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2026 Indiana Midget week

SWEEP DREAMS! GRANT PERFECT AT TRI-STATE’S USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK ROUND

Chris Pedersen

justin Grant became the first driver in eight years to sweep an entire USAC Indiana Midget Week program during Saturday night's round at Tri-State Speedway.

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Haubstadt, Indiana (June 13, 2026)………It took Justin Grant seven years to go from his first career USAC Indiana Midget Week win to his second. It took just another two nights for him to go from victory number two to three.

The Ione, California native brought his broom to Saturday night’s penultimate round of IMW by setting quick time in qualifying before winning his heat race, then concluded the evening by reigning triumphantly in the 30-lap feature.

Grant is the first driver to sweep an entire night of events during a USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship event since Ryan Timms at Wisconsin’s Angell Park Speedway in 2023. To add to that, Grant is the first driver since Kyle Larson at Montpelier Motor Speedway in 2018 to sweep an entire USAC Indiana Midget Week program.

Racing his way from sixth to first in the span of the first six laps of the feature, Grant overtook both Logan Seavey and Jakeb Boxell in one fell swoop, then led the remaining 25 laps to become the first multi-time winner of this year’s Indiana Midget Week, and the first three-time USAC National Midget winner on the year at the wheel of his CB Industries/NOS Energy Drink/Spike/Speedway Toyota.

“This car that (car owner) Chad (Boat) and all the guys at CB Industries gave me is an awesome race car,” Grant celebrated. “It's been really good all week. We've had just a couple of things go on but to get to victory lane twice during the week is awesome.”

Furthermore, the occasion marked the 99th career USAC national main event victory for Grant, combined across National Midget, National Sprint Car, and Silver Crown competition. He’s now just one win shy of the century mark, which would join him with A.J. Foyt (159), Rich Vogler (134), Mel Kenyon (111) and Dave Darland (106) in the 100 USAC national wins club.

“I just keep trying to tick them off,” Grant said. “I can't believe I have one national USAC win, let alone 99. Coming up on 100 just feels incredible, and it’s all thanks to the great teams like CB Industries, like TOPP Motorsports, like Hemelgarn and all my great sponsors like NOS Energy Drink across the board. I can't thank everybody enough who makes it possible for me to come do this. It's a lot of hard work; it's hot and these guys bust their tails for me, and I really appreciate all their work, all our partners’ work, and the fact that I get to come out here and do this and stand on the front stretch. I just I love driving racecars and I love winning races and I wouldn't rather be anywhere else.”

Additionally, Grant’s second career Tri-State USAC National Midget win also provided Boat with his 50th victory as a USAC National Midget car entrant. Boat is now just one of nine entrants to hold that distinction: Keith Kunz Motorsports (164), Mike Curb (163), Cary Agajanian (149), Steve Lewis (133), Doug Caruthers (97), Don & Mel Kenyon (93), Wilke Racers (84), and Howard Linne (69).

Out of those 50, however, this is the first for Boat and his team at Tri-State’s tricky 1/4-mile dirt oval.

“It feels really good to get Chad a win here,” Grant beamed. “They've always been really, really good here but struggled to pull one off in the feature. So, I feel like I've become a bit of a Haubstadt guy, and he's got really good race cars here. This is definitely one that I know I had circled on the calendar, and I think he did as well. It’s one that we thought we should just go ahead and win.”

Grant’s third career USAC Indiana Midget Week triumph was the 22nd overall of his USAC National Midget career, putting him 28th place on the all-time list alongside Tom Bigelow, Bobby East, and Shorty Templeman.

Boxell established the early lead from his outside front row starting position, but soon, he had plenty of company. Logan Seavey advanced to the second position as he went under Cannon McIntosh on the fourth lap. Grant followed suit a lap later to slot into third.

But the move that dictated the fate of the race came on lap six when Grant went two-for-one, passing both Seavey and Boxell with one move on the bottom of turns one and two. From there, everybody was chasing Grant for the balance of the feature as he built his lead to more than a straightaway over the course of the next several laps.

However, with eight laps remaining on the 23rd lap, leading USAC National Midget Rookie of the Year contender Colton Robinson spun to a stop in between turns three and four to bring out the yellow flag and promptly erase Grant’s 4.393 second lead.

Even with the field bunched up, nobody could match Grant, although Seavey kept him in check, as he commandeered the final stretch, crossing the finish line 0.621 seconds ahead of Seavey in the runner-up spot with Boxell third, Drake Edwards fourth and Kevin Thomas Jr. rounding out the top-five.

For leading the most laps (25 of 30), Grant was named the night’s K & N Filters Clean Air Award winner. Also, Grant’s fast time of 14.097 seconds in LearnLab Qualifying was his first in USAC National Midget action in over a year, and was the 13th of his career, tying him with Jimmy Knight and J.J. Yeley for 47th place all-time.

Gavin Miller put together his best run of USAC Indiana Midget Week so far. Starting 14th, he moved up six spots to slot into the eighth position at the finish line. For his performance, he was the event’s Rod End Supply Hard Charger.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: RACE: June 13, 2026 – Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-14.097, 2. Karter Sarff, 71m, May-14.126, 3. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.257, 4. Drake Edwards, 40D, McDermand-14.310, 5. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-14.330, 6. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.336, 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-14.390, 8. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-14.420, 9. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.437, 10. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-14.490, 11. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.566, 12. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-14.579, 13. Zach Wigal, 1, O'Dell-14.604, 14. Brandon Carr, 98K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.610, 15. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.624, 16. Trevor Cline, 55, Cline-14.635, 17. Adam Taylor, 7T, ATM-14.681, 18. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.692, 19. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-14.808, 20. Matt Sherrell, 2D, Harris-14.862, 21. Drew Sherman, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.898, 22. Alex Midkiff, 05, Midkiff-14.941, 23. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-15.088, 24. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-15.094, 25. Jeff Schindler, 8x, Schindler-15.377, 26. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-NT, 27. Eric Webber, 48, Webber-NT.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (6), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 3. Trevor Cline (1), 4. Gunnar Setser (3), 5. Zach Wigal (2), 6. Drake Edwards (5), 7. Bradley Cox (7), 8. Alex Midkiff (8), 9. Jeff Schindler (9). 2:23.034

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brandon Carr (2), 2. Kyle Jones (4), 3. Karter Sarff (6), 4. Mack Leopard (9), 5. Jakeb Boxell (5), 6. Adam Taylor (1), 7. Hayden Reinbold (3), 8. Ethan Mitchell (8), 9. Matt Sherrell (7). 2:23.130

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kale Drake (3), 2. Gavin Miller (2), 3. Jacob Denney (4), 4. Logan Seavey (6), 5. Colton Robinson (1), 6. Cannon McIntosh (5), 7. Brecken Reese (8), 8. Drew Sherman (7), 9. Eric Webber (9). 2:24.661

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bradley Cox (2), 2. Hayden Reinbold (1), 3. Brecken Reese (3), 4. Matt Sherrell (7), 5. Drew Sherman (4), 6. Alex Midkiff (5), 7. Ethan Mitchell (6), 8. Jeff Schindler (8), 9. Eric Webber (9). 2:29.159

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (6), 2. Logan Seavey (4), 3. Jakeb Boxell (2), 4. Drake Edwards (3), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9), 6. Cannon McIntosh (1), 7. Karter Sarff (5), 8. Gavin Miller (14), 9. Kale Drake (7), 10. Gunnar Setser (12), 11. Jacob Denney (11), 12. Zach Wigal (13), 13. Mack Leopard (17), 14. Kyle Jones (10), 15. Colton Robinson (16), 16. Bradley Cox (18), 17. Brandon Carr (8), 18. Brecken Reese (20), 19. Ethan Mitchell (25-P), 20. Hayden Reinbold (19), 21. Drew Sherman (22), 22. Adam Taylor (15), 23. Trevor Cline (24), 24. Matt Sherrell (21), 25. Alex Midkiff (23). NT

(P) represents a provisional starter.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 6-30 Justin Grant.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jakeb Boxell-444, 2-Justin Grant-441, 3-Jacob Denney-437, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-415, 5-Zach Wigal-399, 6-Kale Drake-396, 7-Logan Seavey-389, 8-Gunnar Setser-365, 9-Gavin Miller-358, 10-Hayden Reinbold-332.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Karter Sarff-346, 2-Logan Seavey-343, 3-Cannon McIntosh-331, 4-Jakeb Boxell-306, 5-Justin Grant-294, 6-Jacob Denney-287, 7-Kale Drake-281, 8-Zach Wigal-268, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-266, 10-Gunnar Setser-256.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-68, 2-Cale Coons-59, 3-Hayden Reinbold-57, 4-Jacob Denney-52, 5-Justin Grant-51, 6-Briggs Danner-47, 7-Robert Ballou-44, 8-Logan Calderwood-39, 9-Chase Stockon-38, 10-Brady Bacon-37.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-43, 2-Cannon McIntosh-33, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-32, 4-Justin Grant-25, 5-Colton Robinson-24, 6-Brandon Carr-21, 7-Logan Seavey-19, 8-Karter Sarff-19, 9-Jakeb Boxell-18, 10-Gavin Miller-18.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 14, 2026 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (13.927)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (14.097)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Justin Grant

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Brandon Carr

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Kale Drake

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Bradley Cox

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Justin Grant (25 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Gavin Miller (14th to 8th)

7 YEAR ITCH! GRANT GRABS LINCOLN PARK FOR FIRST USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK WIN SINCE 2019

David Nearpass

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Putnamville, Indiana (June 11, 2026)………Seven years after capturing his one and only USAC Indiana Midget Week triumph to date, Justin Grant returned to victory lane with the series on Thursday night at Putnamville, Indiana’s Lincoln Park Speedway.

Grant, aboard his CB Industries/NOS Energy Drink/Spike/Speedway Toyota, led early but relinquished the top spot by lap four to Logan Seavey. However, with 11 laps remaining, Grant fought his way back to the front to win his first Indiana Midget Week feature since the Gas City round of 2019.

“USAC Midget racing, it’s wild,” Grant exclaimed. “You've always got a chance, even when you can't see it sometimes. So, you keep digging.”

The seven season span between victories is the longest by a driver in the 22-year history of Indiana Midget Week. The event at Lincoln Park also marked the 100th Indiana Midget Week race held since the series debuted in 2005.

Grant’s 22nd career USAC National Midget victory also tied him for 28th place on the all-time series win list alongside Tom Bigelow, Bobby East and Shorty Templeman. Additionally, the Ione, California native’s 98th career USAC national victory across the Midget, Sprint Car and Silver Crown disciplines puts Grant just two away from the century mark.

The latest score by Grant also vaulted him to the top of the USAC National Midget standings as he pursues his first career driving title with the series, which would complete the career USAC Triple Crown.

Starting from the pole position, Grant led the opening three circuits of the 30-lap feature as he gained the early upper hand. In 10 starts, Grant’s previous top Lincoln Park Indiana Midget Week finish was a second in 2018. Entering the night, his lone USAC victory of any kind at LPS’ 5/16-mile dirt oval came with the AMSOIL National Sprint Cars in 2022.

That said, Seavey was moving. On the fourth lap, he charged around the outside of Grant on the back straightaway to lead lap four, and remained in total control throughout the middle stages of the race as he split the difference through lapped traffic. Grant fell to second, but soon, found his groove.

“I knew I was really, really good in three and four, and I felt like I just wasn’t running one and two right,” Grant explained. “I was just trying to make sure I got the moisture of two. I knew it was important because there was so much of it. Once Logan got by me, I went to work on trying to figure out how to do it. I know he kept getting tight on the curb up there and I thought, ‘well, if I keep hanging this, I might end up sneaking by him.’ Then, it was fading, so I got to where I was kind of touching it and turning across. It was tricky to figure out how to do it. If you didn't touch it enough, you hung. If you touched it too much, you'd push. It was a lot of fun; just more bottom than I'm probably used to. (Car owner) Chad (Boat) gets her stuck and glued into the racetrack and it likes it when it's like that.”

All the while, Grant never allowed Seavey to slip out of the frame. When Seavey stumbled atop the turn two cushion on lap 20, Grant was in position to pounce. Moments later, Grant raced under Seavey on the back straightaway to reclaim the top spot.

“(Seavey) was kind of getting tight in the middle of one and two, and I saw that he could get in pretty smooth,” Grant recalled. “So, I just kind of started following his entry, and then turned across, and it felt like I was able to put together the best parts of his corner and the best parts of my corner and work them out there.”

Tenth place running Kevin Thomas Jr.’s car went up in smoke on the 23rd lap, bringing out the caution and setting up a restart with eight laps remaining that very well could decide the outcome.

Seavey got a run on Grant, and slid past him entering turn one on the restart. But Grant was ready for it, and promptly pointed his steering wheel back to the inside to get the position back from Seavey off the exit of turn two. Just behind the top-two, Cannon McIntosh performed the very same maneuver on Karter Sarff in the tussle for third.

Once more with five laps to go, Seavey briefly overtook Grant for the lead with a turn one slider. But once more, Grant flicked the wheel toward the bottom of turn two and reclaimed the lead once and for all.

“On those restarts there, I knew I was just kind of a sitting duck to get slid getting into one,” Grant noted. “But I could get such a run down the hill. It was kind of like, ‘okay, just let him through and then go.’ Logan's a good race car driver. He was changing where he landed, and trying to get me to land behind him. It's a lot of fun racing like that.”

Grant finished off the job for his second USAC National Midget win of the 2026 season by a 1.684 margin over McIntosh, who slid Seavey for the runner-up spot in turn one on the final lap. Seavey took third with Sarff fourth and Jacob Denney rounding out the top-five for the second night in a row.

McIntosh raced his way up seven positions from his ninth starting spot to finish second in the feature, sealing the deal for Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.

Seavey led laps 4-19 on the road to finishing third in the feature. His 16 laps led were the most, earning him the evening’s K & N Filters Clean Air Award.

Meanwhile, Sarff continued his amazing run of qualifying mastery. Over the past five USAC Indiana Midget Week events, Sarff has been the fastest qualifier in every single one of them dating back to 2025! He's also now three-for-three on LearnLab Fast Qualifying times over the first three nights on Indiana Midget Week in 2026.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: RACE: June 11, 2026 – Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 5/16-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 71m, May-12.643; 2. Trevor Cline, 55, Cline-12.668; 3. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-12.687; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.814; 5. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-12.816; 6. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-12.835; 7. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.865; 8. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-12.919; 9. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.922; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-12.960; 11. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-12.961; 12. Brandon Carr, 98K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.008; 13. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-13.020; 14. Matt Sherrell, 2D, Harris-13.024; 15. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.028; 16. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-13.079; 17. Zach Wigal, 1, O'Dell-13.085; 18. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-13.124; 19. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-13.149; 20. Rylan Gray, 81G, Gray-13.232; 21. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.310; 22. Adam Taylor, 7T, ATM-13.321; 23. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-13.350; 24. Drew Sherman, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.478; 25. Levi Hinck, 21H, TKH-13.551; 26. Tony Helton, 22H, Gray-13.609; 27. Mike Unger, 67u, Frederiksen/Unger-13.863; 28. Jeff Schindler, 8x, Schindler-13.886; 29. Drake Edwards, 40D, McDermand-NT.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Wigal (2), 2. Jakeb Boxell (3), 3. Jacob Denney (4), 4. Karter Sarff (6), 5. Brecken Reese (5), 6. Colton Robinson (1), 7. Levi Hinck (7). 2:13.399

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (5), 2. Ethan Mitchell (2), 3. Trevor Cline (6), 4. Matt Sherrell (3), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 6. Adam Taylor (1), 7. Tony Helton (7). 2:13.401

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gunnar Setser (2), 2. Kale Drake (4), 3. Cannon McIntosh (5), 4. Hayden Reinbold (6), 5. Gavin Miller (3), 6. Bradley Cox (1), 7. Mike Unger (7). 2:13.847

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (6), 2. Kyle Jones (3), 3. Mack Leopard (5), 4. Brandon Carr (4), 5. Drew Sherman (1), 6. Jeff Schindler (7), 7. Rylan Gray (2). NT

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Adam Taylor (3), 2. Bradley Cox (4), 3. Colton Robinson (2), 4. Levi Hinck (6), 5. Tony Helton (7), 6. Mike Unger (8), 7. Jeff Schindler (5), 8. Rylan Gray (1). 2:20.305

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (1), 2. Cannon McIntosh (9), 3. Logan Seavey (3), 4. Karter Sarff (6), 5. Jacob Denney (11), 6. Hayden Reinbold (4), 7. Zach Wigal (7), 8. Trevor Cline (5), 9. Gunnar Setser (8), 10. Jakeb Boxell (15), 11. Gavin Miller (17), 12. Brecken Reese (2), 13. Mack Leopard (10), 14. Brandon Carr (14), 15. Matt Sherrell (16), 16. Kyle Jones (18), 17. Kale Drake (13), 18. Adam Taylor (21), 19. Colton Robinson (20), 20. Ethan Mitchell (19), 21. Bradley Cox (22), 22. Drew Sherman (23), 23. Levi Hinck (24), 24. Kevin Thomas Jr. (12). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Justin Grant, Laps 4-19 Logan Seavey, Laps 20-30 Justin Grant.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-330, 2-Jacob Denney-327, 3-Jakeb Boxell-327, 4-Zach Wigal-302, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-296, 6-Kale Drake-279, 7-Gunnar Setser-274, 8-Hayden Reinbold-268, 9-Gavin Miller-259, 10-Brecken Reese-256.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Karter Sarff-207, 2-Cannon McIntosh-201, 3-Logan Seavey-190, 4-Jakeb Boxell-189, 5-Justin Grant-183, 6-Jacob Denney-177, 7-Hayden Reinbold-173, 8-Zach Wigal-171, 9-Brecken Reese-167, 10-Gunnar Setser-165.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-59, 2-Hayden Reinbold-57, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-55, 4-Briggs Danner-47, 5-Robert Ballou-44, 6-Justin Grant-43, 7-Logan Calderwood-39, 8-Chase Stockon-38, 9-Brady Bacon-37, 10-Jacob Denney-37.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-24, 2-Cannon McIntosh-23, 3-Jakeb Boxell-14, 4-Karter Sarff-13, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-13, 6-Logan Seavey-12, 7-Bradley Cox-12, 8-Hayden Reinbold-11, 9-Gavin Miller-11, 10-Matt Sherrell-11.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 12, 2026 – Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Trevor Cline (12.760)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (12.643)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Zach Wigal

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Justin Grant

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Logan Seavey

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Logan Seavey (16 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Cannon McIntosh (9th to 2nd)

SHARK TALE! SARFF SNAGS FIRST CAREER USAC MIDGET WIN AT PARAGON

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Paragon, Indiana (June 10, 2026)………Throughout his brief but highly successful USAC Indiana Midget Week career, Karter Sarff has displayed a tremendous knack for qualifying.

On Wednesday night during round two of IMW at Paragon Speedway, the Mason City, Illinois native successfully translated his time trial prowess into his first career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory.

The sixth place starting Sarff, nicknamed “The Shark,” slipped through the pack and into the lead past Jakeb Boxell on the 14th lap, then led the remaining 17 circuits to snag the victory aboard his Paul May Motorsports/Peffley & Hinshaw Wrecker Service – Factory 71/Ripper/Speedway Toyota.

With the win, Sarff became the first driver since Gavin Miller in 2023 to win his first USAC feature during Indiana Midget Week. Furthermore, Sarff is now the first driver since John Andretti in 1985 to win his first ever USAC National Midget race at Paragon.

“It doesn't even feel real,” Sarff stated. “It's kind of emotional, honestly, with just how hard we've been working and I’m so thankful for Paul letting me come out here and have a little fun. Paul and I work together really well, and obviously, it shows. We just needed to put a whole night together, and once I got the lead there, I felt like tonight was our night and I was going to give it my all. A huge thank you to everyone who's been a part of my journey and helped me get here. It's pretty badass to get my first USAC win.”

To start off the evening, Sarff was the fastest qualifier for the fourth consecutive Indiana Midget Week event, a streak that began at Paragon one year ago. His lap of 15.383 seconds in LearnLab Qualifying set the tone for the night, and slotted him on the outside of row three for the 30-lap feature.

For the second straight night, Zach Wigal started from the pole position and led the opening lap. Unfortunately for him, just like in the IMW opener at Circle City the night before, it was the only lap he led. On the second lap, Wigal slipped sideways off turn four, allowing Gunnar Setser to shoot past to the lead. Wigal, meanwhile, fell back to fourth as Setser, Boxell and Sarff all drove by.

The evening’s lone red flag was displayed on the fourth lap when Kyle Jones (14th) flipped upside down in turn four. After being pushed back to the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area for repairs, Jones restarted at the tail and completed the race a lap down in the 18th position.

Once the race resumed, a duel formed at the front of the field between Setser and Boxell. After his lap six slider attempt was thwarted by Setser in turns three and four, Boxell gathered it up and went topside around Setser off turn two to become the new race leader on the seventh go around.

Cue the Jaws music. Sarff followed suit on the ninth lap, going toe-to-toe with Setser in turns three and four before emerging with the second position on lap nine. Twice, Sarff executed a turn one slide job on Boxell on laps 13 and 14, but each time, Boxell countered back underneath to retake the spot midway down the back straight.

But on the 14th lap, Sarff smelled blood in the water and successfully diamonded turns three and four to snare the top spot from Boxell, and took complete command of the race from there on, just one lap before the halfway mark.

“I kind of found that line there early,” Sarff admitted. “I don't know if I did it on purpose or about spun out. However, I found it, and it worked the whole race. I’m just thankful for God showing me that line. I just felt like it was our night and it just feels really, really good.”

Sarff wasn’t quite out of the woods yet during the second half of the race as lapped traffic occupied the high, low and middle lanes at times. But all the while, Sarff remained on attack mode to push his lead to nearly two seconds in the latter stages.

“I definitely was getting a little nervous there,” Sarff admitted. “I felt like I kept getting slowed down and couldn’t quite run the line I wanted to run. There were cars all over the place where the good line was. So, I just had to try and bite my tongue there and not do anything stupid, but at the same time, everyone's closing in on you. It was super stressful, and I'm just so relieved right now.”

Nothing spells stress relief like a victory, and Sarff delivered, crossing under the checkered flag 2.274 seconds ahead runner-up Jakeb Boxell with Cannon McIntosh third, Kale Drake fourth and Jacob Denney fifth.

Sarff also led the most laps (17 of 30) en route to victory, earning himself K & N Filters Clean Air Award honors.

Furthermore, not only was the win the first in USAC National Midget competition for Sarff, it was also the first for car owner Paul May, the veteran sprint car racer from Terre Haute, Indiana.

“It’s special,” Sarff exclaimed. “There's all the fans that are here and just being in the state of Indiana. All these tracks are pretty difficult and they're not all that similar, I feel, to most of the tracks I run full-time at with POWRi. I'm kind of at a loss for words and just super grateful. Thank you to Paul May and Toyota and everyone on Paul's car who helps make it happen.”

It was another stellar performance for Jacob Denney at Paragon. Last year, he won the feature going away. But, this time around, he had to start his race from the 10th row. He made the most of it, advancing 14 positions from his 19th starting spot to finish fifth and earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.

Gavin Miller set a new Paragon Speedway eight-lap USAC National Midget track record during his victory in the first heat race of the night. His time of 2:07.379 broke the former record of 2:10.840, held by Jason McDougal since 2021.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: RACE: June 10, 2026 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 71m, May-15.383; 2. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-15.448; 3. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-15.465; 4. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.483; 5. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-15.487; 6. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-15.502; 7. Zach Wigal, 1, O'Dell-15.592; 8. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.644; 9. Drake Edwards, 40D, McDermand-15.675; 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-15.687; 11. Trevor Cline, 55, Cline-15.716; 12. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.732; 13. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-15.741; 14. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-15.756; 15. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-15.843; 16. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.848; 17. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-15.905; 18. Brandon Carr, 98K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.907; 19. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.944; 20. Drew Sherman, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.949; 21. Matt Sherrell, 2D, Harris-15.966; 22. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-16.191; 23. Adam Taylor, 7T, ATM-16.378; 24. Chris Serle-Thrussell, 75AU, Griffiths-16.759; 25. Mike Unger, 67u, Frederiksen/Unger-16.934; 26. Sammy Males, 4AU, Males-17.806; 27. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-NT (time of 16.109 disallowed due to missing scales).

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gavin Miller (1), 2. Kyle Jones (2), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 4. Zach Wigal (4), 5. Karter Sarff (6), 6. Logan Seavey (7), 7. Jacob Denney (5), 8. Bradley Cox (8), 9. Mike Unger (9). 2:07.379 (New Track Record)

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Kale Drake (5), 3. Hayden Reinbold (1), 4. Trevor Cline (3), 5. Brecken Reese (6), 6. Drew Sherman (7), 7. Colton Robinson (4), 8. Adam Taylor (8), 9. Sammy Males (9). NT

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cannon McIntosh (3), 2. Gunnar Setser (5), 3. Ethan Mitchell (2), 4. Jakeb Boxell (6), 5. Matt Sherrell (7), 6. Mack Leopard (9), 7. Drake Edwards (4), 8. Brandon Carr (1), 9. Chris Serle-Thrussell (8). NT

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (8 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (1), 2. Drake Edwards (3), 3. Bradley Cox (5), 4. Colton Robinson (2), 5. Brandon Carr (4), 6. Adam Taylor (6), 7. Sammy Males (8), 8. Mike Unger (7). 2:12.791

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Karter Sarff (6), 2. Jakeb Boxell (4), 3. Cannon McIntosh (7), 4. Kale Drake (3), 5. Jacob Denney (19), 6. Gunnar Setser (2), 7. Justin Grant (8), 8. Brecken Reese (5), 9. Gavin Miller (9), 10. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 11. Zach Wigal (1), 12. Matt Sherrell (17), 13. Logan Seavey (15), 14. Trevor Cline (11), 15. Bradley Cox (21), 16. Colton Robinson (22), 17. Ethan Mitchell (13), 18. Kyle Jones (12), 19. Hayden Reinbold (14), 20. Brandon Carr (23), 21. Drake Edwards (20), 22. Mack Leopard (18), 23. Drew Sherman (16), 24. Adam Taylor (24). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Zach Wigal, Laps 2-6 Gunnar Setser, Laps 7-13 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 14-30 Karter Sarff.

**Kyle Jones flipped on lap 4 of the feature.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jakeb Boxell-277, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-269, 3-Jacob Denney-263, 4-Justin Grant-251, 5-Kale Drake-243, 6-Zach Wigal-242, 7-Gunnar Setser-220, 8-Gavin Miller-214, 9-Brecken Reese-211, 10-Hayden Reinbold-204.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Jakeb Boxell-139, 2-Karter Sarff-135, 3-Cannon McIntosh-128, 4-Kale Drake-128, 5-Brecken Reese-122, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-120, 7-Logan Seavey-115, 8-Jacob Denney-113, 9-Zach Wigal-111, 10-Gunnar Setser-111.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-17, 2-Cannon McIntosh-14, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-13, 4-Colton Robinson-10, 5-Matt Sherrell-10, 6-Karter Sarff-9, 7-Hayden Reinbold-9, 8-Bradley Cox-9, 9-Jakeb Boxell-8, 10-Gunnar Setser-8.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 11, 2026 – Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 5/16-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Mack Leopard (15.583)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (15.383)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Gavin Miller

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Justin Grant

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Cannon McIntosh

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Jacob Denney

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Karter Sarff (17 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Jacob Denney (19th to 5th)

REINBOLD REIGNS AT CIRCLE CITY USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK OPENER

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Indianapolis, Indiana (June 9, 2026)………On a night when the race was on to defeat Mother Nature, Hayden Reinbold beat both the field and the weather during Tuesday night’s USAC Indiana Midget Week opener at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis.

Starting seventh, the Gilbert, Arizona native cruised the bottom of the 1/4-mile dirt oval, taking the lead from Brecken Reese on lap 19 of 30 to capture his first career USAC Indiana Midget Week victory.

The win was Reinbold’s second career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory in his Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports/AME Electrical – JUGO Super Foods/Spike/Stanton SR-11x. Last fall, he grabbed his first USAC victory at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway.

Furthermore, Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports has now won a feature event in all three USAC national divisions in 2026. Reinbold has won once each with the Silver Crown series and the National Midgets. Meanwhile, Mitchel Moles has punched tallied four USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car main events this season, including two-straight last weekend.

Under threatening skies, the program was in hurry-up mode all night long. As it turned out, Reinbold was in his own personal hurry-up mode. But first, he had to wade his way through the pack, which saw front row combatants Zach Wigal and Reese duke it out in the early stages.

Wigal paced lap one from the pole while outside front row starter Reese used the high line to hustle around the outside of Wigal for the lead on the second go around at the exit of turn four. Wigal kept after him and slid in front of Reese in the fourth turn on lap eight. But Reese denied his request as he dove back under Wigal to retain the lead.

Halfway in, Reese began to work lapped traffic, while opening up his lead to a commanding 1.644 second margin as he sought his first career USAC feature victory.

However, on lap 17, Justin Grant (3rd) put all four wheels atop the turn three cushion as he attempted a diamond maneuver with a downward trajectory to the bottom of turn four. As he came off the cushion, though, his car slipped sideways. Jacob Denney (4th) plowed into the left front of Grant’s car, resulting in Denney flipping over on his side.

Grant’s machine took the brunt of the damage and exited to the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area before returning to the grid. Denney’s ride was tipped back on its wheels, but had to restart at the tail. Denney, who came in as the USAC National Midget point leader, finished 11th while Grant crossed the line in 15th.

With Grant and Denney now out of the picture, it was Reese, Wigal and Reinbold running one-two-three. While Reese and Wigal sort of drifted through the middle in turns one and two, Reinbold stayed glued to the bottom. Reinbold breezed by Wigal at the exit of turn two on the 17th lap resumption. Two laps later, Reinbold stuck to his guns on the low line to pick off Reese for the race lead.

“I started running the bottom-middle and everyone was sliding themselves through one and two. That’s when I could get a run off (turn) two on them,” Reinbold recalled. “The car was super, super good.”

After the lapped cars of Adam Taylor and Bradley Cox tangled and stopped on lap 21, the ensuing restart saw Logan Seavey follow Reinbold’s lead as he too went to the low side to pass Reese for second. But as Seavey fought a tooth and nail battle with Reese, Reinbold had lengthened his lead to nearly two seconds over the next handful of laps.

“It started getting super slick and I was kind of getting nervous because the bottom was really good,” Reinbold explained. “Then, the whole track started to slow down. I didn’t know if I had to move up or move to the middle. I even started hitting the (infield) tires towards the end there.”

Reinbold was in total control from that point forward, building his advantage to 2.836 seconds as he crossed under Tom Hansing’s dual checkered flags with Seavey second, a surging Kevin Thomas Jr. in third, Wigal in fourth and Reese rounding out the top-five.

After the checkered, Boxell and Cannon McIntosh had a bit of a post-race tangle in turn two as both came to a stop adjacent from each other. But their results were already set in stone with Boxell slotted sixth and McIntosh eighth.

Just a little over five minutes after the checkered flag waved, the skies opened up and deluged the Circle City Raceway property. But the race was complete, just in the nick of time.

Kevin Thomas Jr. vaulted into the USAC National Midget point lead with a 14th to third run that landed him a podium finish, plus Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors by advancing 11 positions.

Brecken Reese led a race-high 17 laps. Although he came up just shy of his first career USAC victory, his fifth place finish still proved to be his best career USAC Indiana Midget Week result to date. By leading the most laps, he was also the K & N Filters Clean Air Award winner.

Karter Sarff recorded his fourth career USAC National Midget LearnLab Fast Qualifying time with a lap of 12.620 seconds. Incredibly, he’s been the fastest qualifier in each of the past three Indiana Midget Week events dating back to last season.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: RACE: June 9, 2026 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 71m, May-12.620; 2. Drake Edwards, 40D, McDermand-12.636; 3. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-12.662; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.689; 5. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-12.712; 6. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-12.741; 7. Zach Wigal, 1, O'Dell-12.761; 8. Trevor Cline, 55, Cline-12.792; 9. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-12.793; 10. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-12.821; 11. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.830; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-12.855; 13. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.864; 14. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.878; 15. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-12.904; 16. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.969; 17. Rylan Gray, 81G, Gray-13.033; 18. Matt Sherrell, 2D, Harris-13.037; 19. Brandon Carr, 98K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.050; 20. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-13.097; 21. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-13.115; 22. Adam Taylor, 7T, ATM-13.119; 23. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-13.132; 24. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-13.133; 25. Drew Sherman, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.356; 26. Chris Hartman, 35s, Hodge-13.736; 27. Robert Carson, 99K, Carson-13.880; 28. Mike Unger, 67u, Frederiksen/Unger-13.891.

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mack Leopard (1), 2. Cannon McIntosh (3), 3. Karter Sarff (6), 4. Rylan Gray (2), 5. Kale Drake (5), 6. Gunnar Setser (4), 7. Drew Sherman (7). 2:09.979

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hayden Reinbold (4), 2. Matt Sherrell (2), 3. Colton Robinson (3), 4. Brecken Reese (5), 5. Adam Taylor (1), 6. Chris Hartman (7), 7. Drake Edwards (6). NT

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (4), 2. Justin Grant (6), 3. Brandon Carr (2), 4. Kyle Jones (3), 5. Zach Wigal (5), 6. Bradley Cox (1), 7. Robert Carson (7). NT

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jakeb Boxell (1), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 3. Ethan Mitchell (2), 4. Logan Seavey (6), 5. Gavin Miller (3), 6. Trevor Cline (5), 7. Mike Unger (7). 2:13.835

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (8 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Drake Edwards (1), 2. Gunnar Setser (3), 3. Trevor Cline (2), 4. Bradley Cox (4), 5. Drew Sherman (6), 6. Chris Hartman (5), 7. Mike Unger (8), 8. Robert Carson (7). 1:49.747 (New Track Record)

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hayden Reinbold (7), 2. Logan Seavey (4), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (14), 4. Zach Wigal (1), 5. Brecken Reese (2), 6. Jakeb Boxell (10), 7. Kale Drake (3), 8. Cannon McIntosh (15), 9. Gunnar Setser (13), 10. Karter Sarff (6), 11. Jacob Denney (8), 12. Colton Robinson (16), 13. Gavin Miller (18), 14. Kyle Jones (17), 15. Justin Grant (5), 16. Mack Leopard (9), 17. Matt Sherrell (20), 18. Brandon Carr (21), 19. Trevor Cline (12), 20. Ethan Mitchell (22), 21. Adam Taylor (23), 22. Drake Edwards (11), 23. Bradley Cox (24), 24. Rylan Gray (19). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Zach Wigal, Laps 2-18 Brecken Reese, Laps 19-30 Hayden Reinbold.

**Jacob Denney flipped on lap 17 of the feature.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-220, 2-Jakeb Boxell-201, 3-Jacob Denney-199, 4-Zach Wigal-196, 5-Justin Grant-191, 6-Hayden Reinbold-173, 7-Kale Drake-173, 8-Gavin Miller-160, 9-Gunnar Setser-157, 10-Brecken Reese-153.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-78, 2-Logan Seavey-75, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-71, 4-Zach Wigal-65, 5-Brecken Reese-64, 6-Jakeb Boxell-63, 7-Kale Drake-58, 8-Cannon McIntosh-56, 9-Karter Sarff-55, 10-Jacob Denney-49.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-59, 2-Hayden Reinbold-57, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-55, 4-Briggs Danner-47, 5-Robert Ballou-44, 6-Justin Grant-42, 7-Logan Calderwood-39, 8-Chase Stockon-38, 9-Brady Bacon-37, 10-Kyle Cummins-34.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-13, 2-Hayden Reinbold-9, 3-Cannon McIntosh-8, 4-Gunnar Setser-5, 5-Gavin Miller-5, 6-Logan Seavey-4, 7-Jakeb Boxell-4, 8-Colton Robinson-4, 9-Justin Grant-4, 10-Karter Sarff-3.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 10, 2026 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 22nd Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (12.433)

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (12.620)

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Mack Leopard

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Hayden Reinbold

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Jacob Denney

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Jakeb Boxell

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Drake Edwards

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Brecken Reese (17 laps led)

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kevin Thomas Jr. (14th to 3rd)

2026 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PREVIEW!

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Speedway, Indiana (June 8, 2026)………It’s a racing junkie’s dream!

Six nights at six different racetracks await the USAC Midget National Championship for the 22nd annual edition of USAC Indiana Midget Week on June 9-14, 2026.

The IMW docket consists of six events in all, with the frenzied and action packed week beginning at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis on Tuesday, June 9, then it’s on to Paragon on Wednesday, June 10, and to Putnamville’s Lincoln Park Speedway on Thursday, June 11.

Bloomington Speedway starts the weekend on Friday, June 12; Haubstadt’s Tri-State Speedway on Saturday, June 13; with the finale set for Kokomo Speedway on Sunday, June 14.

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

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

Let’s dig into it! Here’s a smorgasbord of storylines we’re watching entering USAC Indiana Midget Week 2026.

DRAKE & SEAVEY BRING IMW CHAMPIONSHIP CREDENTIALS

Kale Drake enters this week as the defending Indiana Midget Week champion. Just three drivers previously have captured back-to-back IMW titles: Shane Cottle (2005 & 2006), Rico Abreu (2014 & 2015) and Buddy Kofoid (2021 & 2022).

Drake won the Circle City opener a year ago, and finished every race of the week on the podium for Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports.

This year, though, Drake will drive the RMS Racing No. 4, which has won twice in Indiana Midget Week competition in 2021 and 2022 with Thomas Meseraull at the wheel. Drake has finished 8th and 6th in his two USAC starts this year.

Overall, two USAC Indiana Midget Week champions will be in the field this week with Drake joining two-time champ Logan Seavey, who captured titles in both 2019 and 2023, and also possesses four IMW feature victories.

DENNEY LEADS THE CHARGE

Jacob Denney was the only multi-time winner of Indiana Midget Week in 2025, scoring victories at both Paragon and Kokomo.

Denney (Galloway, Ohio) enters the week as the USAC National Midget point leader by a single marker over Kevin Thomas Jr. after Denney was triumphant in the most recent series event at Kokomo in April.

After gaining his first USAC national win in 2022 at Lincoln Park, Denney owns four overall IMW feature triumphs. His best IMW points finish to date is a 3rd in both 2022 and 2025.

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

Additionally, four of the last five Indiana Midget Week champs have also captured the USAC National Midget title in the same season: Buddy Kofoid (2021-22), Logan Seavey (2023) and Daison Pursley (2024).

VETERANS VYING FOR A BREAKTHROUGH

Justin Grant is among the drivers who’ve come so close to an Indiana Midget Week titles over the years, finishing as the runner-up in 2022, 2023 and 2025. Grant’s one and only IMW win to date came seven years ago in 2019! He won the 2026 season opener at Kokomo in April for CB Industries, and stands just one point out of the lead in the USAC National Midget race at the moment.

Kevin Thomas Jr. is in a similar boat. His most recent Indiana Midget Week win came in 2018! Last year, he finished a career best 4th in Indiana Midget Week points with consistent finishes in his 4 Kings Racing ride. He’s run inside the top-four in both of his USAC National Midget starts this year, and now aims to put 4 Kings in USAC victory lane for the first time.

RETURN OF CANNON

Reigning USAC National Midget champion Cannon McIntosh returns to the seat of the Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports No. 71K to compete at Indiana Midget Week in 2026.

McIntosh has been absent with the series so far this year, but will now take on all six nights of action this week.

The Bixby, Oklahoma racer last won an Indiana Midget Week race in 2022, and tallied a best IMW points finish of 3rd back in 2024.

SHARK WEEK

Karter Sarff will be the pilot of the Paul May Motorsports No. 71m throughout the entirety of Indiana Midget Week.

The Mason City, Illinois racer was impressive in IMW action in 2025, finishing 5th in the standings with top finishes of 3rd at Circle City and 6th at Paragon. He was also the fastest qualifier at both Paragon and Kokomo.

Nicknamed “The Shark,” Sarff captured the POWRi Midget championship in 2023 and was named the Turkey Night Grand Prix Rookie of the Year in 2025.

YOUNG GUNS OF MIDGET WEEK

The thing that makes Indiana Midget Week exciting is the unpredictability, and the prospect of up-and-coming drivers making big impressions throughout the week.

Gavin Miller did just that in 2023 when he became a first-time USAC National Midget feature winner at Bloomington. Hayden Reinbold and Drake Edwards have already won USAC National Midget main events, but a first Indiana Midget Week win could very well be on the horizon this week.

Another group of young guns looking to become first-time USAC National Midget winners during Indiana Midget Week include Jakeb Boxell, Zach Wigal, Colton Robinson, Gunnar Setser, Brecken Reese, and Trevor Cline, just to name a few.

Fourteen drivers have accomplished that feat over the years: Johnny Rodriguez, Shane Cottle, Brady Bacon, Steve Buckwalter, Kyle Larson, Christopher Bell, Tanner Thorson, Spencer Bayston, Tyler Courtney, Chris Windom, Kyle Cummins, Corey Day, Jacob Denney, and Gavin Miller.

Furthermore, another new name, Drew Sherman, the son of standout racer Jeremy Sherman, will also be making his USAC debut in a second Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports entry.

#100 ON THE HORIZON THIS WEEK

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

With 98 events taking place dating back to its 2005 origins, the Paragon Speedway round on Wednesday, June 10, is slated to be the 100th event run in the series’ 22-year history at press time.

USAC Hall of Famer Jay Drake won the inaugural feature race held at Lawrenceburg Speedway on August 18, 2005. Since then, 254 different drivers have started an Indiana Midget Week feature.

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

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

RACE DETAILS

For more information on each event of USAC Indiana Midget Week 2026, visit www.usacracing.com, go to the menu, then go to the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship page. From there, click on “Event Info” next to the corresponding event on the schedule.

The entire week of events can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026.

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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-150, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-149, 3-Justin Grant-147, 4-Jakeb Boxell-138, 5-Zach Wigal-131, 6-Gavin Miller-119, 7-Kale Drake-115, 8-Gunnar Setser-109, 9-Hayden Reinbold-95, 10-Colton Robinson-95.

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK CHAMPIONS:

2005: Shane Cottle

2006: Shane Cottle

2007: Jerry Coons Jr.

2008: Tracy Hines

2009: Bryan Clauson

2010: Tracy Hines & Brad Kuhn

2011: Bryan Clauson

2012: Darren Hagen

2013: Christopher Bell

2014: Rico Abreu

2015: Rico Abreu

2016: Bryan Clauson

2017: Shane Golobic

2018: Spencer Bayston

2019: Logan Seavey

2020: Kyle Larson

2021: Buddy Kofoid

2022: Buddy Kofoid

2023: Logan Seavey

2024: Daison Pursley

2025: Kale Drake

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

9-Bryan Clauson & Kyle Larson

6-Buddy Kofoid

5-Christopher Bell & Tanner Thorson

4-Rico Abreu, Jacob Denney & Logan Seavey

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

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

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

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WINNERS BY TRACK (2005-2025)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9-Rico Abreu & Kyle Larson

5-Bryan Clauson & Justin Grant

4-Brady Bacon, Logan Seavey & Chris Windom

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

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

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

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

28-Bryan Clauson

22-Tracy Hines

21-Jerry Coons Jr. & Kyle Larson

19-Justin Grant

18-Logan Seavey Chris Windom

17-Tanner Thorson

16-Buddy Kofoid

15-Rico Abreu

14-Brad Kuhn

13-Darren Hagen

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

11-Kevin Thomas Jr.

10-Spencer Bayston, Shane Cottle & Brad Sweet

9-Emerson Axsom & Daison Pursley

8-Dave Darland, Jacob Denney & Michael Pickens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42-Jerry Coons Jr.

35-Tracy Hines

34-Bryan Clauson

32-Justin Grant

29-Chris Windom

28-Logan Seavey & Tanner Thorson

27-Brady Bacon & Zach Daum

26-Rico Abreu

25-Kevin Thomas Jr.

24-Darren Hagen & Brad Kuhn

22-Buddy Kofoid & Kyle Larson

21-Cannon McIntosh & Michael Pickens

17-Steve Buckwalter, Dave Darland & Thomas Meseraull

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

15-Tyler Courtney

14-Shane Golobic

13-Jacob Denney Bobby East

12-Christopher Bell & Jason McDougal

11-Kyle Cummins & Brad Sweet

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

9-Gavin Miller & Bryant Wiedeman

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

7-Davey Ray

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

64-Jerry Coons Jr.

58-Zach Daum

53-Justin Grant

48-Thomas Meseraull

46-Brady Bacon & Tanner Thorson

45-Chris Windom

44-Dave Darland & Kevin Thomas Jr.

42-Steve Buckwalter & Bryan Clauson

40-Darren Hagen & Tracy Hines

38-Michael Pickens

37-Logan Seavey

36-Brad Kuhn & Cannon McIntosh

35-Rico Abreu

32-Chad Boat

30-Davey Ray

28-Alex Bright & Tyler Courtney

27-Bobby East & Daison Pursley

26-Levi Jones

25-Tyler Thomas

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

23-Caleb Armstrong, Kyle Cummins & Buddy Kofoid

22-Shane Golobic

21-Tanner Carrick & Hayden Reinbold

20-Spencer Bayston

19-Jacob Denney & Bryant Wiedeman

18-Christopher Bell

17-Brad Loyet, Taylor Reimer & Brad Sweet

16-Jade Avedisian, Emerson Axsom & Kaylee Bryson

15-Brenham Crouch, Chase McDermand & Holly Shelton

14-Cole Bodine, Gavin Miller & Ryan Robinson

13-Brad Mosen & Ryan Timms

12-Ronnie Gardner, Jake Neuman & Gage Walker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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