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The Champ! Drake Dashes to 2025 USAC Indiana Midget Week Title

Jack Reitz

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Speedway, Indiana (June 9, 2025)………In what was among the shortest editions of USAC Indiana Midget Week in its 21-year history, Kale Drake came up large to earn the series title and a $15,000 prize.

The originally scheduled six-race slate was sliced to three after a trio of consecutive rain outs at Lincoln Park Speedway, Bloomington Speedway and Tri-State Speedway made it so that there was little wiggle room for error, making every point gained more coveted than ever before.

Drake’s total take home pay of 23,500 for the series arrived after three consecutive podium finishes, including his first career Indiana Midget Week win in Tuesday’s opener at Circle City Raceway, followed by a 3rd at Paragon Speedway on Wednesday and a 2nd in Sunday’s Kokomo Speedway finale, all of which netted him a 22-point triumph in the final tally.

The Collinsville, Oklahoma native became the third Okie to capture a USAC Indiana Midget Week championship, joining Christopher Bell (2013) and Daison Pursley (2024). Additionally, Drake’s performance led to Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports’ eighth Indiana Midget Week title after the team previously got the job done with Christopher Bell (2013), Rico Abreu (2014-2015), Spencer Bayston (2018), Logan Seavey (2019) and Buddy Kofoid (2021-2022).

“I’m super grateful for this entire crew,” Drake praised. “Every single one of them plays a really big role in this. Without each and every one of them, none of this would be possible.”

The three-race IMW was the shortest in nearly two decades with a two-race series taking place in 2006 and a three-race slate the year prior during the inaugural running of the event in 2005. That led to little room for error among Drake and his competition who entered the final race at Kokomo among the 17 drivers in the championship hunt.

“Going into this last one, we’d only gotten two races in,” Drake began. “The points gap was really close with 17 drivers mathematically able to win, which was probably one of the most ever. You really had to buckle down to make sure you earn qualifying points, heat race points, and most of all, finish with a good feature result at the end of the night.”

Drake, who also serves as a crewman on the KKM team, has elevated his profile over the course of the 2025 season. After IMW, he now sits second in the season long USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship standings and is on a streak of five consecutive top-three finishes.

It’s not lost on Drake regarding the fact that each of the past four Indiana Midget Week champs has gone on to win the USAC National Midget title later that same season: Kofoid (2021-2022), Logan Seavey (2023) and Daison Pursley (2024). Drake intends to become the next in succession.

“Man, I’m excited for this season,” Drake exclaimed. “It’s still really, really early, but to have five podiums in a row is just super awesome. I know we didn’t get to race the whole midget week, but we’ll take it. You can’t really be too greedy here. You’ve got to take the little wins when you can.”

Jacob Denney (Galloway, Ohio) won two of the three Indiana Midget Week events, leading all 30 laps at Paragon and then charging from 17th to the win at Kokomo, marking the largest charge to win of any driver in USAC National Midget competition since at least 2019. In fact, two of the three races during IMW 2025 were won by Rod End Supply Hard Chargers, including Drake who advanced 9th to 1st at Circle City.

An 11th place feature result for Denney in the Circle City opener doomed his chances at a title, but he still managed to race his way back to third in the points behind runner-up Justin Grant (Ione, California). Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama) took fourth with IMW newcomer Karter Sarff (Mason City, Illinois) fifth and Cannon McIntosh (Bixby, Oklahoma) sixth.

The top-six in Indiana Midget Week points finished “in the money” with Drake pocketing $15,000 followed by Grant ($6,000), Denney ($4,000), Thomas ($2,500), Sarff ($1,500) and McIntosh ($1,000).

Additionally, Denney picked up USAC Indiana Midget Week Parallax Group Passing Master honors with 25 passes, 16 of which came in the Kokomo feature while Preston Norbury (Chino Valley, Arizona) earned $500 with the ProSource Perseverance Award.

Denney led the most laps in the series (36), while Drake was the only driver to finish inside the top-five in all three events. Drake, Grant and Thomas were the lone three drivers who finished all three of their starts inside the top-10.

Sarff, making his Indiana Midget Week debut, led all drivers with two Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying times at Paragon and Kokomo. Drake, Thomas Meseraull and Gunnar Setser all scored a pair of heat race victories.

Forty-five drivers participated in Indiana Midget Week 2025 representing 14 United States (Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania & Texas), as well as two different countries (United States & Australia). Sixteen drivers started all three feature events.

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK STAT LEADERS

Driver Champion: Kale Drake

Most Feature Wins: 2-Jacob Denney

Laps Led: 36-Jacob Denney

Top-Fives: 3-Kale Drake

Top-Tens: 3-Kale Drake, Justin Grant & Kevin Thomas Jr.

Fast Qualifying Times: 2-Karter Sarff

Heat Race Wins: 2-Kale Drake, Thomas Meseraull & Gunnar Setser

Feature Starts: 3-Cale Coons, Jacob Denney, Kale Drake, Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh, Thomas Meseraull, Gavin Miller, Brecken Reese, Hayden Reinbold, Corbin

Rueschenberg, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey, Gunnar Setser, Steven Snyder Jr. & Kevin Thomas Jr.

Most Positions Gained in a Feature: June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Jacob Denney (17th to 1st)

USAC Indiana Midget Week Parallax Group Passing Master: Jacob Denney (25)

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK SCHEDULE & RESULTS

June 3: Circle City Raceway - Indianapolis, Indiana

WINNER: Kale Drake (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Racing #97K)

June 4: Paragon Speedway - Paragon, Indiana

WINNER: Jacob Denney (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)

June 5: Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, Indiana

WINNER: Rained Out

June 6: Bloomington Speedway - Bloomington, Indiana

WINNER: Rained Out

June 7: Tri-State Speedway - Haubstadt, Indiana

WINNER: Rained Out

June 8: Kokomo Speedway - Kokomo, Indiana

WINNER: Jacob Denney (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports #67)

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK DRIVER POINT STANDINGS

POS. PTS. DRIVER, HOMETOWN

1 235 Kale Drake, Collinsville, Oklahoma

2 213 Justin Grant, Ione, California

3 211 Jacob Denney, Galloway, Ohio

4 211 Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, Alabama

5 180 Karter Sarff, Mason City, Illinois

6 170 Cannon McIntosh, Bixby, Oklahoma

7 159 Drake Edwards, Peoria, Arizona

8 159 Logan Seavey, Sutter, California

9 159 Hayden Reinbold, Gilbert, Arizona

10 149 Gunnar Setser, Columbus, Indiana

11 140 Thomas Meseraull, San Jose, California

12 139 Steven Snyder Jr., Rising Sun, Maryland

13 124 Gavin Miller, Allentown, Pennsylvania

14 121 Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, Oklahoma

15 111 Zach Wigal, Belpre, Ohio

16 111 Jakeb Boxell, Zanesville, Indiana

17 106 Corbin Rueschenberg, Mesa, Arizona

18 99 Zach Daum, Pocahontas, Illinois

19 99 Brecken Reese, Canyon, Texas

20 96 K.J. Snow, Kingsburg, California

21 93 Ethan Mitchell, Mooresville, North Carolina

22 88 Colton Robinson, Titusville, Florida

23 83 Kyle Cummins, Princeton, Indiana

24 71 Trey Marcham, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

25 71 Chelby Hinton, Dubberly, Louisiana

26 67 Rylan Gray, Greenfield, Indiana

27 60 Kyle Jones, Kennedale, Texas

28 60 Cale Coons, Greencastle, Indiana

29 58 Kaiden Manders, Perth, Western Australia

30 40 Mason Hannagan, Pittsboro, Indiana

31 40 Blake Brannon, Morgan Hill, California

32 40 Tom Payet, Perth, Western Australia

33 40 Jake Robinson, Perth, Western Australia

34 40 Preston Norbury, Chino Valley, Arizona

35 40 Daniel Harding, Perth, Western Australia

36 38 Trevor Cline, Mooresville, North Carolina

37 30 Chris Baue, Indianapolis, Indiana

38 24 Frankie Guerrini, San Rafael, California

39 20 Kevin Newton, Farmersburg, Indiana

40 10 Christopher Hartman, Boulder, Colorado

41 10 Abby Hohlbein, Cloverdale, Ohio

42 10 Scott Orr, Columbia City, Indiana

43 10 Steve Buckwalter, Royersford, Pennsylvania

44 10 Mark Chisholm, New Berlin, Illinois

45 10 Jeff Schindler, Evansville, Indiana

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK STATISTICS

2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE WINS

2-Jacob Denney (Jun 4 at Paragon Speedway & Jun 8 at Kokomo Speedway)

1-Kale Drake (Jun 3 at Circle City Raceway)

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE LAPS LED

36-Jacob Denney

19-Kale Drake

18-Logan Seavey

13-Drake Edwards

4-Kevin Thomas Jr.

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TOP-5 FEATURE FINISHES

3-Kale Drake

2-Jacob Denney, Cannon McIntosh & Kevin Thomas Jr.

1-Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Daison Pursley, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey & K.J. Snow

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TOP-10 FEATURE FINISHES

3-Kale Drake, Justin Grant & Kevin Thomas Jr.

2-Jacob Denney, Cannon McIntosh, Hayden Reinbold, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey & Gunnar Setser

1-Jakeb Boxell, Kyle Cummins, Zach Daum, Drake Edwards, Rylan Gray, Gavin Miller, Daison Pursley, K.J. Snow & Zach Wigal

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK HONEST ABE ROOFING FAST QUALIFYING TIMES

2-Karter Sarff

1-Justin Grant

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK HONEST ABE ROOFING FAST QUALIFIERS

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Justin Grant (12.482)

June 4: Paragon Speedway – Karter Sarff (14.833)

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Karter Sarff (13.252)

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK HEAT RACE WINS: (Presented by Car IQ, K1 RaceGear, USAC Gear & Cook Out)

2-Kale Drake, Thomas Meseraull & Gunnar Setser

1-Zach Daum, Rylan Gray, Chelby Hinton, Cannon McIntosh, Corbin Rueschenberg & Logan Seavey

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI-FEATURE WINS

1-Karter Sarff, Steven Snyder Jr. & Zach Wigal

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK FEATURE STARTS

3-Cale Coons, Jacob Denney, Kale Drake, Drake Edwards, Justin Grant, Cannon McIntosh, Thomas Meseraull, Gavin Miller, Brecken Reese, Hayden Reinbold, Corbin Rueschenberg, Karter Sarff, Logan Seavey, Gunnar Setser, Steven Snyder Jr. & Kevin Thomas Jr.

2-Jakeb Boxell, Kyle Cummins, Zach Daum, Chelby Hinton, Kyle Jones, Trey Marcham, Ethan Mitchell, Daison Pursley, Colton Robinson, K.J. Snow & Zach Wigal

1-Trevor Cline, Rylan Gray, Frankie Guerrini, Mason Hannagan & Kaiden Manders

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER OF THE RACE

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Kale Drake (9th to 1st)

June 4: Paragon Speedway – Kyle Cummins (16th to 8th)

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Jacob Denney (17th to 1st)

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK DIRT DRAFT FASTEST HOT LAP DRIVER

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Jacob Denney (12.698)

June 4: Paragon Speedway – Kevin Thomas Jr. (15.060)

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Jakeb Boxell (13.331)

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK INFERNO ARMOR FIRE MOVE OF THE NIGHT

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Karter Sarff

June 4: Paragon Speedway – K.J. Snow

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Drake Edwards

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2025 USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PROSOURCE HARD WORK AWARD

June 3: Circle City Raceway – Brecken Reese

June 4: Paragon Speedway – Zach Daum

June 8: Kokomo Speedway – Trevor Cline

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK CHAMPIONS: (2005-2025)

2005: Shane Cottle (Kansas, Illinois)

2006: Shane Cottle (Kansas, Illinois)

2007: Jerry Coons Jr. (Tucson, Arizona)

2008: Tracy Hines (New Castle, Indiana)

2009: Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, Indiana)

2010: Tracy Hines (New Castle, Indiana) & Brad Kuhn (Avon, Indiana)

2011: Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, Indiana)

2012: Darren Hagen (Riverside, California)

2013: Christopher Bell (Norman, Oklahoma)

2014: Rico Abreu (Saint Helena, California)

2015: Rico Abreu (Saint Helena, California)

2016: Bryan Clauson (Noblesville, Indiana)

2017: Shane Golobic (Fremont, California)

2018: Spencer Bayston (Lebanon, Indiana)

2019: Logan Seavey (Sutter, California)

2020: Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, California)

2021: Buddy Kofoid (Penngrove, California)

2022: Buddy Kofoid (Penngrove, California)

2023: Logan Seavey (Sutter, California)

2024: Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Oklahoma)

2025: Kale Drake (Collinsville, Oklahoma)

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

9-Bryan Clauson & Kyle Larson

6-Buddy Kofoid

5-Christopher Bell & Tanner Thorson

4-Rico Abreu, Jacob Denney, & Logan Seavey

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

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

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

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USAC INDIANA MIDGET WINNERS BY TRACK: (2005-2025)

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

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

LINCOLN PARK SPEEDWAY: 2010-Brad Sweet, 2011-Bryan Clauson, 2012-Bryan Clauson, 2013-Christopher Bell, 2014-Dave Darland, 2015-Bryan Clauson, 2016-Tanner Thorson, 2017-Michael Pickens, 2018-Chad Boat, 2019-Tanner Thorson, 2020-Kyle Larson, 2020-Chris Windom, 2021-Tanner Thorson, 2022-Jacob Denney, 2023-Buddy Kofoid, 2024-Emerson Axsom, 2025-Rained Out

BLOOMINGTON SPEEDWAY: 2008-Davey Ray, 2009-Brad Kuhn, 2010-Shane Cottle, 2011-Kyle Larson, 2012-Levi Jones, 2013-Bryan Clauson, 2014-Christopher Bell, 2015-Christopher Bell, 2016-Christopher Bell, 2017-Tyler Courtney, 2019-Tyler Courtney, 2021-Buddy Kofoid, 2022-Buddy Kofoid, 2023-Gavin Miller, 2024-Daison Pursley, 2025-Rained Out

TRI-STATE SPEEDWAY: 2021-Kyle Cummins, 2022-Thomas Meseraull, 2023-Jacob Denney, 2024-Logan Seavey, 2025-Rained Out

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

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

9-Rico Abreu & Kyle Larson

5-Bryan Clauson & Justin Grant

4-Brady Bacon, Logan Seavey & Chris Windom

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

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

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

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

28-Bryan Clauson

22-Tracy Hines

21-Jerry Coons Jr. & Kyle Larson

19-Justin Grant

18-Logan Seavey Chris Windom

17-Tanner Thorson

16-Buddy Kofoid

15-Rico Abreu

14-Brad Kuhn

13-Darren Hagen

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

11-Kevin Thomas Jr.

10-Spencer Bayston, Shane Cottle & Brad Sweet

9-Emerson Axsom & Daison Pursley

8-Dave Darland, Jacob Denney & Michael Pickens

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42-Jerry Coons Jr.

35-Tracy Hines

34-Bryan Clauson

32-Justin Grant

29-Chris Windom

28-Logan Seavey & Tanner Thorson

27-Brady Bacon & Zach Daum

26-Rico Abreu

25-Kevin Thomas Jr.

24-Darren Hagen & Brad Kuhn

22-Buddy Kofoid & Kyle Larson

21-Cannon McIntosh & Michael Pickens

17-Steve Buckwalter, Dave Darland & Thomas Meseraull

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

15-Tyler Courtney

14-Shane Golobic

13-Jacob Denney Bobby East

12-Christopher Bell & Jason McDougal

11-Kyle Cummins & Brad Sweet

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

9-Gavin Miller & Bryant Wiedeman

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

7-Davey Ray

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

64-Jerry Coons Jr.

58-Zach Daum

53-Justin Grant

48-Thomas Meseraull

46-Brady Bacon & Tanner Thorson

45-Chris Windom

44-Dave Darland & Kevin Thomas Jr.

42-Steve Buckwalter & Bryan Clauson

40-Darren Hagen & Tracy Hines

38-Michael Pickens

37-Logan Seavey

36-Brad Kuhn & Cannon McIntosh

35-Rico Abreu

32-Chad Boat

30-Davey Ray

28-Alex Bright & Tyler Courtney

27-Bobby East & Daison Pursley

26-Levi Jones

25-Tyler Thomas

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

23-Caleb Armstrong, Kyle Cummins & Buddy Kofoid

22-Shane Golobic

21-Tanner Carrick & Hayden Reinbold

20-Spencer Bayston

19-Jacob Denney & Bryant Wiedeman

18-Christopher Bell

17-Brad Loyet, Taylor Reimer & Brad Sweet

16-Jade Avedisian, Emerson Axsom & Kaylee Bryson

15-Brenham Crouch, Chase McDermand & Holly Shelton

14-Cole Bodine, Gavin Miller & Ryan Robinson

13-Brad Mosen & Ryan Timms

12-Ronnie Gardner, Jake Neuman & Gage Walker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17TH TO 1ST! DENNEY STUNS WITH KOKOMO WIN, DRAKE TAKES USAC IMW TITLE

David Nearpass

Jacob Denney celebrates after his 17th to 1st charge to victory during Sunday's USAC Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway.

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Kokomo, Indiana (June 8, 2025)………Seventeen drivers came into Sunday night’s 2025 USAC Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway mathematically in contention for the miniseries championship.

Somewhat fittingly, the final event of the truncated and abbreviated three-race series came down to the two drivers who captured victories in the first two rounds of the series – teammates Jacob Denney and Kale Drake.

Denney (Galloway, Ohio) captured the battle with a stunning run to first after starting 17th in the 24-car field on the 1/4-mile dirt oval, leading the final six laps en route to his second victory of the week in his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/JBL Audio – TRD – Toyota – Mobil 1/LynK/Speedway Toyota.

Drake (Collinsville, Oklahoma), meanwhile, led 11 laps of his own in the feature before crossing the line in the runner-up spot. But it was his consistency throughout the three-race series in which he garnered a 1st, a 3rd and a 2nd to corral the Indiana Midget Week championship by a 22-point margin.

As far as Denney’s plus-16 mad dash to the front, it’s the furthest back any driver has won a USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature dating back to the 2019 season. Ironically, or maybe not so ironically, the previous largest winning charge came via Buddy Kofoid, who drove for the same team and the same car number (#67) as Denney on his way to a 2021 score at Oklahoma’s Port City Speedway.

“I’m super stoked to get it done from 17th. That’s way back there,” an ecstatic Denney stated.

Denney’s victory is already his third of the USAC National Midget season, and his second at Kokomo after also winning the 2025 season opener during April’s Kokomo Grand Prix. That moved Denney up to 109th place on the all-time USAC National Midget win list alongside Spencer Bayston, Donnie Beechler, George Benson, Dana Carter, Bob Cicconi, Robby Flock, Nick Fornoro Jr., Arnie Knepper, Ricky Shelton, Mike Streicher, Dave Strickland Jr., Kevin Thomas Jr. and Roger West.

Perhaps even more impressively, after winning at Paragon Speedway on Wednesday and Kokomo on Sunday, Denney’s Indiana Midget Week career win total stands at four. That already ranks as the fourth most all-time behind Bryan Clauson & Kyle Larson (9), Buddy Kofoid (6) and Christopher Bell & Tanner Thorson (5), and is tied with Rico Abreu & Logan Seavey (4).

Denney did the deed at Kokomo after a less than desirable qualifying run of 14th. When all the preliminaries were completed, he was shuffled back to the inside of row nine for the start of the 30-lap feature. By then, the number of eligible Indiana Midget Week championship contenders had dwindled to six with Drake leading the bunch and Denney back in fifth, 27 points behind.

If Drake could finish the feature fourth or better, the title was his regardless of how anybody else performed. As it turned out, Drake never strayed outside of the top-two for the entire duration of the feature.

Things got off to a messy start, however. As the green flag was waved, sixth place starting Karter Sarff’s car failed to take off, the victim of a stripped cam spud that ended his race and dashed his IMW championship hopes. Sarff entered the feature only 11 points out of the lead in third.

But Sarff’s issue was just the beginning of a chain reaction that first saw Colton Robinson broadside into the backside of Sarff. Frankie Guerrini became a victim of circumstance as he tagged Robinson and flipped several times in turn one. Guerrini walked away, and his night, along with Sarff’s, were immediately over.

Original pole sitter Jakeb Boxell was penalized on the initial green flag for jumping the start and was henceforth moved back one row while Drake Edwards was slotted over into the pole position. Drake was now the new occupant of the outside of the front row.

Edwards took advantage of the situation to lead lap one as Drake dropped into second. By lap six, Drake was angling for the lead as he peeked ahead of Edwards on the outside of turn two. Nonetheless, Edwards managed to fend off Drake for the time being.

On lap 10, Edwards’ ride took a hop, skip and a jump atop the turn two cushion, allowing Drake to breeze on by to the inside and into the lead. A lap later, Edwards fought back to wrestle control of the race away from Drake as he drove around the outside of Drake in turns three and four.

After third running Daison Pursley fell to the wayside with a flat left rear tire on lap 13, one lap after the ensuing restart, Edwards stumbled on the turn two cushion and subsequently opened the door for Drake to roll on by into the lead. At that very moment, Denney suddenly became a contender, ultimately roaring into second past Edwards on lap 16, and it was then he knew it was go time if he desired to win this deal.

“At the end, I just had to go,” Denney explained. “ I had to be patient and take my time because I kept making mistakes. I felt like I was running a completely different line than everybody else in three and four.”

Denney chased Drake for the next nine laps, and on the 25th circuit, dove low into turn one and drifted up past Drake. Then in turns three and four, Denney entered high in turn three and swooped low at the exit of turn four around the outside of Drake to take over the top spot for good.

“I knew I had to be right there on him to make it work,” Denney explained. “I kept sliding Drake down there and he kept crossing me over. When I finally got around him, I knew that I had to really get across far and get back going again to clear him.”

Denney led the final six laps to score the win by a 0.464 margin over Kale Drake, who locked up the USAC Indiana Midget Week championship. Drake Edwards finished third with Kevin Thomas Jr. fourth and Cannon McIntosh fifth.

Not only did Denney earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors, he also grabbed the USAC Indiana Midget Week Parallax Group Passing Master title. Through the three races of IMW, he passed a series high total of 25 cars. Sixteen of those passes came during Sunday’s victory at Kokomo.

In his heat race, Drake Edwards surged late in the going to grab the final transfer spot. That earned him a front row starting spot for the feature where he proceeded to lead a race high 13 laps en route to a third place finish, which proved to be the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.

Preston Norbury picked up some accolades during his first USAC Indiana Midget Week experience. He attended all three events during the week and collected a $500 bonus from ProSource for his perseverance.

Trevor Cline was the ProSource Hard Work award winner. In his first USAC National Midget feature start at Kokomo, he was the final driver finishing on the lead lap (20th), which provided him a $100 bonus.

For the second event in a row, albeit four days later, Karter Sarff was the Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier. He topped the field with a lap of 13.252 seconds for his third career fast qualifying time with the series.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 8, 2025 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 21K, Sarff-13.252; 2. Steven Snyder Jr., 4, RMS-13.342; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-13.352; 4. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-13.355; 5. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.412; 6. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-13.442; 7. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.445; 8. Jakeb Boxell, 14JB, 4 Kings-13.450; 9. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-13.465; 10. Trevor Cline, 55, Cline-13.466; 11. Brecken Reese, 00, Chandler-13.481; 12. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-13.498; 13. Rylan Gray, 81G, Gray-13.499; 14. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.512; 15. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-13.564; 16. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-13.566; 17. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.587; 18. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.601; 19. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, Engler-13.614; 20. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-13.624; 21. Zach Wigal, 8, Cornell-13.668; 22. Cannon Mcintosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-13.699; 23. Chelby Hinton, 4B, Klatt-13.716; 24. Corbin Rueschenberg, 26, Rueschenberg-13.791; 25. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-13.837; 26. Kaiden Manders, 71, Golding-13.873; 27. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-13.897; 28. Tom Payet, 7AU, Bennett-13.916; 29. Frankie Guerrini, 63G, F & F-13.945; 30. Jeff Schindler, 8x, Schindler-14.035; 31. Daniel Harding, 71w, Golding-14.141; 32. Jake Robinson, 8AU, Robinson-14.158; 33. Mark Chisholm, 56x, Chisholm-14.489.

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Rylan Gray, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Kale Drake, 4. Colton Robinson, 5. Karter Sarff, 6. Zach Wigal, 7. Frankie Guerrini, 8. Preston Norbury, 9. Mark Chisholm. 2:15.706

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Cannon McIntosh, 2. Jacob Denney, 3. Gavin Miller, 4. Trevor Cline, 5. Drake Edwards, 6. Steven Snyder Jr., 7. Kaiden Manders, 8. Jeff Schindler. 2:16.960

USACGEAR.COM THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Chelby Hinton, 2. Thomas Meseraull, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Cale Coons, 5. Brecken Reese, 6. Logan Seavey, 7. Daniel Harding, 8. Gunnar Setser. NT

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Corbin Rueschenberg, 2. Hayden Reinbold, 3. Ethan Mitchell, 4. Daison Pursley, 5. Jakeb Boxell, 6. Blake Brannon, 7. Jake Robinson, 8. Tom Payet. NT

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Steven Snyder Jr., 2. Gunnar Setser, 3. Logan Seavey, 4. Frankie Guerrini, 5. Kaiden Manders, 6. Tom Payet, 7. Jake Robinson, 8. Blake Brannon, 9. Preston Norbury, 10. Mark Chisholm, 11. Jeff Schindler, 12. Daniel Harding. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (17), 2. Kale Drake (3), 3. Drake Edwards (2), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 5. Cannon McIntosh (8), 6. Justin Grant (13), 7. Jakeb Boxell (1), 8. Rylan Gray (7), 9. Gunnar Setser (18), 10. Hayden Reinbold (16), 11. Steven Snyder Jr. (11), 12. Ethan Mitchell (19), 13. Daison Pursley (4), 14. Logan Seavey (12), 15. Corbin Rueschenberg (10), 16. Thomas Meseraull (22), 17. Gavin Miller (21), 18. Brecken Reese (15), 19. Cale Coons (23), 20. Trevor Cline (14), 21. Chelby Hinton (9), 22. Colton Robinson (20), 23. Karter Sarff (6), 24. Frankie Guerrini (24). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Drake Edwards, Lap 10 Kale Drake, Laps 11-14 Drake Edwards, Laps 15-24 Kale Drake, Laps 25-30 Jacob Denney.

**Frankie Guerrini flipped on lap 1 of the feature.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-578, 2-Kale Drake-557, 3-Cannon McIntosh-519, 4-Jacob Denney-515, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-478, 6-Logan Seavey-467, 7-Drake Edwards-440, 8-Steven Snyder Jr.-436, 9-Gavin Miller-413, 10-Gunnar Setser-373.

FINAL USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-235, 2-Justin Grant-213, 3-Jacob Denney-211, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-211, 5-Karter Sarff-180, 6-Cannon McIntosh-170, 7-Drake Edwards-159, 8-Logan Seavey-159, 9-Hayden Reinbold-159, 10-Gunnar Setser-149.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-125, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Kyle Cummins-53, 4-Gunnar Setser-50, 5-Justin Grant-44, 6-Briggs Danner-44, 7-Chase Stockon-42, 8-Robert Ballou-41, 9-Jacob Denney-35, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-33.

FINAL USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Jacob Denney-25, 2-Gunnar Setser-21, 3-Justin Grant-18, 4-Kale Drake-17, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-17, 6-Kyle Cummins-15, 7-Zach Wigal-14, 8-Hayden Reinbold-12, 9-Gavin Miller-12, 10-Kyle Jones-11.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 8, 2025 – Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex – Sweet Springs, Missouri – 1/8-Mile Dirt Oval – Mid-America Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Jakeb Boxell (13.331)

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (13.252)

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Rylan Gray

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Cannon McIntosh

USACgear.com Third Heat Winner: Chelby Hinton

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Corbin Rueschenberg

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Steven Snyder Jr.

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Jacob Denney (17th to 1st)

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Drake Edwards

ProSource Hard Work Award: Trevor Cline

USAC Indiana Midget Week Champion: Kale Drake

USAC Parallax Group Indiana Midget Week Passing Master Champion: Jacob Denney (25)

ProSource Perseverance Award: Preston Norbury

Saturday’s Tri-State USAC Indiana Midget Week Event Rained Out

Richie Murray

June 7, 2025

Haubstadt, Indiana (June 7, 2025)………Saturday night’s June 7th USAC Indiana Midget Week round at Haubstadt, Indiana’s Tri-State Speedway has been canceled due to wet grounds and more precipitation expected.

The event will not be rescheduled.

The event was to feature the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship at the 1/4-mile dirt oval as the penultimate round of the 21st annual edition of USAC Indiana Midget Week.

USAC Indiana Midget Week continues with the finale of the series on Sunday night, June 8 at Kokomo Speedway. Pits and grandstands open at 3pm Eastern with the drivers meeting set for 5:30pm and cars on track at 6pm followed by qualifying and racing. Tickets and pit passes will be sold at the gate. General admission tickets are $30 & kids age 12 and under are free. Pit passes are $40 for all ages. Kokomo Sprint Cars are also on the event card.

Kale Drake leads the USAC Indiana Midget Week point standings followed by Justin Grant (-9), Karter Sarff (-13), Kevin Thomas Jr. (-20) and Jacob Denney (-26).

Kale Drake won the opening round of IMW on Tuesday at Circle City Raceway. Logan Seavey was the victor of round two on Wednesday at Paragon Speedway. Events at Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway (Thursday), Bloomington Speedway (Friday) and Tri-State Speedway (Saturday) were rained out.

Rain Wins Bloomington USAC IMW Round, Postponed to Aug. 29

Thursday’s Lincoln Park USAC Indiana Midget Week Event Postponed

Richie Murray

June 5, 2025

Putnamville, Indiana (June 5, 2025)………Thursday night’s June 5th USAC Indiana Midget Week round at Putnamville, Indiana’s Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway has been postponed due to rain.

Overnight storms continuing into race day morning have forced the postponement of the Lincoln Park event featuring the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship. Officials are discussing a makeup date for the event. The makeup will not be a part of Indiana Midget Week.

USAC Indiana Midget Week continues with the final three races of the series on Friday, June 6 at Bloomington Speedway; Saturday, June 7 at Tri-State Speedway and Sunday, June 8 at Kokomo Speedway.

ENTER STAGE LEFT! DENNEY DELIVERS VICTORY AT PARAGON

wednesday june 4th...Jacob Denney won Wednesday night's USAC Indiana Midget Week round at Paragon Speedway. (David Nearpass Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Paragon, Indiana (June 4, 2025)………Jacob Denney’s USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship career pretty much jump started with his first career series victory during USAC Indiana Midget Week in 2022.

On Wednesday night, IMW provided the stage for the Galloway, Ohio racer to once again slay the field, this time at Paragon Speedway in round two of the 21st annual edition of the series.

Denney’s third career IMW score came in wire-to-wire fashion as he led all 30 laps from the outside of the front row at the 3/8-mile dirt oval. His latest IMW win came exactly two years to the day of his most recent triumph in the miniseries back in 2023.

The third USAC Indiana Midget Week win of Denney’s career marks the third different track and team for which Denney has won with in the series over the past four seasons: 2022 at Lincoln Park Speedway with Mounce-Stout Motorsports; 2023 at Tri-State Speedway with Tom Malloy; and now in 2025 at Paragon with Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports.

Denney’s second win of the USAC National Midget season is the fifth overall in his career, lifting him to 122nd place on the all-time list alongside Mike Bliss, Lonnie Caruthers, Larry Dickson, Mike Fedorcak, Burt Foland, Mack McClellan, Danny McKnight, Cliff Spalding, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Jerry Weeks.

Needless to say, the trip to Paragon went more smoothly than his last visit to the track with the Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series in 2023 where he “exited stage right,” so to speak, in turns three and four. This time, it was clean and green for the 20-year-old Denney and his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/JBL Audio – TRD – Toyota – Mobil 1/LynK/Speedway Toyota.

Denney established the lead from the get-go as he gapped pole sitter K.J. Snow by 10 car lengths on the opening circuit. By lap five, Denney’s mission had led him to a nearly three second lead, all of which was of utmost importance and went accordingly with his plan.

“With that much track rework, you’ve got to get out and go and make your own laps and be the guy to dictate where you move around and which lines are fast,” Denney explained. “The first start was important and I knew each restart was going to be just as important because the corners are so sharp here. You just have to lift getting into them. I didn’t want anybody to drive up in there and slide me.”

In the distance behind Denney, the race for second was up for the taking as Hayden Reinbold began to pressure Snow for the position. On the seventh lap, Reinbold tagged the rear bumper of Snow entering turn three and subsequently slid up the racetrack, allowing seven cars to roar past Reinbold as he dropped all the way back to 10th.

Following 20th place running Zach Wigal’s stoppage in turns one and two on the 11th lap, the yellow flag dissipated Denney’s 2.1 second lead. Nonetheless, it was merely a temporary disturbance as Denney quickly reestablished his commanding lead to the tune of nearly three seconds.

Grant found his way into second as he slid under Snow to grab second in turn four on the 12th lap. Kale Drake followed suit and ski’d under Snow in turns three and four on lap 16 to slot into the “show” position.

Few races go exactly to perfection for the eventual winner, and that too can be said about Denney’s firsthand experience on this particular evening. Entering lapped traffic, Denney continued to thrust the hammer down around the outside. Without mirrors or spotters, and a mere 30 laps to get the job done, urgency is preferred over complacency.

“I had to move up for lapped traffic and about turned it over, so I definitely held my breath for the last three laps there,” Denney revealed after his close encounter of the third turn cushion. “I kept looking back after any mistake I made, and from the middle of one and two, I could see them entering turn one without making a mistake. So I just had to take a deep breath, because down in turns one and two, you had to run really hard, and in turns three and four, you really had to take it easy running across the slick.”

In the end, Denney took it to the stripe 2.537 seconds ahead of the competition, crossing under the checkered flag ahead of runner-up Justin Grant with Kale Drake, K.J. Snow and Cannon McIntosh occupying the top-five in the final running order.

Justin Grant brought his ride home in second place, and in the process, rose from fifth to second in USAC Indiana Midget Week points with two rounds down and four to go. It also helped him retain his overall season long USAC National Midget point lead.

Meanwhile, Kale Drake maintained his USAC Indiana Midget Week point lead with another podium result, finishing third after starting seventh.

Seventeenth place finisher Zach Daum took the ProSource Hard Work Award winner as the last driver finishing the feature on the lead lap. However, he was not all that pleased after a last lap incident relegated him from 13th to a 17th place result, and afterward, stalked the racetrack while carrying his steering wheel and looking for the culprit.

Snow met fire in the feature as K.J. Snow, making just his second career USAC National Midget feature start, came home with an impressive fourth place finish with the same team and number Daison Pursley utilized to capture the 2024 USAC Indiana Midget Week crown. For his efforts, Snow was named the recipient of the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.

Kyle Cummins advanced eighth positions from 16th to eighth in the feature to earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.

Karter Sarff’s first run in a midget at Paragon got off to a hot start as he achieved his second career USAC Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying Time. Sarff ultimately finished sixth in the feature to stick himself right in the middle of the Indiana Midget Week title fight where he currently resides third, 13 points out of the lead.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 4, 2025 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Karter Sarff, 21K, Sarff-14.833; 2. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-15.018; 3. Steven Snyder Jr., 4, RMS-15.092; 4. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-15.105; 5. Cannon Mcintosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.132; 6. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.135; 7. Jakeb Boxell, 14JB, 4 Kings-15.158; 8. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-15.167; 9. K.J. Snow, 86, CBI-15.182; 10. Corbin Rueschenberg, 26, Rueschenberg-15.193; 11. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.212; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-15.216; 13. Kyle Cummins, 3G, Styres-15.226; 14. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.251; 15. Brecken Reese, 00, Chandler-15.261; 16. Zach Daum, 5D, O'Dell-15.269; 17. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-15.271; 18. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-15.296; 19. Chelby Hinton, 4B, Klatt-15.311; 20. Kaiden Manders, 71, Golding-15.339; 21. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-15.355; 22. Trey Marcham, 85, Central-15.358; 23. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, Engler-15.373; 24. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-15.407; 25. Daniel Harding, 71w, Golding-15.447; 26. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-15.526; 27. Kevin Newton, 16TH, 2nd Law-15.571; 28. Tom Payet, 7AU, Bennett-15.580; 29. Jake Robinson, 8AU, Robinson-15.595; 30. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-15.666; 31. Zach Wigal, 8, Cornell-15.746; 32. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-15.755; 33. Mason Hannagan, 71H, Hills-15.804; 34. Chris Baue, 36, Baue-15.837; 35. Kyle Jones, 27x, Joyner-16.511.

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake, 2. K.J. Snow, 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Ethan Mitchell, 5. Cannon McIntosh, 6. Karter Sarff, 7. Daniel Harding, 8. Mason Hannagan, 9. Jake Robinson.

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Logan Seavey, 2. Trey Marcham, 3. Corbin Rueschenberg, 4. Jacob Denney, 5. Justin Grant, 6. Cale Coons, 7. Gavin Miller, 8. Blake Brannon, 9. Chris Baue.

USACGEAR.COM THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Chelby Hinton, 3. Brecken Reese, 4. Steven Snyder Jr., 5. Zach Wigal, 6. Colton Robinson, 7. Kyle Jones, 8. Jakeb Boxell, 9. Kevin Newton.

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Zach Daum, 4. Kaiden Manders, 5. Hayden Reinbold, 6. Drake Edwards, 7. Tom Payet, 8. Preston Norbury.

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Karter Sarff, 2. Drake Edwards, 3. Colton Robinson, 4. Gavin Miller, 5. Tom Payet, 6. Cale Coons, 7. Kyle Jones, 8. Jakeb Boxell, 9. Kevin Newton, 10. Blake Brannon, 11. Mason Hannagan, 12. Chris Baue, 13. Daniel Harding, 14. Jake Robinson, 15. Preston Norbury.

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jacob Denney (2), 2. Justin Grant (6), 3. Kale Drake (7), 4. K.J. Snow (1), 5. Cannon McIntosh (3), 6. Karter Sarff (11), 7. Gunnar Setser (10), 8. Kyle Cummins (16), 9. Kevin Thomas Jr. (15), 10. Logan Seavey (8), 11. Steven Snyder Jr. (5), 12. Colton Robinson (14), 13. Thomas Meseraull (9), 14. Drake Edwards (12), 15. Hayden Reinbold (4), 16. Gavin Miller (17), 17. Zach Daum (19), 18. Zach Wigal (24), 19. Brecken Reese (18), 20. Trey Marcham (23), 21. Ethan Mitchell (22), 22. Cale Coons (26-P), 23. Kyle Jones (25-P), 24. Corbin Rueschenberg (13), 25. Kaiden Manders (21), 26. Chelby Hinton (20). NT

(P) represents a provisional starter

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-30 Jacob Denney.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-506, 2-Kale Drake-472, 3-Cannon McIntosh-443, 4-Jacob Denney-428, 5-Logan Seavey-421, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-397, 7-Steven Snyder Jr.-377, 8-Gavin Miller-368, 9-Drake Edwards-361, 10-Gunnar Setser-315.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-150, 2-Justin Grant-141, 3-Karter Sarff-137, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-130, 5-Jacob Denney-124, 6-Logan Seavey-113, 7-Hayden Reinbold-99, 8-K.J. Snow-96, 9-Cannon McIntosh-94, 10-Thomas Meseraull-92.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-124, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Kyle Cummins-53, 4-Briggs Danner-44, 5-Chase Stockon-42, 6-Robert Ballou-41, 7-Gunnar Setser-41, 8-Justin Grant-37, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-32, 10-Jadon Rogers-30.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-15, 2-Kale Drake-14, 3-Zach Wigal-14, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-13, 5-Kyle Jones-11, 6-Mason Hannagan-11, 7-Justin Grant-9, 8-Jacob Denney-8, 9-Karter Sarff-8, 10-Gavin Miller-8.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 5, 2025 – Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 5/16-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Kevin Thomas Jr. (15.060)

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Karter Sarff (14.833)

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Kale Drake

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Logan Seavey

USACgear.com Third Heat Winner: Thomas Meseraull

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Karter Sarff

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kyle Cummins (16th to 8th)

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: K.J. Snow

ProSource Hard Work Award: Zach Daum

KALE’S ON RAILS! DRAKE CHARGES 9TH TO THE WIN AT CIRCLE CITY USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK OPENER

Kale Drake scored the victory in Tuesday night's USAC Indiana Midget Week opener at Circle City Raceway. (Rich Forman Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Indianapolis, Indiana (June 3, 2025)………All year long, Kale Drake has displayed an astounding passing prowess that has put him atop USAC’s passing master standings.

During Tuesday night’s 21st annual USAC Indiana Midget Week opener at Circle City Raceway’s, that very same passing prowess took the ninth place starting Drake to victory lane.

In a race which saw the lead exchange hands six different times among three drivers, Drake (Collinsville, Oklahoma) broke through with the winning move around Kevin Thomas Jr. with six laps remaining to earn his first career Indiana Midget Week win, his second straight USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship victory and his third career series victory overall.

Drake, whose 120 passes in USAC national feature events in 2025 is a staggering 66 more than anyone else, leads the season long Parallax Group Passing Master standings. Starting inside row five, Drake needed to dig deep to get to the front once more in his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/Eibach – TRD – Toyota – Mobil 1/LynK/Speedway Toyota.

In the meantime, pole sitter Logan Seavey sprinted out to the lead where he’d remain for the initial 18 circuits of the 30-lap feature. On the ninth lap, 10th running Gunnar Setser flipped upside down in turn two to bring out the only red flag of the night. Setser was able to walk away while Cannon McIntosh, second in series points, also dropped out following the incident, finishing 25th in the 25-car field.

When action resumed, Daison Pursley slid past Seavey in turns one and two on the 10th lap. Seavey astutely cut back under to reassume the lead, then fended off another Pursley attack in turns three and four to lead at the stripe by a wheel. Shortly thereafter, Karter Sarff circled the waters, then pounced on lap 16 to take second from Pursley.

Suddenly, it was a swarm of six different cars all under a blanket as fifth starting Kevin Thomas Jr. rolled the bottom to fourth on lap 16, to third on lap 17, to second on lap 18 and to the lead on lap 19 in three-wide fashion with himself on the low line, Drake in the middle and Seavey on the outside.

Drake had surged from sixth to second in a five-lap span between laps 16-20, and after a somewhat stagnant start, he had surprised the field with his presence at the front and even surprised himself!

“I didn’t think we were going to have anything for them,” Drake stated. “Early on in that race, we were struggling and at a standstill really. I could pounce on them when they made a mistake, but other than that, I really didn’t have speed. When I stumbled upon that line, it worked out really well for us.”

“That” line involved bouncing his right rear tire off the outside wall in turns one and two, then diamonding his path from the top of turn three to the bottom of turn four. Drake took that maneuver to the lead past Thomas on lap 21 and the duel was on. Thomas retook the top spot on lap 22 before Drake took it back on the 23rd lap. Thomas regained the lead on lap 24, but Drake fought back to reach the top once more on lap 25 around the outside of turn four.

Artist Bob Ross once encouraged people to embrace “happy accidents.” Instead of viewing errors as mistakes, he encouraged individuals to use the opportunity to create something unexpected and positive. Drake’s artistry on the racetrack transformed from what could've been construed as an accident to a pivotal and winning moment.

“I accidentally did that move in one and two and kind of gained on the guys ahead of me, and I was like, ‘whew! If we can replicate that, we’re going to be hard to beat,’” Drake revealed. “Once I made it happen, we were able to pick our way right through them. They were hanging really bad off the exit, so I could make the diamond line work. I was able to drive it into the corner so hard, thanks to having such a good racecar. I really just had to get it turned and come down the hill. There’s not much to lean on up there and it’s really slick. You’ve got to come up with unique lines like that.”

Despite reaching lapped traffic during the final two laps, Drake was able to extend his lead over Thomas in the final stages, leading the final six laps to win by a 1.265 second margin over Thomas, Sarff and Pursley with Seavey rounding out the top-five.

Furthermore, Drake became the first feature winning driver to also grab hard charger honors in USAC National Midget competition this season, advancing eight positions to score his second straight feature victory with the series after also winning on May 18 at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex in similarly dramatic fashion.

“They were racing really hard in front of me, so it slowed them all down, and it really opened the door for me,” Drake explained. “To grab another Rod End Supply Hard Charger is unreal. We’ve passed so many racecars this year, and I think that’s just a testament to the racecars I’ve had the pleasure of sitting in. It just makes my job really easy. If only I could just start my night off a little better! But it doesn’t seem to drag us down too bad.”

It was exactly seven years ago to the day that Kevin Thomas Jr. captured his lone USAC Indiana Midget Week win at Kokomo Speedway in 2018. Seven years later, to the day, Thomas nearly pulled off his second IMW triumph, leading three different times for a total of four laps en route to a second place finish.

Karter Sarff made an impressive Indiana Midget Week debut, finishing with a career best USAC National Midget result of third to earn the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.

Justin Grant earned his 12th career USAC National Midget Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying time, which tied him for 49th place on the all-time list alongside Cannon McIntosh, Don Meacham, Larry Rice and Josh Wise. It was also the fifth fast time of Grant's Indiana Midget Week career, tying him for second most all-time with Bryan Clauson.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 3, 2025 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-12.482; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-12.526; 3. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.539; 4. Karter Sarff, 21K, Sarff-12.553; 5. Zach Wigal, 8, Cornell-12.566; 6. Corbin Rueschenberg, 26, Rueschenberg-12.598; 7. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-12.603; 8. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.612; 9. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.615; 10. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-12.628; 11. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.654; 12. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.659; 13. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-12.679; 14. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.711; 15. Brecken Reese, 00, Chandler-12.717; 16. Steven Snyder Jr., 4, RMS-12.733; 17. Trey Marcham, 85, Central-12.735; 18. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, Engler-12.745; 19. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.753; 20. K.J. Snow, 86x, CBI-12.786; 21. Kyle Jones, 27x, Joyner-12.788; 22. Jakeb Boxell, 14JB, 4 Kings-12.846; 23. Daniel Harding, 71w, Golding-12.853; 24. Zach Daum, 5D, O'Dell-12.867; 25. Mason Hannagan, 71H, Hills-12.869; 26. Kaiden Manders, 71, Golding-12.878; 27. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-12.902; 28. Kyle Cummins, 3G, Styres-12.920; 29. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.952; 30. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-12.953; 31. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-13.010; 32. Tom Payet, 7AU, Bennett-13.026; 33. Jake Robinson, 8AU, Robinson-13.084; 34. Kevin Newton, 16TH, 2nd Law-13.108; 35. Chris Baue, 36, Baue-13.355; 36. Scott Orr, 88s, Orr-13.399; 37. Rylan Gray, 81G, Gray-14.514; 38. Christopher Hartman, 35s, Hodge-NT; 39. Abby Hohlbein, 2B, Poe-NT.

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Trey Marcham, 4. Kyle Jones, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Zach Wigal, 7. Mason Hannagan, 8. Cale Coons, 9. Jake Robinson. 2:08.811

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Jacob Denney, 3. Drake Edwards, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Jakeb Boxell, 6. Corbin Rueschenberg, 7. Kaiden Manders, 8. Ethan Mitchell, 9. Kevin Newton, 10. Christopher Hartman. NT

USACGEAR.COM THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake, 2. Cannon McIntosh, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Daison Pursley, 5. Brecken Reese, 6. Daniel Harding, 7. Preston Norbury, 8. Blake Brannon, 9. Chris Baue. 2:11.124

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Zach Daum, 2. Steven Snyder Jr., 3. Karter Sarff, 4. K.J. Snow, 5. Gavin Miller, 6. Kyle Cummins, 7. Colton Robinson, 8. Tom Payet, 9. Scott Orr. NT

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Zach Wigal, 2. Corbin Rueschenberg, 3. Mason Hannagan, 4. Kyle Cummins, 5. Kaiden Manders, 6. Daniel Harding, 7. Blake Brannon, 8. Preston Norbury, 9. Cale Coons, 10. Colton Robinson, 11. Tom Payet, 12. Chris Baue, 13. Jake Robinson, 14. Kevin Newton, 15. Christopher Hartman, 16. Ethan Mitchell, 17. Rylan Gray. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kale Drake (9), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 3. Karter Sarff (3), 4. Daison Pursley (2), 5. Logan Seavey (1), 6. Zach Wigal (11), 7. Justin Grant (6), 8. Hayden Reinbold (4), 9. Zach Daum (10), 10. Gavin Miller (15), 11. Jacob Denney (16), 12. Thomas Meseraull (8), 13. Drake Edwards (13), 14. Kyle Jones (21), 15. Cale Coons (25-P), 16. Jakeb Boxell (22), 17. Mason Hannagan (23), 18. Kyle Cummins (24), 19. Trey Marcham (19), 20. Steven Snyder Jr. (18), 21. Corbin Rueschenberg (12), 22. Brecken Reese (17), 23. K.J. Snow (20), 24. Gunnar Setser (7), 25. Cannon McIntosh (14). NT

(P) represents a provisional starter.

**Gunnar Setser flipped on lap 9 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-18 Logan Seavey, Laps 19-20 Kevin Thomas Jr., Lap 21 Kale Drake, Lap 22 Kevin Thomas Jr., Lap 23 Kale Drake, Lap 24 Kevin Thomas Jr., Laps 25-30 Kale Drake.

USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-430, 2-Kale Drake-400, 3-Cannon McIntosh-379, 4-Logan Seavey-370, 5-Jacob Denney-352, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-344, 7-Gavin Miller-336, 8-Steven Snyder Jr.-327, 9-Drake Edwards-324, 10-Kyle Jones-259.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-78, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-77, 3-Karter Sarff-73, 4-Daison Pursley-66, 5-Justin Grant-65, 6-Logan Seavey-62, 7-Zach Wigal-60, 8-Hayden Reinbold-59, 9-Zach Daum-54, 10-Jacob Denney-48.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-120, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Kyle Cummins-45, 4-Briggs Danner-44, 5-Chase Stockon-42, 6-Robert Ballou-41, 7-Gunnar Setser-38, 8-Justin Grant-33, 9-Jadon Rogers-30, 10-Kyle Jones-29.

USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-9, 2-Mason Hannagan-9, 3-Kyle Jones-7, 4-Kyle Cummins-7, 5-Jacob Denney-6, 6-Jakeb Boxell-6, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-5, 8-Zach Wigal-5, 9-Gavin Miller-5, 10-Justin Grant-4.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 4, 2025 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week

CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Jacob Denney (12.698)

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (12.482)

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Thomas Meseraull

USACgear.com Third Heat Winner: Kale Drake

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Zach Daum

Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kale Drake (9th to 1st)

Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Karter Sarff

ProSource Hard Work Award: Brecken Reese