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4 crown at eldora

PURSLEY WIRES ELDORA’S 4-CROWN, LEARY CLINCHES USAC SILVER CROWN TITLE

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Rossburg, Ohio (September 26, 2026)………From start to finish, the debut of the CB Industries / Spire Motorsports USAC Silver Crown team with Daison Pursley at the wheel was absolute perfection at Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway.

On Friday night, they were the fastest in practice, then followed it up by winning the pole position with the fastest lap in LearnLab Qualifying. Then, during Saturday night’s 50-lap feature, they led all 50 laps en route to a comfortable victory at the 44th running of the 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO on the 1/2-mile dirt oval.

Meanwhile, with his fifth place finish, C.J. Leary of Greenfield, Indiana clinched his first career USAC Silver Crown driving championship with still one race remaining next Saturday, October 3, at Ohio’s Toledo Speedway. It’s Leary’s second overall USAC national title after also capturing the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car crown in 2019. Furthermore, Team AZ Racing / Petty-Rossi / Curb-Agajanian earned its first USAC Silver Crown entrant title.

In what was his first USAC Silver Crown start since his 2025 4-Crown victory, Pursley (Locust Grove, Oklahoma) picked up right where he left off, this time with a brand new, but familiar team.

Pursley captured the 2024 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship for CB Industries and had previously won 4-Crown events in a midget and a USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car for the CBI team in recent years.

With the fresh out of the box Spire Motorsports with CB Industries/Spectrum – NOS Energy Drink – Pristine Auction/DRC/Stanton Chevy No. 77, Pursley now has the rare distinction of winning all three legs of the USAC portion of the 4-Crown for the same team during his career.

Pursley’s fourth career USAC Silver Crown triumph ties him for 37th place on the all-time series win list alongside Kyle Larson, Jeff Swindell, and Rich Vogler. The victory is the first in USAC competition for Spire Motorsports. Additionally, CB Industries became just the 19th team to possess a USAC Silver Crown, National Sprint Car, and National Midget feature win on its resume.

“I’m just super happy for CB Industries, Spire, and everyone that’s a part of this car,” Pursley exclaimed. “It’s their debut and anything (team owner) Chad (Boat) touches here at Eldora just goes around the racetrack pretty dang fast.”

For Pursley, it’s his fifth career 4-Crown victory as a driver. For CBI, it’s their sixth 4-Crown score as an entrant.

While Pursley had a relatively easy and breezy drive up front, there was a bit of chaos happening further on back through the field. On the first turn of the opening lap, 10th place starting Trey Osborne biked on the cushion, bounced into the wall, and endured a series of tumbles that ended the debut of new Mark Moreland Racing team just as soon as it began. Osborne walked away from the wreckage under his own power.

On the 16th lap, 20th place running Cale Coons, making his USAC Silver Crown debut, spun sideways to a stop at the top of turns three and four. Moments later, Mario Clouser, running a solid fourth, was already committed to the high side and had nowhere to go. In avoiding T-boning the sitting duck that was Coons and his car, Clouser clobbered the wall and barrel rolled down the track three times but was able to walk away.

Pursley’s lead to that point had been more than two seconds before Brady Bacon began to inch forward late to pose a challenge, getting to as close as six car lengths. Throughout the second half of the race, Pursley had to fight through traffic while navigating the delicate balance of preserving his equipment while also enduring the most sprint-like race of the champ car calendar with its brief 50-lap distance.

“I think it’s definitely hard just because the closing rate with the Silver Crown cars is pretty drastic,” Pursley explained. “When Brady’s right there on your tail for the majority of the race, you can’t really take any breaks. We were a little on the tight side through the holes and stuff. Anytime I lifted and gave a little bit of grasp or maybe caught my breath a little bit, that’s when I would make a mistake. So, I just tried to run 110% for 50 laps. That was the most grueling and fun Silver Crown race I’ve ever had to compete in. But it was a lot of fun.”

With just six laps remaining, third running Justin Grant snagged the turn four cushion with his right rear tire, climbed the wall, and flipped along the catch fence in a shower of sparks before landing capsized in a heap. With that, Grant’s chances at a repeat USAC Silver Crown title vanished in the blink of an eye.

Grant walked away from the damage but came home with a disappointing 21st place result. As a consolation, he did earn a $200 bonus as the 4-Crown Nationals Parallax Group Passing Master champion after advancing 24 total positions across the three USAC divisions this weekend at Eldora.

Throughout it all, Pursley navigated a quite tricky surface that already seen a lot of laps run on it throughout the night which featured a total of 131 cars between the four divisions. But for him, for the entirety of the race, there was no place like the top side, just as God intended it to be at Eldora.

“Anytime you think of Eldora, you better be comfortable running the wall,” Pursley acknowledged. “It had a little bit of character tonight with the cold weather and how much rain they’ve got the past two weeks. I think that was the most technical I’ve ever had to run it up there.”

In the end, Pursley had the field covered to the tune of a 1.331 second margin of victory over Brady Bacon, with Matt Westfall an impressive third, Logan Seavey fourth, and Leary rounding out the top-five in what was his record extending 15th consecutive top-five finish in USAC Silver Crown competition.

Westfall finished third in what he indicated may very well be the last race he ever competes in as a driver. It was a banner night for Westfall who won the USAC National Midget race earlier in the evening as the crew chief for Jakeb Boxell. For his dual performance with the wrench and the steering wheel, Westfall pocketed an extra $300 for the Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race.

Pursley’s wire-to-wire performance also netted him the K & N Filters Clean Air award for leading the most laps.

All you have to do is just wind him up and watch him go. That’s Carmen Perigo. He advanced 13 positions from 21st to eighth in the feature to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors after also winning Friday’s Five Star Bodies Semi-Feature.

Interestingly, the top four finishers of the feature were Pursley, Bacon, Westfall, and Seavey. For all four of those drivers, it was their first feature start of the USAC Silver Crown season.

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 25-26, 2026 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – 44th 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: (Top-20 locked into the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 77, Spire/CBI-16.428; 2. Mario Clouser, 20, Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-16.625; 3. Brady Bacon, 9, Dyson-16.754; 4. Jake Swanson, 6, Klatt-16.767; 5. Briggs Danner, 10, DMW-16.788; 6. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-16.832; 7. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus/Droplight-16.869; 8. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-16.921; 9. Mitchel Moles, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-16.930; 10. Trey Osborne, 04, Moreland-16.942; 11. Chase Stockon, 69, Pink 69-16.993; 12. C.J. Leary, 21, Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-17.024; 13. Cale Coons, 110, DMW-17.050; 14. Chelby Hinton, 62, Klatt-17.081; 15. Kyle Cummins, 33, Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-17.118; 16. Kale Drake, 92, Kazmark-17.163; 17. Saban Bibent, 88, Fetter-17.187; 18. Hayden Reinbold, 119, Reinbold/Underwood-17.344; 19. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-17.488; 20. Brian Ruhlman, 49, Ruhlman-17.523; 21. Darin Naida, 26, Pierce-17.623; 22. Billy Pauch Jr., 24, Haggenbottom-17.650; 23. Carmen Perigo, 52, Stehman-17.746; 24. Mitchell Davis, 38, Shoestring-17.780; 25. Rob Caho Jr., 78, Whitman/Caho-17.784; 26. Chris Fetter, 15, Fetter-17.886; 27. Jason York, 255, York-17.917; 28. Adam Taylor, 53, ATM-17.948; 29. Mark Bitner, 4, Yeska-18.354; 30. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-18.401; 31. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-19.175; 32. Steve Gennetten, 64, GGR-NT.

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (8 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Carmen Perigo (2), 2. Rob Caho Jr. (3), 3. Chris Fetter (4), 4. Mark Bitner (7), 5. Gregg Cory (8), 6. Jason York (5), 7. Dave Berkheimer (9), 8. Adam Taylor (6), 9. Billy Pauch Jr. (1). NT

FEATURE: (50 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Daison Pursley (1), 2. Brady Bacon (3), 3. Matt Westfall (6), 4. Logan Seavey (7), 5. C.J. Leary (12), 6. Mitchel Moles (9), 7. Briggs Danner (5), 8. Carmen Perigo (21), 9. Chelby Hinton (14), 10. Chase Stockon (11), 11. Brian Ruhlman (20), 12. Mark Bitner (24), 13. Kyle Cummins (15), 14. Rob Caho Jr. (22), 15. Kale Drake (16), 16. Saban Bibent (17), 17. Jason York (26), 18. Hayden Reinbold (18), 19. Gregg Cory (25), 20. Steve Gennetten (28-P), 21. Justin Grant (8), 22. Chris Fetter (23), 23. Mario Clouser (2), 24. Jake Swanson (4), 25. Cale Coons (13), 26. Russ Gamester (19), 27. Dave Berkheimer (27-P), 28. Trey Osborne (10). NT

(P) represents a provisional starter

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Daison Pursley.

**Trey Osborne flipped on lap 1 of the feature. Mario Clouser flipped on lap 16 of the feature. Justin Grant flipped on lap 45 of the feature.

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

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

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

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: Daison Pursley (16.182)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Daison Pursley (16.428)

Five Star Bodies Semi-Feature Winner: Carmen Perigo

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Daison Pursley (50 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Carmen Perigo (21st to 8th)

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Matt Wes

FROM LITTLE E TO THE BIG E!

BOXELL GETS FIRST USAC MIDGET WIN AT 4-CROWN

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Rossburg, Ohio (September 26, 2026)………Back in 2011 at the age of just five years old, Jakeb Boxell scored his first career kart win at Little E, the small dirt track located on the northeast part of the property on the grounds of Eldora Speedway.

On Saturday night, all these years later, the 20-year-old Zanesville, Indiana native grabbed his first career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory just a stone’s throw away from the legendary Rossburg, Ohio 1/2-mile dirt oval.

In a non-stop, caution free race that lasted just seven minutes and 30.696 seconds, Boxell led all 25 laps from his outside front row starting position to capture a $15,000 winner’s share in his 4 Kings Racing/Metalloid1 – AccroSeal – AccroLube – MW Fabrication/LynK/Stanton SR-11x during Saturday night’s 44th running of the 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO at The Big E.

To underscore the significance, Boxell has won many a race on the Little E track driving karts owned and built by Matt Westfall. On Saturday, Westfall was serving as Boxell’s crew chief as they teamed up to put the red 54 in victory lane, a number and color scheme closely associated with Westfall throughout his racing career.

It was a proud moment for Boxell, who has been mentored by Westfall throughout his entire racing career, from his salad days at Little E to the biggest victory of his career to date at The Big E.

“To win at Eldora in the 54 car. Oh man. I don’t even really know how to describe it right now.”

In doing so, Boxell became the first driver to win his first career USAC National Midget main event during the 4-Crown Nationals since Danny Stratton in 2005. More recently, one year ago, Hayden Reinbold captured his first series win in the BeFour the Crowns event at Eldora.

Perhaps it should come as no surprise to those who’ve observed Boxell over the past couple of seasons. In his first two career Eldora USAC National Midget appearances a year ago, Boxell finished third and sixth. On Thursday, he placed fifth. This year with the series, he’s finished as the runner-up twice at Indiana’s Paragon Speedway and again at Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway.

Boxell finished off a 4 Kings Racing sweep of the Eldora weekend. Two nights earlier, Kevin Thomas Jr. drove the team to victory. Meanwhile, Boxell is the first driver to take the number 54 to a USAC National Midget victory in 43 years! Dana Carter, driving Rollie Helmling’s No. 54, scored a 100-lap triumph indoors at the Hara Arena in Dayton, Ohio in 1983.

Though his season has been a pretty solid first full campaign, four of Boxell’s past eight series starts have resulted in unsavory finishes outside the top 10. This win couldn’t have come a better time for Boxell and team any way slice it.

“I know it’s been a tough stretch these last few races,” Boxell explained. “But man, I’m really happy and I can’t wait to hang this check and trophy up at the shop later.”

Boxell’s primary nemesis was Logan Seavey, who interestingly enough, was utilizing a borrowed engine from the 4 Kings Racing stable after his primary powerplant from Abacus Racing experienced a major malfunction during Thursday’s program.

On lap 14 of 25, eighth starting Seavey zipped by Hayden Reinbold for the second spot off the exit of turn four. Armed with a full second gap on the field at that time, Boxell’s advantage soon began to dwindle as Seavey arrived within striking distance with just seven laps remaining.

With lappers looming on a track surface that was slick to the fence, rather than become stifled behind and alongside them, Boxell decided to use traffic to his advantage in any way could with Adam Taylor and Luke Wackerlin occupying the low line. Their position, for all intents and purposes, eliminated the slider line for Seavey for the time being, which was all to Boxell’s advantage.

Boxell was vigilant as he maintained a watchful eye on the video board between turns one and two in order to view how many laps remained down the stretch, all while putting every ounce of energy and concentration into accomplishing the task.

“I knew I was pretty good and I know (crew chief) Matt (Westfall) gives me a lot of crap about being 110% all the time,” Boxell stated. “Logan showed me a nose and I had to use those lapped cars as a pick. I knew if I wanted to be able to win this thing, I had to put those cars in between me and Logan so he couldn’t throw a slider on me.”

Boxell was next level throughout the final five laps as he sprinted away from Denney et al. to gain some much needed breathing room and extend his lead back to seven car lengths.

On the final lap, the battle for position was all behind Boxell’s back as Denney surged back to second after dipping to as low as fifth with just a handful of laps left to go. Grant also stormed by Seavey during the final quarter a lap to get to third.

Meanwhile, Boxell broke away to cross the stripe with a 0.826 second margin of victory. Adding on to Boxell’s accolades, he was also the recipient of the K & N Filters Clean Air award after leading the most laps in the feature – all 25 of them.

USAC National Midget point leader Jacob Denney extended his lead with his seventh top-two result of the year in a span of 17 series feature starts, and also picked up a $300 bonus from Rosewood Machine & Tool for the Precision Move of the Race with his late surge.

Grant finished third while Seavey fell to fourth in the order. Despite that, Seavey earned his second Rod End Supply Hard Charger award of the weekend, advancing four spots from his eighth place starting position.

Daison Pursley, who’d later cap the night with a dominant USAC Silver Crown score, saw his 4-Crown USAC Midget winning streak end at two as the 2024 and 2025 winner rounded out the top-five.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2026 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – 44th 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kale Drake (#4 RMS) (2), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#14 4 Kings) (6), 3. Jakeb Boxell (#54 4 Kings) (4), 4. Gunnar Setser (#43 Arnold) (3), 5. Hayden Reinbold (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood) (5), 6. Colton Robinson (#67K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian) (7), 7. Adam Taylor (#7T ATM) (8), 8. Bradley Cox (#45 Mason) (10), 9. Cord Kisthardt (#21K Kisthardt) (9), 10. Mack Leopard (#40L McDermand) (1). NT

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus) (2), 2. Jacob Denney (#67 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian) (4), 3. Brecken Reese (#20Q Reese) (3), 4. Daison Pursley (#86 CBI) (5), 5. Justin Grant (#87 CBI) (6), 6. Kyle Jones (#7TX Engler) (1), 7. Gavin Miller (#97 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian) (7), 8. Devon Dobie (#23D Dobie) (10), 9. Jadon Rogers (#4p Binks) (9), 10. Luke Wackerlin (#7w Guithues (8). 2:13.360

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jakeb Boxell (2), 2. Jacob Denney (1), 3. Justin Grant (5), 4. Logan Seavey (8), 5. Daison Pursley (3), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 7. Hayden Reinbold (4), 8. Kale Drake (7), 9. Brecken Reese (9), 10. Gavin Miller (12), 11. Colton Robinson (11), 12. Bradley Cox (14), 13. Mack Leopard (16), 14. Kyle Jones (10), 15. Devon Dobie (15), 16. Adam Taylor (13), 17. Luke Wackerlin (17), 18. Cord Kisthardt (18), 19. Jadon Rogers (19). 7:30.696

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Jakeb Boxell.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-1130, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1057, 3-Justin Grant-1006, 4-Gavin Miller-970, 5-Jakeb Boxell-968, 6-Kale Drake-941, 7-Hayden Reinbold-793, 8-Brecken Reese-754, 9-Cannon McIntosh-712, 10-Colton Robinson-692.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-142, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-139, 3-Justin Grant-138, 4-Robert Ballou-124, 5-Chase Stockon-111, 6-Briggs Danner-108, 7-Cale Coons-108, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-95, 10-Logan Seavey-88.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: November 13-14, 2026 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, California – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – Hangtown 100

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kevin Thomas (16.068)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Kale Drake

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Logan Seavey

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Jakeb Boxell

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Logan Seavey (8th to 4th)

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Jacob Denney

FIRST CROWN!

CUMMINS COLLECTS FIRST 4-CROWN WIN

WITH USAC SPRINTS AT ELDORA

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Rossburg, Ohio (September 26, 2026)………Back in May of this year, Kyle Cummins checked off his first career Eldora Speedway victory in what was his 17th attempt at taming the legendary 1/2-mile Rossburg, Ohio dirt oval.

On Saturday night, the Princeton, Indiana racer checked off yet another new feat as he claimed his first career 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO triumph, this one worth a cool $15,000.

Cummins took over the lead on the seventh lap, then proceeded to pace the field until five laps remaining when Justin Grant got by and seemed destined for victory for a fleeting moment. However, a subsequent caution negated the pass as scoring reverted to the last completed lap, thus putting Cummins back in front.

From there, Cummins’ task was to fend off the relentless Grant in order to grab his 11th win of the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season aboard his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors – JUGO Superfoods/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy No. 3p.

Cummins’ second overall victory at The Big E was a special one as he picked off a monumental win in one of the most historic races on the calendar, and one he had yet to add to his resume. That is, until Saturday night.

“It’s incredible to get one win here, and to now get a second during the 4-Crown Nationals with the place packed,” Cummins grinned. “It’s pretty exciting that I get to sit my car out there (on the front straightaway) at the end of the night, and no matter what happens now, I get to be in that picture.”

Cummins’ 41st career USAC National Sprint Car win was grand in more ways than one. He has now surpassed Gary Bettenhausen and Robert Ballou to move into the top 10 in terms of all-time career feature wins with the series. Cummins now shares the 10th spot on the list with Bryan Clauson.

Starting third on the grid, Cummins trailed the front row duo of Cale Coons and Jacob Denney for the first three laps. Coons traded barbs with Denney for the first two circuits. Coons first beat Denney to the line to lead the initial lap in a near dead heat. Swapping positions on the second lap, Denney got to the line first in yet another near dead heat at the stripe. A few short moments later, Cummins sailed into second past Denney on the fourth go around.

The first of several red flags in the feature occurred on lap six when 18th running Gunnar Setser barrel rolled eight times between turns one and two. He was able to climb out and walk away but was later transported for further observation.

Once the race resumed, it didn’t take long for Cummins to charge to the front. On lap seven, Cummins raced under Denney in turn three, then slipped up to the cushion and promptly put his distance on the field.

On the 11th lap, Coons, who had drifted back to sixth, sailed it high off the exit of turn two, collected the outside wall, then endured a wild series of end-over-end flips down the back straightaway before coming to a rest. Coons was able to walk away from the carnage under his own power.

Just past the halfway mark, Grant charged into second underneath Denney in turn four to take over the runner-up spot on lap 17. By then, Cummins’ lead was 1.233 seconds, but soon, he’d have to deal with his share of lapped traffic as he ringed around the outside of the likes of Logan Seavey and Todd Hobson before encountering Saban Bibent occupying the high line just in front of him.

“They got a little tight there in lapped traffic and I got backed up behind Saban (Bibent),” Cummins recalled. “I just made a couple of mistakes and let (Grant) get there.”

Now directly on Cummins’ tail tank, Grant made his move for the lead as he split between Cummins and Hobson entering turn one on the 26th lap. Grant’s rear bumper caught Cummins’ left front wheel near the outside wall. Cummins whoa’d it up as he skated atop the cushion and narrowly avoided the concrete barrier. Grant raced away while Denney ducked under and took second from Cummins.

However, mere moments later, 11th running Robert Ballou slowed with a flat right rear tire to necessitate a caution. Ballou received fresh rubber in the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area and returned to the tail before proceeding to march back up to a 10th place result by race’s end.

For Cummins, though, it was a reprieve of epic proportions that placed him back in front of both Grant and Denney for the ensuing lap 26 restart, which quickly turned into utter chaos for several others in short order.

Denney (3rd) spun sideways at the top of turn three, then was smashed into by Briggs Danner (5th). Brady Bacon (6th) then plowed into Denney, sending Bacon spinning directly into the path of both Jadon Rogers (9th) and Kevin Thomas Jr. (10th) with Thomas flipping over several times.

Along the bottom of turn two, Hunter Maddox (12th) and Chance Crum (13th) collided with each other as Crum climbed over the hood of Maddox’s ride while both grounded to a halt. Just a bit further back, Stevie Sussex (14th) slammed into Danner’s stopped car, sending Sussex flipping over several times. Thankfully, all eight drivers involved were able to walk away or restart the race.

At that very same moment, Cummins was doing a little bit of observing and a little bit of guesswork in his approach to the restart.

“It was just a little bit of guessing,” Cummins admitted. “I got to see the video board on that last restart and he made a pretty good slider line there and I’m sure he knew that. I was going to kind of pretend like I was going to go to the top and just kind of dive down and then slide myself a little bit.”

With everything on the line and just a handful of laps to go, neither Cummins nor Grant were going to blink, nor were they going to give an inch, a yard, a foot or even a hand. It was game on.

“After that restart, we were both going to pick up our intensity because I wasn’t going to lose and I’m sure he wasn’t going to either,” Cummins declared. “That’s what makes it exciting around here. Our last time here, him and me were battling for the win, and here it goes again. It’s hard to count out Justin Grant here, but we always love to beat him. That’s always fun. I know he hates getting beat by us and we sure hate getting beat by him. It just rises the level of excitement.”

In what was an all-out, on the edge, high wire thrill show, Cummins and Grant absolutely ripped around the high side in a full bore barrage of speed. Any sort of hesitation from either one would’ve been game over. The process here was less about precision, and more about laying every bit of guts, soul, and bravery on the line for the win.

“Those last five laps, that was as hard as I could run this thing,” Cummins explained. “(The track) was choppy and you don’t really know where it’s at. Guys keep flipping and you don’t know why they’re flipping. It wasn’t really about hitting your marks. It was just about throwing it in there and guessing, really.”

Grant made one more try on a turn one slider on the final lap but wasn’t close enough to make Cummins check up or bat an eye. Instead, Cummins drove off into the horizon, crossing the finish line 0.778 second ahead of Grant with Jake Swanson third, and Mitchel Moles fourth.

C.J. Leary rounded out the top five while also coming away with a $300 bonus courtesy of Rosewood Machine & Tool for the Precision Move of the Race, which saw him thread the needle between a spinning Briggs Danner to his outside and a spinning Brady Bacon to his inside with inches to spare on either side during a melee with five laps remaining in the feature.

For leading the final 24 laps, Cummins earned the K & N Filters Clean Air award. Meanwhile, Saban Bibent earned his best career USAC National Sprint Car finish with a 23rd to seventh place run. His +16 performance netted him the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2026 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – 44th 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stevie Sussex (#3R Rock Steady) (3), 2. Jacob Denney (#87 CBI-Spire) (5), 3. Briggs Danner (#39 Hogue) (6), 4. Jadon Rogers (#14 Rogers) (4), 5. Hunter Maddox (#24m Maddox) (2), 6. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus) (7), 7. Todd Hobson (#44 Soudrette) (1), 8. Tim Kent (#79 TFK) (9), 9. Dustin Ingle (#2DI Ingle) (8), 10. Paul Dues (#87x Dues) (10). 2:08.790

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (#5T Daming Swanson) (2), 2. Brady Bacon (#20 Dyson) (4), 3. Chase Stockon (#92 Sertich) (1), 4. Cale Coons (#63 Dooling/Curb-Agajanian) (5), 5. Hayden Reinbold (#19 Reinbold-Underwood) (3), 6. Ryan Barr (#21B Barr) (7), 7. Nate Carle (#14c Carle) (6), 8. Brian Heitkamp (#22 Heitkamp) (9), 9. Bryce Dues (#23D Dues) (8). 2:06.692

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. C.J. Leary (#30 Leary) (4), 2. Justin Grant (#4 TOPP) (6), 3. Gunnar Setser (#5G Setser) (5), 4. Robert Ballou (#12 Ballou) (2), 5. Chance Crum (#83 Crum) (3), 6. Caleb Shietze (#2B 2B Racing) (1), 7. Chad Wilson (#6w Wityk) (7), 8. Cody Trammell (#34T Trammell) (8), 9. Mike Miller (#33m Marshall) (10), 10. Jack James (#99 James) (9). 2:07.701

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#15 BBI) (2), 2. Mitchel Moles (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood) (5), 3. Kyle Cummins (#3p Petty) (6), 4. Jakeb Boxell (#54 Westfall) (4), 5. Shawn Westerfeld (#4J Fischesser-Owen) (3), 6. Saban Bibent (#98 Wedgewood) (1), 7. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (#51T Tafoya) (7), 8. Brian Ruhlman (#49 Ruhlman) (8), 9. Derek Hastings (#32m Marshall) (9). 2:08.474

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Trey Osborne (#6T Osborne).

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Caleb Shietze (2), 2. Logan Seavey (4), 3. Saban Bibent (3), 4. Todd Hobson (1), 5. Chad Wilson (6), 6. Ryan Barr (5), 7. Eddie Tafoya Jr (7), 8. Brian Ruhlman (10), 9. Nate Carle (8), 10. Cody Trammell (9), 11. Dustin Ingle (13), 12. Brian Heitkamp (12), 13. Derek Hastings (14), 14. Bryce Dues (15), 15. Jack James (17), 16. Paul Dues (18), 17. Mike Miller (16), 18. Tim Kent (11). 3:28.778

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (3), 2. Justin Grant (4), 3. Jake Swanson (7), 4. Mitchel Moles (12), 5. C.J. Leary (8), 6. Hayden Reinbold (15), 7. Saban Bibent (23), 8. Chase Stockon (21), 9. Shawn Westerfeld (17), 10. Robert Ballou (19), 11. Jacob Denney (2), 12. Brady Bacon (5), 13. Hunter Maddox (18), 14. Chance Crum (16), 15. Todd Hobson (20), 16. Caleb Shietze (22), 17. Briggs Danner (6), 18. Jadon Rogers (13), 19. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 20. Stevie Sussex (9), 21. Logan Seavey (24), 22. Cale Coons (1), 23. Jakeb Boxell (14), 24. Gunnar Setser (11). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Cale Coons, Laps 2-6 Jacob Denney, Laps 7-30 Kyle Cummins.

**Paul Dues & Mike Miller flipped during the semi. Gunnar Setser flipped on lap 6 of the feature. Cale Coons flipped on lap 11 of the feature. Kevin Thomas Jr. & Stevie Sussex flipped on lap 26 of the feature.

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

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-142, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-139, 3-Justin Grant-136, 4-Robert Ballou-124, 5-Chase Stockon-111, 6-Briggs Danner-108, 7-Cale Coons-108, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-95, 10-Mitchel Moles-86.

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

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kyle Cummins (15.811)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Stevie Sussex

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Jake Swanson

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: C.J. Leary

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Caleb Shietze

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Saban Bibent (23rd to 7th)

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kyle Cummins (24 laps led)

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: C.J. Leary

BIG E BREAKTHROUGH! KTJ GETS FIRST ELDORA WIN WITH USAC MIDGETS

Rossburg, Ohio (September 24, 2026)………You almost had to do a double take when you took a glance at the all-time feature win list at Eldora Speedway. Kevin Thomas Jr. was nowhere to be found.

Yet, as hard as it was to believe, KTJ had never won a feature event in his career at the famed 1/2-mile dirt oval located in Rossburg, Ohio.

On Thursday night, the owner of 60 career USAC national wins got to make the long awaited trip up the ramp to victory lane in what was his 48th career USAC main event appearance at The Big E.

At long last, KTJ’s time had come to fruition as he ripped around the outside of racelong leader Hayden Reinbold in the fourth turn with four laps remaining to get the elusive triumph he had been chasing after dating back to his Eldora debut in 2009.

On this one, he put the finishing touches on a special breakthrough. At last, Kevin Thomas Jr. was an Eldora winner.

“Man, you have no idea,” Thomas exclaimed. “This place has had my number for, literally, ever. We’ve had good runs here, but we’ve never been able to finish it off.”

The Cullman, Alabama native’s Eldora resume is quite accomplished, but almost torturous. He had finished as the runner-up in five different races at Eldora, including both USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship events at the track in 2025.

That goes along with a pair of USAC Silver Crown runner-up results at Eldora in 2018 and 2019, plus a USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship finish of second in 2024. Toss in a number of thirds, fourths, and fifths, which brought his USAC career total to 19 top five finishes without a single victory to highlight it all prior to Thursday’s event.

Starting third on the grid for the 25-lapper, Thomas guided his 4 Kings Racing/Purple Heart Foundation – AccroSeal – Metalloid1 – AccroLube/LynK/Stanton SR-11x to the front for his third series win of the year as well as the ninth of his career, which ties him for 82nd place all-time alongside Billy Boat, Chad Boat, Tony Elliott, and Chuck Gurney.

“This 4 Kings number 14 was an absolute rocket,” Thomas praised. “Matt (Westfall), Phil (Westfall), (Jakeb Boxell), and everybody that brings these cars to the racetrack, they always bring a good hot rod. I’m very fortunate to be able to drive for those guys and I’m happy for the Purple Heart Foundation, Rex (Turner), Fred (Edwards), and the whole crew. To finally to be up here, it’s pretty special.”

For the initial 21 laps, it was Reinbold who was in total control of the race. Interestingly, the tables were turned from the 2025 Thursday race in which Reinbold charged past Thomas on lap eight, then led the remaining 18 laps en route to victory while Thomas followed him across the stripe in the second position.

Early on, Thomas worked around the high side of Kale Drake to move into the second spot on lap nine. By lap 20, Thomas had completely crossed out Reinbold’s 1.5 second lead. Now, Thomas was right on Reinbold’s tail tank.

Reinbold dove low into turn one on the 20th lap and nearly collided with the lapped car of Cord Kisthardt. Thomas looked high and low, low and high, and every which way around Reinbold and was able to pull even with him on both sides on laps 20 and 21. Twenty two proved to be the catch for KTJ as he followed his instincts with some straightforward self-advice.

“Just drive the balls off of it, really,” Thomas put it succinctly. “This place was treacherous tonight, and in a midget, it’s exaggerated too. You’re hitting frame rails, and you’re doing all kinds of wild stuff, and you don’t got a lot of horsepower. So, it’s very key to keep your momentum up and pick the correct lines whenever you get to lap traffic.”

On the 22nd lap, Thomas had a major run to the outside of Reinbold on the back straightaway as they closed in on the 15th place running car of Adam Taylor. As Reinbold pulled even to the inside of Taylor, Reinbold’s car slipped and drifted up the racetrack. Thomas’ momentum was the x-factor as he flat-footed it around the outside of Reinbold off turn four to edge ahead, then turned down under Taylor entering the first turn moments later to put a buffer between himself and the rest of the field.

“I don’t think I would have necessarily gotten to Hayden in that scenario without lap traffic,” Thomas admitted. “Wide open is wide open here and we both run Stanton engines and they run really good. I don’t know if catching him was in the cards there, but sometimes being second when you get there is good because you can see where he killed speed at or where he didn’t and you can navigate those lapped cars just a little bit better.”

Just as Thomas quickly opened up his advantage, the action came to a halt when Jadon Rogers (15th) slowed on the back straightaway to bring out the caution on lap 24, thus, bunching up the field for a green-white-checkered restart. Despite that, for KTJ, it was his problem-free philosophy. It was hakuna matata.

“Once we got out front, it wasn’t very long,” Thomas recalled. “I think it was like a couple laps and then we had that green white checkered. Our stuff is notorious for restarting really well. So, I felt confident and just kind of went up and got my momentum up for about a lap and a half and finally won one of these here.”

Thomas finished off the final chapter of the race with a 0.885 second margin of victory. Meanwhile, Justin Grant raced by Reinbold on the final lap to get second while Reinbold rounded out the podium in third. Daison Pursley took fourth while KTJ’s 4 Kings teammate Jakeb Boxell collected a fifth place finish.

Reinbold nearly repeated his Thursday night Eldora win from a year ago. His 21 laps led during the 25-lap main were the most, and thus, he was the recipient of the K & N Filters Clean Air Award for his efforts.

This Thursday night wasn’t very kind to Logan Seavey and Abacus Racing. Engine issues in hot laps derailed their night early on. But after borrowing an engine from 4 Kings Racing, they tagged the tail of the feature. From there, Seavey made a valiant effort to advance from 20th to 10th to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.

Jacob Denney was the evening’s LearnLab Fast Qualifier, topping the session at with a lap of 16.060 seconds, which was the fastest single lap by a USAC National Midget at Eldora since Danny Stratton’s 15.902 run in 2005, 21 years ago!

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2026 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – BeFour the Crowns

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-16.060; 2. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-16.132; 3. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-16.150; 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-16.151; 5. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-16.196; 6. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-16.216; 7. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-16.253; 8. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-16.273; 9. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-16.296; 10. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-16.308; 11. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-16.455; 12. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-16.534; 13. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-16.620; 14. Jadon Rogers, 4p, Binks-16.621; 15. Luke Wackerlin, 7w, Guithues-16.837; 16. Adam Taylor, 7T, ATM-16.855; 17. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-16.900; 18. Devon Dobie, 23D, Dobie-17.065; 19. Cord Kisthardt, 21K, Kisthardt-17.605; 20. Chelby Hinton, 4B, Klatt-NT; 21. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-NT; 22. Sheldon Males, 4m, Males-NT.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brecken Reese (2), 2. Gavin Miller (4), 3. Jacob Denney (6), 4. Colton Robinson (3), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 6. Cord Kisthardt (7), 7. Adam Taylor (1). 2:12.303

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Daison Pursley (6), 2. Gunnar Setser (4), 3. Kale Drake (5), 4. Jadon Rogers (2), 5. Bradley Cox (1), 6. Mack Leopard (3). 2:13.713

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (4), 2. Kyle Jones (3), 3. Hayden Reinbold (5), 4. Jakeb Boxell (6), 5. Luke Wackerlin (2), 6. Devon Dobie (1). 2:10.814

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 2. Justin Grant (7), 3. Hayden Reinbold (1), 4. Daison Pursley (5), 5. Jakeb Boxell (4), 6. Jacob Denney (6), 7. Gunnar Setser (10), 8. Brecken Reese (8), 9. Kale Drake (2), 10. Logan Seavey (20), 11. Mack Leopard (12), 12. Kyle Jones (13), 13. Colton Robinson (11), 14. Gavin Miller (9), 15. Adam Taylor (19), 16. Luke Wackerlin (15), 17. Cord Kisthardt (17), 18. Jadon Rogers (14), 19. Bradley Cox (16), 20. Devon Dobie (18). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Hayden Reinbold, Laps 22-25 Kevin Thomas Jr.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-1063, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1002, 3-Justin Grant-942, 4-Gavin Miller-927, 5-Jakeb Boxell-898, 6-Kale Drake-892, 7-Hayden Reinbold-741, 8-Cannon McIntosh-712, 9-Brecken Reese-708, 10-Colton Robinson-651.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-139, 2-Justin Grant-134, 3-Hayden Reinbold-133, 4-Robert Ballou-115, 5-Briggs Danner-108, 6-Cale Coons-108, 7-Jacob Denney-102, 8-Chase Stockon-98, 9-Jake Swanson-91, 10-Kyle Cummins-83.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 26, 2026 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – 44th 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Logan Seavey (16.004)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Jacob Denney (16.060)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Brecken Reese

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Daison Pursley

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Justin Grant

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Hayden Reinbold (21 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Logan Seavey (20th to 10th)

DEJA DANNER! BRIGGS REPEATS THURSDAY NIGHT USAC SPRINT CAR WIN AT ELDORA

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Rossburg, Ohio (September 24, 2026)………Thursdays at Eldora Speedway belong to Briggs Danner.

One year after capturing Thursday night’s 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO opener at the Rossburg, Ohio 1/2-mile dirt oval, Danner did the deed again, leading all 30 laps en route to victory at the helm of his Hogue Racing Enterprises/E. Schneider & Sons – Keystone Cap/DRC/Rider Chevy.

Whereas Danner (Allentown, Pennsylvania) duked it out to lead the final 13 laps of last year’s contest, this one was pretty much no contest for the majority of the 30-lapper. That is, until the final laps when lapped traffic carved into his lead and allowed Brady Bacon to enter the frame.

Danner’s victory was the second of his USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship career at Eldora. Furthermore, it was his fifth series win of the season and the 12th of his career, tying him with Eric Gordon and Mitchel Moles for 49th place on the all-time list.

Although Danner was set on repeat in this particular outing, in his estimation, there is no comparison between the two victories. Especially considering the fact that the track received quite a bit of rain during the week, thus making the surface extra moistrous. And when you mix in the sudden cool temperatures, it made for a heavy racetrack.

“It was a lot different,” Danner admitted. “I mean, I kind of knew going into tonight that with the way the track was going to be, the groove that we started early on in hot laps and time trials was going to be where it was at. It was fast.”

How fast was it? Justin Grant’s lap of 14.979 seconds during LearnLab Fast Qualifying was the first lap in the 14-second bracket turned by a USAC National Sprint Car at Eldora in 14 years, not since Bobby East in 2012. The quick time was Grant’s 48th career with the series, sixth most on the list.

Adding to it, Cale Coons’ heat race victory resulted in a new eight-lap track record for USAC National Sprint Cars at Eldora. His time of 2:03.892 topped Robert Ballou’s time of 2:05.51, which had stood since 2012. Gunnar Setser added to the fun with a new 12-lap USAC National Sprint Car track record during his semi-feature victory. Setser’s time of 3:06.323 shattered the former record of 3:10.23, which Jay Drake had held since 2006.

While the track surface was blazing fast, Danner had conflicting thoughts. Conversely, he described the race as a long one. That fact came to fruition due to his loss of brakes just around midway point. Despite it all, he still kind of made it look easy. But it was by no means easy any way you dissect it, as Danner explained.

“That was the longest 30 laps,” Danner explained. “I felt like I lost brakes about halfway and I found out when I needed them, which made lapped traffic very difficult. I couldn’t get tear offs pulled. I don’t know what I messed up there. I was fighting just to stay out front. It was not that easy.”

With 10 laps remaining, Danner’s lead was a half-straightaway over Bacon and he was cruising as his torrid pace allowed him to lap all the way up to 11th place. But that particular battle for 10th and 11th between Jake Swanson and C.J. Leary was doubled up in front of Danner, and Bacon was able to reel in Danner to within about a five car length span.

Couple that with his lack of brakes, and the fact that you’re ripping around Eldora Speedway at the highest speed in a decade or two, that makes for a bit of a hairy situation. But Danner put the puzzle together and figured it out.

“It was tough,” Danner acknowledged. “Just steering it with the throttle when you’re going that fast, there’s not many options for you to turn when you get tight and just with how rough it was. There were a couple of times that I got in with lapped traffic and I was just trying to keep it going in a circle, which was difficult. I didn’t really know where Brady (Bacon) was, but I know he’s really good here, obviously, and on any 1/2-mile. To race against guys like him and Justin (Grant), and to be able to stay out front and run as good as we did, is a feat in itself.”

Bacon wasn’t able to draw any nearer to Danner over the past couple of laps as Danner finished off his triumphant performance with a 0.656 second margin of victory. Justin Grant crossed the line in third with Kyle Cummins fourth and Jacob Denney fifth.

It was a welcome respite for Danner who has tallied an average finish of 13th with the series over the past two months, with nary a single top five in that 14-race span. In fact, the Eldora victory was Danner’s first top-five finish with the series since the USAC Indiana Sprint Week opener at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 23, and his first feature win since the Eastern Storm finale on June 21 at Action Track USA.

For his efforts in leading each and every one of the 30 laps in the feature, Danner also earned the night’s K & N Filters Clean Air Award.

Meanwhile, Jakeb Boxell advanced seven positions from 19th to 12th during the feature, which earned him the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award.

Two drivers got upside during the night’s program. Max Adams ramped over the right rear wheel of Jakeb Boxell after the checkered flag during the third heat race, resulting in Adams violently flipping a major distance down the back straightaway. Adams was able to walk away.

During the feature, the rear axle on Robert Ballou’s car suddenly snapped in turn two, sending him flipping on lap three of the main event. He was able to climb out of his car and walk away. He was running in the 10th position at the time.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2026 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – BeFour the Crowns

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.979; 2. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.024; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-15.036; 4. Jacob Denney, 87, CBI/Spire-15.062; 5. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-15.072; 6. Brady Bacon, 20, Dyson-15.076; 7. Gunnar Setser, 5G, Setser-15.079; 8. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-15.154; 9. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-15.192; 10. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-15.225; 11. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-15.230; 12. Shawn Westerfeld, 4J, Fischesser/Owen-15.235; 13. Max Adams, 5x, Adams-15.277; 14. Keith Sheffer II, 86, Sheffer-15.343; 15. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-15.351; 16. Stevie Sussex, 3R, Rock Steady-15.378; 17. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.407; 18. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.440; 19. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.448; 20. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-15.466; 21. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-15.488; 22. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-15.498; 23. Jakeb Boxell, 54, Westfall-15.510; 24. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-15.512; 25. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-15.538; 26. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-15.581; 27. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-15.611; 28. Rylan Gray, 1, Gray-15.623; 29. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-15.705; 30. Chad Wilson, 6w, Wityk-15.762; 31. Brian Ruhlman, 49, Ruhlman-15.796; 32. Caleb Shietze, 2B, 2B Racing-15.838; 33. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.843; 34. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-15.918; 35. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-15.930; 36. Nate Carle, 14c, Carle-16.015; 37. Cody Trammell, 34T, Trammell-16.131; 38. Dustin Ingle, 2DI, Ingle-16.146; 39. Paul Dues, 87x, Dues-16.201; 40. Bryce Dues, 23D, Dues-16.205; 41. Jack James, 99, James-16.235; 42. Brian Heitkamp, 22, Heitkamp-16.323; 43. Derek Hastings, 32m, Marshall-17.132; 44. Tim Kent, 79, TFK-19.606.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (4), 2. Justin Grant (6), 3. Brady Bacon (5), 4. Trey Osborne (1), 5. Stevie Sussex (3), 6. Saban Bibent (2), 7. Nate Carle (8), 8. Brian Ruhlman (7), 9. Jack James (9). 2:04.174

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Robert Ballou (2), 2. Hunter Maddox (1), 3. Shawn Westerfeld (4), 4. C.J. Leary (6), 5. Gunnar Setser (5), 6. Logan Seavey (3), 7. Caleb Shietze (7), 8. Cody Trammell (8), 9. Brian Heitkamp (9). 2:07.588

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Rylan Gray (1), 2. Briggs Danner (5), 3. Hayden Reinbold (3), 4. Jakeb Boxell (2), 5. Max Adams (4), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 7. Troy Carey (7), 8. Dustin Ingle (8), 9. Derek Hastings (9). 2:06.240

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (6), 2. Todd Hobson (2), 3. Jake Swanson (5), 4. Chase Stockon (3), 5. Brandon Mattox (1), 6. Ryan Barr (7), 7. Paul Dues (8), 8. Tim Kent (9), 9. Keith Sheffer II (4). NT

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (4), 2. Kyle Cummins (6), 3. Chance Crum (2), 4. Ricky Lewis (3), 5. Chad Wilson (1), 6. Jadon Rogers (5), 7. Eddie Tafoya Jr (7), 8. Bryce Dues (8). 2:03.892 (New Track Record)

COOK OUT C-MAIN: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Caleb Shietze (1), 2. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (3), 3. Nate Carle (4), 4. Dustin Ingle (8), 5. Cody Trammell (7), 6. Brian Ruhlman (6), 7. Tim Kent (9), 8. Brian Heitkamp (11), 9. Derek Hastings (12), 10. Paul Dues (5), 11. Jack James (10), 12. Troy Carey (2). NT

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gunnar Setser (2), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 3. Stevie Sussex (3), 4. Jadon Rogers (6), 5. Caleb Shietze (10), 6. Brandon Mattox (4), 7. Saban Bibent (8), 8. Logan Seavey (7), 9. Ryan Barr (9), 10. Chad Wilson (5), 11. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (11), 12. Dustin Ingle (13), 13. Nate Carle (12). 3:06.323 (New Track Record)

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (1), 2. Brady Bacon (2), 3. Justin Grant (6), 4. Kyle Cummins (3), 5. Jacob Denney (4), 6. Cale Coons (8), 7. Gunnar Setser (12), 8. Mitchel Moles (7), 9. Jadon Rogers (14), 10. Jake Swanson (13), 11. C.J. Leary (5), 12. Jakeb Boxell (19), 13. Stevie Sussex (16), 14. Hayden Reinbold (17), 15. Chance Crum (20), 16. Shawn Westerfeld (15), 17. Hunter Maddox (22), 18. Trey Osborne (21), 19. Rylan Gray (10), 20. Robert Ballou (9), 21. Kevin Thomas Jr. (11), 22. Todd Hobson (24), 23. Chase Stockon (18), 24. Ricky Lewis (23). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Briggs Danner.

**Max Adams flipped after the checkered flag in the third heat. Robert Ballou flipped on lap 3 of the feature.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2939, 2-Justin Grant-2745, 3-Mitchel Moles-2691, 4-Jake Swanson-2418, 5-Briggs Danner-2357, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2321, 7-Chase Stockon-2178, 8-C.J. Leary-2171, 9-Robert Ballou-2167, 10-Logan Seavey-2162.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-137, 2-Hayden Reinbold-133, 3-Justin Grant-129, 4-Robert Ballou-115, 5-Briggs Danner-108, 6-Cale Coons-108, 7-Jacob Denney-102, 8-Chase Stockon-98, 9-Jake Swanson-91, 10-Kyle Cummins-83.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: September 26, 2026 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – 44th 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kyle Cummins (15.164)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (14.979)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Mitchel Moles

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Robert Ballou

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Rylan Gray

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Jacob Denney

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Cale Coons

Cook Out C-Main Winner: Caleb Shietze

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Gunnar Setser

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Jakeb Boxell (19th to 12th)

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Briggs Danner (30 laps led)

3 NIGHTS AT THE BIG E! 44TH 4-CROWN NATS GO TO ELDORA SEP 24-25-26\

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Rossburg, Ohio (September 23, 2026)………The best of all dirt open wheel racing worlds converge at one legendary venue on one major weekend!

Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway is set for the 44th running of the 4-Crown Nationals Presented By NKTELCO on Thursday-Friday-Saturday night, September 24-25-26.

The pits inside the 1/2-mile dirt oval will be filled to the brim with open wheel machinery from USAC’s stable of NOS Energy Drink National Midget, AMSOIL National Sprint Car, and Silver Crown divisions to the winged variety of the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Sprint Cars as well as the Great Lakes Super Sprints.

Each USAC division and High Limit will be racing for $15,000-to-win in their respective features during Saturday night’s program in what is undoubtedly the greatest racing smorgasbord of them all at The Big E.

Let’s dig into six storylines for each of the three USAC national divisions this weekend!

SEAVEY GOIN’ FOR ALL 4 CROWNS

At press time, Logan Seavey appears to be the only driver attempting to run all four divisions of this weekend’s 4-Crown Nationals between USAC and High Limit.

The five-time 4-Crown feature winner, and 2023 USAC sweeper, will drive a trio of 57s for Abacus Racing in USAC’s Silver Crown, Sprint Car, and Midget divisions. The Silver Crown ride shares billing between Abacus Racing and Droplight.

Furthermore, Seavey will drive the Logan Fenton Racing No. 24 in the High Limit Sprint Car portion of the program.

Only 13 drivers have attempted to compete in all four crowns in one night at the 4-Crown dating back to the inaugural running in 1981: Brady Bacon, Tom Bigelow, Tyler Courtney, Dave Darland, Tony Elliott, A.J. Fike, Jack Hewitt, Tracy Hines, Daison Pursley, Larry Rice, Logan Seavey, Tony Stewart, and Chris Windom.

Eight of those drivers have started all four 4-Crown features in one day: Jack Hewitt (1986, 87, 90, 91, 92, 96, 97 & 98), Dave Darland (1999, 2000, 02), Brady Bacon (2016 & 2018), Tracy Hines (2001 & 2002), Tyler Courtney (2016 & 2021), Logan Seavey (2022), Tony Stewart (1995), and Daison Pursley (2025).

PURSLEY COMES BACK STRONG

Daison Pursley made history last year as the fourth driver to sweep the USAC portion of the program at the 4-Crown Nationals, running away with commanding victories in the Sprint, Midget, and Silver Crown car.

In fact, Pursley has won five of the past six Eldora 4-Crown USAC main events over the past two seasons, also grabbing wins with the Sprint Car and Midget divisions in 2024.

This weekend, Pursley returns to the 4-Crown in a CB Industries Midget and the brand new Spire Motorsports with CB Industries USAC Silver Crown car. While he has no USAC Sprint Car ride for the event, he will be aboard the Kasey Kahne Racing ride with the High Limit Sprint Cars.

TRIPLE DUTY RACERS

Two more drivers are expected to pull triple duty across all three USAC national divisions this week at Eldora – Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget. That’s Justin Grant and Hayden Reinbold.

Grant owns two career 4-Crown wins, both in a USAC Sprint Car in 2016 and 2022. He’ll be back in his familiar rides, including the Hemelgarn Racing #91 champ car, the TOPP Motorsports #4 sprint car, and the CB Industries #87 midget.

Reinbold will be making his first 4-Crown USAC triple duty effort in three different cars from the Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports stable: the #19AZ midget, the #19 sprint car, and the #119 Silver Crown car.

To date, just four drivers have swept the USAC portion of the 4-Crown in a single night: Jack Hewitt (1998), Kyle Larson (2011), Logan Seavey (2023), and Daison Pursley (2025).

Hewitt remains the only driver to win all four divisions at the 4-Crown in a single night, doing so in 1998 with the USAC National Midgets, USAC National Sprint Cars, UMP Modifieds and USAC Silver Crown.

THE USAC MIDGET LOWDOWN

Midget racing is simply spectacular at Eldora Speedway and serves as the only 1/2-mile venue on the series schedule. A car count expected to be in the 20s is anticipated for the event, which will feature 25-lap main events on both Thursday and Saturday.

Daison Pursley, Logan Seavey, and Hayden Reinbold are among the three past Eldora USAC Midget winners in the field this weekend. Pursley has won three of the past four events at the track. Seavey won the 4-Crown in 2023. Reinbold captured his first career USAC National Midget win at The Big E in 2025.

Of note, CB Industries has won at least one USAC National Midget race at Eldora in each of the past five years, scoring seven of the past nine dating back to 2021. Only Seavey (Abacus Racing) and Reinbold (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports) have been able to stop CBI in that stretch.

Ohio native Jacob Denney owns a 71-point lead in the USAC National Midget standings after accumulating seven straight podium finishes as he seeks his first career USAC national title. Kevin Thomas Jr., Gavin Miller, Justin Grant, Kale Drake, and Jakeb Boxell occupy second through sixth in the standings with all seeking a first Eldora USAC Midget win.

HOME OF THE SPRINT, USAC STYLE

Eldora is USAC Sprint Car racing’s most prevalent track, having hosted 215 previous points-paying series events at the track dating back to 1962.

This week’s 4-Crown USAC Sprint Car field of 40-plus entries and consists of five past 4-Crown winners in the division: Robert Ballou (2007), Brady Bacon (2014), Justin Grant (2016 & 2022), C.J. Leary (2017), and Logan Seavey (2023), plus two more Eldora USAC Sprint Car winners seeking a first 4-Crown win – Kyle Cummins and Briggs Danner.

Kyle Cummins comes into the event with a hefty 201-point lead over Grant. Cummins finished 1st and 2nd in his two USAC National Sprint Car starts at Eldora this year. Danner, meanwhile, won the Thursday kickoff to 4-Crown in 2025.

Mitchel Moles, third in points, has already added USAC Midget and USAC Silver Crown triumphs at Eldora in his career. He would like to fill the void with a USAC Sprint Car score this week.

Add into the mix the likes of Jake Swanson, Kevin Thomas Jr., Chase Stockon, and Cale Coons, all of whom have posted USAC National Sprint Car wins this year and are also seeking a first career Eldora USAC victory. Hayden Reinbold, meanwhile, won his first career USAC National Midget race at Eldora a year ago, but now eyes a repeat this time as he shoots for his first career USAC National Sprint Car triumph.

PENULTIMATE RACE FOR THE CROWN

The penultimate race of the USAC Silver Crown season presents the final dirt round of the champ car calendar with 32 cars and drivers on the pre-entry list.

C.J. Leary holds an 81-point edge in the championship standings with two races remaining but could clinch his first career USAC Silver Crown title if he’s up by 77 points or more following the Eldora race.

Leary is among the five past 4-Crown Silver Crown winners in this week’s field, having won the event in spectacular fashion back in 2018. The list of Eldora champ car winners in the field also includes three-time winner Logan Seavey (2021-2022-2023), as well as one-time winners Brady Bacon (2019), Mitchel Moles (2024), and Daison Pursley (2025).

Six more drivers who have won either a USAC feature or a 4-Crown main event at Eldora are seeking their first USAC Silver Crown wins at the track. That group consists of defending champion Justin Grant, plus Briggs Danner, Kyle Cummins, Matt Westfall, and Hayden Reinbold, as well as Brian Ruhlman, a three-time Modified winner at the 4-Crown in 2002, 2004, and 2005.

RACE DETAILS

Advance tickets are on sale now at https://eldoraspeedway.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=561.

4-Crown Nationals weekend begins on Thursday, September 24, with full programs for both the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship. Pits open at 2pm Eastern. The grandstands open at 4pm. The drivers meeting will take place at 5pm with cars on track at 6pm, followed by qualifying and racing.

On Friday, September 25, the program consists of USAC Silver Crown Championship practice, qualifying and the semi-feature race only, plus full programs for both the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Sprint Cars and the Great Lake Super Sprints. Pits open at 2pm Eastern. The grandstands open at 4pm. The drivers meeting will take place at 5pm with cars on track at 6pm, followed by qualifying and racing.

On Saturday, September 26, the lineup card includes programs and feature events for the USAC Silver Crown Championship, USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship and the Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing Sprint Cars. Pits open at Noon Eastern. The grandstands open at 2pm. The driver autograph session will be held in the Fan Zone from 3-4pm. The drivers meeting will take place at 5pm with cars on track at 6pm, followed by racing.

All four divisions at the 4-Crown will be shown LIVE and uninterrupted on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026.

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EXPECTED USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRIES:

04 TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (Mark Moreland Racing)

4 MARK BITNER/Columbus, NJ (Henry Yeska)

6 JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Klatt Enterprises)

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

10 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)

15 CHRIS FETTER/Troy, MO (Chris Fetter)

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

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

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

24 (R) BILLY PAUCH JR./Frenchtown, NJ (John Haggenbottom)

26 (R) DARIN NAIDA/Adrian, MI (AP Driver Development)

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

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

33 KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Team AZ-Petty-Rossi-Curb-Agajanian Racing)

38 (R) MITCHELL DAVIS/Auburn, IL (Shoestring Racing)

49 BRIAN RUHLMAN/Clarklake, MI (Ruhlman Racing)

51 RUSS GAMESTER/Peru, IN (Gamester Racing)

52 CARMEN PERIGO/Stoystown, PA (Stehman Motorsports)

53 (R) ADAM TAYLOR/Wheatfield, IN (Adam Taylor Motorsports)

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

57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight)

62 (R) CHELBY HINTON/Dubberly, LA (Klatt Enterprises)

64 (R) STEVE GENNETTEN/Gravois Mills, MO (GGR Motor Racing)

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

77 DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (Spire Motorsports with CB Industries)

78 (R) ROB CAHO JR./Rush City, MN (Whitman-Caho Racing)

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

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)

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

110 (R) CALE COONS/Greencastle, IN (DMW Motorsports)

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

255 (R) JASON YORK/Chico, CA (York Racing)

(R) = Series Rookie

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EXPECTED USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR ENTRIES:

2B CALEB SHIETZE/Kokomo, IN (2B Racing)

2DI DUSTIN INGLE/Lima, OH (Dustin Ingle Racing)

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

3R STEVIE SUSSEX/Tempe, AZ (Rock Steady Racing)

4 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (TOPP Motorsports)

4J SHAWN WESTERFELD/Guilford, IN (Fischesser-Owen Racing)

G5 GUNNAR SETSER/Columbus, IN (Jason Setser)

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

5x MAX ADAMS/Loomis, CA (Scott Adams)

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

6w CHAD WILSON/Toledo, OH (Chris Wityk)

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

12 ROBERT BALLOU/Rocklin, CA (Ballou Motorsports)

14 JADON ROGERS/Worthington, IN (Jadon Rogers)

14c NATE CARLE/West Harrison, IN (Carle Family)

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

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

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

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

21B RYAN BARR/Piqua, OH (Barr Family)

22 BRIAN HEITKAMP/North Star, OH (Brian Heitkamp)

23D BRYCE DUES/Russia, OH (Bryce Dues Racing)

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

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

30 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (C.J. Leary)

32m DEREK HASTINGS/Forest, OH (Ray Marshall Motorsports)

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

41 RICKY LEWIS/Oxnard, CA (Ricky Lewis)

44 TODD HOBSON/Clyde, VIC (Jason Soudrette Racing)

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

49 BRIAN RUHLMAN/Clarklake, MI (Brian Ruhlman)

51T EDDIE TAFOYA JR./Chino Hills, CA (Eddie Tafoya)

54 (R) JAKEB BOXELL/Zanesville, IN (Matt Westfall)

57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing)

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

78 ROB CAHO JR./Rush City, MN (Rob & Darcie Caho)

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

86 KEITH SHEFFER II/Jerome, MI (Sheffer Racing)

87 (R) JACOB DENNEY/Galloway, OH (CB Industries-Spire Motorsports)

87x PAUL DUES/Minster, OH (Dues Racing)

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

98 SABAN BIBENT/Cincinnati, OH (Wedgewood Motorsports)

99 JACK JAMES/Harlan, IN (Jack James)

(R) = Series Rookie

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EXPECTED USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK NATIONAL MIDGET ENTRIES:

3 JADON ROGERS/Worthington, IN (Dan Binks)

4 KALE DRAKE/Collinsville, OK (RMS Racing)

4B CHELBY HINTON/Dubberly, LA (Klatt Enterprises)

7T ®ADAM TAYLOR/Wheatfield, IN (Adam Taylor Motorsports)

7TX KYLE JONES/Kennedale, TX (Tim & Tammy Engler)

7w LUKE WACKERLIN/Burlington, IL (Tom Guithues)

14 KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (4 Kings Racing)

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

20Q BRECKEN REESE/Canyon, TX (Jeff Reese)

21K CORD KISTHARDT/Hershey, PA (Cord Kisthardt)

23 DEVON DOBIE/Wapakoneta, OH (Dennis Dobie)

40L MACK LEOPARD/Beavercreek, OH (Chase McDermand Racing)

43 GUNNAR SETSER/Columbus, IN (Kevin Arnold)

45 ®BRADLEY COX/Black Forest, CO (Cappy Mason)

54 JAKEB BOXELL/Zanesville, IN (4 Kings Racing)

57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing)

67 JACOB DENNEY/Galloway, OH (Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)

67K ®COLTON ROBINSON/Titusville, FL (Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)

86 DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (CB Industries)

87 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (CB Industries)

97 GAVIN MILLER/Allentown, PA (Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)

(R) = Series Rookie

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2026 USAC POINT STANDINGS

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-555, 2-Justin Grant-474, 3-Briggs Danner-432, 4-Mario Clouser-415, 5-Gregg Cory-332, 6-Dave Berkheimer-273, 7-Kyle Steffens-249, 8-Kaylee Bryson-242, 9-Jake Swanson-232, 10-Dakoda Armstrong-217.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2869, 2-Justin Grant-2668, 3-Mitchel Moles-2634, 4-Jake Swanson-2369, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2292, 6-Briggs Danner-2280, 7-Logan Seavey-2152, 8-Chase Stockon-2150, 9-Robert Ballou-2136, 10-C.J. Leary-2120.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-996, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-925, 3-Gavin Miller-885, 4-Justin Grant-867, 5-Kale Drake-838, 6-Jakeb Boxell-831, 7-Cannon McIntosh-712, 8-Hayden Reinbold-670, 9-Brecken Reese-651, 10-Colton Robinson-609.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-137, 2-Hayden Reinbold-130, 3-Justin Grant-126, 4-Robert Ballou-115, 5-Briggs Danner-108, 6-Cale Coons-106, 7-Jacob Denney-102, 8-Chase Stockon-98, 9-Jake Swanson-88, 10-Kyle Cummins-83.

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4-CROWN NATIONALS WINNERS BY YEAR

1981: Ken Schrader (USAC Midget), Steve Kinser (USAC Sprint), Steve Kinser (USAC Silver Crown), Joe Wallace (USAC Stock)

1982: Rich Vogler (USAC Midget), Steve Kinser (USAC Sprint), Ron Shuman (USAC Silver Crown), Dean Roper (USAC Stock)

1983: Johnny Parsons (USAC Midget), Jack Hewitt (USAC Sprint), Ken Schrader (USAC Silver Crown), Bobby Jacks (USAC Stock)

1984: Rained Out

1985: Rich Vogler (USAC Midget), Larry Rice (USAC Sprint), Larry Rice (USAC Silver Crown), C.J. Rayburn (USAC Late Model)

1986: Rich Vogler (USAC Midget), Rich Vogler (USAC Sprint), Jack Hewitt (USAC Silver Crown), Billy Moyer (USAC Late Model)

1987: Jack Hewitt (USAC Midget), Tony Elliott (USAC Sprint), Larry Rice (USAC Silver Crown), John Lawhorn (USAC Late Model)

1988: Rich Vogler (USAC Midget), Steve Butler (USAC Sprint), Jack Hewitt (USAC Silver Crown), Doug Ault (USAC Late Model)

1989: Robby Flock (USAC Midget), Steve Butler (USAC Sprint), Jack Hewitt (USAC Silver Crown), Randy Boggs (USAC Late Model)

1990: Stan Fox (USAC Midget), Jack Hewitt (USAC Sprint), Steve Butler (USAC Silver Crown), Donnie Moran (USAC Late Model)

1991: Jeff Gordon (USAC Midget), Jack Hewitt (USAC Sprint), Jack Hewitt (USAC Silver Crown), Billy Moyer (USAC Late Model)

1992: Johnny Parsons (USAC Midget), Danny Smith (USAC Sprint), Steve Butler (USAC Silver Crown), Donnie Moran (USAC Late Model)

1993: Jack Hewitt (USAC Midget), Tony Elliott (USAC Sprint), Ron Shuman (USAC Silver Crown), Freddy Smith (USAC Late Model)

1994: Steve Knepper (USAC Midget), Kevin Doty (USAC Sprint), Jack Hewitt (USAC Silver Crown), Freddy Smith (USAC Late Model)

1995: Tony Stewart (USAC Midget), Tony Stewart (USAC Sprint), Jack Hewitt (USAC Silver Crown), Jack Boggs (USAC Late Model)

1996: Tracy Hines (USAC Midget), Jimmy Sills (USAC Sprint), Jack Hewitt (USAC Silver Crown), Jack Hewitt (UMP Modified)

1997: Jay Drake (USAC Midget), Jack Hewitt (USAC Sprint), Kevin Huntley (USAC Silver Crown), Jack Hewitt (UMP Modified)

1998: Jack Hewitt (USAC Midget), Jack Hewitt (USAC Sprint), Jack Hewitt (USAC Silver Crown), Jack Hewitt (UMP Modified)

1999: Dave Darland (USAC Midget), Dave Darland (USAC Sprint), Jimmy Sills (USAC Silver Crown), Mike Brecht (UMP Modified)

2000: Kasey Kahne (USAC Midget), Tracy Hines (USAC Sprint), J.J. Yeley (USAC Silver Crown), Jim Shereck (UMP Modified)

2001: J.J. Yeley (USAC Midget), Bud Kaeding (USAC Sprint), J.J. Yeley (USAC Silver Crown), Joey Kramer (UMP Modified)

2002: Jay Drake (USAC Midget), Bud Kaeding (USAC Sprint), Brian Tyler (USAC Silver Crown), Brian Ruhlman (UMP Modified)

2003: No Race

2004: Dave Darland (USAC Midget), Dickie Gaines (USAC Sprint), Dave Darland (USAC Silver Crown), Brian Ruhlman (UMP Modified)

2005: Danny Stratton (USAC Midget), Levi Jones (USAC Sprint), Dave Darland (USAC Silver Crown), Brian Ruhlman (UMP Modified)

2006: Tracy Hines (USAC Midget), Tracy Hines (USAC Sprint), Mat Neely (USAC Silver Crown), Jerry Bowersock (UMP Modified)

2007: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (USAC Midget), Robert Ballou (USAC Sprint), Jerry Coons Jr. (USAC Silver Crown), Chad Ruhlman (UMP Modified)

2008: J.J. Yeley (USAC Midget), Brad Sweet (USAC Sprint), Dave Darland (USAC Silver Crown), Joey Saldana (World of Outlaws Sprint)

2009: Brad Sweet (USAC Midget), Jerry Coons Jr. (USAC Sprint), Dave Darland (USAC Silver Crown), Jason Sides (World of Outlaws Sprint)

2010: Jerry Coons Jr. (USAC Midget), Levi Jones (USAC Sprint), Bryan Clauson (USAC Silver Crown), Jac Haudenschild (World of Outlaws Sprint)

2011: Kyle Larson (USAC Midget), Kyle Larson (USAC Sprint), Kyle Larson (USAC Silver Crown), Joey Saldana (World of Outlaws Sprint)

2012: Kyle Larson (USAC Midget), Tracy Hines (USAC Sprint), Bryan Clauson (USAC Silver Crown), Rained Out (World of Outlaws Sprint)

2013: Rico Abreu (USAC Midget), Chris Windom (USAC Sprint), Chris Windom (USAC Silver Crown), Rained Out (World of Outlaws Sprint)

2014: Bryan Clauson (USAC Midget), Brady Bacon (USAC Sprint), Jerry Coons Jr. (USAC Silver Crown), Joey Saldana (World of Outlaws Sprint)

2015: Christopher Bell (USAC Midget), Thomas Meseraull (USAC Sprint), Christopher Bell (USAC Silver Crown), Greg Wilson (World of Outlaws Sprint)

2016: Rico Abreu (USAC Midget), Justin Grant (USAC Sprint), Chris Windom (USAC Silver Crown), Ian Madsen (All Star Sprint)

2017: Spencer Bayston (USAC Midget), C.J. Leary (USAC Sprint), Tyler Courtney (USAC Silver Crown), Brady Bacon (All Star Sprint)

2018: Tyler Courtney (USAC Midget), Tyler Courtney (USAC Sprint), C.J. Leary (USAC Silver Crown), Aaron Reutzel (All Star Sprint)

2019: Tyler Courtney (USAC Midget), Tyler Courtney (USAC Sprint), Brady Bacon (USAC Silver Crown), Aaron Reutzel (All Star Sprint)

2020: No Race

2021: Chris Windom (USAC Midget), Tyler Courtney (USAC Sprint), Logan Seavey (USAC Silver Crown), Rico Abreu (All Star Sprint)

2022: Chris Windom (USAC Midget), Justin Grant (USAC Sprint), Logan Seavey (USAC Silver Crown), Tyler Courtney (All Star Sprint)

2023: Logan Seavey (USAC Midget), Logan Seavey (USAC Sprint), Logan Seavey (USAC Silver Crown), Zeb Wise (All Star Sprint)

2024: Daison Pursley (USAC Midget), Daison Pursley (USAC Sprint), Mitchel Moles (USAC Silver Crown), Rico Abreu (High Limit Sprint)

2025: Daison Pursley (USAC Midget), Daison Pursley (USAC Sprint), Daison Pursley (USAC Silver Crown), Rico Abreu (High Limit Sprint)

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ALL-TIME 4-CROWN NATIONALS FEATURE WINS:

19-Jack Hewitt (8 Silver Crown, 5 Sprint, 3 Midget, 3 Modified)

7-Dave Darland (2 Midget, 1 Sprint, 4 Silver Crown)

7-Tyler Courtney (1 Silver Crown, 3 Sprint, 2 Midget, 1 All Star Sprint)

5-Chris Windom (2 Silver Crown, 1 Sprint & 2 Midget)

5-Logan Seavey (3 Silver Crown, 1 Sprint, 1 Midget)

5-Rich Vogler (4 Midget, 1 Sprint)

5-Tracy Hines (2 Midget, 3 Sprint)

5-Rico Abreu (2 Midget, 1 All Star Sprint, 2 High Limit Sprint)

5-Daison Pursley (1 Silver Crown, 2 Sprint, 2 Midget)

4-J.J. Yeley (2 Midget, 2 Silver Crown)

4-Jerry Coons Jr. (2 Silver Crown, 1 Midget, 1 Sprint)

4-Kyle Larson (2 Midget, 1 Sprint, 1 Silver Crown)

4-Steve Butler (2 Sprint, 2 Silver Crown)

3-Brady Bacon (1 Silver Crown, 1 Sprint, 1 All Star)

3-Brian Ruhlman (3 Modified)

3-Bryan Clauson (2 Silver Crown, 1 Midget)

3-Joey Saldana (3 WoO)

3-Larry Rice (2 Silver Crown, 1 Sprint)

3-Steve Kinser (2 Sprint, 1 Silver Crown)

2-Aaron Reutzel (2 All Star)

2-Billy Moyer (2 Late Model)

2-Brad Sweet (1 Sprint, 1 Midget)

2-Bud Kaeding (2 Sprint)

2-C.J. Leary (1 Silver Crown, 1 Sprint)

2-Christopher Bell (1 Silver Crown, 1 Midget)

2-Donnie Moran (2 Late Model)

2-Freddy Smith (2 Late Model)

2-Jay Drake (2 Midget)

2-Jimmy Sills (1 Silver Crown, 1 Sprint)

2-Johnny Parsons (2 Midget)

2-Justin Grant (2 Sprint)

2-Ken Schrader (1 Silver Crown, 1 Midget)

2-Levi Jones (2 Sprint)

2-Ron Shuman (2 Silver Crown)

2-Tony Elliott (2 Sprint)

2-Tony Stewart (1 Sprint, 1 Midget)

1-Bobby Jacks (1 Stock)

1-Brian Tyler (1 Silver Crown)

1-C.J. Rayburn (1 Late Model)

1-Chad Ruhlman (1 Modified)

1-Danny Smith (1 Sprint)

1-Danny Stratton (1 Midget)

1-Dean Roper (1 Stock)

1-Dickie Gaines (1 Sprint)

1-Doug Ault (1 Late Model)

1-Greg Wilson (1 WoO)

1-Ian Madsen (1 All Star)

1-Jac Haudenschild (1 WoO)

1-Jack Boggs (1 Late Model)

1-Jason Sides (1 WoO)

1-Jeff Gordon (1 Midget)

1-Jerry Bowersock (1 Modified)

1-Jim Shereck (1 Modified)

1-Joe Wallace (1 Stock)

1-Joey Kramer (1 Modified)

1-John Lawhorn (1 Late Model)

1-Kasey Kahne (1 Midget)

1-Kevin Doty (1 Sprint)

1-Kevin Huntley (1 Silver Crown)

1-Mat Neely (1 Silver Crown)

1-Mike Brecht (1 Modified)

1-Randy Boggs (1 Late Model)

1-Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (1 Midget)

1-Robby Flock (1 Midget)

1-Robert Ballou (1 Sprint)

1-Spencer Bayston (1 Midget)

1-Stan Fox (1 Midget)

1-Steve Knepper (1 Midget)

1-Thomas Meseraull (1 Sprint)

1-Mitchel Moles (1 Silver Crown)