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Crowning Achievement! Swanson Scores IRP Finale, Secures 8th USAC Silver Crown Title

  Saturday October 19th...Kingsburg, California's Kody Swanson celebrated both a victory and an eighth career USAC Silver Crown championship during Championship Saturday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. (Indy Racing Images Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Brownsburg, Indiana (October 19, 2024)………It couldn’t have been a more perfect Championship Saturday for Kody Swanson and his Doran Binks Racing team in the USAC Silver Crown season finale at Brownsburg, Indiana’s Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.


 

That is, outside of “only” leading 49 of the 100 laps.


 

Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.) shook off a near racelong battle with Bobby Santos, and for a brief stretch with Tyler Roahrig, before taking the lead for good on lap 63 to score the win at the .686-mile paved oval while also notching his record-extending eighth career series championship in his Doran Binks Racing/Mission Foods – Wilke Orthodontics – Glenn Farms/Beast/Lanci Ford.


 

Where do we possibly begin with the accolades the 36-year-old racer earned in one night? Swanson’s eighth USAC Silver Crown title (2014-15-17-18-19-21-22-24) set a new record in terms of total championships earned by any one driver in a USAC national series. He had previously been tied with A.J. Foyt’s seven Indy Car crowns under the USAC banner as well as Mel Kenyon’s seven USAC National Midget championships.


 

Furthermore, Kody’s ninth career IRP Silver Crown victory set a new record for wins in the series at the track. Of all people, he surpassed the record of eight that he had previously shared with his brother, Tanner Swanson. With his latest win, Kody also moved to the top line in terms of overall USAC sanctioned wins at IRP with his 15th, tying Tracy Hines and Bobby Santos for number one all-time.


 

In fact, Kody’s dominance of IRP extends even further. He is now the record holder for most wins by any driver at any track in USAC Silver Crown history. His ninth at IRP surpassed Jack Hewitt’s eight at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway and Tanner Swanson’s aforementioned eight at IRP.


 

To begin the night, Kody even earned his seventh pole position of 2024, setting a new USAC Silver Crown single season mark in the process. Who’s record did he break, you might ask? Of course, it was his own record that he broke. He earned six pole positions in both the 2015 and 2023 seasons.


 

This night also marked the fourth time in which Kody won both the season finale and the USAC Silver Crown title on the same day.  He's now accomplished this feat in 2014-2015-2021-2024. Nobody else has done it more than twice, including Al Unser (1973), Bobby Olivero (1979), Gary Bettenhausen (1980), Jack Hewitt (1986), Steve Butler (1992), Jimmy Sills (1996), J.J. Yeley (2002-03), Bobby East (2012) and Chris Windom (2016).


 

Needless to say, Swanson has firmly established himself as the king of USAC Silver Crown racing. We already knew that, but he proved it once again on Saturday night in earning himself yet another driving crown while also securing the Doran Binks Racing partnership its first ever series entrant championship. For Doran Racing, it’s their second career USAC Silver Crown title with Swanson after previously winning it all in 2022 in a split effort with Chris Dyson Racing. That year, Doran handled the pavement side of the team while Dyson spearheaded the dirt portion. For 2024, the Doran Binks combo was a true all-in performance by the team on both dirt and pavement.


 

As far as the race itself is concerned, unlike May’s Hoosier Hundred where he led 100 laps from start to finish, Kody found himself chasing the rabbit throughout the majority of the 100-lap, 68.6-mile distance en route to his 45th career USAC Silver Crown win. Carrying a nine-point lead over Justin Grant into the race, a third-place finish or better was a deal-sealer for Kody and his title hopes, and that’s exactly where he fell to for a time during the early stages of the race.


 

Initially, six-time IRP Silver Crown winner Santos got the upper hand around the outside of Swanson to edge him for the lead by the length of his chrome front bumper at the conclusion of lap one. However, Swanson muscled his way back by Santos as he worked the middle groove underneath Santos in turns three and four to slot himself into the lead by lap two.


 

A yellow flag brought about by the stopped car of 21st running Nathan Moore necessitated a caution and a restart in which Santos took full advantage of. One lap after the resumption on the 13th circuit, Santos surged back around the outside of Swanson in turns three and four to once again reclaim the top spot.


 

Soon, it became a three-car tussle at the front as Santos, Swanson and the emerging Tyler Roahrig all ran nose-to-tail. Roahrig made his run at Swanson on the 19th lap when he powered past in turns one and two to gain the second the second position and then went to work on Santos for the race lead. The pair went side-by-side for multiple laps on the 28th and 29th go around with mere inches separating the two as they crossed the stripe. Both Santos and Roahrig had already tasted victory on the night with Santos capturing the accompanying Brown’s Oil Service Midget feature and Roahrig pocketing the 500 Sprint Car Tour main.


 

With the championship weighing on his mind, Swanson had to teeter on that delicate balance between racing for points and racing for the win. Swanson freely acknowledged that, in that moment, it was practically impossible to discard any thoughts on the points aspect.


 

“When your helmet’s on, your only job is to try and win the race,” Swanson confessed. “But I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that those thoughts are in there and I try to be aware.”


 

Additionally, in Silver Crown racing, three bonus points are issued to the driver and team leading the most laps. So getting to the lead and staying there was just as imperative in both the race and the title fight for Swanson.


 

“I tried really hard to get the lead because I wanted the lead,” Swanson stated. “I hope I left Bobby enough room. I was trying to do that, and I was still trying to race hard for it. He got a great run after that restart, and he got a great entry into three, so I was going to have to be second for a little while.  After that, Tyler came up through there, and at that point, I knew it would be hard to get the lead. Bobby is a champion racer and he’s not going to give you the lead for nothing. I don’t blame him. We race really hard a lot and I have great respect for him.”


 

The battle at the front was stifled on lap 30 when fifth running Dakoda Armstrong slowed to a stop in turn three. However, the upcoming lap 34 restart proved to be most detrimental to second place running Roahrig. As the field was rolling through turn four with the green flag in sight, Roahrig’s car failed to take off and began to coast down the straightaway before completely stopping in turn one. The culprit was a magneto issue, which ended Roahrig’s bid for a first career USAC Silver Crown victory.


 

For the next nearly 30 laps, Santos remained in control with Swanson lurking in the shadows a few car lengths behind. By lap 62, Swanson was in position to make a move. Pulling even with Santos in turns one and two, the two remained in lockstep throughout the entirety of the lap with Santos nipping Swanson at the stripe by a half car length. Less than a half lap later, Swanson had fully moved ahead as he cleared Santos for the number one spot for good by the time the pair exited turn two.


 

From that point forward, Swanson burst away from Santos to the tune of two to three seconds while defending series champ Logan Seavey made a late surge from fifth to second between laps 67-75 to earn himself a runner-up finish 2.362 seconds behind Swanson at the finish line. Santos came home third with C.J. Leary fourth and Grant rounding out the top-five but coming up 21 points short in the final championship tally.


 

In the end, Swanson didn’t get those three bonus points for most laps led after pacing the field for 49 while Santos controlled the pace for 51 of the 100. Nonetheless, Swanson led the laps that led him to another historic night.


 

“I just had to hope that maybe the race would go long enough that it would swing back in our favor,” Swanson explained. “Luckily, on a longer run, we were really good. Logan was coming late, and the beauty of Silver Crown racing is that my wife (and spotter) does a great job on keeping me up to speed on what’s happening and let me know that I had a little gap there to be careful through that lapped traffic at the end to make sure we finished it. I sure didn’t want to waste it, and I appreciate the chance just to give it a shot.”


 

Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) once again equaled his best career pavement USAC Silver Crown result with a second in his Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing/DiaEdge Mitsubishi Materials – STIDA.com/Beast/Felker Chevy. At IRP alone, it’s his third career runner-up finish with the series at the track, and the third time he’s done so in his four most recent starts.


 

En route to a third place result, Bobby Santos (Franklin, Mass.) led a race high 51 laps in his DJ Racing/Brown & Miller Racing Solutions – Simpson Race Products/Beast/Speedway Chevy. For that, he earned the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night. Despite not notching a series victory for the first time since 2021, Santos was, perhaps, the most consistent driver in the series with seven top-fives in seven starts, all on the pavement.


 

Trey Osborne (Columbus, Ohio) had quite a night for himself and his BCR Group/Flint Trucking & Truck Service – Duncan Oil – QS Components/Beast/Kercher Chevy. First, he raced from 12th to 6th to earn a $200 bonus as the Hard Charger courtesy of Hoosier Auto Racing Fans in memory of the late Eleanor Vogler who recently passed away. Osborne also wrapped up USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year honors for 2024.


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 19, 2024 – Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park – Brownsburg, Indiana – .686-Mile Paved Oval – Championship Saturday


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Kody Swanson, 77, Doran/Binks-20.892; 2. Bobby Santos, 98, DJ-21.120; 3. Tyler Roahrig, 41, Newman-21.147; 4. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-21.169; 5. Logan Seavey, 22, Rice/Abacus-21.189; 6. C.J. Leary, 6, Klatt-21.278; 7. Dakoda Armstrong, 5, C & A-21.282; 8. Nathan Byrd, 40, Legacy/Wilson-21.395; 9. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-21.413; 10. Kaylee Bryson, 26, Pierce-21.621; 11. Kyle Steffens, 08, Steffens-21.648; 12. Trey Osborne, 81, BCR-21.672; 13. Jake Trainor, 126, Pierce-21.728; 14. Kyle Robbins, 7, KR-21.752; 15. Cody Gerhardt, 14, Hamilton-21.928; 16. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-23.224; 17. Nathan Moore, 48, Thomas/Moore-24.799; 18. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-NT.


 

FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Logan Seavey (5), 3. Bobby Santos (2), 4. C.J. Leary (6), 5. Justin Grant (4), 6. Trey Osborne (12), 7. Nathan Byrd (8), 8. Russ Gamester (9), 9. Kyle Robbins (13), 10. Kaylee Bryson (10), 11. Gregg Cory (15), 12. Tyler Roahrig (3), 13. Dakoda Armstrong (7), 14. Kyle Steffens (11), 15. Cody Gerhardt (14), 16. Dave Berkheimer (17), 17. Nathan Moore (16). 42:40.183


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Bobby Santos, Laps 2-12 Kody Swanson, Laps 13-62 Bobby Santos, Laps 63-100 Kody Swanson.


 

FINAL USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kody Swanson-858, 2-Justin Grant-837, 3-Logan Seavey-788, 4-C.J. Leary-690, 5-Kyle Steffens-528, 6-Trey Osborne-468, 7-Kaylee Bryson-454, 8-Gregg Cory-452, 9-Bobby Santos-366, 10-Nathan Moore-367.


 

USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-199, 2-Logan Seavey-195, 3-Robert Ballou-149, 4-Justin Grant-142, 5-C.J. Leary-130, 6-Chase Stockon-126, 7-Kyle Cummins-124, 8-Brady Bacon-115, 9-Matt Westfall-109, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-107.


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: Kody Swanson (21.074)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Kody Swanson (20.892)


 

Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Hard Charger in Memory of Eleanor Vogler: Trey Osborne (12th to 6th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Race: Bobby Santos

 

 

History Maker! Seavey Ties Bigelow with 14th USAC Sprint Win of ‘24 at Fall Nationals

On Saturday night, Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) tied Tom Bigelow for the winningest USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car season of all-time with his 14th series victory of 2024 during the $20,000-to-win Fall Nationals at Indiana's Lawrenceburg Speedway. (Jack Reitz Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 12, 2024)………For the past 47 seasons, Tom Bigelow’s 14-win campaign in 1977 has shined as the beacon when it comes to single season success on the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship tour.


 

Following Saturday night’s 17th running of the Fall Nationals at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway, Bigelow now has company in the form of Logan Seavey as both now stand shoulder-to-shoulder for the winningest single season in series history.


 

The fifth-place starting Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) took over the top spot by lap two, then routed the field for the remaining 29 circuits at the 3/8-mile dirt oval to cash in a $20,000 payday and his 14th win of the series season in his Abacus Racing/Mesilla Valley Transportation – Mountain Mechanical Contractors/DRC/Stanton Chevy.


 

Surprisingly, despite the record-setting season turned in by Seavey, Saturday night’s score was his first USAC National Sprint Car feature triumph in two-and-a-half months. His last one came during the USAC Indiana Sprint Week round at Circle City Raceway on July 31.


 

Oddly enough, during Bigelow’s 1977 season, his 14th and final victory of the year came on July 16. He then went the remaining 20 starts without a win before ultimately finishing as the runner-up in the title race to champion Sheldon Kinser. Seavey was determined not to let it come to a déjà vu moment nearly a half-century later after going winless in his 11 most recent series starts in 2024. In doing so, Seavey extended his championship point lead to a resounding 84 markers with just two events remaining.


 

Seavey’s 24th career USAC National Sprint Car feature win moved him into sole possession of 27th place on the all-time list, just ahead of past series champions C.J. Leary and Roger McCluskey. It was Seavey’s second USAC National Sprint Car win at Lawrenceburg in 2024 after also claiming July’s Indiana Sprint Week round. Overall, it was his third career USAC National Sprint Car score at The Burg, but it’s his first Fall Nationals triumph, making the monumental 14th win that much sweeter, and a load off his back.


 

“Once (the record) became talked about, it’s kind of been in the back of my head, but I’ve tried not to think about it,” Seavey acknowledged. “I just really like to win these races and I try to do my best to win them. It sure makes it a lot sweeter with that $20 grand here.”


 

Seavey reeled off his first 13 series wins of 2024 in a 30-race span between February and July. Since that point, he’s still been a front-runner, just not all the way up front. In that 11-race winless span, Seavey still managed seven top-five finishes, 10 top-ten results and an average finish of sixth. Here and there, it may have been just one move or one moment that proved to be the deciding factor one way or another.


 

“We got to 13 (wins) really fast, then it’s been like 10 or 12 races since we’ve won, and it feels like it’s been a lifetime,” Seavey admitted. “But that’s just sprint car racing. These USAC guys are tough and my guys have been doing a great job. I feel like I’ve put myself in position at times and run a few bad races as well. Sometime you get on a run like that where everything’s just going magnificent and everything’s falling into our laps. Then we have 10 races where our cars are still fast, but if I don’t make the right moves or whatever it may be, it just shows how hard these races are to win. That’s not due to a lack of effort from these guys.”


 

Despite the “happily ever after” ending for Seavey, early on, this was the race that literally couldn’t get started. On the initial green flag start, Daison Pursley (6th) and C.J. Leary (7th) clipped wheels on the back straightaway, sending Leary flipping nose-to-tail several times. Meanwhile, while attempting to avoid the flipping Leary, Saban Bibent (16th) grinded to a halt alongside the outside wall and flipped over. Both drivers managed to walk away but did so with a pair of heavily damaged racecars.


 

With the field re-racked for a second attempt to restart the race, as the field rounded turn two, Kayla Roell (19th) spun to a stop to bring out the caution. The third try to complete a lap proved to not be a charm as Friday night’s Greg Staab Memorial winner Briggs Danner biked, hopped, then barrel rolled into the outside wall as he led the field into turn one. He too walked away from his suddenly crumpled machine, but his bid for a major payday and a Lawrenceburg weekend sweep was gone in a heap.


 

The fourth try did indeed prove to be the charm, but more so for Seavey than anyone else. He hustled his way past Kyle Cummins for second on the opening lap as he cut down from the top of the banking to drive underneath the 2022 Fall Nationals victor. By lap two, Seavey had tracked down race leader Mitchel Moles, and by the time the two hit turn three on the second lap, Seavey dove under Moles and slid up to the cushion to clear the competition once and for all.


 

Seavey had already begun to weave his way through lapped traffic by lap eight as he constructed a lead of nearly two seconds over Moles and the rest of the field. Fast Qualifier Daison Pursley advanced to third on lap 14 after repeatedly trying every which way to make his move for the spot on Cummins stick.


 

Meanwhile, Seavey was having absolutely no trouble up front as he continued to build upon his advantage gradually while Moles had his full attention tuned to fending off Pursley for the runner-up spot for the last several laps. That was all to the advantage of Seavey who was married to the high side and in control of his own destiny.


 

“I guess you could say I live and die by the top,” Seavey remarked. “It killed me last night but it sure paid off tonight. It was so rough getting into one all weekend. I got in above it for five to 10 laps and made a bunch of speed. It got really ledgy once I got to traffic, and I wasn’t trusting it as much. For the last 10 or so laps, I felt really slow. But I knew that if I could keep putting lapped cars away, every lap or two, we’d be in good shape.”


 

As a matter of fact, Seavey was in tip-top shape as he put the race on ice, passing under the checkered flag 1.616 seconds ahead of the field for a quite lucrative night. Mitchel Moles finished a distant second with Daison Pursley third, Kyle Cummins fourth and Chase Stockon rounding out the top-five.


 

Furthermore, with his sixth place result, Brady Bacon earned a $10,000 bonus as he became the first two-time champion in the three-year history of the 10-race Bubby Jones Master of Going Faster series presented by Spire Sports + Entertainment. The inaugural Master of Going Faster champ from 2022 also netted his crew chief, Matt Hummel, $2,500 as the champion for the miniseries within the USAC National Sprint Car season.


 

After suffering heartbreak on the final lap of Friday’s feature at Lawrenceburg when a stuck throttle and a late caution thwarted his victory, Mitchel Moles (Raisin City, Calif.) bounced back with a runner-up finish on Saturday night in his Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports/AME Electrical – Mesilla Valley Transportation/Spike/Stanton Chevy.


 

Starting off with his second Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying time in as many nights followed by a heat race victory, Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) came up just a couple spots short of a complete sweep of the event in his Team AZ-Curb-Agajanian Racing/Curb Records – Apache Transport – OakCraft Elegant Cabinetry/DRC/1-Way Chevy. But in the end, he turned in his best Fall Nationals performance to date with a third.


 

Jadon Rogers (Worthington, Ind.) picked up 11 spots in the feature to earn hard charger honors. The 21st to 10th performance netted him his second consecutive Fall Nationals top-10 result following a fifth in 2023.


 

Chase Stockon’s mud-packed right rear tire in his heat nearly derailed his plans early on. After getting it cleaned out, the Fort Branch, Indiana racer restarted at the tail, then blazed his way into the last transfer spot on the last corner of the last lap. In the feature, he scored a fifth, his best Fall Nationals result since finishing second to Bryan Clauson in the 2013 event. That was worthy of the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 12, 2024 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – Fall Nationals


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Daison Pursley, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.213; 2. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.357; 3. Chase Stockon, 5s, KO-14.452; 4. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.469; 5. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.537; 6. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.582; 7. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.591; 8. Rylan Gray, 06, Gray-14.663; 9. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.715; 10. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.781; 11. Shawn Westerfeld, 44J, Fischesser/Owen-14.791; 12. C.J. Leary, 15x, BGE Dougherty-14.815; 13. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.959; 14. Carson Garrett, 15, BGE Dougherty-14.962; 15. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-15.029; 16. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-15.033; 17. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming/Swanson-15.082; 18. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-15.104; 19. Kayla Roell, 5K, KO-15.195; 20. Scotty Weir, 2x, 2B Racing-15.229; 21. Matt Westfall, 33m, Marshall-15.232; 22. Jadon Rogers, 66, Amati-15.236; 23. Stevie Sussex, 77s, Sturgeon-15.267; 24. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-15.325; 25. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-15.354; 26. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-15.392; 27. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-15.473; 28. Nick Bilbee, 17, Bilbee-15.505; 29. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-15.544; 30. Braxton Cummings, 71B, Cummings-15.579; 31. Chance Crum, 26, Crum-15.838; 32. Kyle Shipley, 4u, AJR-15.842; 33. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-16.359; 34. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-16.401; 35. Brian Heitkamp, 22, Heitkamp-17.087.


 

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Briggs Danner, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Jadon Rogers, 7. Hayden Reinbold, 8. Braxton Cummings, 9. Hunter Maddox. 2:01.433


 

ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Cummins, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Logan Seavey, 4. Stevie Sussex, 5. Carson Garrett, 6. Chance Crum, 7. Kayla Roell, 8. Ryan Barr, 9. Brian Heitkamp. 2:05.501


 

T.J. FORGED THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Scotty Weir, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Shawn Westerfeld, 4. Saban Bibent, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Nick Bilbee, 7. Kyle Shipley, 8. Todd Hobson. NT


 

CAR IQ FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. J.J. Hughes, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Matt Westfall, 5. Rylan Gray, 6. Joey Amantea, 7. Brandon Mattox, 8. Dakota Earls. 2:09.859


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Jadon Rogers, 2. Hayden Reinbold, 3. Nick Bilbee, 4. Kayla Roell, 5. Kyle Shipley, 6. Ryan Barr, 7. Joey Amantea, 8. Chance Crum, 9. Brandon Mattox, 10. Dakota Earls, 11. Braxton Cummings, 12. Hunter Maddox, 13. Brian Heitkamp. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (5), 2. Mitchel Moles (3), 3. Daison Pursley (6), 4. Kyle Cummins (1), 5. Chase Stockon (4), 6. Brady Bacon (9), 7. Justin Grant (11), 8. Robert Ballou (12), 9. Rylan Gray (10), 10. Jadon Rogers (21), 11. Scotty Weir (8), 12. Kevin Thomas Jr. (14), 13. Jake Swanson (18), 14. J.J. Hughes (17), 15. Matt Westfall (20), 16. Kayla Roell (19), 17. Carson Garrett (15), 18. Stevie Sussex (22), 19. Shawn Westerfeld (13), 20. Hayden Reinbold (23), 21. Hunter Maddox (25-P), 22. Nick Bilbee (24), 23. Briggs Danner (2), 24. C.J. Leary (7), 25. Saban Bibent (16). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Mitchel Moles, Laps 2-30 Logan Seavey.


 

**Kale Drake flipped during qualifying. C.J. Leary & Saban Bibent flipped on lap 1 of the feature. Briggs Danner flipped on lap 1 of the feature.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Logan Seavey-2843, 2-Brady Bacon-2759, 3-Daison Pursley-2588, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2513, 5-C.J. Leary-2503, 6-Mitchel Moles-2459, 7-Robert Ballou-2430, 8-Kyle Cummins-2345, 9-Justin Grant-2325, 10-Chase Stockon-1768.


 

FINAL BUBBY JONES MASTER OF GOIN’ FASTER PRESENTED BY SPIRE SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT POINTS: 1-Brady Bacon-666, 2-Daison Pursley-655, 3-Logan Seavey-652, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-643, 5-Kyle Cummins-617, 6-C.J. Leary-606, 7-Mitchel Moles-599, 8-Robert Ballou-574, 9-Justin Grant-545, 10-Chase Stockon-476.


 

USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-199, 2-Logan Seavey-192, 3-Robert Ballou-149, 4-Justin Grant-142, 5-C.J. Leary-128, 6-Chase Stockon-126, 7-Kyle Cummins-124, 8-Brady Bacon-115, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-109, 10-Matt Westfall-107.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: October 25-26, 2024 – Red Dirt Raceway – Meeker, Oklahoma – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Shawn Westerfeld (14.454)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Daison Pursley (14.213)


 

Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: Daison Pursley


 

Rod End Supply Second Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins


 

T.J. Forged Third Heat Winner: Scotty Weir


 

Car IQ Fourth Heat Winner: C.J. Leary


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Jadon Rogers


 

Hard Charger: Jadon Rogers (21st to 10th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Chase Stockon


 

Bubby Jones Master of Going Faster Series Presented By Spire Sports + Entertainment Champion: Brady Bacon

 

Redemption at The Burg! Danner Capitalizes Late to Score Staab Memorial

Friday October 11TH....Allentown, Pennsylvania's Briggs Danner captured Friday night's inaugural Greg Staab Memorial USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature at Indiana's Lawrenceburg Speedway. (David Nearpass Photo

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 11, 2024)………”It’s not really the way we want to do it, but we’ll take them any way we can get them.”


 

On a smattering of occasions throughout the 2024 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season, Briggs Danner wound up in the unenvious position of having the proverbial rug pulled out from underneath him while leading late in a race.


 

One of those particular instances came during July’s USAC Indiana Sprint Week round at Lawrenceburg Speedway where he was leading the field in the latter stages of the race before an engine issue forced him to the sidelines.


 

Upon his return to the 3/8-mile dirt oval during Friday night’s inaugural Greg Staab Memorial, Danner just so happened to be on the opposite side of a similar ordeal. On the final lap, racelong leader Mitchel Moles’ bid for victory was snuffed just one turn away from the finish line when a caution was displayed for an incident in turn one involving Kyle Shipley and Kale Drake.


 

Under the yellow, Moles’ car developed an unusual and unexpected malady. With his engine’s RPMs suddenly rising, Moles wore out his brakes just trying to keep his car whoa’d down under the yellow flag periodi. When Moles pulled off the racing surface, Danner took over control of the race, then fended off Robert Ballou for the final two circuits to gather a look-what-I-found victory in his Hogue Racing Enterprises/E. Schneider & Sons – Boulevard Truck Repair/DRC/Rider Chevy.


 

Even with the lap 30 yellow flag, Danner (Allentown, Pa.) felt he still had a chance to make a run at Moles. As it turned out, good fortune for himself and devastating heartbreak for Moles was negated that scenario before it could even be put to the test.


 

“I feel really bad for Mitchel,” Danner admitted. “I knew he had something going on. I think his throttle was sticking. I don’t really want to win a race in that manner, but I still think we had a shot with two laps to go there. He was running through the bottom of one and two and I felt really good up top. I think we could’ve pushed the issue.”


 

Despite gaining all three of his career USAC National Sprint Car feature wins in 2024 at Pennsylvania’s Grandview Speedway as well as Indiana’s Bloomington and Lawrenceburg Speedways, Danner has also quite often been on the other side of the equation more times than he’d prefer with a boatload of near misses.


 

At Williams Grove, Danner ran out of fuel while leading coming off the final turn on the last lap. At Port Royal, he smacked the wall and subsequently dropped out while leading with eight laps to go. At Action Track USA, he came up on the short end of a photo finish, losing out to Logan Seavey by .043 second. And of course, there was the aforementioned Lawrenceburg race in midsummer, but this time around, Danner was determined not to let another one slip away.


 

While Danner slotted into third for the start of the 73rd USAC national event of the year during the 73rd ever visit by the USAC National Sprint Cars at Lawrenceburg, Moles was lined up directly in front of him on the pole position. Moles levied no mercy on the 24-car field as he rushed out to a near two second lead and stayed put throughout much of the first half of the race.


 

On lap 13, however, Moles nearly met catastrophe as he and Todd Hobson collided off the exit of turn two as Moles was attempting to put Hobson a lap down. Wheels touched as a result, sending Hobson airborne while Moles’ momentum briefly got stifled. Nonetheless, both continued onward seemingly void of any lasting effects for the moment.


 

The torrid pace went caution free for the initial 26 laps until 11th running Kale Drake initiated the first yellow flag after performing a 360-degree spin in turn four, thus erasing Moles’ 1.6 second advantage. While Moles’ interval had been slashed, on the same token, it did clear a path for him to race his way to the finish line for the final four laps without the hindrance of traffic.


 

For the third-running Danner, it was “good riddance” to traffic, and thus, made it one less task to take away from his ultimate focus of getting to the front. With that said, time was running short.


 

“It was getting tough because I was pushing it really hard,” Danner explained. “We got in traffic and I knew we’d be slowing down a little bit. Guys like Brady (Bacon) would be able to keep up. He was showing his nose, but I wasn’t going to let it faze me. I just tried not to look at him and kept pushing. I was able to get by Robert (Ballou) there, and luckily, that was a big move to be able to win this.”


 

While many eyes were affixed to Moles leading the pathway, the intriguing battle for the second position proved to be critical. Danner chased Ballou, then successfully slid underneath him in turn three to grab the second position at a crucial juncture with just three laps to go.


 

Although Danner managed to close to within three to four car lengths of Moles as the front two swept through turns three and four for the final time, it seemed as if the sand in the hourglass had run out. But, just in the nick of time for Danner’s sake, Shipley bounced through turn one and nearly toppled over before coming to a halt.  Drake, like Shipley, also running just beyond mid-pack at the moment, was unable to avoid Shipley and slid sideways, nerf bar first, into Shipley’s ride. Both drivers were okay, but unable to restart.


 

In a shocking development, under the yellow flag, Moles stopped at the edge of the infield, then was pushed to the pits with a possible stuck throttle. That made Danner the leader of the pack for the race that was extended to 31 laps due to the “overtime” period.


 

Although Ballou took run after run to slide up in front, Danner never flinched and never wavered as he crossed the stripe 0.593 seconds ahead of the field. Ballou came home a close second while Bacon collected third, Daison Pursley fourth and Kevin Thomas Jr. fifth.


 

Danner’s victory allowed him to become the first native Pennsylvanian to win three or more USAC National Sprint Car feature events in a season since National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Mitch Smith do so in 1971.


 

Robert Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.) came narrowly close to scoring his first USAC victory at Lawrenceburg since 2011. In the end, he finished with his second top-two series result in his past three starts aboard his Ballou Motorsports/Suburban Subaru – Mountain Mechanical Contractors/DRC/Ott Chevy.


 

Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) kept the train-a-rollin’ as he finished third to grab his 19th consecutive top-10 finish of the USAC National Sprint Car season in his Dynamics, Inc./Tom Hoffman Construction – Spankins Motorsports/Triple X/Rider Chevy.


 

Mired back in the 16th starting spot, Kyle Cummins (Princeton, Ind.) went to work and raced his way up to a ninth place result in the feature. That earned him the evening’s hard charger honors.


 

Kayla Roell (Dillsboro, Ind.) furiously fought her way into the main event. Starting sixth in the semi-feature, she moved her way up to the fourth and final transfer spot to put herself in the big show. For that, she's the honoree of Inferno Armor USA’s Fire Move of the Night

In Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying, Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) captured his sixth career USAC National Sprint Car quick time, which tied him for 80th on all-time list with Mike Bliss, Daron Clayton, Derek Davidson, Eric Gordon, Richard Griffin, Jac Haudenschild, Tray House, James McElreath and Ken Schrader.


 

Meanwhile, Danner’s third career USAC National Sprint Car victory placed him 118th on the all-time series feature winners list alongside Chuck Amati, Sonny Ates, Joe Barzda, Jeff Bloom, Mark Cassella, Jerry “Scratch” Daniels, Bob East, Bob Frey, Dickie Gaines, Wayne Hammond, Tray House, Kenny Jacobs, Tony Jones, Kyle Larson, Andy Linden, Charlie Masters, Mike Mosley, Larry Rice, Ron Shuman, Mitch Smith and Doug Wolfgang.


 


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 11, 2024 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – Greg Staab Memorial


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Daison Pursley, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.049; 2. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-14.076; 3. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.085; 4. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.169; 5. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-14.256; 6. Carson Garrett, 15, BGE Dougherty-14.266; 7. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-14.369; 8. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-14.387; 9. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-14.441; 10. Matt Westfall, 33m, Marshall-14.537; 11. Jadon Rogers, 66, Amati-14.552; 12. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-14.618; 13. Kyle Shipley, 4u, AJR-14.700; 14. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.709; 15. Chase Stockon, 5s, KO-14.724; 16. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-14.730; 17. Nick Bilbee, 17, Bilbee-14.786; 18. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-14.862; 19. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-14.951; 20. C.J. Leary, 15x, BGE Dougherty-14.953; 21. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-14.971; 22. Shawn Westerfeld, 44J, Fischesser/Owen-15.010; 23. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-15.106; 24. Kayla Roell, 5K, KO-15.304; 25. Ryan Barr, 21B, Barr-15.355; 26. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-15.633; 27. Dakota Earls, 15E, Earls-15.736; 28. Braxton Cummings, 71B, Cummings-15.948; 29. Brian Heitkamp, 22, Heitkamp-16.394; 30. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-NT.


 

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Nick Bilbee, 2. Kyle Shipley, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Daison Pursley, 6. Ryan Barr, 7. Brian Heitkamp, 8. Kale Drake. NT


 

ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Shawn Westerfeld, 3. Matt Westfall, 4. Joey Amantea, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Carson Garrett, 7. Hunter Maddox. 1:57.869


 

T.J. FORGED THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Todd Hobson, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Jadon Rogers, 6. Brandon Mattox, 7. Dakota Earls. 1:59.526


 

CAR IQ FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. J.J. Hughes, 5. Briggs Danner, 6. Braxton Cummings, 7. Kayla Roell. 1:59.479


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake, 2. Carson Garrett, 3. Brandon Mattox, 4. Kayla Roell, 5. Braxton Cummings, 6. Hunter Maddox, 7. Dakota Earls, 8. Brian Heitkamp, 9. Ryan Barr. NT


 

FEATURE: (31 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (3), 2. Robert Ballou (2), 3. Brady Bacon (4), 4. Daison Pursley (6), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7), 6. Chase Stockon (8), 7. C.J. Leary (10), 8. Justin Grant (13), 9. Kyle Cummins (16), 10. Logan Seavey (5), 11. Nick Bilbee (9), 12. Carson Garrett (12), 13. Joey Amantea (19), 14. J.J. Hughes (18), 15. Brandon Mattox (20), 16. Todd Hobson (23), 17. Kayla Roell (24), 18. Hayden Reinbold (21), 19. Mitchel Moles (1), 20. Kale Drake (11), 21. Kyle Shipley (17), 22. Shawn Westerfeld (22), 23. Jadon Rogers (15), 24. Matt Westfall (14). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Mitchel Moles, Laps 30-31 Briggs Danner.


 

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Logan Seavey-2762, 2-Brady Bacon-2697, 3-Daison Pursley-2510, 4-C.J. Leary-2472, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2468, 6-Mitchel Moles-2383, 7-Robert Ballou-2374, 8-Kyle Cummins-2275, 9-Justin Grant-2266, 10-Carson Garrett-1711.


 

USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-196, 2-Logan Seavey-188, 3-Robert Ballou-145, 4-Justin Grant-138, 5-C.J. Leary-128, 6-Chase Stockon-126, 7-Kyle Cummins-124, 8-Brady Bacon-112, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-105, 10-Matt Westfall-104.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 12, 2024 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – Fall Nationals


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Daison Pursley (14.246)


 

Honest Abe Roofing/Greg Staab Memorial Fast Qualifier: Daison Pursley (14.049)


 

Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: Nick Bilbee


 

Rod End Supply Second Heat Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

T.J. Forged Third Heat Winner: Chase Stockon


 

Car IQ Fourth Heat Winner: C.J. Leary


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Kale Drake


 

Greg Staab Memorial First Non-Transfer: Braxton Cummings


 

Greg Staab Memorial Hard Charger: Kyle Cummins (16th to 9th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Kayla Roell


 

Greg Staab Memorial Best Lawrenceburg Regular: Nick Bilbee (11th)


 

Greg Staab Memorial Not in Show Bonus: Ryan Barr

Seavey Sees Victory, Breaks Through to Win Sumar Classic at Terre Haute

Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif) captured both his first USAC Silver Crown win of the 2024 season and his first career Sumar Classic victory on Sunday night at Indiana's Terre Haute Action Track. (Josh James Artwork Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Terre Haute, Indiana (October 6, 2024)………In a year in which he had topped all drivers with 15 USAC national feature wins, Logan Seavey entered the weekend with one notable exception on his 2024 resume – a victory with the USAC Silver Crown series.


 

Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) took care of that on Sunday night during the 20th running of the Sumar Classic at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track. The defending Silver Crown champ took control from racelong leader Brady Bacon after the halfway mark of the 100-lapper and led the final 46 laps to earn his 16th USAC national victory of the season and his first with the series on the famed 1/2-mile dirt oval.


 

Despite the enormous success Seavey has accrued throughout the year, his triumph was his first with USAC since the month of July, more than two months ago during an AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event at Indianapolis, Indiana’s Circle City Raceway.


 

Seavey’s win also allowed him to become the third driver this season to win in all three USAC national division, joining Daison Pursley and Justin Grant, each of whom joined him on the podium as fellow top-three finishers at Terre Haute.


 

Seavey’s latest victory was the ninth of his USAC Silver Crown career, moving him past 2016 champion Chris Windom and into a tie for 14th place all-time alongside 2000 series titlist Tracy Hines.


 

Meanwhile, the win also marked the continuation of Seavey’s streak of winning at least one USAC Silver Crown race to four consecutive seasons dating back to 2021. But this particular win required patience as it came in the 13th event of the 14-race season, just in the nick of the time, at the wheel of his Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing/Bloomington Bison – DiaEdge – STIDA.com/DRC/Felker Chevy.


 

“It’s been a struggle,” Seavey admitted. “At the tracks we normally go to and feel like we’re going to win when we show up, we’ve had some issues. Those ones hurt. But I’ve been so blessed to never have issues with this car. We just put everything together tonight; we had a great car and (crew chief) Ronnie (Gardner) did a great job setting it up. (The crew) worked really hard all day to get us here and (engine builder) A.J. Felker comes to all the races to make sure this thing runs in tip-top shape, and it really did tonight.”


 

Before it all began, Seavey had a premonition of how the race was going to unfold as he prepared to start from the ninth position in the 25-car field, the deepest a Sumar Classic winner has emerged from since Chris Windom in 2017.


 

“It was a tricky track, but I told Ronnie before we started, I think we’re going to see 100 laps of running the cushion and that’s what we got,” Seavey explained. “Ninety of those laps were sprint car laps. That’s not what you normally get with Silver Crown racing but that was fun and exciting. I really love that style of racing.”


 

Despite starting on the inside of row four, Seavey found himself among the front runners fairly quickly, slotting into the top-three by lap 15 behind front row starters Brady Bacon and Daison Pursley.


 

“I got to third there quickly,” Seavey acknowledged. “I could see Brady, and I ran down the top-two really easily. I was just trying to be patient and make sure that I made moves at the right time.”


 

On lap 40, Seavey powered to the second spot as he dove and drove under Pursley at the entry to turn one before sliding up and securing the position. Recent Eldora Silver Crown winner Mitchel Moles followed suit into third a half lap later in turns three and four as he too slid past Pursley.


 

In short order, Seavey soon found himself right on the rear bumper of Bacon for the lead. Lap after lap in his shadow, Seavey made what turned out to be the winning move on the 55th lap when he dove to the bottom of turn one and slid job his way past the nose of Bacon. As Bacon chocked up on the binders to avoid contact with the rear bumper of Seavey in turn two, his speed was scrubbed and Moles pounced by driving past Bacon for the runner-up spot moments later in turn three.


 

Initially , Seavey anticipated a different approach to working his way past Bacon, but when he saw an opening, he went for it in patented Terre Haute fashion to secure the lead.


 

“I knew running above (the cushion) was better,” Seavey acknowledged. “If I got up there and really got to Brady, I figured he was going to do the same thing and then it would be tough to pass. I think maybe he thought rubber was coming, so he moved down and I got a big run and was able to go by him.”


 

Soon thereafter, Pursley, as well as two-time and defending Sumar Classic winner Justin Grant, were on the move. Both drivers charged past Bacon on lap 64 to slot into third and fourth, respectively, while Bacon fell to fifth. At the same time, however, Seavey was stepping away from the field to the tune of 2.6 seconds over Moles.


 

The running order soon shuffled when second running Moles’ engine went up in smoke 14 laps from the finish line, forcing him into the infield and out of the race. With Moles out of the equation, Seavey's lead extended even further to five seconds over new second place occupant Pursley.


 

A yellow flag on lap 91 for 13th running Carmen Perigo, who performed a half-spin in the middle of the pack, brought out the yellow flag, thus deleting Seavey’s commanding advantage. A crash on the subsequent lap 95 restart saw Shane Cottle (10th) contact the turn one outside guardrail, which extended the caution period and necessitated a green-white-checker finish to button things up.


 

Nonetheless, Seavey kept the field at bay during the final two-lap stretch to prevail by a 0.953 second margin over Pursley, Grant, Chase Stockon and Bacon who led a race high 54 laps before crossing the line in fifth.


 

Overall, it was Seavey’s third career USAC victory at the Terre Haute Action Track after previously scoring National Sprint Car wins at the joint in 2021, and most recently in May of this year. To put it succinctly, Seavey is a fan of the Action Track.


 

“I just love this place,” Seavey exclaimed. “I love coming here, and I love Silver Crown racing, especially racing like that.”


 

Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) made his first Sumar Classic appearance a good one as he started second and finished second as the top series Rookie performer in the field aboard his Team AZ Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors – Apache Transportation – OakCraft Elegant Cabinetry/DRC/Stanton Chevy.


 

After winning the Sumar Classic in each of his past two attempts in 2018 and 2022, Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) came up just a bit short on Sunday with a third-place result in his Hemelgarn Racing/NOS Energy Drink – Super Fitness – Hemelgarn Enterprises/DRC/Speedway Chevy. With Kody Swanson’s 10th place finish at Terre Haute, Grant will enter the series finale at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Saturday, October 19, with a deficit of only six points.


 

In what was his first Sumar Classic start since 2015, more than nine years ago, Chase Stockon (Fort Branch, Ind.) was stellar. He officially started 16th and brought it home fourth in the seat of his Pink 69 Racing/Lucas Oil Center – True Brand Fuel Juels – N-Saine Graphix/Maxim/SPEC Chevy. The plus-12 performance earned him the night’s Hard Charger award.


 

After mechanical issues sidelined him early, C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) was relegated to using a provisional just to be able to start the feature in his Klatt Enterprises/Wilwood Disc Brakes – Brown & Miller Racing Solutions – Penske – Hoosier Tire/Beast/Ford. In advancing from his 24th starting spot to finish sixth, Leary was ineligible for the hard charger award due to the use of a provisional. Nonetheless, it didn’t deter him from being honored as the recipient of the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 


 

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USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: October 6, 2024 – Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, Indiana – 1/2-Mile Dirt Oval – 20th Sumar Classic


 

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: (Top-16 locked into the feature) 1. Brady Bacon, 9, Dyson-21.414; 2. Daison Pursley, 21, Team AZ-21.474; 3. Kody Swanson, 77, Doran/Binks-21.576; 4. Mario Clouser, 60, Legacy/Wilson-21.714; 5. Chase Dietz, 86, Lee-21.871; 6. Mitchel Moles, 119, Reinbold/Underwood-21.890; 7. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-22.074; 8. Kyle Steffens, 08, Steffens-22.092; 9. Logan Seavey, 22, Rice/Abacus-22.103; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 55, Bateman-22.274; 11. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-22.368; 12. Chase Stockon, 69, Pink 69-22.655; 13. Trey Osborne, 81, BCR-22.715; 14. Shane Cottle, 66, Rose-22.752; 15. Brian Ruhlman, 49, Ruhlman-22.755; 16. Briggs Danner, 10, DMW-22.824; 17. Jimmy Light, 118, Wingo-22.984; 18. Carmen Perigo, 52, Stehman-23.009; 19. Matt Goodnight, 24, Haggenbottom-23.483; 20. Kevin Newton, 99, Armstrong-23.517; 21. Mark Smith, 01, B & S-23.679; 22. Chris Fetter, 15, Fetter-24.536; 23. Nathan Moore, 48, Thomas/Moore-24.728; 24. Dave Peperak, 777, Peperak-25.164; 25. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-25.480; 26. C.J. Leary, 6, Klatt-26.171; 27. Gregg Cory, 32, Williams/Cory-26.391; 28. Aric Gentry, 3, Simmons-27.534; 29. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-NT.


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps, top-8 transfer to the feature) 1. Matt Goodnight, 2. Jimmy Light, 3. Mark Smith, 4. Carmen Perigo, 5. Kevin Newton, 6. Nathan Moore, 7. Chris Fetter, 8. Gregg Cory, 9. Dave Peperak, 10. Dave Berkheimer, 11. Kenny Gentry. NT


 

FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (9), 2. Daison Pursley (2), 3. Justin Grant (7), 4. Chase Stockon (16), 5. Brady Bacon (1), 6. C.J. Leary (24-P), 7. Briggs Danner (14), 8. Matt Westfall (11), 9. Jerry Coons Jr. (10), 10. Kody Swanson (3), 11. Mark Smith (18), 12. Mario Clouser (4), 13. Carmen Perigo (19), 14. Brian Ruhlman (13), 15. Matt Goodnight (16), 16. Jimmy Light (17), 17. Shane Cottle (13), 18. Gregg Cory (23), 19. Nathan Moore (21), 20. Mitchel Moles (6), 21. Kyle Steffens (8), 22. Chase Dietz (5), 23. Chris Fetter (22), 24. Kevin Newton (20), 25. Trey Osborne (25). 53:17.590


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-54 Brady Bacon, Laps 55-100 Logan Seavey.


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kody Swanson-785, 2-Justin Grant-779, 3-Logan Seavey-721, 4-C.J. Leary-629, 5-Kyle Steffens-493, 6-Trey Osborne-413, 7-Kaylee Bryson-411, 8-Gregg Cory-411, 9-Nathan Moore-367, 10-Bobby Santos-366.


 

USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-194, 2-Logan Seavey-188, 3-Robert Ballou-145, 4-Justin Grant-133, 5-C.J. Leary-125, 6-Chase Stockon-124, 7-Kyle Cummins-117, 8-Brady Bacon-111, 9-Matt Westfall-104, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-103.


 

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: October 19, 2024 – Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park – Brownsburg, Indiana – .686-Mile Paved Oval – Championship Saturday


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Practice Fastest Driver: Brady Bacon (21.063)


 

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Brady Bacon (21.414)


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Matt Goodnight


 

Hard Charger: Chase Stockon (16th to 4th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Race: C.J. Leary

 

Cannon Booms! McIntosh’s Late Race BC39 Heroics Net $20,039 USAC Midget Score

SundAY sEPTEMBER 29TH...Cannon McIntosh (Bixby, Okla.) scored a dramatic $20,039 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship victory during Sunday night's Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Rich Forman Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (September 29, 2024)………After finishing as the runner-up on three different occasions in his USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship career at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Cannon McIntosh found himself at the right place, at the right time in the right moment for a breakthrough during Sunday night’s sixth running of the Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors.


 

In 2022, McIntosh (Bixby, Okla.) finished as the runner-up and was leading just five laps from the finish line before being passed by Buddy Kofoid. Furthermore, in both 2023 and just this past Thursday, he came home a close second during prelim feature nights with victory just barely eluding his grasp.


 

McIntosh seized the moment on Sunday night when he took advantage of a bouncing Chase McDermand through turns three and four as the front runners arrived at the white flag. McIntosh swung to the outside, nipped McDermand at the line to lead lap 38 before McDermand slid him back in turn one. McIntosh cut back under McDermand in turns one and two on the final lap to secure the top spot, the thrill of victory, a place in the history books and a $20,039 prize.


 

With his efforts, McIntosh became the sixth different BC39 winner in as many races while also becoming the driver who led the least amount of laps en route to victory in the history of the event – two – in his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/GearWrench – Mobil 1 – TRD/LynK/Speedway Toyota.


 

McIntosh’s 0.191 second margin of victory is the closest in BC39 history, but he’s been used to close calls at the 1/5-mile dirt oval over the years. This time around, however, he was finally the one who prevailed.


 

“We’ve been so close to winning here, even on prelim nights, and we just hadn’t gotten it done,” McIntosh remarked. “I don’t think I’ve ever been that excited crossing the line. I think this is definitely number one. To be able to win at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and to put my name in the history books, is pretty special. I’m so thankful to do this in honor of Bryan (Clauson) who was a legend in this sport and a hero. To do this in his name with (Bryan’s father) Tim (Clauson) here, it’s a really cool feeling to be able to do this, and I’m just so grateful to be able to race here.”


 

The sixth starting McIntosh lay in wait throughout much of the 39-lap distance as he ran fifth as late as nine laps to go. Outside front row starter Daison Pursley set the pace for the first two circuits before pole sitter and Thursday night BC39 prelim feature winner Chase McDermand flexed his muscles by surging to the front on the low line of turn three and remained there for much of the night.


 

For the majority of the race, it appeared all the breaks were going McDermand’s way. Each time he came close to approaching lapped traffic, the caution was displayed for an incident, first on lap 18 and then again on the 31st circuit.


 

In that same timeframe, fifth-starting Jade Avedisian came to life on the top side after falling back to eighth early in the going. Shortly after reaching the top-five on lap 20, she collided with defending BC39 winner Justin Grant in turns one and two, which sent Grant tumbling over and also collected Jacob Denney (8th). Avedisian continued on while Grant restarted at the tail and Denney went to the sideline for the remainder of the night.


 

All eyes were now on Avedisian as she threaded the needle between Kale Drake and McIntosh on lap 28 to go from fifth to third. With nine to go, Avedisian and her KKM teammate, Drake, met wheel to wheel in the battle for third. Drake took the brunt of the misfortune as his left rear tire went flat moments later, sending him coasting to a stop after nearly flipping over in turn three. Drake was relegated to 18th at the finish, but still earned the Max Papis Innovations BC39 Rookie of the Race, scoring a custom designed trophy and $700 for his efforts.


 

With just eight laps to go and a clear track ahead of him, McDermand seemed destined for the big payday. But Avedisian as well as McIntosh had their say in the matter. One lap after the ensuing restart on the 32nd go around, Avedisian charged past Pursley for second on the back straight, then pulled even to the outside of McDermand in turn two and appeared poised to race her way into the lead. However, just as that was happening, Shane Cottle (9th) spun to a stop in turn four, meaning that the running order reverted back to the last completed lap, thus relegating Avedisian back to third for the restart.


 

The final eight laps to the finish witnessed a scramble of epic proportions among the frontrunners. First, McIntosh established his presence as he advanced from fourth to second past Avedisian and Pursley in turn one on lap 33. Avedisian promptly took third from Pursley at the exit of turn four a half lap later and began to test McIntosh for the runner-up spot as she ran the top and McIntosh cruised the bottom.


 

“I knew I was good enough there, but it was hard to get a rhythm with all the holes and finding your way,” McIntosh revealed regarding the low line. “When someone got a good run on the outside, I had to move around a little bit. I stayed patient and I knew I had the car to do it.”


 

With all that said, McDermand was in total control at the front of the field with a four car length lead on the back straight with the white flag in sight. But as McDermand entered the bottom of turn three on lap 38, the axis of the Earth seemingly tilted, sending McDermand biking on two wheels through the corner. When he landed on all fours in turn four, his front bumper was facing toward the infield.


 

McDermand recovered in time to beat McIntosh into turn one on the final lap, but without the proper angle, McDermand slid up the racetrack and McIntosh slid under. Simultaneously, Avedisian bolted around the outside of McDermand to occupy second. With McIntosh working the bottom and Avedisian the middle/top, McIntosh beat her to the line by less than two car lengths. McDermand took third, another couple car lengths behind Avedisian. Pursley came home fourth while Kevin Thomas Jr. rounded out the top-five.


 

“I knew I was good down there and didn’t want to move, but then the opportunity presented itself coming to the white,” McIntosh explained. “I actually didn’t know it was the white until he messed up and I saw it. I thought about driving down there and chopping his nose but I just stuck to the line I had. He went in and drifted in front of me, but I just waited patiently and drove back under him and protected into three.”


 

In the end, the top-three finishers carried a range of emotions, all with tears in their eyes for varying reasons. One for their greatest triumph; one for coming up just short of their defining moment thus far; and one for letting one slip away from their grasp in crunch time.


 

Jade Avedisian (Clovis, Calif.) was that close to becoming the first woman to win a USAC National Midget feature. Her end result was the fourth runner-up finish of her career with the series aboard the Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/Mobil 1 – TRD – Toyota – Peelz/Lynk/Speedway Toyota. Earlier in the evening, she also finished third in the prelim feature, but despite two podium finishes in one day and earning the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night, she was anything but satisfied.


 

“It’s super, super heartbreaking,” Avedisian admitted. “I wanted this one so bad. You do it for these kinds of races, and when you’re in a spot to capitalize and it just doesn’t fall your way, it’s heartbreaking. I could cry right now. I’m going to think about this one for a long time. I wanted to kiss those bricks really badly, but it didn’t happen and I gave my best effort and the team gave their best effort. I was willing to either flip it or win it. On the four-wide, I was telling myself that I’m either going to end up over the fence or I’m going to have a good shot to win this thing. That’s just what this race means to me and what this whole event means to me. I’d be willing to do whatever it takes to win.”


 

Chase McDermand (Springfield, Ill.) went from the highest of highs in winning his first career USAC National Midget feature on Thursday to seeing the biggest payday of his career vanish in the blink of an eye on Sunday night. Although there isn’t much consolation to offer after what transpired, a weekend in which he recorded his two best career USAC National Midget results can’t be all bad. But this is one that truly got away after he led a race high 35 of 39 laps in his Chase McDermand/Mulch Express of Wisconsin – McDermand Plumbing/Spike/Stanton SR-11x.


 

“I ran 38 decent laps, and one really, really bad one. It stings. It really stings,” McDermand lamented. “But coming out of this weekend with a first and a third, we probably shouldn’t hang our heads too much, but there’s nothing really I can say that will help all of us these next few days.”


 

This night marked Kameron Key's first championship night start during the BC39. Starting all the way back in 24th in the feature, he went +15 to finish a solid ninth. That earned the Warrensburg, Missouri racer hard charger honors for the night.


 


 

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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 29, 2023 – The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana – 1/5-Mile Dirt Track – Driven2SaveLives BC39


 

FIRST ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Jacob Denney (#25 Malloy), 2. Gavin Miller (#97 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Kyle Cummins (#3G Styres), 4. Shane Cottle (#44 4 Kings), 5. Jerry Coons Jr. (#85 Central), 6. Zach Wigal (#89 CBI), 7. Mitchel Moles (#19A Reinbold-Underwood), 8. Bryce Massingill (#40x McDermand), 9. Stephen Schnapf (#11s Martin), 10. Hayden Reinbold (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood), 11. Gunnar Setser (#43 Arnold), 12. Frankie Guerrini (#63 F & F), 13. Glenn Styres (#0G Styres), 14. Kameron Key (#21J TKH), 15. Briggs Danner (#98 Schneider), 16. Brady Bacon (#21H TKH), 17. Drake Edwards (#3p Petty), 18. Todd Hobson (#75AU Griffiths), 19. Kevin Cook (#77 Cook), 20. Karter Sarff (#21K Sarff), 21. Jeff Schindler (#8x Giddy Up). NT


 

SECOND ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Justin Grant (#2 RMS), 2. Thomas Meseraull (#7x Engler), 3. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus), 4. Ethan Mitchell (#19m Bundy Built), 5. Ryan Timms (#67 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 6. Tyler Edwards (#14s Mounce-Stout), 7. Darin Naida (#3R Binks), 8. Kaylee Bryson (#58 Abacus), 9. Emerson Axsom (#67K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 10. Kevin Newton (16TH Second Law), 11. C.J. Leary (#54 4 Kings), 12. Zach Daum (#7u Trifecta), 13. Joel Myers Jr. (#1 Crouch), 14. Alex Karpowicz (#19 Mounce-Stout), 15. Cody Beard (#7B Beard), 16. Adam Taylor (#7T ATM), 17. Cameron La Rose (#3J Petty), 18. Kyle Jones (#27x Joyner), 19. Davey Ray (#15J Wimmenauer). 2:33.837


 

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS LAST CHANCE QUALIFIER: (15 laps, top-8 transfer to the feature) 1. Zach Wigal, 2. Mitchel Moles, 3. Emerson Axsom, 4. Tyler Edwards, 5. Kaylee Bryson, 6. C.J. Leary, 7. Zach Daum, 8. Kameron Key, 9. Bryce Massingill, 10. Frankie Guerrini, 11. Kevin Newton, 12. Gunnar Setser, 13. Hayden Reinbold, 14. Joel Myers Jr., 15. Briggs Danner, 16. Alex Karpowicz, 17. Cody Beard, 18. Glenn Styres, 19. Darin Naida, 20. Stephen Schnapf. NT


 

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Chris Baue (#36 Baue)


 

FEATURE: (39 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cannon McIntosh (6), 2. Jade Avedisian (5), 3. Chase McDermand (1), 4. Daison Pursley (2), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 6. Logan Seavey (12), 7. Gavin Miller (9), 8. Thomas Meseraull (10), 9. Kameron Key (24), 10. Tyler Edwards (20), 11. Jerry Coons Jr. (15), 12. Zach Daum (23), 13. Ryan Timms (16), 14. C.J. Leary (22), 15. Zach Wigal (17), 16. Kyle Cummins (11), 17. Emerson Axsom (19), 18. Kale Drake (3), 19. Justin Grant (8), 20. Mitchel Moles (18), 21. Kaylee Bryson (21), 22. Ethan Mitchell (14), 23. Shane Cottle (13), 24. Kyle Jones (25-P), 25. Jacob Denney (7), 26. Hayden Reinbold (26-P). NT


 

(P) represents a provisional starter


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Daison Pursley, Laps 3-37 Chase McDermand, Laps 38-39 Cannon McIntosh.


 

**Justin Grant flipped on lap 25 of the feature.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-1244, 2-Cannon McIntosh-1157, 3-Ryan Timms-1066, 4-Logan Seavey-1052, 5-Zach Daum-1036, 6-Jacob Denney-968, 7-Justin Grant-963, 8-Gavin Miller-946, 9-Zach Wigal-862, 10-Kale Drake-853.


 

USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-194, 2-Logan Seavey-180, 3-Robert Ballou-145, 4-Justin Grant-129, 5-C.J. Leary-125, 6-Kyle Cummins-117, 7-Chase Stockon-112, 8-Brady Bacon-111, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-103, 10-Matt Westfall-101.


 

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: November 15, 2024 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, California – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – Hangtown 100


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Jacob Denney (12.302)


 

First Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Jacob Denney


 

Second Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Justin Grant


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Last Chance Qualifier Winner: Zach Wigal


 

Hard Charger: Kameron Key (24th to 9th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Jade Avedisian


 

Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Race: Kale Drake (18th)

Surreal Deal! Drake Drives to First USAC Midget Win at BC39 Prelim

Kale Drake (Collinsville, Okla.) enjoys his first career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship victory following Sunday's prelim feature for the Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Rich Forman Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (September 29, 2024)………Kale Drake couldn’t have dreamt up a better introduction to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway than the one he experienced during Sunday’s Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors prelim feature.


 

In his first career midget racing appearance at the 1/5-mile dirt oval, the fourth starting Drake (Collinsville, Okla.) took advantage of a slight bobble by his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports teammate Gavin Miller, passing him for the top spot on lap seven before going on to pass the test to earn his first career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory.


 

Drake, in his Rookie season with the USAC National Midgets, became the second first-time series winner in as many races to emerge at IMS following Chase McDermand’s triumph on Thursday night. For Drake, his breakthrough moment came in what was just his 18th career series start.


 

“We’re a winner at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and that’s pretty surreal,” Drake exclaimed. “I don’t think there’s anything better than this, honestly. Holy moly. This is unreal!”


 

Drake and his Eibach Springs – TRD – Toyota/LynK/Speedway Toyota started from the outside of the second row for the 30-lap feature in a program which had been delayed since Friday after two-plus continuous days and nights of constant rain due to the effects of Hurricane Helene. After yeoman’s work to get the track whipped into raceworthy shape, Mother Nature’s precipitation presented a cowboy-up type surface that had drivers on their toes, and sitting up in the saddle, all night long.


 

“We started the night off in poor fashion, really,” Drake admitted. “It was just a super hooked up racetrack, and I ended up having to do a few things that I’m not really a fan of doing. These things don’t come by easy especially when you’re racing with the best of the best.”


 

Initially, outside front row starter Miller paced the field as he snuck around the outside of pole sitter Kevin Thomas Jr. for the opening lap lead. It was relatively smooth sailing for Miller throughout the first five trips until he hopped, skipped and jumped his way through turn four en route to the completion of lap six.


 

As Miller fought to reign his bucking bronco in, that allowed Drake to close to within a car length of Miller as the top-two streamed down the front straightaway for the completion of lap six. One turn into lap seven, Miller pogo-sticked up the racetrack, which subsequently provided daylight on the bottom for Drake to break on through to the other side in turn two.


 

Chief among the keys for Drake at this juncture was avoiding what befell Miller, avoiding the trouble spots all while remaining steady, cool, calm and collected and race his own race.


 

“I had the best racecar out there, Drake praised. “(Crew Chief) Kaleb (Wyrick) and the entire Keith Kunz Motorsports crew gave me the easiest Cadillac to drive through those ruts. It was super crazy.”


 

Meanwhile, behind Drake, the modus operandi for the field was to slot into one of the highly-coveted top-three spots to earn an automatic bid into the night’s big finale. Thomas traveled to second shortly thereafter on lap 13 as he drove by Miller in the fourth turn.


 

Tenth starting Jade Avedisian got to fourth after charging by Grant on the back straight following a lap 19 restart, then took Miller for third in turn four on lap 24. Miller ripped the spot right back from Avedisian in turn two moments later, but ultimately, Avedisian managed to clear Miller for third with just four laps remaining in turn one.


 

A series of five different caution periods throughout the middle stages of the race could’ve rattled Drake, but he chose to embrace them. In the end, the final 11 laps went clean and green to the checkered for Drake who was in total control down the stretch, prevailing by 2.099 second margin over Thomas, Avedisian, Grant and Miller.


 

“All those cautions normally intimidate me,” Drake acknowledged. “But around here, it’s a tight bullring and there’s not much passing room. I was kind of grateful for them. We’ve had a few slip away from us because of some late-race cautions like that. We’ve been super-fast all year, and that’s a huge testament to this entire team. Without each and every one on it, none of this would be possible.”


 

Not only did Drake become the latest first-time USAC National Midget victor, but he also earned the Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Race award for his fourth to first performance.


 

Ethan Mitchell (Mooresville, N.C.) was the biggest mover of the feature with his 18th to seventh run earning him the night’s hard charger award.


 

Furthermore, it was quite a roller coaster of emotions for Alex Karpowicz (Spring Branch, Texas) during what was his USAC National Midget debut. He began the night upside down after hard contact with the turn four wall in hot laps. Shortly after repairs were made by his Mounce-Stout Racing crew, he returned to win his heat race. That earned him the evening’s Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 


 

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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 29, 2024 – The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana – 1/5-Mile Dirt Oval – Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors


 

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, passing points) 1. Justin Grant (#2 RMS), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (#14 4 Kings), 3. Drake Edwards (#3p Petty), 4. Kyle Cummins (#3G Styres), 5. Emerson Axsom (#67K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 6. Brady Bacon (#21H TKH), 7. Jade Avedisian (#71 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 8. Ethan Mitchell (#19m Bundy Built), 9. Frankie Guerrini (#63 F & F). 1:39.452


 

ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, passing points) 1. Alex Karpowicz (#19 Mounce-Stout), 2. Gavin Miller (#97 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Chris Baue (#36 Baue), 4. Darin Naida (#3 Dan Binks), 5. Zach Wigal (#89 CBI), 6. Bryce Massingill (#40x McDermand), 7. Kyle Jones (#27x Joyner), 8. Davey Ray (#15J Wimmenauer). 1:39.054


 

T.J. FORGED / CAR IQ THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, passing points) 1. Logan Seavey (#57 Abacus), 2. Kale Drake (Kunz/Curb-Agajanian #97K), 3. Mitchel Moles (#19A Reinbold-Underwood), 4. Karter Sarff (#21K Sarff), 5. Bryan Stanfill (#75AU Griffiths), 6. Cody Beard (#7B Beard), 7. Stephen Schnapf (#11s Martin), 8. Kevin Newton (#16TH Second Law). 1:41.738


 

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST QUALIFIER: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Brady Bacon, 2. Karter Sarff, 3. Kevin Newton, 4. Bryan Stanfill, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Drake Edwards, 7. Frankie Guerrini, 8. Alex Karpowicz. NT


 

ROD END SUPPLY SECOND QUALIFIER: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Jade Avedisian, 3. Kale Drake, 4. Gavin Miller, 5. Darin Naida, 6. Chris Baue, 7. Bryce Massingill, 8. Davey Ray. 2:06.234


 

T.J. FORGED / CAR IQ THIRD QUALIFIER: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Emerson Axsom, 2. Zach Wigal, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. Ethan Mitchell, 7. Cody Beard, 8. Kyle Jones. 2:06.938


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kale Drake (4), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 3. Jade Avedisian (10), 4. Justin Grant (6), 5. Gavin Miller (2), 6. Karter Sarff (3), 7. Ethan Mitchell (19), 8. Logan Seavey (5), 9. Kyle Cummins (11), 10. Zach Wigal (7), 11. Emerson Axsom (9), 12. Kevin Newton (13), 13. Mitchel Moles (12), 14. Drake Edwards (16), 15. Darin Naida (15), 16. Alex Karpowicz (14), 17. Frankie Guerrini (23), 18. Bryce Massingill (20), 19. Cody Beard (21), 20. Chris Baue (17), 21. Bryan Stanfill (18), 22. Brady Bacon (8), 23. Kyle Jones (22), 24. Davey Ray (24). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Gavin Miller, Laps 7-30 Kale Drake.


 

**Alex Karpowicz flipped during practice.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-1183, 2-Cannon McIntosh-1087, 3-Ryan Timms-1029, 4-Logan Seavey-997, 5-Zach Daum-997, 6-Jacob Denney-945, 7-Justin Grant-938, 8-Gavin Miller-894, 9-Zach Wigal-829, 10-Kale Drake-826.


 

USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-194, 2-Logan Seavey-174, 3-Robert Ballou-145, 4-Justin Grant-129, 5-Kyle Cummins-117, 6-C.J. Leary-117, 7-Chase Stockon-112, 8-Brady Bacon-111, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-103, 10-Matt Westfall-101.


 

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 29, 2024 – The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana – 1/5-Mile Dirt Oval – Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Zach Wigal (12.035)


 

Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: Justin Grant


 

Rod End Supply Second Heat Winner: Alex Karpowicz


 

T.J. Forged / Car IQ Third Heat Winner: Logan Seavey


 

Simpson Race Products First Qualifier Winner: Brady Bacon


 

Rod End Supply Second Qualifier Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

T.J. Forged / Car IQ Third Qualifier Winner: Emerson Axsom


 

Hard Charger: Ethan Mitchell (18th to 7th)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Alex Karpowicz


 

MPI Rookie of the Race: Kale Drake (1st)

 

 

 

BC39 Resumes Sunday Afternoon with USAC Midget Doubleheader at IMS

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INDIANAPOLIS (Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024) – Track preparation is underway at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, Sept. 29, as the Driven2SaveLives BC39 presented by Avanti Windows & Doors is scheduled to be the highlight this evening of a doubleheader for the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship.


 

Rain from Hurricane Helene forced the postponement of all action Friday and Saturday on the quarter-mile dirt oval inside Turn 3 of the famed IMS paved oval.


 

Friday’s originally scheduled program will take place first, starting with hot laps at 3 p.m., weather permitting.  Heat races, qualifying races, a B main will follow, capped by a 30-lap feature at 5 p.m.


 

The BC39 program will start at 6:30 p.m. with hot laps, followed by the C and B Mains and Last Chance Race. The 39-lap BC39 feature is scheduled to start at 9 p.m., with the winner earning $20,039.


 

Parking opens at 12:30 p.m., with public gates open at 1:30 p.m.


 

All Saturday products (tickets, pit passes and parking) are valid today. Customers with only Friday products (tickets, pit passes and parking) were contacted by the IMS Ticket Office with options. Tickets for today are available for purchase on IMS.com. Customers with questions may contact the IMS Ticket Office at tickets@brickyard.com.


 

The Driven2SaveLives BC39 presented by Avanti Windows  Doors continues to honor late USAC champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson. In addition, it increases awareness of the Indiana Donor Network and its Driven2SaveLives campaign, sponsors of the event since its inception in 2018.

 

Rain Washes Out BC39 Friday Show; Racing Resumes Saturday at IMS

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INDIANAPOLIS (Friday, Sept. 27, 2024) – Persistent rain and high winds from Hurricane Helene forced the postponement of all track activity on Friday, September 27, for the Driven2SaveLives BC39 presented by Avanti Windows & Doors at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


 

A doubleheader for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship is planned for Saturday, September 28 at the quarter-mile dirt oval inside Turn 3 of the famed paved oval at the Racing Capital of the World, weather permitting.


 

An update on the event schedule will be provided at 6 p.m. ET Friday, with more information released at 10 a.m. ET Saturday.


 

“Our priority is to ensure the safety of all participants and fans, and we are committed to delivering this major event over the next few days, if required,” IMS President J. Douglas Boles said.  “We will be doing everything in our power to ensure a successful event.”


 

Customers with Friday products (tickets, pit passes and parking) will be contacted by the IMS Ticket Office with options.


 

The highlight of Saturday’s competition will be the 39-lap feature, which pays $20,039 to win and has become a must-win for any USAC Midget competitor since the inaugural event in 2018.


 

Chase McDermand won the 30-lap preliminary feature Thursday night at The Dirt Track at IMS.


 

Local hero C.J. Leary made history by winning Thursday’s inaugural Stoops Sprint Car Invitational, the first time USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Cars have raced at IMS.


 

The Driven2SaveLives BC39 presented by Avanti Windows & Doors continues to honor late USAC champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson. In addition, it increases awareness of the Indiana Donor Network and its Driven2SaveLives campaign, sponsors of the event since its inception.


 

Visit www.IMS.com to buy tickets and pit passes or for more information.

 

Determined McDermand! A First-Time USAC Midget Winner Emerges at BC39 Opener

Thursday September 26TH..Chase McDermand (Springfield, Ill.) is all smiles after his first career USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget win during Thursday night's Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors opener at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (David Nearpass Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (September 26, 2024)………For Chase McDermand, Thursday night’s Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors opener was certainly a long time coming.


 

In what was the 24-year-old Springfield, Illinois native’s 48th career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship start, McDermand picked off 2023 BC39 opening night winner Thomas Meseraull just before the midway point, then led the remaining 16 laps to score his first career series victory.


 

For McDermand, a three-time Badger Midget Auto Racing Association champion in 2019-2020-2021, of all the places to collect a first USAC win, The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway is especially special.


 

“To do it here at the BC39, granted it’s just a prelim night, but still, we beat the best of the best here tonight,” McDermand stated. “I’m just super happy for my team and all of our partners. We have so many people who allow us to do what we love.”


 

McDermand certainly hadn’t forgotten about his closest previous call to winning a USAC National Midget feature in 2022 at Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Port City Raceway where an incident with eight laps to go left him dejected and emptyhanded. Two-and-a-half years later, he finally got to experience that long-awaited feeling to become the latest first-time series victor.


 

“This one has been a long time coming, ever since Port City a couple years ago when I got taken out while leading,” McDermand noted. “You can never take a win or a close win for granted because you just never know when the next one is coming. It took us a long time. I won some Xtreme Outlaw races, but I really wanted a USAC win.”


 

In fact, McDermand is the second first-time USAC National Midget feature winner this year and this month. Zach Wigal captured a victory on the opening night of September at Wisconsin’s Angell Park Speedway.


 

McDermand entered the night with a previous best USAC finish of third, which just so happened to come during the opening night of the BC39 one year ago in 2023. One year later, on Thursday night, his self-owned Mulch Express of Wisconsin – McDermand Plumbing/Spike/Stanton SR-11x rolled off fourth on the grid.


 

Slotting into third by lap two, McDermand watched as Zach Daum led the opening lap before Meseraull took the low line to the front on the back straight during the second go-around on the 1/5-mile dirt oval. Lying in wait third in line while Meseraull and Daum duked it out for the lead, McDermand ripped the top in turns three and four around Daum to swipe second on lap 10.


 

Lap after lap, Meseraull cornered the market on the low line while McDermand worked diligently up top. Exiting turn two on the 14th circuit, Meseraull could plainly see McDermand’s car pulled completely alongside his own to the outside. Sensing the need to adjust on the fly for the next set of turns, Meseraull ran his line wide off turn four to protect his position. McDermand promptly altered his line to the bottom of turn one to snare the lead away from Meseraull.


 

“The line he was running kind of kept me from really getting all my momentum down the straightaways,” McDermand explained. “Once I was able to finally clear him, I felt like I could set my own pace and dictate the corner entry. I felt like I was better, and the car was super good tonight.”


 

As McDermand continued to command up front in the latter stages, Meseraull suddenly fell to fifth on lap 20-21 while Daum, Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms and Daison Pursley all began to surge. McIntosh zipped under Daum along the front straightaway coming to the white flag to secure second.


 

By the time the field hit turn three on the 30th and final lap, all hell had broken loose for the final lock-in spot for Saturday night’s $20,039-to-win finale. By the time this conglomeration of drivers and cars crossed the stripe, Daum had fallen from third to sixth while Pursley seemingly came out of nowhere to grab the third and final lock-in spot.


 

Meanwhile, up front, McDermand went unfettered to the checkered, 0.679 seconds ahead of McIntosh with Pursley third, Jacob Denney fourth and Meseraull fifth.


 

For Cannon McIntosh (Bixby, Okla.), the runner-up result was his third career second place finish at the BC39 after slotting into the same spot during the 2022 finale and a 2023 prelim. On this night, he started eighth and moved up six spots to earn hard charger honors and secure a spot in the final night feature aboard his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/GearWrench – Mobil 1 – TRD/LynK/Speedway Toyota.


 

With seven laps to go, Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) ran seventh. With two to go, he was still fifth. Coming to the white flag, he was running fourth on the outside looking in at the wheel of his CB Industries/PristineAuction.com – NOS Energy Drink – TRD/Spike/Speedway Toyota. On the last lap, one final, last ditch effort placed him third and locked himself into Saturday’s main event. Those late-race heroics earned Pursley the night’s Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.


 

Briggs Danner's seventh place finish was not only the best of his USAC National Midget career to date. It also allowed the Allentown, Pa. racer to collect Rookie of the Race honors courtesy of Max Papis Innovations.


 


 

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USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2024 – The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana – 1/5-Mile Dirt Oval – Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors


 

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, passing points) 1. J.J. Yeley (#3J Petty), 2. Chase McDermand (#40 McDermand), 3. Jacob Denney (#25 Malloy), 4. Cannon McIntosh (#71K Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 5. Gunnar Setser (#43 Arnold), 6. Tyler Edwards (#14s Mounce-Stout), 7. Hayden Reinbold (#19AZ Reinbold-Underwood), 8. Luke Hall (#74 Heitmeyer). 1:40.557


 

ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, passing points) 1. Zach Daum (#16 Royal), 2. Steve Buckwalter (#0 Buckwalter), 3. C.J. Leary (#54 4 Kings), 4. Kameron Key (#21J TKH), 5. Trevor Cline (#55 Cline), 6. Glenn Styres (#0G Styres), 7. Kevin Cook (#77 Cook). NT


 

T.J. FORGED THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, passing points) 1. Ryan Timms (#67 Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 2. Thomas Meseraull (#7x Engler), 3. Briggs Danner (#98 Schneider), 4. Devon Dobie (#23 Dobie), 5. Mariah Ede (#71E Kunz/Curb-Agajanian), 6. Adam Taylor (#7T ATM), 7. Todd Hobson (#75 Griffiths). NT


 

CAR IQ FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, passing points) 1. Daison Pursley (#86 CBI), 2. Jerry Coons Jr. (#85 Central), 3. Shane Cottle (#44 4 Kings), 4. Joel Myers Jr. (#1 Crouch), 5. Kaylee Bryson (#58 Abacus), 6. Jeff Schindler (#8x Giddy Up). NT


 

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS FIRST QUALIFIER: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Trevor Cline, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Daison Pursley, 4. Ryan Timms, 5. Gunnar Setser, 6. Steve Buckwalter. 2:06.385


 

ROD END SUPPLY SECOND QUALIFIER: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Jacob Denney, 2. Hayden Reinbold, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. Mariah Ede, 5. J.J. Yeley, 6. Devon Dobie. NT

T.J. FORGED THIRD QUALIFIER: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Kaylee Bryson, 2. Cannon McIntosh, 3. Chase McDermand, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Glenn Styres, 6. Luke Hall, 7. Joel Myers Jr. 2:09.017


 

CAR IQ FOURTH QUALIFIER: (10 laps, passing points) 1. Shane Cottle, 2. Zach Daum, 3. Tyler Edwards, 4. Kameron Key, 5. Matt Westfall, 6. Adam Taylor, 7. Jeff Schindler. NT


 

ELLIOTTS’ CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (10 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature) 1. Tyler Edwards, 2. Steve Buckwalter, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Joel Myers Jr., 5. Luke Hall, 6. Glenn Styres, 7. Devon Dobie, 8. Mariah Ede, 9. Kevin Cook, 10. Todd Hobson. NT


 

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chase McDermand (4), 2. Cannon McIntosh (8), 3. Daison Pursley (6), 4. Jacob Denney (5), 5. Thomas Meseraull (1), 6. Zach Daum (2), 7. Briggs Danner (10), 8. Shane Cottle (7), 9. Ryan Timms (3), 10. Kaylee Bryson (12), 11. Kameron Key (14), 12. Jerry Coons Jr. (11), 13. J.J. Yeley (17), 14. Tyler Edwards (16), 15. Hayden Reinbold (15), 16. Gunnar Setser (19), 17. Trevor Cline (9), 18. C.J. Leary (13), 19. Steve Buckwalter (18), 20. Joel Myers Jr. (20), 21. Luke Hall (21), 22. Glenn Styres (22). NT


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Zach Daum, Laps 2-14 Thomas Meseraull, Laps 15-30 Chase McDermand.


 

**Dean Parker flipped during practice. Adam Taylor flipped during the fourth qualifier race.


 

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-1183, 2-Cannon McIntosh-1087, 3-Ryan Timms-1029, 4-Zach Daum-997, 5-Logan Seavey-947, 6-Jacob Denney-945, 7-Justin Grant-888, 8-Gavin Miller-844, 9-Zach Wigal-779, 10-Kale Drake-776.


 

USAC NATIONAL PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Daison Pursley-194, 2-Logan Seavey-174, 3-Robert Ballou-145, 4-Justin Grant-127, 5-C.J. Leary-117, 6-Kyle Cummins-115, 7-Chase Stockon-112, 8-Brady Bacon-111, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-103, 10-Matt Westfall-101.


 

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: September 27-28, 2024 – The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana – 1/5-Mile Dirt Oval – Driven2SaveLives BC39 Presented By Avanti Windows & Doors


 


 

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:


 

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Daison Pursley (11.930)


 

Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: J.J. Yeley


 

Rod End Supply Second Heat Winner: Zach Daum


 

T.J. Forged Third Heat Winner: Ryan Timms


 

Car IQ Fourth Heat Winner: Daison Pursley


 

Simpson Race Products First Qualifier Winner: Trevor Cline


 

Rod End Supply Second Qualifier Winner: Jacob Denney


 

T.J. Forged Third Qualifier Winner: Kaylee Bryson


 

Car IQ Fourth Qualifier Winner: Shane Cottle


 

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Tyler Edwards


 

Hard Charger: Cannon McIntosh (8th to 2nd)


 

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Daison Pursley


 

MPI Rookie of the Race: Briggs Danner (7th)

 

C.J. History! Leary Leads the Way at IMS USAC Sprint Invitational

C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) wrote his name into the history books as the first winner of a sprint car feature at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday night. (Josh James Artwork Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (September 26, 2024)………C.J. Leary has consistently run near the front of the field throughout the 2024 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season. Nonetheless, a fact that’s been stuck in his craw throughout much of the campaign is the absence of a victory, last winning with the series at Florida’s Ocala Speedway in February.


 

Even though Thursday night’s caution-free 20-lap inaugural Stoops Sprint Car Invitational at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway fell into the category of a non-points special event, victory was like a warm hug for the Greenfield, Ind. native and his BGE Dougherty Motorsports/Altoz – Valvoline – Hornbeck Concrete/DRC/1-Way Chevy.


 

And to do it at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Well, that’s priceless.


 

“It’s pretty special,” Leary beamed. “I didn’t know if we knew how to win anymore; it’s been a long time.”


 

Starting seventh, Leary quickly moved up into the top-three by the third lap, then made his strike at the halfway point when he combed the bottom past Mitchel Moles on lap 11, then raced past racelong leader Daison Pursley on the back stretch on the 12th lap to snag the lead.


 

This was the first official sprint car race contested at the 1/5-mile dirt oval. Shhh. Don’t tell. But there was a trial run of USAC Sprint Car racing at the IMS dirt track in 2022, a test in which Leary and others gained critical notes to add to their notebook in order to be ready when the time came to return.


 

“I came here and tested two years ago,” Leary remembered. “I feel like that gave me a little bit of an edge. We knew what gear to run and knew a little bit of what to expect. We ran some small tracks this year like Action Track USA and Macon, so our short track program has gotten better.”


 

Leary is well-known for his prowess on the larger, fast tracks such as Eldora and Lawrenceburg where he has excelled extensively. But this year has admittedly been a bit of a struggle to find victory lane on any track regardless of shape or size. So, a win at this place at this particular time was a more than welcome addition to his personal win list.


 

“Typically, we’re a little bit better on the bigger racetracks,” Leary acknowledged. “But this year, we haven’t been good at anything. Even though it’s an invitational race, it’s super cool to be in victory lane. I’ve run here since the start of the BC39 (in 2018), and I’ve never really done any good. So, it feels good to win something.”


 

On a track in which many naysayers and doomsdayers casted their doubts on regarding passing and competitiveness, even Leary was down in the doldrums after finding out his starting position. However, the seventh starting position just proved to be the sweet spot for Leary to make his charge from, and it even came in a car that he had previously had not-so-kind thoughts on.


 

“We’ve put a lot of effort into this,” Leary admitted. “Honestly, when they redrew the seven (pill), we were contemplating on not even running. But we came out here to put on a show for the fans. We had a really good racecar, and this thing was dialed in. The last time this car ran was at Kokomo during Indiana Sprint Week (in late July). It did pretty poorly and I didn’t like it that night. So, I think my opinion has changed a little bit. It’s obviously pretty good.”


 

After Leary took over the lead, for the final nine circuits, he was forced to fend off USAC’s most recent National Sprint Car winner, Daison Pursley, who rim-rode the circumference of the dirt track located within the confines of turn three inside the world famous 2.5-mile “Brickyard” that surrounds it.


 

While Leary stuck low, Pursley’s high line couldn’t get him any closer. In turn four on the final lap, Pursley ran out of room and clobbered the wall, briefly lifting him airborne. While Pursley continued on, he was no match for Leary who closed out the race with a 1.102 second margin of victory over Pursley, while Mitchel Moles, Robert Ballou and Kyle Cummins rounded out the top-five.


 

“We needed to make money,” Leary exclaimed. “I lost the transmission in my truck last week, so we’re going to have to pay for that. Hats off to (car owners) Broc (Garrett) and Doug (Dougherty) for sticking it out. I know it’s been a tough year, and we haven’t won as many as we wanted. But it’s not for a lack of effort. (Crewmen) Zack (Burks), my dad (Chuck Leary) and I have been pounding away in the shop, just trying to figure out what we’re missing and I think we might’ve caught on to something.”


 


 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2024 – The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway – Speedway, Indiana – 1/5-Mile Dirt Oval – Stoops Sprint Car Invitational


 

FIRST QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Carson Garrett, 15, BGE Dougherty-11.941; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-11.995; 3. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.041; 4. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.094; 5. Chase Stockon, 5s, KO-12.252.


 

SECOND QUALIFYING GROUP: 1. Daison Pursley, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-11.784; 2. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-11.786; 3. C.J. Leary, 15x, BGE Dougherty-12.228; 4. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-12.262; 5. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-12.384.


 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Carson Garrett, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Logan Seavey, 5. Chase Stockon. 1:40.202


 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Daison Pursley, 5. Kale Drake. 1:38.189


 

FEATURE: (20 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. C.J. Leary (7), 2. Daison Pursley (1), 3. Mitchel Moles (3), 4. Robert Ballou (5), 5. Kyle Cummins (4), 6. Logan Seavey (2), 7. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 8. Kale Drake (10), 9. Chase Stockon (9), 10. Carson Garrett (8). 4:15.600


 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Daison Pursley, Laps 12-20 C.J. Leary.


 

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: October 11-12, 2024 – Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – Greg Staab Memorial/Fall Nationals

 

 

 

USAC Silver Crown Entry List For Saturday’s IRP Season Finale

Chuck Reed

The final countdown. The last waltz. The season finale.

However you call it, it’s the championship round of the 2024 USAC Silver Crown season, and it commences this Saturday, October 19, at Brownsburg, Indiana’s Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.


 

The aptly named Championship Saturday will feature a field of 18 USAC Silver Crown drivers and cars on the .686-mile paved oval.


 

Among them are championship contenders Kody Swanson and Justin Grant. Swanson holds a six-point edge over Grant in the series standings entering the final event of the season.


 

Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.) has won eight USAC Silver Crown races at IRP in his career, tied with his brother, Tanner Swanson, for the most all-time. This past May at IRP, he earned his 10th career USAC Silver Crown pole position at the track before leading all 100 laps en route to victory.

Meanwhile, Grant (Ione, Calif.) owns four top-five finishes at IRP with a best result of third

in October 2023. He has won on the pavement with the USAC Silver Crown series before, scoring the 2021 Rich Vogler Classic at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway.


 

Among the drivers in the Silver Crown lineup for Saturday are three past IRP Silver Crown winners, including Swanson (8), plus six-time winner Bobby Santos (Franklin, Massachusetts) as well as Russ Gamester (Peru, Ind.), a winner with the series at IRP in 2000.


 

Three more drivers have been knocking on the door of late for a win at IRP. Tyler Roahrig (Plymouth, Ind.) was a runner-up finisher at IRP in 2021. So too was C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) who collected a second place result in 2022. Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.), the most recent USAC Silver Crown winner two weeks ago at Terre Haute, has twice finished second at IRP in 2023 and again in 2024.


 

Returning to the lineup are a slew of past top-10 Silver Crown performers at IRP. Chief among them are Nathan Byrd (Goodyear, Ariz.) and Dakoda Armstrong (New Castle, Ind.), each of whom have finished sixth in 2023 and 2024, respectively.


 

Recently crowned Trans Am SGT champion Kaylee Bryson (Muskogee, Okla.) is back in the IRP lineup following a 7th in 2023. She’s joined by the 2024 season’s top USAC Silver Crown Rookie, Columbus, Ohio’s Trey Osborne (9th in 2024). New Castle, Indiana’s Kyle Robbins (10th in 2019), Shelbyville, Indiana’s Gregg Cory (10th in 2022) and St. Charles, Missouri’s Kyle Steffens (10th in 2024) have all had solid finishes at IRP.


 

Also back in the field are Fresno, California’s Cody Gerhardt (13th in 2018), Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania’s Dave Berkheimer (21st in 2022), Kaufman, Texas’ Nathan Moore (21st in 2024) and Silver Crown newcomer Jake Trainor (Medway, Mass.) who already owns three midget wins at IRP between 2023-24. Trainor, the 2023 Little 500 winner, will make his USAC Silver Crown debut behind the wheel of Sam Pierce’s #126 as a teammate to Bryson.


 


 

Race Details


 

Championship Saturday on October 19 features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship, plus the 500 Sprint Car Tour and Pavement Midgets at Brownsburg, Indiana’s Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.


 

The main gate and pit gates open at 9am Eastern. The drivers meeting will take place at 11:30am and the front gates open at Noon. 500 Sprint Car Tour Practice #1 begins at 12:30pm followed by Midget Practice #1 at 12:55pm, USAC Silver Crown Practice #1 at 1:20, All-Star Pavement Midget Practice #1 at 1:50, 500 Sprint Car Tour Practice #2 at 2:15pm, Midget Practice #2 at 2:40 and USAC Silver Crown Practice at 3:05pm.


 

After practice, 500 Sprint Car Tour Qualifying commences at 3:35pm, followed by Midget Qualifying at 4pm, USAC Silver Crown Qualifying at 4:20pm, All-Star Midget Practice #2 and Qualifying at 5pm, Opening Ceremonies at 5:20pm, the 40-lap 500 Sprint Car Tour Feature at 5:30pm, the 30-lap Midget Feature at 6:05pm, the 20-lap All-Star Midget Feature at 6:35pm and the 100-lap USAC Silver Crown Feature at 7:10pm.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at www.raceIRP.com. Tickets will also be on sale at the gate on race day. Tickets for Championship Saturday are $25 and is general admission seating. Kids 12 & under are FREE with an adult present. Pit passes are $35 apiece.


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (18)


 

08 KYLE STEFFENS/St. Charles, MO (Steffens Motorsports)


 

5 DAKODA ARMSTRONG/New Castle, IN (C & A Motorsports)


 

6 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Klatt Enterprises)


 

7 KYLE ROBBINS/New Castle, IN (KR Racing)


 

14 CODY GERHARDT/Fresno, CA (Davey Hamilton Racing)


 

22 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)


 

26 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Sam Pierce)


 

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)


 

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


 

40 NATHAN BYRD/Goodyear, AZ (Legacy Autosport-Robert Wilson Racing)


 

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Michael Newman)


 

48 (R) NATHAN MOORE/Kaufman, TX (Chip Thomas-Joe Moore)


 

51 RUSS GAMESTER/Peru, IN (Gamester Racing)


 

77 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Doran-Binks Racing)


 

81 (R) TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (BCR Group)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

98 (R) BOBBY SANTOS/Franklin, MA (DJ Racing)


 

126 (R) JAKE TRAINOR/Medway, MA (Sam Pierce)


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year contender


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kody Swanson-785, 2-Justin Grant-779, 3-Logan Seavey-721, 4-C.J. Leary-629, 5-Kyle Steffens-493, 6-Trey Osborne-413, 7-Kaylee Bryson-411, 8-Gregg Cory-411, 9-Nathan Moore-367, 10-Bobby Santos-366.


 


 

TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC SILVER CROWN AT INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK:


 

1 Lap - 5/20/2000 - Jason Leffler - 20.298 - 121.667 mph


 

10 Laps - 8/2/2001 - Derek Davidson - 3:35.06 - 104.789 mph


 

15 Laps - 5/22/2003 - Chet Fillip - 5:16.38 - 117.087 mph


 

20 Laps - 8/2/1995 - Eric Gordon - 7:14.71 - 113.621 mph


 

25 Laps - 7/11/1987 - Jim Childers - 9:51.91 - 104.306 mph


 

100 Laps - 5/12/2001 - Mike Bliss - 35:41.40 - 115.326 mph


 

146 Laps - 5/26/2023 - Bobby Santos - 1:13:52.03 - 81.354 mph


 

150 Laps - 7/11/1987 - Jeff Bloom - 1:02:32.109 - 98.728 mph


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN WINS AT IRP:


 

8-Kody Swanson & Tanner Swanson


 

6-Bobby Santos


 

5-Mike Bliss


 

3-Bobby East


 

2-Kenny Irwin Jr., Jim Keeker, Jason Leffler & Ken Schrader


 

1-Pat Abold, Jeff Bloom, David Byrne, Bob Cicconi, Jay Drake, Bruce Field, Russ Gamester, Kyle Hamilton, Tracy Hines, Rick Hood, Kasey Kahne, Jason McCord, Ryan Newman, Johnny Parsons, George Snider, Dave Steele, Tony Stewart, Brian Tyler & J.J. Yeley


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN WINNERS AT IRP:


 

1985: Rick Hood (7/13)


 

1986: Ken Schrader (7/13)


 

1987: Jeff Bloom (7/11)


 

1988: Bruce Field (7/9)


 

1989: Bob Cicconi (7/8) & Ken Schrader (7/8)


 

1990: George Snider (6/30)


 

1991: Johnny Parsons (6/29)


 

1992: Jim Keeker (6/27)


 

1993: Mike Bliss (6/26)


 

1994: Mike Bliss (8/4)


 

1995: Jim Keeker (8/2)


 

1996: Mike Bliss (5/18) & Kenny Irwin Jr. (7/31)


 

1997: Pat Abold (5/17) & Kenny Irwin Jr. (7/30)


 

1998: Tony Stewart (5/16) & Jason Leffler (7/29)


 

1999: Ryan Newman (5/22) & Dave Steele (8/4)


 

2000: Jason Leffler (5/20) & Russ Gamester (8/6)


 

2001: Mike Bliss (5/12) & Kasey Kahne (8/2)


 

2002: Mike Bliss (8/1)


 

2003: J.J. Yeley (5/22) & Jason McCord (7/31)


 

2004: Jay Drake (8/5)


 

2005: Bobby East (8/4)


 

2006: Brian Tyler (8/3)


 

2007: Bobby East (7/26)


 

2008: Bobby East (7/24)


 

2009: Bobby Santos (7/23)


 

2010: Tracy Hines (7/22)


 

2011: Kody Swanson (7/28)


 

2012: Bobby Santos (5/19) & Bobby Santos (7/26)


 

2013: Tanner Swanson (7/27)


 

2014: Tanner Swanson (5/17) & David Byrne (7/24)


 

2015: Tanner Swanson (5/23) & Tanner Swanson (7/23)


 

2016: Tanner Swanson (5/27) & Kody Swanson (7/21)


 

2017: Kody Swanson (5/26) & Bobby Santos (7/20)


 

2018: Kody Swanson (5/25)


 

2019: Kyle Hamilton (5/24) & Kody Swanson (9/7)


 

2020: Tanner Swanson (8/21)


 

2021: Kody Swanson (5/29) & Kody Swanson (8/14)


 

2022: Bobby Santos (5/27) & Tanner Swanson (10/22)


 

2023: Bobby Santos (5/26) & Tanner Swanson (10/15)


 

2024: Kody Swanson (5/25)


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN RESULTS AT INDIANAPOLIS RACEWAY PARK:


 

JULY 13, 1985 FEATURE: (150 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Rick Hood (5), 2. Ken Schrader (2), 3. Dave Blaney (4), 4. Larry Rice (21), 5. Gary Bettenhausen (13), 6. Joe Saldana (18), 7. Bruce Field (6), 8. John Andretti (12), 9. Rich Vogler (1), 10. Sheldon Kinser (3), 11. John Batts Jr. (24), 12. Jac Haudenschild (16), 13. Tom Bigelow (7), 14. Jerry Nemire (10), 15. Kramer Williamson (22), 16. Ken Hamilton (8), 17. Billy Engelhart (11), 18. Mark Alderson (23), 19. George Snider (9), 20. Gary Irvin (15), 21. Steve Chassey (17), 22. Doug Saunier (20), 23. Danny Milburn (19), 24. Johnny Parsons (14). 1:07:16.06


 

JULY 13, 1986 FEATURE: (150 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ken Schrader (2), 2. Steve Butler (15), 3. Rick Hood (9), 4. Dave Blaney (7), 5. Billy Engelhart (3), 6. Jack Hewitt (21), 7. George Snider (5), 8. Gary Bettenhausen (1), 9. Warren Mockler (16), 10. Bob Frey (12), 11. Tom Bigelow (10), 12. Larry Dickson (13), 13. Jeff Bloom (20), 14. Manny Rockhold (23), 15. Greg Staab (19), 16. Steve Chassey (18), 17. Duke Cook (17), 18. Taylor Andrews (24), 19. Larry Rice (4), 20. Nick Fornoro Jr. (11), 21. Bruce Field (6), 22. Gary Irvin (8), 23. Johnny Parsons (22), 24. Mark Alderson (14). 1:03:15.05


 

JULY 11, 1987 FEATURE: (150 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jeff Bloom (3), 2. Jack Hewitt (17), 3. Steve Butler (2), 4. Rick Hood (16), 5. Jeff Swindell (14), 6. Bruce Field (12), 7. Steve Chassey (13), 8. Warren Mockler (19), 9. Mark Alderson (7), 10. Tony Elliott (26), 11. Kenny Jacobs (9), 12. Duke Cook/Ken Schrader (18), 13. Larry Rice (21), 14. Jim Childers (15), 15. Terry Kawell (24), 16. Manny Rockhold (20), 17. Gary Bettenhausen (11), 18. Bob Frey (8), 19. Bob Cicconi (6), 20. Rich Vogler (1), 21. Andy Hillenburg (10), 22. Ron Dunstan (23), 23. Kelly Kinser (22), 24. Mike Bliss (25), 25. Ken Schrader (4), 26. Dave Blaney (5). 1:02:32.109


 

JULY 9, 1988 FEATURE: (150 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bruce Field (6), 2. Steve Butler (17), 3. Bob Frey (16), 4. George Snider (15), 5. Steve Chassey (9), 6. Tray House (14), 7. Billy Vukovich III (3), 8. Gene Lee Gibson (1), 9. Jack Hewitt (19), 10. Jerry Russell (23), 11. Larry Rice (10), 12. Jim Keeker (21), 13. Kenny Jacobs (11), 14. Palmer Crowell (5), 15. Gary Bettenhausen (4), 16. Andy Hillenburg (8), 17. Ray Joe Fager (25), 18. Mark Alderson (13), 19. Ken Schrader (7), 20. Johnny Parsons (2), 21. Gary Irvin (18), 22. Gary Hieber (22), 23. Tony Elliott (24), 24. Bob Cicconi (20), 25. Rich Vogler (26), 26. Jeff Bloom (12). NT


 

JULY 8, 1989 FEATURE: (75 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Bob Cicconi (6), 2. Ken Schrader (2), 3. Bruce Field (9), 4. Gary Bettenhausen (12), 5. Mark Alderson (4), 6. Johnny Parsons (13), 7. Bob Frey (3), 8. Larry Rice (14), 9. Rusty Rasmussen (8), 10. Walt Kennedy (23), 11. George Snider (19), 12. Andy Hillenburg (15), 13. Tony Elliott (10), 14. Tom Bigelow (21), 15. Wayne Hammond (11), 16. Warren Mockler (22), 17. Gene Lee Gibson (20), 18. Gary Hieber (17), 19. Steve Butler (5), 20. Manny Rockhold (7), 21. Jim Mahoney (16), 22. Steve Chassey (18), 23. Rich Vogler (1), 24. Jeff Bloom (24). NT


 

JULY 8, 1989 FEATURE: (75 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Ken Schrader (2), 2. Gary Bettenhausen (4), 3. Bob Cicconi (1), 4. Andy Hillenburg (12), 5. Bruce Field (3), 6. Wayne Hammond (15), 7. Mark Alderson (5), 8. Rusty Rasmussen (9), 9. Johnny Parsons (6), 10. Jeff Bloom (20), 11. George Snider (11), 12. Larry Rice (8), 13. Warren Mockler (16), 14. Tom Bigelow (14), 15. Rick Tomasik (24), 16. Gary Hieber (18), 17. Danny Milburn (21), 18. Tony Elliott (13), 19. Mike Thomas (23), 20. Lyn McIntosh (22), 21. Bob Frey (7), 22. Gene Lee Gibson (17), 23. Walt Kennedy (10), 24. Jim Mahoney (19). NT


 

JUNE 30, 1990 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. George Snider (16), 2. Ken Schrader (11), 3. Eric Gordon (2), 4. Bob Frey (10), 5. Brent Kaeding (3), 6. Jeff Gordon (6), 7. Jack Hewitt (15), 8. Davey Hamilton (9), 9. Wally Pankratz (7), 10. Andy Hillenburg (17), 11. Bob Cicconi (5), 12. Warren Mockler (1), 13. Chuck Gurney (13), 14. Roy Caruthers (14), 15. Rusty McClure (23), 16. Wayne Hammond (12), 17. Jimmy Sills (18), 18. Steve Butler (19), 19. Tray House (20), 20. Gary Hieber (21), 21. Rich Vogler (8), 22. Stan Fox (4), 23. Tony Elliott (22), 24. Bentley Warren (25), 25. Manny Rockhold (24). NT


 

JUNE 29, 1991 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Johnny Parsons (1), 2. Eric Gordon (6), 3. Jim Keeker (15), 4. Steve Butler (16), 5. Wally Pankratz (5), 6. Russ Gamester (8), 7. Chuck Gurney (9), 8. Steve Chassey (11), 9. Larry Dickson (14), 10. Tony Elliott (21), 11. Tray House (20), 12. Gary Hieber (18), 13. Andy Hillenburg (13), 14. Mike Fedorcak (22), 15. Greg Staab (19), 16. Jerry Nemire (23), 17. Gene Lee Gibson (10), 18. Jeff Gordon (3), 19. Brad Marvel (24), 20. Robbie Stanley (12), 21. Stan Fox (4), 22. Bob Cicconi (17), 23. Jimmy Sills (2), 24. George Snider (7). 42:09.55


 

JUNE 27, 1992 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jim Keeker (1), 2. Johnny Parsons (2), 3. Jimmy Sills (7), 4. Mike Bliss (4), 5. Jim Mahoney (11), 6. Tony Stewart (5), 7. Steve Butler (8), 8. Stevie Reeves (17), 9. Chip Thomas (9), 10. Russ Gamester (6), 11. Eric Gordon (13), 12. Joe Gaerte (10), 13. Wally Pankratz (3), 14. Tony Elliott (20), 15. Larry Dickson (23), 16. Tray House (22), 17. Greg Staab (24), 18. Cary Faas (18), 19. Page Jones (14), 20. Jack Hewitt (15), 21. Tyce Carlson (16), 22. Mike Fedorcak (19), 23. Davey Hamilton (12), 24. Warren Mockler (21). NT


 

JUNE 26, 1993 FEATURE: (60 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Mike Bliss (3), 2. Johnny Parsons (2), 3. George Snider (4), 4. Stevie Reeves (9), 5. Eric Gordon (16), 6. Ron Shuman (14), 7. Jim Keeker (11), 8. Steve Butler (6), 9. Tony Elliott (10), 10. Jim Mahoney (8), 11. Gary Hieber (12), 12. Bob Cicconi (21), 13. Ronnie Burke (19), 14. Bob Frey (20), 15. Greg Staab (18), 16. Wally Pankratz (5), 17. Bill Baue (24), 18. Jimmy Sills (1), 19. Tray House (22), 20. Larry Dickson (13), 21. Tyce Carlson (15), 22. Chip Thomas (17), 23. Tony Stewart (7), 24. Gary Cameron II (23). NT


 

AUGUST 4, 1994 FEATURE: (60 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mike Bliss (4), 2. P.J. Jones (1), 3. Johnny Parsons (3), 4. Kenny Irwin Jr. (8), 5. Jimmy Sills (12), 6. Tony Elliott (6), 7. Ron Shuman (15), 8. George Snider (20), 9. Randy Tolsma (14), 10. Chuck Gurney (17), 11. Jack Runyon (19), 12. Wally Pankratz (13), 13. Kenneth Nichols (24), 14. Rocky Hodges (23), 15. Bentley Warren (10), 16. Jack Hewitt (21), 17. Chuck Leary (16), 18. Rusty McClure (11), 19. Andy Michner (2), 20. Gary Hieber (18), 21. Page Jones (5), 22. Eric Gordon (7), 23. Russ Gamester (9), 24. Dave Steele (22). NT


 

AUGUST 2, 1995 FEATURE: (60 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Jim Keeker (1), 2. Tony Stewart (2), 3. Kenny Irwin Jr. (11), 4. Mike Bliss (3), 5. Davey Hamilton (12), 6. Dave Darland (7), 7. Eric Gordon (5), 8. Dave Steele (13), 9. Johnny Parsons (9), 10. Dan Drinan (15), 11. Bentley Warren (22), 12. Jack Runyon (14), 13. Lee Brewer Jr. (24), 14. Gary Hieber (17), 15. Jimmy Sills (8), 16. Jack Hewitt (4), 17. Chuck Gurney (6), 18. Tyce Carlson (20), 19. Randy Tolsma (18), 20. Jimmy Kite (23), 21. Kevin Doty (19), 22. Andy Michner (16), 23. Chuck Leary (21), 24. Rocky Hodges (10). NT


 

MAY 18, 1996 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mike Bliss (7), 2. Kenny Irwin Jr. (4), 3. Dave Blaney (2), 4. Kevin Doty (5), 5. Dave Steele (3), 6. Jim Keeker (6), 7. Johnny Parsons (17), 8. Chuck Gurney (8), 9. Chet Fillip (22), 10. Dave Darland (24), 11. Jack Hewitt (9), 12. Russ Gamester (13), 13. Wally Pankratz (14), 14. Chip Thomas (27), 15. Jimmy Sills (29), 16. Sammy Swindell (11), 17. Ryan Newman (12), 18. Pat Abold (16), 19. Robby Flock (1), 20. Tony Elliott (26), 21. Jim Mahoney (19), 22. Frankie Kerr (10), 23. Jackie Burke (23), 24. Chuck Leary (15), 25. John Heydenreich (20), 26. Bill Baue (21), 27. Kenneth Nichols (25), 28. Bill Rose (30), 29. Eric Gordon (18), 30. Bentley Warren (28). NT


 

JULY 31, 1996 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kenny Irwin Jr. (1), 2. Jimmy Sills (2), 3. Mike Bliss (11), 4. Robby Flock (8), 5. Eric Gordon (24), 6. Davey Hamilton (7), 7. Jack Hewitt (14), 8. Dave Darland (15), 9. Andy Michner (13), 10. Pat Abold (10), 11. Donnie Beechler (23), 12. Paul Durant (27), 13. Kenneth Nichols (29), 14. Steve Barth (12), 15. Chuck Gurney (20), 16. Randy Tolsma (21), 17. Gary Hieber (30), 18. Rocky Hodges (5), 19. Tracy Hines (19), 20. Tony Stewart (3), 21. Ryan Newman (9), 22. Dan Drinan (6), 23. Jackie Burke (18), 24. Bill Baue (28), 25. Gary Irvin (17), 26. Brian Tyler (22), 27. Dave Steele (4), 28. Tony Elliott (26), 29. Jim Keeker (16), 30. Bill Rose (25). NT


 

MAY 17, 1997 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Pat Abold (4), 2. Jimmy Kite (8), 3. Jack Hewitt (6), 4. Donnie Beechler (28), 5. Jim Keeker (1), 6. Davey Hamilton (2), 7. Kenny Irwin Jr. (7), 8. Chuck Leary (9), 9. Andy Michner (11), 10. Russ Gamester (16), 11. Chuck Gurney (13), 12. Bentley Warren (12), 13. Brian Tyler (23), 14. Eric Gordon (29), 15. Dave Darland (27), 16. Ronnie Burke (26), 17. Rocky Hodges (19), 18. Joe Gosek (30), 19. Cory Kruseman (18), 20. Bill Baue (25), 21. Todd Thomas (20), 22. Tracy Hines (17), 23. Ryan Newman (14), 24. Robby Flock (15), 25. Jimmy Sills (5), 26. Kevin Thomas (10), 27. Brian Gerster (3), 28. Jason McCord (24), 29. Jay Drake (22), 30. Dave Steele (21). NT


 

JULY 30, 1997 FEATURE: (100 Laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kenny Irwin Jr. (28), 2. Mike Bliss (12), 3. Dan Drinan (13), 4. Pat Abold (9), 5. Bentley Warren (26), 6. Chet Fillip (8), 7. Tracy Hines (19), 8. Jimmy Kite (5), 9. Jim Keeker (15), 10. Jeff Mitrisin (30), 11. Jason McCord (23), 12. Joe Gosek (29), 13. Jason Leffler (21), 14. Dave Darland (14), 15. Andy Michner (27), 16. Russ Gamester (1), 17. Robby Flock (18), 18. Ryan Newman (11), 19. Davey Hamilton (10), 20. Jack Hewitt (3), 21. Donnie Beechler (22), 22. J.J. Yeley (20), 23. Tony Stewart (2), 24. Jay Drake (4), 25. Brian Gerster (6), 26. Doug Kalitta (24), 27. Ronnie Burke (25), 28. John Heydenreich (16), 29. Paul Durant (7), 30. Chuck Leary (17). NT


 

MAY 16, 1998 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tony Stewart (2), 2. Pat Abold (5), 3. Dave Steele (13), 4. Russ Gamester (3), 5. Jason Leffler (1), 6. Doug Didero (7), 7. Tracy Hines (21), 8. Brian Tyler (19), 9. Chet Fillip (11), 10. Jimmy Sills (6), 11. Ryan Newman (26), 12. Bentley Warren (18), 13. Gary Hieber (25), 14. Kevin Thomas (15), 15. J.J. Yeley (27), 16. Ronnie Day (22), 17. John Heydenreich (20), 18. Eric Gordon (16), 19. Jason McCord (10), 20. Mike Brooks (12), 21. Lou Cicconi Jr. (28), 22. Dave Darland (14), 23. Donnie Beechler (4), 24. Troy Regier (30), 25. Jay Drake (9), 26. Todd Kane (23), 27. Chuck Leary (8), 28. Ken Hamilton (24), 29. Bill Rose (29), 30. Robby Flock (17). 44:57.26


 

JULY 29, 1998 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jason Leffler (1), 2. Dave Steele (2), 3. Russ Gamester (3), 4. Ryan Newman (4), 5. Tony Stewart (21), 6. Brian Tyler (6), 7. Robby Flock (11), 8. Jack Hewitt (9), 9. Eric Gordon (16), 10. Dan Drinan (12), 11. Dave Darland (18), 12. Pat Abold (15), 13. Tracy Hines (22), 14. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (14), 15. Donnie Beechler (17), 16. Bentley Warren (23), 17. Jimmy Sills (10), 18. Gary Hieber (20), 19. Brad Armstrong (27), 20. John Heydenreich (7), 21. Chet Fillip (19), 22. Mike Brooks (24), 23. Mike Bliss (5), 24. Derek Davidson (26), 25. Doug Didero (25), 26. Bill Baue (29), 27. Brian Gerster (13), 28. Lou Cicconi Jr. (30), 29. Dave Blaney (8), 30. Johnny Parsons (28). NT


 

MAY 22, 1999 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Ryan Newman (1), 2. Tracy Hines (5), 3. Brian Tyler (14), 4. Russ Gamester (7), 5. Pat Abold (9), 6. Robby Flock (20), 7. Jason McCord (16), 8. Tony Elliott (8), 9. Doug Didero (4), 10. Derek Davidson (12), 11. Chet Fillip (17), 12. Jack Hewitt (21), 13. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (25), 14. Bentley Warren (18), 15. J.J. Yeley (29), 16. Gary Hieber (2), 17. Kipp Beard (15), 18. Ken Hamilton (19), 19. Jimmy McCune (22), 20. Dane Carter (23), 21. Mike Ordway (26), 22. Bill Tyler (28), 23. Tim Cox (30), 24. Jay Drake (11), 25. Brad Noffsinger (10), 26. Jason Leffler (#2) (13), 27. Paul White (27), 28. Dave Darland (3), 29. Jimmy Sills (6), 30. Bill Baue (24). NT


 

AUGUST 4, 1999 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dave Steele (4), 2. Kenny Irwin Jr. (2), 3. Chuck Leary (1), 4. Ryan Newman (3), 5. Russ Gamester (7), 6. Jack Hewitt (8), 7. Gary Hieber (12), 8. Jason Leffler (5), 9. Tracy Hines (11), 10. Jay Drake (9), 11. Mike Bliss (21), 12. Bentley Warren (24), 13. Dave Darland (13), 14. Brian Paulus (26), 15. Rebel Jackson Jr. (10), 16. Eric Gordon (25), 17. Chet Fillip (19), 18. Jason McCord (23), 19. J.J. Yeley (16), 20. Brad Noffsinger (6), 21. Jimmy Sills (17), 22. Rick Treadway (28), 23. Rich Tobias Jr. (29), 24. Brian Gerster (30), 25. Tony Elliott (18), 26. Tom Capie (20), 27. Brian Tyler (14), 28. Jimmy McCune (22), 29. Dane Carter (27), 30. Paul White (15). 41:00.18


 

MAY 20, 2000 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jason Leffler (1), 2. Ryan Newman (10), 3. Jimmy McCune (3), 4. Kasey Kahne (27), 5. Brian Tyler (13), 6. Brian Paulus (14), 7. Dave Darland (24), 8. Russ Gamester (16), 9. Tony Elliott (19), 10. Jack Hewitt (26), 11. Dave Steele (2), 12. John Heydenreich (4), 13. Pat Abold (29), 14. Paul White (17), 15. Jimmy Sills (20), 16. Jay Drake (21), 17. Bobby McMahan (22), 18. Brad Noffsinger (18), 19. Billy Whittaker (6), 20. Eric Gordon (23), 21. J.J. Yeley (15), 22. Gary Hieber (7), 23. Ed Carpenter (8), 24. Todd Kane (28), 25. Jason McCord (5), 26. Chet Fillip (9), 27. Tracy Hines (11), 28. Bud Kaeding (12), 29. A.J. Fike (25), 30. Bentley Warren (30). NT


 

AUGUST 6, 2000 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Russ Gamester (5), 2. J.J. Yeley (1), 3. Chet Fillip (10), 4. Dave Steele (12), 5. John Heydenreich (13), 6. Jason McCord (8), 7. Jason Leffler (4), 8. Brad Noffsinger (7), 9. Tony Stewart (2), 10. Jimmy McCune (24), 11. Brian Tyler (20), 12. Dave Darland (23), 13. Kasey Kahne (9), 14. Ed Carpenter (26), 15. Eric Gordon (27), 16. Tracy Hines (16), 17. A.J. Fike (17), 18. Pat Abold (21), 19. Derek Davidson (25), 20. Jack Hewitt (11), 21. Ryan Newman (3), 22. Bud Kaeding (6), 23. Rich Tobias Jr. (28), 24. Dane Carter (22), 25. Gary Hieber (15), 26. Brian Paulus (18), 27. Bill Rose (19), 28. Tony Elliott (30), 29. Chuck Leary (29), 30. Paul White (14). 39:07.17


 

MAY 12, 2001 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mike Bliss (5), 2. Russ Gamester (6), 3. Tracy Hines (1), 4. Derek Davidson (12), 5. Paul White (2), 6. Ed Carpenter (19), 7. Jason McCord (20), 8. Kasey Kahne (3), 9. Dave Darland (8), 10. Chet Fillip (7), 11. J.J. Yeley (9), 12. Jay Drake (10), 13. Brian Tyler (21), 14. Dane Carter (4), 15. Brad Noffsinger (15), 16. John Heydenreich (17), 17. Bud Kaeding (13), 18. Tony Elliott (23), 19. Jerry Coons Jr. (27), 20. Gary Hieber (18), 21. Michael Lewis (25), 22. Bobby McMahan (30), 23. Jimmy McCune (28), 24. Eric Gordon (22), 25. Dave Steele (11), 26. Brian Paulus (16), 27. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (24), 28. Carl Edwards (26), 29. Tyler Walker (14), 30. Rich Tobias Jr. (29) 35:41.40


 

AUGUST 2, 2001 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kasey Kahne (9), 2. Brian Tyler (1), 3. Brad Noffsinger (3), 4. J.J. Yeley (7), 5. Michael Lewis (5), 6. Tracy Hines (8), 7. Paul White (6), 8. P.J. Jones (15), 9. Tyler Walker (2), 10. Russ Gamester (4), 11. Bud Kaeding (11), 12. Jason McCord (10), 13. Dave Steele (17), 14. Derek Davidson (22), 15. Jonathan Vennard (30), 16. Tony Elliott (28), 17. Ed Carpenter (20), 18. Aaron Fike (19), 19. Jerry Coons Jr. (14), 20. Carl Edwards (24), 21. Cory Kruseman (13), 22. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (25), 23. Tom Capie (29), 24. John Heydenreich (21), 25. Jay Drake (18), 26. Rich Tobias Jr. (26), 27. Mike Bliss (23), 28. Tony Stewart (16), 29. Dave Darland (#135) (27). (Dane Carter car disqualified for failing to pass post-race technical inspection) (12). 38:33.06


 

AUGUST 1, 2002 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Mike Bliss (1), 2. Russ Gamester (3), 3. Jason Leffler (6), 4. J.J. Yeley (2), 5. Tracy Hines (8), 6. Carl Edwards (16), 7. Dave Steele (12), 8. John Heydenreich (20), 9. Brian Tyler (7), 10. Tony Stewart (22), 11. Aaron Pollock (9), 12. Ed Carpenter (18), 13. Tyler Walker (25), 14. Dave Darland (14), 15. Derek Davidson (11), 16. Tony Elliott (31), 17. Paul White (19), 18. Teddy Beach (27), 19. Jimmy Kite (30), 20. P.J. Jones (15), 21. Aaron Fike (5), 22. Jerry Coons Jr. (29), 23. Brad Noffsinger (17), 24. David Gough (28), 25. Jason McCord (24), 26. Jonathan Vennard (13), 27. Chet Fillip (4), 28. Jay Drake (26), 29. Kasey Kahne (21), 30. Rich Tobias Jr. (23), 31. Bobby East (10). 44:55.65


 

MAY 22, 2003 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. J.J. Yeley (4), 2. Dave Steele (1), 3. Brian Tyler (11), 4. Dave Darland (19), 5. Tracy Hines (6), 6. Chet Fillip (21), 7. A.J. Fike (18), 8. John Starks (10), 9. Tyler Walker (2), 10. Michael Lewis (20), 11. Jason McCord (22), 12. Russ Gamester (7), 13. Bobby East (9), 14. Jay Drake (13), 15. Teddy Beach (26), 16. Paul White (25), 17. Dane Carter (30), 18. Matt Westfall (23), 19. Donny Schatz (16), 20. Ron Gregory (5), 21. Ed Carpenter (15), 22. Aaron Pierce (8), 23. John Heydenreich (31), 24. Levi Jones (27), 25. Brad Noffsinger (28), 26. Lance Kobusch (14), 27. Bentley Warren (29), 28. Jason Leffler (3), 29. Jimmy McCune (17), 30. Aaron Fike (24), 31. Bud Kaeding (12). NT


 

JULY 31, 2003 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Jason McCord (15), 2. J.J. Yeley (1), 3. Carl Edwards (4), 4. Dave Darland (12), 5. Dave Steele (2), 6. Bobby East (3), 7. Tony Elliott (18), 8. Paul White (7), 9. Dane Carter (24), 10. Brad Noffsinger (13), 11. Jimmy McCune (17), 12. Jonathan Vennard (30), 13. David Bridges (27), 14. John Starks (16), 15. Rich Tobias Jr. (25), 16. Aaron Pierce (28), 17. Tyler Walker (14), 18. Ron Gregory (10), 19. Jason Leffler (8), 20. John Heydenreich (19), 21. Eric Butze (11), 22. Jimmy Kite (23), 23. Levi Jones (29), 24. Kasey Kahne (26), 25. Tracy Hines (6), 26. Brian Tyler (5), 27. Mike Bliss (9), 28. Michael Lewis (22), 29. Aaron Fike (20), 30. Chet Fillip (21), 31. Eric Gordon (31). NT


 

AUGUST 5, 2004 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jay Drake (1), 2. Dave Darland (6), 3. Jason McCord (10), 4. Eric Gordon (21), 5. Dave Blaney (7), 6. Chet Fillip (26), 7. Jerry Coons Jr. (12), 8. Bobby Santos (13), 9. Bobby East (11), 10. Aaron Pierce (19), 11. Dave Steele (22), 12. Bud Kaeding (3), 13. Dane Carter (4), 14. Russ Gamester (14), 15. Ron Gregory (25), 16. Aaron Fike (29), 17. P.J. Jones (18), 18. Boston Reid (15), 19. Paul White (5), 20. John Heydenreich (30), 21. Brian Tyler (17), 22. Tony Elliott (28), 23. Jeff Gardner (23), 24. Jimmy Kite (20), 25. Mike Bliss (2), 26. Tracy Hines (27), 27. Wayne Reutimann Jr. (8), 28. Tyler Walker (9), 29. Michael Lewis (16), 30. Aaron Pollock (24). 44:35.25


 

AUGUST 4, 2005 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Bobby East (4), 2. Jason Leffler (1), 3. Josh Wise (5), 4. Jason McCord (22), 5. Tracy Hines (9), 6. Eric Gordon (21), 7. Chet Fillip (16), 8. Jimmy Kite (24), 9. Michael Lewis (23), 10. Dave Steele (8), 11. Ryan Durst (14), 12. Stevie Reeves (27), 13. Ron Gregory (12), 14. Tim Barber (17), 15. Todd Beach (25), 16. John Heydenreich (32), 17. Brian Tyler (29), 18. Dave Darland (10), 19. Kasey Kahne (3), 20. Teddy Beach (15), 21. Carl Edwards (13), 22. Jerry Coons Jr. (18), 23. Marc Jessup (6), 24. Tyler Walker (7), 25. Paul White (19), 26. Jay Drake (2), 27. Kyle Nicholas (28), 28. Wayne Reutimann Jr. (11), 29. Brad Armstrong (30), 30. Kevin Swindell (26), 31. Mike Bliss (20), 32. Russ Gamester (31). 40:07.731


 

AUGUST 3, 2006 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brian Tyler (3), 2. Carl Edwards (5), 3. Dave Steele (4), 4. Aaron Pierce (7), 5. Bryn Gohn (12), 6. Wayne Reutimann Jr. (10), 7. Thiago Medeiros (9), 8. Josh Wise (1), 9. Mat Neely (8), 10. Jay Drake (6), 11. Bud Kaeding (2), 12. Bobby Santos (13), 13. Tim Barber (11), 14. Rodney Weesner (14). 42:43.281


 

JULY 26, 2007 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby East (2), 2. Pablo Donoso (7), 3. Tim Barber (5), 4. Cameron Dodson (3), 5. Mike Murgoitio (9), 6. Jerry Coons Jr. (11), 7. Bud Kaeding (12), 8. Jason Leffler (1), 9. Brian Tyler (15), 10. Billy Wease (10), 11. A.J. Fike (4), 12. Mat Neely (8), 13. Wayne Reutimann Jr. (16), 14. Aaron Pierce (6), 15. Marc Jessup (14), 16. Paul White (17), 17. Brad Armstrong (18), 18. P.J. Jones (13). 47:41.509


 

JULY 24, 2008 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby East (2), 2. Ryan Newman (3), 3. Chet Fillip (4), 4. Dave Darland (17), 5. Jerry Coons Jr. (9), 6. Aaron Pierce (11), 7. Levi Jones (6), 8. A.J. Fike (13), 9. Wayne Reutimann Jr. (12), 10. Mike Murgoitio (8), 11. Brian Tyler (14), 12. Eric Gordon (5), 13. Jacob Wilson (20), 14. Shane Hmiel (1), 15. Tracy Hines (7), 16. Steve Arpin (21), 17. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (24), 18. Michael Annett (25), 19. Brad Armstrong (22), 20. Ryan Smith (19), 21. Zach Schiff (16), 22. Mario Marietta (15), 23. Shane Hollingsworth (18), 24. Tom Capie (26), 25. Cameron Dodson (23), 26. Shane Cottle (10). 42:46.92


 

JULY 23, 2009 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (2), 2. Bobby East (3), 3. Bud Kaeding (4), 4. Chet Fillip (1), 5. Tyler Walker (10), 6. Kody Swanson (19), 7. Eric Gordon (6), 8. Ryan Newman (9), 9. Cameron Dodson (20), 10. Tracy Hines (12), 11. Josh Wise (21), 12. Dakoda Armstrong (5), 13. Mike Lichty (11), 14. Davey Hamilton (23), 15. Mario Marietta (16), 16. Levi Jones (14), 17. A.J. Fike (15), 18. Jerry Coons Jr. (8), 19. Jacob Wilson (7), 20. Brian Tyler (18), 21. Aaron Pierce (27), 22. Zach Daum (25), 23. Shane Hmiel (17), 24. Ryan Smith (28), 25. Brad Armstrong (26), 26. Tony Hunt (22), 27. Russ Gamester (13), 28. Dave Darland (24), 29. Patrick Bruns (29), 30. Rodney Weesner (30). 37:41.05


 

JULY 22, 2010 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tracy Hines (3), 2. Levi Jones (7), 3. Jacob Wilson (8), 4. Brad Sweet (1), 5. Bobby East (10), 6. Bobby Santos (13), 7. Bud Kaeding (11), 8. Shane Hmiel (16), 9. Jerry Coons Jr. (9), 10. Troy DeCaire (30), 11. Bryan Clauson (14), 12. Brian Tyler (17), 13. Eric Gordon (15), 14. Mario Marietta (20), 15. A.J. Fike (5), 16. Justin Carver (24), 17. Aaron Pierce (22), 18. Shane Hollingsworth (25), 19. Mike Larrison (23), 20. Tanner Swanson (6), 21. Coleman Gulick (28), 22. Derek Hagar (27), 23. Kody Swanson (4), 24. Ryan Newman (2), 25. Mike Lichty (26), 26. Russ Gamester (19), 27. Zach Daum (12), 28. Jason Leffler (18), 29. Zach Martini (29), 30. Tyler Walker (21). NT


 

JULY 28, 2011 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (6), 2. Tracy Hines (1), 3. Tanner Swanson (5), 4. Levi Jones (4), 5. Bobby Santos (19), 6. Bryan Clauson (12), 7. Jerry Coons Jr. (7), 8. Ryan Newman (8), 9. Bobby East (3), 10. Eric Gordon (9), 11. Brian Tyler (11), 12. Aaron Pierce (18), 13. Bud Kaeding (17), 14. Josh Wise (14), 15. Jacob Wilson (15), 16. A.J. Fike (13), 17. Russ Gamester (16), 18. Dave Steele (22), 19. Kyle Larson (10), 20. Zach Daum (21), 21. Jimmy Kite (28), 22. Todd Kane (29), 23. Mike Larrison (24), 24. David Byrne (20), 25. Derek Hagar (27), 26. John Heydenreich (26), 27. Jason Leffler (2), 28. Ryan Smith (23), 29. Brian Gerster (25). NT


 

MAY 19, 2012 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (3), 2. Kody Swanson (1), 3. Bud Kaeding (2), 4. Tanner Swanson (4), 5. Jacob Wilson (5), 6. Tracy Hines (11), 7. Eric Gordon (14), 8. Levi Jones (7), 9. A.J. Fike (8), 10. Russ Gamester (19), 11. Bobby East (6), 12. Kyle Hamilton (12), 13. Zach Daum (15), 14. Jerry Coons Jr. (10), 15. Jimmy Kite (17), 16. Doug Berryman (16), 17. David Byrne (13), 18. Brian Tyler (9), 19. Donnie Beechler (18). 47:57.38


 

JULY 26, 2012 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (1), 2. Kody Swanson (4), 3. Bobby East (11), 4. Kyle Larson (3), 5. Tanner Swanson (2), 6. Jerry Coons Jr. (6), 7. Eric Gordon (7), 8. Russ Gamester (9), 9. Levi Jones (14), 10. Bud Kaeding (16), 11. Jacob Wilson (12), 12. Kyle Hamilton (10), 13. Brian Tyler (8), 14. A.J. Fike (15), 15. Taylor Ferns (13), 16. Tracy Hines (5), 17. Aaron Pierce (17), 18. Jimmy Kite (18). 36:48.05


 

JULY 27, 2013 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (4), 2. Kody Swanson (1), 3. David Byrne (6), 4. Chris Windom (3), 5. Tracy Hines (5), 6. Jacob Wilson (8), 7. Bobby East (11), 8. Aaron Pierce (13), 9. Brian Tyler (15), 10. Taylor Ferns (9), 11. Russ Gamester (12), 12. Frank D’Alonso (17), 13. Randy Bateman (16), 14. Jerry Coons Jr. (2), 15. Jarett Andretti (14), 16. Bobby Santos (7), 17. Shane Hollingsworth (10). NT


 

MAY 17, 2014 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (1), 2. Kody Swanson (18), 3. David Byrne (3), 4. Tracy Hines (2), 5. Bobby Santos (5), 6. Chris Windom (8), 7. Kyle O’Gara (9), 8. Jacob Wilson (4), 9. Bobby East (12), 10. A.J. Fike (11), 11. Taylor Ferns (6), 12. Cale Thomas (14), 13. Christopher Bell (17), 14. Jarett Andretti (10), 15. John Hunt (16), 16. Caleb Armstrong (7), 17. Shane Cockrum (13), 18. Davey Ray (15), 19. Dave Darland (19). NT


 

JULY 24, 2014 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. David Byrne (4), 2. Tanner Swanson (1), 3. Kody Swanson (5), 4. Ryan Newman (2), 5. Bobby Santos (3), 6. Chris Windom (8), 7. Jacob Wilson (9), 8. Bobby East (10), 9. Jarett Andretti (14), 10. Ken Schrader (12), 11. Davey Hamilton Jr. (18), 12. Chris Phillips (20), 13. Jerry Coons Jr. (7), 14. Davey Ray (22), 15. Patrick Lawson (24), 16. Kyle O’Gara (13), 17. Caleb Armstrong (11), 18. Cale Thomas (16), 19. Tracy Hines (6), 20. C.J. Leary (15), 21. Ryan Litt (17), 22. John Heydenreich (19), 23. A.J. Fike (21), 24. Jarid Blondel (23). NT


 

MAY 23, 2015 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (1), 2. Kody Swanson (5), 3. Bobby Santos (4), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (7), 5. Aaron Pierce (8), 6. A.J. Fike (2), 7. Tracy Hines (3), 8. David Byrne (10), 9. C.J. Leary (9), 10. Austin Nemire (12), 11. Jarett Andretti (11), 12. Rex Norris III (13), 13. Jacob Wilson (6), 14. Dave Baumgartner (14), 15. Patrick Lawson (15), 16. Davey Ray (18), 17. Tad Roach (16), 18. Jimmy Parsons (17). 40:23.16


 

JULY 23, 2015 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (4), 2. Kody Swanson (3), 3. Ryan Newman (2), 4. Bobby Santos (5), 5. Chris Windom (9), 6. Aaron Pierce (1), 7. David Byrne (7), 8. Jerry Coons Jr. (6), 9. A.J. Fike (10), 10. Austin Nemire (11), 11. Rex Norris III (13), 12. Joe Axsom (14), 13. Jarett Andretti (15), 14. Tim Barber (16), 15. Patrick Lawson (18), 16. C.J. Leary (12), 17. Jacob Wilson (8), 18. Jimmy McCune (17), 19. Tad Roach (19). 37:25.11


 

MAY 27, 2016 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (4), 2. Kody Swanson (2), 3. Chris Windom (7), 4. Robert Stout (5), 5. Aaron Pierce (6), 6. Justin Grant (12), 7. David Byrne (9), 8. Joe Axsom (11), 9. Shane Cockrum (16), 10. Joe Liguori (10), 11. Austin Nemire (13), 12. Casey Shuman (14), 13. Shane Cottle (15), 14. Jacob Wilson (8), 15. Bobby Santos (1), 16. Jerry Coons Jr. (3), 17. Patrick Lawson (17). 51:38.838


 

JULY 21, 2016 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Tanner Swanson (4), 3. Jerry Coons Jr. (3), 4. Bobby Santos (5), 5. Chris Windom (6), 6. Ryan Newman (2), 7. Justin Grant (9), 8. Jacob Wilson (8), 9. Joe Axsom (10), 10. Joe Liguori (11), 11. Casey Shuman (15), 12. Austin Nemire (12), 13. Kevin Studley (17), 14. David Byrne (7), 15. Patrick Lawson (16), 16. Shane Cottle (13), 17. Shane Cockrum (14). 45:52.428


 

MAY 26, 2017 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bobby Santos (3), 3. Tanner Swanson (2), 4. Chris Windom (6), 5. Aaron Pierce (9), 6. David Byrne (7), 7. Kevin Studley (15), 8. A.J. Russell (11), 9. Jerry Coons Jr. (5), 10. Patrick Lawson (17), 11. Toni Breidinger (13), 12. Joss Moffatt (14), 13. Troy Thompson (20), 14. Justin Grant (4), 15. Davey Hamilton Jr. (8), 16. Bill Rose (18), 17. Joe Liguori (16), 18. Joe Axsom (10), 19. J.C. Bland (19), 20. Cody Gerhardt (12). 47:17.986


 

JULY 20, 2017 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (3), 2. Tanner Swanson (1), 3. Aaron Pierce (4), 4. Kody Swanson (2), 5. Chris Windom (10), 6. Justin Grant (5), 7. Jerry Coons Jr. (7), 8. David Byrne (8), 9. Davey Hamilton Jr. (12), 10. Annie Breidinger (18), 11. Kevin Studley (13), 12. Tyler Courtney (17), 13. Joss Moffatt (16), 14. Matt Goodnight (21), 15. Patrick Lawson (14), 16. Joe Liguori (20), 17. Joe Axsom (11), 18. Ryan Newman (6), 19. Bill Rose (15), 20. Damion Gardner (9), 21. Shane Cottle (19). 47:34.181


 

MAY 25, 2018 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Tanner Swanson (22), 3. Aaron Pierce (6), 4. Bobby Santos (2), 5. Chris Windom (4), 6. Justin Grant (5), 7. David Byrne (3), 8. Jim Anderson (8), 9. Eric Gordon (9), 10. Kyle Hamilton (21), 11. Travis Welpott (17), 12. Patrick Lawson (16), 13. Cody Gerhardt (14), 14. Dave Darland (13), 15. Kyle Robbins (11), 16. Toni Breidinger (15), 17. Matt Goodnight (12), 18. Bill Rose (18), 19. Jerry Coons Jr. (7), 20. Derek Bischak (20), 21. Austin Blair (10), 22. Mike Haggenbottom (19). 40:54.232


 

MAY 24, 2019 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Kyle Hamilton (2), 2. Tanner Swanson (17), 3. Bobby Santos (4), 4. Justin Grant (3), 5. Eric Gordon (16), 6. David Byrne (6), 7. Brian Gerster (9), 8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 9. Austin Nemire (12), 10. Cody Gallogly (8), 11. Kyle Robbins (11), 12. John Heydenreich (15), 13. Mike Haggenbottom (14), 14. Chris Windom (5), 15. Derek Bischak (7), 16. Kody Swanson (1), 17. Matt Goodnight (13). NT


 

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (2), 2. Tanner Swanson (1), 3. Kyle Hamilton (6), 4. Jim Anderson (10), 5. James Davison (9), 6. David Byrne (5), 7. Bobby Santos (3), 8. Justin Grant (4), 9. Chris Windom (11), 10. Kyle Robbins (20), 11. Joe Liguori (12), 12. Patrick Lawson (18), 13. Annie Breidinger (22), 14. Austin Nemire (14), 15. Matt Goodnight (15), 16. Eric Gordon (8), 17. Mike Haggenbottom (19), 18. John Heydenreich (21), 19. Ryan Newman (7), 20. Cameron Dodson (17), 21. Derek Bischak (23), 22. Cody Gallogly (16), 23. Brian Gerster (13), 24. Dave Berkheimer (24). 50:56.46


 

AUGUST 21, 2020 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (2), 2. Aaron Pierce (7), 3. Kyle Hamilton (4), 4. Bobby Santos (5), 5. Justin Grant (3), 6. Eric Gordon (6), 7. Patrick Lawson (21), 8. Russ Gamester (8), 9. Chris Windom (10), 10. Kody Swanson (1), 11. Shane Cottle (13), 12. Austin Nemire (14), 13. Matt Goodnight (15), 14. Travis Welpott (18), 15. Mike Haggenbottom (20), 16. Toni Breidinger (17), 17. Kyle Robbins (19), 18. Derek Bischak (11), 19. Kyle O’Gara (12), 20. John Heydenreich (9), 21. Bryan Gossel (22), 22. Jim Anderson (16), 23. Dave Berkheimer (24), 24. Brent Yarnal (23). 50:44.343


 

MAY 29, 2021 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Bobby Santos (2), 3. David Byrne (3), 4. Justin Grant (4), 5. Taylor Ferns (8), 6. Jim Anderson (5), 7. Logan Seavey (12), 8. Shane Cottle (6), 9. Patrick Lawson (17), 10. Austin Nemire (13), 11. Kyle Robbins (10), 12. Kyle O'Gara (14), 13. Bryan Gossel (16), 14. Mike Haggenbottom (19), 15. Eric Gordon (11), 16. Matt Goodnight (15), 17. Annie Breidinger (18), 18. Jake Day (21), 19. Tanner Swanson (23), 20. Travis Welpott (9), 21. Nathan Byrd (7), 22. Dave Berkheimer (22), 23. Brent Yarnal (20). NT


 

AUGUST 14, 2021 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Tyler Roahrig (7), 3. Bobby Santos (3), 4. Tanner Swanson (2), 5. David Byrne (6), 6. Kyle O'Gara (11), 7. Austin Nemire (16), 8. Logan Seavey (9), 9. Russ Gamester (10), 10. Travis Welpott (13), 11. Mike Haggenbottom (23), 12. Annie Breidinger (22), 13. Aaron Pierce (12), 14. Eric Gordon (14), 15. Nathan Byrd (18), 16. Bryan Gossel (24), 17. Derek Bischak (4), 18. Justin Grant (8), 19. Jake Day (25), 20. Ryan Newman (5), 21. Kyle Robbins (20), 22. Shane Cottle (15), 23. Joe Liguori (19), 24. Taylor Ferns (17), 25. Patrick Lawson (21), 26. Dave Berkheimer (26). 57:28.825


 

MAY 27, 2022 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (1), 2. Kody Swanson (3), 3. Taylor Ferns (10), 4. C.J. Leary (6), 5. Logan Seavey (8), 6. Brian Tyler (13), 7. Mario Clouser (24), 8. Davey Hamilton Jr. (22), 9. Eric Gordon (21), 10. Gregg Cory (18), 11. Kyle O’Gara (11), 12. Nathan Byrd (14), 13. Justin Grant (12), 14. Bryan Gossel (20), 15. Nick Hamilton (5), 16. Tanner Swanson (7), 17. Travis Welpott (25), 18. Ryan Newman (2), 19. Russ Gamester (9), 20. Kyle Robbins (16), 21. Austin Nemire (15), 22. Mike McVetta (19), 23. Patrick Lawson (17), 24. Derek Bischak (4), 25. Dave Berkheimer (23). 50:50.044


 

OCTOBER 22, 2022 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (2), 2. C.J. Leary (10), 3. Tyler Roahrig (9), 4. Kody Swanson (1), 5. Davey Hamilton Jr. (12), 6. Justin Grant (6), 7. Bobby Santos (4), 8. Nathan Byrd (8), 9. Mario Clouser (7), 10. Nick Hamilton (5), 11. Brian Tyler (13), 12. Travis Welpott (19), 13. Gregg Cory (17), 14. Kyle Robbins (16), 15. Jake Day (20), 16. Bryan Gossel (15), 17. Mike McVetta (14), 18. Russ Gamester (11), 19. Kaylee Bryson (18), 20. Logan Seavey (3), 21. Dave Berkheimer (21). 40:52.622


 

MAY 26, 2023 FEATURE: (146 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby Santos (1), 2. Logan Seavey (15), 3. Tyler Roahrig (10), 4. Derek Bischak (6), 5. Taylor Ferns (13), 6. Nathan Byrd (8), 7. Tanner Swanson (3), 8. Justin Grant (4), 9. Mario Clouser (18), 10. Mike McVetta (20), 11. Bryan Gossel (27), 12. Jerry Coons Jr. (23), 13. Casey Buckman (19), 14. Wayne Johnson (24), 15. Kaylee Bryson (30), 16. Travis Welpott (26), 17. Gregg Cory (28), 18. Russ Gamester (9), 19. Kody Swanson (2), 20. Kyle Steffens (22), 21. Trey Burke (21), 22. Patrick Lawson (11), 23. Matt Westfall (25), 24. C.J. Leary (5), 25. Kyle O'Gara (16), 26. Brent Yarnal (29), 27. Dave Berkheimer (32), 28. Emerson Axsom (7), 29. Billy Wease (14), 30. Kyle Robbins (17), 31. Davey Hamilton Jr. (12), 32. Tom Paterson (31). 1:13:52.03 (New Track Record)


 

OCTOBER 15, 2023 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tanner Swanson (3), 2. Bobby Santos (2), 3. Justin Grant (4), 4. Kody Swanson (1), 5. C.J. Leary (8), 6. Logan Seavey (5), 7. Kaylee Bryson (11), 8. Davey Hamilton Jr. (9), 9. Mario Clouser (6), 10. Dakoda Armstrong (12), 11. Kyle O’Gara (10), 12. Trey Osborne (19), 13. Kyle Steffens (16), 14. Bryan Gossel (17), 15. Travis Welpott (20), 16. Gregg Cory (18), 17. Derek Bischak (13), 18. Trey Burke (15), 19. Russ Gamester (7), 20. Tanner Berryhill (14), 21. Tom Paterson (21). 44:04.426


 

MAY 25, 2024 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Logan Seavey (2), 3. C.J. Leary (#06) (22), 4. Russ Gamester (8), 5. Bobby Santos (3), 6. Dakoda Armstrong (4), 7. Taylor Ferns (6), 8. Nathan Byrd (12), 9. Trey Osborne (9), 10. Kyle Steffens (20), 11. Justin Grant (5), 12. Tyler Roahrig (7), 13. Patrick Lawson (11), 14. Jerry Coons Jr. (10), 15. Tanner Berryhill (16), 16. Gregg Cory (17), 17. Casey Buckman (15), 18. Trey Burke (13), 19. Kaylee Bryson (14), 20. Brent Yarnal (18), 21. Nathan Moore (19), 22. Dave Berkheimer (21). 42:34.898

 

Salute to Racin’ With D.O. Friday, Oct. 18 at USAC HQ

John Mahoney

the Salute to the Racin' with D.O. Show will be held at USAC headquarters in Speedway, Indiana this Friday night, October 18.

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oin us as we relive the memories and make some new ones with footage from the hit 1990s-2000s motorsports TV show produced and hosted by D.O. Laycock. In the early years of the program, the show was co-hosted by Dave “The King” Wilson, who plans to be in attendance at the event on Friday.


 

The event is free to attend and all are welcome.  Food and drink will be free with great company and quality entertainment all around. Doors open for the event at 6pm Eastern. The physical address of USAC headquarters is 4910 W. 16th Street, Speedway, IN 46224.


 

D.O. was in on the ground floor of ESPN’s Auto Racing coverage from its first year in 1979, a USAC National Sprint Car race at Indiana’s Salem Speedway. It’s a road that took him to working behind the scenes on popular shows as ESPN’s Speedweek and into the heyday of ESPN’s Thunder series which featured USAC events from coast-to-coast.


 

D.O. went in front of the camera in 1993 and partnered with comedian Dave Wilson to create the D.O. & The King TV show in 1994, which covered USAC Sprint, Midget and Silver Crown racing as well as local open wheel action in Indiana and from California to Pennsylvania and everywhere in between. Later, D.O. was also the host of a weekly radio program covering open wheel racing.


 

A car builder, a USAC Midget team owner, a promoter and official, D.O. was involved in several facets of the sport spanning five decades. Daniel Owen “D.O.” Laycock passed away in 2022 at the age of 72.


 

If you are a racer, a team member, or fan in town for Championship Saturday this Saturday, October 19, at Brownsburg, Indiana’s Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, please feel free to stop by and enjoy the festivities.


 

All proceeds from the event will directly benefit USAC RaceAid. Since 1959, the United States Auto Club Benevolent Foundation (now USAC RaceAid) has provided financial aid to the families of auto racing participants with ties to USAC who have been injured and/or need assistance.


 

USAC RaceAid also provides support to surviving family members with immediate and ongoing expenses. Over the years, the foundation has provided millions of dollars to help members and their families in times of need. The needs, whether small or large, never cease.
 

 

Swanson vs. Grant! It’s a Duel for the USAC Silver Crown Title Saturday at IRP!


#41 Tyler Roahrig, #98 Bobby Santos & #5 Dakoda Armstrong will take on 100 laps of USAC Silver Crown racing this Saturday, October 19, at Indiana's Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park. (Joe DeFabis Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Brownsburg, Indiana (October 17, 2024)………The 2024 USAC Silver Crown National Championship battle comes down to two drivers, one race and just six points of separation this Saturday, October 19, at Brownsburg, Indiana’s Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.


 

One-hundred laps are all that remain on the season. One-hundred laps are all that remain in deciding the champion for 2024. After a year’s worth of work, you couldn’t really ask for more.


 

Now, let’s check the storylines that we’re keen on this weekend for Championship Saturday at the .686-mile paved oval!


 


 

SWANSON & GRANT DUKE IT OUT FOR THE TITLE


 

Point leader Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.) is eying an unprecedented eighth career USAC Silver Crown driving title (2014-15-17-18-19-21-22) while Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) is seeking a second after previously capturing the championship in 2020.


 

For all intents and purposes, IRP has been Swanson’s playground over the years as he’s scored eight career victories at the track located just west of the Indianapolis. The eight victories are tied for the all-time lead alongside his brother, Tanner Swanson. Kody’s 10 Silver Crown pole positions at IRP are a record and his 14 overall USAC victories at IRP rank as the second most all-time.


 

Grant, meanwhile, owns four top-five finishes at IRP with a best result of third in October 2023. He has won on the pavement with the USAC Silver Crown series before, capturing the 2021 Rich Vogler Classic at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway by the blink of an eye over – you guessed it – Swanson.


 


 

WALK OFF HOMERS


 

Kody Swanson and Justin Grant are also wanting to end the season on a doubly impressive high note by winning both the race and the Silver Crown championship in one fell swoop on the final night of the season.


 

Swanson is among the 10 drivers in series history to accomplish the feat and is the only one to do so on three different occasions. The others to achieve it at least once are Al Unser (1973), Bobby Olivero (1979), Gary Bettenhausen (1980), Jack Hewitt (1986), Steve Butler (1992), Jimmy Sills (1996), J.J. Yeley (2002-03), Bobby East (2012), Kody Swanson (2014-15-21) and Chris Windom (2016).

 


 

SANTOS ON THE CUSP OF AN IRP RECORD


 

Bobby Santos is on the brink of a record-setting performance this Saturday at IRP. The Franklin, Massachusetts native’s 15 career USAC victories at the track are tied for first place all-time alongside Tracy Hines.


 

In fact, Santos has won in all three USAC national divisions in his career at IRP (Silver Crown, Sprint & Midget). The exclusive list of nine to do that includes Santos, Kody Swanson, Mike Bliss, Bobby East, Tracy Hines, Kenny Irwin Jr., Jim Keeker, Dave Steele and Tony Stewart.


 

Santos owns six career USAC Silver Crown wins at IRP dating back to 2009. More than anything, he’d just like to get back to victory lane for the first time with the series in 2024 after five starts have produced five top-five finishes, including runner-up performances at both Winchester and Madison.


 


 

DAKODA ARM-STRONGER


 

I think it’s safe to say that Dakoda Armstrong’s most recent visit to IRP in May marked the turning point for his USAC Silver Crown program following no finishes better than 10th in 2023.


 

That day, the New Castle, Ind. racer earned accolades as the top Hoosier Hundred Rookie by finishing sixth. Since that point, he hasn’t finished outside the top-two in series competition with a first career Silver Crown victory at Madison followed by a second at Jennerstown and another triumphant score at World Wide Technology Raceway.


 

He’s no dark horse anymore. He’s a contender and will be among those to keep an eye on to play spoiler on the championship party come Saturday.


 


 

TRAINOR WHEELS A BIG CAR


 

Finally, Jake Trainor will get his shot at the USAC Silver Crown division where he’ll make his series debut this Saturday in a second machine for car owner Sam Pierce as a teammate to Kaylee Bryson.


 

The 19-year-old Trainor (Medway, Mass.) has been spectacular in the few showings he’s already had at IRP over the past couple of seasons. He captured victory at the Carb Night Classic midget race in both 2023 and 2024, and this past August, added an Ecotec Midget feature score at IRP.


 

Trainor has already proven he’s the real deal in midgets and sprint cars on pavement with his successes at IRP as well as winning the Little 500 at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway as a Rookie in 2023. Now we get to see him take his shot at the big cars.


 


 

TRIPLETS & QUADRUPLETS


 

At least five drivers are set to perform at least triple duty in Silver Crown, Sprint Cars and Midgets during Championship Saturday at IRP, and there’s even one individual who’ll take on four different types of machinery!


 

Jake Trainor will have his own personal pavement 4-Crown as he tackles all three, plus the Ecotec All Star Midget event. Meanwhile, Kody Swanson, Bobby Santos, Dakoda Armstrong and Nathan Byrd (Goodyear, Ariz.) will compete in the Silver Crown, Sprint Car and Midget races.


 

As a fan, with four divisions, you’ll certainly get your money’s worth. For these particular racers, they’ll get a full workout!


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

Championship Saturday on October 19 features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship, plus the 500 Sprint Car Tour and Pavement Midgets at Brownsburg, Indiana’s Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.


 

The main gate and pit gates open at 9am Eastern. The drivers meeting will take place at 11:30am and the front gates open at Noon. 500 Sprint Car Tour Practice #1 begins at 12:30pm followed by Midget Practice #1 at 12:55pm, USAC Silver Crown Practice #1 at 1:20, All-Star Pavement Midget Practice #1 at 1:50, 500 Sprint Car Tour Practice #2 at 2:15pm, Midget Practice #2 at 2:40 and USAC Silver Crown Practice at 3:05pm.


 

After practice, 500 Sprint Car Tour Qualifying commences at 3:35pm, followed by Midget Qualifying at 4pm, USAC Silver Crown Qualifying at 4:20pm, All-Star Midget Practice #2 and Qualifying at 5pm, Opening Ceremonies at 5:20pm, the 40-lap 500 Sprint Car Tour Feature at 5:30pm, the 30-lap Midget Feature at 6:05pm, the 20-lap All-Star Midget Feature at 6:35pm and the 100-lap USAC Silver Crown Feature at 7:10pm.


 

Advance tickets are on sale now at www.raceIRP.com. Tickets will also be on sale at the gate on race day. Tickets for Championship Saturday are $25 and is general admission seating. Kids 12 & under are FREE with an adult present. Pit passes are $35 apiece.


 


 

USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (18)


 

08 KYLE STEFFENS/St. Charles, MO (Steffens Motorsports)


 

5 DAKODA ARMSTRONG/New Castle, IN (C & A Motorsports)


 

6 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Klatt Enterprises)


 

7 KYLE ROBBINS/New Castle, IN (KR Racing)


 

14 CODY GERHARDT/Fresno, CA (Davey Hamilton Racing)


 

22 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)


 

26 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Sam Pierce)


 

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)


 

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


 

40 NATHAN BYRD/Goodyear, AZ (Legacy Autosport-Robert Wilson Racing)


 

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Michael Newman)


 

48 (R) NATHAN MOORE/Kaufman, TX (Chip Thomas-Joe Moore)


 

51 RUSS GAMESTER/Peru, IN (Gamester Racing)


 

77 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Doran-Binks Racing)


 

81 (R) TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (BCR Group)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

98 (R) BOBBY SANTOS/Franklin, MA (DJ Racing)


 

126 (R) JAKE TRAINOR/Medway, MA (Sam Pierce)


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year contender

 

Master Class! Bacon Becomes First Two-Time Master of Going Faster Champ in ‘24

Brady Bacon, 2024 Bubby Jones Master of Going Faster Presented By Spire Sports + Entertainment champion. (Josh James Artwork Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (October 13, 2024)………Although the series is just three years young, the Bubby Jones Master of Going Faster Presented By Spire Sports + Entertainment already has its first two-time champion in 2024.


 

Brady Bacon, by virtue of a victory at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway, plus two seconds and three thirds throughout the 10-race miniseries within the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship schedule, earned his second title with the series after capturing the inaugural crown in 2022.


 

For his efforts, Bacon pocketed a $10,000 bonus for himself as the Master of Going Faster driving champion while his crew chief, Matt Hummel, collected $2,500.


 

Throughout the Master of Going Faster series, Bacon never had an “off night” by any measure, recording eight top-fives and a perfect 10 for 10 on top-tens with his worst result being a seventh at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway during the 4-Crown Nationals.


 

Carrying a mere seven-point lead into the series finale’s 30-lap feature on Saturday at Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway, Bacon did what it took to add another piece on his overflowing mantle of USAC accomplishments by finishing sixth to edge out Daison Pursley by 11 points in the final tally.


 

“It was pretty tight going into the feature, tighter than I would’ve liked it to be,” Bacon admitted. “I knew that, with the way the track was, I was just trying not to do anything too stupid and crash just to maintain the Master of Going Faster points and get my guys some extra money.”


 

Bacon’s season has been another success story with him adding another feather in his cap aboard his Dynamics, Inc./Tom Hoffman Construction – Spankins Motorsports/Triple X/Rider Chevy. Though he was only able to manage a single win in the series, his average finish of 3.6 throughout the Master of Going Faster series made all the difference.


 

“The Hoffman 69 cars were pretty good on all different kinds of surfaces,” Bacon praised. “We haven’t won as much as I would’ve liked to this year. But we’re always in the front and that’s what enabled us to win that one.”


 

Bacon and Hummel have had a long association with one another and has proven to be the winning formula for many years now. Their communication level and symbiosis has overcome most any obstacle over the years, no matter how small or how tall.


 

“Matt’s been with me the whole time since I’ve had the team in my shop and for the last two championships,” Bacon detailed. “Just having that consistency is really valuable. Not having to discuss every little detail and changes we make throughout the night, that makes my job a lot easier. Billy (Lawhead) and Jamey (Neeley) have the car ready and we haven’t had many failures at all. We’re just ready if anything happens. We had to change a steering gear tonight and had to change a motor from last night. We just overcome stuff like that, kept our composure and clicked away to make our way to the front.”


 

Six different drivers graced victory lane throughout the 2024 Master of Going Faster series. Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey led all drivers with three wins, including the opener at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park, Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track and in the finale at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.


 

Two other drivers won twice. Locust Grove, Oklahoma’s Daison Pursley scored at both Knoxville Raceway and Eldora Speedway, each of which were his first two career USAC National Sprint Car points-paying triumphs. Cullman, Alabama’s Kevin Thomas Jr. achieved likewise to earn a last lap, last corner victory at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway and a lucrative win at Indiana’s Tri-State Speedway.


 

Single victories in the series belonged to Ione, California’s Justin Grant who capped a spectacular victory at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway in the most spectacular of ways by flipping following the checkered flag. Princeton, Indiana’s Kyle Cummins notched one at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway while Bacon added his at Port Royal.


 

Spire Sports + Entertainment served as the presenting sponsor of the series.  SS+E has been involved in numerous race promotion and marketing efforts for tracks and events on the USAC schedule in recent years.  Founded in 2010, Spire Sports + Entertainment (SS+E) has blossomed into a multi-tiered entity.  Since then, SS+E has become a subsidiary of parent organization Spire Holdings, which includes a a diverse sports portfolio, including Spire Motorsports, SS+E, ECHL hockey teams the Rapid City (S.D.) Rush and the Greenville (S.C.) Swamp Rabbits and short track promotions company Track Enterprises.


 


 

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2024 BUBBY JONES MASTER OF GOING FASTER PRESENTED BY SPIRE SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT WINNERS


 

Feb 13: Volusia Speedway Park – Barberville, FL

WINNER: Logan Seavey (Abacus Racing #57)


 

May 4: Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, OH

WINNER: Justin Grant (TOPP Motorsports #4)


 

May 21: Terre Haute Action Track – Terre Haute, IN

WINNER: Logan Seavey (Abacus Racing #57)


 

Jun 1: Knoxville Raceway – Knoxville, IA

WINNER: Daison Pursley (Team AZ Racing #21AZ)


 

Jun 14: Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, PA

WINNER: Kevin Thomas Jr. (Rock Steady Racing #3R)


 

Jun 15: Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA

WINNER: Brady Bacon (Dynamics, Inc. #69)


 

July 27: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN

WINNER: Kyle Cummins (Petty Performance Racing #3p)


 

Sep 14: Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, IN

WINNER: Kevin Thomas Jr. (Rock Steady Racing #3R)


 

Sep 21: Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, OH

WINNER: Daison Pursley (Team AZ Racing #21AZ)


 

Oct 12: Lawrenceburg Speedway – Lawrenceburg, IN

WINNER: Logan Seavey (Abacus Racing #57)


 


 

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2024 BUBBY JONES MASTER OF GOING FASTER PRESENTED BY SPIRE SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT POINTS


 

1. 666-Brady Bacon


 

2. 655-Daison Pursley


 

3. 652-Logan Seavey


 

4. 643-Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

5. 617-Kyle Cummins


 

6. 606-C.J. Leary


 

7. 599-Mitchel Moles


 

8. 574-Robert Ballou


 

9. 545-Justin Grant


 

10. 476-Chase Stockon


 

11. 431-Matt Westfall


 

12. 403-Carson Garrett


 

13. 373-Jake Swanson


 

14. 354-Briggs Danner


 

15. 298-Joey Amantea


 

16. 252-Jadon Rogers


 

17. 201-Hunter Maddox


 

18. 183-Ricky Lewis


 

19. 169-Charles Davis Jr.


 

20. 147-Alex Bright


 

21. 120-Korbyn Hayslett


 

22. 112-Saban Bibent


 

23. 111-Max Adams & Kale Drake


 

25. 108-Scotty Weir


 

26. 104-Brandon Mattox


 

27. 103-Chance Crum


 

28. 102-Shane Cottle & Tom Harris


 

30. 93-Rylan Gray


 

31. 82-Steven Drevicki


 

32. 80-Kayla Roell & Stevie Sussex


 

34. 75-J.J. Hughes


 

35. 72-Matt Goodnight


 

36. 68-Tye Mihocko


 

37. 61-Anton Hernandez


 

38. 60-Trey Osborne


 

39. 56-Hayden Reinbold


 

40. 54-Carmen Perigo


 

41. 52-Nick Bilbee


 

42. 50-Brian Ruhlman


 

43. 47-Chase Johnson & J.J. Yeley


 

45. 45-Harley Burns, Todd Hobson & Kendall Ruble


 

48. 42-Timmy Buckwalter


 

49. 41-Shawn Westerfeld


 

50. 40-Ryan Barr, Logan Calderwood & Jack Hoyer


 

53. 36-Kobe Simpson


 

54. 34-Paul Dues


 

55. 33-Dustin Beck & Zach Daum


 

57. 32-Brady Short


 

58. 31-Xavier Doney


 

59. 30-Braxton Cummings, Bryce Dues & Nate Schank


 

62. 29-Gunnar Setser


 

63. 28-Frankie Guerrini


 

64. 27-Wesley Smith


 

65. 26-John Mollick


 

66. 24- Nate Ervin, J.T. Ferry & Eric Schulz


 

69. 20-Donny Brackett, Aric Gentry, Austin Hawkins, Kevin Newton & Kyle Shipley


 

74. 11-Zack Pretorius & Carson Short


 

76. 10-Collin Ambrose, Robert Bell, Colton Booten, Troy Carey, Jason Cherry, Brayden Clark, Mario Clouser, Austin Cory, Braydon Cromwell, Michael Daugherty, Aaron Davis, Dakota Earls, Max Frank, Tyler Graves, Colin Grissom, Mike Haggenbottom, Brian Heitkamp, Tyler Hewitt, Sam Hinds, Chase Howard, Steve Irwin, Jack James, Keith Sheffer II, Kody Swanson, Nathan Seale, Sam Scott, Travis Thompson, Cody Williams & Mitch Wissmiller


 


 

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BUBBY JONES MASTER OF GOING FASTER PRESENTED BY SPIRE SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT POINTS CHAMPIONS


 

2022: Brady Bacon


 

2023: C.J. Leary


 

2024: Brady Bacon

 

 

 

 

The Battleground Awaits! Two Nights & $20,000 in Sight for USAC Sprints at The Burg Oct 11-12

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Lawrenceburg, Indiana (October 9, 2024)………As if the Fall Nationals could get any better!


 

The event has doubled in size for 2024 to host not one, but two-straight nights of USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship racing this Friday-Saturday, October 11-12, at southeastern Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.


 

To say much is on the line this weekend would certainly be an understatement.


 

Not only has the USAC National Sprint Car title race hit the final four-race stretch of the season, drivers and teams will also be chasing after a grand prize of $20,000 during Saturday night’s 30-lap grand culmination.


 

Furthermore, Brady Bacon leads a trail of hopefuls aiming to claim a $10,000 bonus in the finale of the 10-race Bubby Jones Master of Goin’ Faster series presented by Spire Sports + Entertainment.


 

Additionally, Robert Ballou is staring in the face of a $10,000 bonus of his own if he can finish Saturday’s round with a podium finish to complete the NOS Energy Drink Hoosier Trifecta for 2024.


 

Time has come today. Can’t put it off another day. So, in the meantime, here’s six Fall Nationals storylines to watch for this weekend at the battleground of The Burg.


 


 

FALL NATTY HEROES


 

No less than six past Fall Nationals winners are expected to compete in this weekend’s event. Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) has captured the event twice, first in 2018 and did so again for the second time in the most recent edition in 2023.


 

Robert Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.) scored the first two Fall Nationals wins in 2007 and 2008. One-time Fall Nationals winners in the field include Chase Stockon (Fort Branch, Ind.) who claimed his very first career USAC victory in the 2012 event as well as Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon (2020) and Princeton, Indiana’s Kyle Cummins (2022).


 

Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Ala.) is the winningest driver in Fall Nationals history, having won the event a staggering three times in 2017-2019-2021.


 

On the flip side are those who’ve won USAC National Sprint Car races at Lawrenceburg but are still vying for a first career Fall Nationals win this Saturday. Among them are C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) who has won a pair of USAC National Sprint Car races at The Burg in 2017 and 2020 and was also a track champion in 2013. Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) is another won, having won twice at Lawrenceburg with the USAC Sprint Cars in 2021, and most recently, in July of 2024.  His prowess at Lawrenceburg extends to feature victories in both USAC National Sprint Car and National Midgets.


 


 

SPEAKING OF KTJ


 

Kevin Thomas Jr. has routinely displayed his mastery of Lawrenceburg Speedway in USAC National Sprint Car competition over the years.


 

His three Fall Nationals triumphs are an all-time record, and furthermore, he now stands just one win away this weekend from equaling the great Dave Darland as the winningest driver in USAC National Sprint Car history at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Darland owns seven of them while Thomas picked up his most recent this past April.


 

Both the driver and his Rock Steady Racing team have previously won the Fall Nationals (2022 with Kyle Cummins), and they’ve been solid of late, finishing inside the top-two in three of their past four USAC starts.


 


 

PURSUING A “MASTERS” DEGREE


 

A Bubby Jones Master of Goin' Faster Series Presented By Spire Sports + Entertainment champion will be crowned on Saturday night.


 

The finale of the 10-race series within a series arrives this weekend at Lawrenceburg with 2022 Master of Going Faster titlist Brady Bacon standing atop the points by a mere six-point margin over Kevin Thomas Jr. At stake is a $10,000 bonus for the champion driver plus a $2500 bonus to the crew chief champion.


 

With a maximum of 84 points up for grabs on race night (6 for the fast qualifier, 8 for each heat race winner & 70 for the feature winner), technically, seven drivers remain eligible to take home the top prize this Saturday with Daison Pursley (-27) in third followed by C.J. Leary (-29), Logan Seavey (-33), Kyle Cummins (-57) and Mitchel Moles (-81).


 

Winners of the Bubby Jones races thus far in 2024 include two-time winners Logan Seavey (Volusia & Terre Haute), Daison Pursley (Knoxville & Eldora), Kevin Thomas Jr. (Williams Grove & Tri-State) and one-timers Justin Grant (Eldora), Brady Bacon (Port Royal) and Kyle Cummins (Kokomo).


 

 

TRIPLE CROWN WATCH FOR SEAVEY


 

Logan Seavey has four races left to set a USAC National Sprint Car record and also to become just the eighth USAC career Triple Crown champion.


 

Seavey’s torrid pace throughout the spring and summer months placed him at 13 career USAC National Sprint Car wins, putting him one victory shy of Tom Bigelow’s single season record set in 1977. While Seavey has remained consistently within the top-five, his pursuit continues as he’s gone winless in his past 10 series starts.


 

Things are looking up for Seavey entering Lawrenceburg. He was victorious in his most recent USAC Silver Crown start at Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track last Sunday. Furthermore, his most recent visit to Lawrenceburg with the USAC National Sprint Cars in July also resulted in a win.


 

Seavey’s 86-point lead in the series championship race has held steady since February, and a victory (or two) at Lawrenceburg this weekend would go to further cement his championship ideals and place him squarely in the record books in multiple manners.


 


 

BALLOU TRYIN’ FOR A TRIFECTA


 

Robert Ballou will enter this Saturday’s race at Lawrenceburg as the only driver in contention to collect a $10,000 payday for the NOS Energy Drink Trifecta.


 

Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.) finished third during July’s USAC Indiana Sprint Week round at Kokomo Speedway, then took second during September’s Haubstadt Hustler at Tri-State Speedway to put him in prime position. A third-place result or better in the Trifecta finale at Lawrenceburg on Saturday would earn him a $10,000 bonus.


 

The 2015 USAC National Sprint Car champion would love to accomplish the feat in style, however, by winning the whole deal. Ballou scored wins in the first two editions of the Fall Nationals back in 2007 and 2008 when the event was sanctioned by the Midwest Sprint Car Series. His most recent USAC victory at Lawrenceburg was notched during Indiana Sprint Week in 2011.


 

One year ago at the Fall Nationals, Ballou led the initial eight laps and finished as the runner-up.


 


 

DOG DAY AFTERNOON (AND NIGHT)


 

This Friday will definitely be a “Dog Day” at The Burg.


 

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


 

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


 

As part of the event, the winner’s share will be $6,444, in recognition of the familiar No. 44 that he campaigned for several years on USAC’s Midget and Sprint Car trails as well as on the local Indiana/Ohio sprint car scene.


 

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


 


 

RACE DETAILS


 

On Friday night, October 11, it’s the inaugural Greg Staab Memorial featuring the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus Pure Stocks and Hornets. Pits open at 3pm Eastern, grandstands open at 5pm, drivers meeting at 5:30pm and hot laps at 6:30pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Advance tickets are on sale now at https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1889/tickets. General admission tickets are $25 for ages 13 & up. General admission tickets for kids age 7-12 are $5. General admission tickets for kids age 6 & under are free. Pit passes are $40 for ages 11 & up. Pit passes for ages 10 & under are $15. Backstretch/pit parking is $15.


 

On Saturday night, October 12, the 17th running of the Fall Nationals features the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, plus Modifieds. Pits open at 2pm Eastern, grandstands open at 4pm, drivers meeting at 5:15pm and hot laps at 6pm with qualifying and racing immediately following. Advance tickets are on sale now at https://www.myracepass.com/tracks/1889/tickets. General admission tickets are $35 for ages 13 & up. General admission tickets for kids age 7-12 are $5. General admission tickets for kids age 6 & under are free. Pit passes are $45 for ages 11 & up. Pit passes for ages 10 & under are $15. Backstretch/pit parking is $15.


 

The Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://www.flosports.link/usac.


 


 

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Logan Seavey-2710, 2-Brady Bacon-2624, 3-Daison Pursley-2439, 4-C.J. Leary-2412, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2402, 6-Mitchel Moles-2352, 7-Robert Ballou-2300, 8-Kyle Cummins-2222, 9-Justin Grant-2212, 10-Carson Garrett-1668.

 


 

BUBBY JONES MASTER OF GOIN’ FASTER PRESENTED BY SPIRE SPORTS + ENTERTAINMENT POINTS: 1-Brady Bacon-604, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-598, 3-Daison Pursley-577, 4-C.J. Leary-575, 5-Logan Seavey-571, 6-Kyle Cummins-547, 7-Mitchel Moles-523, 8-Robert Ballou-518, 9-Justin Grant-486, 10-Chase Stockon-410.


 

 

FALL NATIONALS WINNERS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

2007: Robert Ballou (MSCS)


 

2008: Robert Ballou (MSCS)


 

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


 

2010: Rained Out


 

2011: Levi Jones (USAC)


 

2012: Chase Stockon (USAC)


 

2013: Bryan Clauson (USAC)


 

2014: Bryan Clauson (USAC)


 

2015: Thomas Meseraull (USAC)


 

2016: Josh Hodges (USAC)


 

2017: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2018: Justin Grant (USAC)


 

2019: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2020: Brady Bacon (USAC)


 

2021: Kevin Thomas Jr. (USAC)


 

2022: Kyle Cummins (USAC)


 

2023: Justin Grant (USAC)


 


 

TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 

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


 


 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

7-Dave Darland


 

6-Justin Grant & Kevin Thomas Jr.


 

5-Jon Stanbrough


 

4-Jack Hewitt


 

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


 

2-Tony Elliott, Levi Jones, C.J. Leary, Danny Milburn, Logan Seavey & Brian Tyler


 

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

 


 

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR WINNERS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY:


 

1983: Danny Milburn (9/18)


 

1984: Rick Hood (6/9) & Danny Milburn (9/16)


 

1985: Rick Hood (6/8)


 

1986: Rick Hood (6/7)


 

1988: Jack Hewitt (6/4)


 

1989: Rodney Ritter Jr. (7/1)


 

1992: Kevin Thomas (8/8)


 

1993: Jack Hewitt (7/10)


 

1994: Jon Stanbrough (6/18)


 

1995: Jack Hewitt (7/1)


 

1996: Mark Cassella (8/31)


 

1997: Brian Tyler (7/19) & Brian Tyler (8/30)


 

1998: Kevin Doty (5/30), Dave Darland (7/18) & Dave Darland (8/29)


 

1999: Kevin Briscoe (6/5), Jack Hewitt (7/22) & Tony Elliott (8/28)


 

2000: Kevin Briscoe (7/22) & Tony Elliott (8/26)


 

2001: Dave Darland (7/26)


 

2002: Kevin Briscoe (7/25)


 

2003: J.J. Yeley (5/31), Jay Drake (6/1) & Jon Stanbrough (7/24)


 

2004: Jon Stanbrough (7/22)


 

2005: Dickie Gaines (7/21)


 

2006: Jon Stanbrough (4/22)


 

2007: Levi Jones (4/21), Jon Stanbrough (7/11) & Dave Darland (7/12)


 

2008: Jeff Bland Jr. (7/9) & Brady Short (7/10)


 

2009: Josh Wise (4/18), Dave Darland (7/10), Jerry Coons Jr. (8/22 Special Event) & Damion Gardner (10/2)


 

2010: Jerry Coons Jr. (4/17) & Dave Darland (7/9)


 

2011: Robert Ballou (7/10), Levi Jones (10/1)


 

2012: Justin Grant (7/15) & Chase Stockon (9/29)


 

2013: Kevin Thomas Jr. (4/6), Kevin Thomas Jr. (7/14) & Bryan Clauson (9/28)


 

2014: Justin Grant (4/5) & Bryan Clauson (9/27)


 

2015: Logan Jarrett (4/4), Brady Bacon (7/12) & Thomas Meseraull (10/3)


 

2016: Dave Darland (4/2), Bryan Clauson (7/10) & Josh Hodges (10/1)


 

2017: Chris Windom (4/1), C.J. Leary (7/9) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (9/30)


 

2018: Tyler Courtney (7/22) & Justin Grant (9/29)


 

2019: Justin Grant (7/21) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (10/5)


 

2020: C.J. Leary (7/26) & Brady Bacon (10/3)


 

2021: Brady Bacon (4/3), Logan Seavey (7/25) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (10/2)


 

2022: Kyle Cummins (10/1)


 

2023: Justin Grant (7/24) & Justin Grant (10/7)


 

2024: Kevin Thomas Jr. (4/13) & Logan Seavey (7/30)


 


 

FALL NATIONALS USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RESULTS AT LAWRENCEBURG SPEEDWAY


 

2007 FEATURE: 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Kevin Swindell, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Casey Shuman, 5. A.J. Anderson, 6. Shane Cottle, 7. Dakoda Armstrong, 8. Kyle Wissmiller, 9. Jeff Bland Jr., 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 11. Derek Franks, 12. Ricky Williams, 13. Brady Bacon, 14. Sammy Imel, 15. Kevin Briscoe, 16. Darren Hagen, 17. Matt Westfall, 18. Alex Shanks, 19. Kyle Cummins, 20. Joss Moffatt, 21. Jerry Coons Jr., 22. Kent Christian, 23. Brett Burdette, 24. Chris Windom.


 

2008 FEATURE: 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Daron Clayton, 5. Joss Moffatt, 6. Ricky Williams, 7. Chris Windom, 8. Damion Gardner, 9. Jeff Bland Jr., 10. J. J. Yeley, 11. Lance Grimes, 12. Logan Hupp, 13. Ryan Pace, 14. Critter Malone, 15. John Memmer, 16. Dickie Gaines, 17. Bobby Stines, 18. Kyle Cummins, 19. Kurt Gross, 20. Kevin Thomas Jr., 21. Hunter Schuerenberg, 22. Brett Burdette, 23. Kyle Robbins, 24. Josh Clemons.


 

2009 NIGHT ONE FEATURE: 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Cole Whitt, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Kyle Cummins, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 10. Scotty Weir, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Jeff Bland Jr., 13. Nic Faas, 14. Bobby East, 15. Darren Hagen, 16. Casey Riggs, 17. Brady Short, 18. Bryan Clauson, 19. Jesse Hockett, 20. Brady Bacon, 21. John Memmer, 22. Chad Boat, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Chase Stockon.


 

2009 NIGHT TWO FEATURE: 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Chad Boat, 7. Brady Bacon, 8. Brady Short, 9. Jeff Bland Jr., 10. Dave Darland, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Coleman Gulick, 13. Casey Riggs, 14. Jonathan Hendrick, 15. Ty Deckard, 16. Ricky Williams, 17. Shawn Westerfeld, 18. Blake Fitzpatrick, 19. Hud Cone, 20. Scotty Weir, 21. Jesse Hockett, 22. Hunter Schuerenberg, 23. Jerry Coons Jr., 24. Joss Moffatt.


 

2010 FEATURE: Rained Out


 

2011 FEATURE: 1. Levi Jones, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. Casey Riggs, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Ted Hines, 9. Bobby East, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Jac Haudenschild, 12. Brady Short, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Blake Fitzpatrick, 15. Damion Gardner, 16. Matt Westfall, 17. Logan Hupp, 18. Chase Stockon, 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. Brady Bacon, 21. Coleman Gulick, 22. Justin Grant, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Critter Malone. NT


 

2012 FEATURE: 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Thomas Meseraull, 7. Shane Cottle, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11. Jon Stanbrough, 12. Bobby East, 13. Logan Hupp, 14. C.J. Leary, 15. Robert Ballou, 16. Scotty Weir, 17. Brady Short, 18. Wes McIntyre, 19. Dave Darland, 20. Jonathan Hendrick, 21. Dakota Jackson, 22. Daron Clayton, 23. Coleman Gulick.


 

2013 FEATURE: 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Justin Grant, 6. Gary Taylor, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Chad Boespflug, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Shawn Westerfeld, 12. Daron Clayton, 13. Kyle Cummins, 14. Robert Ballou, 15. Jarett Andretti, 16. Aaron Farney, 17. Joss Moffatt, 18. C.J. Leary, 19. Ted Hines, 20. Scotty Weir, 21. Tyler Courtney, 22. Tracy Hines, 23. Matt Westfall.


 

2014 FEATURE: 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Chase Stockon, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Robert Ballou, 9. Chris Windom, 10. Dave Darland, 11. Jac Haudenschild, 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Daron Clayton, 15. Jarett Andretti, 16. Scotty Weir, 17. Kevin Thomas Jr., 18. Thomas Meseraull, 19. C.J. Leary, 20. Logan Jarrett, 21. Landon Simon, 22. Shane Cottle. NT


 

2015 FEATURE: 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Brady Bacon, 5. Chris Windom, 6. Kody Swanson, 7. Chase Stockon, 8. Scotty Weir, 9. Jon Stanbrough, 10. Robert Ballou, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Chad Boespflug, 13. Justin Grant, 14. Jarett Andretti, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Aaron Farney, 17. Max McGhee, 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 19. Dustin Ingle, 20. Logan Jarrett, 21. Garrett Abrams, 22. Kyle Cummins.


 

2016 FEATURE: 1. Josh Hodges, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Kyle Cummins, 5. Justin Grant, 6. Tyler Courtney, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Stevie Sussex, 9. Brady Bacon, 10. Jarett Andretti, 11. Chase Stockon, 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 13. Carson Short, 14. Bret Mellenberndt, 15. Nick Bilbee, 16. A.J. Hopkins, 17. C.J. Leary, 18. Chad Boespflug, 19. Isaac Chapple, 20. Aaron Farney, 21. Joss Moffatt, 22. Landon Simon, 23. Drew Abel. 7:21.09 (NTR)


 

2017 FEATURE: 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Robert Ballou, 5. Tyler Courtney, 6. Brady Bacon, 7. Chris Windom, 8. Josh Hodges, 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Nick Bilbee, 12. Scotty Weir, 13. Joss Moffatt, 14. Chase Stockon, 15. Kyle Robbins, 16. Isaac Chapple, 17. Garrett Abrams, 18. J.J. Hughes, 19. Tony McVey, 20. Dave Darland, 21. Aric Gentry, 22. Shawn Westerfeld, 23. Chad Boespflug. NT


 

2018 FEATURE: 1. Justin Grant (2), 2. Brady Bacon (4), 3. Tyler Courtney (7), 4. Chris Windom (18), 5. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 6. Dave Darland (1), 7. Jarett Andretti (11), 8. Chase Stockon (3), 9. Isaac Chapple (8), 10. Josh Hodges (9), 11. Dallas Hewitt (19), 12. Tyler Thomas (20), 13. Dakota Jackson (13), 14. Nick Bilbee (16), 15. Matt Westfall (14), 16. Justin Peck (15), 17. Jason McDougal (12), 18. Shane Cottle (10), 19. Dickie Gaines (17), 20. Brandon Spithaler (21), 21. C.J. Leary (6). NT


 

2019 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting position in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 2. Tyler Courtney (6), 3. Justin Grant (1), 4. C.J. Leary (3), 5. Chris Windom (8), 6. Nick Bilbee (10), 7. Brady Bacon (2), 8. Jarett Andretti (13), 9. Scotty Weir (14), 10. Chase Stockon (4), 11. Josh Hodges (7), 12. Dustin Clark (16), 13. Mario Clouser (15), 14. Isaac Chapple (17), 15. Max Adams (9), 16. Dustin Smith (11), 17. J.J. Hughes (19), 18. Tyler Kendall (21), 19. Justin Owen (18), 20. Garrett Abrams (20), 21. Kyle Cummins (12), 22. Aric Gentry (22). NT


 

2020 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (2), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9), 3. Chris Windom (1), 4. C.J. Leary (5), 5. Robert Ballou (19), 6. Kyle Cummins (11), 7. Justin Grant (3), 8. Dave Darland (18), 9. Jake Swanson (6), 10. Cole Bodine (8), 11. Scotty Weir (14), 12. Max Adams (10), 13. Shane Cottle (12), 14. Tye Mihocko (16), 15. Chase Stockon (22), 16. Carson Short (17), 17. J.J. Hughes (7), 18. Logan Seavey (15), 19. Nick Bilbee (21), 20. Mario Clouser (13), 21. Joss Moffatt (20), 22. Tyler Courtney (4) (Courtney was initially declared the winner but was repositioned to 22nd for being 15 pounds underweight in post-race tech inspection.) NT


 

2021 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3), 2. Chris Windom (8), 3. Tanner Thorson (6), 4. Brady Bacon (11), 5. Jake Swanson (10), 6. Justin Grant (14), 7. Logan Seavey (4), 8. Max Adams (9), 9. Chase Stockon (7), 10. C.J. Leary (5), 11. Thomas Meseraull (16), 12. Brandon Mattox (19), 13. Dallas Hewitt (20), 14. Saban Bibent (1), 15. Jadon Rogers (15), 16. Ryan Thomas (12), 17. Emerson Axsom (2), 18. Justin Owen (18), 19. Shane Cottle (22), 20. Robert Ballou (13), 21. J.J. Hughes (17), 22. Jason McDougal (21). NT


 

2022 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (2), 2. Logan Seavey (1), 3. Justin Grant (4), 4. Mitchel Moles (10), 5. Brady Bacon (11), 6. Anton Hernandez (3), 7. Thomas Meseraull (5), 8. Chase Stockon (8), 9. Robert Ballou (12), 10. Max Adams (14), 11. Emerson Axsom (7), 12. C.J. Leary (6), 13. Jake Swanson (18), 14. Jadon Rogers (19), 15. Matt Westfall (16), 16. Keith Sheffer II (21), 17. Brandon Mattox (22), 18. Kevin Thomas Jr. (15), 19. Jason McDougal (9), 20. Saban Bibent (13), 21. Tripp Gerrald (20), 22. J.J. Hughes (17). NT


 

2023 FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (7), 2. Robert Ballou (1), 3. Jake Swanson (3), 4. Logan Seavey (5), 5. Jadon Rogers (12), 6. C.J. Leary (6), 7. Briggs Danner (8), 8. Mitchel Moles (15), 9. Emerson Axsom (14), 10. Kyle Cummins (21), 11. Nick Bilbee (20), 12. Carson Garrett (11), 13. Chase Stockon (18), 14. Sterling Cling (16), 15. Daison Pursley (19), 16. Garrett Abrams (17), 17. Max Adams (2), 18. Thomas Meseraull (4), 19. Brady Bacon (10), 20. Saban Bibent (13), 21. Nathan Carle (22), 22. Chance Crum (9). NT

 

2025 USAC Sprint Season Launches with 6 Florida Races in February

Josh James

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Speedway, Indiana (October 8, 2024)………For the 16th consecutive season, the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship campaign will launch in the state of Florida during the month of February.


 

In 2025, USAC National Sprint Cars’ trip to Florida will feature six events across six consecutive nights – the first two at Barberville, Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park and the final four at Ocala Speedway, culminating in a point fund of at least $10,000.


 

Leading off the 2025 season is a practice for all teams at Ocala Speedway early on Sunday, February 9. The first race of the 16th annual edition of Winter Dirt Games arrives at Volusia Speedway Park as part of the DIRTcar Nationals on Monday-Tuesday, February 10-11, at the 1/2-mile dirt oval.  The first night of racing in Volusia on Monday will pay $6,000-to-win while Tuesday night’s round will pay $10,000-to-win.


 

USAC National Sprint Car action then moves west to Ocala Speedway on Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday night, February 12-13-14-15, for four consecutive nights of racing on the 3/8-mile D-shaped dirt track. Wednesday and Thursday’s events will both pay $6,000-to-win. Friday’s round will reward the winner with $7,500 while the victor of Saturday’s finale will earn $10,000-to-win.


 

All six races in Florida will offer full points toward the 2025 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship. Additionally, a point fund will be up for grabs with $5,000 going to the driver gaining the most points throughout the six-race series. A sum of $2,000 will go to the runner-up, $1,500 to third, $1,000 to fourth and $500 to fifth.


 

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


 

Thirty-seven previous USAC National Sprint Car events have been held at Ocala Speedway since 2011.  Justin Grant won three features and C.J. Leary one across the four nights of action back in February of 2024 in Ocala. Meanwhile, Logan Seavey swept both ends at Volusia in February of 2024.


 

Grant is the all-time winningest USAC National Sprint Car driver in the state of Florida with seven victories, all of which have come at Ocala Speedway.


 

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


 


 

2025 WINTER DIRT GAMES SCHEDULE:


 

Sunday, February 9: Ocala Speedway | Ocala, Florida (Practice Only)


 

Monday, February 10: Volusia Speedway Park | Barberville, Florida ($6,000-to-win)


 

Tuesday, February 11: Volusia Speedway Park | Barberville, Florida ($10,000-to-win)


 

Wednesday, February 12: Ocala Speedway | Ocala, Florida ($6,000-to-win)


 

Thursday, February 13: Ocala Speedway | Ocala, Florida ($6,000-to-win)


 

Friday, February 14: Ocala Speedway | Ocala, Florida ($7,500-to-win)


 

Saturday, February 15: Ocala Speedway | Ocala, Florida ($10,000-to-win)


 


 

2025 WINTER DIRT GAMES POINT FUND:


 

1st: $5,000


 

2nd: $2,000


 

3rd: $1,500


 

4th: $1,000


 

5th: $500

 

 

Al Kamel Systems Launches Al Kamel North America, USAC Named First Customer

 

 

Speedway, Indiana (October 7, 2024)………As a leader in motorsport timing and innovative technologies, Al Kamel North America is establishing a brand new presence with its new headquarters in Speedway, Indiana, just steps away from the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.


 

A new partnership with the United States Auto Club will bring state-of-the-art technology and services to elevate several USAC championships. Al Kamel Systems currently provides services to important American championships and circuits, including IMSA, Circuit of the Americas and Ferrari Challenge North America.


 

According to Jose Luis García, CEO of Al Kamel Systems: "Our company has always aimed to expand into the American market, but in recent months, we've gained the momentum that has motivated us to establish a physical presence there. Our existing agreement with IMSA, coupled with our recent partnership with COTA, sparked increased interest from American clients. However, the final decision to enter the U.S. market was driven by a new agreement with USAC to provide services for several of their championships, as well as interest from various permanent circuits."


 

The primary goal of Al Kamel Systems is to bring their high level of technological innovation and excellence, which they are known for globally, to a market that is distinguished by its constant pursuit of cutting-edge advancements in the world of sports. Al Kamel is committed to enhancing the American motorsport landscape with their state-of-the-art solutions and unrivaled expertise.


 

Al Kamel North America will operate autonomously while benefiting from the support and synergies of Al Kamel Systems. In addition to the Indianapolis office, the new location will feature a fully equipped remote services facility offering timing, TV graphics, track limits management, Race Control solutions and more. The availability of local offices, storage, materials, and staff will position Al Kamel Systems as a more competitive player in the American market, facilitating brand growth and the expansion of its current services.


 

Al Kamel Systems is renowned for providing services to some of the world's most prestigious international championships, including FIA Formula E, FIA WEC, 24 Hours of Le Mans, IMSA, European Le Mans Series, Extreme E / Extreme H, E1 Series, Asian Le Mans Series, Ferrari Challenge, Porsche Cup, EuroCup3, and Peter Auto. The company also supports iconic circuits such as Paul Ricard Circuit, Barcelona Circuit, Losail Circuit, Motorland, Estoril Circuit, Jerez Circuit, Sokol Circuit, Circuit of the Americas, Navarra Circuit, and Monza Circuit.

Boys of Sumar! USAC Silver Crown Goes 100 Laps Sunday at Terre Haute

David Nearpass

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Terre Haute, Indiana (October 3, 2024)………Iconic race cars and an iconic American dirt track are the setting for the final dirt race of the USAC Silver Crown National Championship season this Sunday, October 6, at western Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track for the 20th running of the Sumar Classic.


 

Twenty-nine competitors, ranging from the wise and experienced veterans to the brash and bold upstarts encompass the field who are vying for the glory of becoming a champ car winner at the hallowed grounds of Terre Haute.


 

The Sumar Classic began in 1995, and the anticipation for this Sunday’s event is at a fever pitch for the 100-lap, 50-miler named after the wives of Terre Haute businessmen and Sumar Special car owners Chapman Root and Don Smith (Sue and Mary).


 

Now, it’s time to meet the storylines of what you’re just about to witness on what looks to be a beautiful Autumn Sunday – a beautiful day for a motor car race any way you slice it.


 


 

THREE-PEAT IN PLAY FOR GRANT


 

Justin Grant’s two-race winning streak at the Sumar Classic spans across multiple generations! Well, not quite, but it sure seems like it.


 

Grant’s first Sumar Classic triumph came in 2018 and his second arrived in 2022. In that six-year span, only those two races have been run due to a series of rainouts and COVID-outs.


 

Both of Grant’s Sumar Classic wins came in dramatic fashion. He endured a duel with Kody Swanson before leading the final 17 laps to prevail in 2018. In 2022, he defeated Jerry Coons Jr. on a restart with four laps remaining to score once more.


 

No driver has won the Sumar Classic three times in a row, let alone three times overall. Grant, who has already won twice on the dirt with the series this year, takes his shot this Sunday.

 


 

A TRIO OF PAST SUMAR WINNER


 

Three past Sumar Classic winners are among the bunch in this Sunday’s field with Justin Grant, C.J. Leary and Kody Swanson in the lineup. They’re among the group of 14 different race winners in the past 16 runnings of the event dating back to 1999.


 

Grant (Ione, Calif.) broke the string of consecutive different Sumar Classic champions by becoming the first repeat winner in the history of the event in 2022. He’s now one of three two-time Sumar winners alongside Donnie Beechler (1995 & 1997) and Tony Elliott (1998 & 2002) and will now attempt to become the first three-time victor. Grant, the 2020 Silver Crown champion, has made five career starts in the event, winning his first one in 2018.


 

C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) made the winning move to capture his first career Silver Crown victory during the 2016 Sumar Classic and has finished inside the top-ten in all five of his Sumar Classic starts with a pair of runners-up in 2015 and 2017, plus a 5th in 2018. In 2022, he led the first 45 laps before a flat tire relegated him to a 10th place result.


 

Point leader Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.) goes for a second career Sumar Classic triumph after capturing his first dirt 1/2-mile victory with the series back in 2014. The seven-time series champion has finished inside the top-10 in all eight of his Sumar starts, taking 7th in 2022 after starting from the pole position following previous top-flight runs of 2nd in 2018 and a pair of 3rds in 2016-2017.


 


 

A FIRST-TIMER STREAK ON THE DIRT HALVES


 

Wildly enough, every single half-mile dirt oval race during the 2024 USAC Silver Crown season has featured a first-time series winner.


 

Kaylee Bryson (Belleville), Daison Pursley (Port Royal), Kevin Thomas Jr. (Salt City) and Mitchel Moles (Eldora) have all scored first career USAC Silver Crown wins this season, all on dirt 1/2-miles.


 

Over the years, five drivers have won their first career USAC Silver Crown race during the Sumar Classic: Sunday’s grand marshal Donnie Beechler (1995), Kevin Thomas (1996), Tony Elliott (1998), Josh Wise (2005) and C.J. Leary (2016).

 


 

TRANSLATING THE SUCCESS


 

All of these individuals who’ve made previous starts in the Sumar Classic – Brady Bacon, Logan Seavey and Chase Stockon – have all tasted the sweetness of a Terre Haute Action Track victory in USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car competition and remain on the prowl for a first Sumar score.


 

At the Sumar, Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) has made five starts, finishing a best of 3rd in 2022 after starting all the way back in the 16th spot. Stockon’s most recent, and only, Sumar start came in 2015, finishing 11th. Meanwhile, USAC Silver Crown racing’s championship runner-up in 2021-22, Seavey (Sutter, Calif.), made a successful Sumar Classic debut run in 2022, finishing 4th.


 

All three have been strong in USAC Silver Crown competition this year, but Sunday’s Terre Haute race presents their final opportunity to win one in 2024.

 


 

THE ROOKIE RACE


 

The majority of this weekend’s field belongs to Sumar Classic first-timers. Among them are Silver Crown Rookies and race winners Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) and Mitchel Moles (Raisin City, Calif.).


 

In fact, much of the year has belonged to seeing new faces in Silver Crown victory lane. Of the seven drivers to win a Silver Crown race in 2024, four of them are first-time winners, begging the question of ‘who could be next?’


 

Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pa.) is coming off consecutive 3rd place finishes at Du Quoin and Eldora. Leading 2024 USAC Silver Crown Rookie Trey Osborne (Columbus, Ohio) has finished on the podium this year and looks to contend with the likes of Pennsylvania winged sprint car regular Chase Dietz (York, Pa.) who has finished a best of 2nd in his USAC Silver Crown career on the 1/2-mile at Port Royal as well as the always fast Mario Clouser (Auburn, Ill.).


 

As far as the USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year race goes, Osborne leads Nathan Moore (Kaufman, Texas) by 53 markers with two races remaining.


 


 

BATEMAN FOREVER


 

Sunday also presents one final hurrah for the Bateman Racing team. Forty-two years since their 1982 series debut with the series, the team will make its last USAC Silver Crown appearance.


 

Jerry Coons Jr. (Tucson, Ariz.), the 2008 series champion, will drive the familiar number 55, led by Patty Bateman and crew.


 

Terre Haute hits close to home for Coons and Bateman. In 2022, it’s where the team came closest to victory, leading with four laps to go before being passed for the win on the final restart. Despite the heartbreak, the runner-up finish was the best in Bateman Racing history.


 

In three starts this season, Coons has driven the Bateman car to 6th at Belleville, a 4th at Springfield and another 4th at Du Quoin. On Sunday, they eye a first ever Bateman Racing Silver Crown win in their 83rd career start.

 


 

RACE DETAILS:


 

The 20th running of the Sumar Classic features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship this Sunday night, October 6, at the Terre Haute Action Track’s 1/2-mile dirt track in Terre Haute, Indiana.


 

Pits open at 2pm Eastern, grandstands open at 4pm and practice is set to begin at 5pm followed immediately by qualifications and racing.


 

Advance general admission tickets are on sale now at www.usactickets.com. Advance grandstand tickets are $20 for ages 13 and up while kids age 12 and under are free. Infield tickets are just $10 for ages 13 & up while kids age 12 and under are free. On the day of the race, the price is $5 higher for all tickets for ages 13 & up.


 

Sunday’s Sumar Classic can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac.


 


 

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USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kody Swanson-742, 2-Justin Grant-715, 3-Logan Seavey-651, 4-C.J. Leary-574, 5-Kyle Steffens-471, 6-Kaylee Bryson-411, 7-Trey Osborne-395, 8-Gregg Cory-384, 9-Bobby Santos-366, 10-Nathan Moore-342.


 


 

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SUMAR CLASSIC ENTRY LIST: (29 DRIVERS & CARS)


 

01 MARK SMITH/Sunbury, PA (L & M Motorsports)


 

6 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Klatt Enterprises)


 

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


 

10 (R) BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)


 

15 CHRIS FETTER/Troy, MO (Chris Fetter)


 

18 KENNY GENTRY/Henderson, KY (Kenny Gentry)


 

21 (R) DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (Team AZ Racing/Curb-Agajanian)


 

22 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)


 

24 MATT GOODNIGHT/Winchester, IN (John Haggenbottom)


 

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)


 

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


 

48 (R) NATHAN MOORE/Kaufman, TX (Chip Thomas-Joe Moore)


 

49 BRIAN RUHLMAN/Clarklake, MI (Brian Ruhlman)


 

52 CARMEN PERIGO/Stoystown, PA (John Stehman)


 

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


 

55 JERRY COONS JR./Tucson, AZ (Bateman Racing)


 

60 MARIO CLOUSER/Auburn, IL (Legacy Autosport-Robert Wilson Racing)


 

66 SHANE COTTLE/Kansas, IL (Bill Rose Racing)


 

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


 

77 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Doran-Binks Racing)


 

81 (R) TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (BCR Group)


 

86 (R) CHASE DIETZ/York, PA (Bruce Lee)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

99 (R) KEVIN NEWTON/Farmersburg, IN (Armstrong Racing)


 

118 JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Wingo Brothers Racing)


 

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


 

777 (R) DAVE PEPERAK/Clinton, IN (Dave Peperak Motorsports)


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year contender


 


 

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USAC SILVER CROWN WINNERS AT THE TERRE HAUTE ACTION TRACK:


 

1980: Gary Bettenhausen (11/2)


 

1995: Donnie Beechler (7/7)


 

1996: Kevin Thomas (7/5)


 

1997: Donnie Beechler (7/4)


 

1998: Tony Elliott (7/3)


 

1999: Jack Hewitt (9/17)


 

2002: Tony Elliott (6/1)


 

2003: J.J. Yeley (6/14)


 

2004: Brian Tyler (6/5)


 

2005: Josh Wise (6/4)


 

2006: Bud Kaeding (8/5)


 

2008: Dave Darland (7/23)


 

2010: Levi Jones (10/9)


 

2012: Bobby East (10/13)


 

2014: Kody Swanson (4/6)


 

2015: Shane Cockrum (7/2)


 

2016: C.J. Leary (4/3)


 

2017: Chris Windom (4/2)


 

2018: Justin Grant (4/29)


 

2022: Justin Grant (5/1)


 


 

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USAC SILVER CROWN WINS AT THE TERRE HAUTE ACTION TRACK:


 

2-Donnie Beechler, Tony Elliott & Justin Grant


 

1-Gary Bettenhausen, Shane Cockrum, Dave Darland, Bobby East, Jack Hewitt, Levi Jones, Bud Kaeding, C.J. Leary, Kody Swanson, Kevin Thomas, Brian Tyler, Chris Windom, Josh Wise & J.J. Yeley


 


 

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TRACK RECORDS FOR USAC SILVER CROWN AT THE TERRE HAUTE ACTION TRACK:


 

1 Lap - 6/4/2005 - Josh Wise - 20.139 - 89.379 mph


 

10 Laps - 7/3/1998 - Derek Davidson - 3:40.40 - 81.670 mph


 

15 Laps - 6/5/2004 - Cary Faas - 5:47.78 - 77.635 mph


 

100 Laps - 4/3/2016 - C.J. Leary - 44:20.125 - 67.666 mph


 


 

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PAST SUMAR CLASSIC RESULTS:


 

1980 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Gary Bettenhausen (2), 2. Johnny Parsons (11), 3. Ken Schrader (1), 4. Larry Dickson (12), 5. Pancho Carter (6), 6. Rich Vogler (20), 7. Larry Rice (14), 8. Sheldon Kinser (9), 9. Jim McElreath (5), 10. Tom Bigelow (3), 11. Steve Cannon (15), 12. Steve Chassey (7), 13. Jerry Weeks (22), 14. Larry Gates (18), 15. Billy Engelhart (17), 16. Joe Saldana (8), 17. Eddie Leavitt (13), 18. Steve Kinser (4), 19. Chris Cumberworth (19), 20. Bobby Olivero (10), 21. Paul Pitzer (16), 22. Kramer Williamson (21). 50:37.20


 

1995 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Donnie Beechler (15), 2. Jack Hewitt (17), 3. Jimmy Sills (6), 4. Rocky Hodges (19), 5. Kenny Irwin Jr. (24), 6. Tony Stewart (3), 7. Richard Griffin (14), 8. Chuck Gurney (4), 9. Robby Flock (1), 10. Cary Faas (20), 11. Eric Gordon (10), 12. Brian Hayden (23), 13. Jack Runyon (9), 14. Dave Darland (16), 15. Lee Dunn (21), 16. Kevin Thomas (2), 17. Jon Stanbrough (11), 18. Brad Noffsinger (8), 19. Tony Elliott (5), 20. Ron Shuman (18), 21. Kevin Doty (13), 22. Mark Cassella (12), 23. Johnny Parsons (22), 24. Dan Drinan (7). 50:41.55


 

1996 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kevin Thomas (12), 2. Jimmy Sills (11), 3. Tony Stewart (7), 4. Tony Elliott (8), 5. Cory Kruseman (3), 6. Chuck Gurney (13), 7. Dave Darland (17), 8. Kevin Doty (15), 9. Jon Stanbrough (23), 10. Jim Keeker (24), 11. Richard Griffin (21), 12. Brad Marvel (19), 13. Kenny Irwin Jr. (2), 14. Johnny Parsons (18), 15. Rip Williams (22), 16. Kenny Jacobs (6), 17. Mark Cassella (14), 18. Jack Hewitt (16), 19. Donnie Beechler (1), 20. John Heydenreich (20), 21. Bill Rose (9), 22. Cary Faas (3), 23. Bill Baue (4), 24. Robby Flock (10). NT


 

1997 FEATURE (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Donnie Beechler (1), 2. Kevin Thomas (9), 3. Jimmy Sills (3), 4. Dave Darland (17), 5. Russ Gamester (13), 6. Brian Tyler (24), 7. Robby Flock (12), 8. Brian Gerster (4), 9. Derek Davidson (21), 10. Wally Pankratz (7), 11. Brian Hayden (11), 12. Tony Elliott (18), 13. Chuck Leary (15), 14. Tony Stewart (8), 15. Tim Clark (6), 16. Ryan Newman (23), 17. Jack Hewitt (19), 18. Jason Leffler (14), 19. Terry Pletch (10), 20. Cary Faas (2), 21. Jimmy Kite (5), 22. J.J. Yeley (16), 23. Chuck Gurney (20), 24. Johnny Parsons (22). NT


 

1998 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tony Elliott (2), 2. J.J. Yeley (3), 3. Brian Tyler (5), 4. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (4), 5. Todd Kane (11), 6. Ryan Newman (18), 7. Wally Pankratz (10), 8. Kevin Doty (14), 9. Robby Flock (7), 10. Jerry Coons Jr. (20), 11. Derek Davidson (15), 12. Jason Leffler (12), 13. Dave Darland (9), 14. Lou Cicconi Jr. (21), 15. Kenneth Nichols (24), 16. Tracy Hines (6), 17. Jimmy Sills (16), 18. Jack Hewitt (1), 19. Eric Gordon (19), 20. Bill Rose (23), 21. Kevin Thomas (22), 22. Russ Gamester (8), 23. Donnie Beechler (13), 24. Aaron Mosley (17). NT


 

1999 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jack Hewitt (3), 2. Dave Darland (7), 3. Jimmy Sills (9), 4. Greg Wilson (23), 5. Brad Noffsinger (1), 6. Tony Elliott (4), 7. Todd Kane (15), 8. Ryan Newman (21), 9. Brad Fox (20), 10. Jay Drake (13), 11. Tracy Hines (8), 12. Dave Steele (12), 13. Paul White (22), 14. Cory Kruseman (10), 15. Eric Gordon (16), 16. Craig Dori (25), 17. Brian Tyler (17), 18. Tom Capie (24), 19. Russ Gamester (5), 20. Dane Carter (26), 21. J.J. Yeley (2), 22. Jason Leffler (19), 23. Bill Rose (14), 24. Donnie Beechler (6), 25. Rick Treadway (11), 26. Johnny Parsons (18). 55:58.18


 

2002 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tony Elliott (14), 2. J.J. Yeley (4), 3. Tracy Hines (3), 4. Kevin Huntley (18), 5. Matt Westfall (17), 6. Rich Tobias Jr. (11), 7. John Starks (21), 8. Gary Hieber (19), 9. Jason McCord (6), 10. Jonathan Vennard (13), 11. Jerry Coons Jr. (2), 12. Randy Bateman (20), 13. Dave Darland (9), 14. John Heydenreich (16), 15. Dave Steele (12), 16. Derek Davidson (1), 17. Russ Gamester (15), 18. Kyle Steffens (5), 19. Dane Carter (22), 20. Jay Drake (10), 21. Nick Lundgreen (8), 22. Jack Hewitt (24), 23. Paul White (25), 24. Aaron Fike (7), 25. Jim Mills (23), 26. Jason Leffler (26). NT


 

2003 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. J.J. Yeley (3), 2. Kevin Huntley (2), 3. Dave Darland (6), 4. Paul White (16), 5. Matt Westfall (19), 6. Dave Steele (18), 7. Brian Tyler (15), 8. Levi Jones (9), 9. Jason McCord (17), 10. Rich Tobias Jr. (7), 11. Tyler Walker (14), 12. Teddy Beach (10), 13. Eric Gordon (5), 14. Jerry Nemire (22), 15. Jay Drake (1), 16. David Bridges (26), 17. Tracy Hines (4), 18. Jerry Coons Jr. (8), 19. Jonathan Vennard (12), 20. Daryl Campbell (24), 21. Craig Dori (23), 22. John Heydenreich (13), 23. Nick Lundgreen (21), 24. Brad Noffsinger (11), 25. Russ Gamester (20), 26. Tony Elliott (25). NT


 

2004 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brian Tyler (22), 2. Levi Jones (1), 3. Dave Darland (3), 4. Cory Kruseman (23), 5. Bud Kaeding (4), 6. Donnie Beechler (12), 7. Dave Steele (20), 8. Tony Elliott (10), 9. Jon Stanbrough (2), 10. Jay Drake (16), 11. John Heydenreich (25), 12. Rob Chaney (11), 13. Shane Hollingsworth (19), 14. Russ Gamester (9), 15. Boston Reid (15), 16. Tom Capie (26), 17. Wayne Reutimann Jr. (28), 18. Jim Moughan (27), 19. Paul White (17), 20. Aaron Fike (5), 21. Jason McCord (24), 22. Aaron Pierce (7), 23. Matt Westfall (6), 24. Tracy Hines (8), 25. Rich Tobias Jr. (13), 26. Kyle Wissmiller (29), 27. Teddy Beach (14), 28. Kevin Huntley (18), 29. Cary Faas (21). NT


 

2005 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Josh Wise (1), 2. Brian Tyler (20), 3. Dave Darland (2), 4. Jon Stanbrough (7), 5. Jesse Hockett (3), 6. Levi Jones (8), 7. Bud Kaeding (9), 8. Kevin Huntley (15), 9. Aaron Pierce (10), 10. Jerry Coons Jr. (4), 11. Jay Drake (5), 12. Tom Capie (25), 13. Teddy Beach (19), 14. Russ Gamester (24), 15. Nick Lundgreen (13), 16. Wayne Reutimann Jr. (27), 17. Paul White (17), 18. John Heydenreich (14), 19. Rich Tobias Jr. (16), 20. Matt Westfall (23), 21. Dave Steele (21), 22. Tom Hessert III (12), 23. Jason McCord (6), 24. Shane Hollingsworth (18), 25. Mat Neely (22), 26. Tony Elliott (11), 27. Kyle Steffens (26). NT


 

2006 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bud Kaeding (2), 2. Shane Cottle (3), 3. Levi Jones (11), 4. Dickie Gaines (9), 5. Tom Capie (26), 6. Chris Urish (23), 7. Jay Drake (14), 8. Cole Carter (24), 9. Justin Allgaier (19), 10. Shane Hollingsworth (10), 11. Aaron Pierce (17), 12. Wayne Reutimann Jr. (25), 13. Mat Neely (5), 14. Ron Gregory (6), 15. Jon Stanbrough (13), 16. Russ Gamester (15), 17. Jerry Coons Jr. (4), 18. John Heydenreich (1), 19. Dave Darland (8), 20. Mitch Wissmiller (22), 21. Josh Wise (7), 22. Donnie Beechler (12), 23. Brian Tyler (16), 24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (20), 25. Jeff Swindell (21), 26. Steve Buckwalter (18). NT


 

2008 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Dave Darland (1), 2. Jerry Coons Jr. (3), 3. Shane Cottle (11), 4. Brian Tyler (13), 5. Mat Neely (17), 6. Levi Jones (6), 7. Jesse Hockett (15), 8. Tom Capie (21), 9. Chris Urish (20), 10. Patrick Bruns (22), 11. Russ Gamester (19), 12. Craig Dori (18), 13. Kevin Huntley (16), 14. Shane Hollingsworth (5), 15. Rex Norris III (23), 16. Bud Kaeding (10), 17. Darren Hagen (14), 18. Jon Stanbrough (4), 19. Tyler Walker (8), 20. Cole Whitt (12), 21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (7), 22. Tracy Hines (2), 23. Chris Windom (9). NT


 

2010 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Levi Jones (2), 2. Bryan Clauson (5), 3. Shane Cottle (19), 4. Terry Babb (18), 5. Kody Swanson (24), 6. Shane Hollingsworth (10), 7. Bobby East (6), 8. Tom Capie (9), 9. Jeff Swindell (13), 10. Dave Darland (3), 11. A.J. Fike (12), 12. Kellen Conover (28), 13. Tanner Swanson (21), 14. Todd Kane (20), 15. Bud Kaeding (4), 16. Jon Stanbrough (1), 17. Brian Tyler (7), 18. Russ Gamester (25), 19. Tracy Hines (11), 20. Zach Daum (16), 21. Matt Westfall (14), 22. John Heydenreich (15), 23. Mike Hess (23), 24. Jerry Coons Jr. (8), 25. Justin Carver (17), 26. Derek Hagar (22), 27. Randy Bateman (26), 28. Donnie Beechler (27). NT


 

2012 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Bobby East (2), 2. Jerry Coons Jr. (5), 3. Russ Gamester (11), 4. Bud Kaeding (7), 5. Tracy Hines (4), 6. Bryan Clauson (1), 7. Brian Tyler (9), 8. Robert Ballou (3), 9. Kody Swanson (6), 10. Tanner Swanson (13), 11. Rich Tobias Jr. (12), 12. Dave Darland (10), 13. Shane Hollingsworth (8), 14. Shane Cottle (14). NT


 

2014 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (2), 2. Tracy Hines (1), 3. Jerry Coons Jr. (6), 4. Bobby East (3), 5. Zach Daum (10), 6. Shane Cockrum (4), 7. Dave Darland (9), 8. A.J. Fike (12), 9. John Hunt (17), 10. Joe Liguori (13), 11. Jacob Wilson (14), 12. Patrick Lawson (20), 13. Chris Windom (5), 14. Aaron Pierce (7), 15. Caleb Armstrong (8), 16. Christopher Bell (11), 17. Davey Ray (15), 18. Dakota Jackson (16), 19. Taylor Ferns (18), 20. Jake Simmons (21), 21. Jarett Andretti (19). NT


 

2015 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Shane Cockrum (2), 2. C.J. Leary (5), 3. Jerry Coons Jr. (4), 4. Shane Cottle (6), 5. Brady Bacon (3), 6. Justin Grant (7), 7. Kody Swanson (1), 8. Chris Windom (10), 9. Tracy Hines (11), 10. Kevin Thomas Jr. (9), 11. Chase Stockon (18), 12. Tyler Courtney (15), 13. A.J. Fike (13), 14. Jacob Wilson (17), 15. Patrick Lawson (20), 16. Terry James (21), 17. Rex Norris III (19), 18. Dave Darland (22), 19. Joey Moughan (16), 20. Aaron Pierce (12), 21. Russ Gamester (14), 22. Kent Wolters (23), 23. Austin Nemire (24), 24. Steve Buckwalter (8). NT


 

2016 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. C.J. Leary (2), 2. Justin Grant (1), 3. Kody Swanson (4), 4. Brady Bacon (6), 5. Chris Windom (5), 6. Shane Cottle (7), 7. Shane Cockrum (9), 8. Bryan Clauson (14), 9. Jerry Coons Jr. (3), 10. Dave Darland (8), 11. Robert Ballou (13), 12. Casey Shuman (16), 13. David Byrne (15), 14. Billy Puterbaugh Jr. (11), 15. Neil Shepherd (20), 16. Terry James (17), 17. Austin Nemire (19), 18. Terry Babb (12), 19. Steve Buckwalter (10), 20. J.C. Bland (18). 44:20.125 (New Track Record)


 

2017 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chris Windom (9), 2. C.J. Leary (5), 3. Kody Swanson (1), 4. Hunter Schuerenberg (11), 5. Jerry Coons Jr. (16), 6. Brady Bacon (6), 7. Dave Darland (20), 8. Damion Gardner (19), 9. Dakota Jackson (13), 10. Joss Moffatt (22), 11. Johnny Petrozelle (12), 12. Joe Liguori (14), 13. Patrick Bruns (15), 14. David Byrne (3), 15. Austin Nemire (23), 16. Bill Rose (21), 17. Steve Buckwalter (10), 18. Shane Cockrum (4), 19. Mark Smith (17), 20. Aaron Pierce (8), 21. Shane Cottle (18), 22. Justin Grant (7), 23. J.C. Bland (24), 24. Casey Shuman (2). 49:16.103


 

2018 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (3), 2. Kody Swanson (18), 3. Tyler Courtney (1), 4. Chris Windom (13), 5. C.J. Leary (4), 6. Shane Cockrum (7), 7. Jerry Coons Jr. (2), 8. Joe Liguori (21), 9. Johnny Petrozelle (12), 10. Neil Shepherd (23), 11. Mike Haggenbottom (24), 12. Austin Nemire (25), 13. Kyle Robbins (19), 14. Shane Cottle (8), 15. Jacob Wilson (10), 16. Casey Shuman (11), 17. Steve Buckwalter (20), 18. Aaron Pierce (6), 19. Travis Welpott (14), 20. David Byrne (17), 21. Joss Moffatt (16), 22. Matt Goodnight (22), 23. Coleman Gulick (9), 24. Austin Mundie (15), 25. Brady Bacon (5). NT


 

2022 FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (3), 2. Jerry Coons Jr. (12), 3. Brady Bacon (16), 4. Logan Seavey (5), 5. Emerson Axsom (13), 6. Bill Rose (17), 7. Kody Swanson (1), 8. Carmen Perigo (10), 9. Terry Babb (22), 10. C.J. Leary (2), 11. Dallas Hewitt (15), 12. Brian Ruhlman (19), 13. Austin Nemire (18), 14. Travis Welpott (24), 15. Kyle Robbins (4), 16. Shane Cottle (11), 17. Casey Buckman (23), 18. Buddy Kofoid (8), 19. Kyle Steffens (20), 20. Jason McDougal (14), 21. Shane Cockrum (9), 22. Brian Tyler (26-P), 23. Matt Westfall (7), 24. Jake Swanson (6), 25. Tommy Nichols (25), 26. Davey Ray (21), 27. Eric Gordon (27). NT

 

28 Entries for Sunday’s USAC Silver Crown Sumar Classic at Terre Haute

(David Nearpass Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media


 

Terre Haute, Indiana (October 1, 2024)………Twenty-eight USAC Silver Crown entries are set for this Sunday’s 20th running of the 100-lap Sumar Classic on October 6 at western Indiana’s Terre Haute Action Track.


 


 

The event at the 1/2-mile dirt oval features three past winners: series point leader Kody Swanson (2014), C.J. Leary (2016) and two-time victor Justin Grant (2018 & 2022).


 

They’re among the 13 Sumar Classic veterans in the field along with first-time winning hopefuls and past runner-up Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Arizona (2nd in 2008-12-22).  Fellow top-five Sumar Classic finishers in this weekend’s lineup include Broken Arrow, Oklahoma’s Brady Bacon (3rd in 2022), Sutter, California’s Logan Seavey (4th in 2022) and Pleasant Hill, Ohio’s Matt Westfall (5th in 2002-03).


 

Like Coons, Bacon and Seavey before, Fort Branch, Indiana’s Chase Stockon (11th in 2015) is among the group of Terre Haute USAC National Sprint Car winners vying for a first career Terre Haute USAC Silver Crown tri

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Meanwhile, Stoystown, Pennsylvania’s Carmen Perigo (8th in 2022), Sunbury, Pennsylvania’s Mark Smith (19th in 2017) and Winchester, Indiana’s Matt Goodnight (22nd in 2018) return to the Sumar Classic field.


 

Meanwhile, two drivers who’ve spent a large portion of their careers with fenders in late models and modifieds are making their return to the Sumar Classic in open wheel machinery: St. Charles, Missouri’s Kyle Steffens (18th in 2002) and Clarklake, Michigan’s Brian Ruhlman (12th in 2022).


 

However, the majority of this weekend’s field belongs to Sumar Classic first-timers. Three of them own USAC national feature wins on their resume: Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.), plus Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pa.) and Mitchel Moles (Raisin City, Calif.). Pursley (Port Royal) and Moles (Eldora) have each won their first career USAC Silver Crown races in 2024 on dirt half-miles. Danner is coming off a 3rd place finish at Eldora.


 

Leading 2024 USAC Silver Crown Rookie Trey Osborne (Columbus, Ohio) looks to make his first Sumar Classic main event start along with fellow Silver Crown Rookies Nathan Moore (Kaufman, Texas), Chase Dietz (York, Pa.), Aric Gentry (Robards, Ky.) and Dave Peperak (Clinton, Ind.), a former USAC National Sprint Car track record holder at Terre Haute.


 

Veterans of the Silver Crown ranks making their first visit to the Sumar Classic include Mario Clouser (Auburn, Ill.), Chris Fetter (Troy, Mo.), Dave Berkheimer (Mechanicsburg, Pa.), Gregg Cory (Shelbyville, Ind.), Kenny Gentry (Henderson, Ky.), Jimmy Light (West Springfield, Pa.) and Kevin Newton (Farmersburg, Ind.), whose one and only career USAC Silver Crown start came during the 2003 Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 21 years ago.


 


 

RACE DETAILS:


 

The 20th running of the Sumar Classic features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship this Sunday night, October 6, at the Terre Haute Action Track’s 1/2-mile dirt track in Terre Haute, Indiana.


 

Pits open at 2pm Eastern, grandstands open at 4pm and practice is set to begin at 5:30pm followed immediately by qualifications and racing.


 

Advance general admission tickets are on sale now at www.usactickets.com. Advance grandstand tickets are $20 for ages 13 and up while kids age 12 and under are free.  Infield tickets are just $10 for ages 13 & up while kids age 12 and under are free.


 

Sunday’s Sumar Classic can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://flosports.link/usac.


 


 

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SUMAR CLASSIC ENTRY LIST: (28 DRIVERS & CARS)


 

01 MARK SMITH/Sunbury, PA (L & M Motorsports)


 

6 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Klatt Enterprises)


 

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


 

10 (R) BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)


 

15 CHRIS FETTER/Troy, MO (Chris Fetter)


 

18 KENNY GENTRY/Henderson, KY (Kenny Gentry)


 

21 (R) DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (Team AZ Racing/Curb-Agajanian)


 

22 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)


 

24 MATT GOODNIGHT/Winchester, IN (John Haggenbottom)


 

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)


 

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


 

48 (R) NATHAN MOORE/Kaufman, TX (Chip Thomas-Joe Moore)


 

49 BRIAN RUHLMAN/Clarklake, MI (Brian Ruhlman)


 

52 CARMEN PERIGO/Stoystown, PA (John Stehman)


 

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


 

55 JERRY COONS JR./Tucson, AZ (Bateman Racing)


 

60 MARIO CLOUSER/Auburn, IL (Legacy Autosport-Robert Wilson Racing)


 

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


 

77 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Doran-Binks Racing)


 

81 (R) TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (BCR Group)


 

86 (R) CHASE DIETZ/York, PA (Bruce Lee)


 

91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)


 

99 (R) KEVIN NEWTON/Farmersburg, IN (Armstrong Racing)


 

118 JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Wingo Brothers Racing)


 

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


 

777 (R) DAVE PEPERAK/Clinton, IN (Dave Peperak Motorsports)


 

(R) represents a USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year contender

 

 Momentum sprint car series

  

Momentum SPTINT CAR SERIES  that runs asphalt non-wing sprint cars in the high plains states

 

 

 

buckeye outlaw sprint series 

 

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Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series Profile and History The Buckeye Outlaw Sprint Series is excited to announce the 2017 tour dates for the "Last True Outlaws" of auto racing. The upcoming season will mark the sixth full seasonal tour for the Ohio based traditional wingless sprint tour that was established and opened in 2011.

 

 

 

 UNITED sprint  LEAGUE

 

 
 

 

 
 

midwest sprint car series 

   

www.mscssprints.com

Midwest Sprint Car Series is an auto racing sanctioning body for 410 non-wing sprint cars. The series races in Indiana and adjoining states

 

 

 

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2024 USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE


 

Apr 20: (P) Toledo Speedway | Toledo, OH | Rollie Beale Classic | $8,000


 

May 5: (P) Winchester Speedway | Winchester, IN | Rich Vogler Classic | $8,000


 

May 17-18: (D) Belleville High Banks | Belleville, KS | Huncovsky Classic | $8,000


 

May 24: (P) Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park | Brownsburg, IN | Hoosier Hundred | $25,000


 

Jun 15: (D) Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA | Open Wheel Madness | $8,000


 

Jun 21: (P) Madison International Speedway | Oregon, WI | Bytec Dairyland 100 | $8,000


 

Jul 4: (D) Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Sumar Classic | $8,000


 

Jul 20: TBA


 

Aug 10: (P) Jennerstown Speedway | Jennerstown, PA | Silver Crown Showdown | $10,000


 

Aug 16: TBA


 

Aug 17: (D) Illinois State Fairgrounds | Springfield, IL | Bettenhausen 100 | $10,000


 

Aug 31: (D) Du Quoin State Fairgrounds | Du Quoin, IL | Ted Horn 100 | $10,000


 

Sep 20-21: (D) Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals | $15,000


 

Oct 19: (P) Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park | Brownsburg, IN | Championship Saturday | $10,000


 

(P) represents a pavement track event


 

(D) represents a dirt track event

 

 

 

2024 USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP


 

Apr 26: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Grand Prix | $4,000


 

Apr 27: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Kokomo Grand Prix | $5,000


 

May 17: Belleville Short Track | Belleville, KS | $4,000


 

May 18: Belleville Short Track | Belleville, KS | $6,000


 

May 19: Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex | Sweet Springs, MO | John Hinck Championship | $6,000


 

Jun 4: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Indiana Midget Week | $4,000


 

Jun 5: Gas City I-69 Speedway | Gas City, IN | Indiana Midget Week | $4,000


 

Jun 6: Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Indiana Midget Week | $4,000


 

Jun 7: Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | Indiana Midget Week | $5,000


 

Jun 8: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Indiana Midget Week | $5,000


 

Jun 9: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Indiana Midget Week | $5,000


 

Jul 9: Red Dirt Raceway Meeker, OK | Tuesday Night Thunder | $4,000


 

Jul 10: Mitchell County Fairgrounds | Beloit, KS | Chad McDaniel Memorial | $4,000


 

Jul 12: Jefferson County Speedway | Fairbury, NE | Midwest Midget Championship | $4,000


 

Jul 13: Jefferson County Speedway | Fairbury, NE | Midwest Midget Championship | $10,000


 

Sep 1: Angell Park Speedway | Sun Prairie, WI | Firemen's Nationals | $5,000


 

Sep 2: Angell Park Speedway | Sun Prairie, WI | Firemen’s Nationals | $5,000


 

Sep 19: Gas City I-69 Speedway | Gas City, IN | James Dean Classic | $4,000


 

Sep 20: Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | BeFour The Crowns | $5,000


 

Sep 21: Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals | $15,000


 

Nov 15: Placerville Speedway | Placerville, CA | Hangtown 100 | $5,000


 

Nov 16: Placerville Speedway | Placerville, CA | Hangtown 100 | TBA


 

Nov 20: Thunderbowl Raceway | Tulare, CA | TBA


 

Nov 22: Merced Speedway | Merced, CA | Midget Madness | $5,000


 

Nov 23: Merced Speedway | Merced, CA | Midget Madness | $5,000


 

Nov 26: Bakersfield Speedway | Bakersfield, CA | November Classic | $5,000


 

Nov 30: Ventura Raceway | Ventura, CA | Turkey Night Grand Prix | $15,000


 

TBA: The Dirt Track at IMS | Speedway, IN | BC39 | $5,000


 

TBA: The Dirt Track at IMS | Speedway, IN | BC39 | $5,000


 

TBA: The Dirt Track at IMS | Speedway, IN | BC39 | $20,039

 

 

2024 USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE


 

Feb 9: Bubba Raceway Park | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | $6,000


 

Feb 10: Bubba Raceway Park | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | $7,500


 

Feb 12: Volusia Speedway Park | Barberville, FL | Winter Dirt Games | $6,000


 

Feb 13: Volusia Speedway Park | Barberville, FL | Winter Dirt Games | $10,000


 

Feb 15: Bubba Raceway Park | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | $6,000


 

Feb 16: Bubba Raceway Park | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | $6,000


 

Feb 17: Bubba Raceway Park | Ocala, FL | Winter Dirt Games | $10,000


 

Apr 5: Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Jim Hurtubise Classic | $6,000


 

Apr 6: Red Hill Raceway Sumner, IL | Salute to Levi Jones | $10,000


 

Apr 12: TBA


 

Apr 13: Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | $6,000


 

May 3: Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | #LetsRaceTwo | $10,000


 

May 4: Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | #LetsRaceTwo | $10,000


 

May 10: Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | Larry Rice Classic | $5,000


 

May 11: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Spring Showdown | $5,000


 

May 21: Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Tony Hulman Classic | $10,000


 

May 22: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Circle City Salute | $5,000


 

May 23: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Circle City Salute | $10,000


 

May 31: Knoxville Raceway | Knoxville, IA | Corn Belt Clash | TBA


 

Jun 1: Knoxville Raceway | Knoxville, IA | Corn Belt Clash | TBA


 

June 11: Grandview Speedway | Terre Haute, IN | Eastern Storm | $6,000


 

June 12: Bridgeport Motorsports Park | Swedesboro, NJ | Eastern Storm | $6,000


 

Jun 13: Big Diamond Speedway | Pottsville, PA | Eastern Storm | $6,000


 

Jun 14: Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, PA | Eastern Storm | $6,000


 

Jun 15: Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA | Eastern Storm | $6,000


 

Jun 16: Action Track USA | Kutztown, PA | Eastern Storm | $6,000


 

Jun 22: Wilmot Raceway | Wilmot, WI | $6,000


 

Jun 23: Angell Park Speedway | Sun Prairie, WI | $6,000


 

Jun 28: Macon Speedway | Macon, IL | Top Gun Weekend | $6,000


 

Jun 29: Macon Speedway | Macon, IL | Top Gun Weekend | $10,000


 

Jul 5: Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Bill Gardner Sprintacular | $5,000


 

Jul 6: Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Bill Gardner Sprintacular | $10,000


 

Jul 17: TBA


 

Jul 25: Lincoln Park Speedway | Putnamville, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | $8,000


 

Jul 26: Gas City I-69 Speedway | Gas City, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | $8,000


 

Jul 27: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | $8,000


 

Jul 28: Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | $8,000


 

Jul 31: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | $8,000


 

Aug 1: Terre Haute Action Track | Terre Haute, IN | Indiana Sprint Week / Don Smith Classic | $8,000


 

Aug 2: Bloomington Speedway | Bloomington, IN | Indiana Sprint Week / Sheldon Kinser Memorial | $8,000


 

Aug 3: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Indiana Sprint Week | $8,000


 

Aug 22: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown | $6,000


 

Aug 23: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown | $6,000


 

Aug 24: Kokomo Speedway | Kokomo, IN | Sprint Car Smackdown | $30,000


 

Sep 5: (E) RPM Speedway | Crandall, TX | $6,000


 

Sep 6: (E) Texarkana 67 Speedway | Texarkana, AR | Wingless Short Track Nationals | $6,000


 

Sep 7: (E) Texarkana 67 Speedway | Texarkana, AR | Wingless Short Track Nationals | $10,000


 

Sep 13: Circle City Raceway | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000


 

Sep 14: Tri-State Speedway | Haubstadt, IN | Haubstadt Hustler | $20,000


 

Sep 19: Gas City I-69 Speedway | Gas City, IN | James Dean Classic | $5,000


 

Sep 21: Eldora Speedway | Rossburg, OH | 4-Crown Nationals | $15,000


 

Oct 11: Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Fall Nationals | $6,000


 

Oct 12: Lawrenceburg Speedway | Lawrenceburg, IN | Fall Nationals | $20,000


 

Oct 25: (E) Red Dirt Raceway | Meeker, OK | $6,000


 

Oct 26: (E) Red Dirt Raceway | Meeker, OK | $10,000


 

(E) represents an event co-sanctioned by ASCS Elite Non-Wing

 

       

 

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