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BRIGGS REDEMPTION! DANNER BOUNCES BACK TO WIN WESTERN WORLD

USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE

Rich Forman

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 24, 2026)………Oh, how the tables have turned and the turns have tabled!


 

One year ago, Briggs Danner found himself one lap shy of victory during the Western World Championships 360 Sprint Car feature at Central Arizona Raceway when his right rear tire suddenly went flat.


 

On Saturday, it was an eerily similar predicament that befell another race-leading driver, which aided in propelling Danner to victory lane in the 59th running of the famed event.


 

Starting on the outside of the front row at the controls of the Rex Calderwood Racing No. 6, Danner (Allentown, Pennsylvania) had a somewhat inauspicious start to the 30-lap feature as he drifted back to fourth while Ricky Thornton Jr. took the lead with Ricky Lewis and Gavin Miller in tow.


 

Miller jumped to the lead on the second lap by using the bottom of the track to maneuver from third to first in three-wide fashion by both Thornton and Lewis in turn two. Meanwhile, by lap three, Danner had already climbed his way back to second as he flashed by Lewis on the front straight.


 

As Miller wandered into the middle of the 3/8-mile dirt oval on entry into turn one on lap eight to work around the lapped car of Brent Yarnal, Danner had a full head of steam up top which he utilized to momentarily take over the lead from Miller on the back stretch. By the time the fellow Allentown, Pennsylvania racers reached the front straight, however, Miller had reestablished control.


 

Possessing a half-straightaway lead with just eight laps remaining, Miller’s right rear tire suddenly let go as he entered turn three on the cushion. The sudden shred instantly shot Miller’s car hard right, slamming with a wham into the concrete of the outside wall. Miller was able to walk away, but his race was done. Miller later earned some consolation when he went on to win the accompanying USAC 410 Sprint Car feature about an hour later after the accident.


 

With a new outlook, the altered storyline of the race turned the page to Danner who finished out the final chapter by racing away from the field to earn a commanding 2.501 second victory over runner-up Ricky Lewis with Jake Helsel third, J.J. Yeley fourth, and Elijah Gile fifth.


 

Washington’s Helsel earned a $1,331.14 bonus courtesy of the Lafond Jar of Change for his hard charging performance during the feature in which he advanced from 11th to third.


 

Arizona’s Gile was presented with a $1,000 reward as the highest finishing Rookie and was the recipient of the Whiz Kid Award, named after Eric Wilkins who was there to present him the check in post-race ceremonies.


 


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 24, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 59th Western World Championships


 

SEMI: (12 laps, top 8 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Koen Crawford (#48 Crawford) (1), 2. A.J. Hernandez (#72 Hernandez) (4), 3. Racin Silva (#5s Silva) (13), 4. Jordan Stetson (#8AZ Stetson) (8), 5. Austin Ervine (#21 AJ) (6), 6. Bryan Ledbetter Jr. (#7OH Ledbetter) (7), 7. Mickey Gile (#23AZ Sussex) (12), 8. Brent Yarnal (#29 Yarnal) (9), 9. Lonnie Oliver (#11 Oliver) (5), 10. Rickey Kinney Jr. (#81K Kinney) (10), 11. Larry Peterson (#63 Peterson) (17), 12. Dan Klinder (#30K Klinder) (11), 13. Elijah Loper (#43x Loper) (15), 14. Ronald Webster (#25w Waddle) (16), 15. Charles Davis Jr. (#11c DAR) (14), 16. Austin Cato (#38 Cato) (3), 17. Joshua Shipley (#2x Shipley) (2). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (#6 Calderwood) (2), 2. Ricky Lewis (#007 Siddle) (3), 3. Jake Helsel (#44 Ledbetter) (11), 4. J.J. Yeley (#2 Yeley) (7), 5. Elijah Gile (#17GP Dutcher) (10), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#51 Johnson) (6), 7. Ryan Bernal (#6c Calderwood) (8), 8. Dayton Shelton (#4D Shelton) (12), 9. Ricky Thornton Jr. (#20RT Petty) (1), 10. R.J. Johnson (#33p Petty) (5), 11. Daylin Perreira (#21p Perreira) (15), 12. David Gasper (#20 Deskins) (9), 13. Bruce St. James (#1AZ St. James) (14), 14. Chaz Baca (#57 Stone) (16), 15. Koen Crawford (17), 16. Jordan Stetson (20), 17. A.J. Hernandez (18), 18. Austin Ervine (21), 19. Bryan Ledbetter Jr. (22), 20. Gavin Miller (#21AZ Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian) (4), 21. Mickey Gile (23), 22. Grant Schaadt (#88G Schaadt) (13), 23. Brent Yarnal (24), 24. Rickey Kinney Jr. (25), 25. Racin Silva (19). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Ricky Thornton Jr., Laps 2-22 Gavin Miller, Laps 23-30 Briggs Danner.


 

**Joshua Shipley & Mickey Gile flipped during the semi.


 

NEXT USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: November 14, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 59th Western World Championships

 

 

GAVIN THE ASSASSIN! MILLER MAKES $42,450 AS A ROOKIE WESTERN WORLD WINNER

Rich Forman

  

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 24, 2026)………Over the past week, Gavin Miller has become a bonafide USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship star.


 

Exactly one week after winning his first career series race in Amarillo, Texas, Miller experienced new found glory once again on Saturday night during the 59th running of the Western World Championships at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

Starting in the third position, Miller (Allentown, Pennsylvania) stalked Kevin Thomas Jr. for the first 23 laps before making the winning move in his Team AZ-Curb-Agajanian Racing/Curb Records – Kodiak Products – OakCraft/DRC/1-Way Chevy.


 

From there, Miller led the final 12 circuits to capture a signature victory in the 35-lap main event, which earned him a superb single night payday of $42,450.


 

Not only was it Miller’s biggest take home pay thus far. For him, personally, it was also his biggest career win to date. There was no doubt about that fact for the true sprint car Rookie.


 

“This is the biggest win of my career so far,” Miller revealed. “I’m super emotional right now. I’m just so lucky to be in this position and I’m so grateful. I’m just fortunate to have these group of guys with me.”


 

Furthermore, for Team AZ, it was their third Western World Championship final night win over the past five seasons: Jake Swanson (2022), Daison Pursley (2023), and now Gavin Miller (2026). The first two came at Somerton, Arizona’s Cocopah Speedway while the latest came on the 3/8-mile dirt oval in Casa Grande.


 

“I knew we had a good package here and I just had to do my job,” Miller stated. “With their notebook here, especially last year with C.J. (Leary), it made my job a little bit easier to go out and try to perform.”


 

To add another feather to his own cap, Miller was also named the Whiz Kid Western World Rookie of the Year, earning a bonus of $1,000 for his efforts in his first ever run at the famed, traditional Arizona staple which dates back to 1968. Even more special, the Whiz Kid himself is Eric Wilkins, a crew member on Miller’s No. 21AZ ride.


 

Miller certainly had redemption, salvation, reclamation, vindication, and maybe a dash of vengeance on his mind following a cruel and sudden conclusion in his bid to win the preceding USAC Southwest 360 Sprint Car feature. While leading with eight laps remaining, Miller’s right rear tire suddenly gave way, and lawn darted him straight into the outside turn three concrete wall, thus ending his night in a crumpled heap.


 

Jumping back in the saddle for the main event, Miller first waged himself in a see-saw war with 2026 USAC National Sprint Car champion Kyle Cummins as the two swapped lines, along with the second spot, multiple times, but Miller never officially relinquished the spot.


 

On the ninth lap, Cummins’ quest for a first Western World title came to a bitter end when his right rear tire went flat in turns one and two. Restarting at the tail with fresh rubber, Cummins worked his way back to 12th by race’s end.


 

For the first half of the race, the man on the move was Justin Grant who worked his way from 10th to third by lap 14 as he shot by Stevie Sussex for the position, then began to rapidly close in on the frontrunning duo of Thomas and Miller.


 

Shadowing Thomas seemingly every step of the way with just a couple car lengths of separation between the two, Miller arched the bow and made an arrow straight to the bottom of turn three on lap 23. Miller slid up across the front of Thomas, then found himself clear of Thomas and in clean air of his own with just 12 laps remaining.


 

“I knew it was a long race and I had to be patient,” Miller explained. “I was just trying to wait for the right opportunity. I knew I had a little bit more speed than he did on the long run and I just had to wait to pull the trigger, and I kind of short slid myself and then got back to the top. But I really didn’t know who was behind me at that point. I was just kind of making mistakes over the cushion and then I was just praying I could get up behind a lapped car and protect that slide from anybody who could get there.”


 

However, nobody could get there. Miller drew his lead to more than two seconds down the stretch and even had enough of a cushion of an advantage that, when he slipped over the track’s turn three cushion with three laps to go, no one was in the vicinity to pose even a minor threat.


 

Into the great wide open, Miller throttled away to a welcome sight of double checkers by a 1.766 second margin over runner-up Kevin Thomas Jr. with Justin Grant third, Jake Swanson fourth, and Stevie Sussex fifth.


 

Thomas led a race-high 23 of the 35 laps en route to a second place finish, which got him the K & N Filters Clean Air Award for the evening, part of a night that netted him a total of $17,650. Earlier in the program, KTJ captured the pole position for the feature after reigning triumphantly in the $5,000-to-win Underwood Dash Presented by AME Electrical.


 

David Gasper added a bunch of money throughout Western World courtesy of the Lafond Jar of Change. On Saturday, he added a Jar of Change record of $1,584.14 for his 16th to sixth run. It’s his best career USAC National Sprint Car result and it comes one day after he pocketed $902.91 worth of Jar of Change money for his performance in Friday’s accompanying USAC Southwest 360 Sprint Car event.


 

No one passed more cars throughout Western World USAC 410 Sprint Car competition than Mitchel Moles. He advanced 26 positions across the three nights of racing and collected a $400 bonus, all told, as the Western World Championships Parallax Group / ProSource Passing Master champion.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 23, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 59th Western World Championships


 

K1 RACEGEAR / SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST QUALIFIER: (8 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. C.J. Leary (#77m Michael) (2), 2. Justin Grant (#4 TOPP) (4), 3. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus) (1), 4. Hayden Reinbold (#19 Reinbold-Underwood) (3), 5. Connor Lundy (#97 Lundy) (5), 6. Elijah Gile (#17GP Dutcher) (7), 7. Cole Wakim (#17x Dunkel) (6), 8. Tyler Cato (#38x Cato) (8). 2:06.241


 

TJ FORGED / ROY MILLER FREIGHT LINES SECOND QUALIFIER: (8 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jadon Rogers (#5 Baldwin-Fox) (4), 2. R.J. Johnson (#1p Petty) (2), 3. David Gasper (#18 Gasper-Kittle) (3), 4. Kobe Simpson (#21K Simpson) (6), 5. Jacob Denney (#87 CB-Spire) (1), 6. Chet Williams (#38 Williams) (7), 7. Brecken Guerrero (#98B Guerrero) (8), 8. Dayton Shelton (#4D Shelton) (5). NT


 

K & N FILTERS / RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE THIRD QUALIFIER: (8 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (#63 Dooling/Curb-Agajanian) (2), 2. Mitchel Moles (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood) (1), 3. Briggs Danner (#39 Hogue) (3), 4. Charles Davis Jr. (#47 Davis) (4), 5. Austin Williams (#17w Dunkel) (6), 6. Robert Ballou (#6 Calderwood) (5), 7. Verne Sweeney (#98 Guerrero) (7). 2:08.749


 

INDY POWERSPORTS / HONDA FOURTH QUALIFIER: (8 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ricky Lewis (#41 Lewis) (1), 2. J.J. Yeley (#33p Petty) (2), 3. Chase Stockon (#92 Sertich) (3), 4. Ricky Thornton Jr. (#20RT Petty) (6), 5. Trey Osborne (#6T Osborne) (5), 6. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (#51T Tafoya) (4), 7. Marty Hawkins (#3m Hawkins) (8), 8. Wayne Siddle (#007 Siddle) (7). NT


 

THE UNDERWOOD DASH: (12 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#15 BBI) (1), 2. Kyle Cummins (#3p Petty) (6), 3. Gavin Miller (#21AZ Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian) (5), 4. Stevie Sussex (#3R Rock Steady) (2), 5. Jake Swanson (#5T Daming Swanson) (3), 6. Ryan Bernal (#17 Dunkel) (4), 7. Jadon Rogers (8), 8. Cale Coons (9), 9. Ricky Lewis (10), 10. C.J. Leary (7). NT


 

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Alex Peck (#67x Walker)


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hayden Reinbold (1), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (3), 3. Jacob Denney (6), 4. Trey Osborne (8), 5. Connor Lundy (5), 6. Ricky Thornton Jr. (4), 7. Robert Ballou (11), 8. Cole Wakim (13), 9. Kobe Simpson (2), 10. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (12), 11. Elijah Gile (9), 12. Verne Sweeney (15), 13. Tyler Cato (17), 14. Chet Williams (10), 15. Brecken Guerrero (14), 16. Marty Hawkins (16), 17. Austin Williams (7). NT


 

FEATURE: (35 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gavin Miller (3), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 3. Justin Grant (10), 4. Jake Swanson (5), 5. Stevie Sussex (4), 6. David Gasper (16), 7. Jadon Rogers (7), 8. Mitchel Moles (12), 9. C.J. Leary (9), 10. Cale Coons (8), 11. J.J. Yeley (14), 12. Kyle Cummins (2), 13. Jacob Denney (21), 14. Ryan Bernal (6), 15. Briggs Danner (17), 16. Chase Stockon (18), 17. Hayden Reinbold (19), 18. Connor Lundy (23), 19. Logan Seavey (15), 20. Trey Osborne (22), 21. Charles Davis Jr. (20), 22. Brecken Guerrero (26-P), 23. Ricky Lewis (13), 24. Ricky Thornton Jr. (24), 25. R.J. Johnson (11), 26. Verne Sweeney (25-P). NT


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Kevin Thomas Jr., Laps 24-35 Gavin Miller.


 

**Dayton Shelton flipped during the second qualifier. Wayne Siddle flipped during the fourth qualifier. Austin Williams flipped during the semi.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3333, 2-Justin Grant-3150, 3-Mitchel Moles-3075, 4-Jake Swanson-2873, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2657, 6-Briggs Danner-2654, 7-C.J. Leary-2498, 8-Chase Stockon-2485, 9-Logan Seavey-2446, 10-Robert Ballou-2341.


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-1511, 2-Austin Williams-1177, 3-Connor Lundy-1058, 4-Verne Sweeney-937, 5-Brecken Guerrero-921, 6-Ricky Lewis-825, 7-Dayton Shelton-696, 8-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-661, 9-Charles Davis Jr.-644, 10-Cole Wakim-582.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-154, 2-Hayden Reinbold-149, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Briggs Danner-121, 6-Chase Stockon-119, 7-Jacob Denney-114, 8-Mitchel Moles-110, 9-Cale Coons-109, 10-Jake Swanson-105.


 

WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Mitchel Moles-26, 2-J.J. Yeley-26, 3-Jacob Denney-16, 4-Jadon Rogers-16, 5-Gavin Miller-15, 6-Ricky Lewis-15, 7-Trey Osborne-15, 8-Cole Wakim-15, 9-Justin Grant-13, 10-Kyle Cummins-13.

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Jake Swanson (15.221)


 

K1 RaceGear / Sexton Fire Protection First Qualifier Winner: C.J. Leary


 

TJ Forged / Roy Miller Freight Lines Second Qualifier Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

K & N Filters / Rescue Mission Alliance Third Qualifier Winner: Cale Coons


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Qualifier Winner: Ricky Lewis


 

The Underwood Dash Presented by AME Electrical Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Hayden Reinbold


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger / Lafond Jar of Change: David Gasper (16th to 6th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kevin Thomas Jr. (23 laps led)


 

Western World Championships Parallax Group / ProSource Passing Master Champion: Mitchel Moles (26)


 

Whiz Kid Western World Championships Rookie of the Year: Gavin Miller (1st)

 

2 FOR 2! SWANSON STRUMS HIS WAY TO SECOND STRAIGHT WESTERN WORLD USAC PRELIM WIN

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 23, 2026)………Jake Swanson didn’t think it could get any better after capturing Thursday’s 59th annual Western World Championships opener at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

But he was wrong, and that’s been about the only thing of late that the Anaheim, California native hasn’t been exactly on point about.


 

During Friday’s Western World night two feature, Swanson tracked down Ryan Bernal for the lead at the midway point and took control throughout the second half, leading the final 15 laps en route to his second straight USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship / Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car win in a 24-hour span in Casa Grande.


 

“I just can’t believe it, man. Two in a row. Unreal,” Swanson exclaimed. “What a spot to be in after building this thing with Austin Daming. When his dad passed away, we took this local car and turned it into a national caliber race program. I knew we could win races. It was just going to be a matter of time and partnering with the right people to help us do it. Doug Dougherty is one of those guys with the 1-Way (engines). We definitely couldn’t do this tour without at least two 1-Ways to be able to do it.”


 

In the meantime, Swanson is building quite the guitar collection with the six string instrument serving as the Western World winner’s trophy. The 2022 Western World champ got an electric guitar in victory lane four years ago, and over the past two nights, has added a couple of acoustic guitars to the growing stockpile. Fittingly, Swanson has spent the majority of his time lately pickin’ and grinnin’.


 

“This racecar goes around really well,” Swanson beamed. “(Crewman) Caleb (Stelzig) and I have just been excellent on our decision making to get this thing dialed. I didn’t think it could have been better than it was last night. Honestly, I felt like we were better than we were last night. I just appreciate all the hard work that Caleb is putting in on this thing.”


 

Swanson’s consecutive triumphs on the 3/8-mile dirt oval are his first back to back USAC National Sprint Car wins since scoring at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway and Pennsylvania’s Grandview Speedway in 2023.


 

Furthermore, Swanson’s third win in his last four series starts at the helm of his Daming Swanson Motorsports/Inland Rigging – Snake Enterprises/DRC/1-Way Chevy No. 5T have pushed his USAC National Sprint Car career win total 12, tying him with Briggs Danner, Eric Gordon, and Mitchel Moles for 49th place on the all-time list.


 

Starting on the outside of the front row alongside pole sitter Ryan Bernal was Swanson, both of whom share the exact same primary sponsor in Inland Rigging. Early on, while Bernal took off with the lead, Swanson ran in the runner-up spot for the initial three laps. That is until Gavin Miller snuck by him along the bottom to slot into second, albeit briefly, for just a lap, before Swanson used the high line momentum to charge back around Miller into second.


 

By lap 12, the top three of Bernal, Swanson, and Miller ran nose to tail at the front of the field. Entering turn one, Miller nearly slid past both Bernal and Swanson, but as he drifted up the track, he lost the momentum and lost both positions just as quickly as he had gained them.


 

All three remained under a blanket on the 16th lap when Miller tried again with a slide job in turns one and two. Off the exit of two, Swanson raced around Miller’s slider and was mere inches off the rear bumper of Bernal heading down the back straightaway. Swanson kept his foot in it and used the run to pull alongside the inside of Bernal entering turn three and successfully completed his quest in wrestling away control.


 

“I was just pacing him,” Swanson explained of his run on Bernal. “I felt like I was getting off the corner better than he was, but it’s so hard to pass. I just really didn’t want to short him. I didn’t want to jump the gun on it and end up in a spot where I got slid because, obviously, the 21AZ (Miller) was pretty good. He was showing his nose there on the bottom and I was worried he was going to go by both of us there for a little bit.”


 

Amid the hustle and bustle at the head of the field, newly crowned 2026 USAC National Sprint Car champion Kyle Cummins snuck by Miller for third in the midst of a full on traffic jam that snarled pretty much everybody from second place on back all while Swanson successfully extended his advantage to 1.2 seconds over the field.


 

On lap 24, Swanson and Jacob Denney bumped sidewalls on the front straightaway. As he regained his grip moments later, Miller rapidly closed in toward the tail tank of Cummins on the high side of turn one. The resulting contacting between Miller and Cummins turned Cummins around into a 360 degree spin. By rule, after the yellow flag was displayed, Cummins was relegated to restarting at the tail of the field.


 

Cummins’ resulting 18th place finish officially ended one of the greatest feats in the 71-year history of USAC National Sprint Car racing as his record streak of 45 consecutive top 10 finishes dating back to the second race of the season in February of this year came to a close.


 

After Bernal slapped the turn four cushion on the ensuing lap 24 restart, Miller capitalized his way into second while Stevie Sussex and Denney also moved up in the pecking order past Bernal to third and fourth, respectively speaking.


 

But up front, Swanson had the field covered as he crossed under the checkered flag about a second ahead of Gavin Miller, while Stevie Sussex followed up his first career USAC National Sprint Car podium finish on Thursday with another on Friday night after taking third. Ryan Bernal tallied fourth after leading the first 15 laps. Kevin Thomas Jr. rounded out the top five.


 

Jacob Denney was running fourth on the final lap until he spun into the outside wall in turns three and four, relegating him back to a disappointing 19th place result after a valiant charge from his 14th place starting position.


 

Swanson is one of six drivers to have locked himself into Saturday’s $35,000 to win Western World Championships USAC 410 Sprint Car feature as well the $5,000 to win Underwood Dash. Those drivers include Swanson, Gavin Miller, Stevie Sussex, Kyle Cummins, Ryan Bernal, and Kevin Thomas Jr. Each of the six earned the most combined points during Thursday and Friday night’s programs.


 

“Obviously, the big money is tomorrow, but we did our job by being able to lock into the top six,” Swanson stated. “I was just wanting to make sure I didn’t ruin it tonight. If I would have been on the podium tonight, I would have been happy just to make sure that we got a good shot at the money tomorrow.”


 

By leading the most laps for the second night in a row, Swanson also collected the K & N Filters Clean Air Award. He’s now won both nights of Western World and has led 45 of the 60 laps thus far in the USAC 410 portion of the program.


 

Mitchel Moles earned a grand total of $1,052.91 in hard charger money for his run from 22nd to 9th in the feature. A total of $902.91 came via the Lafond Jar of Change, while $150 more came courtesy of Rod End Supply. Justin Grant advanced 19 positions from 25th to 6th but was not eligible for the accolades due to being a provisional starter.


 

Gavin Miller clocked in with his second career USAC National Sprint Car fast time during LearnLab Qualifying. He turned a fast lap 15.280 seconds to top the field of 38 drivers and cars on hand.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 23, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 59th Western World Championships


 

LEARNLAB / WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-15.280; 2. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.315; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-15.404; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.407; 5. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-15.456; 6. J.J. Yeley, 33p, Petty-15.468; 7. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.469; 8. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-15.504; 9. Ryan Bernal, 17, Dunkel-15.579; 10. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-15.579; 11. C.J. Leary, 77m, Michael-15.602; 12. Chet Williams, 38, Williams-15.605; 13. R.J. Johnson, 1p, Petty-15.611; 14. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-15.612; 15. Stevie Sussex, 3R, Rock Steady-15.636; 16. Jacob Denney, 87, CB/Spire-15.656; 17. Robert Ballou, 6, Calderwood-15.664; 18. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.754; 19. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-15.763; 20. David Gasper, 18, Gasper/Kittle-15.819; 21. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-15.821; 22. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-15.851; 23. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-15.870; 24. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-15.911; 25. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-15.923; 26. Elijah Gile, 17GP, Dutcher-15.938; 27. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-16.025; 28. Wayne Siddle, 007, Siddle-16.082; 29. Daylin Perreira, 21p, Perreira-16.091; 30. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-16.092; 31. Jadon Rogers, 5, Baldwin/Fox-16.172; 32. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-16.294; 33. Cole Wakim, 17x, Dunkel-16.377; 34. Ricky Thornton Jr., 20RT, Petty-16.451; 35. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-16.458; 36. Alex Peck, 67x, Walker-16.549; 37. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-16.790; 38. Tyler Cato, 38x, Cato-16.806.


 

K1 RACEGEAR / SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gavin Miller (6), 2. Robert Ballou (2), 3. Ricky Lewis (1), 4. R.J. Johnson (3), 5. Ryan Bernal (4), 6. Briggs Danner (7), 7. Cale Coons (5), 8. Cole Wakim (9), 9. Daylin Perreira (8), 10. Verne Sweeney (10). 2:10.929


 

TJ FORGED / ROY MILLER FREIGHT LINES SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (4), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (2), 3. Trey Osborne (8), 4. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (1), 5. Hayden Reinbold (6), 6. Elijah Gile (7), 7. Tyler Cato (10), 8. Justin Grant (3), 9. J.J. Yeley (5), 10. Ricky Thornton Jr. (9). NT


 

K & N FILTERS / RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stevie Sussex (3), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 3. Jadon Rogers (8), 4. C.J. Leary (4), 5. Kobe Simpson (1), 6. Austin Williams (2), 7. Chase Stockon (5), 8. Mitchel Moles (7), 9. Brecken Guerrero (9). NT


 

INDY POWERSPORTS / HONDA FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. David Gasper (2), 2. Jacob Denney (3), 3. Connor Lundy (1), 4. Jake Swanson (5), 5. Logan Seavey (6), 6. Dayton Shelton (8), 7. Chet Williams (4), 8. Alex Peck (9), 9. Wayne Siddle (7). 2:19.349


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. J.J. Yeley (2), 2. Briggs Danner (4), 3. Cale Coons (1), 4. Mitchel Moles (11), 5. Elijah Gile (5), 6. Austin Williams (3), 7. Chase Stockon (7), 8. Dayton Shelton (6), 9. Ricky Thornton Jr. (17), 10. Cole Wakim (12), 11. Justin Grant (10), 12. Verne Sweeney (18), 13. Alex Peck (13), 14. Wayne Siddle (14), 15. Brecken Guerrero (16), 16. Chet Williams (8), 17. Tyler Cato (9). 3:37.691


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (2), 2. Gavin Miller (6), 3. Stevie Sussex (8), 4. Ryan Bernal (1), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 6. Justin Grant (25-P), 7. J.J. Yeley (11), 8. Logan Seavey (3), 9. Mitchel Moles (22), 10. C.J. Leary (12), 11. Cale Coons (10), 12. Ricky Lewis (17), 13. Connor Lundy (20), 14. Chase Stockon (27-P), 15. Briggs Danner (21), 16. Charles Davis Jr. (16), 17. Kyle Cummins (7), 18. Jadon Rogers (24), 19. Jacob Denney (14), 20. Trey Osborne (23), 21. R.J. Johnson (13), 22. Hayden Reinbold (5), 23. Kobe Simpson (19), 24. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (18), 25. Brecken Guerrero (28-P), 26. Robert Ballou (15), 27. Verne Sweeney (26-P), 28. David Gasper (9). NT


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Ryan Bernal, Laps 16-30 Jake Swanson.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3294, 2-Justin Grant-3086, 3-Mitchel Moles-3026, 4-Jake Swanson-2812, 5-Briggs Danner-2621, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2590, 7-Chase Stockon-2454, 8-C.J. Leary-2452, 9-Logan Seavey-2421, 10-Robert Ballou-2331.


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-1488, 2-Austin Williams-1167, 3-Connor Lundy-1031, 4-Verne Sweeney-914, 5-Brecken Guerrero-898, 6-Ricky Lewis-802, 7-Dayton Shelton-686, 8-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-651, 9-Charles Davis Jr.-621, 10-Daylin Perreira-581.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-147, 2-Hayden Reinbold-147, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Briggs Danner-119, 6-Chase Stockon-117, 7-Cale Coons-109, 8-Mitchel Moles-106, 9-Jacob Denney-106, 10-Jake Swanson-104.


 

WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-J.J. Yeley-23, 2-Mitchel Moles-22, 3-Ricky Lewis-14, 4-Stevie Sussex-12, 5-Jadon Rogers-12, 6-Gavin Miller-11, 7-Briggs Danner-10, 8-Cole Wakim-10, 9-Verne Sweeney-10, 10-Kyle Cummins-9.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 24, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 59th Western World Championships

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kyle Cummins (15.508)


 

LearnLab / Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier: Gavin Miller (15.280)


 

K1 RaceGear / Sexton Fire Protection First Heat Winner: Gavin Miller


 

TJ Forged / Roy Miller Freight Lines Second Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

K & N Filters / Rescue Mission Alliance Third Heat Winner: Stevie Sussex


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Briggs Danner


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: J.J. Yeley


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger / Lafond Jar of Change: Mitchel Moles (22nd to 9th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Jake Swanson (15 laps led)

MILLER WIRES USAC SOUTHWEST 360 SPRINTS AT WESTERN WORLD PRELIM

 

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 23, 2026)………Gavin Miller led all 25 laps from the pole position to notch his first career USAC Southwest 360 Sprint Car victory during Friday night’s Western World Championships at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

However, it didn’t come without its share of close encounters for the Allentown, Pennsylvania native as he put the home state car fielded by the Team AZ / Curb-Agajanian Racing team into victory lane at the 3/8-mile dirt oval.


 

With 11 laps remaining, Miller nearly got caught up while attempting to put Dayton Shelton a lap down. Shelton ricocheted off the cushion, right in front of Miller, but Miller was narrowly able to avoid catastrophe by about the width of an eyebrow hair.


 

By the time there were four laps to go, fellow Western World Rookie Jacob Denney had closed up the gap considerable on Miller and was raring up to take his shot at the lead.


 

As Miller put 10th running Ryan Bernal a lap down around the outside on the back straightaway, Denney had a run that he took into turn three as he attempted to split between Miller and Bernal. However, Denney’s left rear tire ramped over Bernal’s right front tire, sending Denney’s car briefly airborne before he smashed backwards into the outside wall. Denney was able to walk away, finishing a distant 22nd in the final rundown.


 

From that point forward, Miller had things under full control as he stayed true to the top and took the checkered flag by a 2.925 second margin with Kevin Thomas Jr. second, fast qualifier Elijah Gile third, Briggs Danner fourth, and Ricky Lewis fifth.


 

Meanwhile, David Gasper’s run from 17th to 9th in the feature earned him a little change in his pocket that went jing-a-ling-a-ling. His plus-eight performance netted him $902.91 from the Lafond Jar of Change.


 


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 23, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 59th Western World Championships


 

FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jacob Denney, 87, CBI/Spire-16.577; 2. Jake Helsel, 44, Ledbetter-16.795; 3. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-16.921; 4. Ricky Thornton Jr., 20RT, Petty-17.068; 5. Austin Cato, 38, Cato-17.368; 6. Joshua Shipley, 2x, Shipley-17.486; 7. Racin Silva, 5s, Silva-17.591; 8. Jordan Stetson, 8AZ, Stetson-17.826; 9. Elijah Loper, 43x, Loper-17.826.


 

SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-16.751; 2. Koen Crawford, 48, Crawford-16.883; 3. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-16.936; 4. J.J. Yeley, 2, Yeley-17.067; 5. Lonnie Oliver, 11, Oliver-17.886; 6. A.J. Hernandez, 72, Hernandez-17.914; 7. Bryan Ledbetter Jr., 7OH, Ledbetter-17.945; 8. James Webster, 5AZ, Webster-18.223; 9. Ryan Bernal, 6c, Calderwood-NT.


 

THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Elijah Gile, 17GP, Dutcher-16.331; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 51, Johnson-16.691; 3. Briggs Danner, 6, Calderwood-16.733; 4. Chaz Baca, 57, Stone-17.259; 5. Austin Ervine, 21, AJ-18.194; 6. Bruce St. James, 1AZ, St. James-18.301; 7. Dan Klinder, 30K, Klinder-18.724; 8. Brent Yarnal, 29, Yarnal-18.873; 9. Rickey Kinney Jr., 81K, Kinney-19.105.


 

FOURTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Charles Davis Jr., 11c, DAR-17.265; 2. Ricky Lewis, 007, Siddle-17.434; 3. Grant Schaadt, 88G, Schaadt-17.623; 4. Daylin Perreira, 21p, Perreira-17.929; 5. David Gasper, 20, Deskins-18.077; 6. Mickey Gile, 23AZ, Sussex-18.870; 7. Ronald Webster, 25w, Waddle-18.901; 8. Larry Peterson, 63, Peterson-18.986.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (4), 2. Ricky Thornton Jr. (1), 3. Jake Helsel (3), 4. Dayton Shelton (2), 5. Joshua Shipley (6), 6. Racin Silva (7), 7. Austin Cato (5), 8. Jordan Stetson (8), 9. Elijah Loper (9). NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. R.J. Johnson (2), 2. Gavin Miller (4), 3. J.J. Yeley (1), 4. Ryan Bernal (9), 5. Koen Crawford (3), 6. Bryan Ledbetter Jr. (7), 7. A.J. Hernandez (6), 8. Lonnie Oliver (5), 9. James Webster (8). NT


 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (2), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 3. Elijah Gile (4), 4. Bruce St James (6), 5. Austin Ervine (5), 6. Rickey Kinney Jr. (9), 7. Dan Klinder (7), 8. Brent Yarnal (8), 9. Chaz Baca (1). NT


 

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ricky Lewis (3), 2. Grant Schaadt (2), 3. Daylin Perreira (1), 4. David Gasper (5), 5. Charles Davis Jr. (4), 6. Ronald Webster (7), 7. Mickey Gile (6), 8. Larry Peterson (8). NT

SEMI: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Racin Silva (1), 2. Austin Cato (5), 3. Chaz Baca (12), 4. Lonnie Oliver (9), 5. A.J. Hernandez (6), 6. Rickey Kinney Jr. (3), 7. Jordan Stetson (8), 8. Brent Yarnal (10), 9. Ronald Webster (4), 10. Larry Peterson (11), 11. Dan Klinder (7), 12. Bryan Ledbetter Jr. (2). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gavin Miller (1), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9), 3. Elijah Gile (4), 4. Briggs Danner (2), 5. Ricky Lewis (5), 6. R.J. Johnson (7), 7. Charles Davis Jr. (6), 8. Jake Helsel (11), 9. David Gasper (17), 10. J.J. Yeley (12), 11. Ryan Bernal (15), 12. Dayton Shelton (14), 13. Ricky Thornton Jr. (8), 14. Grant Schaadt (10), 15. Bruce St. James (16), 16. Koen Crawford (19), 17. Daylin Perreira (13), 18. Joshua Shipley (18), 19. Austin Cato (22), 20. Austin Ervine (20), 21. Lonnie Oliver (24), 22. Jacob Denney (3), 23. Chaz Baca (23), 24. Racin Silva (21). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Gavin Miller.


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-981, 2-Dayton Shelton-767, 3-Koen Crawford-763, 4-Daylin Perreira-752, 5-Bruce St. James-718, 6-Stevie Sussex-676, 7-A.J. Hernandez-675, 8-Elijah Gile-568, 9-Jordan Stetson-550, 10-Charles Davis Jr.-536.


 

NEXT USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: October 24, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 59th Western World Championships
 

 

 

SWANSON SCHOOLS FIELD AT WESTERN WORLD OPENER,CUMMINS CLINCHES USAC SPRINT TITLE

 

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 22, 2026)………Arizona isn’t exactly home for Jake Swanson. But it sure felt like it during Thursday night’s 59th annual Western World Championships at Casa Grande’s Central Arizona Raceway.


 

Swanson (Anaheim, California) jumped out to the front early from his outside front row starting spot and led all 30 circuits to capture victory in the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car combined event on the 3/8-mile dirt oval.


 

Meanwhile, with his third place result in the feature, Kyle Cummins clinched his second consecutive USAC National Sprint Car driving title with still two races remaining while also earning Petty Performance Racing its second straight USAC National Sprint Car entrant championship.


 

But as for Swanson, the 2022 Western World titlist, it was his fourth USAC National Sprint Car victory of the year at the wheel of his Daming Swanson Motorsports/Inland Rigging – Snake Enterprises/DRC/1-Way Chevy No. 5T, and his second triumph over the past three events.


 

It’s all part of a late season flourish for Swanson that has seen him finish five of his last seven starts inside the top five.


 

“A good start to the weekend,” Swanson grinned. “We've carried a lot of momentum at the end of this year. After summertime, we’ve really come on strong. We finally got our engine package where we want it and we’ve got our shock package really good.”


 

Swanson chalks it up to the details, no matter how big or small. All things matter in the grand scheme when it comes to life or motorsports whether it’s on the racetrack or off.


 

“Just working on the details and really paying attention to the finer details,” Swanson explained. “We've got good systems in place. (Crewman) Caleb (Stelzig) and I spend a lot of time in the shop just trying to make things more efficient, better, and last longer. Attention to detail, I think, is really key. It sounds silly, but even like cleaning the trailer so you know where everything's at and keeping everything organized and tidy. That stuff saves time over the course of the weekend.”


 

An opening lap main event melee in turns one and two involved five drivers and cars in the middle of the pack, including Ricky Lewis, Dayton Shelton, Briggs Danner, J.J. Yeley, and Ricky Thornton Jr. Only Thornton was eliminated for the evening, while Lewis and Yeley bounced back into contention by carving their way through the pack from the tail to finish 10th and 11th, respectively, in the 27-car field.


 

Up front, however, Swanson was dialed in after he and his crew massaged the car throughout the evening, fine-tuning it to where it was all gravy and felt exactly where he felt it needed to be.


 

Swanson built up a 1.6 second lead during the first half of the race, while jockeying for position was all the rage back behind him. Cummins slid into fifth on the 18th lap after Jacob Denney slipped over the turn four cushion, while Mitchel Moles followed suit into seventh. Cummins masterfully scurried into fourth as he marched by Justin Grant to move up another rung on lap 20.


 

By lap 24, original pole starter Gavin Miller had closed to within striking distance on Swanson for the lead when the yellow was displayed following Grant’s excursion with the turn three wall, which saw him nearly come to halt with the field bearing down on him. A blink of an eye after the call for the yellow had been made, Grant got back up to speed and continued onward. Deemed an inadvertent yellow, Grant was blended back into the on-track position he was in when the caution call was made, which was seventh.


 

On the ensuing lap 24 restart, Miller snagged the turn four cushion coming back to the green flag and immediately lost the runner-up spot to the pouncing Stevie Sussex. The next time around, Cummins took third from Miller with a turn three slider.


 

At the same time, Swanson was in a zone with a full second advantage on the field but still had to play his cards right to get to the finish line first in this instance as he balanced out speed and preservation.


 

“I really didn't know how fast to run,” Swanson admitted. “I was trying to take care of my tires because this place is pretty tough and abusive on tires. I just didn't want to give it away because I felt like I kept on making mistakes as the curb was getting trickier and bigger in spots. I was trying to not smash it in those bigger spots. I wanted to use it to build momentum where it wasn't that big.”


 

With a dangling right rear shock cover waving in the breeze, Swanson could now be at ease on the final lap as he crossed the finish line to notch the $7,500 score ahead of Sussex, who earned his best career USAC National Sprint Car finish of second in what was his 74th career series start.


 

Cummins locked up the USAC National Sprint Car crown with a third place result and his 45th consecutive top 10 finish with the series dating back to February of this year. Gavin Miller, who ran second for 23 of the 30 laps, finished a distant fourth while Jacob Denney rounded out the top five for his fourth top five finish in six career series starts.


 

Swanson also left no doubt about his winning intentions by leading all 30 laps en route to victory lane, which earned him the K & N Filters Clean Air Award for the night.


 

J.J. Yeley made a valiant comeback from his opening lap incident. Yeley advanced from his official 23rd starting spot to finish 11th in the feature and earn a total of $951.27 for his hard charging +12 performance with $150 coming from Rod End Supply and $801.27 from the Lafond Jar of Change.


 

Cummins also opened the evening with his ninth USAC National Sprint Car LearnLab fast qualifying time of the season, and the 28th of his career with the series, moving him past Dave Steele and into 17th place on the all-time list.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 22, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 59th Western World Championships


 

LEARNLAB / WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-15.339; 2. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-15.347; 3. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-15.397; 4. Stevie Sussex, 3R, Rock Steady-15.464; 5. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-15.490; 6. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-15.494; 7. Jacob Denney, 87, CB/Spire-15.523; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-15.547; 9. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.600; 10. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-15.621; 11. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-15.630; 12. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-15.645; 13. Ricky Thornton Jr., 20RT, Petty-15.676; 14. R.J. Johnson, 1p, Petty-15.680; 15. C.J. Leary, 77m, Michael-15.684; 16. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-15.707; 17. David Gasper, 18, Gasper/Kittle-15.748; 18. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.772; 19. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-15.814; 20. Cole Wakim, 17x, Dunkel-15.906; 21. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-15.936; 22. Jadon Rogers, 5, Baldwin/Fox-15.947; 23. Ryan Bernal, 17, Dunkel-15.952; 24. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-16.012; 25. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-16.028; 26. J.J. Yeley, 33p, Petty-16.040; 27. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-16.084; 28. Robert Ballou, 6, Calderwood-16.088; 29. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-16.123; 30. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-16.137; 31. Chet Williams, 38, Williams-16.157; 32. Daylin Perreira, 21p, Perreira-16.215; 33. Tyler Cato, 38x, Cato-16.453; 34. Alex Peck, 67x, Walker-16.487; 35. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-16.534; 36. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-16.583; 37. Wayne Siddle, 007, Siddle-16.633; 38. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-17.386; 39. Elijah Gile, 17GP, Dutcher-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR / SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. David Gasper (2), 2. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (1), 3. Kyle Cummins (6), 4. Logan Seavey (4), 5. Jake Swanson (5), 6. Ricky Thornton Jr. (3), 7. Trey Osborne (8), 8. Kobe Simpson (7), 9. Wayne Siddle (10), 10. Tyler Cato (9). 2:10.363


 

TJ FORGED / ROY MILLER FREIGHT LINES SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. R.J. Johnson (3), 2. Justin Grant (6), 3. Gavin Miller (5), 4. Chase Stockon (4), 5. Hayden Reinbold (2), 6. Jadon Rogers (1), 7. Connor Lundy (8), 8. J.J. Yeley (7), 9. Alex Peck (9), 10. Verne Sweeney (10). NT


 

K & N FILTERS / RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ryan Bernal (1), 2. C.J. Leary (3), 3. Briggs Danner (4), 4. Mitchel Moles (6), 5. Jacob Denney (5), 6. Charles Davis Jr. (2), 7. Austin Williams (7), 8. Elijah Gile (10), 9. Chet Williams (8), 10. Marty Hawkins (9). 2:14.646


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dayton Shelton (1), 2. Stevie Sussex (6), 3. Ricky Lewis (3), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 5. Cale Coons (4), 6. Cole Wakim (2), 7. Robert Ballou (7), 8. Daylin Perreira (8), 9. Brecken Guerrero (9). NT


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ricky Thornton Jr. (1), 2. Cole Wakim (3), 3. Jadon Rogers (4), 4. J.J. Yeley (10), 5. Austin Williams (5), 6. Robert Ballou (6), 7. Trey Osborne (7), 8. Charles Davis Jr. (2), 9. Connor Lundy (8), 10. Alex Peck (14), 11. Kobe Simpson (9), 12. Daylin Perreira (11), 13. Chet Williams (13), 14. Wayne Siddle (16), 15. Verne Sweeney (19), 16. Tyler Cato (17), 17. Brecken Guerrero (15), 18. Elijah Gile (12), 19. Marty Hawkins (18). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (2), 2. Stevie Sussex (3), 3. Kyle Cummins (6), 4. Gavin Miller (1), 5. Jacob Denney (9), 6. Mitchel Moles (4), 7. Ryan Bernal (12), 8. Logan Seavey (11), 9. Chase Stockon (14), 10. Ricky Lewis (19), 11. J.J. Yeley (23), 12. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 13. Justin Grant (5), 14. Trey Osborne (24-P), 15. Hayden Reinbold (20), 16. R.J. Johnson (7), 17. David Gasper (8), 18. Cale Coons (16), 19. Cole Wakim (25), 20. Briggs Danner (15), 21. Dayton Shelton (13), 22. C.J. Leary (18), 23. Jadon Rogers (22), 24. Connor Lundy (26-P), 25. Austin Williams (27-P), 26. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (21), 27. Ricky Thornton Jr. (17). NT


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jake Swanson.


 

**Marty Hawkins flipped during the semi.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3257, 2-Justin Grant-3031, 3-Mitchel Moles-2979, 4-Jake Swanson-2737, 5-Briggs Danner-2586, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2521, 7-C.J. Leary-2404, 8-Chase Stockon-2419, 9-Logan Seavey-2365, 10-Robert Ballou-2301.


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-1460, 2-Austin Williams-1157, 3-Connor Lundy-988, 4-Verne Sweeney-891, 5-Brecken Guerrero-875, 6-Ricky Lewis-757, 7-Dayton Shelton-676, 8-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-623, 9-Charles Davis Jr.-583, 10-Daylin Perreira-571.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-147, 2-Hayden Reinbold-147, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Chase Stockon-117, 6-Briggs Danner-113, 7-Cale Coons-109, 8-Jacob Denney-106, 9-Jake Swanson-103, 10-Logan Seavey-95.


 

WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-J.J. Yeley-18, 2-Ricky Lewis-9, 3-Cole Wakim-7, 4-Kyle Cummins-6, 5-Stevie Sussex-5, 6-Ryan Bernal-5, 7-Chase Stockon-5, 8-Hayden Reinbold-5, 9-Jacob Denney-4, 10-Justin Grant-4.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP & AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACES: October 23-24, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 59th Western World Championships

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kevin Thomas Jr. (15.245)


 

LearnLab / Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier: Kyle Cummins (15.339)


 

K1 RaceGear / Sexton Fire Protection First Heat Winner: David Gasper


 

TJ Forged / Roy Miller Freight Lines Second Heat Winner: R.J. Johnson


 

K & N Filters / Rescue Mission Alliance Third Heat Winner: Ryan Bernal


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Dayton Shelton


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Ricky Thornton Jr.


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger / Lafond Jar of Change: J.J. Yeley (23rd to 11th)


 

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

 

DENNEY SWEEPS TO USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT WESTERN WORLD OPENER WIN

Rich Forman

 

Jacob Denney may be brand new to sprint cars in 2026, but he looked every bit the part of a veteran during Thursday night’s Western World Championships USAC Southwest 360 Sprint Car feature at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

The Galloway, Ohio native swept the program after recording fast time in qualifying and capturing a heat race win before going on to lead the final nine laps to take his first career USAC Southwest Sprint Car feature victory in his first ever visit to the 3/8-mile dirt oval.


 

Starting fifth, Denney steadily worked his way up through the pack while pole sitter Kevin Thomas Jr. paced the field for much of the duration of the 25-lap race with Gavin Miller in tow.


 

Miller appeared to be Thomas’ fiercest foe. But with nine laps remaining and working his way through lapped traffic, Miller attempted to split the difference between A.J. Hernandez (16th) and Daylin Perreira (17th) midway between turns one and two. However, Miller just barely clipped Perreira’s right front tire with his own left rear tire, sending Miller into a 360 degree spin. Saddled with a flat left rear tire, Miller was forced to the work area before ultimately restarting at the tail and finishing 11th.


 

With the gap closed up between Thomas and new second place occupant Denney, it was a whole new ballgame.


 

One lap after the restart, Thomas got a bit wiggly on the turn four cushion. With a full head of steam and a full stride of momentum, Denney fired off a slide job on Thomas for the lead in turns one and two on lap 18, and the move stuck. From there, the race was an All American Slam for Denney.


 

Denney edged away from Thomas down the stretch to close out a 1.975 second victory in his CB Industries-Spire Motorsports/NationsGuard – PristineAuction.com – NOS Energy Drink/Spike/Stanton Chevy No. 87.


 

Following Denney to the stripe were Thomas, R.J. Johnson, and Ricky Thornton Jr., with Ryan Bernal rounding out the top five.


 

Jake Helsel, who was running eighth on the final lap, flipped upside down over in turns one and two on the final lap, but was able to walk away.


 

With his 20th to 8th run in the feature, Briggs Danner earned hard charger honors, plus his share of $801.27 from the Lafond Jar of Change.


 


 

USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 22, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 59th Western World Championships


 

FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Ricky Thornton Jr., 20RT, Petty-16.799; 2. J.J. Yeley, 2, Yeley-16.906; 3. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-17.273; 4. Grant Schaadt, 88G, Schaadt-17.352; 5. Daylin Perreira, 21p, Perreira-17.505; 6. Austin Ervine, 21, Ervine-17.821; 7. Austin Cato, 38, Cato-18.032; 8. Brent Yarnal, 29, Yarnal-18.907; 9. Racin Silva, 5s, Silva-NT.


 

SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-16.892; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 51, Johnson-17.088; 3. Charles Davis Jr., 11c, DAR-17.251; 4. David Gasper, 20, Deskins-17.276; 5. Bruce St James, 1AZ, St. James-17.611; 6. Joshua Shipley, 2x, Shipley-17.753; 7. Koen Crawford, 48, Crawford-17.878; 8. Jordan Stetson, 8AZ, Stetson-18.432; 9. Rickey Kinney Jr., 81K, Kinney-18.891.


 

THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Elijah Gile, 17GP, Dutcher-16.588; 2. Jake Helsel, 44, Ledbetter-16.804; 3. A.J. Hernandez, 72, Hernandez-17.329; 4. Mickey Gile, 23AZ, Sussex-17.802; 5. James Webster, 5AZ, Webster-18.123; 6. Bryan Ledbetter Jr., 7OH, Ledbetter-18.187; 7. Lonnie Oliver, 11, Oliver-18.449; 8. Mike Waddle, 25w, Waddle-19.104.


 

FOURTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jacob Denney, 87, CBI/Spire-16.520; 2. Ryan Bernal, 6c, Calderwood-16.667; 3. Briggs Danner, 6, Calderwood-16.707; 4. R.J. Johnson, 33p, Petty-16.888; 5. Ricky Lewis, 007, Siddle-16.954; 6. Chaz Baca, 57, Stone-17.504; 7. Dan Klinder, 30K, Klinder-18.857; 8. Elijah Loper, 43x, Loper-19.095.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. J.J. Yeley (3), 2. Ricky Thornton Jr (4), 3. Grant Schaadt (1), 4. Dayton Shelton (2), 5. Austin Cato (7), 6. Daylin Perreira (5), 7. Austin Ervine (6), 8. Brent Yarnal (8), 9. Racin Silva (9). NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 2. Gavin Miller (4), 3. David Gasper (1), 4. Bruce St. James (5), 5. Koen Crawford (7), 6. Joshua Shipley (6), 7. Jordan Stetson (8), 8. Rickey Kinney Jr. (9). NT


 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Elijah Gile (4), 2. Jake Helsel (3), 3. A.J. Hernandez (2), 4. Mickey Gile (1), 5. Lonnie Oliver (7), 6. Bryan Ledbetter Jr. (6), 7. James Webster (5), 8. Mike Waddle (8). NT


 

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (4), 2. R.J. Johnson (1), 3. Ryan Bernal (3), 4. Ricky Lewis (5), 5. Briggs Danner (2), 6. Chaz Baca (6), 7. Elijah Loper (8), 8. Dan Klinder (7). NT


 

SEMI: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chaz Baca (4), 2. Daylin Perreira (1), 3. Joshua Shipley (2), 4. Bryan Ledbetter Jr. (3), 5. Austin Ervine (5), 6. Brent Yarnal (9), 7. Jordan Stetson (6), 8. Racin Silva (13), 9. Mike Waddle (11), 10. Rickey Kinney Jr. (10), 11. Elijah Loper (8), 12. Dan Klinder (12). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (5), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 3. R.J. Johnson (8), 4. Ricky Thornton Jr. (6), 5. Ryan Bernal (12), 6. Ricky Lewis (16), 7. J.J. Yeley (2), 8. Briggs Danner (20), 9. Chaz Baca (21), 10. David Gasper (10), 11. Gavin Miller (3), 12. Dayton Shelton (13), 13. Grant Schaadt (9), 14. A.J. Hernandez (11), 15. Bruce St. James (14), 16. Jake Helsel (7), 17. Daylin Perreira (22), 18. Joshua Shipley (23), 19. Austin Cato (17), 20. Koen Crawford (18), 21. Bryan Ledbetter Jr. (24), 22. Lonnie Oliver (19), 23. Mickey Gile (15), 24. Elijah Gile (4). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Kevin Thomas Jr., Laps 18-25 Jacob Denney.


 

**Jake Helsel flipped on lap 25 of the feature.


 

NEXT USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACES: October 23-24, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 59th Western World Championships

 

BOMB CITY BEATDOWN! MILLER MASTERS AMARILLo  FOR FIRST USAC SPRINT CAR WIN

Rich Forman

Amarillo, Texas (October 17, 2026)………At the beginning of the year, Gavin Miller may not have expected a win to arrive so quickly in his USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car career, by his own personal accord.


 

That said, as the year wore on and Miller got more seat time, all the signs were as clear as neon yellow that the Allentown, Pennsylvania native was at the forefront of the list of potential first-time series winners during the 2026 season.


 

During Saturday night’s Bomb City 40 at Amarillo, Texas’ Route 66 Motor Speedway, Miller left no doubt on his way to his first career USAC National Sprint Car feature victory by leading all 40 laps and trouncing the field to the tune of a 6.953 second advantage at the checkered flag.


 

And it really wasn’t even that close.


 

In just his 15th career series start, the 19-year-old sprint car newcomer cashed in to earn a $10,000 payday aboard his Team AZ-Curb-Agajanian Racing/Curb Records – Kodiak Products – OakCraft/DRC/1-Way Chevy.


 

Throughout those 15 starts, Miller has accrued an average finish of 7.3 with no finish worse than 12th and has been one of the most consistent drivers in the series, albeit on a limited basis. In fact, his points per race average ranks fifth in the series this year. Mightily impressive for a sprint car “beginner.”


 

“I did not,” Miller replied when asked if he expected a victory to arrive this early in his USAC National Sprint Car career. “Going into this year, I didn't really have anything lined up sprint car wise. We’ve been super close a couple of times, and it's because of the guys on this team. I'm just grateful that they took a chance on me. I'm just so thankful to be in this position. I feel like I'm about to be in tears here.”


 

The closest of Miller’s calls came during July’s USAC Indiana Sprint Week round at Bloomington Speedway where he was leading until the final lap when he ran out of fuel. Miller also finished third during Indiana Sprint Week at Kokomo Speedway and led 15 laps of a Kokomo Sprint Car Smackdown prelim.


 

To many observers, Miller was earmarked as one of the potential new first-time USAC National Sprint Car winners to possibly emerge this season, and to successfully follow up on his success in the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget realm (5 career wins).


 

Saturday’s event marked USAC’s second ever visit to the 3/8-mile dirt oval in the Texas panhandle. For Miller, it was the very first time he had ever laid eyes on the place, and he even had a scenic view from the front row to start things off.


 

Just moments after the green flag dropped for the 40-lap feature, trouble ensued. A tangle between Justin Grant (11th) and Hayden Reinbold (12th) sent Grant spinning to a stop and half the field scrambling to avoid contact. Two others were caught up in the incident, including first-time USAC starter Caden McCreary (17th) and Cooper Sullivan (19th) who both stopped. Reinbold continued on without stopping, and all others were able to restart at the tail.


 

From the word “go,” Miller was in total control after beating outside front row starter Cale Coons to the stripe by a half car length to lead lap one. By lap 10, Miller was already gliding his way through traffic with a 2.6 second lead.


 

By the time Sullivan (18th) crawled to a stop in turn two on lap 14, Miller’s lead was already 3.5 seconds. Forced to reset with a bunched up field behind him, it didn’t take long for Miller to reestablish his interval, and then some, until Kale Drake (15th) slowed to a halt on the back straightaway just in front of Miller on the 23rd lap. Drake was making his season debut with the series for the newly-formed RMS Racing sprint car team.


 

To that point, Miller’s lead was a hefty 3.9 seconds. But once more, following the ensuing lap 24 restart, Miller was gone again with a car that was lights out from start to finish.


 

“The setup was on kill,” Miller praised. “I feel like the car was a little snug to begin with, but once the track went away, it went to our advantage there.”


 

Down the stretch, all Miller had to contend with was a few bits of traffic as his lead ballooned to nearly half a lap. Despite this, it was nearly all thrown out the door with just four laps remaining.


 

“I biked up off two, and then going into three and four, I hopped the cushion,” Miller explained. “I was a little nervous because I didn't know really who was around me at that point. Luckily, I had a big enough gap to where I could rebound and kind of collect my marbles there.”


 

After Miller gathered up his No. 21AZ, he avoided contact with the wall, stood on the throttle, and carried on by actually extending his lead to nearly seven seconds by race’s end. Miller took the checkered flag by becoming the third first-time winner of the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season, joining Trey Osborne and Cale Coons.


 

Coons finished second to Miller while Grant made a valiant comeback to slot into third place. Defending Amarillo USAC winner Jake Swanson took fourth while Mitchel Moles rounded out the top-five.


 

By leading all 40 laps, Miller also collected the K & N Filters Clean Air Award.


 

Remember Justin Grant’s aforementioned first lap incident? After a tumultuous start to the race, Grant restarted 18th on the grid, before gaining 15 spots to finish an impressive third. Officially, he advanced 11th to third from his original starting spot, and his +8 was still enough to add a whopping $2,000 extra to his pockets as the High Plains Thunder Bonus recipient. Grant also picked up an extra $150 as the Rod End Supply Hard Charger.


 

Kevin Thomas Jr. was the first car in line for LearnLab Qualifying and turned out to be the fastest of them all with a top lap of 14.030 seconds. The run was the 51st fast time of his USAC National Sprint Car career, which ranks as the fifth most all-time. It was also his fourth quick time of the series season.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 17, 2026 – Route 66 Motor Speedway – Amarillo, Texas – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – Bomb City 40


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-14.030; 2. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.041; 3. Stevie Sussex, 3R, Rock Steady-14.090; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.114; 5. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.155; 6. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.162; 7. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.185; 8. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.199; 9. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.225; 10. Kale Drake, 4K, RMS-14.396; 11. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.447; 12. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-14.454; 13. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.457; 14. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.462; 15. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.470; 16. R.J. Miller, 34, Miller-14.509; 17. Caden McCreary, 48, Moore-15.000; 18. Colt Treharn, 48T, Seals-15.040; 19. Cooper Sullivan, 79F, Fry-15.237; 20. Jacob Ewing, 48x, Moore-16.466.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (2), 2. R.J. Miller (1), 3. Logan Seavey (4), 4. Kale Drake (3), 5. Kyle Cummins (5), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 7. Cooper Sullivan (7). 1:59.075


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (2), 2. Justin Grant (4), 3. Mitchel Moles (6), 4. Cale Coons (5), 5. C.J. Leary (3), 6. Caden McCreary (1), 7. Jacob Ewing (7). 1:56.646


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chase Stockon (2), 2. Gavin Miller (5), 3. Colt Treharn (1), 4. Stevie Sussex (6), 5. Hayden Reinbold (4), 6. Kobe Simpson (3). NT


 

FEATURE: (40 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gavin Miller (1), 2. Cale Coons (2), 3. Justin Grant (11), 4. Jake Swanson (8), 5. Mitchel Moles (5), 6. Kyle Cummins (3), 7. Stevie Sussex (4), 8. Briggs Danner (7), 9. Logan Seavey (10), 10. Chase Stockon (9), 11. C.J. Leary (14), 12. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 13. Kale Drake (13), 14. Hayden Reinbold (12), 15. R.J. Miller (16), 16. Kobe Simpson (15), 17. Caden McCreary (17), 18. Colt Treharn (18), 19. Cooper Sullivan (19), 20. Jacob Ewing (20). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Gavin Miller.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3181, 2-Justin Grant-2982, 3-Mitchel Moles-2915, 4-Jake Swanson-2661, 5-Briggs Danner-2557, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2477, 7-C.J. Leary-2374, 8-Chase Stockon-2368, 9-Logan Seavey-2311, 10-Robert Ballou-2291.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-139, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 3-Hayden Reinbold-142, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Briggs Danner-113, 6-Chase Stockon-112, 7-Cale Coons-109, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-98, 10-Mitchel Moles-93.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: October 22-23-24, 2026 – Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, Arizona – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 59th Western World Championships


 

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Cale Coons (14.152)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Kevin Thomas Jr. (14.030)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Briggs Danner


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Chase Stockon


 

Rod End Supply / High Plains Thunder Bonus Hard Charger: Justin Grant (11th to 3rd)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Gavin Miller

 

 

 

MOTHER NATURE TAKES FALL NATIONALS AT LAWRENCEBURG

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 10, 2026)………Mother Nature spoiled Saturday night’s 19th running of the Fall Nationals at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.


 

Rain fell after qualifying, heat races, and the semi-feature event were completed. Following a three-hour rain delay and tireless work by the track crew to get the 3/8-mile dirt oval back into racing shape, cars returned to the track for hot laps around 10pm. Halfway through that hot lap session, rain began to fall once more.


 

After precipitation came and went for another hour, the event was canceled at 11pm Eastern.


 

With all preliminary events having been completed, the program is considered official. No rain checks will be issued. The event will not be rescheduled.


 

Prior to the rain, Kyle Cummins earned his eighth LearnLab fast qualifying time of the season and the 27th of his career, which tied Dave Steele for 17th place on the all-time list.


 

Heat races presented by K1 RaceGear, TJ Forged, and K & N Filters were won by Jake Swanson, Robert Ballou, and Cale Coons. The Five Star Bodies Semi-Feature event was won by Caleb Shietze.


 

Chad Wilson was the only driver to get upside down during the program, biking and flipping his car in turn two during the second heat race. He bounced back to finish fourth in the semi-feature and transfer his way into the feature.


 

Since the feature lineup had been posted, all USAC licensed drivers and entrants who qualified for the feature received 23 points, plus all points earned in qualifying, heat races and/or the semi-feature. All others who didn’t qualify for the feature received 10 points, plus all points earned in qualifying, heat races and/or the semi-feature.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2026 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 19th Fall Nationals


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.834; 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.855; 3. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.902; 4. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-13.990; 5. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.033; 6. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.064; 7. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.074; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-14.228; 9. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.256; 10. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-14.315; 11. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-14.322; 12. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.417; 13. Shawn Westerfeld, 4J, Fischesser/Owen-14.422; 14. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.440; 15. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.461; 16. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-14.499; 17. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.510; 18. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-14.553; 19. Mario Clouser, 3R, Rock Steady-14.602; 20. Chad Wilson, 6w, Wityk-14.760; 21. Austin Nigh, 97, Ninety Seven-14.785; 22. Caleb Shietze, 2B, 2B Racing-14.867; 23. Dustin Webber, 9, Webber-14.972; 24. Brian Heitkamp, 22, Heitkamp-15.115; 25. Owen Barr, 43, Wolf-15.417; 26. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.626; 27. Jake Beck, 92x, Beck-15.753.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (4), 2. Jadon Rogers (5), 3. Kyle Cummins (6), 4. Saban Bibent (1), 5. Mario Clouser (7), 6. Ricky Lewis (3), 7. Caleb Shietze (8), 8. Owen Barr (9), 9. Shawn Westerfeld (2). 1:59.746


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Robert Ballou (1), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 3. Briggs Danner (6), 4. Mitchel Moles (5), 5. Logan Seavey (2), 6. Dustin Webber (8), 7. Chad Wilson (7), 8. Todd Hobson (3). 2:01.534


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (2), 2. Chase Stockon (3), 3. C.J. Leary (5), 4. Justin Grant (6), 5. Ryan Barr (1), 6. Hayden Reinbold (4), 7. Austin Nigh (7), 8. Brian Heitkamp (8), 9. Jake Beck (9). 2:00.905


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Caleb Shietze (4), 2. Austin Nigh (3), 3. Shawn Westerfeld (1), 4. Chad Wilson (2), 5. Owen Barr (6), 6. Troy Carey (8), 7. Brian Heitkamp (5), 8. Jake Beck (7). 2:31.977


 

REMAINDER OF PROGRAM RAINED OUT


 

**Chad Wilson flipped during the second heat.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3119, 2-Justin Grant-2911, 3-Mitchel Moles-2846, 4-Jake Swanson-2592, 5-Briggs Danner-2500, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2429, 7-C.J. Leary-2329, 8-Chase Stockon-2317, 9-Robert Ballou-2291, 10-Logan Seavey-2259.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 2-Hayden Reinbold-142, 3-Justin Grant-139, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Briggs Danner-113, 6-Chase Stockon-112, 7-Cale Coons-109, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-98, 10-Mitchel Moles-93.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 16, 2026 – Dodge City Raceway Park – Dodge City, Kansas – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (13.916)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Kyle Cummins (13.834)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Jake Swanson


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Robert Ballou


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Cale Coons


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Caleb Shietze

 

 

DOG FIGHT! SWANSON COLLARS SPECTACULAR STAAB MEMORIAL AT THE BURG

 

Ryan Seller

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 9, 2026)………Jake Swanson had been yearning for his first career Lawrenceburg Speedway USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory ever since he first stepped foot at the southeastern Indiana 3/8-mile dirt oval.


 

He just needed the perfect moment to come together at exactly the right place at exactly the right time.


 

With four laps remaining during Friday night’s 3rd Annual Greg Staab Memorial, Swanson used his expert timing to pick off Kyle Cummins in lapped traffic for the lead, then successfully fended off all-out blitz from Briggs Danner on the final lap to capture his third triumph of the USAC season.


 

“We’ve got some really good competition, really stout guys, big teams, big money, and it feels really good for my little race team to be keeping up with them and beating them from time-to-time,” Swanson beamed. “It’s definitely something that I’m proud of, and I’m thankful for all the people that who’ve helped me do it.”


 

Swanson’s win was the 10th of his career in USAC National Sprint Car competition, tying him with Thomas Meseraull, Eddie Sachs, Tony Stewart, and Johnny Thomson for 56th place on the all-time list.


 

But none of those 10 had ever occurred at Lawrenceburg, where he had posted five USAC podium finishes dating back to 2021, including a pair of runner-up results and three thirds. He also possessed three other top-five USAC finishes in that span, but nary a win. Until this one.


 

“Oh, man! I’ve wanted to win here for a long time but I’ve just always ran second here. Like a lot of seconds here,” Swanson recounted. “I’m so stoked to finally get one here.”


 

Starting fourth in the 24-car field for the $6,544-to-win 30-lap feature in his Daming Swanson Motorsports/Inland Rigging – Snake Enterprises/DRC/1-Way Chevy, Swanson watched as fellow second row starter Cummins made mincemeat of the front row on the opening lap as Cummins charged past C.J. Leary and Chase Stockon to take an immediate front row seat and promptly took off from the rest of the pack.


 

For a while, it seemed like Cummins was saying ‘sayonara’ to the field, just as he had done 11 previous times with the series this year, and just as he had done one year ago during this very same event. But Swanson steadily and surely moved to the forefront to third by Leary on lap two and to second past Stockon on lap four.


 

Although, by then, Cummins’ lead was already more than two seconds. But Swanson didn’t fret. He was going to take what the track was giving him, all the while running all-out. After all, it’s Lawrenceburg, and any and all slouchers will immediately become exposed.


 

“This place is not one you just go out there and kind of run around,” Swanson explained. “You have to be on the edge the whole time. The cushion might not even look that big on camera on Flo, but it’s sketchy and you’ve got to run right on it and perfect for 30 laps. If you go past it once, you’re going to crash, especially when it gets close to the wall. But the curb was big tonight. You’ve definitely just got to race the racetrack.”


 

On the sixth lap, it was the low line that got sketchy for 12th running Hayden Reinbold as he clipped an infield tire marker with his own left front tire entering turn one and went as far over as a sprint car possibly can without flipping over. However, as he shot up the banking and landed his car on all fours, he entered right into the path of Mario Clouser (13th) who tagged Reinbold, then smashed nose first against the outside wall. Further back, Ryan Barr (16th) checked up to avoid the accident, and Saban Bibent (17th) plowed into the back of Barr, sending Bibent spinning into the outside wall. All drivers were okay, and only Clouser did not return to the race.


 

For the next 20-plus laps, Swanson was the dog chasing the mechanical rabbit that was Cummins. Just before midway, it was all about traffic as Cummins worked the high side around the back half of the field. Yet, lap after lap, the gap back to Swanson visually got incrementally smaller and smaller.


 

With seven laps to go, things got real as Cummins briefly switched to the bottom to work by 13th running Max Adams off turn four but couldn’t clear him. Riding the high line, Swanson quickly ate up the interval and found himself right on the rear bumper of Cummins for the race lead.


 

But there’s a science to executing a perfect pass. That involves not showing your hand too early while trying to give as little indication as possible prior to even thinking about setting up and completing the pass. All that while running 100+ miles per hour, mind you. But patience remains key regardless.


 

“It was pretty difficult to have that much patience,” Swanson admitted. “Well, it was and it wasn’t. I felt like if I showed him and we got to racing, I didn’t know if he was kind of in reserve because I was legged. I was trying really hard to get to him, but I didn’t want to show him. When I did it, I wanted to make sure we did it. It was perfect timing. The lapped cars were doing what I needed them to do, but not what he needed. They’re all racing for position too. You’ve got to be able to work through the middle and go where they’re not. I was just able to capitalize there in traffic.”


 

On lap 27, Swanson was Johnny-on-the-spot. Entering turn one, the 14th place car of Ryan Barr biked on the cushion in between turns one and two. Cummins, who was directly behind Barr, had to bind it up, which knocked him out of his rhythm and sent him into the blues.


 

As Swanson pulled to the inside of Cummins for the lead down the back straightaway, Adams and Barr were, likewise, side-by-side in a battle for 13th place directly in front of them. As those four were in Thunderbirds formation through turns three and four, Cummins fell out of tune and skipped over the turn four cushion. Swanson struck the right chord and found himself in the lead with four laps remaining while Briggs Danner capitalized his way into second by surpassing Cummins at the same time.


 

Now it was Swanson v. Danner. Entering turn one for the final time, Danner made his move as he pulled ahead by a car length and slid up the turn two banking toward Swanson. However, Swanson never batted an eye, kept his foot on the throttle, and gunned his way back into the lead down the back straightaway. Through turns three and four, Danner got twisted up on the cushion and Swanson was able to break away just enough to cross the line a mere 0.257 of a second ahead of Danner in one of the closest finishes of the USAC season.


 

Cummins finished a distant third while C.J. Leary grabbed fourth and Mitchel Moles rounded out the top five.


 

“Doug Doherty, I can’t thank him enough,” Swanson said. “We wouldn’t be on the tour without him and his engines and I just have fun racing with him. My wife, she works so hard for us to keep us going because I don’t do much around the house. I haven’t weeded or done anything as far as yard work goes. My neighbor does all that. I just focus on this racecar.”


 

Swanson and crewman Caleb Stelzig have been busy on another project that has occupied their time of late as they’ve been putting together a new trailer over the past couple of weeks while Swanson also learns how to drive a big rig. Swanson’s No. 5T didn’t even have an engine in it 24 hours before showtime, but it got turned around and was just what he needed to get the job done.


 

“I really wanted to run this engine tonight,” Swanson acknowledged. “I knew we’d have a good shot to win. I’m just really, really pumped. I’m really, really happy.”


 

Cummins was four laps away from repeating his Greg Staab Memorial victory. Up to that point, he'd led each and every one of the 26 circuits. As the leader of the most laps, he was the recipient of the K & N Filters Clean Air Award.


 

Robert Ballou picked up nine positions on his run from 19th to 10th in the feature to pick up Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors for the fifth time this season.


 

Dustin Webber missed the final transfer spot by one solitary position in the Five Star Bodies Semi-Feature after starting at the tail. For that, the Goshen, Ohio racer collected $444. All other non-transfers tonight pocketed $300. Each heat race winner received an extra $144.


 

Justin Grant was the LearnLab Fast Qualifier with a quick lap of 13.626 seconds to record his series-leading ninth fast time of the 2026 USAC National Sprint Car season. It was also the 49th of his career with the series, five behind Brady Bacon for fifth place all-time.

 


 

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


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.626; 2. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.691; 3. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-13.725; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.866; 5. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-13.916; 6. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.012; 7. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.101; 8. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-14.121; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-14.145; 10. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-14.164; 11. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.190; 12. Mario Clouser, 3R, Rock Steady-14.208; 13. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.249; 14. Shawn Westerfeld, 4J, Fischesser/Owen-14.260; 15. Austin Nigh, 97, Ninety Seven-14.264; 16. Max Adams, 40, Hery-14.293; 17. Dustin Webber, 9, Webber-14.445; 18. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-14.447; 19. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-14.456; 20. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.615; 21. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-14.634; 22. Brian Heitkamp, 22, Heitkamp-14.844; 23. Zach Lamb, 9x, Webber-14.891; 24. Elijah Knoke, 77K, Knoke-14.964; 25. Jake Beck, 92x, Beck-15.265; 26. Kyle Willis, 3JR, Willis/Rock Steady-15.428; 27. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-15.525; 28. Owen Barr, 43, Wolf-15.584; 29. Nate Carle, 14c, Carle-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (3), 2. C.J. Leary (5), 3. Justin Grant (6), 4. Saban Bibent (1), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 6. Jake Beck (7), 7. Dustin Webber (2), 8. Nate Carle (8). NT


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (6), 2. Chase Stockon (5), 3. Ryan Barr (2), 4. Shawn Westerfeld (3), 5. Kyle Willis (7), 6. Brian Heitkamp (1), 7. Hunter Maddox (4). 1:57.883


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Todd Hobson (2), 2. Hayden Reinbold (4), 3. Mitchel Moles (5), 4. Jake Swanson (6), 5. Austin Nigh (3), 6. Troy Carey (7), 7. Zach Lamb (1). 1:58.349


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (06), 2. Robert Ballou (2), 3. Mario Clouser (4), 4. Max Adams (3), 5. Cale Coons (5), 6. Elijah Knoke (1), 7. Owen Barr (7). 1:57.916


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Hunter Maddox (1), 2. Elijah Knoke (3), 3. Brian Heitkamp (2), 4. Troy Carey (5), 5. Dustin Webber (8), 6. Jake Beck (4), 7. Owen Barr (6), 8. Nate Carle (7). 2:38.039


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jake Swanson (4), 2. Briggs Danner (5), 3. Kyle Cummins (3), 4. C.J. Leary (2), 5. Mitchel Moles (9), 6. Justin Grant (6), 7. Chase Stockon (1), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (11), 9. Cale Coons (10), 10. Robert Ballou (19), 11. Todd Hobson (8), 12. Logan Seavey (7), 13. Max Adams (17), 14. Ryan Barr (18), 15. Shawn Westerfeld (15), 16. Hayden Reinbold (13), 17. Saban Bibent (20), 18. Austin Nigh (16), 19. Troy Carey (24), 20. Hunter Maddox (12), 21. Brian Heitkamp (21), 22. Kyle Willis (23), 23. Elijah Knoke (22), 24. Mario Clouser (14). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Kyle Cummins, Laps 27-30 Jake Swanson.


 

**Nate Carle flipped during qualifying.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3084, 2-Justin Grant-2879, 3-Mitchel Moles-2816, 4-Jake Swanson-2561, 5-Briggs Danner-2466, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2399, 7-C.J. Leary-2299, 8-Chase Stockon-2287, 9-Robert Ballou-2260, 10-Logan Seavey-2232.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 2-Hayden Reinbold-142, 3-Justin Grant-139, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Briggs Danner-113, 6-Chase Stockon-112, 7-Cale Coons-109, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-98, 10-Mitchel Moles-93.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 10, 2026 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Track – 19th Fall Nationals

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (13.793)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (13.626)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Logan Seavey


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Briggs Danner


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Todd Hobson


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Hunter Maddox


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Robert Ballou (19th to 10th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kyle Cummins (26 laps led)


 

First Non-Transfer: Dustin Webber

 

MASSINGILL WINS MONTPELIER FINALE,

NELSON REPEATS AS USAC MW THUNDER CHAMPBy: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 Zach Hensle

Montpelier, Indiana (October 3, 2026)………Bryce Massingill spent the early part of Saturday on the bowling lane. By Saturday night, he was back in victory lane at Indiana’s Montpelier Speedway.


 

The Troy, Ohio racer took over the lead from Buddy Hollmeyer with four laps remaining to score the win in the USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget season finale at the 1/4-mile dirt oval.


 

Massingill, who is a member of the University of Northwestern Ohio bowling team, finished his racing season with a flourish, winning five of the final eight feature events to extend his series record to 23 career victories.


 

Meanwhile, with his fifth place finish, Tyler Nelson captured his second consecutive USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget championship by a 40-point margin over Massingill.


 

In a 25-lap feature that consisted of six lead changes among three different drivers, it was Massingill who surged up through the pack from his ninth starting position to get the job done.


 

The first 21 circuits involved a see-saw battle for the lead between Jakeb Boxell and Buddy Hollmeyer. Boxell led laps one through three before Hollmeyer got by him on lap four to lead the first four laps of his career with the series. Boxell emerged at the front once more on lap eight, then Hollmeyer raced back by to lead nine and 10. Boxell briefly led again on lap 11, then once Hollmeyer got past on the 12th lap, he was able to keep Boxell at bay for the next 10 laps.


 

Massingill slotted into second on lap 18, then tracked down Hollmeyer on the 22nd go around. Leading the final four laps, Massingill edged away to grab a 0.473 second margin of victory over Boxell. Luke Hall took third with Hollmeyer fourth and Tyler Nelson fifth.


 

Hollmeyer received the Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race following his best career feature finish with the series. Starting fourth, Hollmeyer raced into the lead on lap four, starting a heated battle with early leader Boxell along with Hall. With Hollmeyer on the bottom line and Boxell up top, Hollmeyer held a narrow advantage, with the exception of laps eight and 11 when Boxell was able to beat him back to the stripe. Massingill turned the race into a four-way battle following Hollmeyer on the low line and was able to squeeze inside for the lead and the eventual win on lap 22.


 

Matt Lux received the Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger award, landing a sixth place result after starting 22nd and finishing sixth (+16) following a fifth to second performance in the semi-feature. Lux and crew made a valiant comeback after making extensive repairs following contact with the turn four wall in his heat race.


 

Ashley Schloss received the LynK Chassis bonus as the first non-transfer in the semi-feature, an event which was won by Dylan Trost. Jon Watson was the recipient of the Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake award after pulling the number 10 pill in the feature redraw.


 

Gunnar Lucius was the Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier with a top lap of 15.608 seconds.


 

Heat races presented by Jeff Hill Trailer Sales, Stiefel’s Home & Auto, Hoosier Auto Racing Fans, and Performance Electronics were won by Michael Magic, Tyler Nelson, Jonathan Decker, Luke Hall, and Stratton Briggs.

 


 

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 3, 2026 – Montpelier Speedway – Montpelier, Indiana


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-15.696; 2. Landen Francis, 85L, Francis-15.996; 3. Ashley Schloss, 11s, Schloss-16.073; 4. Jon Watson, 2w, Watson-16.582; 5. Michael Magic, 36N, Cozzolino-16.881; 6. Ayden Perkins, 48, Perkins-17.296; 7. Parker Perry, 27G, Gresham-NT.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 91N, Nelson-15.631; 2. Cody Beard, 7, Beard-16.031; 3. Seth Crandall, 91, Crandall-16.524; 4. Taylor Nibert, 11N, Nibert-16.534; 5. Troy Borsos, 21T, Borsos-16.733; 6. Jason Bennett, 29, Bennett-16.791; 7. Tommy Bigelow, 2B, Bigelow-16.897.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jalen Cox, 11x, Cox-15.966; 2. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-16.182; 3. Jonathon Decker, 5D, Decker-16.453; 4. Jason Shaffer, 40J, Shaffer-17.021; 5. Jeff Hoying, 0H, Sniper-17.047; 6. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-17.278; 7. Tyler Watkins, 7w, Watkins-17.508.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS FOURTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-15.703; 2. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-15.835; 3. Parker Leek, 7x, Leek-15.987; 4. Chett Gehrke, 21G, Fedorczyk-16.432; 5. Alex Watson, 3w, Watson-16.432]; 6. Derrick Noffsinger, 18N, Noffsinger-16.800; 7. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-NT.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS FIFTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-15.608; 2. Jakeb Boxell, 54, Westfall-15.718[5]; 3. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-15.727; 4. Kole Kirkman, 10K, Kirkman-15.830[3]; 5. Dylan Trost, 21, Trost-16.226; 6. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-16.934.


 

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Michael Magic[5]; 2. Jon Watson[1]; 3. Parker Perry[7]; 4. Landen Francis[3]; 5. Ayden Perkins[6]; 6. Ashley Schloss[2]; 7. Matt Lux[4]. NT


 

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Nelson[4]; 2. Cody Beard[3]; 3. Seth Crandall[2]; 4. Jason Bennett[6]; 5. Troy Borsos[5]; 6. Taylor Nibert[1]; 7. Tommy Bigelow[7]. NT


 

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jonathon Decker[2]; 2. Buddy Hollmeyer[3]; 3. Jalen Cox[4]; 4. Jim Jones[6]; 5. Jason Shaffer[1]; 6. Jeff Hoying[5]; 7. Tyler Watkins[7]. NT


 

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Luke Hall (4), 2. Bryce Massingill (3), 3. Chett Gehrke (3), 4. Parker Leek (4), 5. Brayden Schwartz (7), 6. Alex Watson (5), 7. Derrick Noffsinger (6). NT


 

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stratton Briggs (2), 2. Jakeb Boxell (2), 3. Gunnar Lucius (3), 4. Kole Kirkman (4), 5. Dylan Trost (5), 6. Ian Creager (6). NT


 

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dylan Trost (5), 2. Matt Lux (10), 3. Brayden Schwartz (4), 4. Alex Watson (9), 5. Ashley Schloss (6), 6. Jason Shaffer (3), 7. Jeff Hoying (8), 8. Derrick Noffsinger (12), 9. Tyler Watkins (11), 10. Troy Borsos (2), 11. Taylor Nibert (7). NT


 

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (9), 2. Jakeb Boxell (2), 3. Luke Hall (3), 4. Buddy Hollmeyer (4), 5. Tyler Nelson (7), 6. Matt Lux (22), 7. Stratton Briggs (1), 8. Chett Gehrke (14), 9. Cody Beard (8), 10. Kole Kirkman (20), 11. Parker Perry (11), 12. Michael Magic (5), 13. Landen Francis (16), 14. Jalen Cox (13), 15. Parker Leek (19), 16. Dylan Trost (21), 17. Alex Watson (24), 18. Brayden Schwartz (23), 19. Seth Crandall (12), 20. Gunnar Lucius (15), 21. Jason Bennett (17), 22. Jim Jones (18), 23. Jon Watson (10), 24. Jonathon Decker (6). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 4-7 Buddy Hollmeyer, Lap 8 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 9-10 Buddy Hollmeyer, Lap 11 Jakeb Boxell, Laps 12-21 Buddy Hollmeyer, Laps 22-25 Bryce Massingill.

 


 

‍CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier: Gunnar Lucius (15.608)


 

Jeff Hill Trailer Sales First Heat Winner: Michael Magic


 

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


 

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Jonathon Decker


 

Performance Electronics Fourth Heat Winner: Luke Hall


 

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Fifth Heat Winner: Stratton Briggs


 

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Matt Lux (22nd to 6th)


 

Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race: Buddy Hollmeyer


 

LynK Chassis First Non-Transfer: Ashley Schloss


 

Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake Award: Jon Watson

 

 

HELM MEMORIAL GOES TO JACK

IN WAGNER BROTHER BATTLE AT VALLEY

 

John Lee

By: Ray Cunningham


 

Grain Valley, Missouri (October 3, 2026)………In what turned into a battle of brothers, Jack Wagner got the upper hand on Samuel Wagner during Saturday night’s 9th annual John Helm Memorial USAC Wholesale Batteries MRA Sprint Car season finale at Grain Valley, Missouri’s Valley Speedway.


 

The Lone Jack, Missouri racer, driving the Jesse Hockett-Wagner Boys Racing No. 77, capped off a championship season in which he won the first ever MRA championship, while taking seven victories in 12 starts as well as 11 podium finishes in 12 feature starts.


 

Jack’s younger brother, Samuel, also of Lone Jack, Missouri, aboard the Jesse Hockett-Wagner Boys Racing No. 73, did not make it easy on his older sibling. Samuel led the first 14 laps of the 25-lap feature before finally relinquishing the point to Jack, who led the remaining 11 laps en route to victory.


 

The Valley Speedway surface was fast and rough for what became a “Cowboy Up” finale following two-straight days of rain earlier in the week at Dennis Shrout’s speed plant. Several times, cars biked up or raised the front end, dragster style, in the feature, including the front runners which led to many jaw dropping moments.


 

Other drivers who excelled in the feature included Nesbit, Mississippi’s Chase Howard, who finished third following the Wagners’ after advancing from 10th to third. Howard was one of four drivers to advance seven positions in the feature and took home the Hard Charger award as well.


 

Lone Jack, Missouri’s Braydon Cromwell had a very eventful night at the race track. Cromwell was the high point earner after qualifying and his heat race. But following the redraw, he had to start sixth. Braydon then fought a throttle issue throughout the feature before coming home fourth. Luke Howard of Overland Park, Kansas advanced seven positions in the feature at the wheel of the Brent Lewis-owned machine to finish fifth after starting 12th.


 

The second half of the top 10 in the feature consisted of Wyatt Burks who took his brand new Maxim chassis from 13th to sixth. Dakota Earls finished seventh with Bryson Smith eighth, and Chris Parkinson ninth after becoming the fourth driver to advance seven positions in the feature along with Chase Howard, Luke Howard, and Wyatt Burks. Justin Johnson rounded out the top 10.


 

Unfortunately, good early performances by Chad Goff, Jake Kouba, Taylor Walton, and Wesley Smith were not rewarded with good finishes in the feature.


 

Goff and Kouba both ran inside the top four before colliding on lap eight of the feature. This occurred after Goff suffered rear end damage following contact with the turn two wall, causing his car to dig into the track in turn three. That was followed by him spinning in front of the field where he was clipped by Kouba. Both drivers were okay. Their cars, however, were not.


 

Shortly after, Taylor Walton, also running inside the top five, pulled into the pits with mechanical issues, later followed by fast qualifier Wesley Smith, driving with the number 12 on his tail tank on this night instead of the usual 44 to honor “The Colonel,” John E. Helm.


 

Before the feature, three competitive and exciting heat races were run with Samuel Wagner, Taylor Walton, and Chad Goff, taking wins.

 


 

USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2026 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri – 9th Annual John Helm Memorial


 

FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Wesley Smith, 12, Helm-13.316; 2. Jack Wagner, 77, Hockett/Wagner-13.541; 3. Samuel Wagner, 73, Hockett/Wagner-13.722; 4. Luke Howard, 2, Lewis-14.660; 5. Justin Johnson, 27, Johnson-14.839; 6. Ronny Howard, 44H, Howard-15.334; 7. Mark Lane, 33L, Lane-16.760.


 

SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tom Curran, 11x, Curran-13.583; 2. Jake Kouba, 6, Kouba-13.935; 3. Taylor Walton, 93, Walton-14.198; 4. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-14.314; 5. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-14.384; 6. Chris Parkinson, 65, Parkins-14.461; 7. Charlie Burton, 91, Burton-15.723.


 

THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Braydon Cromwell, 4, Cromwell-13.755; 2. Chad Goff, 9, Goff-13.805; 3. Bryson Smith, 33, Smith-14.049; 4. Chase Howard, 13, Howard-14.136; 5. Jared McCarty, 44m, McCarty-15.289; 6. Kyle Gorham, 18K, Gorham-16.729; 7. Tyler Burton, 03, Burton-NT.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Samuel Wagner (2), 2. Jack Wagner (3), 3. Luke Howard (1), 4. Wesley Smith (4), 5. Justin Johnson (5), 6. Ronny Howard (6), 7. Mark Lane (7). NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Taylor Walton (2), 2. Jake Kouba (3), 3. Dakota Earls (1), 4. Wyatt Burks (5), 5. Chris Parkinson (6), 6. Tom Curran (4), 7. Charlie Burton (7). NT


 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Chad Goff (3), 2. Braydon Cromwell (4), 3. Chase Howard (1), 4. Bryson Smith (2), 5. Jared McCarty (5), 6. Kyle Gorham (6), 7. Tyler Burton (7). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jack Wagner (6), 2. Samuel Wagner (2), 3. Chase Howard (10), 4. Braydon Cromwell (5), 5. Luke Howard (12), 6. Wyatt Burks (13), 7. Dakota Earls (11), 8. Bryson Smith (9), 9. Chris Parkinson (16), 10. Justin Johnson (14), 11. Ronny Howard (17), 12. Jared McCarty (15), 13. Charlie Burton (19), 14. Mark Lane (20), 15. Kyle Gorham (18), 16. Wesley Smith (7), 17. Chad Goff (4), 18. Jake Kouba (3), 19. Taylor Walton (1), 20. Tom Curran (8). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Samuel Wagner, Laps 15-25 Jack Wagner.

 

WILLIAMS BREAKS THROUGH AT PERRIS

FOR FIRST USAC CRA WIN IN 5 YEARS

A.J. Johnson

By: Lance Jennings

Perris, California (October 3, 2026)………The “Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams of Yorba Linda, California battled three-wide on three occasions on the final lap with race leader Charles Davis Jr. and R.J. Johnson before emerging victorious during Saturday night’s Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car feature at southern California’s Perris Auto Speedway.


 

For Williams, the dramatic 30-lap triumph was his first USAC CRA Sprint Car win of the year and his first series victory since September 6, 2021 at Petaluma.


 

The pilot of the Tom and Christy Dunkel #17w Inland Rigging / Maxima Racing Oils Triple X finished ahead of Johnson, Davis, hard charger Cole Wakim, and Connor Lundy.


 

Starting second, Westminster, California’s Brecken Guerrero led the first eight main event laps of his career, highlighted by a giant wheelie on the seventh circuit. Guerrero’s hopes for a surprise win were dashed as sixth starting “Chargin” Charles Davis Jr. took command and led 21 circuits until one of the most dramatic finishes in USAC CRA and Perris Auto Speedway history.


 

Buckeye, Arizona’s Charles Davis Jr. began the night by earning his seventh career Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award. Racing his #47 MP Environmental / Central Arizona Raceway DRC, Davis posted the night’s standard with a time of 17.121 seconds ahead of Johnson, Williams, Connor Speir, and Lundy.


 

Before winning the 12th main event of his career, Williams claimed the 10-lap Sexton Fire Protection First Heat Race. The past USAC CRA co-Rookie of the year finished ahead of Davis, Guerrero, Verne Sweeney, Blake Hendricks, Eric Englert, and Lundy. Davis’ shot at the extra $2,000 Perris “sweep” bonus raised by longtime infield announcer Chris Holt and fan David Siesser ended after the heat race by one position.


 

R.J. Johnson of Laveen, Arizona topped the night’s 10-lap Roy Miller Freight Lines Second Heat Race. Driving the Petty Performance Racing #1p Avanti Windows & Doors / Apache Transport Sherman, the two-time defending champion and point leader placed ahead of “The Radio Flyer” Bruce St. James, Dayton Shelton, Gary Marshall Jr., A.J. Bender, Cole Wakim, and Speir.


 

After starting ninth and finishing fourth in the 30-lap feature, Simi Valley, California’s Wakim earned the night’s Hard Charger Award / “Best Passing Job” honors. Racing the Tom and Christy Dunkel #17x Inland Rigging / Maxima Racing Oils Triple X, the young driver was in a multi-car tangle that stopped a direct transfer in his heat race.


 

The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series will head to Mohave Valley Raceway in Mohave Valley, Arizona this Saturday, October 10. The action packed card will also feature the Living Waters Hospice IMCA Street Stocks, Avanti Windows & Doors POWRi Ecotec Midgets, and Core Construction Dwarf Cars. For more information visit www.mohavevalleyraceway.com.


 

For more information on the series, visit usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on the USAC CRA Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.

 


 

AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 3, 2026 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California


 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-17.121; 2. R.J. Johnson, 1p, Petty-17.180; 3. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-17.190; 4. Connor Speir, 57, Speir-17.560; 5. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-17.611; 6. Cole Wakim, 17x, Dunkel-17.614; 7. Blake Hendricks, 14, Hendricks-17.642; 8. Bruce St. James, 1AZ, St. James-17.748; 9. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-17.750; 10. Dayton Shelton, 4D, Shelton-17.810; 11. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-17.811; 12. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.823; 13. Eric Englert, 35, Englert-18.699; 14. Gary Marshall Jr., 23, Bellegante-18.999; 15. Jeff Dyer, 39, Cal-Sun-NT.


 

SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Austin Williams, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Brecken Guerrero, 4. Verne Sweeney, 5. Blake Hendricks, 6. Eric Englert, 7. Connor Lundy. 3:09.24


 

ROY MILLER FREIGHT LINES SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Bruce St. James, 3. Dayton Shelton, 4. Gary Marshall Jr., 5. A.J. Bender, 6. Cole Wakim, 7. Connor Speir. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Austin Williams (4), 2. R.J. Johnson (5), 3. Charles Davis Jr. (6), 4. Cole Wakim (9), 5. Connor Lundy (8), 6. Connor Speir (7), 7. Bruce St. James (3), 8. Blake Hendricks (10), 9. Brecken Guerrero (2), 10. Verne Sweeney (11), 11. Gary Marshall Jr. (14), 12. Eric Englert (13), 13. Dayton Shelton (1), 14. A.J. Bender (12). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Brecken Guerrero, Laps 2-29 Charles Davis Jr., Lap 30 Austin Williams.


 

HARD CHARGER: Cole Wakim (9th to 4th)


 

NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 10, 2026 – Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, Arizona

 

 

CURTAIN CALL! DANNER ACES TOLEDO’S USAC SILVER CROWN SEASON FINALE

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Toledo, Ohio (October 3, 2026)………For Briggs Danner and Ohio’s Toledo Speedway, it was love at first sight.


 

The first time Danner laid eyes on the 1/2-mile paved oval this weekend, he simply decided to go out and win the thing during Saturday’s Hemelgarn Racing / Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic 100-lap USAC Silver Crown championship season finale.


 

Just like clockwork, Danner did the very same thing by winning in his first ever trip to Indiana’s Winchester Speedway in July.


 

Starting third, the Allentown, Pennsylvania native worked his way to second past Mario Clouser on the 32nd lap, then found his way to the lead on the 46th go around when racelong leader Chase Cabre locked up his left front tire on entry into turn three.


 

From that point forward, Danner had to contend with a hard-charging and pesky Tyler Roahrig to capture his third USAC Silver Crown win of the season, and his second on the pavement at the controls of the Doran Racing-Mark Swanson Encore Team/E. Schneider & Sons – Fuel Mart – Sennebogen/Beast/Doran Toyota No. 77.


 

“I’ve just got to hand it to everybody on this team,” Danner praised. “These guys give me a really fast car and it makes my job easy, for sure. Our speed showed today. I know we probably would’ve liked to have been a little bit better at the end, and I know Tyler had a shot to do something. But to qualify as good as we did in our first time coming here and to be able to hold them off, it was great.”


 

Danner’s victory, coupled with a three-point bonus for leading the most laps in Saturday’s race, elevated him to second in the season-ending USAC Silver Crown point standings. Danner actually tied Grant at 557 points but held the tiebreaker over Grant based on most feature victories this year.


 

With the fourth win of his USAC Silver Crown career, Danner moved to 37th place on the all-time series win list alongside Kyle Larson, Daison Pursley, Jeff Swindell, and Rich Vogler. Furthermore, Danner became the first driver since Kody Swanson in 2018 to win the Toledo USAC Silver Crown race from a starting spot further back than the front row! Danner started Saturday’s race from inside row two.


 

For five of the past six years, the Doran Racing team has celebrated a USAC Silver Crown triumph at Toledo. The first four came with Swanson in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and now Danner has added his name to the list of Toledo dominators.


 

Cabre was comfortably up front for the majority of the first half of the race. However, all eyes were on eighth starting Tyler Roahrig who stepped up a lane and methodically picked his way to the front. He went topside around Dakoda Armstrong for sixth on lap 25, by C.J. Leary for fifth on lap 26, and by Justin Grant for fourth on the 28th lap.


 

At the same time, Danner was making his surge, as he charged by Mario Clouser for the runner-up spot on lap 32. Meanwhile, Roahrig’s fantastic run was still rolling along as the traveled the high line around Clouser moments later on the back straightaway on lap 33.


 

Danner made his first bid for the lead on lap 36 as he was able to pull along the inside of Cabre off turn four. However, that pathway was occupied for the time being as the lapped car of Robert Tyler already had the line. Danner instead swung high around Tyler entering turn one and fell back into line behind Cabre. But not for too long.


 

On the 46th lap, Cabre’s left front tire shot out a puff of smoke as he entered through the middle of turn three. That left the matador line open for Danner as he zipped on by Cabre on the low groove to take over the lead just five laps short of the halfway mark.


 

“I knew Chase was going to be pretty good and I was actually a little surprised to see how quickly he started to fall off and tighten up, I feel, as we all did,” Danner remarked.


 

Danner ran his lead out to two full seconds over the next few laps as Roahrig made a beeline to the second position around the outside of Cabre in turns three and four on the 54th lap. However, a yellow flag for the stopped car of first-time USAC Silver Crown starter Jared Kreider completely evaporated Danner’s advantage as the field bunched up for the restart. Thereafter, Roahrig wouldn’t leave Danner alone.


 

“I know Tyler was really good rolling the middle groove there and I wasn’t really quite sure if he was faster or if we were just checked up on the bottom and that’s why he could pick cars off,” Danner pondered. “(Car owner) Kevin (Doran) did a really good job on the radio of letting me know what was going on behind me, when I needed to push, and when I could settle down and save my stuff a little bit.”


 

On lap 72, Roahrig nearly lost the handle of his ride in turn two as he slipped sideways before catching it and continuing on, but his deficit plummeted from a little more than a car length to eight car lengths in the snap of a finger. That said, Roahrig quickly reeled Danner back in and was on his rear bumper with 15 laps to go as lapped traffic loomed. By the time just eight laps remained, traffic was disposed of while Roahrig was superglued to Danner’s rear bumper, and now it was a one-on-one to decide the race.


 

Despite the rigidness of a pavement surface in comparison to dirt, a pavement surface can be quite malleable and finicky based on weather conditions and the time of day, especially when one end of the track is in the shade and the opposite end lays in direct sunlight. Danner had to face the challenge of adapting to his car’s handling as the race wore on, affected by tire wear and the fuel load burning off.


 

“It was tough,” Danner acknowledged. “I felt like I could roll the bottom of three and four really good. I felt like that’s kind of where I felt the best, and as the race went on, the sun was getting lower and lower and it just made it hard to see the front stretch wall. So, I felt like that’s where I struggled the most. As I tried to time my exit off four and entry into one, I think that’s where Tyler was gaining the most on me at the end. I was just trying to keep all four tires underneath me and try to conserve what I could and push when I had to. It’s the name of the of the game for all these races. That’s why I love them so much.”


 

With four laps to go, you could barely slide a credit card between the back of Danner’s car and Roahrig’s nose at the exit of turn four. But moments later when Roahrig drifted wide off turns one and two on the 98th lap, Danner skated away free and easy to put the race on ice by a 0.478 second margin over Roahrig. Cabre crossed the line third with Grant fourth and Armstrong rounding out the top-five.


 

It was banner way for Danner to cap his first full season of USAC Silver Crown racing after enduring a rough patch at the beginning of the campaign with three straight DNFs across June and July.


 

“When we were able to finish races, it was really good,” Danner offered. “It was either running great or not finishing, but that’s part of it. Just trying to get everything figured out to be as consistent as we are is a great thing. If we have a little bit of luck on our side, I think we’re right there.”


 

By leading the most laps (55), Danner also added the K & N Filters Clean Air Award to his accolades for good measure.


 

Kale Drake, meanwhile, was making his first career USAC Silver Crown pavement start, and just the third asphalt start of his racing career following two recent All Star Pavement Midget outings. He worked his way up from his 16th starting position to corral a solid sixth place result. His +10 run earned him the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award.


 

Chase Cabre has now made two LearnLab Qualifying attempts in his brief USAC Silver Crown career. He scored the pole position in both of them. He got it done in August at Iowa Speedway, then got it done again on Saturday at Toledo after reeling off a lap of 15.159 seconds for an average lap speed of 118.741 miles per hour.

 


 

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


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Cabre, 26, Pierce-15.159; 2. Mario Clouser, 20, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-15.256; 3. Briggs Danner, 77, Doran/Swanson-15.290; 4. Kyle Hamilton, 6, Klatt-15.314; 5. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-15.338; 6. Dakoda Armstrong, 5, C & A-15.372; 7. C.J. Leary, 21, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-15.382; 8. Tyler Roahrig, 41, Newman-15.605; 9. Chase Locke, 14, Hamilton/DB-15.727; 10. Nathan Byrd, 40, Meyer/Byrd/Tosti-15.789; 11. Jared Kreider, 24, Haggenbottom-15.803; 12. Kale Drake, 92, Kazmark-15.872; 13. Chelby Hinton, 80, Breidinger-15.963; 14. Kaylee Bryson, 11, Abacus/Droplight-15.995; 15. Robert Tyler, 75, Tyler-16.410; 16. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-16.473; 17. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-17.711; 18. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-19.554.

FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (3), 2. Tyler Roahrig (8), 3. Chase Cabre (1), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Dakoda Armstrong (6), 6. Kale Drake (16), 7. Mario Clouser (2), 8. C.J. Leary (7), 9. Nathan Byrd (10), 10. Chelby Hinton (12), 11. Kaylee Bryson (18), 12. Chase Locke (9), 13. Jared Kreider (11), 14. Robert Tyler (13), 15. Dave Berkheimer (15), 16. Gregg Cory (14), 17. Hayden Reinbold (17), 18. Kyle Hamilton (4). 32:22.998


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-45 Chase Cabre, Laps 46-100 Briggs Danner.


 

FINAL USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-662, 2-Briggs Danner-557, 3-Justin Grant-557, 4-Mario Clouser-487, 5-Gregg Cory-388, 6-Dave Berkheimer-322, 7-Kaylee Bryson-283, 8-Chelby Hinton-279, 9-Dakoda Armstrong-275, 10-Hayden Reinbold-271.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-142, 2-Justin Grant-139, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-139, 4-Robert Ballou-124, 5-Chase Stockon-112, 6-Briggs Danner-110, 7-Cale Coons-108, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-95, 10-Logan Seavey-91.

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: C.J. Leary (15.140)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Chase Cabre (15.159)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Briggs Danner (55 laps led)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kale Drake (16th to 6th)

  

 

INDYCAR WINNER CHRISTIAN RASMUSSEN TO MAKE USAC MIDGET DEBUT AT TURKEY NIGHT

 

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VENTURA, Calif. (October 20, 2026) - NTT INDYCAR Series race winner Christian Rasmussen will trade his No. 21 Chevrolet INDYCAR for a dirt USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget this Thanksgiving weekend.


 

Rasmussen will compete in the 85th Annual ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix at southern California’s Ventura Raceway Saturday, November 28.


 

The 26-year-old Copenhagen, Denmark native will drive a Spike chassis fielded by car owner Johnny Cofer. With support from the Agajanian family, the car will emulate the iconic 1952 Agajanian Special paint scheme driven to victory at the Indianapolis 500 by Troy Ruttman.


 

Rasmussen pilots the No. 21 Chevrolet for ECR in the NTT INDYCAR Series, where he competes full-time. He claimed his first career INDYCAR win at the Milwaukee Mile in 2025.


 

“I'm excited to try something that is completely out of my wheelhouse,” said Rasmussen. “But most of all, I’m excited to get to work with Johnny Cofer and Dan Esslinger. It’s an honor to run the 1952 Agajanian Special paint scheme, and it couldn’t be at a more fitting event.”


 

The entry also marks the reunion of both Johnny Cofer and Dan Esslinger, as Cofer won the 1994 USAC Western States Midget championship with Esslinger as team owner.


 

“I want to thank ECR for the opportunity to work with Christian,” Cofer stated. “He’s an incredibly special talent. It’s been so special to work with my daughter, Maria, on this entry, and I’m fired up to go racing again with Dan Esslinger. Tapping into his brilliant mind will make this even more exciting. Having the whole family back together again means a great deal to all of us.”


 

Now, the pairing of Cofer and Esslinger is back together to put Rasmussen in the seat. The Cofer and Esslinger names have been part of West Coast midget racing for more than three decades.


 

“To be able to go racing with Johnny Cofer again is like a dream come true for me,” added Esslinger. “To add Maria Cofer and Christian Rasmussen together with my whole family is really something special. I only wish my dad was still here to see it. For now, this is just a one race deal. But stay tuned, this could get interesting.”


 

Rasmussen is the second driver in history to win a championship at every level of the ladder to the NTT INDYCAR Series. He won the USF2000 title in 2020, the Indy Pro 2000 title in 2021 and the INDY NXT by Firestone title in 2023. He won his first INDYCAR race on Aug. 24, 2025, at the Milwaukee Mile. He is known as one of the series' strongest oval racers. Rasmussen also won the LMP2 class at the 2024 Rolex 24 At Daytona with Era Motorsport.


 

Practice for the Turkey Night Grand Prix is on Friday, November 27th. Qualifying and heat races, along with the 98-lap Turkey Night Grand Prix main event follows on Saturday, November 28th. The race is the season finale of the USAC National Midget Championship season.


 

The Turkey Night Grand Prix has been a holiday tradition since 1934. It is considered the third-longest-running race in the United States, behind only the Indianapolis 500 and the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.


 

 

Event Information


 

• Event: 85th Annual Turkey Night Grand Prix (USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship)


 

• Venue: Ventura Raceway, Ventura County Fairgrounds, 10 E. Harbor Blvd., Ventura, California 93001


 

• Friday, Nov. 27: Practice


 

• Saturday, Nov. 28: Qualifying, and Heat Races along with 85th Turkey Night Grand Prix Main Event


 

• Car: No. 98 Agajanian Special, Cofer/Esslinger Spike short-arm chassis, SR-11 engine


 

• How to watch: Live on FloRacing


 

• Follow Christian: Instagram @christian_rasmussen_ | X @ChristianR_DK | christianrasmussen.com

 

 

WESTERN WORLD! 2026 USAC SPRINT SEASON FINISHES WITH A FLOURISH AT CENTRAL ARIZONA RACEWAY OCT. 22-23-24

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Casa Grande, Arizona (October 21, 2026)………A total of 75 sprint cars are pre-entered for the 59th annual running of the Western World Championships at Central Arizona in Casa Grande on Thursday-Friday-Saturday, October 22-23-24, 2026.


 

Thirty-nine (39) USAC AMSOIL National and Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA 410 c.i. Sprint Cars are expected to compete in the three-night event on 3/8-mile dirt oval. The 410s will be competing for $7,500-to-win on both Thursday and Friday night.


 

Saturday’s grand finale will pay $35,000-to-win and a minimum of $1,000-to-start, plus another $20,000 in total lap leader money for the top three in the running order on each lap: 1. $250, 2. $150, 3. $100. That means the winner could walk away with a grand total of #43,750 by night’s end with lap money factored in.


 

Furthermore, thirty-six (36) USAC Avanti Windows Southwest 360 c.i. Sprint Cars are signed in for Western World. A $3,000 winner’s share is up for grabs on Thursday and Friday. Saturday’s weekend capper pays $5,000-to-win and a minimum of $1,000-to-start.


 

Both divisions will be competing on all three nights with a complete program for both divisions on each of the three evenings.


 

Here’s a look as some of the top storylines heading into one of the most prestigious and history-rich sprint car races on the planet!


 


 

SEAVEY UP FOR A REPEAT


 

Logan Seavey and Abacus Racing enter the event as the defending Western World champions after winning both nights of the event one year ago at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

Seavey is the lone two-time winner of the event in this week’s field after also capturing victory in the 2021 race.


 

The three-time 2026 USAC National Sprint Car winner started the year on a high note in Florida and aims to finish up the year on a similarly high note in Arizona.

 


 

CUMMINS CLINCHING


 

Kyle Cummins holds a commanding 199-point lead over Justin Grant with just three events remaining in the race for his second consecutive USAC National Sprint Car driving title, all this week at Central Arizona Raceway.


 

Cummins could clinch the championship as early as Thursday if his lead is at least 154 points by evening’s end. A maximum total of 238 points are available throughout the final three nights (84 on Thursday, 84 on Friday, and 70 on Saturday).


 

The Princeton, Indiana native won the Western World Championships finale in 2024.

 


 

4 PAST WINNERS OF THE WORLD


 

Four past Western World Championships champions are slated to compete in this year’s edition of the event.


 

Logan Seavey is a two-time WW winner, scoring in 2021 at Arizona Speedway and in 2025 at Central Arizona Raceway. Chase Stockon reached Western World glory in 2017 at Arizona Speedway.


 

Jake Swanson earned a complete sweep of the Western World finale in 2022 at Cocopah Speedway after picking up fast qualifying honors, winning his heat race, then capturing the feature. Kyle Cummins was the dominant figure at the 2024 Western World.


 

 

TWO CROWNS FOR R.J. JOHNSON


 

Not only is the USAC National Sprint Car championship up for the taking this weekend, but so are both the USAC CRA 410 and USAC Southwest 360 Sprint Car crowns as well.

R.J. Johnson leads both standings by commanding margins with a 287-point USAC CRA lead and a 134-point advantage in the Southwest series.


 

For Johnson, it would be his third consecutive USAC CRA championship and his sixth overall USAC Southwest title, and he could become the first driver ever to win both crowns in the same season. The Arizona native is also among those eying his first Western World Championship.


 

 

LATE MODEL ACE BACK FOR MORE


 

Late model star Ricky Thornton Jr. was spectacular in his USAC National Sprint Car debut one year ago at Western World aboard a Petty Performance Racing machine.


 

He finished 4th in his prelim night feature, then capped off the finale with a 5th place result to earn Western World Rookie of the Year honors.


 

This weekend, he’ll be pulling double duty in both a PPR 410 and 360 sprint car.


 


 

DOUBLE-DUTY IN 410s & 360s


 

A total of 14 drivers will be in double-duty mode by competing in both the 410 and 360 sprint car portions of the event at Western World.


 

The list of 14 includes Ryan Bernal, Briggs Danner, Charles Davis Jr., Jacob Denney, David Gasper, Elijah Gile, R.J. Johnson, Ricky Lewis, Gavin Miller, Daylin Perreira, Dayton Shelton, Ricky Thornton Jr., J.J. Yeley, and Kevin Thomas Jr., a 360 Western World prelim feature winner in 2025.


 

Interesting, the list includes three Rookies (Denney, Gile & Miller). Furthermore, all 14 are trying to become a first-time Western World Championships titlist.


 


 

WHIZ KIDS & WESTERN WORLD ROOKIES


 

The Western World field also includes a myriad of event Rookies attempting to chase after the Whiz Kid Award, named in honor of Eric Wilkins and posted up by Team AZ Racing.


 

The prize consists of a $1,000 bonus for the top Rookie in the 410 Sprint Car portion and another $1,000 bonus to the top Rookie in the 360 Sprint Car portion.


 

The 410 Rookie class includes Elijah Gile, Gavin Miller, Tyler Cato, Cale Coons, Alex Peck, and Jacob Denney.


 

The 360 Rookie class includes Elijah Gile, Gavin Miller, Mick Gile Jr., Austin Cato, Elijah Loper, Koen Crawford, Preston Norbury, Jacob Denney, Grant Schaadt, and Andrew Sweeney.


 


 

NEW SCENERY


 

Western World also features a bit of ride shuffling as a handful of top USAC performers have stepped into new rides for the week.


 

The band is back together as C.J. Leary returns to the Michael Motorsports No. 77m for the first time in four years. This combo won eight USAC National Sprint Car feature events between 2021-2022.


 

Robert Ballou will take the wheel of the Rex Calderwood Racing No. 6, which had been driven earlier this year by Logan Calderwood.


 

Jadon Rogers will pilot the Baldwin-Fox Racing No. 5, a ride which won Western World

in 2016 and 2017 with Chris Windom and again in 2021 with Logan Seavey.


 


 

UNDERWOOD DASH


 

Arizona based Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports will once again post $5,000-to-win for the Underwood Dash presented by AME Electrical to be held during Saturday’s Western World program.


 

The Underwood Dash is a pursuit style event that will feature 10 cars competing for 12 laps in a winner-take-all special. The dash will take place in four 3-lap segments. After each segment, the last two cars running will be eliminated. Furthermore, if a car stops on the course for any reason, that car is also eliminated. Double file restarts will be utilized for each segment.


 

Saturday’s four qualifying race winners will start at the tail of the Underwood Dash. The top 6 in points after Friday’s program will be locked into the dash.


 

Kyle Cummins was the winner of the inaugural Underwood Dash in 2025.


 

Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports will be fielding two entries throughout Western World for full-time USAC National Sprint Car drivers Mitchel Moles and Hayden Reinbold.

 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

The 59th Annual Avanti Windows & Doors Western World Championships will take place at Central Arizona Raceway in Casa Grande on Thursday-Friday-Saturday, October 22-23-24, 2026.


 

The event will feature the 410 sprint cars of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA divisions. Plus, the USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest 360 Sprint Cars.


 

Practice night kicks off the week for all Western World competitors on Wednesday, October 21, from 6-9pm Mountain Standard Time. The drivers meeting will take place at 5:15pm.


 

For all three nights of racing on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the pits open at 2pm with the front gates opening at 3pm, the drivers meeting at 4pm, and cars on track at 5pm, followed by qualifying and racing.


 

Tickets will be sold at the gate on race day and are also on sale in advance at https://www.centralazraceway.com/.


 

All three nights of racing will be shown live on https://flosports.link/usac2026.


 

 

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USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA 410 SPRINT CAR ENTRY LIST: (39)


 

CAR # / DRIVER / HOMETOWN / CAR OWNER


 

007 WAYNE SIDDLE/Tucson, AZ (Wayne Siddle)


 

1p R.J. JOHNSON/Laveen, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

3m MARTY HAWKINS/Santa Rosa, CA (Hawkins Motorsports)


 

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


 

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


 

4 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (TOPP Motorsports)


 

4D DAYTON SHELTON/Prescott, AZ (Johnny Shelton Jr.)


 

5 JADON ROGERS/Worthington, IN (Baldwin-Fox Racing)


 

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


 

6 ROBERT BALLOU/Rocklin, CA (Rex Calderwood Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

17 RYAN BERNAL/Hollister, CA (Tom Dunkel Racing)


 

17GP (R) ELIJAH GILE/Phoenix, AZ (Michael Dutcher Motorsports)


 

17w AUSTIN WILLIAMS/Yorba Linda, CA (Tom Dunkel Racing)


 

17x COLE WAKIM/Simi Valley, CA (Tom Dunkel Racing)


 

18 DAVID GASPER/Goleta, CA (Gasper Racing-Kittle Motorsports)


 

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


 

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


 

20RT RICKY THORNTON JR./Chandler, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

21p DAYLIN PERREIRA/Hilo, HI (Daylin Perreira)


 

33p J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

38 CHET WILLIAMS/Newburgh, IN (Chet Williams)


 

38x (R) TYLER CATO/Santa Rosa, CA (Greg Cato)


 

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


 

41 RICKY LEWIS/Oxnard, CA (Ricky Lewis)


 

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


 

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


 

57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing)


 

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


 

67x (R) ALEX PECK/Federal Way, WA (Axel Walker)


 

77m C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Michael Motorsports)


 

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


 

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


 

97 CONNOR LUNDY/Peoria, AZ (Matt Lundy)


 

98 VERNE SWEENEY/Lomita, CA (Rachel Guerrero)


 

98B BRECKEN GUERRERO/Westminster, CA (Rachel Guerrero)


 

(R) represents a Western World Rookie


 

 

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USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST 360 SPRINT CAR ENTRY LIST: (36)


 

CAR # / DRIVER / HOMETOWN / CAR OWNER


 

007 RICKY LEWIS/Oxnard, CA (Wayne Siddle)


 

1AZ BRUCE ST. JAMES/Phoenix, AZ (Bruce St. James)


 

2 J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ (Jack Yeley)


 

2x JOSHUA SHIPLEY/Surprise, AZ (Joshua Shipley)


 

4D DAYTON SHELTON/Prescott, AZ (Johnny Shelton Jr.)


 

5AZ JAMES WEBSTER/Coolidge, AZ (James Webster)


 

5s RACIN SILVA/Henderson, NV (Clint Silva)


 

6 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Rex Calderwood)


 

6c RYAN BERNAL/Hollister, CA (Rex Calderwood)


 

7OH BRYAN LEDBETTER JR./Safford, AZ (Bryan & Sharon Ledbetter)


 

8AZ JORDAN STETSON/Tucson, AZ (Jeff Stetson)


 

11 LONNIE OLIVER/Anthem, AZ (Lonnie Oliver)


 

11c CHARLES DAVIS JR./Buckeye, AZ (DAR Motorsports)


 

17GP (R) ELIJAH GILE/Phoenix, AZ (Michael Dutcher)


 

20 DAVID GASPER/Goleta, CA (Shon Deskins Racing)


 

20RT RICKY THORNTON JR./Chandler, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

21 AUSTIN ERVINE/Henderson, NV (Austin Ervine)


 

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


 

21p DAYLIN PERREIRA/Hilo, Hawaii (Daylin Perreira)


 

23AZ (R) MICK GILE JR./Mesa, AZ (Steve Sussex)


 

25w MICHAEL WADDLE/Surprise, AZ (Michael Waddle)


 

29 BRENT YARNAL/Phoenix, AZ (Brent Yarnal)


 

33p R.J. JOHNSON/Laveen, AZ (Petty Performance Racing)


 

38 (R) AUSTIN CATO/Santa Rosa, CA (Greg Cato)


 

43x (R) ELIJAH LOPER/Phoenix, AZ (Dennis Loper)


 

44 JAKE HELSEL/Monroe, WA (Bryan & Sharon Ledbetter)


 

48 (R) KOEN CRAWFORD/Gilbert, AZ (Shon Crawford)


 

51 KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (Michele & Ricky Johnson)


 

57 CHAZ BACA/Jewell, Iowa (Steven Stonecipher)


 

72 A.J. HERNANDEZ/Phoenix, AZ (Aaron Hernandez)


 

77m (R) PRESTON NORBURY/Chino Valley, AZ (Michael Motorsports)


 

78 BRODY WAKE/Lake Havasu City, Arizona (Ryan Wake)


 

81K RICKEY KINNEY JR./Buckeye, AZ (Rickey Kinney)


 

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


 

88G (R) GRANT SCHAADT/San Tan Valley, AZ (Alan Schaadt)


 

98 (R) ANDREW SWEENEY/Tracy, CA (Andrew Sweeney)


 

(R) represents a Western World Rookie


 

 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK RECORDS AT CENTRAL ARIZONA RACEWAY:


 

1 Lap - 10/24/2025 - Mitchel Moles - 15.024


 

8 Laps - 10/25/2025 - Brady Bacon - 2:06.39


 

 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-3181, 2-Justin Grant-2982, 3-Mitchel Moles-2915, 4-Jake Swanson-2661, 5-Briggs Danner-2557, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2477, 7-C.J. Leary-2374, 8-Chase Stockon-2368, 9-Logan Seavey-2311, 10-Robert Ballou-2291.


 

 

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AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-1421, 2-Austin Williams-1134, 3-Connor Lundy-965, 4-Verne Sweeney-881, 5-Brecken Guerrero-865, 6-Ricky Lewis-708, 7-Dayton Shelton-645, 8-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-593, 9-Charles Davis Jr.-573, 10-Daylin Perreira-561.


 

 

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USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-R.J. Johnson-810, 2-Stevie Sussex-676, 3-Koen Crawford-664, 4-Daylin Perreira-648, 5-Dayton Shelton-641, 6-Bruce St. James-613, 7-A.J. Hernandez-583, 8-Jordan Stetson-493, 9-Connor Lundy-491, 10-Charles Davis Jr.-430.


 

 

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USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-147, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-142, 3-Hayden Reinbold-142, 4-Robert Ballou-133, 5-Briggs Danner-113, 6-Chase Stockon-112, 7-Cale Coons-109, 8-Jacob Denney-102, 9-Jake Swanson-102, 10-Mitchel Moles-93.


 

 

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PAST WESTERN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WINNERS: (1968-2025)


 

MANZANITA SPEEDWAY – PHOENIX, ARIZONA


 

1968: Bob Cleberg (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1969: Bob Huebner (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1970: Jerry McClung (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1971: Jan Opperman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1972: Jan Opperman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1973: Earl Wagner (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1974: Rick Ferkel (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1975: Ron Shuman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1976: Bubby Jones (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1977: Ron Shuman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1978: Lealand McSpadden (World of Outlaws/CRA Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1979: Tim Green (World of Outlaws/CRA Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1980: Jeff Swindell (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1981: Ron Shuman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1982: Steve Kinser (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1983: Steve Kinser (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1984: Ron Shuman (Non-Winged Sprint)


 

1985: Steve Kinser (Non-Winged Sprint) & Lealand McSpadden (Mighty Midgets of Arizona)


 

1986: Bobby Davis Jr. (Winged Sprint) & Ron Shuman (Mighty Midgets of Arizona)


 

1987: Steve Kinser (Winged Sprint) & Lealand McSpadden (Mighty Midgets of Arizona)


 

1988: Mark Kinser (USA Winged Sprint) & Jack Yeley (Mighty Midgets of Arizona)


 

1989: Sammy Swindell (USA Winged Sprint) & Gary Faucett (Arizona Midget Racing Association)


 

1990: Steve Kinser (Winged Sprint) & Rip Williams (CRA Sprint)


 

1991: Danny Lasoski (Winged Sprint), Wayne Bennett (360 Non-Winged Sprint) & Ron Shuman (Arizona Midget Racing Association)


 

1992: Steve Kinser (Winged Sprint) & Bob Ream Jr. (360 Non-Winged Sprint) & Bob Brosemann (Arizona Midget Racing Association)


 

1993: Lealand McSpadden (CRA Sprint)


 

1994: Ron Shuman (SCRA Sprint)


 

1995: Lealand McSpadden (SCRA Sprint), Ricky Johnson (Arizona Non-Winged 360 Sprint) & Josh Pelkey (Midget)


 

1996: Steve Kinser (World of Outlaws Sprint)


 

1997: Mark Kinser (World of Outlaws Sprint)


 

1998: Tyler Walker (World of Outlaws Sprint)


 

1999: Donny Schatz (World of Outlaws Sprint)


 

2000: Jay Drake (SCRA Sprint)


 

2001: Jeremy Sherman (SCRA Sprint)


 

2002: Bud Kaeding (SCRA Sprint) & Jeremy Sherman (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2003: Tony Elliott (SCRA Sprint) & Jeremy Sherman (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2004: Bud Kaeding (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Josh Ford (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2005: Dave Darland (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Cory Kruseman (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2006: Josh Wise (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Cory Kruseman (360 Non-Winged Sprint)


 

2007: Jerry Coons Jr. (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Cory Kruseman (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint)


 

2008: Kevin Swindell (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Jesse Hockett (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint)


 


 

USA RACEWAY – TUCSON, ARIZONA


 

2009: Brady Bacon (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint) & Sammy Swindell (ASCS Winged 360 Sprint)


 

2010: Brady Bacon (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint) & Donny Schatz (ASCS Winged 360 Sprint)


 

2011: Tracy Hines (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint) & Donny Schatz (ASCS Winged 360 Sprint)


 


 

CANYON SPEEDWAY PARK – PEORIA, ARIZONA


 

2012: Bryan Clauson (ASCS Non-Wing Canyon 360 Sprint) & Wayne Johnson (ASCS Winged 360 Sprint)


 

2013: Bryan Clauson (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint) & Bryan Clauson (USAC National/Western States Midget)


 

2014: Matt Rossi (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint) & Darren Hagen (USAC National/Western States Midget)


 


 

USA RACEWAY – TUCSON, ARIZONA


 

2015: Bryan Clauson (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Brody Roa (USAC Southwest/West Coast 360 Sprint)


 


 

ARIZONA SPEEDWAY – SAN TAN VALLEY, ARIZONA


 

2016: Chris Windom (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Brady Bacon (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint)


 

2017: Chase Stockon (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Chris Windom (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint)


 

2018: Tyler Courtney (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Brady Bacon (USAC Southwest/West Coast Sprint)


 

2019: Tyler Courtney (USAC National/CRA/Southwest Sprint) & Brady Bacon (USAC National Midget/Western States)


 

2020: Buddy Kofoid (USAC National Midget) & Tyler Courtney (USAC CRA/Southwest Sprint)


 

2021: Logan Seavey (USAC National/CRA Sprint) & Chris Windom (USAC National Midget)


 


 

COCOPAH SPEEDWAY – SOMERTON, ARIZONA


 

2022: Jake Swanson (USAC National Sprint)


 

2023: Daison Pursley (USAC CRA Sprint)


 


 

MOHAVE VALLEY RACEWAY – MOHAVE VALLEY, ARIZONA


 

2024: Kyle Cummins (USAC CRA Sprint)


 


 

CENTRAL ARIZONA RACEWAY – CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA


 

2025: Logan Seavey (USAC National/CRA 410 Sprint) & Brady Bacon (360 Non-Wing Sprint)

 

uSAC SILVER CROWN RACE AT SPRINGFIELD SET FOR AUGUST 7, 2027

Steve Baker

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Start your engines, race fans! The excitement of the Illinois State Fair is getting an early green flag in 2027 as two of the most celebrated races in American motorsports return to the historic Springfield Mile for a special weekend of racing, August 7–8, 2027.


 

Track Enterprises has announced that the legendary Bettenhausen 100 and Allen Crowe Memorial 100 will shift from their traditional dates during the final weekend of the Illinois State Fair to the weekend before the Fair, creating a dedicated racing celebration that combines decades of tradition with new opportunities for fans.


 

Same legendary track. Same thrilling racing tradition. A new weekend designed with race fans in mind.


 

The action kicks off Saturday, August 7, as the USAC Silver Crown Championship takes to the dirt for the Bettenhausen 100. On Sunday, August 8, the ARCA Menards Series roars into action for the Allen Crowe Memorial 100. Additional racing divisions and complete schedules will be announced in the coming months.


 

More Racing Excitement. More Convenience. More Reasons to Celebrate.


 

The new dates bring some exciting advantages for race fans, competitors and families looking to experience the best of the Springfield Mile.


 

For starters, fans will enjoy no additional Illinois State Fair admission or parking charges, making it easier and more affordable to experience a full weekend of championship racing. Racing attendees can also expect easier access to the fairgrounds and a more relaxed arrival and departure experience.


 

The dedicated weekend also gives race organizers greater flexibility to build an action-packed schedule without the time constraints, and for longtime Springfield Mile enthusiasts, one of the most anticipated traditions is making a comeback: infield camping!


 

The return of infield camping will give fans an opportunity to settle in, reconnect with fellow racing enthusiasts and enjoy the camaraderie and excitement that made Springfield Mile race weekends legendary. It's a chance to bring back the sights, sounds and atmosphere of classic dirt-track racing while introducing a new generation of fans to the experience.


 

"Racing at the Springfield Mile is woven into the history of the Illinois State Fair, and that tradition isn't going anywhere," said Jerry Costello II, Director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. "By giving these historic races their own weekend, we're creating an opportunity for fans to enjoy everything they love about racing at the Fair, with added convenience, easier access and the return of some favorite traditions. It's an exciting way to kick off the Fair season, and we look forward to welcoming racing fans to Springfield for an incredible weekend."


 

For generations, the Springfield Mile has welcomed some of the greatest names in American motorsports. From open-wheel legends to stock car champions, its one-mile dirt oval has provided the backdrop for unforgettable racing moments and cherished family traditions.


 

The new racing weekend builds upon that legacy, preserving the connection between the Springfield Mile and the Illinois State Fair while creating a more accessible, fan-focused experience. Conversely, the Du Quoin Mile race weekend will continue to be held during the traditional Labor Day weekend.


 

Tickets will be sold through Track Enterprises, the State Fair box office, and Ticketmaster. ARCA discount tickets will be available through Menards. All annual ticketholders will receive their renewal letters, as usual. Any new ticket inquiries can reach out to the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200.


 

Race fans are encouraged to mark their calendars, make plans for a weekend in Springfield and get ready to celebrate the next chapter of championship racing at the historic Springfield Mile.


 

 

Saturday, August 7

USAC Silver Crown Series – Bettenhausen 100

 

Sunday, August 8

ARCA Menards Series – Allen Crowe Memorial 100

 

Additional racing divisions and event schedules to be announced.


 

For additional information and future updates, visit www.TrackEnterprises.com or call Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200.

 

2027 USAC SPRINT SEASON LAUNCHES IN FLORIDA WITH 5 FEBRUARY RACES AT OCALA

 

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Ocala, Florida (October 13, 2026)………Sunshine and a $24,000 point fund will greet USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship competitors when the 2027 season opens at Florida’s Ocala Speedway February 15-20.


 

Throughout Winter Dirt Games XVIII Presented by Yokohama Tires, the driver earning the most total points throughout the five-race series will earn a $12,000 reward. A sum of $6,000 will go to the runner-up, $3,000 to third, $2,000 to fourth, and $1,000 to fifth.


 

USAC National Sprint Cars’ trip to the Sunshine State will feature five events across five consecutive nights – with all five being held at Ocala Speedway. All five races in Florida will also offer full points toward the 2027 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.


 

Leading off the 2027 season is an open practice for all competing teams at Ocala Speedway on Monday night, February 15.


 

The first two races of the 18th annual edition of Winter Dirt Games at Ocala Speedway will take place on Tuesday-Wednesday, February 16-17, paying $6,000-to-win and $600-to-start each night’s 30-lap feature.


 

Nights three and four at Ocala’s 3/8-mile D-shaped dirt track on Thursday-Friday, February 18-19, will pay $7,500-to-win and $750-to-start for each night’s 35-lap main events.


 

The 40-lap Winter Dirt Games finale will take place on Saturday, February 20, paying $10,000-to-win and $1,000-to-start.


 

Additional information on times and ticket prices for the events will be made available in the coming months at www.usacracing.com.


 

Fifty-seven previous USAC National Sprint Car Winter Dirt Games events have been held since the series debuted in 2010. Justin Grant is the all-time winningest driver in Winter Dirt Games history with nine career victories.


 

Logan Seavey captured the 2026 Winter Dirt Games championship after scoring a pair of victories. Additional WDG feature events in 2026 were won by Jake Swanson, Trey Osborne, Chase Stockon, and Justin Grant.


 

USAC racing and the Sunshine State have a history that dates back to the decade of the 1950s. In fact, the first three USAC Sprint Car races ever held took place in Florida in February of 1956. Bob Sweikert won the first such event at Southland Speedway in West Palm Beach, followed by Chuck Weyant at Jacksonville Speedway and Pat O’Connor at Medley Speedway in Miami.


 

 

2027 WINTER DIRT GAMES SCHEDULE:


 

Monday, February 15: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida (Practice Only)


 

Tuesday, February 16: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida ($6,000-to-win & $600-to-start – 30 Laps)


 

Wednesday, February 17: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida  ($6,000-to-win & $600-to-start – 30 Laps)


 

Thursday, February 18: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida ($7,500-to-win & $750-to-start – 35 Laps)


 

Friday, February 19: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida ($7,500-to-win & $750-to-start – 35 Laps)


 

Saturday, February 20: Ocala Speedway || Ocala, Florida ($10,000-to-win & $1,000-to-start – 40 Laps)

 


 

2027 WINTER DIRT GAMES POINT FUND:


 

1st: $12,000


 

2nd: $6,000


 

3rd: $3,000


 

4th: $2,000


 

5th: $1,000

 

Louisiana Fast! Hinton’s Rise to an Unexpected USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year Season

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (October 8, 2026)………In what may be the most unlikely USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year to emerge, perhaps no one was more surprised about it than Chelby Hinton.


 

“If you would have told me at the beginning of the year that I would end up being Silver Crown Rookie of the Year, I would have told you that you were lying,” Hinton admitted.


 

No lies detected.


 

In 2026, Hinton became the first driver from the state of Louisiana to score points in USAC’s Silver Crown division while also becoming the first driver from The Pelican State to capture Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year honors with the series.


 

Tallying six top 10 finishes in six starts throughout the 2026 season on pavement and dirt, Hinton defeated Hayden Reinbold by a mere eight points in what was one of the closet Rookie of the Year battles in series history after leapfrogging Reinbold in the final race of the year at Toledo.


 

Hinton hails from the small northwestern Louisiana village of Dubberly, whose population is 238. But as far as the element of surprise in his Rookie of the Year award is that he missed four of the first five events of the 2026 season and had literally zero previous pavement experience under his belt entering the year.


 

His actual Silver Crown debut came in last year’s finale at Eldora where he completed 17 laps before a mechanical issue sidelined him. Going into 2026, there was really no set plan to compete for Rookie of the Year. Hinton’s mentor, USAC Hall of Fame mechanic Bob East, got him connected with pavement car owner Charles Breidinger who houses his car in East’s shop.


 

In his first pavement run during June’s Hoosier Hundred at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park just two days shy of his 21st birthday, Hinton started and finished ninth, completing 99 of 100 laps while finishing ahead of several others who possess light year more Silver Crown and pavement experience. After the longest race he’d ever run to that point and the first on an asphalt surface, the post-race reaction from his team is one that Hinton still looks back on as his fondest memory from the entire season.


 

“The looks and the talks that I got from everyone when I got out of the car at IRP, just the proud look on my dad and Bob’s face and Terry (Klatt)’s face, Charles and Miss Janice (East)’s face, and Dave (Brzozowski),” Hinton recalled. “Everyone was so happy. Moments like that are, unfortunately, few and far between in this industry. But that one in particular was one that stands out.”


 

Despite that admirable performance, Hinton was absent for the next two rounds before emerging back on the pavement of Iowa Speedway in the Breidinger number 80. There, a torsion arm broke on the car in the waning stages of the race, but Hinton kept it off the wall. In a race chockfull of attrition, Hinton still managed a 9th.


 

Thereafter, another new experience was on the horizon for Hinton – the dirt miles. Terry Klatt and Bob East offered a second car for Hinton to run and he delivered a 10th at Springfield and a 6th at Du Quoin. It was at that point that a Rookie of the Year title could quite possibly be within reach, and the team’s schedule expanded as a result.


 

“After Iowa, we got back to the shop and Bob was like, “how do you feel about running a mile?” I was like, “yes!” Hinton remembered. “All I had to do was work on it, so we did that. Then, after Springfield, we decided to go to Du Quoin and there really was no plan of running Eldora. But with Bob’s willingness to keep me in a racecar, we were able to make that happen.”


 

At Eldora, Hinton was once again rock solid in the Klatt Enterprises No. 62 as he finished 9th in the 28-car field. Only a pavement show at Ohio’s Toledo Speedway remained on the schedule, and Hinton was right within striking distance, just six points behind Reinbold. That said, in response, Reinbold’s team put together a pavement car for Toledo to go head-to-head with Hinton for the crown. To that point, Reinbold had never competed on a pavement surface.


 

“Following Eldora, we were six points out of the Rookie race and we were going to try to finish Toledo with Charles,” Hinton noted. “Between Charles, Terry, and Bob, they were like, ‘make this happen.’ So, we did what we needed to do to continue the schedule.”


 

While Reinbold struggled with engine issues en route to a 17th place finish, Hinton laid down yet another solid top 10 result to lock up Rookie of the Year honors by eight markers. For Hinton, it was and forever will be a monumental moment in his career after competing semi-regularly with USAC’s National Sprint Car and Midget series over the past few seasons.


 

“This was my last shot at a USAC Rookie of the Year,” Hinton stated. “To me, it really means a lot because, if I do nothing else in my career, I can always say I did that and I’ll always be in the history books. No one can take that away from me. To me, personally, it means the world.”


 

The combination of East, Klatt and Breidinger running Hinton throughout the season may have shown separate entries on paper, but the entire group was all in on Hinton achieving the feat this year.


 

East has long been a champion of Hinton’s racing activities. When Hinton was racing micro sprints at U.S. 24 Speedway in Logansport, Indiana a few years ago, he was noticed by former USAC Midget competitor Doug Wright, who brought Hinton’s name to the attention of East, who gave him his first shot in a USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget back in 2022. For Hinton, he was starstruck just to be standing inside the Beast shop which has produced hundreds of USAC wins and numerous championships over the past four decades.


 

“(Bob) has been very instrumental to my development in really every aspect of my racing,” Hinton praised. “I owe 80 percent of my career to him right now, and I want to do everything right by that man because he’s done everything right by me. He’s always wanted me to continue to get better as a driver and a person. Since I first met Bob, I feel like I’ve grown a lot since then. We work really well together and I haven’t sat in a car yet that Bob has touched that I didn’t like or didn’t feel comfortable in. To this day, he has not done a single thing on a racecar that I didn’t absolutely love.”


 

East has long been associated with Klatt, and without them entering a second car for Hinton to drive on the dirt miles this year, the Rookie race wouldn’t have even been an afterthought.


 

“Anything Bob wants to do, it has to run through Terry, and if Terry doesn’t want me around, then nothing happens,” Hinton explained. “There isn’t a single day that goes by with him in the shop or at the races that isn’t just a blast because Terry is an absolute fun human being to be around. You won’t find a more ecstatic person at the racetrack. I wouldn’t have anything that I have without (Bob and Terry).”


 

To go from zero pavement experience to placing within the top 10 finishers in all of his pavement starts, Hinton quickly showed that he’s a highly capable shoe whether it’s dirt or pavement. It’s a quest Breidinger played a pivotal role in as he provided his Bob East-built Beast chassis for Hinton to succeed in an environment he had never before faced.


 

“I’ve loved Charles the since the first time I started talking to him and I’m guessing he did the same because he has given me anything and everything that I need to go out and compete and have a competitive racecar underneath me,” Hinton said. “No matter where he is or what he’s doing, he always makes sure that I have exactly what I need to be as competitive as I can be.”


 

All in all, in the most unexpected of Rookie seasons, Hinton and the individuals surrounding him teamed up to make it a banner year for all, even if there was really no goal set in stone at the start of the year.


 

“Obviously, I have high expectations of myself, but Bob really didn’t set any standard or goal,” Hinton elaborated. “He just wanted to keep me in a racecar. With Bob, Terry, and Charles putting me through this second and third quarter of the year, none of this would’ve been possible without them.”


 

 

2026 USAC Silver Crown Rookie Driver Points


 

Pos.      Pts.       Driver, Hometown


 

1            279       Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

2            271       Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona


 

3            227       Steve Gennetten, Gravois Mills, Missouri


 

4            148       Robert Tyler, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina


 

5            121       Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

6            117       Chase Cabre, Tampa, Florida


 

7            76          Bret Tripplett, Lincoln, Illinois


 

8            74          Colton Bettis, Lutz, Florida


 

9            45          Mitchell Davis, Auburn, Illinois


 

10          39          Chase Locke, Chester, New Hampshire


 

11          37          Jared Kreider, Stockton, New Jersey


 

12          35          Darin Naida, Adrian, Michigan


 

13          35          Rob Caho Jr., Rush City, Minnesota


 

14          33          Brent Yarnal, Phoenix, Arizona


 

15          29          Scott Hampton, Greenfield, Indiana


 

16          29          Jason York, Chico, California


 

17          23          Kevin Studley, Brownsburg, Indiana


 

18          20          Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, New Jersey


 

19          18          Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

20          15          Colten Cottle, Kansas, Illinois


 

21          10          Aric Gentry, Robards, Kentucky


 

22          10          Adam Taylor, Wheatfield, Indiana


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN ROOKIES OF THE YEAR:


 

1981: Jack Hewitt, Troy, Ohio


 

1982: Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania


 

1983: Rick Hood, Memphis, Tennessee


 

1984: Dave Blaney, Hartford, Ohio


 

1985: Steve Butler, Kokomo, Indiana


 

1986: Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, Ohio


 

1987: Jeff Swindell, Memphis, Tennessee


 

1988: Gene Lee Gibson, Richwood, Ohio


 

1989: Jimmy Sills, Placerville, California


 

1990: Eric Gordon, Greenfield, Indiana


 

1991: Stevie Reeves, Indianapolis, Indiana


 

1992: Jim Keeker, Cicero, Indiana


 

1993: Randy Tolsma, Meridian, Idaho


 

1994: Kenny Irwin Jr. , Indianapolis, Indiana


 

1995: Chuck Leary, Greenfield, Indiana


 

1996: Ryan Newman, South Bend, Indiana


 

1997: Jimmy Kite, Stockbridge, Georgia


 

1998: Todd Kane, Powell, Ohio


 

1999: Paul White, Temple, Texas


 

2000: Kasey Kahne, Enumclaw, Washington


 

2001: Aaron Fike, Galesburg, Illinois


 

2002: Matt Westfall, Pleasant Hill, Ohio


 

2003: Ron Gregory, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2004: Aaron Pierce, Muncie, Indiana


 

2005: Josh Wise, Riverside, California


 

2006: Mat Neely, Robinson, Illinois


 

2007: Cameron Dodson, Greenfield, Indiana


 

2008: Steve Arpin, St. Francis, Ontario


 

2009: Kody Swanson, Kingsburg, California


 

2010: Bryan Clauson, Noblesville, Indiana


 

2011: Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, California


 

2012: Kyle Hamilton, Danville, Indiana


 

2013: Chris Windom, Canton, Illinois


 

2014: Caleb Armstrong, New Castle, Indiana


 

2015: C.J. Leary, Greenfield, Indiana


 

2016: Casey Shuman, Tempe, Arizona


 

2017: Joss Moffatt, Columbus, Indiana


 

2018: Kyle Robbins, New Castle, Indiana


 

2019: Derek Bischak, Angola, Indiana


 

2020: Bryan Gossel, Fort Collins, Colorado


 

2021: Logan Seavey, Sutter, California


 

2022: Gregg Cory, Shelbyville, Indiana


 

2023: Kaylee Bryson, Muskogee, Oklahoma


 

2024: Trey Osborne, Columbus, Ohio


 

2025: Jake Trainor, Medway, Massachusetts


 

2026: Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisana

 

 

 

DIRT SLINGIN’! USAC SPRINTS SET FOR 2 NIGHTS AT THE BURG OCTOBER 9-10

  

Steve Koletar

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 7, 2026)………Two more times. We’re gonna celebrate.


 

The final two Midwest events of the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season bring a double dose of dirt slingin’ to the speedy southeastern Indiana 3/8-mile oval of Lawrenceburg Speedway on Friday-Saturday, October 9-10.


 

Drivers and teams will be chasing after a $6,544 top prize during Friday’s Greg Staab Memorial and a grand prize of $20,000 during Saturday night’s Fall Nationals, with $750 to start each night.


 

The battleground is calling. So, here’s a few Greg Staab Memorial & Fall Nationals tidbits for an all-Burg USAC weekend!


 


 

ONCE, TWICE, THREE TIMES A SEAVEY


 

When it comes to the Fall Nationals, Logan Seavey has had the upper hand in recent years.


 

No driver has ever won the Fall Nationals in three consecutive years, but the Sutter, California native will have that opportunity this Saturday night in the $20,000-to-win feature aboard his Abacus Racing No. 57.


 

The USAC Triple Crown champion owns five overall USAC National Sprint Car wins at The Burg. However, this year’s outings at the track haven’t been to his liking with 15th place results on each occasion. Seavey looks to turn that around this weekend.


 


 

CUMMINS’ TRIFECTA COULD NET $40,000


 

USAC National Sprint Car point leader Kyle Cummins is the defending Greg Staab Memorial winner. He’s the most recent USAC National Sprint Car winner in 2026. He’s far and away the USAC National Sprint Car point leader. Oh, and he won the Fall Nationals back in 2022.


 

Cummins can add to those accolades during Saturday’s Fall Nationals if he can finish on the podium. After finishing 2nd in the first two rounds of the Trifecta at Kokomo’s Smackdown and Tri-State’s Haubstadt Hustler in August and September, respectively, a nice chunk of bonus money could be added to his bank.


 

If Cummins wins the race, he’ll pocket $40,000 with a $20,000 winner’s share, plus the $20,000 bonus. If he runs 2nd in the race, he’d collect $28,000. If he finishes 3rd, $14,000 would be awarded to Cummins. Cummins is the only driver eligible to receive the Trifecta bonus this weekend.


 


 

6 FLAGS IN THE FIELD OF THE CHECKERED VARIETY


 

Kyle Cummins, the 2022 winner, is also one of six Fall Nationals winners scheduled to compete in this weekend’s field along with Robert Ballou, Chase Stockon, Kevin Thomas Jr., Justin Grant, and Logan Seavey.


 

Ballou captured the first two editions of the event in 2007 and 2008, one on the old Lawrenceburg track and one on the current layout. Furthermore, Chase Stockon scored an emotional victory shortly after the passing of his mother in 2012.


 

Kevin Thomas Jr. is the only three-time winner of the event in 2017, 2019, and 2021. Justin Grant has won it twice in 2018 and 2023 and was just five laps away from a third victory when a flat right rear tire ended his bid for the win in 2025.


 

Logan Seavey has won the last two and is now going for an unprecedented three-in-a-row at the Fall Nationals.


 


 

DANNER’S DANCIN’


 

Briggs Danner’s winning ways have been strong of late as he was the victor at Eldora’s Thursday night USAC National Sprint Car program at the end of September. He then followed that up with a USAC Silver Crown victory at Toledo Speedway last Saturday.


 

Danner knows the fast way around Lawrenceburg. He won April’s Justin Owen Memorial at the track and was the inaugural winner of the Greg Staab Memorial back in 2024.


 

His five wins this year on the USAC National Sprint Car trail are already a career high, and now he’s aiming to add on to it at one of his favorite racetracks.


 


 

GRANT IS THE BURG MAN


 

Justin Grant is the all-time winningest USAC National Sprint Car driver at Lawrenceburg with eight career victories, the most recent of which came this past July in the series’ most recent visit to the track during USAC Indiana Sprint Week.


 

Two of Grant’s eight Burg victories have come during the Fall Nationals in 2018 and 2023.


 

His very first career USAC National Sprint Car win came at Lawrenceburg way back in 2012.


 


 

THE FALL GUYS


 

Between Mitchel Moles, Jake Swanson, and C.J. Leary, they possess 45 career USAC National Sprint Car victories at racetracks all across the country. That said, none of them thus far have occurred during the Fall Nationals, as of yet.


 

Swanson was 3rd at the 2023 Fall Nationals and was the fastest qualifier in 2020. Moles has finished 2nd in each of the past two editions of the Fall Nationals in 2024 and 2025. Moles also led all but the final turn of the 2024 Greg Staab Memorial before a mechanical issue put him out.


 

Leary was 2nd at the 2017 Fall Nationals and has been the fastest qualifier at the event on another three occasions. Leary won a pair of USAC National Sprint Car races in his career at The Burg in 2017 and 2020 and was also a track champion in 2013.


 

Cale Coons, meanwhile, takes his first crack at the Fall Nationals this Saturday. He was an 8th place finisher with USAC in the spring of this year.


 

 

CLOUSER IS ROCK STEADY FOR THE WEEKEND


 

Mario Clouser will take over the wheel of the Rock Steady Racing No. 3R this weekend in what will be his first USAC National Sprint Car appearance of the season.


 

Stevie Sussex, the team’s regular driver, has plans with family for the weekend, and thus, will not be in action this weekend. However, Sussex will be back in the ride for the remainder of the USAC season starting with the October 16 round at Dodge City Raceway Park in Kansas.


 

Clouser’s most recent USAC National Sprint Car start resulted in his best career series finish of 5th at Illinois’ Tri-City Speedway in September 2025. He also just wrapped up the USAC Silver Crown season fourth in the standings. He was a 13th place Fall Nationals finisher in 2019.


 


 

DOG DAY AFTERNOON (AND NIGHT)


 

The third running of the Greg Staab Memorial honors the life and memory of the five-time Lawrenceburg Speedway sprint car track champion in 1982-1983-1984-1985-1987.


 

Nicknamed "Dog," Staab was a longtime USAC driver and car owner who also served as the promoter of Lawrenceburg Speedway and was later a USAC National Sprint Car Competition Director.


 

As part of the event, the winner’s share will be $6,544, in recognition of the familiar No. 44 that he campaigned for several years on USAC’s Midget and Sprint Car trails as well as on the local Indiana/Ohio sprint car scene. Furthermore, the event will pay $750 to start both nights this weekend.


 

Staab scored one USAC National Sprint Car victory in his career, a memorable feat in 1988 on the pavement of Indianapolis Raceway Park that was shown live on ESPN. Staab passed away in 2017 at the age of 68.


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

On Friday night, October 9, it’s the 3rd annual Greg Staab Memorial featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus B-Mods, Lawrence Motorsports Trailer Sales Hornets and Rupp Roofing & Seamless Gutters Crown Vics. Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and hot laps at 6:30pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Advance tickets are on sale now at www.LawrenceburgSpeedway.com. General admission tickets are $25 for ages 13 & up. General admission tickets for kids age 12 and under are $10. Pit passes are $35 for ages 11 & up. Pit passes for ages 10 & under are $15. Backstretch/pit parking is $20.


 

On Saturday night, October 10, the 18th running of the Fall Nationals features the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus Diamond Heavy Haul Modifieds and Impact Sports Pro Stocks. Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5pm and hot laps at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Advance tickets are on sale now at www.LawrenceburgSpeedway.com. General admission tickets are $35 for ages 13 & up. General admission tickets for kids age 12 and under are $10. Pit passes are $45 for ages 11 & up. Pit passes for ages 10 & under are $15. Backstretch/pit parking is $20.


 

Both nights of the event can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026.


 


 

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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.


 


 

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TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

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


 

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


 

10 Laps - 7/10/2008 - Cole Whitt - 2:18.199 - 7.692 mph


 

12 Laps - 10/1/2016 - Stevie Sussex - 2:51.399 - 4.521 mph


 

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


 


 

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FALL NATIONALS WINS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

3-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

2-Robert Ballou, Bryan Clauson, Justin Grant & Logan Seavey


 

1-Brady Bacon, Kyle Cummins, Damion Gardner, Josh Hodges, Levi Jones, Thomas Meseraull, Jon Stanbrough & Chase Stockon


 


 

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FALL NATIONALS WINNERS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

2007: Robert Ballou (MSCS)


 

2008: Robert Ballou (MSCS)


 

2009: Damion Gardner (USAC) & Jon Stanbrough (MSCS)


 

2010: Rained Out


 

2011: Levi Jones (USAC)


 

2012: Chase Stockon (USAC)


 

2013: Bryan Clauson (USAC)


 

2014: Bryan Clauson (USAC)


 

2015: Thomas Meseraull (USAC)


 

2016: Josh Hodges (USAC)


 

2017: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2018: Justin Grant (USAC)


 

2019: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2020: Brady Bacon (USAC)


 

2021: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2022: Kyle Cummins (USAC)


 

2023: Justin Grant (USAC)


 

2024: Logan Seavey (USAC)


 

2025: Logan Seavey (USAC)


 


 

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GREG STAAB MEMORIAL WINS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

1-Kyle Cummins & Briggs Danner


 


 

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GREG STAAB MEMORIAL WINNERS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

2024: Briggs Danner


 

2025: Kyle Cummins


 


 

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

8-Justin Grant


 

7-Dave Darland


 

6-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

5-Logan Seavey & Jon Stanbrough


 

4-Jack Hewitt


 

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


 

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


 

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

 

LEARY’S CROWN! 2026 USAC SILVER CROWN SEASON REVIEW

 

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Through personal loss, love, pain and joy, C.J. Leary continued to race on over the past year and a half.


 

And after finishing the USAC Silver Crown Championship points 3rd, 4th, 4th, and 2nd over the past four seasons, a title was just within reach.


 

In 2026, after 12 years after making his series debut, the Greenfield, Indiana native finally made it to the top once again, this time as a USAC Silver Crown champion.


 

Leary’s Silver Crown title is his first with the series and the second of his USAC national career after also grabbing the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship back in 2019. This one required near perfection as he finished inside the top-five in all but one of the 10 rounds while also tallying three wins.


 

He picked up two wins on the pavement at WWT Raceway and Iowa Speedway, both of which Leary admitted were “bucket list” tracks for him to win at. A repeat victory on the dirt at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds and a ceremonial swim in the infield pond / lake followed in September, to go along with a series-leading 204 laps led, and no finish worse than eighth throughout the season. By September, he had achieved a brand new series record of 15 consecutive top five finishes dating back to mid-2025.


 

The 105-point margin of Leary’s was the series’ largest since the 2015 season, while completing every single one of the 911 laps contested during the 2026 campaign. His quest to the 2026 USAC Silver Crown driving championship has spanned for nearly half of his 30 years on this earth, and this was about as perfect of a year he could’ve possibly had on the racetrack as the team finished every single race without a single DNF.


 

“Over half the battle of Silver Crown racing is making sure that your car runs the full 100 laps and finishes the races,” Leary stated. If you can do that, you’re going to be top 10 for sure, top five maybe even. We’ve had no failures the last two years, which has been just unbelievable. I owe that all to those guys for spending the time in the shop and providing us with all the right parts and pieces. It makes my job easy to show up to track and give them 100 percent.”


 

For C.J., it’s a journey to the championship that debuted in 2014. After going full-time in 2015 in the family-owned No. 30, Leary first raced to victory in USAC national competition in 2016 at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track, celebrating alongside his dad, 1997 Hoosier Hundred winner Chuck Leary, as they became the first father and son to win USAC Silver Crown races as drivers.


 

C.J.’s 2018 champ car score at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway is widely regarded as one of the best races in USAC Silver Crown history, one that C.J. cites put him “on the map” to where teams were calling him to drive their cars on a full-time basis.


 

After a run with the Klatt Enterprises team and Bob East in the forthcoming years, Leary notched another series win in 2022. But after vacating that seat in 2024, Leary joined the Team AZ Racing / Petty-Rossi / Curb-Agajanian team for 2025. Their goals were clear: win races and win championships. Despite a new pavement car, no notebook, and a new combo, they won twice and finished second in the standings for 2025. In 2026, they got even better, attaining their goals by year two in their Avanti Windows & Doors – Curb Records/DRC/Stanton Chevy No. 21.


 

At times, it takes a village to operate at an optimum level, and the 21 bunch sure has its share, becoming quite possibly the first four owner operation to earn a USAC championship, with a team that consists of Mike Burkhart, Craig Burkhart, Eric and Windy Wilkins, Justin Grau, Joe Devin of DRC, Eric Stanton of Stanton Racing Engines, Jerry Petty of Avanti Windows & Doors, Phil Rossi of Apache Transport, and Mike Curb, all of whom can now claim the 2026 Silver Crown title as their very own.


 

“It’s about the people really,” Leary tipped his cap. “I think it’s about the people you surround yourself with. And if you’re not enjoying what you’re doing, why are you doing it? There are a lot of other things out there that we could all be doing, but racing has brought us all together in the sport that we love.”


 

But amid the pursuit of accomplishing the task of capturing a USAC Silver Crown title, away from the track, Leary’s experiences were anything but perfect. An emotional roller coaster over the span of the past year and a half saw his dad pass away unexpectedly in March 2025 at the age of 59. Not only was he his dad, his mentor, and his crew chief, he was his best friend.


 

“Losing my dad was the hardest thing I’ve ever endured and I still struggle with it today. I don’t know if it’s something I’ll ever really truly get over,” C.J. said. “He was my best friend and my crew chief and he was sometimes even my worst enemy. We butted heads a lot, but I sure do wish he was here to have witnessed this season and get to celebrate this championship with us. I know that he was watching over me at all those races.”


 

In December 2025, C.J. married his longtime girlfriend, Kristy Bemmes. In 2026, C.J.’s trusty sidekick, Charlie the Black Lab, who traveled up and down the road to every one of C.J.’s USAC races going back more than a decade, passed away. Soon after, C.J. and Kristy announced that they would soon become the proud new parents of a baby boy in early 2027.


 

“I don’t know if it gets any cooler getting to win a USAC Silver Crown championship and to have a son all in the same year,” Leary beamed. “I’m really looking forward to becoming a dad. I think I’ve learned a lot from my dad and I just hope that I’m as good as he was. I think he’ll be the seventh generation of Charles Leary. That’s really cool for my family and really cool for Kristy. I think she’s going to be a great mom.”


 

Leary led the championship points for all but the first race, which was won in spectacular fashion in May at the Kansas State Fairgrounds by Hayden Reinbold. Restarting 17th after a first lap crash, then later going a lap down just 10 laps into the race, Reinbold took over the lead from a fuel-starved Justin Grant with two laps to go to become the first driver to win in his first career USAC Silver Crown start since Marv Carman in 1984.


 

Dakoda Armstrong charged from fourth to first in the first 10 laps to win the 69th running of the Hoosier Hundred at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in June. In that same race, Russ Gamester made the biggest charge of the season in what was his record-setting 31st career Hoosier Hundred start by driving from 18th to fourth. That same night, Brian Tyler and his son, Robert Tyler, became just the sixth father and son to compete in the same USAC Silver Crown race, joining David & Mike McCreary, Jim & James McElreath, Wayne Reutimann Jr. & Sr., Ken & Davey Hamilton, and Davey Hamilton Jr. & Sr.


 

Mitchel Moles led all but one lap of July’s Sumar Classic at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track as he lost the lead to his teammate Hayden Reinbold with seven laps to go, then quickly grabbed it back on the very next lap to secure the win. Moles and Reinbold’s resulting one-two finish made Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports the first team to occupy the top two spots of a USAC Silver Crown race since Tony Stewart Racing’s Levi Jones and Bryan Clauson in 2010, also at Terre Haute.


 

Briggs Danner tied for the most victories during the 2026 season, going wire-to-wire for all 100 laps to score the Rich Vogler Classic in what his first ever visit to the daunting 37 degree high banks of Indiana’s Winchester Speedway. Danner’s second career series win on July 19 came exactly one year to the day after his first win. Danner then won his first dirt mile race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds’ Bettenhausen 100 in August, taking over the lead from Justin Grant, who suffered another heartbreak when his engine expired just 13 laps from the finish line while leading. Danner then capped the season with another victory on the pavement in his first ever visit to Ohio’s Toledo Speedway.


 

During September’s 4-Crown Nationals at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway, Spire Motorsports with CB Industries debuted their new USAC Silver Crown team with Daison Pursley at the wheel. The result was absolute perfection as they were fastest in practice, captured the pole position in qualifying, then led all 50 laps en route to Pursley’s second straight Eldora champ car win. Interestingly, the top four finishers of the feature were Pursley, Brady Bacon, Matt Westfall, and Logan Seavey. For all four of those drivers, it was their only feature start of the USAC Silver Crown season.


 

Furthermore, Chase Cabre made history at Iowa when he became the first driver to win the pole position in his USAC Silver Crown debut since Shane Hmiel in 2008. In his second qualifying run at Toledo, he captured the pole position again! He led 45 laps in both races, bowing out with a mechanical issue at Iowa before finishing third at Toledo.


 

Also at Iowa, the versatile Nathan Byrd became the first driver since J.J. Yeley in 2007 at Kansas Speedway to compete in both a USAC Silver Crown and NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts race on the same day at the same track. Byrd finished fourth in the USAC race and 25th in the NASCAR event.


 

With his eighth place finish in the standings, Chelby Hinton was named the 2026 USAC Silver Crown Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year after finishing all six of his starts inside the top 10. In one of the closest Rookie races in series history, Louisiana’s Hinton edged Hayden Reinbold by a mere eight points.


 

Chase Cabre, Justin Grant, and C.J. Leary each led a three-way tie for the most pole positions in 2026 with two apiece.


 

Six drivers started all 10 feature events: C.J. Leary (1st in points), Briggs Danner (2nd in points), Justin Grant (3rd in points), Mario Clouser (4th in points), Gregg Cory (5th in points), and Dave Berkheimer (6th in points).


 

Seventy-two different drivers competed in a USAC Silver Crown event in 2026, the most in three years.


 


 

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2026 USAC SILVER CROWN STAT LEADERS:


 

Driver Champion: C.J. Leary


 

Entrant Champion: Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing #21


 

Most Wins: 3-Briggs Danner & C.J. Leary


 

Rookie of the Year: Chelby Hinton (8th)


 

Most Laps Led: 204-C.J. Leary


 

Most Top-Fives: 9-C.J. Leary


 

Most Top-Tens: 10-C.J. Leary


 

Most Fast Qualifying Times: 2-Chase Cabre, Justin Grant & C.J. Leary


 

Most Feature Starts: 10-Dave Berkheimer, Mario Clouser, Gregg Cory, Briggs Danner, Justin Grant & C.J. Leary


 

Best Finish By A Rookie: May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hayden Reinbold (1st)


 

Most Positions Advanced in a Race: (14) Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Russ Gamester (18th to 4th)


 


 

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2026 USAC SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE & RESULTS


 

May 9: (D) Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hutchinson, Kansas

WINNER: Hayden Reinbold (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports #119)


 

Jun 7: (P) World Wide Technology Raceway - Madison, Illinois

WINNER: C.J. Leary (Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian #21)


 

Jun 25: (P) Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Brownsburg, Indiana

WINNER: Dakoda Armstrong (C & A Motorsports #5)


 

Jul 5: (D) Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana

WINNER: Mitchel Moles (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports #19)


 

Jul 19: (P) Winchester Speedway - Winchester, Indiana

WINNER: Briggs Danner (Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team #77)


 

Aug 8: (P) Iowa Speedway - Newton, Iowa

WINNER: C.J. Leary (Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian #21)


 

Aug 22: (D) Illinois State Fairgrounds - Springfield, Illinois

WINNER: Briggs Danner (DMW Motorsports #10)


 

Sep 5: (D) Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Du Quoin, Illinois

WINNER: C.J. Leary (Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian #21)


 

Sep 26: Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio

WINNER: Daison Pursley (Spire Motorsports with CB Industries #77)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Toledo, Ohio

WINNER: Briggs Danner (Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team #77)


 


 

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2026 USAC Silver Crown Driver Points


 

Pos.     Pts.      Driver, Hometown


 

1            662       C.J. Leary, Greenfield, Indiana


 

2            557       Briggs Danner, Allentown, Pennsylvania


 

3            557       Justin Grant, Ione, California


 

4            487       Mario Clouser, Auburn, Illinois


 

5            388       Gregg Cory, Shelbyville, Indiana


 

6            322       Dave Berkheimer, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania


 

7            283       Kaylee Bryson, Muskogee, Oklahoma


 

8            279       (R) Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

9            275       Dakoda Armstrong, New Castle, Indiana


 

10          271       (R) Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona


 

11          258       Mitchel Moles, Raisin City, California


 

12          254       Chase Stockon, Fort Branch, Indiana


 

13          251       Jake Swanson, Anaheim, California


 

14          249       Kyle Steffens, Saint Charles, Missouri


 

15          227       (R) Steve Gennetten, Gravois Mills, Missouri


 

16          187       Nathan Byrd, Goodyear, Arizona


 

17          183       Tyler Roahrig, Plymouth, Indiana


 

18          165       Bobby Santos, Franklin, Massachusetts


 

19          148       Jackson Macenko, Cincinnati, Ohio


 

20          148       Carmen Perigo, Stoystown, Pennsylvania


 

21          148       (R) Robert Tyler, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina


 

22          140       Brian Tyler, Parma, Michigan


 

23          125       Davey Hamilton Jr., Boise, Idaho


 

24          121       (R) Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

25          120       Saban Bibent, Cincinnati, Ohio


 

26          117       (R) Chase Cabre, Tampa, Florida


 

27          107       Russ Gamester, Peru, Indiana


 

28          106       Kyle Hamilton, Danville, Indiana


 

29          105       Jerry Coons Jr., Tucson, Arizona


 

30          90          Kyle Cummins, Princeton, Indiana


 

31          83          Danny Jennings, Norman, Oklahoma


 

32          81          Trey Osborne, Columbus, Ohio


 

33          80          Chris Fetter, Troy, Missouri


 

34          79          Shane Cockrum, Benton, Illinois


 

35          77          Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma


 

36          76          (R) Bret Tripplett, Lincoln, Illinois


 

37          76          Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma


 

38          74          (R) Colton Bettis, Lutz, Florida


 

39          66          Mark Bitner, Columbus, New Jersey


 

40          64          Matt Westfall, Pleasant Hill, Ohio


 

41          61          Logan Seavey, Sutter, California


 

42          59          Ryan Newman, South Bend, Indiana


 

43          55          Bill Rose, Plainfield, Indiana


 

44          52          Michael Lewis, Noblesville, Indiana


 

45          47          Korey Weyant, Springfield, Illinois


 

46          46          Jimmy Light, West Springfield, Pennsylvania


 

47          45          (R) Mitchell Davis, Auburn, Illinois


 

48          43          Kip Hughes, North Enid, Oklahoma


 

49          41          Brian Ruhlman, Clarklake, Michigan


 

50          39          (R) Chase Locke, Chester, New Hampshire


 

51          37          (R) Jared Kreider, Stockton, New Jersey


 

52          35          Kyle O’Gara, Beech Grove, Indiana


 

53          35          Shane Cottle, Kansas, Illinois


 

54          35          (R) Darin Naida, Adrian, Michigan


 

55          35          (R) Rob Caho Jr., Rush City, Minnesota


 

56          33          (R) Brent Yarnal, Phoenix, Arizona


 

57          33          Chris Urish, Elkhart, Illinois


 

58          31          Jake Trainor, Medway, Massachusetts


 

59          31          Kenny Gentry, Henderson, Kentucky


 

60          29          Bryan Gossel, Fort Collins, Colorado


 

61          29          Robert Ballou, Rocklin, California


 

62          29          (R) Scott Hampton, Greenfield, Indiana


 

63          29          (R) Jason York, Chico, California


 

64          23          (R) Kevin Studley, Brownsburg, Indiana


 

65          22          Patrick Bruns, Champaign, Illinois


 

66          20          Dave Peperak, Clinton, Indiana


 

67          20          (R) Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, New Jersey


 

68          19          Joey Moughan, Springfield, Illinois


 

69          18          (R) Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

70          15          (R) Colten Cottle, Kansas, Illinois


 

71          10          (R) Aric Gentry, Robards, Kentucky


 

72          10          (R) Adam Taylor, Wheatfield, Indiana


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie


 


 

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2026 USAC Silver Crown Entrant Points


 

Pos.     Pts.      Entrant, Team Location


 

1            662       Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Phoenix, Arizona (#21)


 

2            557       Hemelgarn Racing, Toledo, Ohio (#91)


 

3            487       Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Phoenix, Arizona (#20)


 

4            409       Klatt Enterprises, Hastings, Nebraska (#6)


 

5            388       Williams-Cory Racing, Shelbyville, Indiana (#32)


 

6            322       Dave Berkheimer Motorsports, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (#31)


 

7            311       Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team, Lebanon, Ohio (#77)


 

8            287       Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports, Gilbert, Arizona (#19)


 

9            283       Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight, Indianapolis, Indiana (#11)


 

10          281       DMW Motorsports, Phoenix, Arizona (#10)


 

11          275       C & A Motorsports, New Castle, Indiana (#5)


 

12          254       Pink 69 Racing, Evansville, Indiana (#69)


 

13          249       Steffens Motorsports, Saint Charles, Missouri (#8)


 

14          242       Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports, Gilbert, Arizona (#119)


 

15          227       GGR Motorsports, Gravois Mills, Missouri (#64)


 

16          226       Aaron Pierce, Fishers, Indiana (#26)


 

17          215       Kazmark Motorsports, Joliet, Illinois (#92)


 

18       187       Meyer Auto Research-Byrd Racing-John Tosti, Brownsburg, Indiana (#40)


 

19          183       Newman Racing, Snohomish, Washington (#41)


 

20          165       DJ Racing, Boca Raton, Florida (#98)


 

21          164       Hamilton-DB Racing, Avon, Indiana (#14)


 

22          162       John Haggenbottom, Bristol, Pennsylvania (#24)


 

23          148       Brad Hayes Racing, Pendleton, Indiana (#124)


 

24          148       Stehman Motorsports, Halifax, Pennsylvania (#52)


 

25          148       Robert Tyler Racing, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina (#75)


 

26          144       Klatt Enterprises, Hastings, Nebraska (#62)


 

27          140       BCR Group, South Vienna, Ohio (#81)


 

28          135       Breidinger Motorsports, Hillsborough, California (#80)


 

29          120       Sammy & Mouren Fetter, Bridgeton, Missouri (#88)


 

30          107       Gamester Racing, Peru, Indiana (#51)


 

31          95          Shawn Wood, Memphis, Tennessee (#27)


 

32          90          Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Phoenix, Arizona (#33)


 

33          83          David Grace Motorsports, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (#61)


 

34          80          Chris Fetter, Moscow Mills, Missouri (#15)


 

35          77          Chris Dyson Racing, Poughkeepsie, New York (#9)


 

36          76          SV Motorsports, Blackstone, Illinois (#65)


 

37          76          Kip Hughes, Enid, Oklahoma (#60)


 

38          76          Spire Motorsports with CB Industries, Mooresville, North Carolina (#77)


 

39          66          Henry Yeska, Columbus, New Jersey (#4)


 

40          64          Westfall Racing, Pleasant Hill, Ohio (#54)


 

41          61          Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight, Indianapolis, Indiana (#57)


 

42          56          Hans Lein, Edgerton, Wisconsin (#97)


 

43          55          Bill Rose Racing, Crawfordsville, Indiana (#66)


 

44          47          Weyant Motorsports, Rochester, Illinois (#99)


 

45          46          Mike Thomas, Indianapolis, Indiana (#118)


 

46          45          Shoestring Racing, Plainfield, Illinois (#38)


 

47          41          Ruhlman Racing, Clarklake, Michigan (#49)


 

48          35          Whitman-Caho Racing, Rush City, Minnesota (#78)


 

49          33          Brent Yarnal, Phoenix, Arizona (#29)


 

50          33          Urish Racing, Lincoln, Illinois (#177)


 

51          31          Aaron Pierce, Fishers, Indiana (#126)


 

52          31          Gentry Motorsports, Henderson, Kentucky (#18)


 

53          29          Bryan Gossel, Fort Collins, Colorado (#06)


 

54          29          Team AZ/Petty-Rossi/Curb-Agajanian Racing, Phoenix, Arizona (#211)


 

55          29          York Racing, Brownsburg, Indiana (#255)


 

56          23          Studley Motorsports, Brownsburg, Indiana (#57)


 

57          22          Full Throttle Racing, Champaign, Illinois (#95)


 

58          20          Dave Peperak Motorsports, Clinton, Indiana (#777)


 

59          19          Joey Moughan Racing, Springfield, Illinois (#129)


 

60          18          DMW Motorsports, Phoenix, Arizona (#110)


 

61          15          McQuinn Motorsports, Springfield, Illinois (#114)


 

62          15          Mark Moreland Racing, O’Fallon, Missouri (#04)


 

63          10          Tim & Linda Simmons, Cabot, Arkansas (#3)


 

64          10          Adam Taylor Motorsports, Wheatfield, Indiana (#53)


 


 

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2026 USAC SILVER CROWN ROOKIE DRIVER POINT STANDINGS:

Pos.     Pts.      Driver, Hometown


 

1            279       Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana


 

2            271       Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona


 

3            227       Steve Gennetten, Gravois Mills, Missouri


 

4            148       Robert Tyler, Mount Pleasant, North Carolina


 

5            121       Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma


 

6            117       Chase Cabre, Tampa, Florida


 

7            76          Bret Tripplett, Lincoln, Illinois


 

8            74          Colton Bettis, Lutz, Florida


 

9            45          Mitchell Davis, Auburn, Illinois


 

10          39          Chase Locke, Chester, New Hampshire


 

11          37          Jared Kreider, Stockton, New Jersey


 

12          35          Darin Naida, Adrian, Michigan


 

13          35          Rob Caho Jr., Rush City, Minnesota


 

14          33          Brent Yarnal, Phoenix, Arizona


 

15          29          Scott Hampton, Greenfield, Indiana


 

16          29          Jason York, Chico, California


 

17          23          Kevin Studley, Brownsburg, Indiana


 

18          20          Billy Pauch Jr., Frenchtown, New Jersey


 

19          18          Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana


 

20          15          Colten Cottle, Kansas, Illinois


 

21          10          Aric Gentry, Robards, Kentucky


 

22          10          Adam Taylor, Wheatfield, Indiana


 


 

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RACE WINS:


 

3-Briggs Danner (Jul 19 at Winchester Speedway, Aug 22 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds & Oct 3 at Toledo Speedway)


 

3-C.J. Leary (Jun 7 at World Wide Technology Raceway, Aug 8 at Iowa Speedway & Sep 5 at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds)


 

1-Dakoda Armstrong (Jun 25 at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park)


 

1-Mitchel Moles (Jul 5 at the Terre Haute Action Track)


 

1-Hayden Reinbold (May 9 at the Kansas State Fairgrounds)


 

1-Daison Pursley (Sep 26 at Eldora Speedway)


 


 

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LAPS LED:


 

204-C.J. Leary


 

185-Justin Grant


 

164-Briggs Danner


 

99-Mitchel Moles


 

91-Dakoda Armstrong


 

90-Chase Cabre


 

50-Daison Pursley


 

19-Davey Hamilton Jr.


 

6-Bobby Santos


 

3-Hayden Reinbold


 


 

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TOP 5 FINISHES:


 

9-C.J. Leary


 

7-Justin Grant


 

4-Mario Clouser & Briggs Danner


 

3-Dakoda Armstrong & Jake Swanson


 

2-Hayden Reinbold, Tyler Roahrig & Kyle Steffens


 

1-Brady Bacon, Saban Bibent, Nathan Byrd, Chase Cabre, Jerry Coons Jr., Gregg Cory, Russ Gamester, Jackson Macenko, Mitchel Moles, Daison Pursley, Bobby Santos, Logan Seavey, Chase Stockon & Matt Westfall


 


 

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TOP 10 FINISHES:


 

10-C.J. Leary


 

8-Briggs Danner & Justin Grant


 

7-Mario Clouser


 

6-Chelby Hinton


 

4-Dakoda Armstrong & Chase Stockon


 

3-Gregg Cory, Steve Gennetten, Mitchel Moles, Tyler Roahrig, Bobby Santos, Kyle Steffens & Jake Swanson


 

2-Kaylee Bryson, Nathan Byrd, Jackson Macenko, Carmen Perigo & Hayden Reinbold


 

1-Brady Bacon, Colton Bettis, Saban Bibent, Chase Cabre, Shane Cockrum, Jerry Coons Jr., Kyle Cummins, Kale Drake, Chris Fetter, Russ Gamester, Kyle Hamilton, Davey Hamilton Jr., Kip Hughes, Danny Jennings, Michael Lewis, Trey Osborne, Daison Pursley, Bill Rose, Logan Seavey, Brian Tyler, Robert Tyler & Matt Westfall


 


 

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FEATURE STARTS:


 

10-Dave Berkheimer, Mario Clouser, Gregg Cory, Briggs Danner, Justin Grant & C.J. Leary


 

7-Kaylee Bryson


 

6-Chelby Hinton & Hayden Reinbold


 

5-Dakoda Armstrong, Steve Gennetten, Mitchel Moles, Kyle Steffens, Chase Stockon & Jake Swanson


 

4-Nathan Byrd, Brian Tyler & Robert Tyler


 

3-Saban Bibent, Kale Drake, Russ Gamester, Kyle Hamilton, Davey Hamilton Jr., Jackson Macenko, Trey Osborne, Carmen Perigo, Tyler Roahrig, Bobby Santos & Bret Tripplett


 

2-Colton Bettis, Mark Bitner, Chase Cabre, Shane Cockrum, Jerry Coons Jr., Kyle Cummins, Chris Fetter, Danny Jennings, Jimmy Light & Ryan Newman


 

1-Brady Bacon, Robert Ballou, Patrick Bruns, Rob Caho Jr., Cale Coons, Colten Cottle, Shane Cottle, Mitchell Davis, Kenny Gentry, Bryan Gossel, Scott Hampton, Kip Hughes, Jared Kreider, Michael Lewis, Chase Locke, Joey Moughan, Darin Naida, Kyle O’Gara, Dave Peperak, Daison Pursley, Bill Rose, Brian Ruhlman, Logan Seavey, Kevin Studley, Jake Trainor, Chris Urish, Matt Westfall, Korey Weyant, Brent Yarnal & Jason York


 


 

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FAST QUALIFIERS: (Presented by LearnLab)


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (20.789)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - C.J. Leary (30.641)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - C.J. Leary (20.962)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Mitchel Moles (20.627)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Briggs Danner (14.972)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - Chase Cabre (21.963)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (31.504)


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Chase Stockon (30.125)


 

Sep 25: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (16.428)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Chase Cabre (15.159)


 


 

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FAST QUALIFYING TIMES: (Presented by LearnLab)


 

2-Chase Cabre, Justin Grant & C.J. Leary


 

1-Briggs Danner, Mitchel Moles, Daison Pursley & Chase Stockon


 


 

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QUALIFYING RACE WINNERS: (Presented by Five Star Bodies)


 

1-Carmen Perigo


 


 

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TOP ROOKIE FINISHER OF THE RACE:


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hayden Reinbold (1st)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - Brent Yarnal (15th)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Chelby Hinton (9th)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Hayden Reinbold (2nd)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Robert Tyler (8th)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - Chelby Hinton (9th)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Chelby Hinton (10th)


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Chelby Hinton (6th)


 

Sep 26: Eldora Speedway - Chelby Hinton (9th)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Chase Cabre (3rd)


 


 

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HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE: (Presented by Rod End Supply)


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hayden Reinbold (8th to 1st)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - Jackson Macenko (16th to 3rd)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Russ Gamester (18th to 4th)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Bill Rose (18th to 6th)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Brian Tyler (11th to 6th)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - Gregg Cory (15th to 5th)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Steve Gennetten (22nd to 11th)


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Briggs Danner (16th to 3rd)


 

Sep 26: Eldora Speedway - Carmen Perigo (21st to 8th)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Kale Drake (16th to 6th)


 


 

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MOST LAPS LED: (K & N Filters Clean Air Award)


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (98)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - C.J. Leary (45)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Dakoda Armstrong (91)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Mitchel Moles (99)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Briggs Danner (100)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - C.J. Leary (55)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (87)


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - C.J. Leary (100)


 

Sep 26: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (50)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - Briggs Danner (55)


 


 

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FASTEST PRACTICE DRIVER: (Presented by Dirt Draft)


 

May 9: Kansas State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (21.019)


 

Jun 7: World Wide Technology Raceway - C.J. Leary (30.596)


 

Jun 25: Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Kyle Hamilton (21.215)


 

Jul 5: Terre Haute Action Track - Justin Grant (20.462)


 

Jul 19: Winchester Speedway - Justin Grant (15.149)


 

Aug 8: Iowa Speedway - C.J. Leary (22.217)


 

Aug 22: Illinois State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (30.976)                             


 

Sep 5: Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Justin Grant (29.802)


 

Sep 25: Eldora Speedway - Daison Pursley (16.182)


 

Oct 3: Toledo Speedway - C.J. Leary (15.140)

 

Season Finale Goes to Toledo on Saturday

Chuck Reed

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Toledo, Ohio (October 2, 2026)………It’s last call as the USAC Silver Crown trail in 2026 comes to the end of the road this Saturday, October 3.


 

The place is Toledo Speedway. The race is the 13th running of the Hemelgarn Racing / Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic as the champ cars make their curtain call for the year on the 1/2-mile, high-banked paved oval in the upper northwest part of Ohio.


 

A fierce Rookie of the Year battle is at play this weekend, as are intriguing debuts, and several drivers aiming to finish their season on a high note.


 

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


 

Now, here’s six storylines to watch coming up this Saturday at Toledo!

 


 

LEARY LOCKED IN


 

C.J. Leary enters the Toledo finale playing with house money. He’s already clinched the 2026 USAC Silver Crown championship, the first of his career. Amazingly, he’s the first Indiana born USAC Silver Crown driving champion since Tracy Hines 26 years ago in 2000.


 

Two of Leary’s three USAC Silver Crown wins in 2026 have occurred on the asphalt, at WWT Raceway and Iowa Speedway. Furthermore, he’s currently on a string of an all-time record 15 consecutive top-five finishes with the series dating back to mid-July 2025.


 

Of course, he’d like to put the cherry on top to complete a perfect season of top-fives. But he wants more than that. In his career at Toledo, he’s finished 2nd twice in 2023 and 2024 and was fifth one year ago.

 


 

GRANT EYING FIRST CHAMP CAR W OF ‘26


 

Justin Grant enters Toledo as the defending winner of the Rollie Beale Classic at Toledo, leading all 100 laps from his outside front row starting position in April 2025 en route to the series championship.


 

However, this year, despite several strong runs, he’s been absent from USAC Silver Crown victory lane. He has six top-five finishes and has been in contention to win many of them. However, victory has eluded him thus far.


 

He owns the current longest streak of years with at least one Silver Crown victory with five dating back to 2021. Toledo marks his final opportunity of 2026 to extend that run.


 

Toledo also presents a special opportunity for Grant and his Hemelgarn Racing team. Hemelgarn, a Toledo businessman who owns the Super Fitness health club, is a longtime sponsor of the Rollie Beale Classic and was instrumental in bringing open wheel racing back to Toledo Speedway during the 2000s.

 


 

REINBOLD VS. HINTON FOR THE ROOKIE TITLE


 

Hayden Reinbold and Chelby Hinton are separated by just six points in the battle for USAC Silver Crown Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year honors. Both drivers will be making their Toledo debut this Saturday.


 

Gilbert, Arizona’s Reinbold will make his first pavement start of any kind in his career in the Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports No. 19. The ride is a borrowed car from the Team AZ Racing / Petty-Rossi / Curb-Agajanian stable. Reinbold won the season opener back in May at the Kansas State Fairgrounds.


 

Meanwhile, Dubberly, Louisiana’s Hinton will hit the Toledo pavement for the first time in his career aboard the Breidinger Motorsports No. 80. In his five USAC Silver Crown starts this season, Hinton has yet to finish outside the top-10. His best run to date was a 6th at Du Quoin in September.

 


 

DOUBLE DUTY IN CHAMP CARS & SPRINT CARS


 

Along with USAC Silver Crown action, the 500 Sprint Car Tour will also be on hand for its event at Toledo in an open wheel doubleheader.


 

At least three drivers are planning to pull double-duty by competing in both divisions this Saturday: Tyler Roahrig, Dakoda Armstrong, and Nathan Byrd.


 

Roahrig finished 2nd in last year’s Toledo USAC Silver Crown race while Armstrong took 3rd. Byrd was a 6th place Toledo finisher in 2021.


 

On top of everything else, Byrd will be traveling back and forth between Toledo Speedway and Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin’s Road America where he is competing in the SCCA Runoffs in the Formula Atlantic division this week.


 

 

TOLEDO DEBUTS


 

Eight of the 18 drivers in Saturday’s field will be making their Toledo USAC Silver Crown debuts.


 

Among that group are top Rookie of the Year contenders Hayden Reinbold and Chelby Hinton, plus two-time 2026 series winner Briggs Danner as well as USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget winner Kale Drake, who’ll be making his pavement champ car debut.


 

Chase Cabre will make his first Toledo champ car run as will Robert Tyler. Additionally, two more drivers will be making their first USAC Silver Crown appearance of any kind this Saturday: northeast Supermodified and NEMA Midget star Chase Locke and East Coast winged sprint car racer Jared Kreider.


 

They’ll be facing off with series veterans such as Kyle Hamilton who returns to Toledo for the first time since a 6th place USAC Silver Crown finish in 2019. Kaylee Bryson made her USAC Silver Crown debut at Toledo in 2022 and finished 6th in 2023. Mario Clouser, who ranks fourth in the standings, also finished 6th at Toledo in 2024. Fifth in points in Gregg Cory who finished 13th in 2024. Dave Berkheimer, sixth in points, took a 17th place Toledo result in 2025.


 

 

A HISTORY OF CROWN FINALES


 

Saturday will mark the fourth time the USAC Silver Crown season finale has been held at Toledo Speedway. Jerry Coons Jr. won the first in 2010, while Kody Swanson won the Toledo finale in both 2011 and 2021.


 

Overall, Kody Swanson owns the most USAC Silver Crown finale victories with five. Just one driver in this Saturday’s field has won a finale. That’s C.J. Leary who earned the last win of the 2018 season at Eldora.


 

Speaking of Leary, he’s looking to become the 11th driver to win both the season finale and the USAC Silver Crown championship during the same season. That list includes: Al Unser (1973), Bobby Olivero (1979), Gary Bettenhausen (1980), Jack Hewitt (1986), Steve Butler (1992), Jimmy Sills (1996), J.J. Yeley (2002 & 2003), Bobby East (2012), Kody Swanson (2014, 2015, 2021 & 2024), and Chris Windom (2016).


 

Aaron Pierce won the 2006 season finale as a driver at Kansas Speedway. He’ll try to get it done with his team on Saturday at Toledo with Chase Cabre in the seat. Brian Tyler also achieved the same feat in the 2000 finale at Memphis Motorsports Park. His son, Robert Tyler, will be competing on Saturday with his father turning the wrenches.


 

 

RACE DETAILS


 

This Saturday’s October 3 Stars, Stripes & Speed Fest features the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic for the USAC Silver Crown Championship, plus the 500 Sprint Car Tour, Outlaw Super Late Models and Factory Stocks.


 

Pits open at 9am Eastern with the drivers meeting set for 11am. Practice begins at noon for all divisions, followed by qualifying at 2:30pm for all divisions.


 

Opening ceremonies begin at 4pm, followed by racing action featuring Factory Stock heat races, the 500 Sprint Car Tour 40-lap feature, the Outlaw Super Late Model 50-lap feature, the Factory Stock 20-lap feature, and the 100-lap USAC Silver Crown feature.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at http://www.toledospeedway.com/. General admission tickets are $30. Kids age 6-12 are $5. Ages 5 & under are free. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on race day.


 

The entirety of the event can be watched live on https://flosports.link/usac2026.


 

 

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TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (18)


 

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


 

6 KYLE HAMILTON/Danville, IN (Klatt Enterprises)


 

11 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight)


 

14 (R) CHASE LOCKE/Chester, NH (Hamilton-DB Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

24 (R) JARED KREIDER/Stockton, NJ (John Haggenbottom)


 

26 (R) CHASE CABRE/Tampa, FL (Sam Pierce)


 

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


 

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


 

40 NATHAN BYRD/Goodyear, AZ (Meyer Auto Research-Byrd Racing-John Tosti)


 

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Newman Racing)


 

75 (R) ROBERT TYLER/Mount Pleasant, NC (Robert Tyler Racing)


 

77 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team)


 

80 (R) CHELBY HINTON/Dubberly, LA (Breidinger Motorsports)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

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


 

 

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 SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK RECORDS AT TOLEDO SPEEDWAY:


 

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


 

100 Laps - 4/19/2025 - Justin Grant - 26:38.254 - 112.623 mph


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER 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 SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP ROOKIE POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-242, 2-Chelby Hinton-236, 3-Steve Gennetten-227, 4-Robert Tyler-113, 5-Bret Tripplett-76, 6-Colton Bettis-74, 7-Kale Drake-66, 8-Chase Cabre-50, 9-Mitchell Davis-45, 10-Rob Caho Jr.-35.

 


 

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.

 


 

TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN WINS:


 

8-Kody Swanson


 

2-Jerry Coons Jr.


 

1-Justin Grant & Bobby Santos


 

 

TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN WINNERS:


 

2010: Jerry Coons Jr. (10/16)


 

2011: Kody Swanson (10/15)


 

2012: Jerry Coons Jr. (6/29)


 

2015: Kody Swanson (5/1)


 

2017: Bobby Santos (7/28)


 

2018: Kody Swanson (5/4)


 

2019: Kody Swanson (4/28)


 

2021: Kody Swanson (10/10)


 

2022: Kody Swanson (8/6)


 

2023: Kody Swanson (8/5)


 

2024: Kody Swanson (4/20)


 

2025: Justin Grant (4/19)


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS AT TOLEDO SPEEDWAY


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

2025 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Tyler Roahrig (5), 3. Dakoda Armstrong (7), 4. Kody Swanson (1), 5. C.J. Leary (6), 6. Bobby Santos (9), 7. Kyle O’Gara (13), 8. Mario Clouser (4), 9. Kaylee Bryson (3), 10. Taylor Ferns (14), 11. Jackson Macenko (12), 12. Matt Westfall (15), 13. Kyle Steffens (11), 14. Gregg Cory (16), 15. Colton Bettis (8), 16. Jake Trainor (10), 17. Dave Berkheimer (17). 26:38.254 (New Track Record)

 

Entry List for Saturday’s Toledo USAC Silver Crown Season Finale

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Toledo, Ohio (September 30, 2026)………Eighteen USAC Silver Crown drivers and cars are set to roll for this Saturday’s October 3 Hemelgarn Racing / Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic at Ohio’s Toledo Speedway.


 

The event is the finale for the 2026 series as the field hits the 1/2-mile paved oval for 100 laps at the event honoring the 1973 USAC National Sprint Car champion who hailed from Toledo, Ohio.


 

Justin Grant enters as the defending Rollie Beale Classic winner, scoring the victory in 2025. He also earned the pole position for the race back in 2018.


 

Returning for Saturday’s lineup is C.J. Leary, who has already clinched the 2026 USAC Silver Crown title for the first time in his career, and finished 2nd at the Rollie Beale Classic in both 2023 and 2024. Tyler Roahrig took runner-up honors in the event one year ago while Dakoda Armstrong rounded out the podium in the 2025 race.


 

Kyle Hamilton is also back in the Toledo lineup for the first time since 2019, where he finished 6th. He was also 6th at Toledo back in 2012. Nathan Byrd took 6th in 2021, as did Kaylee Bryson in 2023, and Mario Clouser in 2024.


 

Gregg Cory and Dave Berkheimer are also back at Toledo this Saturday. Cory was a 13th place finisher in 2024, while Berkheimer took 17th in 2025.


 

Hayden Reinbold and Chelby Hinton are separated by just six points in the battle for USAC Silver Crown Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year. Reinbold will make his first pavement start of any kind in his career in the Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports No. 19. The ride is a borrowed car from the Team AZ Racing / Petty-Rossi / Curb-Agajanian stable. Meanwhile, Hinton will hit the Toledo pavement for the first time in his career aboard the Breidinger Motorsports No. 80.


 

In fact, eight of the 18 drivers in the field will be making their Toledo USAC Silver Crown debuts along with Reinbold and Hinton. That list includes two-time 2026 series winner Briggs Danner as well as USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget winner Kale Drake, who’ll be making his pavement champ car debut.


 

Chase Cabre will make his first Toledo champ car run as will Robert Tyler. Additionally, two more drivers will be making their first USAC Silver Crown appearance of any kind this Saturday: Chase Locke and Jared Kreider.

 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

This Saturday’s October 3 Stars, Stripes & Speed Fest features the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic for the USAC Silver Crown Championship, plus the 500 Sprint Car Tour, Outlaw Super Late Models and Factory Stocks.


 

Pits open at 9am Eastern with the drivers meeting set for 11am. Practice begins at noon for all divisions, followed by qualifying at 2:30pm for all divisions.


 

Opening ceremonies begin at 4pm, followed by racing action featuring Factory Stock heat races, the 500 Sprint Car Tour 40-lap feature, the Outlaw Super Late Model 50-lap feature, the Factory Stock 20-lap feature, and the 100-lap USAC Silver Crown feature.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at http://www.toledospeedway.com/. General admission tickets are $30. Kids age 6-12 are $5. Ages 5 & under are free. Tickets can also be purchased at the gate on race day.


 

The entirety of the event can be watched live on https://flosports.link/usac2026.

 


 

TOLEDO USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST


 

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


 

6 KYLE HAMILTON/Danville, IN (Klatt Enterprises)


 

11 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight)


 

14 (R) CHASE LOCKE/Chester, NH (Hamilton-DB Racing)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

24 (R) JARED KREIDER/Stockton, NJ (John Haggenbottom)


 

26 (R) CHASE CABRE/Tampa, FL (Sam Pierce)


 

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


 

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


 

40 NATHAN BYRD/Goodyear, AZ (Meyer Auto Research-Byrd Racing-John Tosti)


 

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Newman Racing)


 

75 (R) ROBERT TYLER/Mount Pleasant, NC (Robert Tyler Racing)


 

77 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Doran-Mark Swanson Encore Team)


 

80 (R) CHELBY HINTON/Dubberly, LA (Breidinger Motorsports)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

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


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie


 

 

USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS AT TOLEDO SPEEDWAY


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

2025 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Tyler Roahrig (5), 3. Dakoda Armstrong (7), 4. Kody Swanson (1), 5. C.J. Leary (6), 6. Bobby Santos (9), 7. Kyle O’Gara (13), 8. Mario Clouser (4), 9. Kaylee Bryson (3), 10. Taylor Ferns (14), 11. Jackson Macenko (12), 12. Matt Westfall (15), 13. Kyle Steffens (11), 14. Gregg Cory (16), 15. Colton Bettis (8), 16. Jake Trainor (10), 17. Dave Berkheimer (17). 26:38.254 (New Track Record)

 

  UNITED STATES AUTO CLUB

2026 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE


 

Feb 9 - Volusia Speedway Park - Barberville, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 1/2 M


 

Feb 10 - Volusia Speedway Park - Barberville, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 1/2 M


 

Feb 11 - Ocala Speedway - Ocala, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 3/8 M


 

Feb 12 - Ocala Speedway - Ocala, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 3/8 M


 

Feb 13 - Ocala Speedway - Ocala, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 3/8 M


 

Feb 14 - Ocala Speedway - Ocala, Florida - Winter Dirt Games - 3/8 M


 

Apr 3 - Red Hill Raceway - Sumner, Illinois - 3/8 M


 

Apr 4 - Paragon Speedway - Paragon, Indiana - Chuck Amati Classic - 3/8 M


 

Apr 11 - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Justin Owen Memorial - 3/8 M


 

Apr 12 - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - Jim Hurtubise Classic - 1/2 M


 

May 1 - Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, Indiana - Larry Rice Classic - 1/4 M


 

May 2 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - Spring Showdown - 1/4 M


 

May 15 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - #LetsRaceTwo - 1/2 M


 

May 16 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - #LetsRaceTwo - 1/2 M


 

May 20 - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - Tony Hulman Classic - 1/2 M


 

May 21 - Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana - Circle City Salute - 1/4 M


 

May 29 - Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, Iowa - Corn Belt Clash - 1/2 M


 

May 30 - Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, Iowa - Corn Belt Clash - 1/2 M


 

Jun 5 - Red Hill Raceway - Sumner, Illinois - 3/8 M


 

Jun 6 - Red Hill Raceway - Sumner, Illinois - 3/8 M


 

Jun 16 - Grandview Speedway - Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm / Jesse Hockett Classic - 1/3 M


 

Jun 17 - Bridgeport Speedway - Swedesboro, New Jersey - Eastern Storm - 4/10 M


 

Jun 18 - Big Diamond Speedway - Pottsville, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm - 3/8 M


 

Jun 19 - Williams Grove Speedway - Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm - 1/2 M


 

Jun 20 - Port Royal Speedway - Port Royal, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm - 1/2 M


 

Jun 21 - Action Track USA - Kutztown, Pennsylvania - Eastern Storm - 1/5 M


 

Jun 26 - TBA


 

Jun 27 - Butler Motor Speedway - Quincy, Michigan - 3/8 M


 

Jun 28 - TBA


 

Jul 3 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Indiana - Sprintacular - 5/16 M


 

Jul 4 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Indiana - Sprintacular - 5/16 M


 

Jul 23 - The Dirt Track at IMS - Speedway, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 1/5 M


 

Jul 24 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 5/16 M


 

Jul 25 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 1/4 M


 

Jul 26 - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 3/8 M


 

Jul 27 - Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 1/4 M


 

Jul 29 - Paragon Speedway - Paragon, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 3/8 M


 

Jul 30 - Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week / Don Smith Classic - 1/2 M


 

Jul 31 - Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week / Sheldon Kinser Memorial - 1/4 M


 

Aug 1 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - USAC Indiana Sprint Week - 1/4 M


 

Aug 27 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - Sprint Car Smackdown - 1/4 M


 

Aug 28 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - Sprint Car Smackdown - 1/4 M


 

Aug 29 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana - Sprint Car Smackdown - 1/4 M


 

Sep 11 - Lernerville Speedway - Sarver, Pennsylvania - Commonwealth Clash - 4/10 M


 

Sep 12 - Lernerville Speedway - Sarver, Pennsylvania - Commonwealth Clash - 4/10 M


 

Sep 18 - Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana - 1/4 M


 

Sep 19 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana - Haubstadt Hustler - 1/4 M


 

Sep 24 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M


 

Sep 26 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M


 

Oct 9 - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Greg Staab Memorial - 3/8 M


 

Oct 10 - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Fall Nationals - 3/8 M


 

Oct 16 - Dodge City Raceway Park - Dodge City, Kansas - 3/8 M


 

Oct 17 - Route 66 Motor Speedway - Amarillo, Texas - 3/8 M


 

Oct 23 - Central Arizona Raceway - Casa Grande, Arizona - Western World Championships - 3/8 M


 

Oct 24 - Central Arizona Raceway - Casa Grande, Arizona - Western World Championships - 3/8 M

USAC East Coast Sprint Car Schedule 2026


 

Apr 18: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey


 

Apr 24: (Fri) – Bedford Speedway – Bedford, Pennsylvania


 

Apr 25: (Sat) – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania


 

May 9: (Sat) – TBA


 

May 22: (Fri) – Big Diamond Speedway – Pottsville, Pennsylvania


 

May 23: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey


 

May 30: (Sat) – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania


 

Jun 5: (Fri) – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania


 

Jun 27: (Sat) – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania


 

Jul 3: (Fri) – Penn-Can Speedway – Susquehanna, Pennsylvania


 

Jul 8: (Wed) – Action Track USA – Kutztown, Pennsylvania


 

Jul 11: (Sat) – TBA


 

Jul 17: (Fri) – Clinton County Speedway – Mill Hall, Pennsylvania


 

Jul 25: (Sat) – Grandview Speedway - Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania


 

Aug 1: (Sat) – Selinsgrove Speedway – Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania


 

Aug 7: (Fri) – Big Diamond Speedway – Pottsville, Pennsylvania


 

Aug 15: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey


 

Aug 16: (Sun) – Action Track USA – Kutztown, Pennsylvania (Rain Date 8/30)


 

Sep 5: (Sat) – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania


 

Sep 19: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey


 

Oct 30: (Fri) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey (Practice & Non-Winners Race)


 

Oct 31: (Sat) – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey

 

 

2026 USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE


 

May 8-9 - (D) Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hutchinson, Kansas - Salt City 100 - 1/2 M


 

May 22 - (P) Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park - Brownsburg, Indiana - Hoosier Hundred - .686 M


 

Jun 7 - (P) World Wide Technology Raceway - Madison, Illinois - Route 66 Classic - 1.25 M


 

Jun 20 - (D) Port Royal Speedway - Port Royal, Pennsylvania - USAC Eastern Blast - 1/2 M


 

Jul 5 - (D) Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, Indiana - Sumar Classic - 1/2 M


 

Jul 19 - (P) Winchester Speedway - Winchester, Indiana - Rich Vogler Classic - 1/2 M


 

Aug 8 - (P) Iowa Speedway - Newton, Iowa - TBA - 7/8 M


 

Aug 22 - (D) Illinois State Fairgrounds - Springfield, Illinois - Bettenhausen 100 - 1 M


 

Sep 5 - (D) Du Quoin State Fairgrounds - Du Quoin, Illinois - Ted Horn 100 - 1 M


 

Sep 13 - (P) TBA


 

Sep 25-26 - (D) Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M


 

Oct 3 - (P) Toledo Speedway - Toledo, Ohio - Rollie Beale Classic - 1/2 M


 

(P) represents a pavement event


 

(D) represents a dirt event

 

 

 

2026 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE


 

Apr 24 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Grand Prix - 1/4 M


 

Apr 25 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Grand Prix - 1/4 M


 

Jun 9 - Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 1/4 M


 

Jun 10 - Paragon Speedway - Paragon, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 3/8 M


 

Jun 11 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 5/16 M


 

Jun 12 - Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 1/4 M


 

Jun 13 - Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 1/4 M


 

Jun 14 - Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, IN - USAC Indiana Midget Week - 1/4 M


 

Jun 30 - The Dirt Track at IMS - Speedway, IN - BC39 - 1/5 M


 

Jul 1 - The Dirt Track at IMS - Speedway, IN - BC39 - 1/5 M


 

Jul 7 - TBA


 

Jul 8 - Mitchell County Fairgrounds - Beloit, KS - Chad McDaniel Memorial - 1/4 M


 

Jul 10 - Jefferson County Speedway - Fairbury, NE - Midwest Midget Championship - 1/5 M


 

Jul 11 - Jefferson County Speedway - Fairbury, NE - Midwest Midget Championship - 1/5 M


 

Aug 14 - Coles County Speedway - Mattoon, IL - King of Coles - 1/8 M


 

Aug 15 - Coles County Speedway - Mattoon, IL - King of Coles - 1/8 M


 

Aug 16 - Jacksonville Speedway - Jacksonville, IL - 1/4 M


 

Sep 4 - TBA


 

Sep 6 - Angell Park Speedway - Sun Prairie, WI - Firemen's Nationals - 1/3 M


 

Sep 7 - TBA


 

Sep 24 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, OH - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M


 

Sep 26 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, OH - 4-Crown Nationals - 1/2 M


 

Nov 13 - Placerville Speedway - Placerville, CA - Hangtown 100 - 1/4 M


 

Nov 14 - Placerville Speedway - Placerville, CA - Hangtown 100 - 1/4 M


 

Nov 18 - Plaza Park Raceway - Visalia, CA - 1/5 M


 

Nov 20 - Merced Speedway - Merced, CA - Chase Johnson Classic - 1/4 M


 

Nov 21 - Merced Speedway - Merced, CA - Chase Johnson Classic - 1/4 M


 

Nov 24 - Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway - Bakersfield, CA - Jason Leffler Memorial - 1/3 M


 

Nov 28 - Ventura Raceway - Ventura, CA - Turkey Night Grand Prix - 1/5 M

 

 

2026 USAC MIDWEST RACING ASSOCIATION SPRINT CAR SCHEDULE


 

Apr 11 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri


 

Apr 25 – Springfield Raceway – Springfield, Missouri


 

May 15 – Electric City Speedway – Butler, Missouri


 

May 23 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri


 

May 29 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa


 

May 30 – Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, Iowa


 

Jun 13 – I-35 Speedway – Winston, Missouri


 

Jun 20 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri


 

Jul 11 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri


 

Jul 18 – I-35 Speedway – Winston, Missouri


 

Jul 31 – Electric City Speedway – Butler, Missouri


 

Aug 28 – Lakeside Speedway – Kansas City, Kansas


 

Aug 29 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri


 

Sep 26 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri

2026 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES SCHEDULE


 

February 14: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA (Winner: R.J. Johnson)


 

February 28: Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, AZ


 

March 13: Imperial Valley Raceway – Imperial, CA (California Mid-Winter Fair)


 

March 14: Imperial Valley Raceway – Imperial, CA (California Mid-Winter Fair)


 

March 21: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

April 11: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

April 17: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ


 

April 18: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ


 

May 2: Ventura Raceway – Ventura, CA


 

May 15: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ


 

May 16: Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ


 

May 23: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA (Salute to Indy)


 

June 6: Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, CA


 

June 20: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

July 4: Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, CA (Doug Fort Memorial)


 

July 11: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

August 15: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

September 5: Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, CA (Louie Vermeil Classic)


 

September 6: Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, CA (Louie Vermeil Classic)


 

September 19: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

September 26: Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, CA


 

October 3: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

October 10: Mohave Valley Raceway – Mohave Valley, AZ


 

October 23: *Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ (Western World Championships)


 

October 24: * Central Arizona Raceway – Casa Grande, AZ (Western World Championships)


 

November 7: Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA


 

* = Co-Sanctioned Event with USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars.


 

This schedule is subject to change.

 

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