PRIME MERIDIAN: GROAT WINS FIRST IN IDAHO Meridian, Idaho (September 22, 2023)………Chuck Groat scored his first career USAC Rocky Mountain Radical Focus Midget feature victory on Friday night at Idaho’s Meridian Speedway, part of the Pink Lady Classic. Groat (West Valley City, Utah) led all 30 laps in wire-to-wire fashion…
STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: GRANT SPRINTS TO JAMES DEAN CLASSIC WIN AT GAS CITY By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Gas City, Indiana (September 21, 2023)………Throughout Thursday night’s James Dean Classic at Indiana’s Gas City I-69 Speedway, Justin Grant experienced the fluctuating feeling of a season-long USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car…
GAS SEAVEY: USAC MIDGET POINT LEADER STRIKES ANOTHER WIN AT GAS CITY By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Gas City, Indiana (September 21, 2023)………Back in June, Gas City I-69 Speedway served as the turning point of the 2023 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship season for Logan Seavey. On…
BRODY FUSON SURGES TO LATE VENTURA VICTORY By Lance Jennings VENTURA, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 18, 2023…Fresh off winning the previous weekend in a USAC Western States Midget, Brody Fuson of Bakersfield, California returned to Ventura Raceway and topped last Saturday’s 250th USAC West Coast Sprint Car event. By winning a…
THE NEXT GENERATION: CALE COONS WINS HIS FIRST AT MONTPELIER Montpelier, Indiana (September 16, 2023)………The Coons name is synonymous in USAC racing lore with Jerry Coons Jr. earning a total of four career national championships with the club in his Triple Crown career. Now, the next generation of the Coons…
MIDWEST MINI SPRINT ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: September 16, 2023 – Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, Indiana – Non-Points Special Event QUALIFYING: 1. 06-Mike Larrison-13.529, 2. 14-Bryan Brewer-13.578, 3. 44-Cody Knieriem-13.816, 4. 32-Ken Coulston-13.820, 5. 97-Nolan Kiefer-13.874, 6. 88x-Parker Baumeyer-14.063, 7. 74-Scott Albrecht-14.090, 8. 11A-Aaron Jones-14.150, 9. 11-Logan Anderson-14.224, 10. 87-Brandon Justus-14.257,…
$20 GRAND MACHO MAN! BACON HURRIES TO HAUBSTADT HUSTLER WIN By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Haubstadt, Indiana (September 16, 2023)………Tri-State Speedway has been very, very good to Brady Bacon in 2023. In April, the Broken Arrow, Okla. native earned his first World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car…
WIGAL DOTS THE I’S AT CIRCLE CITY Indianapolis, Indiana (September 15, 2023)………Zach Wigal raced to his series-leading sixth USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget victory of the season on Friday night at Indianapolis, Indiana’s Circle City Raceway. Wigal (Belpre, Ohio) ran second to racelong leader Matt Lux (Manilla, Ind.) for the…
LAST LAP, LAST TURN HERO: SEAVEY SCORES PHOTO FINISH USAC SPRINT WIN AT CIRCLE CITY By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Indianapolis, Indiana (September 15, 2023)………Throughout the first 31 races of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season, Logan Seavey had led just one single, solitary lap. During Friday…
17 YEARS IN THE MAKING! WESTFALL IS A USAC SPRINT CAR WINNER AGAIN AT TEXARKANA By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Texarkana, Arkansas (September 9, 2023)………Seventeen years, two months and twenty-three days. That was the wait Matt Westfall endured between his first and second career USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National…
MIDWEST MINI SPRINT ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: September 9, 2023 – Red Hill Raceway – Sumner, Illinois – 18 Entries FIRST HEAT: (6 laps, all transfer, starting positions in parentheses) 1. 44-Cody Knieriem (1), 2. 06-Mike Larrison (4), 3. 56x-Jeremy Schnepper (2), 4. 97-Nolan Kiefer (3), 5. 34T-Tom Busch (7), 6….
LUTTMER LAUNCHES TO MAGIC VALLEY VICTORY IN IDAHO Twin Falls, Idaho (September 9, 2023)………A.J. Luttmer raced to his third USAC Rocky Mountain Radical Focus Midget feature victory of the season on Saturday night at Twin Falls, Idaho’s Magic Valley Speedway. River Merrill (Salt Lake City, Utah), who was contending for…
BRODY FUSON TOPS VENTURA FEATURE VENTURA, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 10, 2023… Starting sixth, Brody Fuson of Bakersfield, California claimed Saturday’s USAC Western States Midget Series return to Ventura Raceway. Piloting Rusty Carlile’s #51 Race Pa Motorsports / Van Meter Motorsports Spike, the point leader took command from Robby Josett on…
LAMB SCORCHES FIELD AT SHENANDOAH Shenandoah, Virginia (September 9, 2023)………Chris Lamb was heating up. Now, he’s officially scorching. The Colfax, N.C. native earned his all-time leading 61st career USAC Eastern Focus Midget victory on Saturday night at Virginia’s Shenandoah Speedway. The three-time series champion has now won two-in-a-row and four…
LEWIS LOOTS HELM MEMORIAL FOR WIN #13 By: Ray Cunningham Grain Valley, Missouri (September 9, 2023)………Everything was lined up perfectly for Ricky Lewis to score his 13th feature win of the 2023 non-winged sprint car season during Saturday night’s Helm Memorial for the USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Racing Association…
LONE STAR MILESTONE! BACON MOVES TO 2ND WITH USAC SPRINT WIN #52 AT DEVIL’S BOWL By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Mesquite, Texas (September 7, 2023)………For Brady Bacon, Devil’s Bowl Speedway was sort of like a Kokomo of the south. Both are tracks he’d competed at extensively but had long…
SEAVEY STAYS HOT, EXTINGUISHES FIREMEN’S NATIONALS FIELD AT ANGELL PARK By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (September 4, 2023)………One night after his run of nine consecutive podium finishes came to an abrupt halt, Logan Seavey decided to begin a new kind of streak on Monday night at…
COOL AS A CUCUMBER: HOWARD WINS AT BETHANY By: Ray Cunningham Bethany, Missouri (September 6, 2023)………The driver nicknamed “Cool Hand Luke” lived up to that moniker by holding his ground and position on Sunday night at Missouri’s Bethany Fairgrounds Speedway. Luke Howard (Overland Park, Kan.) led from start to finish…
ON FIRE! TIMMS SWEEPS NIGHT ONE OF THE FIREMEN’S NATIONALS AT ANGELL PARK By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Sun Prairie, Wisconsin (September 3, 2023)………It’d been more than a year since a driver last performed a complete sweep from start to finish throughout a USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National…
3-IN-A-ROW FOR BURKS AT I-35 By: Ray Cunningham Osborn, Missouri (September 2, 2023)………Wyatt Burks captured his third consecutive USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Racing Association Sprint Car victory of the season on Saturday night at Winston, Missouri’s I-35 Speedway. For Burks (Topeka, Kan.), it was his sixth overall feature win…
THE BEAT GOES ON! GRANT DEFEATS THE FIELD AT Du QUOIN’S 100-MILER By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Du Quoin, Illinois (September 2, 2023)………If you thought Justin Grant had any inkling of missing a beat on the dirt after three-straight USAC National Sprint Car wins last weekend, well, you’d be…
MIDWEST MINI SPRINT ASSOCIATION RACE RESULTS: September 1, 2023 – Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, Indiana – 18 Entries QUALIFYING: 1. 14-Bryan Brewer, 2. 77K-Elijah Knoke, 3. 32-Ken Coulston, 4. 74-Ashton Thompson, 5. 88x-Jeff Schindler, 6. 25-Hunter Wilson, 7. 06-Mike Larrison, 8. 9H-Brandon Coffey, 9. 97-Nolan Kiefer, 10. 1x-Andy Bradley, 11….
BURKS WINS WILD SHOOTOUT AT U.S. 36 By: Ray Cunningham Osborn, Missouri (September 1, 2023)………“The Sheriff” Wyatt Burks survived a wild shootout with rival Kory Schudy on Friday night as the USAC Wholesale Batteries Midwest Wingless Racing Association Sprint Cars took on Osbron, Missouri’s U.S. 36 Raceway. This was the…
GATEWAY GEM: HAMILTON & LEGACY SCORE FIRST USAC SILVER CROWN WIN AT WWT By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Madison, Illinois (August 27, 2023)………Sunday’s running of the OutFront 100 at World Wide Technology Raceway presented a series of firsts from the driver to the team and even the car itself….
SMACKDOWN SWEEP! GRANT GRABS $44,500 WEEKEND FINALE AT KOKOMO By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Kokomo, Indiana (August 26, 2023)………”This weekend’s been a dream. I feel like I’m going to wake up tomorrow and it’s going to be Wednesday.” The dream was most certainly a reality for Justin Grant during…