehouse (1), 8. Evan Mosley (9), 9. Jake Scott (10), 10. Travis Oldfield (8). 2:06.908


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chase Stockon (1), 2. Dalton Stevens (2), 3. Briggs Danner (5), 4. Jadon Rogers (6), 5. James Turnbull II (10), 6. Eli Wilhelmus (3), 7. Trey Osborne (7), 8. Todd Moule (4), 9. Dakota Earls (8), 10. Devan Myers (9). 2:09.085


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gunnar Setser (4), 2. Robert Ballou (6), 3. Jack Hoyer (2), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Hunter Maddox (1), 6. Hunter Schuerenberg (7), 7. Zack Pretorius (9), 8. Brandon Mattox (3), 9. Wyatt Burks (8). 2:09.356


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ricky Lewis (3), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 3. Logan Seavey (6), 4. David Gasper (4), 5. Cale Coons (8), 6. Colin Parker (1), 7. Troy Carey (2), 8. Parker Frederickson (7), 9. Kobe Simpson (9). NT


 

COOK OUT C-MAIN: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Trey Osborne (4), 2. Troy Carey (1), 3. Zack Pretorius (5), 4. Frankie Guerrini (8), 5. Evan Mosley (9), 6. Brandon Mattox (6), 7. Kobe Simpson (12), 8. Logan Prickett (13), 9. R.J. Miller (15), 10. Devan Myers (16), 11. Dakota Earls (10), 12. Travis Oldfield (17), 13. Parker Frederickson (7), 14. Austin Nigh (3), 15. Jake Scott (14), 16. Noah Whitehouse (2), 17. Wyatt Burks (11). NT


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (1), 2. Todd Moule (2), 3. Cale Coons (5), 4. Hunter Schuerenberg (11), 5. Chance Crum (3), 6. Trey Osborne (12), 7. James Turnbull II (6), 8. Zack Pretorius (14), 9. Eli Wilhelmus (8), 10. Troy Carey (13), 11. Colin Parker (9), 12. Frankie Guerrini (15), 13. Cody Trammell (10), 14. Hunter Maddox (4), 15. Logan Calderwood (7). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (2), 2. Logan Seavey (3), 3. Mitchel Moles (7), 4. Justin Grant (14), 5. Hayden Reinbold (1), 6. Robert Ballou (4), 7. Gavin Miller (16), 8. Kyle Cummins (6), 9. Jadon Rogers (5), 10. Jake Swanson (12), 11. C.J. Leary (10), 12. Ricky Lewis (9), 13. Kevin Thomas Jr. (15), 14. David Gasper (18), 15. Gunnar Setser (8), 16. Briggs Danner (13), 17. Chase Stockon (11), 18. Cale Coons (24), 19. Jack Hoyer (22), 20. Todd Moule (17), 21. Dalton Stevens (21), 22. Hunter Schuerenberg (23), 23. Thomas Meseraull (19), 24. Charles Davis Jr. (20), 25. Trey Osborne (25-P). NT


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Brady Bacon.


 

**Trey Osborne flipped on lap 4 of the feature. Hunter Schuerenberg flipped on lap 20 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2147, 2-Mitchel Moles-2031, 3-Justin Grant-2025, 4-Briggs Danner-1838, 5-Jake Swanson-1776, 6-Logan Seavey-1716, 7-Chase Stockon-1694, 8-Robert Ballou-1652, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1645, 10-C.J. Leary-1635.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY K & N FILTERS POINTS: 1-Mitchel Moles-284, 2-Kyle Cummins-283, 3-Justin Grant-278, 4-Brady Bacon-257, 5-Jake Swanson-253, 6-Gavin Miller-238, 7-Robert Ballou-229, 8-Logan Seavey-219, 9-C.J. Leary-214, 10-Jadon Rogers-207.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-107, 2-Hayden Reinbold-103, 3-Robert Ballou-93, 4-Justin Grant-85, 5-Jacob Denney-84, 6-Cale Coons-81, 7-Gavin Miller-71, 8-Chase Stockon-70, 9-Briggs Danner-65, 10-Jake Swanson-56.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Gavin Miller-32, 2-Hunter Schuerenberg-32, 3-Justin Grant-25, 4-Jake Swanson-24, 5-Robert Ballou-24, 6-Mitchel Moles-22, 7-Cale Coons-22, 8-Kobe Simpson-19, 9-Jadon Rogers-17, 10-Chase Stockon-16.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 29, 2026 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track


 

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Gavin Miller (12.046)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Jake Swanson (11.852)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: C.J. Leary


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Mitchel Moles


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Chase Stockon


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Ricky Lewis


 

Cook Out C-Main Winner: Trey Osborne


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Jake Swanson


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Chance Crum


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Trey Osborne


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Justin Grant (14th to 4th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Brady Bacon (30 laps led)


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Brady Bacon (13.182)


 

Hard Work Award: Cale Coons

 

REBOUND AT THE BURG! GRANT’S LATE CHARGE NETS USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK SCORE

Ryan Sellers

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (July 25, 2026)………One year ago during the USAC Indiana Sprint Week round at Lawrenceburg Speedway, Justin Grant left the track in an ambulance following a gnarly series of flips that resulted in a broken left foot.


 

On Sunday night, Grant (Ione, California) left the 3/8-mile dirt oval with the trophy after tracking down racelong leader Kyle Cummins, then slid past him in turn one with two laps remaining to become the first repeat winner of 2026 USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters.


 

For the most part, Lawrenceburg has been kind to Grant throughout his career. In fact, his eighth career USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory on Sunday made him the winningest driver in the series’ history at the track, surpassing Dave Darland.


 

Yet, for those last several laps, Grant took it up even another notch in pursuit of victory at a place where he has thousands of laps and has accrued so much success, which really says something.


 

“That was as hard as I've run around this place, I think, ever,” Grant revealed. “Especially when it’s slick to a big curb like that. Kyle and I were both pretty bailed out there trying to win the race.”


 

Despite how it all unfolded last year with the pain, the surgeries, the rehab, the toll, and everything else that came along as a result of the injury, Grant’s love for Lawrenceburg never wavered.


 

“Lawrenceburg Speedway has always been my friend. We just had a little spat here last year,” Grant said with a laugh. “I've always loved this place. I've loved racing here since I was driving the 40 car for Mark Hery and the 5 car for Ken Baldwin back in the day. I love Lawrenceburg. I even loved it the night I left in an ambulance. This place is awesome and it's a throttle smashers’ delight around here.”


 

It seemed fitting for Grant that his very first USAC national win in 2012 came during Indiana Sprint Week at Lawrenceburg, and so did his 101st. In an ironic twist of fate, in both cases, he led just the final two laps, then punctuated it by saluting the crowd with a “hat shake” by unstrapping his helmet and holding it above his head during the cool down lap.


 

“It was super special to win my first one here,” Grant reminisced 14 years later. “Against all odds, I’ve won 100 more, and to come back and win another one here at Lawrenceburg Speedway, it's super special. I couldn't do it with a better group of people. People who have been with me for a long time. I just really appreciate each and every one of them.”


 

Grant’s latest winning performance marked his 13th career Indiana Sprint Week victory, moving him into sole possession of third place all-time behind only Dave Darland (20) and Jon Stanbrough (16). Overall, it was his record extending 69th career USAC National Sprint Car triumph.


 

The non-stop green-to-checkered feature took just 7:39.455 to complete and earned Grant a $10,000 reward for his efforts aboard his TOPP Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – TOPP Industries – LA Poly/Maxim/Stanton Chevy No. 4.


 

Starting third on the grid, Grant initially fell to fourth behind Cummins, Mitchel Moles, and C.J. Leary for the first three circuits of the 30-lap feature. By lap four, Grant had surpassed Leary through the middle of turns one and two. On the ninth lap, Grant had raced by Moles for second, then went to work on chasing down Cummins.


 

From that point onward, Cummins found himself in the midst of traffic. Just prior to the midway point, Grant had erased Cummins’ 1.5 second advantage and now sat just a handful of car lengths off his back bumper.


 

Standing five links back, Grant went for the slider entering turn three on the 18th lap, pulling himself even alongside Cummins, but was unable to stick the pass. That put Cummins on high alert, but at the same time, also spent one piece of valuable ammunition in Grant’s arsenal.


 

“Kyle and 3p made me work awfully hard for that one,” Grant explained. “I slid him, but I didn't want him to know I was there because I knew he had more in the tank. I thought I had enough to slide him and didn't get him cleared. Then, I'm like, ‘oh boy, you just made your life a lot harder now.’ So, I had to sit up in the seat.”


 

For the next 11 trips around The Burg, Grant shadowed Cummins lap after lap after lap. But on lap 29 of 30, Grant aimed toward the bottom of turn one and fired off an all or nothing slider. It stuck. Once Cummins checked up, Grant was able to escape with only the white flag and the checkered flag left in his sight.


 

“I was pretty much all or nothing from the time the green flag dropped,” Grant said. “I was hammering and really trying not to let him get away from me in lap traffic. He did a really, really good job and I caught a few breaks with lapped cars kind of peeling off after he went by them and I was able to close back to him. So, anything I caught wrong, I got given back to me when guys would peel down off the bottom. Then, I made a couple big moves across the middle. Fortunately, (crew chief) Jeff Walker and I have been working really hard on it, but it finally stuck across the middle and I could throw bombs from like from like the next town over.”


 

Grant took control from there, leading the final two laps and crossing the start/finish line 0.615 seconds ahead of Kyle Cummins with Jake Swanson third, Mitchel Moles fourth and Brady Bacon fifth.


 

After enduring a USAC National Sprint Car winless drought of 19 races without a series victory that spanned 2.5 months, Grant has now won two of the last four. Now, he feels like he’s right back on track.


 

“We've won a few races and we've been running okay, but tonight's the first time I got out of the race car and thought, ‘oh, that's our race car. We’ve got it back.’ I’m really, really happy for that,” Grant said.


 

Kyle Cummins was in full control of the feature for all but the final two laps. As the leader of the most laps (28 of 30), he was the honoree of the K & N Filters Clean Air award. Furthermore, for the third consecutive night, he turned the fastest lap of the feature. His time of 14.532 seconds on lap five earned him another bonus courtesy of Eclipse Claims Consulting.


 

Utilizing a "backup" car, Briggs Danner set fast time in LearnLab Qualifying for the sixth time during the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season, and for the 10th time in his career, putting him 54th all-time alongside Sonny Ates, Jim Hurtubise, and Thomas Meseraull.


 

Hunter Schuerenberg advanced from his 24th starting position to finish 16th in the feature. His +8 performance netted him the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award. He began the night by qualifying 32nd out of the 44 cars on hand, but despite it all, he overcame it to race his way into the big show, which earned him recognition as the Hard Work award winner. He was also the lone driver outside of the inversion to transfer into the feature, racing his way from 12th to fourth in the semi to earn a feature starting spot. That got him his second Haymaker award of Indiana Sprint Week courtesy of The Hayloft.


 

James Turnbull II advanced 14th to 10th in the semi-feature, earning him a Heading Home 1st bonus from Vogel Real Estate as the driver advancing the furthest without making the feature event.


 

Jesse Vermillion came one spot shy of qualifying for his first USAC National Sprint Car feature in six years. He finished fifth in the semi and was the recipient of the Eclipse Claims First Semi Non-Transfer bonus.


 

One night after winning the Indiana Sprint Week at Kokomo Speedway, Kevin Thomas Jr.’s car suffered mechanical problems from qualifying on. He was unable to start his heat race, the semi-feature or the feature event. The issues ended his streak of 122 consecutive USAC National Sprint Car feature starts, which had been the 16th longest streak in series history.


 

The 44 USAC National Sprint Cars on hand were the most for a USAC Indiana Sprint Week event at Lawrenceburg since 2014.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 26, 2026 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.839; 2. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-13.850; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-13.864; 4. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.917; 5. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.963; 6. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-13.982; 7. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-14.050; 8. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-14.078; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-14.097; 10. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-14.151; 11. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-14.169; 12. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.188; 13. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.193; 14. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.210; 15. Austin Nigh, 97, Ninety Seven-14.230; 16. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.237; 17. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-14.240; 18. Dalton Stevens, 2B, 2B Racing-14.243; 19. Shawn Westerfeld, 4J, Fischesser/Owen-14.265; 20. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-14.344; 21. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-14.346; 22. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.361; 23. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.362; 24. Garrett Abrams, 32, Abrams-14.368; 25. Jack Hoyer, 11, Hoyer-14.382; 26. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-14.388; 27. Todd Moule, AU26, Moule-14.430; 28. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-14.466; 29. Dustin Webber, 9, Webber-14.500; 30. Jesse Vermillion, 5v, Vermillion-14.546; 31. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-14.555; 32. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-14.566; 33. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-14.581; 34. Kole Kirkman, 18K, Dice-14.774; 35. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-14.892; 36. James Turnbull II, 5, Baldwin/Fox-14.905; 37. Kyle Johnson, 99J, Johnson-14.921; 38. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-14.989; 39. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.072; 40. Travis Oldfield, 38, Oldfield-15.398; 41. Blake Vermillion, 73, Vermillion-15.726; 42. Brennon Marshall, 43, Miller-NT; 43. Nate Carle, 14c, Carle-NT; 44. R.J. Miller, 34m, Miller-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Robert Ballou (2), 2. Gunnar Setser (4), 3. Briggs Danner (6), 4. Logan Seavey (3), 5. Jake Swanson (5), 6. Todd Moule (1), 7. Hunter Schuerenberg (7), 8. Kyle Johnson (8). 1:57.071


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (2), 2. Hayden Reinbold (4), 3. Brady Bacon (6), 4. C.J. Leary (5), 5. Ryan Barr (1), 6. Ricky Lewis (3), 7. Dakota Earls (8), 8. Trey Osborne (7). 1:58.459


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (6), 2. Garrett Abrams (2), 3. Dustin Webber (1), 4. Todd Hobson (5), 5. Chase Stockon (4), 6. Dalton Stevens (3), 7. Kole Kirkman (7), 8. Troy Carey (8). 1:59.176


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (6), 2. Jack Hoyer (2), 3. Gavin Miller (4), 4. Shawn Westerfeld (3), 5. Jesse Vermillion (1), 6. Colin Parker (7), 7. Travis Oldfield (8), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5). 1:58.371


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jadon Rogers (5), 2. Kyle Cummins (6), 3. Kobe Simpson (1), 4. Zack Pretorius (2), 5. Austin Nigh (4), 6. Brandon Mattox (3), 7. James Turnbull II (7), 8. Blake Vermillion (8). 2:00.568


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (1), 2. Chase Stockon (3), 3. Austin Nigh (4), 4. Hunter Schuerenberg (12), 5. Jesse Vermillion (6), 6. Ryan Barr (5), 7. Todd Moule (10), 8. Dalton Stevens (8), 9. Brandon Mattox (9), 10. James Turnbull II (14), 11. Colin Parker (11), 12. Kole Kirkman (13), 13. Dakota Earls (15), 14. Travis Oldfield (16), 15. Troy Carey (18), 16. Kyle Johnson (17), 17. Blake Vermillion (19), 18. Ricky Lewis (7), 19. Kevin Thomas Jr. (2). 2:58.619


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (3), 2. Kyle Cummins (2), 3. Jake Swanson (10), 4. Mitchel Moles (4), 5. Brady Bacon (5), 6. Briggs Danner (6), 7. Robert Ballou (8), 8. C.J. Leary (1), 9. Jadon Rogers (7), 10. Gunnar Setser (12), 11. Gavin Miller (14), 12. Hayden Reinbold (13), 13. Shawn Westerfeld (17), 14. Chase Stockon (18), 15. Logan Seavey (16), 16. Hunter Schuerenberg (24), 17. Garrett Abrams (19), 18. Kobe Simpson (23), 19. Zack Pretorius (21), 20. Todd Hobson (11), 21. Dustin Webber (22), 22. Jack Hoyer (20), 23. Austin Nigh (15), 24. Cale Coons (9), 25. Ricky Lewis (25-P). 7:39.455


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Kyle Cummins, Laps 29-30 Justin Grant.


 

**Nate Carle flipped during hot laps. Wyatt Burks flipped during qualifying.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2086, 2-Mitchel Moles-1959, 3-Justin Grant-1959, 4-Briggs Danner-1801, 5-Jake Swanson-1721, 6-Chase Stockon-1655, 7-Logan Seavey-1641, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1601, 9-Robert Ballou-1587, 10-C.J. Leary-1586.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY K & N FILTERS POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-222, 2-Justin Grant-212, 3-Mitchel Moles-212, 4-Jake Swanson-201, 5-Brady Bacon-181, 6-Gavin Miller-180, 7-C.J. Leary-165, 8-Robert Ballou-164, 9-Briggs Danner-152, 10-Jadon Rogers-152.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-105, 2-Hayden Reinbold-103, 3-Robert Ballou-93, 4-Jacob Denney-84, 5-Justin Grant-75, 6-Cale Coons-75, 7-Chase Stockon-70, 8-Briggs Danner-65, 9-Gavin Miller-62, 10-Jake Swanson-54.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hunter Schuerenberg-23, 2-Gavin Miller-22, 3-Jake Swanson-21, 4-Robert Ballou-20, 5-Chase Stockon-16, 6-Jesse Vermillion-16, 7-Mitchel Moles-15, 8-Jadon Rogers-15, 9-Todd Moule-15, 10-Dalton Stevens-15.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 27, 2026 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kyle Cummins (13.863)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Briggs Danner (13.839)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Robert Ballou


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Cale Coons


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Mitchel Moles


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Jake Swanson


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Jesse Vermillion


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: James Turnbull II                                             


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Hunter Schuerenberg (24th to 16th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kyle Cummins (28 laps led)


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Kyle Cummins (14.532)


 

Hard Work Award: Hunter Schuerenberg


 

The Hayloft Haymaker Award: Hunter Schuerenberg

 

KTJ SHIFTS STREAMS, GETS FIRST USAC SPRINT WIN OF ’26 AT KOKOMO

Ryan Sellers

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Kokomo, Indiana (July 25, 2026)………Just about a month ago, Kevin Thomas Jr. switched streams and changed teams midway through the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season.


 

On Saturday night at Kokomo Speedway, he took BBI Motorsports to victory lane during round three of the 39th annual edition of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters.


 

At the same time, the Cullman, Alabama native drove himself to his long-awaited first win of the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season.


 

In late June, Thomas parted ways with the Rock Steady Racing team to join BBI, with whom he had earned considerable success with in the southwest. This season alone, he had won in both USAC CRA and USAC Southwest Sprint Car competition for the team at Arizona’s Mohave Valley Raceway and Central Arizona Raceway.


 

On Saturday at Kokomo, for the first time, Thomas and BBI all visited USAC National Sprint Car victory lane together in just their fifth series appearance since putting this program together. This one meant the world to KTJ as he went wire-to-wire, leading all 30 laps at the wheel of his BBI Motorsports/Driven Racing Oil – Inland Rigging – Indy Metal Finishing/DRC/Moyle Chevy No. 15.


 

“I've done this a few times, just wanting to be on my own. I'm not on my own right now. I said that wrong, but I do get a lot of leash and I appreciate that,” Thomas explained. “I met Chris, Jennifer, Kaycee, and Jamesyn (Bonneau) a long time ago. I stayed at their house when their first daughter was born. So, I've known them for a long time, along with Michael (Bryan) and J.T. (Imperial), and all the people who are involved in this. The BBI stands for three last names. So, it's a family ordeal and I'm happy to drive it to victory lane.”


 

Thomas’ 49th career USAC National Sprint Car victory ranks as the fifth most all-time as he made his way to his eighth career Indiana Sprint Week score. Overall, his latest triumph was also his eighth career USAC National Sprint Car win at Kokomo’s 1/4-mile dirt oval. This one proved to be among the most rewarding of his career.


 

“Two weeks ago, I got back from Mid-America Midget Week, and we rebuilt this thing from the ground up in 10 days,” Thomas revealed. “For it to be rewarding right off the bat is pretty special.”


 

In what has been a trying season for Thomas, in all honesty, this was his first race day trip to victory lane during the 2026 USAC national season. He was declared a USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget winner in late June during the prelim night of the BC39. But that declaration came the next afternoon after original winner Drake Edwards’ car was deemed illegal.


 

So, in all reality, this was KTJ’s first feeling of triumphant satisfaction in USAC competition since capturing the second night of Sprint Car Smackdown at Kokomo in August 2025, a full 11 months ago, and 29 events into the 2026 campaign.


 

“Well, now we got the monkey off our back, so I feel like we can be comfortable and just go race,” Thomas stated. “I qualified eighth today. I was bitching and I was like, I just want to win a race. Like, I'm over it. These guys had my back and they said, ‘you're going to win.’ It's pretty cool and I do have a lot of pride in this and working on my own stuff. It's a lot of fun.”


 

With 55 drivers on hand, it was the largest Indiana Sprint Week car count at Kokomo since 2008, 18 years ago. Those 55 were pared down to a feature starting field of 24, where Thomas was slated to start from the outside of the front row. Thomas grabbed the early lead from pole sitter Briggs Danner and was never heavily challenged the remainder of the way.


 

Indiana Sprint Week point leader Kyle Cummins slipped under Danner off turn four on the second lap to slot into the runner-up spot. By lap six, Mitchel Moles had gained third from Danner as Gavin Miller passed Danner by on lap eight for fourth and Justin Grant for fifth on lap nine as Danner, the defending race winner, fell all the way to sixth in the blink of an eye.


 

Grant traveled topside to fourth by Miller on lap 12, then to third past Moles on lap 14 as he got the diamond line working in his favor, then ultimately, glided around Cummins in turn four for the second spot on lap 23, as Miller joined him in third one lap later.


 

While Grant and Miller duked it out for the “place” position, Thomas had run his lead out to roughly eight to 10 car lengths, mostly utilizing the lower portion of the racetrack for the majority of the distance.


 

“I was just watching where the crumbs were, and the lapped cars, and I felt good enough to where I could kind of focus on not necessarily hitting my marks,” Thomas said. “I had a great racecar, so I was able to search and look and see where I was gaining speed and I could really feel the car. I could feel whenever I was a little bit slower here, a little bit slower there, and faster.”


 

Thomas proved to be untouchable throughout the 30-lap distance as he crossed under the checkered flag 1.032 seconds ahead of Grant in the runner-up position. Miller earned his best career USAC National Sprint Car finish of third in just his eighth career series start. Cummins came home fourth and Jake Swanson rounded out the top five for the second consecutive night.


 

Thomas led from green to checker, and as the leader of the most laps, he earned the K & N Filters Clean Air award. Furthermore, by leading the 29th lap of the feature, he also picked up a bonus of $229 in memory of Tony Jarrett, who drove his own No. 29 to the 2000 Kokomo Speedway sprint car track championship.


 

Jake Swanson was the LearnLab Fast Qualifier with a lap of 12.570 seconds. His 15th career fast qualifying in USAC National Sprint Car competition tied him for 34th place all-time alongside Kenny Irwin Jr., Sammy Sessions and Brian Tyler.


 

Cummins recorded the fastest single lap of the feature. His time of 13.624 seconds on lap nine was the best of them all, earning himself the Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap award.


 

Thomas Meseraull jumped into the Epperson Racing No. 2E and moved forward from 22nd to 15th in the feature. His plus-seven run made him the night’s Rod End Supply Hard Charger.


 

Michigander Keith Sheffer II was the Hard Work Award winner after overcoming a 39th place qualifying run by transferring through his heat race en route to a feature starting spot. Sheffer was also the lone driver from outside of the invert to qualify for the feature. Starting eighth in his heat, he raced to fourth and transferred his way in to grab The Hayloft Haymaker Award.


 

Braydon Cromwell turned in a perfectly cromulent performance in the semi-feature, but his fifth place result put him just one spot outside the final transfer spot. But he received a bonus for it courtesy of Eclipse Claims Consulting as the first Semi non-transfer.


 

Charles Davis Jr. advanced three spots from 11th to eighth in the semi-feature. That earned the Buckeye, Arizona veteran the Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award as the biggest mover in the last chance race.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 25, 2026 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-12.570; 2. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-12.707; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.739; 4. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-12.761; 5. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-12.815; 6. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.880; 7. Jack Hoyer, 11, Hoyer-12.944; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-12.960; 9. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-12.967; 10. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.975; 11. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-12.977; 12. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.029; 13. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-13.057; 14. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-13.097; 15. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-13.112; 16. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.119; 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-13.153; 18. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-13.160; 19. Logan Prickett, 37, Prickett-13.173; 20. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Cromwell/Boyd-13.175; 21. Beau Brandon, 21B, Brandon-13.180; 22. Todd Hobson, 77, Wingo/Bishop-13.222; 23. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-13.225; 24. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-13.261; 25. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-13.269; 26. Harley Burns, 16, Burns-13.292; 27. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-13.332; 28. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-13.348; 29. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-13.352; 30. Thomas Meseraull, 2E, Epperson-13.387; 31. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-13.387; 32. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-13.416; 33. Brayden Clark, 4c, Clark-13.421; 34. J.J. Yeley, 51, Wood-13.423; 35. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-13.557; 36. Todd Moule, AU26, Moule-13.584; 37. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-13.609; 38. Jesse Vermillion, 5v, Vermillion-13.650; 39. Keith Sheffer II, 86, Sheffer-13.673; 40. James Turnbull II, 5, Baldwin/Fox-13.741; 41. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.774; 42. Dalton Stevens, 2B, 2B Racing-13.776; 43. R.J. Miller, 34m, Miller-13.835; 44. Matt Goodnight, 39G, Goodnight-13.841; 45. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-13.846; 46. Colten Cottle, 57H, Hazen-13.914; 47. Travis Oldfield, 38, Oldfield-13.918; 48. Parker Frederickson, 76s, Samson-14.012; 49. Brennon Marshall, 43, Miller-14.033; 50. Aidan Salisbury, 21s, Hajduk-14.078; 51. Devan Myers, 75, Myers-14.116; 52. Kyle Johnson, 99J, Johnson-14.209; 53. Austin Nigh, 97, Ninety Seven-14.192; 54. Blake Vermillion, 73, Vermillion-NT; 55. Rylan Gray, 1, Gray-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Harley Burns (1), 2. Kyle Cummins (5), 3. Logan Seavey (3), 4. Robert Ballou (4), 5. Jake Swanson (6), 6. Cale Coons (7), 7. Beau Brandon (2), 8. Colten Cottle (10), 9. Brandon Mattox (9), 10. Todd Moule (8), 11. Devan Myers (11). NT


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hayden Reinbold (4), 2. Brady Bacon (6), 3. Hunter Schuerenberg (3), 4. Zack Pretorius (1), 5. Jack Hoyer (5), 6. Charles Davis Jr. (8), 7. Austin Nigh (11), 8. Dalton Stevens (9), 9. Troy Carey (7), 10. Travis Oldfield (10). 2:14.234


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Trey Osborne (2), 2. C.J. Leary (4), 3. Mitchel Moles (6), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 5. Jadon Rogers (3), 6. Kobe Simpson (1), 7. Brayden Clark (7), 8. Jesse Vermillion (8), 9. Kyle Johnson (11), 10. Parker Frederickson (10), 11. R.J. Miller (9). 2:11.794


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chase Stockon (2), 2. David Gasper (1), 3. Briggs Danner (5), 4. Keith Sheffer II (8), 5. Logan Prickett (3), 6. Wyatt Burks (4), 7. Matt Goodnight (9), 8. Blake Vermillion (11), 9. Gunnar Setser (6), 10. Brennon Marshall (10), 11. J.J. Yeley (7). NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gavin Miller (5), 2. Thomas Meseraull (1), 3. Eli Wilhelmus (4), 4. Justin Grant (6), 5. Braydon Cromwell (3), 6. Colin Parker (7), 7. Aidan Salisbury (10), 8. James Turnbull II (8), 9. Dakota Earls (9), 10. Logan Calderwood (2). NT


 

COOK OUT C-MAIN: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jesse Vermillion (1), 2. Colten Cottle (4), 3. Troy Carey (6), 4. Brandon Mattox (7), 5. James Turnbull II (2), 6. Todd Moule (11), 7. Parker Frederickson (13), 8. Kyle Johnson (9), 9. Dakota Earls (8), 10. Blake Vermillion (5), 11. Devan Myers (16), 12. Travis Oldfield (12), 13. Brennon Marshall (14), 14. Dalton Stevens (3), 15. R.J. Miller (15), 16. Logan Calderwood (10). NT


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (1), 2. Gunnar Setser (2), 3. Jack Hoyer (3), 4. Jadon Rogers (4), 5. Braydon Cromwell (6), 6. Kobe Simpson (8), 7. Wyatt Burks (7), 8. Charles Davis Jr. (11), 9. Logan Prickett (5), 10. Beau Brandon (12), 11. Brayden Clark (13), 12. Aidan Salisbury (15), 13. Austin Nigh (16), 14. Matt Goodnight (14), 15. Jesse Vermillion (17), 16. Colin Parker (10), 17. Brandon Mattox (20), 18. Troy Carey (19), 19. Colten Cottle (18), 20. Cale Coons (9). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (2), 2. Justin Grant (4), 3. Gavin Miller (7), 4. Kyle Cummins (3), 5. Jake Swanson (11), 6. Brady Bacon (6), 7. Mitchel Moles (5), 8. Robert Ballou (14), 9. Briggs Danner (1), 10. Chase Stockon (9), 11. Gunnar Setser (12), 12. Harley Burns (10), 13. Jadon Rogers (19), 14. Hunter Schuerenberg (18), 15. Thomas Meseraull (22), 16. C.J. Leary (15), 17. Logan Seavey (17), 18. Hayden Reinbold (8), 19. Zack Pretorius (20), 20. Jack Hoyer (13), 21. Keith Sheffer II (23), 22. David Gasper (21), 23. Eli Wilhelmus (16), 24. Trey Osborne (24). NT


 

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


 

**Dalton Stevens flipped during the C-Main.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2010, 2-Mitchel Moles-1886, 3-Justin Grant-1878, 4-Briggs Danner-1734, 5-Jake Swanson-1656, 6-Chase Stockon-1620, 7-Logan Seavey-1603, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1591, 9-C.J. Leary-1532, 10-Robert Ballou-1527.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY K & N FILTERS POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-146, 2-Mitchel Moles-139, 3-Gavin Miller-133, 4-Jake Swanson-133, 5-Justin Grant-131, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-114, 7-Brady Bacon-112, 8-C.J. Leary-111, 9-Logan Seavey-106, 10-Robert Ballou-104.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-105, 2-Hayden Reinbold-102, 3-Robert Ballou-92, 4-Jacob Denney-84, 5-Cale Coons-75, 6-Justin Grant-73, 7-Chase Stockon-66, 8-Briggs Danner-65, 9-Gavin Miller-59, 10-Logan Seavey-51.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Gavin Miller-18, 2-Robert Ballou-18, 3-Dalton Stevens-15, 4-Jesse Vermillion-15, 5-Jake Swanson-14, 6-Todd Moule-12, 7-Jadon Rogers-11, 8-Chase Stockon-11, 9-Shane Cottle-11, 10-Kyle Johnson-11.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 26, 2026 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Cale Coons (12.900)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Jake Swanson (12.570)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Harley Burns


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Hayden Reinbold


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Trey Osborne


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Chase Stockon


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Gavin Miller


 

Cook Out C-Main Winner: Jesse Vermillion


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Jake Swanson


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Braydon Cromwell


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Charles Davis Jr.


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Thomas Meseraull (22nd to 15th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kevin Thomas Jr. (30 laps led)


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Kyle Cummins (13.624)


 

Hard Work Award: Keith Sheffer II


 

The Hayloft Haymaker Award: Keith Sheffer II


 

In Memory of Tony Jarrett Lap 29 Leader: Kevin Thomas Jr.

 

CUMMINS ROMPS, STOMPS USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK FIELD AT LINCOLN PARK

David Nearpass

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Putnamville, Indiana (July 24, 2026)………Kyle Cummins came into USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters on a tear.


 

The Princeton, Indiana native continued that tear on Friday night during round two of ISW at Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway as he led the entire 30-lap distance in a thorough and decisive beatdown on the 5/16-mile dirt oval to earn the $10,000 check.


 

For the defending USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Champion, it’s been another banner year as he’s built up a substantial point lead in his bid to repeat, and he’s now accumulated a series best eight feature victories. But this one in particular hit a little differently.


 

“Normally, I don't get super, super excited; I'll be honest with you,” Cummins explained. “But I'm about as happy as I've been about a win in a long time.”


 

During his three summer USAC starts at Lincoln Park in 2025, Cummins possessed an average finish of 16th at the track. This summer has seen the reverse with Cummins sweeping to victory in both USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship visits to LPS within the past three weeks.


 

“This was my arch nemesis last year,” Cummins revealed. “Every time I came here, I felt like I either crashed or spun out or I was just overthinking it.”


 

Cummins also entered this week as the winningest Indiana Sprint Week driver without an ISW title. His latest tally was the ninth of his ISW career, tied for the fifth most in series history alongside Logan Seavey and J.J. Yeley.


 

He’s taken the first giant step in changing that statistic with his series-leading third wire-to-wire performance of the year at the controls of his Petty Performance Racing/Novix Outdoors – Avanti Windows & Doors – JUGO/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy No. 3p.


 

Now, Cummins owns four career USAC National Sprint Car victories at Lincoln Park, and two of those have occurred during Indiana Sprint Week in 2019 and 2026.


 

Greeting competitors was, perhaps, the largest crowd in the history of Lincoln Park Speedway along with the largest car count in Indiana Sprint Week’s 39-year history. The 71 drivers and cars on hand surpassed the former official ISW record of 68 entries set at Terre Haute in 1999 and Lawrenceburg in 2003.


 

It was also the third largest car count in USAC National Sprint Car history, trailing only the 138 at Eldora Speedway’s Mopar Million in 2003 and the 75 at Perris Auto Speedway’s Oval Nationals in 2006.


 

Cummins qualified seventh overall but hooked a spot on the outside of the front row for the feature after a couple of cars inside the top six inversion failed to transfer through their heat races. That all worked into Cummins’ favor.


 

“We qualified not so great and then had a couple guys not make it (through their heat races) and that put us on the front row,” Cummins explained. “I knew that by being on the front row, it was going to be good if I could get to the lead on the top. During the last time here, once I got to lapped cars, I kind of paced. This time, I felt like I was really pushing and then we didn't get in lapped traffic very much.”


 

In the previous evening’s race at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Cummins extended his top 10 finish streak to 26-in-a-row with a non-descript (for him) ninth place finish. The result was neither amazing nor horrific, but it did rattle him a bit.


 

“I feel like last night, I couldn't race hard,” Cummins explained. “I felt like I didn't want to tear the car up coming up on the week, and I felt like I was going to be dumb. I was back there in like ninth. There's no sense in tearing it up. I just felt like I lost a little confidence even though I knew I wasn't pushing it.”


 

His concern was short lived. Right from the get-go, Cummins left the field behind at Lincoln Park. By lap seven, his lead had ballooned to a solid three seconds as C.J. Leary, Briggs Danner, and Thomas Meseraull battled for second nearly a full straightaway behind Cummins.


 

After winning Lincoln Park’s USAC Sprintacular exactly three weeks earlier, Cummins requested that his team put the exact same touches on his car that that they did that night. As it turned out, it was the magic touch to attack the notorious Putnamville cushion.


 

“The curb is wild here,” Cummins exclaimed. “The way we set the car up is just to try to knead and be able to not have to kill the cushion, but rather, knead on the cushion a little bit. I wasn't sure how the track was going to work out. I put the exact same setup that we won with here last time, so I didn't have to overthink it. I said, ‘just put the same thing on it and we'll see what happens.’”


 

At the halfway point of the 30-lapper, Danner slipped sideways in turn two, then banged wheels with the surging Mitchel Moles. Meseraull took advantage and drove topside around both in a fifth to third swoop on the back straightaway. In the meantime, Cummins’ lead was more than four seconds.


 

On lap 23, Danner had gotten by Meseraull. However, on the very next lap, Meseraull drifted sideways off turn two directly into the path of Danner. The resulting collision between the two ended the night for both drivers with Danner finishing 20th and Meseraull 21st.


 

Over the course of the final seven laps, Cummins once again whipped the field, crossing under the checkered flag 2.425 seconds ahead of the competition en route to victory. Leary took second with Moles third, Logan Seavey fourth and Jake Swanson fifth. In fact, the top five positions were all occupied by past Lincoln Park Indiana Sprint Week feature winners.


 

On top of it all, Cummins turned the quickest lap of the main event with a time of 12.356 seconds on lap 13 to earn a bonus from Eclipse Claims Consulting. Furthermore, by leading all 30 laps, he also collected the K & N Filters Clean Air award.

To start the night, Moles absolutely obliterated the one-lap USAC National Sprint Car track record in LearnLab Qualifying. Entering the track 63rd in the qualifying line, Moles’ fast time run of 11.694 seconds surpassed the former record of 11.959 held by Seavey since 2024. Moles’ 35th career USAC National Sprint Car Fast Qualifying award tied Rich Vogler for the 11th most all-time.


 

Robert Ballou made the most of an 11th row starting position to finish the feature inside the top-10. His +12 run from 22nd to 10th earned him the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award.


 

Cale Coons overcame a 36th place qualifying run to make his way into the feature. He also charged from ninth to third in the semi-feature to put himself in the big show. That made him the Hard Work award winner. Furthermore, Coons was the lone driver to start outside of the heat race inversion to race his way into the feature, making him The Hayloft’s Haymaker Award winner.


 

Eli Wilhelmus finished one spot out of a transfer position in fifth during the semi-feature, which earned him a bonus from Eclipse Claims Consulting as the first non-transfer.


 

Shane Cottle advanced from 17th to sixth in the semi-feature. Despite coming up two spots shy of a feature starting spot, he did bank a bonus as the semi hard charger, picking up the Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 24, 2026 – Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 5/16-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-11.694 (New Track Record); 2. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.045; 3. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-12.047; 4. Harley Burns, 16, Burns-12.055; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 24, Simon-12.065; 6. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-12.094; 7. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.109; 8. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-12.149; 9. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-12.180; 10. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-12.181; 11. Jack Hoyer, 11, Hoyer-12.190; 12. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.199; 13. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-12.218; 14. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-12.230; 15. Shane Cottle, 34, Olson-12.231; 16. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-12.250; 17. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-12.258; 18. Max Adams, 24p, Paul-12.259; 19. J.J. Yeley, 51, Wood-12.289; 20. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-12.338; 21. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-12.372; 22. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-12.418; 23. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-12.442; 24. Austin Cory, 49, Cory-12.450; 25. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-12.468; 26. Beau Brandon, 21B, Brandon-12.502; 27. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-12.507; 28. Todd Hobson, 77, Wingo/Bishop-12.514; 29. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-12.529; 30. Todd Moule, 2E, Epperson-12.531; 31. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-12.566; 32. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-12.589; 33. Rylan Gray, 1, Gray-12.656; 34. Ivan Glotzbach, i1, Hayden-12.661; 35. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-12.664; 36. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.682; 37. Travis Oldfield, 38, Oldfield-12.711; 38. Austin Nigh, 97, Ninety Seven-12.712; 39. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-12.714; 40. Jake Scott, 33, Miller-12.736; 41. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-12.755; 42. R.J. Miller, 34m, Miller-12.831; 43. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-12.914; 44. Kyle Johnson, 99J, Johnson-12.917; 45. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-12.956; 46. Evan Mosley, 2, Barkdull-12.966; 47. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-12.967; 48. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-12.996; 49. Brandon Spencer, 22, Spencer-13.052; 50. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-13.071; 51. Cody Trammell, 34T, Trammell-13.091; 52. Dalton Stevens, 2B, 2B Racing-13.133; 53. Logan Prickett, 37, Prickett-13.142; 54. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Cromwell/Boyd-13.171; 55. Jesse Vermillion, 5v, Vermillion-13.252; 56. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-13.253; 57. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-13.270; 58. Blake Vermillion, 73, Vermillion-13.378; 59. Bryan Brewer, 8, Robertson-13.566; 60. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-13.594; 61. Steve Justis, 12J, Justis-13.770; 62. Evan Parker, 17p, Parker-13.882; 63. Jim Tribby, 9, Tribby-14.228; 64. Michael Clark, 8x, Clark-14.271; 65. Jesse Miller, 33m, Miller-14.668; 66. Brennon Marshall, 43, Miller-14.699; 67. Daniel Clodfelter, 19c, Clodfelter-14.852; 68. Justin Meneely, 100, Meneely-14.898; 69. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-NT; 70. Shey Owens, 11o, Algieo-NT; 71. Mike Larrison, 06, American Dream-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (2), 2. Mitchel Moles (6), 3. Beau Brandon (1), 4. Gunnar Setser (3), 5. Jack Hoyer (4), 6. Cale Coons (8), 7. Evan Mosley (10), 8. Daylan Chambers (7), 9. Cody Trammell (11), 10. Logan Calderwood (5), 11. Steve Justis (13), 12. Brennon Marshall (14), 13. Dakota Earls (12), 14. Hunter Maddox (9). 2:09.808


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 2. Kyle Cummins (5), 3. Gavin Miller (4), 4. Logan Seavey (6), 5. Wyatt Burks (2), 6. Chance Crum (1), 7. Kobe Simpson (10), 8. R.J. Miller (9), 9. Dalton Stevens (11), 10. Brandon Mattox (7), 11. Travis Oldfield (8), 12. Evan Parker (13), 13. Daniel Clodfelter (14), 14. Tony Helton (12). NT


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ricky Lewis (4), 2. Hunter Schuerenberg (2), 3. Briggs Danner (6), 4. Todd Hobson (1), 5. Zack Pretorius (5), 6. Max Adams (3), 7. Rylan Gray (7), 8. Charles Davis Jr (9), 9. Austin Nigh (8), 10. Logan Prickett (11), 11. Blake Vermillion (12), 12. Jim Tribby (13), 13. Trey Osborne (10), 14. Justin Meneely (14). NT


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (4), 2. Robert Ballou (1), 3. C.J. Leary (5), 4. J.J. Yeley (3), 5. Harley Burns (6), 6. Eli Wilhelmus (8), 7. Kyle Johnson (9), 8. Ivan Glotzbach (7), 9. Brandon Spencer (10), 10. Braydon Cromwell (11), 11. Michael Clark (13), 12. Bryan Brewer (12), 13. Austin Cory (2), 14. Mike Larrison (14). NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jadon Rogers (3), 2. Chase Stockon (2), 3. Brady Bacon (5), 4. Thomas Meseraull (6), 5. Todd Moule (1), 6. David Gasper (10), 7. Hayden Reinbold (7), 8. Shane Cottle (4), 9. Jesse Vermillion (11), 10. Troy Carey (9), 11. Gabriel Gilbert (12), 12. Jesse Miller (12). NT


 

PROSOURCE D-MAIN: (8 laps, top 2 transfer to the C-Main, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Blake Vermillion (2), 2. Travis Oldfield (1), 3. Michael Clark (5), 4. Steve Justis (4), 5. Dakota Earls (11), 6. Brennon Marshall (10), 7. Evan Parker (7), 8. Jesse Miller (9), 9. Justin Meneely (13), 10. Daniel Clodfelter (12), 11. Bryan Brewer (6), 12. Gabriel Gilbert (3), 13. Jim Tribby (8). NT


 

COOK OUT C-MAIN: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Shane Cottle (1), 2. Daylan Chambers (2), 3. Dalton Stevens (9), 4. Jesse Vermillion (10), 5. Austin Nigh (6), 6. Brandon Mattox (11), 7. Ivan Glotzbach (3), 8. Brandon Spencer (7), 9. Braydon Cromwell (14), 10. Travis Oldfield (16), 11. R.J. Miller (4), 12. Troy Carey (12), 13. Cody Trammell (8), 14. Logan Prickett (13), 15. Blake Vermillion (15). NT


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Harley Burns (1), 2. Jack Hoyer (4), 3. Cale Coons (9), 4. Todd Moule (6), 5. Eli Wilhelmus (10), 6. Shane Cottle (17), 7. Zack Pretorius (3), 8. Kyle Johnson (14), 9. Chance Crum (8), 10. David Gasper (11), 11. Wyatt Burks (5), 12. Kobe Simpson (16), 13. Dalton Stevens (19), 14. Hayden Reinbold (13), 15. Jesse Vermillion (20), 16. Evan Mosley (15), 17. Max Adams (7), 18. Rylan Gray (12), 19. Daylan Chambers (18), 20. Logan Calderwood (2). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (2), 2. C.J. Leary (1), 3. Mitchel Moles (6), 4. Logan Seavey (5), 5. Jake Swanson (11), 6. Gavin Miller (15), 7. Jadon Rogers (10), 8. Justin Grant (8), 9. Chase Stockon (19), 10. Robert Ballou (22), 11. Jack Hoyer (14), 12. Brady Bacon (13), 13. J.J. Yeley (17), 14. Gunnar Setser (16), 15. Hunter Schuerenberg (18), 16. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9), 17. Beau Brandon (20), 18. Todd Moule (23), 19. Hayden Reinbold (25-P), 20. Briggs Danner (4), 21. Thomas Meseraull (3), 22. Todd Hobson (21), 23. Cale Coons (24), 24. Ricky Lewis (7), 25. Harley Burns (12). NT


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kyle Cummins.


 

**Austin Cory flipped during the fourth heat. Max Adams flipped during the semi.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1941, 2-Mitchel Moles-1824, 3-Justin Grant-1804, 4-Briggs Danner-1682, 5-Jake Swanson-1589, 6-Chase Stockon-1569, 7-Logan Seavey-1568, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1516, 9-C.J. Leary-1494, 10-Robert Ballou-1473.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY K & N FILTERS POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-77, 2-Mitchel Moles-77, 3-C.J. Leary-73, 4-Logan Seavey-71, 5-Jake Swanson-66, 6-Gavin Miller-61, 7-Jadon Rogers-60, 8-Justin Grant-57, 9-Chase Stockon-53, 10-Robert Ballou-50.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-104, 2-Hayden Reinbold-102, 3-Robert Ballou-86, 4-Jacob Denney-84, 5-Cale Coons-75, 6-Justin Grant-71, 7-Chase Stockon-66, 8-Briggs Danner-65, 9-Gavin Miller-55, 10-Logan Seavey-51.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Dalton Stevens-14, 2-Jesse Vermillion-13, 3-Robert Ballou-12, 4-Shane Cottle-11, 5-Gavin Miller-10, 6-Chase Stockon-10, 7-Cale Coons-9, 8-Kyle Johnson-8, 9-Mitchel Moles-7, 10-Jake Swanson-7.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 25, 2026 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Robert Ballou (12.270)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (11.694)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Ricky Lewis


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

ProSource D-Main Winner: Blake Vermillion


 

Cook Out C-Main Winner: Shane Cottle


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Harley Burns


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Eli Wilhelmus


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Shane Cottle


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Robert Ballou (22nd to 10th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kyle Cummins (30 laps led)


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Kyle Cummins (12.356)


 

Hard Work Award: Cale Coons


 

The Hayloft Haymaker Award: Cale Coons

 

iNDIANA SPRINT WEEK PREVIEW! USAC SPRINTS FACE 39TH EDITION JULY 23-AUG 1

josh james

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (July 22, 2026)………Some call it Christmas in July. We just call it Indiana Sprint Week!


 

The biggest Indiana Sprint Week ever is even bigger in 2026, as the 39th annual running of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters consists of an all-time record nine events at nine different racetracks across a 10-night span between July 23-August 1.


 

The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway begins the racing feast on July 23, then the tour takes on Lincoln Park Speedway on July 24, Kokomo Speedway on July 25, Lawrenceburg Speedway on July 26 and Circle City Raceway on July 27 before a one-day breather away from the action on July 28.


 

The ISW tour then travels to Paragon Speedway on July 29, then it’s onward to the Terre Haute Action Track on July 30 for the Don Smith Classic. The penultimate round takes the series to Bloomington Speedway for the Sheldon Kinser Memorial on July 31, and then to the finale at Tri-State Speedway on August 1.


 

Since 1988, midsummer in the Hoosier State has been the focal point for drivers, teams, and the throngs of race fans from around the world who converge on Indiana for a weeklong extravaganza of sprint car racing unlike any other. A sensational slate of dirt tracks featuring drivers from across the nation, and elsewhere, will be vying to become the next to conquer one of the most grueling yet rewarding adventures of the year.


 

Let’s dig into some of the top storylines to keep yourself affixed to!


 


 

$25,000 ISW CHAMPIONSHIP, $50,000 POINT FUND


 

The 2026 edition of Indiana Sprint Week will pay $25,000 to the champion with an overall point fund of $50,000. Each and every feature event throughout ISW will pay $10,000-to-win, up from $8,000 a year ago.


 

The breakdown of pay for the top eight in the end-of-week ISW standings is as follows: 1) $25,000, 2) $10,000, 3) $5,000, 4) $3,000, 5) $2,200, 6) $1,800, 7) $1,600, 8) $1,400.


 

Throughout ISW, The Learn Lab Qualifying Challenge will reward each fast qualifier with $200, plus an extra $200 for each additional fast time. For example, a driver would collect $200 for the first fast time, $400 for the second fast qualifying award, $600 for their third quick time of the week and so on.


 

Parallax Group and ProSource have teamed up to present a $1,000 reward to the Passing Master – the driver advancing the most total positions throughout Indiana Sprint Week.


 

Rod End Supply has added a $200 hard charger bonus at each feature throughout Indiana Sprint Week. Additionally, the slowest qualifying driver who advances to the feature will be rewarded with a $100 Hard Work bonus.


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting has posted a $100 nightly bonus to the first non-transfer out of the semi-feature. Eclipse will also reward the driver recording the fastest lap in the feature with a $100 bonus each night.


 

Vogel Real Estate, Auction & Appraisals has pitched in a nightly $100 reward to the semi-feature hard charger. At the conclusion of ISW, Justis Family Racing will supply $250 to the driver who transfers from the most semi-features throughout the week.


 

Furthermore, as has been a tradition since 2010, the Indiana Sprint Week champion car owner will receive a custom, handcrafted Bridgeport Rocker courtesy of John Youngs from Vincennes, Indiana.


 


 

8 PAST ISW CHAMPS


 

Eight past USAC Indiana Sprint Week champions will be participating in 2026: Kevin Thomas Jr., J.J. Yeley, Brady Bacon, Robert Ballou, C.J. Leary, Chase Stockon, Justin Grant, and Logan Seavey.


 

Thomas Jr. is a three-time and defending ISW titlist (2017-2021-2025), who’ll take on the series with a new team. Thomas parted ways with Rock Steady Racing in June to join BBI Motorsports, which is participating in its first ISW this season.


 

Yeley will partake in at least the first three races of the series. The 1997 and 2003 ISW champ ranks fifth all-time in career ISW wins.


 

Bacon has been splitting his time running both with a wing and without this season but has still racked up a pair of USAC wins in 2026. The 2016 and 2023 ISW champ will run at all the events except for IMS this week.


 

Ballou’s most recent USAC National Sprint Car victory came during Indiana Sprint Week 2025 at Lincoln Park. He broke his back the following night in a crash at Bloomington, which sidelined him for the remainder of the year. The 2015 ISW titlist is looking for a little redemption this time around.


 

Speaking of redemption, Grant is fully in that department. After winning the 2025 ISW opener at IMS, Grant broke his left foot in a crash three nights later at Lawrenceburg, which forced him to sit out the last half of ISW. The 2022 ISW champion is back this year, and his next victory would be the 100th of his USAC national career.


 

C.J. Leary will saddle up in the Fox Brothers No. 53 for the full ISW tour. The 2019 ISW champ has bounced around a few different rides this year but will have a full run in the ride that has seen its share of ISW glory with Jon Stanbrough.


 

Seavey has been masterful in Indiana Sprint Week during recent years and is the only driver to win multiple features with the series in 2024 and 2025. The 2024 ISW king looks to return to USAC National Sprint Car victory lane for the first time since February.


 

In 2025, Stockon was spectacular in returning to ISW victory lane for the first time in nine years after winning at Terre Haute. The 2020 ISW champion has had a solid year, and now, he aims to get more good work done this coming week.

 


 

SEEKING ISW GLORY & A TITLE


 

However, there are several drivers in wait who are seeking the chance to earn their first USAC Indiana Sprint Week championship, four of whom currently reside inside the top five of the USAC National Sprint Car points: Kyle Cummins (1st), Mitchel Moles (2nd), Briggs Danner (4th), and Jake Swanson (5th).


 

USAC point leader Cummins has put together another spectacular year with seven wins and has checked off many firsts along the way. Just this year, he’s won his first USAC features at Terre Haute, Knoxville, and Eldora. Plus, in June, he collected his first Eastern Storm title. His eight wins are the most by any driver without an ISW title. He enters ISW on a streak of 25 consecutive top 10 results.


 

Moles has taken the checkered flag a career-high six times with the USAC National Sprint Cars this year. In three of his four ISW tries, he’s finished inside the top five in the standings, including a best of third just last year in 2025. He possesses previous success in weeklong events, capturing the 2024 Eastern Storm crown.


 

Danner is the only driver to win in all three USAC national divisions this season. In recent weeks, he won both his first USAC National Midget race and his first ever pavement USAC Silver Crown race. Next on the order is a potential first Indiana Sprint Week title, and Danner is currently red hot.


 

Swanson has been consistently among the top five and top 10 on the USAC National Sprint Car trail in 2026. He’s achieved Indiana Sprint Week success with a win at Lincoln Park in 2023. Now, he’s hungry to take his own team to the forefront.


 


 

HUNTER PERCENT BACK IN


 

Unquestionably, the most head turning announcement in the leadup to Indiana Sprint Week has been the return of Hunter Schuerenberg to the Rock Steady Racing team after the departure of Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Schuerenberg’s most recent USAC National Sprint Car start came all the way back in November 2019, seven years ago, at Arizona Speedway during the Western World Championships. Since that point, he has run winged sprint cars regularly, but has not competed much this year, last getting behind the wheel back in March of this year.


 

For Schuerenberg and Rock Steady Racing team owner Hank Byram, it’s akin to getting the band back together. Together, they won six USAC National Sprint Car features between 2011-2012, including two during ISW in 2011 at Kokomo and Bloomington.


 


 

BREAKING AWAY & BREAKING THROUGH


 

A couple of other drivers are zeroed in on breaking through for a first career USAC Indiana Sprint Week feature triumph this week after notching at least one previous USAC National Sprint Car score: Trey Osborne and Jadon Rogers.


 

Osborne was the breakout story of the early part of the season after scoring his first career USAC triumph in Ocala, Florida. A little taste of Indiana Sprint Week success would be most welcome. He raced from 17th to the win at Bloomington in June and also won twice at Paragon back in 2023.


 

Rogers is the second winningest sprint car driver in the state of Indiana during the decade of the 2020s with 31 wins to his credit, which trails only Cummins. Rogers has won at six of the nine tracks on the 2026 ISW schedule. His lone USAC win to date came during the 2022 Haubstadt Hustler at Tri-State.


 


 

MAKING THE FIRST ONE A MEMORABLE ONE


 

Twenty drivers have won their first career USAC National Sprint Car feature during Indiana Sprint Week.


 

It’s a list that includes the likes of Brad Marvel, Brad Fox, Bill Rose, Derek Davidson, Terry Pletch, Cory Kruseman, Bud Kaeding, A.J. Anderson, Brady Short, Jeff Bland Jr., Hunter Schuerenberg, Blake Fitzpatrick, Casey Riggs, Justin Grant, Kevin Thomas Jr., Aaron Farney, Tyler Courtney, Kyle Cummins, Brent Beauchamp, and Carson Short.


 

It’s an occasion that hasn’t occurred in a decade, since the 2016 season, but could become a forefront storyline throughout the week if one of these names were to pop up at the top of the running order.


 

Cale Coons leads the USAC National Sprint Car Rookie standings and is making his Indiana Sprint Week debut this week. His father, Jerry Coons Jr., is a three-time ISW feature winner.


 

Hayden Reinbold has already won in USAC Silver Crown and USAC National Midget competition this year. While he’s checking off things on his list, a first USAC National Sprint Car score could be next.


 

Ricky Lewis has won 16 sprint car races across the nation in 2026. However, that first USAC National Sprint Car has been elusive thus far. Indiana soil has been quite friendly to him over the past several years, and perhaps, this week could prove to be the breakthrough he has desired.


 

Gavin Miller only has five USAC National Sprint Car starts under his belt, but in four of those five, he has finished inside the top 10. He too takes on his first Indiana Sprint Week in a ride that has had its share of ISW success, winning races in 2023 with Jake Swanson and in 2025 with C.J. Leary.


 


 

IMS WITH A TWIST


 

The kickoff to Indiana Sprint Week at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a bit of an outlier. Thirty-seven drivers and cars will tackle the event this Thursday night, July 23, in an event that features an invitational field as determined by distinct parameters. Those eligible to compete in the event at the 1/5-mile dirt oval inside of turn three at the world-famous IMS must fit into one of the following categories:‍


 

(1) Finished inside the top 30 of the 2025 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship point standings. (2) Finished inside the top 30 of the 2025 USAC Indiana Sprint Week point standings. (3) Ranks inside the top 30 of the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship standings as of July 5. (4) Ranks inside the top 10 of the 2026 Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car standings as of July 5. (5) Any currently active driver who has previously won an Indiana Sprint Week main event. (6) Plus, two Indianapolis Motor Speedway promoters options.


 

The $10,000-to-win Indiana Sprint Week event at IMS will pay 50 appearance points toward the season-long USAC National Sprint Car standings. However, no points will be offered toward the 2026 Indiana Sprint Week standings.


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

For more details, starting times and ticket info, please visit www.usacracing.com, go to the USAC National Sprint Car schedule and click on the Event Info tab next to each event.


 

All USAC Indiana Sprint Week events can be watched live and on-demand at https://flosports.link/usac2026.


 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1814, 2-Mitchel Moles-1697, 3-Justin Grant-1697, 4-Briggs Danner-1599, 5-Jake Swanson-1473, 6-Chase Stockon-1466, 7-Logan Seavey-1447, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1427, 9-Robert Ballou-1373, 10-C.J. Leary-1371.

 


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK CHAMPIONS


 

1988: Randy Kinser (Bloomington, Indiana)


 

1989: Chuck Amati (Freeman Spur, Illinois)


 

1990: Chuck Amati (Freeman Spur, Illinois) & Gary Trammell (Bloomington, Indiana)


 

1991: Bob Kinser (Bloomington, Indiana)


 

1992: Kevin Thomas (Danville, Indiana)


 

1993: Kevin Thomas (Danville, Indiana)


 

1994: Kelly Kinser (Bloomington, Indiana)


 

1995: Kevin Thomas (Danville, Indiana)


 

1996: Kevin Thomas (Danville, Indiana)


 

1997: J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, Arizona)


 

1998: Dave Darland (Lincoln, Indiana)


 

1999: Tony Elliott (Kokomo, Indiana)


 

2000: Jay Drake (Val Verde, California)


 

2001: Dave Darland (Lincoln, Indiana)


 

2002: Cory Kruseman (Ventura, California)


 

2003: J.J. Yeley (Phoenix, Arizona)


 

2004: Levi Jones (Olney, Illinois)


 

2005: Cory Kruseman (Ventura, California)


 

2006: Jon Stanbrough (Avon, Indiana)


 

2007: Dave Darland (Lincoln, Indiana)


 

2008: Levi Jones (Olney, Illinois)


 

2009: Levi Jones (Olney, Illinois)


 

2010: Jon Stanbrough (Avon, Indiana)


 

2011: Chris Windom (Canton, Illinois)


 

2012: Levi Jones (Olney, Illinois)


 

2013: Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, Indiana)


 

2014: Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, Indiana)


 

2015: Robert Ballou (Rocklin, California)


 

2016: Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma)


 

2017: Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama)


 

2018: Chris Windom (Canton, Illinois)


 

2019: C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Indiana)


 

2020: Chase Stockon (Fort Branch, Indiana)


 

2021: Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama)


 

2022: Justin Grant (Ione, California)


 

2023: Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma)


 

2024: Logan Seavey (Sutter, California)


 

2025: Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama)


 


 

ALL-TIME INDIANA SPRINT WEEK WINS:


 

20-Dave Darland


 

16-Jon Stanbrough


 

12-Cory Kruseman


 

11-Justin Grant


 

9-Logan Seavey & J.J. Yeley


 

8-Kyle Cummins & C.J. Leary


 

7-Bryan Clauson & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

6-Robert Ballou, Jay Drake & Danny Smith


 

5-Brady Bacon, Kevin Briscoe, Tyler Courtney, Tony Elliott, Brady Short & Kevin Thomas


 

4-Jack Hewitt, Levi Jones & Kelly Kinser


 

3-Daron Clayton, Jerry Coons Jr., Tracy Hines, Hunter Schuerenberg & Chase Stockon


 

2-Chuck Amati, Shane Cottle, Briggs Danner, Kevin Doty, Tim Gee, Rick Hood, Bud Kaeding, Thomas Meseraull & Chris Windom


 

1-A.J. Anderson, Emerson Axsom, Brent Beauchamp, Jeff Bland Jr., Chad Boat, Derek Davidson, Cary Faas, Aaron Farney, Blake Fitzpatrick, Brad Fox, Dickie Gaines, Damion Gardner, Tray House, Bob Kinser, Mike Mann, Brad Marvel, Mitchel Moles, Mat Neely, Terry Pletch, Casey Riggs, Bill Rose, Carson Short, Mickey Smith, Jake Swanson, Brad Sweet, Tanner Thorson, Brian Tyler & Cole Whitt

 

GRANT GETS 100TH USAC NATIONAL WIN, HITS MILESTONE IN USAC ISW OPENER AT IMS

Ryan Sellers

 

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (July 23, 2026)………A.J. Foyt, Rich Vogler, Mel Kenyon, Dave Darland, and Justin Grant.


 

Those five names occupy an elite group of drivers who’ve accumulated 100 or more USAC national feature victories in their career.


 

Grant became the fifth member of the club on Thursday night at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as he led early, lost the lead, then fought his way back to the front to win the opening night of the 39th annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters.


 

He’s a guy who came from humble beginnings in Ione, California, first hitting the racing map as a BCRA Midget champion before moving to the Midwest to chase his racing dreams. His first career USAC win of any kind came during an Indiana Sprint Week round at Lawrenceburg Speedway in 2012. Now, all these years later, he’s achieved something beyond even his wildest dreams.


 

“My dream when I moved to Indiana was to get somebody to let me sit in a sprint car and to go race,” Grant reflected. “Then, my dream was just to win a USAC race. I thought, gosh, if I could just ever win a USAC National Sprint Car race, everything my parents put into it would all be worth it. I cannot believe that was 100 wins ago.”


 

Across his career, Grant has now racked up 68 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car wins, 23 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget victories, and nine USAC Silver Crown triumphs, while winning for the likes of Mark Hery, Sam McGhee Motorsports, TOPP Motorsports, Chris Carli, Ron Hemelgarn, Clauson Marshall Racing, RAMS Racing, RMS Racing, and CB Industries across the three disciplines.


 

“I've just been so fortunate to be blessed with so many great partners, so many great car owners along the way, and so many people who’ve helped me out,” Grant prided. “There are people who don't necessarily work for me or have anything to do with me but are just friends I've made along the way that that I can lean on when I need to who have helped me get into victory lane. If I had to write down every person who was responsible for me getting into 100 victory lanes, the list would be 500 people long, if not more.”


 

The majority of Grant’s 100 USAC national wins have come during his nine-year association with TOPP Motorsports. Together, they have achieved 60 USAC National Sprint Car victories, making them the winningest combination in series history.


 

“This TOPP Motorsports team with Jeff Walker, Nic Mansker, and Kevin Birchmeier, these guys have been there for the bulk of those 100 wins,” Grant noted. “You couldn't write a story any better to win the 100th here at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with this team. I'm speechless.”


 

Grant’s latest milestone came after a quite lengthy sabbatical from victory lane with the series. It had been 111 days since the team last won a USAC National Sprint Car feature on April 3 of this year at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois. It was just the third series win of the season for Grant and his TOPP Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – TOPP Industries – LA Poly/Maxim/Stanton Chevy.


 

“This year, it's been a bit of a struggle for us,” Grant admitted. “We've been really consistent running up front but we’re just not getting the wins like we've become accustomed to. We've been spoiled, mind you, but it was starting to get a little rough there the last couple months.”


 

For Grant, it was nearly an identical repeat of his 2025 Indiana Sprint Week performance at IMS. One year ago, he set fast time and a new track record in qualifying, then ran second in his heat race to Jadon Rogers before going on to win the feature. This year, he set fast time and a new track record in qualifying, then ran second in his heat race to Jadon Rogers before going on to win the feature.


 

In the end, Grant added on to his record of being the winningest driver in the history of The Dirt Track at IMS. His latest was the fifth overall of his USAC career at the track – three in midgets and twice in sprint cars.


 

It was also a triumphant comeback for Grant who was absent for the final four rounds of Indiana Sprint Week in 2025 after breaking his left foot in an accident at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Grant’s 12th career Indiana Sprint Week also tied him with Cory Kruseman for third place on the all-time list.


 

Grant drew the pole position for the main event and subsequently led the initial three laps. Third starting Jake Swanson was strong early and muscled his way along the bottom of the 1/5-mile dirt oval to take over the lead in turns one and two on the fourth lap.


 

On the ninth go around, Swanson over rotated in turn two. As he fought to wrestle control, Grant used the high line to power by and reassume the lead. Meanwhile, the astute Swanson managed to stay right in the thick of the battle for the next several laps, but ultimately, Grant was able to stretch out his lead across the halfway point of the 35-lapper.


 

Slightly further back were Gavin Miller and Shane Cottle who started alongside one another in the sixth row but had utilized the low line to slot into third and fourth, respectively. Miller briefly snagged second from Swanson by lap 21, but Swanson stood up in the seat and retook the position on the high side on lap 22.


 

Cottle swiped third from Miller on lap 25 but relinquished the spot when he repeatedly nailed an infield tire with his own left front tire in turns two and four lap after lap, which ultimately dropped him to fifth in the running order as Logan Seavey and Briggs Danner surged into the top-five in the waning laps.


 

But all by his lonesome at the front of the field was Grant who put the race on ice with a 1.446 second margin of victory over Swanson, Seavey, Danner, and Cottle.


 

Grant led the most laps en route to victory (29). However, his leading role came in two stints. He led the first three, trailed for the next six, then raced his way back to the front. As the leader of the most laps, he was named the K & N Filters Clean Air award winner.


 

In addition to the win, Grant also turned the fastest single lap during the feature. On lap eight, he laid down a lap of 12.969 seconds to take the Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Lap award.


 

Cale Coons advanced 10 positions in the feature with an 18th to 8th run to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

Gunnar Setser overcame a 26th place qualifying effort to make his way into the feature. As the slowest qualifier to transfer into the feature, he earned accolades as the Hard Work award winner.


 

Hayden Reinbold gave it a good run but came up just one spot shy of transferring his way into the feature. But he did pick up a bonus from Eclipse Claims Consulting as the first semi-feature non-transfer.


 

J.J. Yeley made a valiant charge through the C-Main and the Semi-Feature. In the semi, he advanced 14th to eighth, but missed out on a transfer spot. That said, he was the hardest charging non-transferring driver out of the semi. That earned him the Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award.


 

Setser and Hunter Schuerenberg each received a Haymaker Award courtesy of The Hayloft after rising up from outside of the inversion to qualify for the feature starting lineup.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 23, 2026 – The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 1/5-Mile Dirt Track


 

FIRST LEARNLAB QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-12.152; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-12.174; 3. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.206; 4. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-12.315; 5. Carson Garrett, 61m, Edwards-12.469; 6. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-12.574; 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3R, Rock Steady-12.604.


 

SECOND LEARNLAB QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-11.913 (New Track Record); 2. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-12.221; 3. Thomas Meseraull, 24, Simon-12.269; 4. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-12.441; 5. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-12.443; 6. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-12.685; 7. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-12.704; 8. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-NT.


 

THIRD LEARNLAB QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-12.270; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.417; 3. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-12.464; 4. Shane Cottle, 34, Olson-12.503; 5. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-12.656; 6. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-12.805; 7. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-12.828; 8. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Cromwell/Boyd-13.304.


 

FOURTH LEARNLAB QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-12.046; 2. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.381; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.535; 4. J.J. Yeley, 51, Wood-12.600; 5. Harley Burns, 16, Burns-12.604; 6. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-12.605; 7. Todd Moule, 2E, Epperson-12.769.


 

FIFTH LEARNLAB QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-12.119; 2. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.153; 3. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-12.449; 4. Todd Hobson, 77, Wingo/Bishop-12.488; 5. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-12.785; 6. Rylan Gray, 1, Gray-12.963; 7. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-13.032.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Charles Davis Jr. (1), 2. Jake Swanson (4), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 4. Brandon Mattox (6), 5. Hunter Schuerenberg (7), 6. Cale Coons (2), 7. Carson Garrett (5). NT


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jadon Rogers (3), 2. Justin Grant (4), 3. Trey Osborne (1), 4. Thomas Meseraull (2), 5. Hayden Reinbold (5), 6. Hunter Maddox (6), 7. Zack Pretorius (7), 8. Kobe Simpson (8). 2:05.739


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (3), 2. Shane Cottle (1), 3. Chase Stockon (4), 4. Ricky Lewis (2), 5. Chance Crum (5), 6. Troy Carey (6), 7. Braydon Cromwell (8), 8. Logan Calderwood (7). 2:08.973


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Robert Ballou (4), 2. Gavin Miller (3), 3. Gunnar Setser (6), 4. Harley Burns (5), 5. Todd Moule (7), 6. Mitchel Moles (2), 7. J.J. Yeley (1). NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. C.J. Leary (2), 2. Logan Seavey (3), 3. Briggs Danner (4), 4. Todd Hobson (1), 5. Aric Gentry (7), 6. David Gasper (5), 7. Rylan Gray (7). NT


 

COOK OUT C-MAIN: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (2), 2. Cale Coons (1), 3. Carson Garrett (5), 4. J.J. Yeley (6), 5. Hunter Maddox (3), 6. Zack Pretorius (7), 7. Troy Carey (4), 8. Logan Calderwood (9), 9. Braydon Cromwell (8), 10. Kobe Simpson (12). 2:36.666 (New Track Record)


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (15 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Thomas Meseraull (1), 2. Mitchel Moles (11), 3. Cale Coons (12), 4. Hunter Schuerenberg (7), 5. Ricky Lewis (2), 6. Hayden Reinbold (6), 7. Chance Crum (8), 8. J.J. Yeley (14), 9. Carson Garrett (13), 10. Brandon Mattox (4), 11. Todd Hobson (3), 12. Aric Gentry (10), 13. Todd Moule (9), 14. Harley Burns (5). NT


 

FEATURE: (35 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (1), 2. Jake Swanson (3), 3. Logan Seavey (10), 4. Briggs Danner (4), 5. Shane Cottle (12), 6. Gavin Miller (11), 7. Robert Ballou (2), 8. Cale Coons (18), 9. Kyle Cummins (8), 10. Kevin Thomas Jr. (13), 11. C.J. Leary (9), 12. Charles Davis Jr. (7), 13. Gunnar Setser (15), 14. Mitchel Moles (17), 15. Chase Stockon (5), 16. Hunter Schuerenberg (19), 17. Jadon Rogers (6), 18. Trey Osborne (14), 19. Ricky Lewis (20), 20. Thomas Meseraull (16). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Justin Grant, Laps 4-9 Jake Swanson, Laps 10-35 Justin Grant.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1864, 2-Mitchel Moles-1747, 3-Justin Grant-1747, 4-Briggs Danner-1649, 5-Jake Swanson-1523, 6-Chase Stockon-1516, 7-Logan Seavey-1497, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1477, 9-Robert Ballou-1423, 10-C.J. Leary-1421.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-104, 2-Hayden Reinbold-102, 3-Jacob Denney-84, 4-Robert Ballou-74, 5-Cale Coons-74, 6-Justin Grant-71, 7-Briggs Danner-65, 8-Chase Stockon-56, 9-Logan Seavey-50, 10-Kyle Cummins-46.


 

INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-19, 2-Mitchel Moles-13, 3-Logan Seavey-8, 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-8, 5-J.J. Yeley-8, 6-Shane Cottle-7, 7-Gavin Miller-6, 8-Carson Garrett-6, 9-Gunnar Setser-5, 10-Jake Swanson-3.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 24, 2026 – Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 39th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters – 5/16-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (11.913)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (11.913)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Charles Davis Jr.


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Robert Ballou


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: C.J. Leary


 

Cook Out C-Main Winner: Mitchel Moles


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Thomas Meseraull


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting First Semi Non-Transfer: Hayden Reinbold


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: J.J. Yeley


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Cale Coons


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Justin Grant


 

Eclipse Claims Consulting Fastest Feature Lap: Justin Grant (12.969)


 

Hard Work Award: Gunnar Setser


 

The Hayloft Haymaker Winners: Gunnar Setser & Hunter Schuerenberg

 

Field Set for IMS USAC Indiana Sprint Week July 23 Invitational

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (July 21, 2026)………Thirty-seven (37) drivers and cars will tackle The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this Thursday night, July 23, for the kickoff to the 39th annual edition of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters.


 

The event will feature an invitational field as determined by distinct parameters. Those eligible to compete in the event at the 1/5-mile dirt oval inside of turn three at the world-famous IMS fit into one of the following categories:‍


 


 

1) Finished inside the top 30 of the 2025 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship point standings.


 

2) Finished inside the top 30 of the 2025 USAC Indiana Sprint Week point standings.


 

3) Ranks inside the top 30 of the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship standings as of July 5.


 

4) Ranks inside the top 10 of the 2026 Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car standings as of July 5.


 

5) Any currently active driver who has previously won an Indiana Sprint Week main event.


 

6) Plus, two Indianapolis Motor Speedway promoters options.


 


 

The IMS event was a rousing success in 2025, but with the confines of the event, parameters have been put into place to help ensure its success.


 

The $10,000-to-win Indiana Sprint Week event at IMS will pay appearance points toward the season-long USAC National Sprint Car standings. However, no points will be offered toward the 2026 Indiana Sprint Week standings.


 

Justin Grant captured The Dirt Track at IMS’ debut appearance on the Indiana Sprint Week schedule in 2025, charging from fifth to the lead just after the midway point of the 35-lap main event.


 

C.J. Leary also won a USAC National Sprint Car exhibition at The Dirt Track at IMS in September 2024, racing his way from seventh to first.


 

Among the drivers chasing the 2026 USAC Indiana Sprint Week title are past ISW champions Robert Ballou (2015), Brady Bacon (2016 & 2023), Kevin Thomas Jr. (2017 & 2021), C.J. Leary (2019), Chase Stockon (2020), Justin Grant (2022), and Logan Seavey (2024) along with recent ISW feature winners Kyle Cummins, Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, and Jake Swanson, along with many more.


 

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 2026 schedule consists of nine events at nine different racetracks across a 10-night span between July 23-August 1.


 

The remaining eight events of Indiana Sprint Week following IMS will retain the traditional USAC format, with open entry to all and paying full points toward both the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car and Indiana Sprint Week standings.


 

Following Thursday’s ISW kick off at The Dirt Track at IMS, the series continues at Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway on Friday, July 24, followed by Kokomo Speedway on Saturday, July 25; Lawrenceburg Speedway on Sunday, July 26; Circle City Raceway on Monday, July 27; Paragon Speedway on Wednesday, July 29; the Terre Haute Action Track on Thursday, July 30; Bloomington Speedway on Friday, July 31; and Haubstadt’s Tri-State Speedway on Saturday, August 1.


 

Indiana Sprint Week was established in 1988 and enters its 39th year in 2026. USAC began sanctioning Indiana Sprint Week in 1996. Since 1988, 228 Indiana Sprint Week events have been contested, and 196 under the USAC banner. Dave Darland is the all-time winningest driver in Indiana Sprint Week history with 20 victories. Levi Jones and Kevin Thomas own the most Indiana Sprint Week titles with four apiece.


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

On Thursday at IMS, grandstands open at 4pm Eastern with the drivers’ meeting set for 5pm at the BMW Building in the infield at the north end of the track. Engine heat will take place at 6pm while hot laps / group qualifying is set for 6:30pm followed by heat races, a C-Main, a feature redraw, the semi-feature and the 35-lap feature main event.


 

Tickets for the event at IMS are on sale now at https://ims.com/events/sprint-cars.


 


 

THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2026, IMS USAC SPRINT CAR ENTRY LIST: (37 DRIVERS & CARS)


 

1 RYLAN GRAY/Greenfield, IN (Gray Motorsports)


 

2E TODD MOULE/Heathcote, VIC (Epperson Racing)


 

3p KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Petty Performance Racing)


 

3R HUNTER SCHUERENBERG/Sikeston, MO (Rock Steady Racing)


 

4 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (TOPP Motorsports)


 

4x BRAYDON CROMWELL/Lone Jack, MO (Rachel Cromwell-Boyd Racing)


 

G5 GUNNAR SETSER/Columbus, IN (Jason Setser)


 

5T JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Daming Swanson Motorsports)


 

6 LOGAN CALDERWOOD/Goodyear, AZ (Rex Calderwood Racing)


 

6T TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (Trey Osborne Racing)


 

9z ZACK PRETORIUS/Yorktown, IN (Jeff Pretorius)


 

10 ARIC GENTRY/Robards, KY (Larry Gentry)


 

12 ROBERT BALLOU/Rocklin, CA (Ballou Motorsports)


 

14 JADON ROGERS/Worthington, IN (Jadon Rogers)


 

15 KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (BBI Motorsports)


 

16 HARLEY BURNS/Brazil, IN (Britt Aero Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

21AZ (R) GAVIN MILLER/Allentown, PA (Team AZ-Curb-Agajanian Racing)


 

21K KOBE SIMPSON/Bonham, TX (Kevin Simpson)


 

24 THOMAS MESERAULL/San Jose, CA (Landon Simon Racing)


 

24m HUNTER MADDOX/Bedford, IN (Hunter Maddox Racing)


 

27 J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ (Shawn Wood)


 

28 BRANDON MATTOX/Terre Haute, IN (Brandon Mattox Racing)


 

34 SHANE COTTLE/Kansas, IL (Jeff Olson)


 

39 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Hogue Racing Enterprises)


 

41 RICKY LEWIS/Oxnard, CA (Ricky Lewis)


 

45N (R) TROY CAREY/Tullamore, NSW (Troy Carey Motorsports)


 

47 CHARLES DAVIS JR./Buckeye, AZ (Charles Davis Jr.)


 

53 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Fox Brothers-Brayden Fox Racing)


 

57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing)


 

61m CARSON GARRETT/Littleton, CO (Randy Edwards)


 

63 (R) CALE COONS/Greencastle, IN (Dooling Autosports-Curb-Agajanian)


 

77 TODD HOBSON/Clyde, VIC (Wingo Bishop Racing)


 

77s (R) DAVID GASPER/Goleta, CA (Tyler Sturgeon Racing)


 

83c CHANCE CRUM/Snohomish, WA (Crum Racing)


 

92 CHASE STOCKON/Fort Branch, IN (Tom & Laurie Sertich)


 

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