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Founded in 1956, the United States Auto Club (USAC) has been a cornerstone of American motorsports for over six decades. As a premier motorsport sanctioning body, USAC is dedicated to fostering a vibrant community for racing enthusiasts, professional drivers, and teams across the United States. Our journey began with a commitment to promote fair competition, innovation, and excellence in motorsports, and these values continue to drive us today.

 

KING JACOB! DENNEY SCORES USAC MIDGET DEBUT AT COLES COUNTY

Rich Forman Photo

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Mattoon, Illinois (September 7, 2026)………Jacob Denney has certainly been the king of the 2026 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship thus far, evidenced by his 71-point lead in the series standings and his season-leading four feature victories.


 

On Monday night in USAC’s debut at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, Illinois, Denney quite literally got the royal treatment, sporting a crown and a robe, while sitting on the winner’s throne in victory lane where he was dubbed “The King of Coles.”


 

The Galloway, Ohio native led all 40 laps of the feature event to capture victory in the second running of the Lake Land College King of Coles on the 1/6-mile dirt oval in east central Illinois.


 

Denney ran second and seventh on each night of the King of Coles in 2025, but this year, he took control from start to finish to pick up the win and $6,000 worth of Coles cash.


 

“Last year, we ran here and I started deep both nights, so I knew how important it was to start on the front row here,” Denney explained. “Luckily, we caught a break with the heat races and bumped up to the pole. So, that helped a lot. You can just run your own race and not have to do anything too crazy whereas you’ve got to race really hard when you're back there. I kind of saved myself and then saved my stuff.”


 

Denney’s eighth career USAC National Midget triumph made him the second driver in as many nights move himself into 86th place on the all-time series win list after Kevin Thomas Jr. won on Sunday night at Angell Park Speedway. Also on the 86 line are Brady Bacon, Merle Bettenhausen, Tony Bettenhausen, Hank Butcher, Kevin Doty, Dan Drinan, Ronnie Duman, Brian Gerster, Kenny Irwin Jr., Eddie Johnson, Michael Lewis, Andy Michner, and Josh Wise.


 

Meanwhile, Denney ran his streak of top-three podium finishes with the series to seven dating back to July, a run that includes three wins, two runner-up results, and a pair of thirds in his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/JBL Audio – TRD – Mobil 1 – Curb/LynK/Speedway Toyota No. 67.


 

For the first 30 laps, Denney practically owned the joint. But with 10 to go, the swarm began to surround him. Thomas Jr. double dipped along the bottom to surge from fourth to second on the 30th circuit, first by Brecken Reese in turn two, then by Justin Grant at the exit of turn four.


 

Moments later, KTJ was fully alongside Denney who occupied a lane a couple steps higher. Fittingly, in the same city in which the great Gadabout Gaddis hailed from – the host of the first nationally syndicated TV show about fly fishing – Thomas Jr. had been able to reel Denney in. But like a light switch, Denney turned it up and was able to gap himself from KTJ, Grant, the field, et al.


 

“The last time I got to lapped traffic, they were all running the bottom,” Denney pointed out. “I was just trying to get into lapped traffic because I knew once I got in, it'd be hard to slide me with cars on the bottom and me running on the top. I was trying to pace myself. It was really tricky down there, but once I saw (Kevin Thomas Jr.), I had to turn it back up and get going again.”


 

Meanwhile, Reese, who had run second for the first 29 laps, had his hopes and dreams of a best career USAC finish go up in a shower of sparks on the back straightaway on lap 34 while running fourth, when a piece of his car let loose and dropped onto the track surface, then immediately began to coast to bring out the caution, thus setting up a restart with seven laps to go and the field bunched up.


 

Throughout the final stint, ninth place starting Grant moved up to second with four laps remaining as he went top side around the outside of Thomas Jr. That said, Grant still had about six car lengths to make up on Denney, which proved to be too much to overcome. By then, Denney had put his stamp on victory at the Labor Day night show.


 

Denney took the checkered flag 0.459 seconds ahead of second place finisher Grant. Thomas Jr. took third with Gavin Miller fourth, while Karter Sarff worked his way up from the 12th starting spot to round out the top five in the finishing order.


 

After 40 laps, you could crown him. Denney is who we thought he was, and he was indeed the King of Coles.


 

“All these guys bust their tails,” Denney said in praise of his crew. “Keith (Kunz) and Pete (Willoughby) give us great stuff to be able to do this and run up front every week. It's just our job, and hopefully, we do our job every night and run up front.”


 

Denney also added the K & N Filters Clean Air Award for leading the most laps in the feature – all 40 of them.


 

Colorado's Bradley Cox rushed up through the field +10 to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors. It was a solid weekend for Cox who earned the two best USAC National Midget finishes of his career over the past two nights. He was seventh at Angell Park on Sunday and 10th at Coles County on Monday.


 

Two drivers got upside down during the feature in very similar fashion by catching the turn two cushion before tumbling over. Hayden Reinbold was running fourth at the time of his accident on lap 19. Series newcomer Alex Midkiff, who ran as high as third early in the race, did likewise on the turn two cushion on lap 29. Reinbold restarted at the tail and finished 14th. Midkiff’s evening concluded with the crash, but he was able to walk away.


 

Kale Drake earned the first USAC National Midget fast qualifying time of his career with a new Coles County track record to boot. His quick lap of 9.850 seconds in LearnLab Qualifying surpassed the former record lap of 10.007 set by Jacob Denney with the POWRi and Xtreme Outlaw Midgets in 2025.


 


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 7, 2026 – Coles County Speedway – Mattoon, Illinois – 1/6-Mile Dirt Oval – Lake Land College King of Coles


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-9.850 (New Track Record); 2. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-9.865; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-9.918; 4. Alex Midkiff, 11, Midkiff-9.944; 5. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-10.020; 6. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-10.030; 7. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-10.076; 8. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-10.093; 9. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-10.173; 10. Karter Sarff, 21K, O'Dell-10.192; 11. Jake Neuman, 3N, O'Dell-10.193; 12. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-10.213; 13. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-10.225; 14. Zach Daum 1, O'Dell-10.284; 15. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-10.304; 16. Drew Sherman, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-10.309; 17. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-10.335; 18. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-10.370; 19. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-10.376; 20. Cody Beard, 91, Harris/Zimmerman-10.670; 21. Chase Hodge, 5J, Hodge-10.737; 22. Devin Feger, 12, Durbin-10.843; 23. Sammy Males, 4m, Males-10.855; 24. Daniel Robinson, 12x, Durbin-10.950; 25. Chris Hartman, 35s, Hodge-11.020; 26. Robert Carson, 99K, Carson-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gavin Miller (2), 2. Jacob Denney (4), 3. Drew Sherman (1), 4. Karter Sarff (3), 5. Alex Midkiff (5), 6. Jakeb Boxell (7), 7. Kale Drake (6), 8. Devin Feger (8), 9. Chris Hartman (9). 1:44.579 (New Track Record)


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zach Daum (2), 2. Mack Leopard (5), 3. Jake Neuman (3), 4. Ethan Mitchell (4), 5. Hayden Reinbold (6), 6. Cody Beard (7), 7. Robert Carson (9), 8. Sammy Males (8), 9. Bradley Cox (1). NT


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Colton Robinson (1), 3. Brecken Reese (5), 4. Gunnar Setser (4), 5. Kyle Jones (3), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 7. Daniel Robinson (8), 8. Chase Hodge (7). 1:45.308


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 6 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kale Drake (1), 2. Bradley Cox (2), 3. Daniel Robinson (3), 4. Devin Feger (6), 5. Chase Hodge (5), 6. Sammy Males (7), 7. Chris Hartman (8), 8. Robert Carson. 2:12.783 (New Track Record)


 

FEATURE: (40 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (1), 2. Justin Grant (9), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 4. Gavin Miller (7), 5. Karter Sarff (12), 6. Mack Leopard (3), 7. Kyle Jones (14), 8. Ethan Mitchell (10), 9. Jake Neuman (13), 10. Bradley Cox (20), 11. Drew Sherman (15), 12. Colton Robinson (16), 13. Zach Daum (8), 14. Hayden Reinbold (6), 15. Jakeb Boxell (17), 16. Kale Drake (19), 17. Gunnar Setser (11), 18. Devin Feger (22), 19. Chase Hodge (23), 20. Brecken Reese (2), 21. Alex Midkiff (4), 22. Sammy Males (24), 23. Cody Beard (18), 24. Daniel Robinson (21). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Jacob Denney.


 

**Hayden Reinbold flipped on lap 19 of the feature. Alex Midkiff flipped on lap 29 of the feature.


 

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


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-129, 2-Hayden Reinbold-125, 3-Justin Grant-120, 4-Robert Ballou-109, 5-Briggs Danner-108, 6-Cale Coons-105, 7-Jacob Denney-102, 8-Chase Stockon-94, 9-Jake Swanson-87, 10-Mitchel Moles-78.


 

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


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kale Drake (10.061)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Kale Drake (9.850)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Gavin Miller


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Zach Daum


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Kale Drake


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Jacob Denney (40 laps led)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Bradley Cox (20th to 10th)

 

 

R.J. JOHNSON TOPS $10,000 VERMEIL CLASSICFINALE AT CALISTOGA

 

Julie Tanaka

By: Lance Jennings


 

Calistoga, California (September 6, 2026)………After taking command on the 27th lap, Laveen, Arizona’s R.J. Johnson held off a surging J.J. Yeley by 0.065 seconds to win the $10,000 Sunday finale of the 15th Quick Change Liquid Energy Drink Louie Vermeil Classic at California’s Calistoga Speedway.


 

The victory marked the 15th career triumph for the two-time defending champion and current point leader of the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series.


 

Yeley, Jadon Rogers, “The Pride of Garden Grove” Brody Roa and Logan Seavey followed R.J. to the checkered flags.


 

Driving the Petty Performance Racing owned #1p Avanti Windows & Doors / Lifestyle Homes Sherman, Johnson also earned the night’s hard charger / “best passing job” bonus courtesy of Shane Scott and Steve Lafond Photos. Like his teammate, Yeley, the night before, R.J. claimed the 30-lap main event after starting seventh and also won a 12-lap qualifying race, this time sponsored by Rescue Mission Alliance.


 

While Johnson was seventh fastest in time trials, it was J.J. Yeley who set the standard in Woodland Auto Display qualifications for the second time in his career. Piloting the Petty Performance Racing owned #3p Quick Change Liquid Energy Drink / Avanti Windows & Doors Sherman, the Phoenix, Arizona driver posted a time of 19.584 seconds over David Gasper, Jadon Rogers, Logan Seavey, Marty Hawkins, and Brody Roa. The fastest six drivers earned direct transfers to the main event and competed in a special six-car, six-lap dash that set the first three rows of the feature event.


 

Brody Roa of Garden Grove, California raced to victory in the six-lap dash presented by Honda. Racing the BR Performance #91R Big Chino Ranch / ALR Virtual Services DRC, Roa briefly held the top spot at the Calistoga Fairgrounds before Logan Seavey led the opening lap at the flag stand. From there, the 2023 USAC CRA champion scored fourth.


 

Starting third, Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey led the first 13 laps of the Louie Vermeil Classic. Looking for a repeat win from the previous night, Yeley powered to the front and led until the 26th circuit. Johnson surprised the USAC Triple Crown champion and took control to win the richest non-winged sprint car event in California for 2026.


 

The officials with the Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car Series would like to thank Tommy Hunt, the Hunt Family, and the HMC Promotions team for presenting the Louie Vermeil Classic since 2008 and revitalizing the Calistoga Speedway. The scenic half-mile oval in Northern California first opened in 1937 and was the home to the Northern Auto Racing Club (NARC) Sprint Car Series.


 

The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Cars will return to Perris Auto Speedway on Saturday, September 19th. Located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds in Perris, California, Perris Auto Speedway has advance tickets on sale on their website, www.perrisautospeedway.com. For more information on USAC CRA, 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: September 6, 2026 – Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, California – 15th Louie Vermeil Classic


 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: (Top 6 transfer to the dash) 1. J.J. Yeley, 3p, Petty-19.584; 2. David Gasper, 18, Kittle-19.712; 3. Jadon Rogers, 24, Johnson-19.838; 4. Logan Seavey, 57A, Abacus-19.864; 5. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-20.021; 6. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.046; 7. R.J. Johnson, 1p, Petty-20.101; 8. Cole Wakim, 17x, Dunkel-20.121; 9. Ryan Bernal, 17, Dunkel-20.145; 10. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-20.218; 11. Josh Young, 17J, Adell-20.259; 12. Nate Schank, 1, Lawson-20.284; 13. Connor Speir, 57, Speir-20.529; 14. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-20.543; 15. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-20.651; 16. Tanner Carrick, 83T, Carrick-20.673; 17. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-20.806; 18. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-20.849.


 

RESCUE MISSION ALLIANCE QUALIFIER: (12 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Cole Wakim, 4. Josh Young, 5. Nate Schank, 6. Connor Speir, 7. Tanner Carrick, 8. Brecken Guerrero, 9. Ryan Timmons, 10. Verne Sweeney, 11. Connor Lundy. NT


 

HONDA DASH: (6 laps) 1. Brody Roa, 2. Jadon Rogers, 3. Logan Seavey, 4. Marty Hawkins, 5. J.J. Yeley, 6. David Gasper. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. R.J. Johnson (7), 2. J.J. Yeley (5), 3. Jadon Rogers (2), 4. Brody Roa (1), 5. Logan Seavey (3), 6. David Gasper (6), 7. Tanner Carrick (13), 8. Nate Schank (11), 9. Josh Young (10), 10. Cole Wakim (9), 11. Marty Hawkins (4), 12. Connor Speir (12), 13. Connor Lundy (17), 14. Brecken Guerrero (14), 15. Verne Sweeney (16), 16. Ryan Bernal (8), 17. Ryan Timmons (15). NT


 

**Connor Lundy flipped during the qualifier.


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Logan Seavey, Laps 14-26 J.J. Yeley, Laps 27-30 R.J. Johnson.


 

STEVE LAFOND PHOTOS / SHANE SCOTT HARD CHARGER: R.J. Johnson (7th to 1st)


 

NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 19, 2026 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California

 

 

KINGS OF ANGELL PARK! KTJ WINS 41ST FIREMEN’S NATIONALS

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (September 6, 2026)………For Kevin Thomas Jr. and the 4 Kings Racing team, Sunday night’s victory during the 41st running of the Firemen’s Nationals at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin’s Angell Park Speedway hit differently.


 

This one felt like the first time. This one felt like the real deal. This one was the Real McCoy.


 

For you see, on the last day of June during a prelim night of the BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, KTJ delivered 4 Kings Racing its first ever USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship triumph as a team.


 

But it didn’t go down in the customary manner. As a matter of fact, they crossed the finish line in second place at IMS behind Drake Edwards. However, early the next day, it was announced that Drake Edwards and Chase McDermand Racing had been stripped of their win due to a rules infraction. Thus, KTJ and 4 Kings were elevated one position in the running order and were declared the winners.


 

In turn, KTJ and team accepted their props and laurels in a brief ceremony prior to the next day’s event, nearly 24 hours later. While it was a proud moment for sure, it certainly was a bit of a subdued occasion considering the circumstances.


 

That said, at Angell Park, they finally got their reward, and a fitting victory lane celebration to boot.


 

“This is their second win, but this is the first time being able to be up here right after a race win. So, it feels like the first,” Thomas acknowledged. “Much appreciation to those guys who really do a lot of stuff, especially behind the scenes, and make sure we’ve got the right equipment, and we do. It’s just been about making the right calls and me doing the right things behind the wheel. All of those things lined up tonight.”


 

Thomas’ win was worth a $10,000 reward, and it was the eighth such victory of his USAC National Midget career, moving him up to 86th place on the all-time series win list alongside such names as Brady Bacon, Merle Bettenhausen, Tony Bettenhausen, Hank Butcher, Kevin Doty, Dan Drinan, Ronnie Duman, Brian Gerster, Kenny Irwin Jr., Eddie Johnson, Michael Lewis, Andy Michner, and Josh Wise.


 

None of KTJ’s previous seven USAC wins had come at Angell Park before Sunday night. It was a full circle moment. In May of 2015, the Cullman, Alabama native won his very first midget race, and it just so happened to be at Angell Park, during the Thiel Memorial co-sanctioned by Badger and POWRi.


 

“I'm pretty sure I got my first midget win here for Keith Kunz, heck, a century ago, it seems like,” Thomas recalled. “I've been coming here a long time. We've been good. We've been bad. It's never been necessarily my style. But whenever you’ve got good racecars like this, every racetrack is your style. Tonight, they did a great job on the racetrack after getting a bunch of rain.”


 

Thomas lined up fifth in the 40-lap main event but was on his way toward the front from the drop of the green behind the wheel of his 4 Kings Racing/Purple Heart Foundation – AccroSeal – Metalloid1 – AccroLube/LynK/Stanton SR-11x No. 14. He was fourth by lap one, third by lap two, second by lap four, and into the lead by lap seven.


 

A couple of those gained positions, admittedly, were aided by an apparent curse hexed upon the early race leaders. Justin Grant led the initial three laps before his engine went sour with a dropped valve. The lead then changed hands to Kale Drake who led laps four, five, and six before he too fell out with a mechanical issue.


 

It was Thomas’ turn as the leader from lap seven onward, but he showed no signs of any voodoo, bad juju or what have you. This one belonged to KTJ and KTJ only from there on out, even when faced with multiple late race restarts after accruing sizable leads.


 

Thomas Jr.’s lead was 1.475 seconds when sixth running Colton Robinson clipped an infield tire and damaged his suspension, leaving a dangling donut on the front left of his ride, which necessitated a caution to be displayed. Over the next seven laps, Thomas shoved his advantage to 1.247 seconds until Brandon Waelti (14th) nosed into the outside turn one wall on the 30th circuit. That caution once again erased KTJ’s handiwork.


 

Over the last 10 trips around the 1/3-mile dirt oval, Thomas just kept on keeping on, building his lead back to 1.924 seconds as he crossed the finish line $10,000 richer. Jacob Denney took second with Gavin Miller third, Jakeb Boxell fourth, and Gunnar Setser fifth.


 

As the leader of the most laps in the feature (34 of 40), Thomas was the recipient of the K & N Filters Clean Air Award.


 

Gunnar Setser's night began with engine issues that prevented him from even making a qualifying attempt. In the feature, he raced his way up 12 positions to earn a top five result and a Rod End Supply Hard Charger bonus.


 

Hayden Reinbold set an all-time Angell Park record in LearnLab Qualifying with a time of 14.166 seconds. Not only did that time break Jacob Denney’s one-lap USAC track record of 14.203. It also broke the all-time Angell Park one-lap midget mark of 14.172 set by fellow Arizonan Jerry Coons Jr., which had stood for 27 years since the 1999 season! Reinbold earned $300 for his run.


 

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin's own Brandon Waelti set a new eight lap USAC National Midget track record at Angell Park during his victory in the first heat race. His time of 1:58.031 surpassed the former record held by Jade Avedisian, a 1:59.520 set in 2024. Incredibly, it was Waelti’s first USAC heat race win since 2004 during the Buckeye Nationals round at Ohio’s Limaland Motorsports Park 22 summers ago!


 


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 6, 2026 – Angell Park Speedway – Sun Prairie, Wisconsin – 1/3-Mile Dirt Oval – 41st Firemen’s Nationals


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-14.166 (New Track Record); 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-14.170; 3. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-14.176; 4. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.195; 5. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.233; 6. Kale Drake, 4, RMS-14.266; 7. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-14.267; 8. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-14.279; 9. Jakeb Boxell, 54, 4 Kings-14.301; 10. Drake Edwards, 40x, McDermand-14.358; 11. Kyle Jones, 7TX, Engler-14.364; 12. Mack Leopard, 40L, McDermand-14.427; 13. Luke Wackerlin, 7w, Guithues-14.458; 14. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-14.465; 15. Alex Midkiff, 11, Midkiff-14.576; 16. Brandon Waelti, 55, TK2-14.612; 17. Adam Taylor, 7T, ATM-14.647; 18. Bradley Cox, 45, Mason-14.703; 19. Brian Peterson, 57R, RAB-14.874; 20. Cody Weisensel, 20, Burrington-15.053; 21. Jake Dohner, 2, Burrington-15.401; 22. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brandon Waelti (1), 2. Jacob Denney (5), 3. Drake Edwards (3), 4. Luke Wackerlin (2), 5. Hayden Reinbold (6), 6. Gunnar Setser (8), 7. Ethan Mitchell (4), 8. Brian Peterson (7). 1:58.031 (New Track Record)


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Colton Robinson (2), 2. Justin Grant (4), 3. Adam Taylor (1), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr (6), 5. Gavin Miller (5), 6. Kyle Jones (3), 7. Cody Weisensel (7). 2:00.328


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jakeb Boxell (4), 2. Kale Drake (5), 3. Bradley Cox (1), 4. Alex Midkiff (2), 5. Jake Dohner (7), 6. Mack Leopard (3), 7. Brecken Reese (6). NT


 

FEATURE: (40 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 2. Jacob Denney (4), 3. Gavin Miller (3), 4. Jakeb Boxell (7), 5. Gunnar Setser (17), 6. Drake Edwards (10), 7. Bradley Cox (15), 8. Mack Leopard (19), 9. Kyle Jones (11), 10. Brecken Reese (22), 11. Adam Taylor (14), 12. Alex Midkiff (13), 13. Luke Wackerlin (12), 14. Brian Peterson (20), 15. Colton Robinson (8), 16. Hayden Reinbold (6), 17. Brandon Waelti (9), 18. Ethan Mitchell (18), 19. Cody Weisensel (21), 20. Kale Drake (2), 21. Justin Grant (1), 22. Jake Dohner (16). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Justin Grant, Laps 4-6 Kale Drake, Laps 7-40 Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-919, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-854, 3-Gavin Miller-816, 4-Kale Drake-798, 5-Jakeb Boxell-795, 6-Justin Grant-792, 7-Cannon McIntosh-712, 8-Hayden Reinbold-626, 9-Brecken Reese-621, 10-Colton Robinson-563.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-127, 2-Hayden Reinbold-125, 3-Justin Grant-113, 4-Robert Ballou-109, 5-Briggs Danner-108, 6-Cale Coons-105, 7-Jacob Denney-102, 8-Chase Stockon-94, 9-Jake Swanson-87, 10-Mitchel Moles-78.


 

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 7, 2026 – Coles County Speedway – Mattoon, Illinois – 1/5-Mile Dirt Oval – Lake Land College King of Coles


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: 


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Hayden Reinbold (14.166)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Brandon Waelti


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Colton Robinson


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Jakeb Boxell


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kevin Thomas Jr. (34 laps led)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Gunnar Setser (17th to 5th)

 

 

BRUNO IS THE THE USAC EAST COAST HALF-MILE KING AT PORT ROYAL

Steve Koletar

 

By: Kurt Bettler


 

Port Royal, Pennsylvania (September 5, 2026)………Christian Bruno continued his remarkable 2026 season on Saturday night, dominating the USAC East Coast Sprint Cars Presented by Baer Den Farms and Powered by Can-Am feature at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway to score his fifth feature victory of the season.


 

Dubbed the “half-mile king,” Bruno wasted little time making his presence known on the famed Port Royal half-mile.


 

Ed Aikin jumped out to the early lead, with reigning series champion Steven Drevicki quickly moving into second. By the second lap, Bruno had climbed to third, and on lap three, he made a bold two-for-one move, passing both Drevicki and Aikin to take command of the race.


 

From there, the No. 3BC set sail.


 

Chris Allen Jr. moved into third before the red flag flew on lap nine after an incident involving Blaine Emery, Olivia Thayer and others in turn one. Fortunately, all drivers were able to walk away from the incident, and the field was reset for the restart.


 

Once the green flag returned, Bruno immediately began pulling away from the field. Behind him, however, the battle for the remaining podium positions was anything but settled.


 

Aikin held onto second while Allen, Drevicki and Kenny Miller III battled for position behind him. As the laps clicked away, Drevicki began working the low side in an effort to take third from Allen.


 

With 10 laps remaining, Allen made his move on Aikin and took over second, while Bruno continued to stretch his advantage at the front.


 

With seven laps remaining, Drevicki finally worked his way into third.


 

Miller, who had started ninth, was also charging through the field. With five laps remaining, the veteran moved into fourth and set his sights on the cars ahead.


 

Bruno encountered traffic late in the race, but it did little to slow the runaway leader. Carrying a lead of nearly nine seconds, Bruno cruised to the checkered flag and his fifth USAC East Coast Sprint Car feature win of the 2026 season.


 

Allen Jr. crossed the line second, followed by Drevicki, Miller and Aikin to round out the top five.


 

While Bruno controlled the feature, the Port Royal event was also made special by additional support for the teams competing.


 

Downs Automotive added $200, Can-Am Powersports contributed another $1000, and Bettler Brothers Racing added $50 to each heat race winner. Jason Cherry, Jake Galloway, David Swanson, Steve Downs, Gary Huston, Joe Kata and Chris Allen Jr. also collected additional money from Can-Am Powersports and Downs Automotive before the feature even took the green.


 

Bettler Brothers Dinners for Winners Heat Race Money went to Aikin, Stroup and Bruno


 

For Bruno, the Port Royal victory adds another impressive chapter to what has become a breakout 2026 campaign. Five feature wins now sit beside his name, and Saturday night he once again proved that when the USAC East Coast Sprint Cars hit a half-mile, the No. 3BC is a tough car to beat.


 

 

USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2026 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania


 

E. SCHNEIDER & SONS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, top 5 transfer to the feature) 1. Ed Aikin (#7 Aikin 7) (2), 2. Joe Kata (#10 Kata) (4), 3. Kenny Miller III (#23m Miller) (8), 4. J.R. Fulper (#67x Fulper) (3), 5. Mick D’Agostino (#91D D’Agostino) (6), 6. Scott Frack (#39x Frack) (5), 7. Sean Case (#9c Case) (1), 8. Olivia Thayer (#39T Thayer) (7), 9. Jordan Fulton (#39 Fulton 39) (9). NT


 

BDB GRAPHICS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, top 5 transfer to the feature) 1. Curt Stroup (#26 Stroup) (1), 2. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki) (8), 3. Shane Braxton (#35 Braxton) (2), 4. Jonathon Swanson (#17J Swanson) (4), 5. Jason Cherry (#67 Cherry) (3), 6. Blaine Emery (#12 Emery) (7), 7. Brett Rose (#45R Rose) (6), 8. Gary Huston (#44 Huston) (5). NT


 

MALLEY POOL WATER THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, top 5 transfer to the feature) 1. Christian Bruno (#3BC JMO) (7), 2. Chris Allen Jr. (#71 Allen) (4), 3. Steve Downs (#12D Downs) (1), 4. Jake Galloway (#27G Galloway) (6), 5. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (#83 Buckwalter) (8), 6. Matthew Swift (#03 Swift) (5), 7. Greg Shepsis (#75 Shepsis) (2), 8. David Swanson (#117 Swanson) (3). NT


 

BOULEVARD TRUCK REPAIR SEMI: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses, top 5 transfer to the feature) 1. Scott Frack (1), 2. Blaine Emery (2), 3. Brett Rose (5), 4. David Swanson (9), 5. Olivia Thayer (7), 6. Greg Shepsis (6), 7. Jordan Fulton (10), 8. Sean Case (4), 9. Gary Huston (8), 10 Matthew Swift (3). NT


 

CAN-AM FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Christian Bruno (4), 2. Chris Allen Jr. (8), 3. Kenny Miller III (9), 4. Steven Drevicki (3), 5. Ed Aikin (1), 6. Joe Kata (6), 7. Steve Downs (5), 8. Shane Braxton (2), 9. Curt Stroup (7), 10. Jonathan Swanson (11), 11. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (15), 12. J.R. Fulper (10), 13. Jason Cherry (14), 14. Brett Rose (18), 15. Jacob Galloway (12), 16. Mick D'Agostino (13), 17. Scott Frack (16), 18. David Swanson (19), 19. Blaine Emery (17), 20. Olivia Thayer (20). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Ed Aikin, Laps 5-25 Christian Bruno.


 

**Bruce Buckwalter Jr. flipped during hot laps.


 

NEXT USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE: September 19, 2026 – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

RAD Race Design Hot Lap Hero: Kenny Miller III


 

Bitner Automotive Fast Time of the Night: Christian Bruno


 

Hoosier Tire Poker Chip: Curt Stroup


 

C & C Landscape Hard Charger: Chris Allen Jr. (8th to 2nd)


 

JPA Hard Luck Award: Scott Frack


 

J & W Home Improvement Highest Finishing Crate or 305: Greg Shepsis

 

J.J. YELEY WINS WILD VERMEIL CLASSIC NIGHT #1 AT CALISTOGA

 

(Devin Mayo

By: Lance Jennings


 

Calistoga, California (September 5, 2026)………J.J. Yeley of Phoenix, Arizona emerged victorious on Saturday during the opening night of the 15th Louie Vermeil Classic at California’s Calistoga Speedway.


 

Yeley took over the lead with four laps remaining when contact between himself and leader Ryan Bernal in turn four sent Bernal spinning. Yeley led the final four while Bernal settled for seventh in the final running order.


 

For Yeley, the $5,000 triumph was his second career Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car victory and second opening night win at the Calistoga Fairgrounds.


 

Driving the Petty Performance Racing owned #3P Quick Change Liquid Energy Drink / Avanti Windows & Doors Sherman, Yeley also earned an extra $350 hard charger / “best passing job” bonus courtesy of Shane Scott and Steve Lafond Photos. The former USAC Triple Crown winner started seventh in the field after claiming the night’s First 12-lap Qualifier Race sponsored by Sexton Fire Protection.


 

While Yeley was thirteenth quick in time trials, it was Jadon Rogers that sat atop the Woodland Auto Display qualifications for the first time in his career. Making his first start in the Chase Johnson Racing #24 Price Family Dealerships / Toyota Maxim, the Worthington, Indiana driver turned in a time of 19.681 seconds over point leader R.J. Johnson, Logan Seavey, Ryan Bernal, “The Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams, and Connor Lundy. The fastest six drivers earned direct transfers to the main event in the new format of the “Vermeil Classic.”


 

Roseville, California’s Josh Young made his first career start with USAC CRA and won Calistoga’s Second 12-lap Qualifier Race backed by Roy Miller Freight Lines. The pilot of the Jeff Adell owned #17J Trocadero Club / Brace Mufflers & Welding Spike would later score thirteenth in the 30-lap feature.


 

Starting second, “The Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams led the first thirteen laps of the “Vermeil Classic.” Following a restart after a failed rear-end retired Jadon Rogers from the feature, Connor Lundy took command after powering by teammates Williams and Bernal. The 2025 rookie of the year led the next five circuits until R.J. Johnson led the twentieth lap. Bernal was in control of the next six laps and then Yeley led the final four.


 

The Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Cars are back at Calistoga Speedway tomorrow for the final night of the 15th Louie Vermeil Classic. For those that cannot watch the event live in person, the program will be live streamed on FloRacing. For more information on USAC CRA, 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: September 5, 2026 – Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, California – 15th Louie Vermeil Classic


 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: (Top 6 Cars Transfer to Feature) 1. Jadon Rogers, 24, Johnson-19.681; 2. R.J. Johnson, 1p, Petty-19.817; 3. Logan Seavey, 57A, Abacus-19.875; 4. Ryan Bernal, 17, Dunkel-19.919; 5. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-19.940; 6. Connor Lundy, 97, Lundy-20.043; 7. David Gasper, 18, Kittle-20.120; 8. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-20.122; 9. Tanner Carrick, 83T, Carrick-20.149; 10. Josh Young, 17J, Adell-20.246; 11. Connor Speir, 57, Speir-20.264; 12. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-20.295; 13. J.J. Yeley, 3p, Petty-20.325; 14. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.351; 15. Cole Wakim, 17x, Dunkel-20.642; 16. Nate Schank, 1, Lawson-20.761; 17. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-20.907; 18. Jeff Dyer, 39, Cal-Sun-21.087; 19. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-21.164; 20. Brecken Guerrero, 98B, Guerrero-21.206.


 

SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST QUALIFIER: (12 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. David Gasper, 3. Tanner Carrick, 4. Cole Wakim, 5. Connor Speir, 6. Verne Sweeney, 7. Ryan Timmons. NT


 

ROY MILLER FREIGHT LINES SECOND QUALIFIER: (12 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Josh Young, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Frankie Guerrini, 4. Nate Schank, 5. Marty Hawkins, 6. Brecken Guerrero, 7. Jeff Dyer. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. J.J. Yeley (7), 2, R.J. Johnson (5), 3. Connor Lundy (1), 4. David Gasper (9), 5. Austin Williams (2), 6. Brody Roa (10), 7. Ryan Bernal (3), 8. Tanner Carrick (11), 9. Logan Seavey (4), 10. Cole Wakim (13), 11. Nate Schank (14), 12. Connor Speir (15), 13. Josh Young (8), 14. Brecken Guerrero (18), 15. Verne Sweeney (17), 16. Frankie Guerrini (12), 17. Marty Hawkins (16), 18. Jadon Rogers (6), 19. Ryan Timmons (19). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-13 Austin Williams, Laps 14-19 Connor Lundy, Lap 20 R.J. Johnson, Laps 21-26 Ryan Bernal, Laps 27-30 J.J. Yeley.


 

STEVE LAFOND PHOTOS HARD CHARGER: J.J. Yeley (7th to 1st)


 

NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 6, 2026 – Calistoga Speedway – Calistoga, California – 15th Louie Vermeil Classic

 

 

 

DU QUOIN DIVE! LEARY SWIMS AGAIN WITH REPEAT TED HORN 100 WIN

Rich Forman

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Du Quoin, Illinois (September 5, 2026)………C.J. Leary delivered on the promise he made prior to Saturday afternoon’s 72nd running of the Ted Horn 100 at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in southern Illinois.


 

“If we win again this year, we’re getting in the pond again,” he stated.


 

The Greenfield, Indiana native made certain of both of those things – no ifs, ands, or buts about it – as he led all 100 laps to capture a USAC Silver Crown victory on the Magic Mile for the second consecutive season at the controls of his Team AZ / Petty-Rossi / Curb-Agajanian Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors – Curb Records/DRC/Stanton Chevy No. 21.


 

Leary had his gameplan prepared. He brought an extra pair of clothes (and dry socks) with him to the track, unlike last year when he had to pressure wash his firesuit. When all was said and done, he and his crew took the leap into the infield pond, which was extra refreshing on this particular day in which the temperatures hovered around 100 degrees Fahrenheit.


 

For Leary, it’s his eighth career USAC Silver Crown win, tying him with Chris Windom for 17th place on the all-time series win list. Two of those have now come at the Du Quoin mile.


 

“This is super special,” Leary reacted. “Winning on these miles is so much fun. I tried for a really long time before I got my first one. I would have really liked to get Springfield, but we'll take Du Quoin two years in a row.”


 

Once Leary got the lead on the start from pole sitter Chase Stockon, the race was in his hands from start to finish, even after a caution and subsequent restart with seven laps remaining that erased his four second advantage. Through it all, Leary still had ‘em covered.


 

“That was an easy 100 laps, honestly,” Leary admitted. “I was just on cruise control trying to save tires. With how hot it was, we knew that the rubber was going to be pretty heavy. But getting  a jump on Chase (Stockon) was probably the race winning move. From there, I was able to get out front and run my own race.”


 

Dating back to last year, Leary has now paced 195 out of the past 200 laps of USAC racing at Du Quoin. He knew what kind of piece he had last year when he passed Stockon for the lead on lap six. This time, Leary got Stockon at the start and went on his merry way to join the multi-time Ted Horn 100 winners club.


 

“Man, that was epic,” Leary exclaimed. “Everybody on this team did a fabulous job. I knew after last year that our car was going to be really good here and it was. We qualified really well and we had a bit of a brake issue in practice. We didn't get a bunch of practice laps, but it really didn't matter. We were kind of waiting for the track to take rubber so we could work on it from there.”


 

Top of mind for Leary is the pursuit of his first career USAC Silver Crown championship. With his third victory of the series season on Saturday at Du Quoin, Leary increased his lead from 69 to 81 with just two races remaining and now sits squarely in the driver’s seat of the title race.


 

On top of it all, Leary’s latest result was also his 14th consecutive top five finish in USAC Silver Crown competition. That surpassed the former record of 13 set by Chris Windom (2015-2017) and Kody Swanson (2016-2017). Leary’s streak of 14 straight has continuously run since the July 19, 2025, round at the Kansas State Fairgrounds. All of that has bolstered him and his championship aspirations.


 

“It's everything,” Leary reflected. “Especially when there's only 11 or 12 races. you can't have one bad night or two bad nights and expect to overcome a bad night. Justin (Grant) has been really good at being consistent, winning races, and just getting out front and doing his thing. I feel like that's kind of what we've been doing this year. We want this championship really bad.”


 

Leary’s final margin of victory for the 100 miles was 1.840 seconds over Stockon, repeating the same top two finishers at Du Quoin from a year ago. Briggs Danner advanced 13 positions to equal his best career Du Quoin finish of third. Justin Grant grabbed fourth while Jake Swanson completed the top five.


 

Furthermore, Leary was the recipient of the K & N Filters Clean Air Award after leading the most laps – all 100.


 

Danner was earned Rod End Supply Hard Charger accolades after dicing his way through the field from 16th to third. The last time a driver started 16th or worse and finished on the podium at the Ted Horn 100 was Kody Swanson in 2010.


 

Stockon’s lap of 30.125 seconds (119.502 mph) in LearnLab Qualifying was the fastest USAC Silver Crown qualifying run at Du Quoin since Tyler Walker in 2005. For Stockon, it was the first pole position of his USAC Silver Crown career.


 

Three incidents occurred during the race. The most serious involved 11th running Jimmy Light who flipped over in turn three on the 15th lap. He was up on his feet but was assisted by the medical crew and taken for further observation.


 

Shane Cockrum’s original mount, the Hans Lein No. 97, experienced a mechanical issue during practice. With that ride out of commission, Kip Hughes, who was working on Cockrum’s crew for the day, offered up his own ride (#60) for Cockrum. Starting 19th, Cockrum had raced his way into the top 10. By lap 39, he was running sixth. After dropping back to seventh on lap 44, the car jettisoned its right side headers down the front straightaway before landing on the top of turn one, subsequently ending his day after another quality run to the front.


 

On the 51st lap, 14th running Dave Berkheimer drifted high off the exit of turn two and slapped the outside wall with his right rear tire before grinding to a halt along the back straightaway. He was able to walk away.

 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2026 – Du Quoin State Fairgrounds – Du Quoin, Illinois – 1-Mile Dirt Oval – 72nd Ted Horn 100


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Chase Stockon, 69, Pink 69-30.125; 2. C.J. Leary, 21, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-30.365; 3. Saban Bibent, 88, Fetter-30.495; 4. Mitchel Moles, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-30.609; 5. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-30.662; 6. Jake Swanson, 6, Klatt-30.866; 7. Trey Osborne, 27, Wood-30.891; 8. Jimmy Light, 118, Thomas-31.042; 9. Carmen Perigo, 52, Stehman-31.045; 10. Mario Clouser, 20, Team AZ/Petty/Rossi/Curb-Agajanian-31.269; 11. Kaylee Bryson, 11, Abacus/Droplight-31.709; 12. Chelby Hinton, 62, Klatt-31.771; 13. Hayden Reinbold, 119, Reinbold/Underwood-31.854; 14. Brian Tyler, 81, BCR-32.126; 15. Steve Gennetten, 64, GGR-32.551; 16. Chris Fetter, 15, Fetter-32.635; 17. Briggs Danner, 10, DMW-32.723; 18. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-33.772; 19. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-NT; 20. Aric Gentry, 3, Simmons-NT; 21. Chase Cabre, 26, Pierce-NT; 22. Shane Cockrum, 97, Lein-NT; 23. Shane Cockrum, 60, Hughes-NT.


 

FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. C.J. Leary (2), 2. Chase Stockon (1), 3. Briggs Danner (16), 4. Justin Grant (5), 5. Jake Swanson (6), 6. Chelby Hinton (12), 7. Steve Gennetten (14), 8. Chris Fetter (15), 9. Gregg Cory (17), 10. Trey Osborne (7), 11. Mario Clouser (10), 12. Kaylee Bryson (11), 13. Carmen Perigo (9), 14. Dave Berkheimer (18), 15. Shane Cockrum (19) (#60), 16. Saban Bibent (3), 17. Hayden Reinbold (13), 18. Mitchel Moles (4), 19. Jimmy Light (8), 20. Brian Tyler (20). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 C.J. Leary.


 

**Jimmy Light flipped on lap 15 of the feature.


 

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


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-125, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-123, 3-Justin Grant-113, 4-Robert Ballou-109, 5-Briggs Danner-108, 6-Cale Coons-105, 7-Jacob Denney-100, 8-Chase Stockon-94, 9-Jake Swanson-87, 10-Mitchel Moles-78.


 

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 25-26, 2026 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – 4-Crown Nationals

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (29.802)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Chase Stockon (30.125)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: C.J. Leary (100 laps led)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Briggs Danner (16th to 3rd)

 

 

FRIDAY’S WAYNE CITY USAC MIDGET RACE CANCELED DUE TO EXTREME HEAT WARNING

Wayne City, Illinois (September 3, 2026)………Due to an extreme heat warning in effect for the area through Friday night, the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship event scheduled for September 4 at Wayne County Speedway in Wayne City, Illinois has been canceled.


 

This event will not be rescheduled.


 

“With the forecast calling for extreme temperatures on Friday, our priority is the safety of our competitors, our fans, and our staff,” Wayne County Speedway promoter Jeremy Sneed stated. “We appreciate everyone’s understanding and support in this decision.”


 

USAC national racing continues this weekend with three more events. This Saturday, September 5, the USAC Silver Crown Championship visits the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in southern Illinois.


 

USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship racing resumes with two events this weekend. This Sunday, September 6, it’s the Firemen’s Nationals at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin’s Angell Park Speedway. On Monday, the series makes its debut at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, Illinois with the Lake Land College King of Coles.

 

 

 

MILLER LIVES UP TO “THE THRILLER” NAME,WINS DICK TOBIAS CLASSIC

 

Steve Koletar

 

By: Kurt Bettler


 

Kutztown, Pennsylvania (August 30, 2026)………When the pressure was at its highest, Kenny Miller III delivered.


 

“The Thriller” lived up to his nickname on Sunday night at Kutztown, Pennsylvania’s Action Track USA, charging from the 10th starting position and surviving a thrilling late-race battle with Chris Allen Jr. to capture the Dick Tobias Classic 30-lap feature and his second victory of the 2026 season with the USAC East Coast Sprint Cars presented by Baer Den Farms.


 

Allen Jr. finished second, with Steven Drevicki completing the podium.


 

The evening began with a special Meet & Greet behind the frontstretch grandstands, giving fans an opportunity to meet the USAC East Coast Sprint Car drivers and see their machines up close before warmups. More than 10 cars and 13 drivers participated in the event.


 

Once the green flag dropped, Allen Jr. immediately established himself at the front of the field in the No. 71, while Briggs Danner battled Olivia Thayer for second.


 

Danner, piloting the co-owned Danner-Hires No. 2, quickly adapted to a unique engine combination utilizing a carburetor over the 360 engine. He moved into second by lap three and immediately began closing in on Allen.


 

Several cautions slowed the early pace, including a stopped Scott Frack and a lap nine incident in turn four involving Frack, Brett Rose, and Heidi Hedin.


 

As the race progressed, lapped traffic entered the picture and the complexion of the battle began to change.


 

Starting 10th, Miller quietly worked his way through the field. By lap 20, “The Thriller” had cracked the top three, moving past Ed Aikin, who was enjoying a strong run in the No. 7.


 

Christian Bruno joined the battle but saw his night take a difficult turn when contact with the turn one wall resulted in a flat right front tire on the JMO Motorsports No. 3BC.


 

At the front, Danner had caught Allen and made his move with a well-timed slider in turn one. The move appeared to put Danner in position to take control of the race, but the yellow flag flew before the pass could stand.


 

The restart put Allen back in front, with Danner remaining within striking distance. Behind the leaders, Drevicki, Aikin, and Ronald Helmick continued their own intense battle.


 

Then, with just a handful of laps remaining, heartbreak struck the No. 2. Danner lost a rear gear, ending his bid for victory and putting Miller directly on Allen’s rear bumper. What followed was a classic Action Track battle.


 

Miller and Allen traded slide jobs and raced aggressively for the lead, with Miller eventually taking command with just three laps remaining. But Allen wasn’t finished.


 

After the white flag waved, Allen made one final attempt to reclaim the lead. The two machines made contact, with Allen also making contact with the outside wall, but Miller kept his car moving forward and drove to the checkered flag.


 

The victory marked Miller’s second USAC East Coast Sprint Car win of the 2026 campaign, adding another major victory to his season and another memorable chapter to his “Thriller” reputation.


 

Allen Jr. settled for second, with Drevicki third. Ed Aikin continued his impressive run at Action Track USA with a fourth place finish, while Kyle Spence turned in one of the night’s biggest charges, advancing from 14th to finish fifth.


 

Ronald Helmick continued his steady improvement with sixth, followed by Bruce Buckwalter Jr. in seventh. Joe Kata recorded another top 10 finish in eighth. New Jersey’s J.R. Fulper scored ninth in his first Action Track USA start.


 

Blaine Emery completed the top 10 after recovering from a heat-race tumble. Emery endured a wild heat two, turning over after collecting Brett Rose. Both teams went to work making substantial repairs, and both drivers successfully returned to compete in the A-Main.


 

The top 18 drivers who participated in both the Bridgeport Motorsports Park and Action Track USA events received a $200 bonus from Aw Shucks Corn Roasters for supporting both events.


 

 

USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE RESULTS: August 30, 2026 – Action Track USA – Kutztown, Pennsylvania – Dick Tobias Classic


 

E. SCHNEIDER & SONS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses, top 5 transfer to the feature) 1. Chris Allen Jr. (#71 Allen) (3), 2. Olivia Thayer (#39T Thayer) (1), 3. Joe Kata (#10 Kata) (4), 4. Kenny Miller III (#23m Miller) (7), 5. Steven Drevicki (#19 Drevicki) (5), 6. Shane Braxton (#35 Braxton) (6), 7. Matt Chowns (#33c Chowns) (2), 8. Gary Huston (#44 Huston) (8). NT


 

BDB GRAPHICS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses, top 5 transfer to the feature) 1. Joey Crilly (#51 Kelly) (2), 2. Ed Aikin (#7 Aikin) (4), 3. Matthew Swift (#03 Swift) (7), 4. Jordan Fulton (#37 Fulton) (8), 5. Heidi Hedin (#3H Hedin) (6), 6. Jason Cherry (#67 Cherry) (5), 7. Blaine Emery (#12 Emery) (1), 8. Brett Rose (#45R Rose) (3). NT


 

MALLEY POOL WATER THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses, top 5 transfer to the feature) 1. Christian Bruno (#3BC JMO) (1), 2. Briggs Danner (#2 Danner-Hires) (4), 3. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (#83 Buckwalter) (2), 4. Ronald Helmick (#22R Helmick) (5), 5. Kyle Spence (#42 Fraker) (3), 6. Scott Frack (#39x Frack) (6), 7. J.R. Fulper (#67 Fulper) (7), 8. Greg Shepsis (#75 Shepsis) (8). NT


 

BOULEVARD TRUCK REPAIR SEMI: (12 laps, starting positions in parentheses, top 5 transfer to the feature) 1. Blaine Emery (5), 2. J.R. Fulper (6), 3. Scott Frack (3), 4. Brett Rose (8), 5. Shane Braxton (1), 6. Matt Chowns (4), 7. Jason Cherry (2), 8. Greg Shepsis (9), 9. Gary Huston (7). NT


 

AW SHUCKS ROASTED CORN FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kenny Miller III (10), 2. Chris Allen Jr. (1), 3. Steven Drevicki (12), 4. Ed Aikin (6), 5. Kyle Spence (14), 6. Ronald Helmick (11), 7. Bruce Buckwalter Jr. (8), 8. Joe Kata (5), 9. J.R. Fulper (16), 10. Blaine Emery (15), 11. Matthew Swift (9), 12. Scott Frack (17), 13. Shane Braxton (19), 14. Jordan Fulton (20), 15. Olivia Thayer (2), 16. Heidi Hedin (13), 17. Briggs Danner (4), 18. Christian Bruno (7), 19. Brett Rose (18), 20. Joey Crilly (3). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Chris Allen Jr., Laps 26-30 Kenny Miller III.


 

NEXT USAC EAST COAST SPRINT CARS PRESENTED BY BAER DEN FARMS RACE: September 5, 2026 – Port Royal Speedway – Port Royal, Pennsylvania

 

 

MASSINGILL GOES BACK-TO-BACK AT WITH USAC MTM AT MILLSTREAM

 

Zach Hensley

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Findlay, Ohio (August 29, 2026)………For the second consecutive night, Bryce Massingill led every single lap en route to a USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget victory.


 

On Saturday night, it was mission accomplished at Findlay, Ohio’s Millstream Speedway.


 

For the Troy, Ohio native, it was his second series triumph in a span of 24 hours after leading all 25 laps on Friday evening at Williamsburg, Ohio’s Moler Raceway Park.


 

On Saturday, Massingill once again paced all 25 circuits of the main event for his third win of the season and the record-extending 21st of USAC Midwest Thunder career.


 

Massingill withstood pressure throughout the duration of the Millstream feature after starting his race from the pole position. But in the end, his winning margin was a distant 3.217 seconds as he collected $1,000 for his victory with additional event support coming from Heitmeyer Concrete.


 

Matt Lux finished as the runner-up after starting fifth, making a strong move following a caution on lap two to secure a solid results. Tyler Nelson took third after holding off a charging Parker Perry who had rushed from 10th to fourth. Ian Creager started third and dropped back to seventh at the start, but fought his way back to a top five finish, rebounding from a mechanical DNF at Moler on Friday night.


 

Tyler Nelson was the Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier with a lap of 15.421 seconds.


 

Heat races presented by Jeff Hill Trailer Sales, Stiefel’s Home & Auto, Hoosier Auto Race Fans (HARF), and Performance Electronics were won by Matt Lux, Bryce Massingill, Ian Creager, and Tyler Nelson.


 

Buddy Hollmeyer won the semi-feature.


 

Two-time All Star Circuit of Champions titlist Greg Wilson was behind the wheel of the Heitmeyer Concrete No. 74H. Wilson, with over 100 410 winged sprint car wins across a three decade-plus career, had flipped his sprint car at an All Star race  in New York on Friday night, which opened the opportunity to drive a USAC Midwest Thunder Midget for the first time in his career. Starting 18th in the feature, he worked his way up 12 positions to finish sixth and earn Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger honors.


 

Buddy Hollmeyer received the Rosewood Machine & Tool Precision Move of the Race by winning the semi-feature, then advancing 11 positions in the feature from his 21st starting position to secure a top 10 finish. Hollmeyer also earned the LynK Chassis bonus for finishing in the 10th spot.


 

For the second time this weekend, Gunnar Lucius drew the #8 pill in the feature redraw. Thus, he was the recipient of the Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake Award. Lucius had charged up to fourth by lap three but later suffered a battery issue, ending his night.

 


 

USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 29, 2026 – Millstream Speedway – Findlay, Ohio


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Matt Lux, 5, Wells-15.686; 2. Dylan Trost, 21, Trost-16.145; 3. Landen Francis, 85L, Francis-16.233; 4. Troy Borsos, 21T, Trost-16.244; 5. Taten Long, 99L, Long-16.619; 6. Kole Kirkman, K10, Kirkman-17.729; 7. Ayden Perkins, 48, Perkins-17.952.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Luke Hall, 74, Heitmeyer-15.510; 2. Stratton Briggs, 71, Briggs-15.569; 3. Buddy Hollmeyer, 11, Taylor-15.920; 4. Bryce Massingill, 35, Massingill-15.942; 5. Parker Perry, 7G, Gresham-16.185; 6. Greg Wilson, 74H, Heitmeyer-16.313; 7. Ashley Schloss, 11s, Schloss-16.680.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Trisdon Brown, 2, Briggs-15.759; 2. Ian Creager, 36, Creager-15.826; 3. Ryan Moran, 01, Moran-15.965; 4. Tyler Watkins, 7T, Watkins-16.180; 5. Derrick Noffsinger, 18N, Noffsinger-16.504; 6. Brayden Schwartz, 55s, Schwartz-16.504; 7. Jim Jones, 97, Jones-16.504.


 

VELOCITA BY BORSOS FOURTH QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Tyler Nelson, 91N, Nelson-15.421; 2. Gunnar Lucius, 22, Lucius-15.799; 3. Seth Crandall, 91, Crandall-16.461; 4. Darin Horton, 66, Horton-16.645; 5. Jody Paul, 5J, Paul-18.096; 6. Jason Shaffer, 40J, Shaffer-18.168.


 

JEFF HILL TRAILER SALES FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Matt Lux (4), 2. Dylan Trost (3), 3. Landen Francis (2), 4. Taten Long (5), 5. Troy Borsos (1), 6. Ayden Perkins (7), 7. Kole Kirkman (6). NT


 

STIEFEL’S HOME & AUTO SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (1), 2. Luke Hall (4), 3. Parker Perry (5), 4. Stratton Briggs (3), 5. Greg Wilson (6), 6. Buddy Hollmeyer (2), 7. Ashley Schloss (7). NT


 

HOOSIER AUTO RACING FANS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ian Creager (3), 2. Trisdon Brown (4), 3. Tyler Watkins (1), 4. Brayden Schwartz (7), 5. Derrick Noffsinger (5), 6. Jim Jones (6), 7. Ryan Moran (2). NT


 

PERFORMANCE ELECTRONICS FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top 5 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tyler Nelson (4), 2. Gunnar Lucius (3), 3. Seth Crandall (2), 4. Darin Horton (1), 5. Jason Shaffer (6), 6. Jody Paul (5). NT


 

SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Buddy Hollmeyer (2), 2. Ashley Schloss (6), 3. Jim Jones (3), 4. Jason Shaffer (4), 5. Ryan Moran (7), 6. Ayden Perkins (1), 7. Kole Kirkman (5). NT


 

FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bryce Massingill (1), 2. Matt Lux (5), 3. Tyler Nelson (4), 4. Parker Perry (10), 5. Ian Creager (3), 6. Greg Wilson (18), 7. Dylan Trost (2), 8. Landen Francis (9), 9. Stratton Briggs (14), 10. Buddy Hollmeyer (21), 11. Taten Long (13), 12. Seth Crandall (20), 13. Tyler Watkins (11), 14. Brayden Schwartz (15), 15. Derrick Noffsinger (19), 16. Ashley Schloss (22), 17. Jim Jones (23), 18. Darin Horton (12), 19. Jason Shaffer (24), 20. Gunnar Lucius (8), 21. Jody Paul (16), 22. Troy Borsos (17), 23. Luke Hall (6), 24. Trisdon Brown (7). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Bryce Massingill.


 

NEXT USAC MIDWEST THUNDER SPEED2 MIDGET RACE: September 18, 2026 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana

 


 

‍CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Velocita by Borsos Racing Fast Qualifier: Tyler Nelson (15.421)


 

Jeff Hill Trailer Sales First Heat Winner: Matt Lux


 

Stiefel’s Home & Auto Second Heat Winner: Bryce Massingill


 

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Third Heat Winner: Ian Creager


 

Performance Electronics Fourth Heat Winner: Tyler Nelson


 

Performance Powder Coating Hard Charger: Greg Wilson (18th to 6th)


 

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


 

LynK Chassis 10th Place Finisher: Buddy Hollmeyer


 

Wilwood Disc Brakes Tough Brake Award: Gunnar Lucius

 

WAGNER WINS DIRTY 30 AT VALLEY, CLINCHES USAC MRA TITLE

 

Terry Ford

By: Ray Cunningham


 

Grain Valley, Missouri (August 29, 2026)………Jack Wagner took the win and the first ever USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Racing Association Sprint Car championship on Saturday night at Missouri’s Valley Speedway.


 

Following a heart breaking loss the previous night at Lakeside Speedway after he led the first 23 circuits of the 25-lap Weld Memorial, the Lone Jack, Missouri racer was in no mood for anything short of a victory.


 

Wagner stormed into the lead on the first lap and led the entire distance of the Dirty 30, beating runner-up Tom Curran (Kansas City, Missouri) by over three seconds, while lapping up to 11th place by feature’s end.


 

It was Wagner’s second win at Valley this season in USAC MRA competition, and his sixth win in the series in 2026 in 11 starts.


 

His dominant win also gave him the first ever USAC MRA championship with one race left on the season at the wheel of his Jesse Hockett-Wagner Boys Racing No. 77. Wagner earned a $10,000 title prize courtesy of primary sponsor Wholesale Batteries.


 

Although this night was about a win and championship for Wagner, other performances were noteworthy, namely Curran’s second place run after starting sixth. For Curran, this was his third podium of the season at Valley after finishing third on May 23, then winning his first ever sprint car race there on June 20.


 

Meanwhile, Wesley Smith of Nixa, Missouri returned to form, finishing third for his first podium finish at Valley since winning there on May 23.


 

Rounding out the top five on a steamy and hot evening in the Valley, Samuel Wagner (Lone Jack, Missouri) finished fourth for the second straight night after an absolute dog fight with Smith for the final spot on the podium. Texas wheelman, R.J. Miller took fifth after finishing third in his last trip to Valley.


 

After a thrilling win at Lakeside the night before, Wyatt Burks finished sixth with Taylor Walton seventh, Braydon Cromwell eighth, Chase Howard ninth, and Dakota Earls 10th following extensive repairs of his No. 15E after his accident the night before at Lakeside.


 

Wesley Smith, Jack Wagner, and Tom Curran won each of the three heat races in what was a preview of the feature to come.

 


 

USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 29, 2026 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri


 

FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Wesley Smith, 44, Smith-14.143; 2. Wyatt Burks, 11w, Burks-14.249; 3. Chase Howard, 13, Howard-14.518; 4. Justin Johnson, 27, Johnson-15.092; 5. Jared McCarty, 44m, McCarty-15.474; 6. Tyler Burton, 03, Burton-15.558; 7. Kyle Gorham, 18K, Gorham-16.290.


 

SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Jack Wagner, 77, Hockett/Wagner-14.290; 2. Bryson Smith, 33, Smith-14.463; 3. Samuel Wagner, 73, Wagner-14.596; 4. Holden Ballinger, 69, Ballinger-14.883; 5. R.J. Miller, 34, Miller-14.989; 6. Charlie Burton, 91, Burton-15.360; 7. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-NT.


 

THIRD QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Braydon Cromwell, 4, Cromwell/Boyd-14.011; 2. Jake Kouba, 6, Kouba-14.280; 3. Luke Howard, 2, Howard-14.768; 4. Tom Curran, 11x, Curran-14.805; 5. Taylor Walton, 93, Walton-15.153; 6. Mark Lane, 33L, Lane-15.889.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Wesley Smith (4), 2. Wyatt Burks (3), 3. Justin Johnson (1), 4. Chase Howard (2), 5. Tyler Burton (6), 6. Jared McCarty (5), 7. Kyle Gorham (7). NT


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Jack Wagner (4), 2. Samuel Wagner (2), 3. R.J. Miller (5), 4. Dakota Earls (7), 5. Bryson Smith (3), 6. Holden Ballinger (1), 7. Charlie Burton (6). NT


 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, starting positions in parentheses, all transfer to the feature) 1. Tom Curran (1), 2. Braydon Cromwell (4), 3. Luke Howard (2), 4. Jake Kouba (3), 5. Taylor Walton (5), 6. Mark Lane (6). NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jack Wagner (1), 2. Tom Curran (6), 3. Wesley Smith (4), 4. Samuel Wagner (3), 5. R.J. Miller (12), 6. Wyatt Burks (2), 7. Taylor Walton (14), 8. Braydon Cromwell (5), 9. Chase Howard (10), 10. Dakota Earls (17), 11. Luke Howard (8), 12. Jake Kouba (7), 13. Bryson Smith (9), 14. Holden Ballinger (13), 15. Justin Johnson (11), 16. Jared McCarty (15), 17. Tyler Burton (16), 18. Charlie Burton (19), 19. Mark Lane (18), 20. Kyle Gorham (20). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jack Wagner.


 

NEXT USAC WHOLESALE BATTERIES MRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE: September 26, 2026 – Valley Speedway – Grain Valley, Missouri

 

 

SIX APPEAL! GRANT GETS HIS 6TH CHILI’S SMACKDOWN TITLE AT KOKOMO

 

Ryan Sellers

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Kokomo, Indiana (August 29, 2026)………There seems to be no stopping Justin Grant when it comes to the final night of Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway.


 

On Saturday night, the Ione, California native once again stood in victory lane after capturing his sixth career Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown title and his fourth in a row after racing into the lead past Kyle Cummins on lap 28, then leading the final 13 laps to pocket a payday of $36,729.


 

Earlier in the evening, Cummins defeated Grant in the final round of the Bill & Sandy Wever & The Grandkids King of the Hill to score the pole position for the night’s 40-lap feature, and for the first 27 laps, Cummins held the upper hand over Grant.


 

Driving his pink, yellow, and green-colored TOPP Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – TOPP Industries – LA Poly/Maxim/Stanton Chevy No. 4, Grant added to his win list with record-extending 13th career USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory at Kokomo and the 71st of his career with the series.


 

Grant’s sixth USAC National Sprint Car win of the season added to his ever growing list of Chili’s Smackdown titles over the past nine editions, taking top honors in 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, and now 2026.


 

It’s a moment Grant described as simply, “unreal.”


 

Starting alongside Cummins on the front row, Grant gave chase for more than two-thirds of the main event on the 1/4-mile dirt oval. That said, on the fifth lap, Grant made his initial bid for the lead, sliding past Cummins in turns one and two to occupy the top spot.


 

However, at the same exact moment, fourth running Cale Coons biked in turns one and two, then slid up into the outside wall and flipped over. That closed the chapter on a rollercoaster of emotions for Coons who had won his first career USAC National Sprint Car feature at Kokomo just 24 hours earlier. His crew was able to make repairs in the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area, and Coons was able to restart, but finished a distant 18th.


 

Due to lap not being completed, the running order reverted to the previous completed lap, meaning that Cummins retained his lead with Grant slotting back into second. Grant had confidence in himself and his racecar, but now Cummins was cognizant of Grant’s presence.


 

“Just before the red came out, I felt like I got a really big run,” Grant explained. “He hadn’t seen me and he didn’t really know how much the slider was available there into turn one. I was able to slide him from a really long way back. Then the red came out, and I was like ‘ahh.’ That just made my night way harder. Not that it was going to be easy by any means, but now it gave Kyle another shot at it. He’s done a great job covering that and figuring it out, and then it took me another 20 laps to get by him because he was doing such a good job covering there.”


 

After the stoppage, Grant adjusted his tactics and began entering above the cushion with “four wheels in the fluff.” Not only did it ultimately pay off, but it also presented another element of surprise to Cummins.


 

“I slid him in three pretty well and he covered there pretty well after that,” Grant documented. “Then, he started getting away from me for a little bit. Early on, I maybe had a little bit better of a car and I could just keep running to him. But now, I was struggling. I kept getting tight into three and it would get me goofy and backing up to it in four. Then, I lost everything that I was gaining on him. That’s when I bailed out and started running above the cushion. I did it because we were out of options and we’ve got to find some way to make more speed.”


 

Regarding the extreme high line at Kokomo, Grant has made it work many a time over the years with a great amount of success. But he doesn’t claim it as his own. He gives props to his crew chief, Jeff Walker, for encouraging him to take the road less traveled.

“I've kind of taken it to some new heights here the last handful of years, but really, if it's anybody's line, it's Jeff Walker’s,” Grant acknowledged. “Everywhere we go, he's like, "buddy, I think you know, don't forget that you can get in above it. Once you start getting tight, just get above it. When I came to Kokomo, the first time I drove a sprint car was for Jeff Walker here. He told me, ‘just get up above that cushion. It won't turn over.’ You just drive the heck out of it. Dave Darland would do it in his car. Chris Windom would do it in his car. Hunter Schuerenberg would do it in his car. I'm just the guy that gets to do it now. I remember it now because Jeff is always pounding it in my head.”


 

Grant continued to apply pressure to Cummins past the halfway point of the race, which was 10 laps longer in length than the majority of the main events on the USAC National Sprint Car schedule. Biding his time a bit, Grant made sure not to prematurely show his hand before making his winning move.


 

“Once I started running through three and four, it really cleaned up my struggle to get off four,” Grant illustrated. “I felt like I was running to his bumper off four, but he was doing such a good job protecting on the laps that he needed to. I felt we were better there, but we just needed to wait. Don’t show him and don’t let him know. Just let this play out.”


 

When the time arrived on lap 28, it played out right into Grant’s hands.


 

“He came off four and his car kind of hung a little bit and it set on the left rear,” Grant observed. “A lot of times when it does that, you can’t get down to slide yourself without making a major adjustment. Once I saw his left rear settle, we were firing. He got in on the top of one and we were able to go. At that point, it was getting slicker across one and two, and when I fired across there, I was like ‘oh, we better keep this out of the fence here.’ Luckily, it was kind of ramped up there and we were able to roll up it and roll on down.”


 

From that point forward, Grant kept Cummins at arm’s length as he worked through a bevy of lapped traffic in the waning stages, crossing the stripe 0.420 seconds ahead of Kyle Cummins. Jacob Denney earned a career best third place result in just his third career USAC National Sprint Car start. Kevin Thomas Jr. took fourth with Mitchel Moles rounding out the top five after an impressive drive from 12th.


 

Grant took the lead on lap 28, then earned a $229 bonus on the 29th lap of the feature as he collected the J & J Trucking / JX Truck Center Lap 29 Leader Bonus in Memory of Tony Jarrett, the 2000 Kokomo Speedway sprint car track champion who sported the No. 29 on his car.


 

The 2022 Chili’s Smackdown winner, Kyle Cummins, led the most laps (27) in the feature and wound up with a runner-up result for the fifth time on Saturday night during his Chili’s Smackdown career. That made him the night’s K & N Filters Clean Air Award winner. His take home pay tonight with added lap money – $500 per lap led – totaled $26,118.


 

Jacob Denney finished third and earned $1,000 as the 2026 Chili’s Smackdown Crume-Evans Insurance Rookie of the Year. It's the second best Rookie performance in event history, only behind Tanner Thorson’s runner-up result in 2021.


 

Shane Cottle passed a total of 23 cars throughout the three nights of racing over the weekend at Kokomo to earn a $1,000 bonus as the Chili’s Smackdown Parallax Group / ProSource Passing Master champion. He also moved up eight positions in the feature. His 22nd to 14th run led him to pick up the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award.


 

Texan Dalton Stevens was buried way down in the 36th spot in overall Chili’s Smackdown points entering Saturday night. In the semi-feature, he charged from ninth to fourth to grab the final transfer spot, which earned him the night’s Hard Work award, and he also received a new right rear from Hoosier Tire. Beau Brandon also got a new Hoosier right rear as the winner of the C-Main.


 

Colin Parker advanced four spots from 15th to 11th in the Semi-Feature and was the recipient of $100 courtesy of Vogel Real Estate.


 

A record amount of $176,752.00 was raised throughout Chili’s Smackdown weekend for the Riley’s Children’s Foundation and Riley Hospital for Children. All the money will go toward fighting childhood cancer. Over one million dollars have been raised through the efforts of Melinda Stanbrough and Jessica Mack throughout the 15 year history of Chili’s Smackdown.

 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 29, 2026 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown XV – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (#87 CBI-Spire) (1), 2. Gunnar Setser (#G5 Setser) (2), 3. C.J. Leary (#53 Fox) (3), 4. Jakeb Boxell (#54 Westfall) (4), 5. Eli Wilhelmus (#55 Wilhelmus) (5), 6. Dalton Stevens (#2BX 2B Racing) (7), 7. Beau Brandon (#21B Brandon) (6), 8. Troy Carey (#45N Carey) (9), 9. Landon Butler (#18 Butler) (8). 2:12.212


 

TJ FORGED SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Robert Ballou (#12 Ballou) (2), 2. Jadon Rogers (#14 Rogers) (1), 3. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus) (3), 4. Shane Cottle (#86 Stamper) (5), 5. Zack Pretorius (#9z Pretorius) (4), 6. Caleb Shietze (#2B 2B Racing) (6), 7. Jacob Dykstra (#79 Mahoney) (9), 8. Steve Justis (#12J Justis) (8), 9. Brayden Clark (#11c Clark) (7). NT


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chase Stockon (#92 Sertich) (2), 2. Briggs Danner (#39 Hogue) (1), 3. Trey Osborne (#6T Osborne) (3), 4. Ricky Lewis (#41 Lewis) (4), 5. Brandon Mattox (#28 Mattox) (5), 6. Kyle Shipley (#57H Hazen) (6), 7. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (#51T Tafoya) (7), 8. Bryce Andrews (#17 MSR) (8), 9. Jack James (#99 James) (9). 2:12.896


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps, top 3 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood) (1), 2. Hayden Reinbold (#19 Reinbold-Underwood) (2), 3. Harley Burns (#16 Britt Aero) (3), 4. Brady Bacon (#49 Davis) (4), 5. Chance Crum (#83c Crum) (5), 6. Kobe Simpson (#21K Simpson) (7), 7. Colin Parker (#16K Knight) (6), 8. Jake Simmons (#7s Simmons) (9), 9. Devan Myers (#75 Myers) (8). NT


 

FIRST BILL & SANDY WEVER & THE GRANDKIDS KING OF THE HILL QUARTERFINAL: (3 laps) #1 Kyle Cummins (#3p Petty) defeats #8 Stevie Sussex (#3R Rock Steady). 40.466


 

SECOND BILL & SANDY WEVER & THE GRANDKIDS KING OF THE HILL QUARTERFINAL: (3 laps) #4 Kevin Thomas Jr. (#15 BBI) defeats #5 Thomas Meseraull (#2E Epperson). 40.433


 

THIRD BILL & SANDY WEVER & THE GRANDKIDS KING OF THE HILL QUARTERFINAL: (3 laps) #3 Justin Grant (#4 TOPP) defeats #6 Gavin Miller (#21AZ Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian). 40.350


 

FOURTH BILL & SANDY WEVER & THE GRANDKIDS KING OF THE HILL QUARTERFINAL: #2 Cale Coons (#63 Dooling/Curb-Agajanian) defeats #7 Jake Swanson (#5T Daming Swanson). 40.518


 

FIRST BILL & SANDY WEVER & THE GRANDKIDS KING OF THE HILL SEMIFINAL: (3 laps) #1 Kyle Cummins defeats #4 Kevin Thomas Jr. 40.357


 

SECOND BILL & SANDY WEVER & THE GRANDKIDS KING OF THE HILL SEMIFINAL: (3 laps) #3 Justin Grant defeats #2 Cale Coons. 40.397


 

BILL & SANDY WEVER & THE GRANDKIDS KING OF THE HILL FINAL: (3 laps) #1 Kyle Cummins defeats #3 Justin Grant. 39.626


 

COOK OUT C-MAIN: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Beau Brandon (1), 2. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (3), 3. Colin Parker (4), 4. Troy Carey (5), 5. Bryce Andrews (7), 6. Landon Butler (9), 7. Steve Justis (6), 8. Jack James (8), 9. Jacob Dykstra (2), 10. Jake Simmons (10), 11. Devan Myers (11). NT


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Eli Wilhelmus (5), 2. Shane Cottle (2), 3. Brady Bacon (4), 4. Dalton Stevens (9), 5. Brandon Mattox (7), 6. Zack Pretorius (6), 7. Chance Crum (8), 8. Jakeb Boxell (1), 9. Kobe Simpson (12), 10. Beau Brandon (13), 11. Colin Parker (15), 12. Caleb Shietze (10), 13. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (14), 14. Kyle Shipley (11), 15. Ricky Lewis (3), 16. Troy Carey (16). NT


 

FEATURE: (40 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Kyle Cummins (1), 3. Jacob Denney (9), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 5. Mitchel Moles (12), 6. Gavin Miller (6), 7. Thomas Meseraull (5), 8. Jake Swanson (7), 9. Briggs Danner (15), 10. Stevie Sussex (8), 11. Chase Stockon (11), 12. Robert Ballou (10), 13. Gunnar Setser (13), 14. Shane Cottle (22), 15. Jadon Rogers (14), 16. Hayden Reinbold (16), 17. Trey Osborne (19), 18. Cale Coons (3), 19. C.J. Leary (17), 20. Eli Wilhelmus (21), 21. Logan Seavey (18), 22. Dalton Stevens (24), 23. Harley Burns (20), 24. Brady Bacon (23). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Kyle Cummins, Laps 28-40 Justin Grant.


 

**Jakeb Boxell flipped during the semi. Cale Coons flipped on lap 6 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2653, 2-Justin Grant-2512, 3-Mitchel Moles-2452, 4-Jake Swanson-2197, 5-Briggs Danner-2143, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2065, 7-Logan Seavey-1990, 8-Chase Stockon-1986, 9-Robert Ballou-1950, 10-C.J. Leary-1913.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-125, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-123, 3-Justin Grant-112, 4-Robert Ballou-109, 5-Cale Coons-105, 6-Jacob Denney-100, 7-Briggs Danner-95, 8-Chase Stockon-94, 9-Jake Swanson-86, 10-Mitchel Moles-78.


 

CHILI’S SPRINT CAR SMACKDOWN PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Shane Cottle-23, 2-Jacob Denney-22, 3-Jadon Rogers-21, 4-Kyle Cummins-20, 5-Cale Coons-19, 6-Robert Ballou-19, 7-Briggs Danner-18, 8-Thomas Meseraull-16, 9-Hayden Reinbold-15, 10-Chase Stockon-15.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: September 11-12, 2026 – Lernerville Speedway – Sarver, Pennsylvania – Commonwealth Clash – 4/10-Mile Dirt Track


 

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft / Turn 3 Crazies Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kyle Cummins (13.041)


 

K1 RaceGear First Qualifying Race Winner: Jacob Denney


 

TJ Forged Second Qualifying Race Winner: Robert Ballou


 

K & N Filters Third Qualifying Race Winner: Chase Stockon


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Qualifying Race Winner: Mitchel Moles


 

Cook Out C-Main Winner: Beau Brandon


 

C-Main Winner Hoosier Tire Right Rear: Beau Brandon


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Eli Wilhelmus


 

Semi Hoosier Tire Final Transfer Spot: Dalton Stevens


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Colin Parker


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Shane Cottle (22nd to 14th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kyle Cummins (27 laps led)


 

J & J Trucking / JX Truck Center Lap 29 Leader In Memory of Tony Jarrett: Justin Grant


 

Hard Work Award: Dalton Stevens


 

Chili’s Smackdown Parallax Group / ProSource Passing Master Champion: Shane Cottle (23)


 

Crume-Evans Insurance Chili’s Smackdown Rookie of the Year: Jacob Denney (3rd)


 

Bill & Sandy Wever & The Grandkids King of the Hill Champion: Kyle Cummins

 

 

NEXT GENERATION! COONS GETS FIRST USAC SPRINT WIN AT KOKOMO’S CHILI’S SMACKDOWN NIGHT TWO

Ryan Sellers

 

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Kokomo, Indiana (August 28, 2026)………The next generation of the Coons family added his name to the USAC record books during Friday night’s Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown XV round two at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway.


 

Greencastle, Indiana’s Cale Coons led all but one lap of the 30-lap feature, briefly giving up the lead to Thomas Meseraull before ripping it right back just before the midway point to capture his first career series victory.


 

Cale is son of USAC Career Triple Crown champion and 17-time USAC National Sprint Car feature winner Jerry Coons Jr. Together, they became just the 10th father/son duo to win a USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature event as a driver, joining Jim & James McElreath, Bob & Steve Kinser, Todd & Gene Lee Gibson, Parnelli & Page Jones, Bill & Billy Puterbaugh, Bubby & Tony Jones, Bob & Bobby East, Brad & Justin Marvel, and Sammy & Kevin Swindell.


 

This one was extra special with Jerry serving as the crew chief while Cale wheeled the Dooling Autosports-Curb-Agajanian/Curb Records – Kalitta Charters/DRC/Stanton Chevy No. 63 to victory lane.


 

“It's just been in my head,” Cale reflected on the journey to his first USAC national win. “I knew I could do it. I know we could do it. We've worked since I was five years old to get to this moment.”


 

Jerry, who notched his first USAC National Sprint Car win at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track in 1999, was beaming with pride as he embraced his son moments after he climbed out of the cockpit as a USAC national winner himself.


 

“Obviously, I'm proud of proud of him, but I'm just happy for him. That's the biggest thing,” Jerry stated. “He wants this. He loves racing. He's constantly watching. When we go to the racetrack, he's watching videos of that track and he's studying. He wants this more than anything, probably more than I did. I'm just really happy for him. I want to thank (car owner) Joe Dooling for the opportunity. To be able to race with your kid is pretty unbelievable.”


 

At the age of 17 and eight months old, Cale also became the seventh youngest winner in series history, trailing only Chad Boat, Bryan Clauson, Cole Whitt, Tanner Swanson, Emerson Axsom, and Billy Puterbaugh Jr.


 

Furthermore, Cale achieved this feat in just his 44th career series start, while becoming the first driver to win his first career USAC National Sprint Car main event during Smackdown since Logan Seavey in 2019.


 

Adding to it all, Cale put the black Dooling No. 63 back into the USAC National Sprint Car win column for the first time since 2017, nine seasons after Brady Bacon scored at Kansas’ Lakeside Speedway. Cale’s dad also drove the Dooling midget with success during the 2010s. Bryan Clauson was the team’s first USAC Sprint Car winner, and it seemed fitting to “park it” in BC victory lane.


 

“To be in the 63 car and park it at Kokomo is really special,” Cale said. “My dad drove this car, and Bryan too. I don't even know what to say right now.”


 

Cale flexed his muscles with a career best third place USAC National Sprint Car result during Thursday night’s opener at Kokomo and had previously won at the 1/4-mile dirt oval during the non-USAC-sanctioned Kokomo Klash in October 2025.


 

It was all a welcome scenario for Cale and crew following a particularly rough USAC Indiana Sprint Week during late July/early August. In fact, Cale missed the show during the Kokomo round of ISW. This week’s bounce back into form involved a calculated change on Cale’s mindset behind the wheel.


 

“During Indiana Sprint Week, I was overdriving the crap out of the thing, trying to be faster,” Cale admitted. “This week, I started to calm down and just drove it easier. Sometimes, slower is faster and that happened tonight.”


 

Starting on the outside of the front row, Coons established the early lead, while trading punches with pole sitter Briggs Danner. Danner slid Coons for the spot in turns one and two on the second lap, but Coons was able to cut back under to retain the lead.


 

But just as soon as it started, it was game over for Danner. At the start of the third lap, Danner biked on the turn one cushion, landed on all four wheels, then slid up into the outside wall. The resulting contact flipped him upside down and out of the race with a 24th place finish in the blink of an eye.


 

Danner was one of seven drivers to get upside down during the evening along with Zack Pretorius during qualifying. Plus, Devan Myers, Kyle Shipley, Anton Hernandez, Kobe Simpson, and Jadon Rogers in heat race action. All seven drivers were able to walk away.


 

Coons remained in control for nearly the entire first half as Meseraull gave chase. On lap 14, the slider fest commenced as Meseraull made his move, completing the slide job in turns one and two. Yet, Coons never wavered as he charged past Meseraull on the inside of the back straightaway, then slid up across Meseraull’s front bumper in turns three and four. But Meseraull had an answer and drove back under Coons at the exit of turn four to lead at the stripe by a car length.


 

That said, Coons was just planning his next move, executing a slider on Meseraull in turn one moments later. Meseraull’s front bumper locked horns with Coons’ rear chrome momentarily, and as Meseraull whoa’d up, Coons bounced away to a four car length gap. Although, it should be noted that Coons apologized to Meseraull for “parking him” in his post-race interview on the public address system.


 

“I knew he was coming,” Coons acknowledged regarding Meseraull. “He slid me a couple times and I knew that I just needed to be in front of him by the time we got to lapped traffic. They were all kind of running the bottom. So, I took away the slider from him, sort of, and I was able to get to lapped traffic after I got by him again.”


 

But just as soon as Coons finally gained himself some breathing room, another contender made his way into the fray as Thursday night winner and 11th place starting Kyle Cummins had emerged in third, not only on the racetrack, but also on the turn three scoreboard.


 

“I saw the 3p wasn't on the scoreboard for a while, and then he showed up and I looked up and he was in third,” Coons observed. “Just before that, he wasn't even up there, so I knew he was coming and I just had to step up my game a little bit to get it done.”


 

The top three of Coons, Meseraull, and Cummins ran nose-to-tail with eight laps remaining. Meseraull was able to pull even with Coons through turns three and four, but Coons kept his foot on the throttle to thwart the challenge and promptly pulled out to a healthy 10 car length advantage.


 

Coons took it from there as he crossed the finish line with a 1.497 second margin of victory over Meseraull. Cummins took third with Jacob Denney scoring a career best fourth place finish in just his second career series start. Jake Swanson bounced back from a Thursday night flip to round out the top five.


 

Coons led all but one of the 30 circuits, and as the leader of the most laps, he earned the K & N Filters Clean Air Award. He also added an extra $229 to his pocket courtesy of J & J Trucking and JX Truck Center in memory of Tony Jarrett by leading the 29th lap. Jarrett was the 2000 Kokomo Speedway sprint car track champion, driving the No. 29.


 

Robert Ballou advanced from 20th to 11th in the feature, and for his efforts, he picked up Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.


 

Shane Cottle overcame a 38th place qualifying run to start off the night, but in the semi, he raced his way into the fourth and final transfer spot, earning himself the Hard Work Award bonus and a right rear Hoosier tire.


 

Jadon Rogers got upside down in his heat race, then brought out the backup car and made a valiant effort to try and make his way into the field but came up just two positions short. First, he charged from 10th to first to win the C-Main, earning himself a Hoosier right rear tire. Next, he advanced 15th to sixth in the semi. That got him the Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award bonus.


 

Gavin Miller was the LearnLab fastest qualifier for the first time in his USAC National Sprint Car career after laying down a lap of 12.772 seconds, then finished sixth in the feature.


 

The top-eight in combined points throughout the first two nights of Chili’s Smackdown locked themselves into Saturday’s $30,000-to-win, 40-lap feature and the King of the Hill. They are Kyle Cummins (776), Cale Coons (770), Justin Grant (719), Kevin Thomas Jr. (719), Thomas Meseraull (712), Gavin Miller (711), Jake Swanson (692), and Stevie Sussex (685).


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 28, 2026 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown XV – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.772; 2. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-12.894; 3. Thomas Meseraull, 2E, Epperson-12.895; 4. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-12.977; 5. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.989; 6. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.000; 7. Brady Bacon, 49, Davis-13.057; 8. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.082; 9. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.104; 10. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-13.120; 11. Beau Brandon, 21B, Brandon-13.126; 12. Stevie Sussex, 3R, Rock Steady-13.155; 13. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-13.164; 14. Anton Hernandez, 21, Hajduk-13.169; 15. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.259; 16. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.277; 17. Jakeb Boxell, 54, Westfall-13.286; 18. Caleb Shietze, 2B, 2B Racing-13.312; 19. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-13.314; 20. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-13.317; 21. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-13.338; 22. Jack Hoyer, 11, Hoyer-13.340; 23. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-13.373; 24. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.393; 25. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-13.411; 26. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-13.428; 27. Jacob Denney, 87, CBI/Spire-13.431; 28. Dalton Stevens, 2BX, 2B Racing-13.513; 29. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.571; 30. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-13.575; 31. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-13.598; 32. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-13.670; 33. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-13.790; 34. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-13.798; 35. Brayden Clark, 11c, Clark-13.805; 36. Devan Myers, 75, Myers-13.844; 37. Kyle Shipley, 57H, Hazen-13.857; 38. Shane Cottle, 86, Stamper-13.895; 39. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-13.958; 40. Landon Butler, 18, Butler-14.008; 41. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-14.091; 42. Jacob Dykstra, 79, Mahoney-14.158; 43. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-14.228; 44. Aaron Davis, 11A, Davis-14.234; 45. Steve Justis, 12J, Justis-14.271; 46. Bryce Andrews, 17, MSR-14.451; 47. Jack James, 99, James-14.498; 48. Jake Simmons, 7s, Simmons-14.982; 49. Rob Caho Jr., 78, Caho-NT.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (5), 2. Trey Osborne (2), 3. Gavin Miller (6), 4. Hayden Reinbold (3), 5. Zack Pretorius (1), 6. Colin Parker (7), 7. Beau Brandon (4), 8. Eddie Tafoya Jr (9), 9. Bryce Andrews (10), 10. Devan Myers (8). NT


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (1), 2. Stevie Sussex (4), 3. Jake Swanson (6), 4. Jakeb Boxell (3), 5. Brady Bacon (5), 6. Jack Hoyer (2), 7. Chance Crum (7), 8. Jacob Dykstra (9), 9. Jack James (10), 10. Kyle Shipley (8). NT


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Harley Burns (2), 2. Kyle Cummins (5), 3. Mitchel Moles (4), 4. Thomas Meseraull (6), 5. Shane Cottle (8), 6. Gabriel Gilbert (7), 7. Dalton Stevens (1), 8. Caleb Shietze (3), 9. Troy Carey (9), 10. Jake Simmons (10). 2:17.335


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 2. Gunnar Setser (6), 3. Chase Stockon (7), 4. Robert Ballou (2), 5. Brandon Mattox (1), 6. Justin Grant (5), 7. Anton Hernandez (4), 8. Kobe Simpson (8). NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (6), 2. C.J. Leary (2), 3. Eli Wilhelmus (1), 4. Logan Seavey (4), 5. Ricky Lewis (5), 6. Brayden Clark (7), 7. Landon Butler (8), 8. Steve Justis (9), 9. Jadon Rogers (3). 2:21.393


 

COOK OUT C-MAIN: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jadon Rogers (10), 2. Caleb Shietze (1), 3. Eddie Tafoya Jr (2), 4. Troy Carey (5), 5. Jack James (7), 6. Steve Justis (4), 7. Jake Simmons (9), 8. Jacob Dykstra (3), 9. Kyle Shipley (8), 10. Bryce Andrews (6). NT


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Ricky Lewis (3), 3. Brady Bacon (1), 4. Shane Cottle (6), 5. Zack Pretorius (4), 6. Jadon Rogers (15), 7. Gabriel Gilbert (9), 8. Chance Crum (13), 9. Beau Brandon (11), 10. Caleb Shietze (16), 11. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (17), 12. Colin Parker (8), 13. Brayden Clark (10), 14. Dalton Stevens (12), 15. Brandon Mattox (5), 16. Troy Carey (18), 17. Landon Butler (14), 18. Jack Hoyer (7). 2:52.704


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cale Coons (2), 2. Thomas Meseraull (4), 3. Kyle Cummins (11), 4. Jacob Denney (9), 5. Jake Swanson (5), 6. Gavin Miller (6), 7. Justin Grant (12), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7), 9. Stevie Sussex (14), 10. Hayden Reinbold (17), 11. Robert Ballou (20), 12. Mitchel Moles (15), 13. Logan Seavey (16), 14. C.J. Leary (21), 15. Shane Cottle (24), 16. Gunnar Setser (3), 17. Trey Osborne (19), 18. Jakeb Boxell (18), 19. Chase Stockon (23), 20. Eli Wilhelmus (22), 21. Harley Burns (8), 22. Brady Bacon (10), 23. Ricky Lewis (13), 24. Briggs Danner (1). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Cale Coons, Lap 14 Thomas Meseraull, Laps 15-30 Cale Coons.


 

**Zack Pretorius flipped during qualifying. Devan Myers flipped during the first heat. Kyle Shipley flipped during the second heat. Anton Hernandez & Kobe Simpson flipped during the fourth heat. Jadon Rogers flipped during the fifth heat. Briggs Danner flipped on lap 3 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2586, 2-Justin Grant-2442, 3-Mitchel Moles-2394, 4-Jake Swanson-2148, 5-Briggs Danner-2097, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2004, 7-Logan Seavey-1967, 8-Chase Stockon-1945, 9-Robert Ballou-1911, 10-C.J. Leary-1888.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Hayden Reinbold-125, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-123, 3-Justin Grant-111, 4-Robert Ballou-109, 5-Cale Coons-105, 6-Jacob Denney-94, 7-Chase Stockon-94, 8-Briggs Danner-89, 9-Jake Swanson-86, 10-Kyle Cummins-72.


 

CHILI’S SPRINT CAR SMACKDOWN PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Jadon Rogers-21, 2-Kyle Cummins-20, 3-Cale Coons-19, 4-Robert Ballou-18, 5-Thomas Meseraull-16, 6-Jacob Denney-16, 7-Hayden Reinbold-15, 8-Chase Stockon-14, 9-Shane Cottle-14, 10-Stevie Sussex-13.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 29, 2026 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown XV – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft / Turn 3 Crazies Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Briggs Danner (12.966)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Gavin Miller (12.772)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Briggs Danner


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Jacob Denney


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Harley Burns


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Cale Coons


 

Cook Out C-Main Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

C-Main Winner Hoosier Tire Right Rear: Jadon Rogers


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Justin Grant


 

Semi Hoosier Tire Final Transfer Spot: Shane Cottle


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Jadon Rogers (15th to 6th in the semi)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Robert Ballou (20th to 11th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Cale Coons (29 laps led)


 

J & J Trucking / JX Truck Center Lap 29 Leader In Memory of Tony Jarrett: Cale Coons


 

Hard Work Award: Shane Cottle

 

 

HANG 10! CUMMINS COLLECTS CHILI’S SMACKDOWN OPENER AT KOKOMO

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Kokomo, Indiana (August 27, 2026)………They had Kyle Cummins in the first half, not gonna lie.


 

As for the second half, that solely belonged to the Princeton, Indiana racer as he led the final 15 circuits of the 30-lap feature to capture victory during Thursday night’s Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown XV opener at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway.


 

Starting fifth on the grid, Cummins picked his way to second during the opening 15-lap stanza before slicing by racelong leader Gavin Miller off the exit of turn two on the 16th lap, then led the rest of the way to take his 10th checkered flag of the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season.


 

His 10th USAC triumph of the season matches his career high win total from his championship season in 2025. His latest win also made him just the 13th driver to reach 40 or more USAC National Sprint Car career victories and ties him with fellow series champs Gary Bettenhausen and Robert Ballou for 11th place on the all-time series win list.


 

As an interesting aside, Cummins’ latest performance was his fourth career win during Chili’s Smackdown, three of which have occurred on August 27. He scored two prelim victories in 2020, then added a final night win in 2022.


 

Starting alongside Justin Grant in the third row, Cummins found it imperative to stay in front of the five-time and defending Chili’s Smackdown titlist. Grant initially had the upper hand for the first four laps. But on the fifth trip around the 1/4-mile dirt oval, Cummins went topside to nip Grant for fourth in his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors – JUGO Superfoods/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy No. 3p.


 

“There was a move there at the beginning of the race,” Cummins recalled. “I was coming around the outside and I just snuck by Justin and someone else, and I was like, ‘that's good.’ I had to get in front of Justin. It's kind of whoever's in front, and it's hard to peel off. So, to get up front and get into the lead first is very important. We did that and here we are.”


 

Once Cummins got to fourth, that kicked off a succession of advancement that saw him take Gunnar Setser for third on lap six and Kevin Thomas Jr. for second on lap seven, both of which came on consecutive outside passes off the exit of turn two with Miller now lined up in his crosshairs one second ahead.


 

By the 11th go around, Grant had moved his way into third and was working on tracking down Miller and Cummins. But on lap 13, the field was bunched up following a red flag for fifth running Jake Swanson who got upside down in turn one as he attempted to pass Thomas for fourth in turn one. The two nearly collided, and Swanson took evasive action, resulting in him spinning backwards. With his right foot standing on the throttle and his front wheels hanging in the air, akin to a bucking bronco, Swanson’s car performed a hydroplane-like blowover. Swanson restarted at the tail and finished 19th.


 

During the ensuing restart, it quickly became a three-wide battle for the lead with Cummins on the high side, Grant low, and Miller in the middle. Once Cummins saw Grant’s nose reemerge into the frame of the fray, he gritted his teeth a little more. It was now or never.


 

“I didn't know what to do,” Cummins said. “I'd been behind him a little bit and I'd get such a run in one and two that it would almost plug me into the curb. I thought I was going to get myself in trouble there. I was like, ‘well, it's a couple laps in.’ Then, I saw Justin (Grant), and I thought, ‘okay, that's it. It’s time to race.’”


 

Cummins fired the first shot in turns three and four on lap 15 as he slid across the nose of Miller. However, Miller quickly answered and dipped back under Cummins to reassume the top spot at the stripe. But a half lap later Cummins launched off the turn two cushion and rocketed past the inside of Miller for the lead. Grant followed suit along the bottom to slot into second moments later in turns three and four.


 

From there on, Cummins experienced traffic galore as he negotiated his way through a bevy of lapped cars with 10 to go, poking his way through the middle between the likes of USAC national winners Trey Osborne, Jake Swanson, Logan Seavey, and Jacob Denney. Through it all, Grant attempted to close up the gap to Cummins’ but couldn’t quite get through it quickly enough to chop off any of Cummins’ interval as Cummins escaped, while at the same time, trying to tame a somewhat tricky cushion when necessary.


 

“In one and two, I could run pretty good but it kind of got you in a weird spot, but then once you got there, you could hammer it,” Cummins elaborated. “Getting into three and four got choppy as well and then there were the lapped cars, and I didn't know where to go. Then, I started running through the middle a little bit and there was actually some decent grip. I didn't feel like I was as good there by myself but at least I got around a couple lapped cars. It got pretty thick there for a while, and I feel like I was running the same speed. I couldn't really go faster because you're kind of at the mercy of the guy in front of you and how hard you can get into the cushion.”


 

The final stoppage of the night came on lap 26 when Mitchel Moles and Briggs Danner banged wheels in turn two during their battle for the seventh position. Moles ricocheted off Danner into the path of Brady Bacon (9th) who spun to a stop to bring out the caution, setting up a four lap dash to the finish.


 

Cummins kept things copacetic as he shot away from Grant on the restart, while Kevin Thomas Jr. slid Miller for third in turn three. One lap later, Miller’s race got all out of sorts when he nearly stalled in turns one and two, dropping from fourth all the way back to 11th. Meanwhile, 14th starting Cale Coons took advantage of the situation to climb his way into third on the white flag lap.


 

Up front, Cummins had it handled as he crossed the finish line 1.442 seconds ahead at the checkered flag over runner-up Justin Grant with Cale Coons scoring a career best USAC finish of third. Kevin Thomas Jr. grabbed fourth with Jadon Rogers rounding out the top five.


 

Cummins led the final 15 to earn the K & N Filters Clean Air award. Furthermore, he led the 29th lap of the feature to collect a bonus from J & J Trucking & JX Truck Center in memory of Tony Jarrett. Jarrett drove the No. 29 to the 2000 Kokomo Speedway sprint car track championship. To add to it, Cummins achieved it all in what he described as a “different” kind of racecar.


 

“The car was the weirdest thing I've ever driven,” Cummins explained. “It won't come to the green. It won't go down the straightaways. But if you put it on the curb, it'll run. So, we did some different stuff tonight. My whole crew made a bunch of changes, put a fresh wrap on it, and have been doing some R & D here and there. It was definitely different. I'm glad we won, but it was just a different kind of race car.”


 

Thomas Meseraull advanced 12 positions throughout his 20th to 8th run during the feature to earn the Rod End Supply Hard Charger award.


 

Jacob Denney bounced back from a 32nd place qualifying run, then put it in the show with a late-race pass for the final transfer spot in the semi to advance to his first career USAC National Sprint Car feature. With it, he earned the Hard Work award, plus a right rear from Hoosier Tire for grabbing the final transfer spot. Dalton Stevens also got some fresh right rear rubber courtesy of Hoosier Tire for his victory in the C-Main.


 

Kobe Simpson moved up from 18th to 12th in the semi-feature, taking home Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st award honors.


 

Justin Grant also collected his 47th career USAC National Sprint Car LearnLab Fast Qualifying time, while also taking over the series lead with his eighth fast time of the series season with a lap of 12.648 seconds.


 

 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 27, 2026 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – Chili's Sprint Car Smackdown XV – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track


 

LEARNLAB QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-12.648; 2. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-12.696; 3. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.714; 4. Gunnar Setser, G5, Setser-12.735; 5. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.757; 6. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-12.828; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 15, BBI-12.837; 8. Gavin Miller, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.858; 9. Brady Bacon, 49, Davis-12.873; 10. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-12.918; 11. C.J. Leary, 53, Fox-12.952; 12. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.961; 13. Stevie Sussex, 3R, Rock Steady-12.988; 14. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-13.006; 15. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.025; 16. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-13.035; 17. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-13.087; 18. Jakeb Boxell, 54, Westfall-13.088; 19. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-13.143; 20. Thomas Meseraull, 2E, Epperson-13.161; 21. Rylan Gray, 1, Gray-13.177; 22. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-13.191; 23. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.207; 24. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.221; 25. Trey Osborne, 6T, Osborne-13.231; 26. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-13.255; 27. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.329; 28. Beau Brandon, 21B, Brandon-13.337; 29. Anton Hernandez, 21, Hajduk-13.352; 30. Kyle Shipley, 57H, Hazen-13.360; 31. Jack Hoyer, 11, Hoyer-13.365; 32. Jacob Denney, 87, CBI/Spire-13.401; 33. Dalton Stevens, 2BX, 2B Racing-13.413; 34. Shane Cottle, 86, Stamper-13.529; 35. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-13.534; 36. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-13.595; 37. Brayden Clark, 11c, Clark-13.610; 38. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-13.631; 39. Landon Butler, 18, Butler-13.766; 40. Caleb Shietze, 2B, 2B Racing-13.799; 41. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-13.844; 42. Aaron Davis, 11A, Davis-13.862; 43. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-13.954; 44. Bryce Andrews, 17, MSR-13.977; 45. Devan Myers, 75, Myers-14.057; 46. Rob Caho Jr., 78, Caho-14.174; 47. Jack James, 99, James-14.209; 48. Jacob Dykstra, 79, Mahoney-14.394; 49. Steve Justis, 12J, Justis-14.478; 50. Jake Simmons, 7s, Simmons-14.964.


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Zack Pretorius (1), 2. Jake Swanson (5), 3. C.J. Leary (4), 4. Justin Grant (6), 5. Rylan Gray (2), 6. Ricky Lewis (3), 7. Jack Hoyer (7), 8. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (9), 9. Kobe Simpson (8), 10. Rob Caho Jr. (10). 2:12.465


 

TJ FORGED SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jadon Rogers (2), 2. Cale Coons (4), 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 4. Logan Seavey (1), 5. Chance Crum (3), 6. Jacob Denney (7), 7. Brayden Clark (8), 8. Aaron Davis (9), 9. Jack James (10), 10. Eli Wilhelmus (6). NT


 

K & N FILTERS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (6), 2. Gavin Miller (5), 3. Hayden Reinbold (2), 4. Stevie Sussex (4), 5. Jakeb Boxell (3), 6. Beau Brandon (1), 7. Gabriel Gilbert (8), 8. Dalton Stevens (7), 9. Troy Carey (9), 10. Jacob Dykstra (10). 2:15.168


 

INDY POWERSPORTS FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gunnar Setser (6), 2. Chase Stockon (4), 3. Harley Burns (1), 4. Brandon Mattox (2), 5. Steve Justis (9), 6. Brady Bacon (3), 7. Bryce Andrews (7), 8. Landon Butler (8), 9. Shane Cottle (5). NT


 

K1 RACEGEAR FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Trey Osborne (2), 2. Robert Ballou (4), 3. Briggs Danner (5), 4. Thomas Meseraull (3), 5. Mitchel Moles (6), 6. Caleb Shietze (8), 7. Kyle Shipley (1), 8. Colin Parker (7), 9. Devan Myers (9), 10. Jake Simmons (10). NT


 

COOK OUT C-MAIN: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dalton Stevens (1), 2. Colin Parker (2), 3. Kobe Simpson (5), 4. Devan Myers (6), 5. Eddie Tafoya Jr (3), 6. Aaron Davis (4), 7. Troy Carey (8), 8. Jacob Dykstra (7), 9. Jack James (10), 10. Jake Simmons (9). NT


 

FIVE STAR BODIES SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mitchel Moles (1), 2. Brady Bacon (2), 3. Ricky Lewis (7), 4. Jacob Denney (9), 5. Rylan Gray (5), 6. Caleb Shietze (10), 7. Jack Hoyer (12), 8. Jakeb Boxell (4), 9. Chance Crum (3), 10. Kyle Shipley (11), 11. Gabriel Gilbert (14), 12. Kobe Simpson (18), 13. Dalton Stevens (16), 14. Colin Parker (17), 15. Devan Myers (19), 16. Brayden Clark (13), 17. Bryce Andrews (15), 18. Beau Brandon (8), 19. Steve Justis (6). NT


 

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


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Gavin Miller, Laps 16-30 Kyle Cummins.


 

**Eli Wilhelmus flipped during the second heat. Jake Swanson flipped on lap 13 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2515, 2-Justin Grant-2387, 3-Mitchel Moles-2349, 4-Jake Swanson-2079, 5-Briggs Danner-2065, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1947, 7-Logan Seavey-1925, 8-Chase Stockon-1914, 9-Robert Ballou-1865, 10-C.J. Leary-1846.


 

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas Jr.-123, 2-Hayden Reinbold-118, 3-Justin Grant-106, 4-Cale Coons-104, 5-Robert Ballou-100, 6-Chase Stockon-90, 7-Briggs Danner-89, 8-Jacob Denney-89, 9-Jake Swanson-86, 10-Gavin Miller-71.


 

CHILI’S SPRINT CAR SMACKDOWN PARALLAX GROUP / PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Cale Coons-13, 2-Thomas Meseraull-12, 3-Jacob Denney-11, 4-Kyle Cummins-9, 5-Robert Ballou-9, 6-Briggs Danner-8, 7-Hayden Reinbold-8, 8-Kobe Simpson-8, 9-Justin Grant-6, 10-Stevie Sussex-6.


 

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

 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft / Turn 3 Crazies Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Chase Stockon (12.766)


 

LearnLab Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (12.648)


 

K1 RaceGear First Heat Winner: Zack Pretorius


 

TJ Forged Second Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

K & N Filters Third Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

Indy Powersports Fourth Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser


 

K1 RaceGear Fifth Heat Winner: Trey Osborne


 

Cook Out C-Main Winner: Dalton Stevens


 

C-Main Winner Right Rear Hoosier Tire Bonus: Dalton Stevens


 

Five Star Bodies Semi Winner: Mitchel Moles


 

Semi Final Transfer Right Rear Tire Bonus: Jacob Denney


 

Vogel Real Estate Heading Home 1st Award: Kobe Simpson (18th to 12th in the semi)


 

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Thomas Meseraull (20th to 8th)


 

K & N Filters Clean Air Award: Kyle Cummins (15 laps led)


 

J & J Trucking / JX Truck Center Lap 29 Leader In Memory of Tony Jarrett: Kyle Cummins


 

Hard Work Award: Jacob Denney

 

YOU LIVE. YOU LERNERVILLE! USAC SPRINTS RETURN FOR FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS THIS FRIDAY-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11-12

josh james  

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Sarver, Pennsylvania (September 10, 2026)………It’s been 15 years since the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship has last turned a wheel on the 4/10-mile dirt oval at Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pennsylvania.


 

Now, they’ll face off for two consecutive nights of full racing programs on Friday-Saturday, September 11-12, for the Commonwealth Clash. It’s 25 laps and $6,000-to-win on Friday. It’s 30 laps and $10,000-to-win on Saturday.


 

Here are some of the things to watch for this weekend in the Keystone State!

 


 

ALL THOSE YEARS AGO


 

It’s been quite awhile since USAC National Sprint Cars last competed at Lernerville – 15 years to be exact.


 

Jon Stanbrough was the victor in that May 2011 event in the Fox Brothers No. 53. USAC’s only other visit to the track came in May 2006 with Darren Hagen scoring the win in his own No. 71 in collaboration with Keith Kunz Motorsports.

 


 

MAD MAN, JG & KTJ


 

At least three drivers from the 2011 Lernerville USAC show will be in this weekend’s lineup: Robert Ballou, Justin Grant, and Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

It was a pretty solid night for Ballou that night as he started 14th and finished 5th in the feature aboard the MPHG Motorsports No. 81. Grant followed Ballou to the line with a 6th place result after also winning the semi-feature at the wheel of the Mark Hery-owned No. 40. Meanwhile, Kevin Thomas Jr. had mechanical issues in Jeff Walker’s No. 11 and dropped out during the semi-feature.


 

For Grant and Thomas, it was their first appearance in USAC competition in the state of Pennsylvania. Ballou will be back in his familiar own No. 12; Grant in the TOPP Motorsports No. 4; Thomas in the BBI Motorsports No. 15.

 


 

EAST COASTIN’


 

Briggs Danner has firmly established himself as a star on the USAC national trail and is the most recent winner in his home state of Pennsylvania back in June at Kutztown’s Action Track USA.


 

Current USAC East Coast Sprint Car point leader and five-time series champion Steven Drevicki will be on hand, as will Joe Kata, who currently ranks fifth in series points. Brett Rose, who has made six USAC East Coast starts this season, will compete at Lernerville.


 

Brandon Spithaler, meanwhile, has won at least six winged sprint car features at Lernerville over the past few seasons. He will shed the wing for this weekend’s USAC action at Lernerville.


 

 

UP TO SPEED


 

The freshest memory of USAC National Sprint Car racing we have is Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown two weeks ago on the final weekend of August at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway.


 

Kyle Cummins and Cale Coons took the prelim victories while Justin Grant captured the final night of activity for a $36,729 payday.


 

Cummins now owns 10 USAC National Sprint Car wins on the season, while Grant has six. For Coons, it was his first career USAC national score.

 


 

RECORD WATCH FOR CUMMINS


 

Kyle Cummins continues to grow his USAC National Sprint Car point lead after accruing an incredible all-time record active streak of 37 consecutive top 10 finishes, in 38 starts. His worst performance thus far is an 11th on the opening night of the season at Volusia.


 

Cummins’ point lead is 141 entering the two-race set this weekend at Lernerville ahead of Justin Grant (-141), Mitchel Moles (-201), Jake Swanson (-456), and Briggs Danner (-510).


 

With 13 races remaining on the schedule, Cummins’ 10 wins are just four shy of equaling the all-time record for single season USAC National Sprint Car victories. Tom Bigelow (1977) and Logan Seavey (2024) each put together record-setting 14-win seasons.


 

 

SUSSEX-FUL


 

After a solid weekend of racing in the Rock Steady Racing No. 3R at Kokomo’s Smackdown, Stevie Sussex is back in the seat for both nights of racing at Lernerville.


 

Sussex’s first three USAC National Sprint Car appearances of the 2026 season came at Kokomo two weeks ago where he reeled off three consecutive top 10 finishes.


 

The Tempe, Arizona driver was the 2017 USAC National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year. This year, he’s also grabbed three USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Southwest Sprint Car victories.


 

 

30 FOR 30


 

Just last weekend, C.J. Leary was a winner on the one-mile dirt oval at Du Quoin with the USAC Silver Crown series, enduring a blistering hot afternoon to capture the victory and extend his point lead in the champ cars.


 

However, the Greenfield, Indiana racer is still seeking his first victory on the USAC National Sprint Car trail in 2026. He’s finished a best of 2nd this year at Lincoln Park Speedway in July.


 

This weekend, he’ll be back behind the wheel of his own No. 30 for the first time since a 6th place run in June at Michigan’s Butler Motor Speedway. The 2019 USAC National Sprint Car champ last took his own car to USAC victory since July 2020.

 


 

PA REWIND


 

Lernerville will mark the series’ fifth and sixth events in Pennsylvania during the USAC National Sprint Car season.


 

Back in June, four events were held during Eastern Storm with three different drivers scoring victories. Kyle Cummins was the winner at Grandview Speedway. Mitchel Moles took back-to-back wins at Big Diamond and Williams Grove. Briggs Danner tallied the latest round at Action Track USA. Cummins was the Eastern Storm champion.


 

All of the aforementioned drivers will be making their Lernerville debuts this weekend.

 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

This weekend’s Commonwealth Clash on Friday-Saturday, September 11-12, at Sarver, Pennsylvania’s Lernerville Speedway features the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus 410 winged sprint cars & RUSH.


 

Pits open at 2pm Eastern. Grandstands open at 4pm on Friday and 3pm on Saturday. The drivers meeting is set for 6:15pm with cars on track at 6:45pm, followed by qualifying & racing.


 

On Friday, general admission tickets for ages 11 and up are $35. General admission tickets for age 10 and under are free. On Saturday, Reserved tickets (available on Saturday online at Lernerville.com) are $45. General admission tickets for ages 11 and up are $40. General admission tickets for age 10 and under are free.


 

Advance tickets on sale at https://lernervilletickets.com/tickets/usac-clash/. Two-day reserved tickets are $80. Two-day general admission tickets are $70. For those who purchase two-day tickets online, your purchase comes with a free fan pit pass upgrade for Friday. The pit pass upgrade area will be open at 4pm. Fans with those upgrades will be allowed in at 5pm.


 

Both nights of racing at Lernerville will be shown live on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026.


 

 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2653, 2-Justin Grant-2512, 3-Mitchel Moles-2452, 4-Jake Swanson-2197, 5-Briggs Danner-2143, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2065, 7-Logan Seavey-1990, 8-Chase Stockon-1986, 9-Robert Ballou-1950, 10-C.J. Leary-1913.


 

 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK RECORDS AT LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY:


 

1 Lap - 5/5/2006 - Josh Wise - 15.337


 

8 Laps - 5/5/2006 - Dave Darland - 2:10.90


 

12 Laps - 5/5/2006 - Kyle Nicholas - 3:37.93


 

 

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS AT LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY


 

1-Darren Hagen & Jon Stanbrough


 

 

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINNERS AT LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY


 

2006: Darren Hagen (5/5)


 

2011: Jon Stanbrough (5/30)


 

 

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LERNERVILLE SPEEDWAY USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR FEATURE RESULTS


 

2006 FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Derek O’Dell, 4. Mat Neely, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Bryan Clauson, 9. Justin Marvel, 10. Josh Wise, 11. Scotty Weir, 12. Jay Drake, 13. John Heydenreich, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Brady Short, 16. Kyle Nicholas, 17. Gary Rankin, 18. Rex Norris III, 19. Brent Matus, 20. Scott Bonnell, 21. Bill Kiley, 22. Scott Priester. NT


 

2011 FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Coleman Gulick, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Justin Grant, 7. Bobby East, 8. Hunter Schuerenberg, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Casey Shuman, 11. Daron Clayton, 12. Blake Fitzpatrick, 13. Damion Gardner, 14. Travis Rilat, 15. Keith Bloom Jr., 16. J.R. Berry, 17. Jack Sodeman Jr., 18. Mark Bitner, 19. Tracy Readinger, 20. Wes McIntyre, 21. Kyle Robbins, 22. Tracy Hines. NT


 

 

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS IN PENNSYLVANIA


 

11-A.J. Foyt


 

9-Larry Dickson, Tommy Hinnershitz & Johnny Thomson


 

8-Brady Bacon


 

7-Greg Weld


 

6-Justin Grant, Jim Hurtubise, Roger McCluskey & Chris Windom


 

5-Gary Bettenhausen & Parnelli Jones


 

4-Bryan Clauson, Van Johnson, Levi Jones, Jud Larson & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

3-Robert Ballou, Kyle Cummins, Lee Kunzman, Lee Osborne, Logan Seavey, Mitch Smith & Cole Whitt


 

2-Emerson Axsom, Rollie Beale, Don Branson, Pancho Carter, Tyler Courtney, Briggs Danner, Dave Darland, Elmer George, Tracy Hines, Ralph Liguori, Mitchel Moles, Jan Opperman, Jiggs Peters, Red Riegel, Eddie Sachs, Sammy Sessions, Tanner Thorson, Dick Tobias, Bobby Unser & Bruce Walkup


 

1-Dick Atkins, Joe Barzda, Karl Busson, Larry Cannon, Daron Clayton, Shane Cottle, Jerry “Scratch” Daniels, Bobby East, Cotton Farmer, Pat Flaherty, Damion Gardner, Darren Hagen, Jesse Hockett, C.J. Leary, Eddie Leavitt, Fred Linder, Jim McWithey, Thomas Meseraull, Charlie Musselman, Don Nordhorn, Pat O’Connor, Jim Packard, Billy Pauch, Paul Pitzer, Bill Puterbaugh, Johnny Rutherford, Ron Shuman, Jon Stanbrough, Dave Steele, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chase Stockon, Jake Swanson, Kenny Weld & Johnny White

 

 

2026 National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame Class Revealed

By: Richie Murray


 

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (September 8, 2026)………Darren Hagen, Brad Kuhn, Lee Kunzman, Henry Pens and Glenn "Bud" Trainor are the newest inductees into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame, class of 2026.


 

The announcement was made during last Sunday night’s Firemen’s Nationals USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship event at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin’s Angell Park Speedway, the home of the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame.


 

Darren Hagen’s USAC Midget resume includes the 2012 national title, plus pavement crowns in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, as well as the dirt title in 2012. The Riverside, California native owns 25 USAC National Midget wins, including the 2006 Hut 100 and the 2011 & 2013 Night Before the 500. The 2012 USAC Indiana Midget Week champ also scored 15 POWRi wins, and found victory lane with USAC’s regional series, Badger, and even was a Speedcar winner in Australia.


 

Brad Kuhn’s midget racing success runs the gamut. He was the 2009 USAC national champ, and also added four Badger titles in 2006, 2007, 2011 & 2013, plus 2006 & 2009 POWRi crowns. In 2005, he conquered the USAC Speedrome championship and was named the National Midget Driver in 2005 & 2006. His tally includes 25 Badger wins, 23 POWRi victories, and 10 with USAC. The 2010 USAC Indiana Midget Week champ also grabbed Chili Bowl prelims in 2008 & 2009.


 

Lee Kunzman collected 16 USAC National Midget wins between 1968-1972. He was a winner in his first career USAC start in 1968 at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in his home state of Iowa. He reigned victorious at the 1969 Astro Grand Prix held indoors on the dirt at the Houston Astrodome. In 1970, he earned another signature win in the Night Before the 500 at IRP. He fought back from severe burns & broken bones to win in his first USAC start back at Tri-County Speedway in 1971.


 

Henry Pens was a standout across multiple midget racing divisions. The auto body shop owner captured 24 career United Auto Racing Association (UARA) victories between 1963-1971, 10 of which came at his hometown track, Joliet Stadium in Illinois. Additionally, Pens was also a 16-time winner on the USAC National Midget trail from 1965-1970, including a victory in the 1969 Night Before the 500 at Indianapolis Raceway Park for car owner and fellow Hall of Famer Howard Linne.


 

Glenn “Bud” Trainor was a longtime mechanic, car owner, and series founder on the southwest midget racing scene. In 1952, he accrued success with an Arizona Midget Owners & Drivers Club championship as the head wrench for driver Art Bisch. By 1972, he founded Mighty Midgets of Arizona, and his Arizona Hard Chrome Special cars scored five entrant titles. He was honored as the 1983 MMOA Mechanic of the Year and also served as the MMOA president.


 

For additional information on the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame, contact Barb Hellyer at kingdoodlebug@sbcglobal.net.

 

 

 

TED TALK! USAC SILVER CROWN TAKES ON DU QUOIN’S MAGIC MILE SATURDAY

Neil Cavanah

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Du Quoin, Illinois (September 3, 2026)………Five past Ted Horn 100 winners are among the 24 USAC Silver Crown entries set to compete in this Saturday’s September 5th 72nd running of the event at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds in southern Illinois.


 


 

5 PAST WINNERS


 

Among the five past Du Quoin winners in the field are defending winner C.J. Leary (2025), two-time winners Brian Tyler (2008 & 2021), Shane Cockrum (2014 & 2015), and Justin Grant (2023 & 2024), plus one-time winner Chris Urish (2013).


 


 

LEARY DOUBLE DIPPIN’


 

C.J. Leary is attempting to become the 11th driver to win the Ted Horn 100 in back-to-back years, following Sam Hanks (1953-1954), Jimmy Bryan (1955-1956), A.J. Foyt (1960-61 & 1963-64), Al Unser (1969-70), Mario Andretti (1973-74), Gary Bettenhausen (1982-83), Jack Hewitt (1986-87), Tracy Hines (2005-06), Shane Cockrum (2014-15), and Justin Grant (2023-24).


 

Leary has run his currently active streak to 15 consecutive top five finishes with the series dating back to last season, with two wins, a second, three thirds, and a fourth. He also enters with a 69-point lead in the season-long USAC Silver Crown standings.


 


 

DANNER YEAR FOR BRIGGS


 

Briggs Danner captured the victory on the other dirt mile on the circuit at the Illinois State Fairgrounds two weeks ago.


 

Danner finished 3rd on the Du Quoin Mile back in 2024 and is aiming for a bit of history on Saturday by sweeping to champ car victories at both Illinois dirt miles in the same season.


 

The only other drivers to achieve that particular feat are Tony Bettenhausen (1951), Sam Hanks (1953), Jimmy Bryan (1955 & 1956), Johnny Thomson (1958), A.J. Foyt (1964 & 1967), Al Unser (1970), Mario Andretti (1973 & 1974), Gary Bettenhausen (1983), Jack Hewitt (1986, 1987 & 1993), Chuck Gurney (1989, 1994 & 1996), Paul White (2001), J.J. Yeley (2002), Tracy Hines (2006), Brian Tyler (2008), Chris Windom (2018) & Justin Grant (2024).


 


 

GRANT BACK ON THE MILE MEND


 

Justin Grant won at Du Quoin in both 2023 and 2024 and also captured the pole position in both events. He was fourth last year.


 

Grant led the first 87 miles of the Springfield race a couple weeks ago before engine difficulties stifled his bid for victory.


 

Grant, who ranks second in series points, remains on the hunt for his first victory of the 2026 USAC Silver Crown season. He captured his sixth Chili’s Sprint Car Smackdown score just last weekend at Kokomo.


 


 

SOUND THE SIREN FOR SHANE


 

Shane Cockrum is the hometown hero at Du Quoin and took a double dip into the infield pond/lake back in 2014 and 2015 in front of a crowd of adoring fans.


 

From nearby Benton, Illinois, the city’s fire chief has made 12 career Ted Horn 100 starts dating back to 2011 and has also finished as the runner-up in both 2017 and 2022. He took 9th at the Springfield Mile two weeks ago.


 

Cockrum, along with Justin Grant and Brian Tyler, are vying for a third champ car win at Du Quoin, a feat that has been achieved by the elite of the discipline: A.J. Foyt (6), Gary Bettenhausen (5), Mario Andretti (3), Tony Bettenhausen (3), Tom Bigelow (3), Chuck Gurney (3), and Jack Hewitt (3).


 


 

AND TYLER TOO!


 

Brian Tyler is shooting for his 23rd career Ted Horn 100, and he’s as good as ever.


 

He won the race for a second time in 2021 in spectacular fashion from the 11th starting position, and last year, he advanced 16th to 6th, then restarted at the tail and drove back through the field to finish 5th! He also won the race in 2008.


 

Tyler made a similarly spectacular charge at Springfield a couple weeks back, racing from 19th to 5th before his engine went sour. Of note, no driver has passed more cars in USAC Silver Crown history than Tyler with 843.


 


 

MOVIN’ ON UP


 

Three more drivers collected career bests at the Springfield Mile in August and look to carry that momentum into Du Quoin on Saturday.


 

Jake Swanson was strong, as he equaled his career best series result of 2nd while also garnering his finest performance yet on a dirt mile at the wheel of the Klatt Enterprises No. 6.


 

Saban Bibent ran near the front all day at Springfield and came home with a 5th place finish in his Sammy & Mouren Fetter owned machine. That marked Bibent’s best career finish in USAC national competition.


 

Don’t look now, but Chelby Hinton is making a bid for Rookie of the Year honors in the Silver Crown division. After three top 10 results in all three of his starts this year, including a 10th at Springfield in a second Klatt car, Hinton is just 34 points behind Rookie leader Hayden Reinbold.


 


 

RACE DETAILS:


 

The 72nd running of the Ted Horn 100 features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship along with the 32nd Annual Bill Oldani Memorial Prelims for Modifieds.

Registration and pit gates open at 7am Central. Grandstands and ticket office open at 9am with the drivers meeting set for 9:30am. USAC Silver Crown practice is slated to run from 10-11:10am. Modified hot laps and qualifying will run at 12:15pm. USAC Silver Crown qualifying is scheduled for 11:30am followed by Modified heats at 12:15pm and the USAC Ted Horn 100 feature at 1pm.


 

Tickets will be available on race day or by calling the Du Quoin Fair office at 618-542-1535. Info and tickets can also be obtained by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200. Advance tickets are $25 for ages 12 and up and $10 for children age 11 and under. Race day tickets at the gate are $30 for ages 12 and up and $10 for children 11 and under. Pit passes are $35 for members and $40 for non-members ages 12 and up. Pit passes for children age 11 and under are $20.


 

The Ted Horn 100 can be watched live on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac2026.


 


 

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2026 BETTENHAUSEN 100 ENTRY LIST


 

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


 

6 JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Klatt Enterprises)


 

10 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)


 

11 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight)


 

14 (R) COLTEN COTTLE/Kansas, IL (McQuinn Motorsports)


 

15 CHRIS FETTER/Troy, MO (Chris Fetter)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

26 (R) CHASE CABRE/Tampa, FL (AP Driver Development)


 

27 TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (Shawn Wood)


 

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


 

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


 

52 CARMEN PERIGO/Stoystown, PA (Stehman Motorsports)


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

77 (w) CHRIS URISH/Elkhart, IL (Urish Racing)


 

81 (w) BRIAN TYLER/Parma, MI (BCR Group)


 

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


 

91 (w) JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

97 (w) SHANE COCKRUM/Benton, IL (Hans Lein)


 

118 JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Mike Thomas)


 

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


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie


 


 

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USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-C.J. Leary-482, 2-Justin Grant-413, 3-Mario Clouser-374, 4-Briggs Danner-368, 5-Gregg Cory-286, 6-Kyle Steffens-249, 7-Dave Berkheimer-238, 8-Dakoda Armstrong-217, 9-Kaylee Bryson-203, 10-Hayden Reinbold-186.


 


 

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TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC SILVER CROWN AT Du QUOIN:


 

1 Lap - 9/5/2004 - Tyler Walker - 29.138 - 123.550 mph


 

10 Laps - 9/10/1994 - George Snider - 5:14.78 - 114.366 mph


 

12 Laps - 9/4/1989 - Tom Bigelow - 6:29.73 - 110.846 mph


 

15 Laps - 9/1/2002 - Brian Tyler - 7:53.24 - 114.107 mph


 

100 Laps - 9/7/1992 - Johnny Parsons - 56:03.00 - 107.047 mph


 


 

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AAA/USAC CHAMP CAR WINNERS AT Du QUOIN:


 

1948: Lee Wallard & Johnnie Parsons


 

1949: Tony Bettenhausen


 

1951: Tony Bettenhausen & Tony Bettenhausen


 

1952: Chuck Stevenson


 

1953: Sam Hanks


 

1954: Sam Hanks


 

1955: Jimmy Bryan


 

1956: Jimmy Bryan


 

1957: Jud Larson


 

1958: Johnny Thomson


 

1959: Rodger Ward


 

1960: A.J. Foyt


 

1961: A.J. Foyt


 

1963: A.J. Foyt


 

1964: A.J. Foyt


 

1965: Don Branson


 

1966: Bud Tingelstad


 

1967: A.J. Foyt


 

1968: Mario Andretti


 

1969: Al Unser


 

1970: Al Unser


 

1971: George Snider


 

1972: Tom Bigelow & A.J. Foyt


 

1973: Mario Andretti


 

1974: Mario Andretti


 

1975: Tom Bigelow


 

1976: Bubby Jones


 

1977: Tom Bigelow


 

1978: Pancho Carter


 

1979: Billy Vukovich


 

1980: Gary Bettenhausen & Gary Bettenhausen


 

1981: Rich Vogler


 

1982: Gary Bettenhausen


 

1983: Gary Bettenhausen


 

1984: Joe Saldana


 

1985: Rick Hood


 

1986: Jack Hewitt


 

1987: Jack Hewitt


 

1988: Gary Bettenhausen


 

1989: Chuck Gurney


 

1990: Jeff Swindell


 

1991: Stevie Reeves


 

1992: Johnny Parsons


 

1993: Jack Hewitt


 

1994: Chuck Gurney


 

1995: Johnny Parsons


 

1996: Chuck Gurney


 

1997: Russ Gamester


 

1998: Jimmy Sills


 

1999: Tony Elliott


 

2000: Kasey Kahne


 

2001: Paul White


 

2002: J.J. Yeley


 

2003: Rich Tobias, Jr.


 

2004: Tyler Walker


 

2005: Tracy Hines


 

2006: Tracy Hines


 

2007: Shane Cottle


 

2008: Brian Tyler


 

2010: Kody Swanson


 

2011: Kyle Larson


 

2013: Chris Urish


 

2014: Shane Cockrum


 

2015: Shane Cockrum


 

2016: Chris Windom


 

2017: Kody Swanson


 

2018: Chris Windom


 

2019: Jacob Wilson


 

2020: Not Held


 

2021: Brian Tyler


 

2022: Logan Seavey


 

2023: Justin Grant


 

2024: Justin Grant


 

2025: C.J. Leary


 


 

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AAA/USAC CHAMP CAR WINS AT Du QUOIN:


 

6-A.J. Foyt


 

5-Gary Bettenhausen


 

3-Mario Andretti, Tony Bettenhausen, Tom Bigelow, Chuck Gurney & Jack Hewitt


 

2-Jimmy Bryan, Shane Cockrum, Justin Grant, Sam Hanks, Tracy Hines, Johnny Parsons, Kody Swanson, Brian Tyler, Al Unser & Chris Windom


 

1-Don Branson, Pancho Carter, Shane Cottle, Tony Elliott, Russ Gamester, Rick Hood, Bubby Jones, Kasey Kahne, Jud Larson, Kyle Larson, C.J. Leary, Johnnie Parsons, Stevie Reeves, Joe Saldana, Logan Seavey, Jimmy Sills, George Snider, Chuck Stevenson, Jeff Swindell, Johnny Thomson, Bud Tingelstad, Rich Tobias, Jr., Chris Urish, Rich Vogler, Billy Vukovich, Tyler Walker, Lee Wallard, Rodger Ward, Paul White, Jacob Wilson & J.J. Yeley


 


 

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Du QUOIN USAC SILVER CROWN FAST QUALIFYING TIMES:


 

4-Jerry Coons Jr.


 

3-Kody Swanson


 

2-Gary Bettenhausen, Shane Cottle, Dave Darland, Justin Grant, Chuck Gurney, Jack Hewitt, Larry Rice, Jimmy Sills, Al Unser & Tyler Walker


 

1-Mark Alderson, Mario Andretti, Teddy Beach, Donnie Beechler, Tom Bigelow, Ed Carpenter, Pancho Carter, Bryan Clauson, Shane Cockrum, Tyler Courtney, Larry Dickson, Bobby East, Tony Elliott, A.J. Fike, Tracy Hines, Rick Hood, Kasey Kahne, Arnie Knepper, Lee Kunzman, Johnny Parsons, George Snider, Jeff Swindell, Rich Vogler, Billy Vukovich, Greg Weld & Jacob Wilson

 

  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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