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Sammy Martz, Jr. learned from previous experience and raced to his first win of the season on the High Banks of the Bridgeport Motorsports Park on CAR Tools night at the track.
Ronnie Solomon, III found his way back to the Insta Signs Plus Victory Lane in a Ice Less 602 Sportsman feature riddled with caution flags and restarts. JR Fulper took the lead in the Victory Fuel Wingless Sprints as he raced Wayne Scott to the checkered flag. Kevin Heckman held off the challenges of Spider Ensinger, Jr. to win his first ever feature event in the Insta Signs Plus Street Stocks.
Brian Papiez and Ryan Krachun led the field to the green in the Danny’s Pizza Pizzazz Modified feature with Papiez leading the way through the first nine laps. Krachun raced in the leader’s tracks until he was able to take the lead on lap ten.
With Krachun out in front, Martz, Jr. was picking his way through the top five, moving up to second on lap fourteen. Two restarts on lap fifteen gave Martz two different looks at the lead. Krachun took the outside for the first but then switched to the inside on the next attempt. Martz was ready and came away with the lead.
Lap sixteen saw a three wide battle for second as Krachun, HJ Bunting and Dillon Steuer raced for position. Krachun took the spot with Steuer challenging. With ten laps to go Martz, Jr. led Keachun, Steuer, Bunting and Sam Martz, Sr. who was battling with Cale Ross for fifth.
Ross took fifth on lap twenty-three as Steuer was still working the inside to challenge Krachun for second.
The caution waved on the final lap when Blaine Bracelin slowed with a tire issue. It was a one lap shootout for the win with Martz, Jr. taking the checkered. Steuer took second over Krachun, Bunting and Ross. Martz, Sr. finished sixth followed by Stan Frankenfield, Mike Lisowski, Brandon Grosso and Mike Franz.
Ronnie Solomon, III led every lap to win his second Ice Less 602 Sportsman feature of the season. And don’t be fooled by his starting position – Solomon led the way through more than a dozen restarts, driving away each time.
Current point leader, Joe Toth made some late race moves to finish second. Luke Bunting finished third followed by Travis Hill and Jesse Hill. Trent Willey finished sixth after running among the top five for most of the race. Jesse Hirthler gained several spots in the final laps to finish seventh over Charley Cossaboone, Jax Yohn and Matt Peck.
JR Fulper saved his best for last as he raced to the win in the Victory Fuel Wingless Sprints for his second win of the season. Fulper made the change from a Modified to a wingless sprint for the 2025 season.
Wayne Scott is a recent addition to this division and was enjoying his best outing to date as he led from the start. Fulper moved into second on lap four and chased Scott throughout the race.
Fulper had looked to the inside several times but on the last lap and the final corners, he went to the outside and won the drag race to the checkered.
Scott finished second for his best effort to date. Dan Leaper finished third over Stan Ploski III and defending champion, Brian Spencer.
The Insta Sign Plus Street Stocks saw Kevin Heckman race to his first ever win. Gary Bozowski led the first two laps with Heckman leading laps three and four. Mike Hughes took over on lap five but his race ended with a mechanical failure on lap nine. Heckman regained the lead and then held off the challenges of Spider Ensinger, Jr. Nick Sandone took over third from Borowski late in the race.
270 Micro Sprint Champion, Alex Swift took his first ride in a Vintage Modified
DANNY’S PIZZA PIZZAZZ MODIFIED A-MAIN (30 LAPS)
1. Sammy Martz, Jr., 2. Dillon Steuer, 3. Ryan Krachun, 4. H.J. Bunting, 5. Cale Ross,
6. Sam Martz, Sr., 7. Stan Frankenfield, Jr., 8. Mike Lisowski, 9. Brandon Grosso, 10. Mike Franz, 11. Justin Grosso, 12. Brandon Watkins, 13. Blaine Bracelin, 14. Neal Williams, 15. Coleby Frye, 16. Roger Manning, 17. Brian Papiez, 18. Kevin Hirthler, 19. Billy Osmun, III
ICE LESS LLC 602 SPORTSMAN A-MAIN (25 LAPS)
1. Ronnie Solomon, III, 2. Joe Toth, 3. Luke Bunting, 4. Travis Hill, 5. Jesse Hill, 6. Trent Willey, 7. Jesse Hirthler, 8. Charley Cossaboone, 9. Jax Yohn, 10. Matt Peck, 11. Billy Chester, 12. Brad Roberts, 13. Brian Rogers, 14. P.J. Bozowski, 15. Pete Serra, 16. Dan Cogdill, 17. Dave Damiano, 18. Steve Wilson, 19. James Allen, 20. Justine Wessner, 21. Scott Hulmes, 22. Mike Hughes, Jr., 23. Jim Wyers, 24. Wayne Weaver, 25. Tim Borror
VICTORY FUEL WINGLESS SPRINT A-MAIN (20 LAPS)
1. J.R. Fulper, 2. Wayne Scott, 3. Dan Leaper, 4. Stan Ploski, III, 5. Brian Spencer, 6. Thomas Radivoy, 7. Nate Smith, Jr., 8. Heidi Hedin, 9. David Swanson, 10. Dirk Rimrott, 11. Jonathan Swanson
INSTA SIGNS PLUS STREET STOCK A-MAIN (15 LAPS)
1. Kevin Heckman, 2. Spider Ensinger, Jr., 3. Nick Sandone, III, 4. Gary Bozowski, 5. Mike Hughes, Jr.
The 2025 season marked a change of venue for father and son drivers, Kevin and Jesse Hirthler. On Saturday night, both Kevin and Jesse Hirthler got to share a relatively rare event with their family and friends as they both won their first features at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park.
Saturday’s races were sponsored by SY Murray Performance and it is only fitting that it is a Murray powerplant under the hood of the No. 117.
Kevin Hirthler’s name can be found in the record books of many different area tracks, including Bridgeport’s old 5/8th mile surface. Saturday night’s win marked his first win on the High Banks of the Bridgeport Motorsports Park. It has been a few seasons since Hirthler picked up a win in his Pioneer Pole Building sponsored Modified. “This track can beat up an old guy like me,” Hirthler exclaimed following his win. “This track is tough – you have to run as fast as you can.” Hirthler led a race earlier this season only to be passed on a late race restart but he learned those lessons well.
Hirthler’s win in the Danny’s Pizza Pizzazz Modifieds came over third generation driver, Billy Osmun who had several restarts to challenge for the lead but Hirthler rallied each time. Three-time feature winner and current point leader, Dillon Steuer finished third, challenging Osmun all the way to the finish. Mike Lisowski, also making this his first season at Bridgeport, finished fourth with Neal Williams in fifth.
The Ice Less 602 Sportsman feature followed the Modified main event. Jesse Hirthler drove his No, 117 onto the track so that he could share in his dad’s Insta Sign Plus Victory Lane before taking his place in the starting line-up of the next feature.
Austyn Myers took the early race lead with challenges coming from Charley Cossaboone. By lap four, the top three spots were held by graduates of the 2025 DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookie class as Rookie Champion, Mike Hughes led the way over Myers and Cossaboone. Trent Willey and Hirthler completed the top five at this point.
Hughes led through lap ten as Hirthler closed in on the leader. Hirthler had the No. 117 out in front on lap eleven as Matt Peck moved up to second. Willey took over third on lap fourteen.
As the laps counted down, Hirthler caught the back of the field and lapped traffic played a role in the final laps. Hirthler concentrated on hitting his marks and led the way to the checkered for the win over Peck, Willey, Cossaboone and Billy Chester. Travis Hill finished seventh followed by Hughes, Jax Yohn, Joe Toth and Myers.
Thomas Radivoy set a new benchmark in the Victory Fuel Wingless Sprints by being the first to win three times this season.
Polesitter, Dan Leaper led the first lap of the feature event before Radivoy took the lead. Radivoy led every lap to the checkered followed by Stan Ploski III, defending champion, Brian Spencer, David Swanson and Jonathan Swanson.
Pulling double duty, Mike Hughes raced to the win, in the Insta Signs Street Stocks with a hard charging Bailey Tolson finishing in second. Kevin Heckman finished third to capture the final podium spot.
Joe Garey, Sr. started the Insta Signs Plus Four Cylinder feature as the race leader but Eric Degler had his No. 1 out in front before the field reached the stripe to complete the first lap. The racing action centered in the positions behind the leader as Garey, Sr., Roger Kummerer, Lee Allen and Joe Garey, Jr.
Degler took the win with Kummerer winning the race for second over Garey, Sr. After battling throughout the race, Lee Allen finished fourth followed by Joe Garey, Jr.
The Delaware Super Trucks made their first ever appearance on the High Banks and the drivers found the track to their liking. Sean Martinez raced from last to first to take the win in the final laps over
LJ Walbert, TJ Williams, Steve Portillo and Chase Carter.
DANNY’S PIZZA PIZZAZZ MODIFIED A-MAIN (30 LAPS)
1. Kevin Hirthler, 2. Billy Osmun, III, 3. Dillon Steuer, 4. Mike Lisowski, 5. Neal Williams, 6. Stan Frankenfield, Jr., 7. Sammy Martz, Jr., 8. Ryan Krachun, 9. Sam Martz, Sr., 10. Coleby Frye, 11. Mike Franz, 12. W.B. James, 13. H.J. Bunting
ICE LESS LLC 602 SPORTMAN A-MAIN (25 LAPS)
1. Jesse Hirthler, 2. Matt Peck, 3. Trent Willey, 4. Charlie Cossaboone, 5. Billy Chester,
6. Travis Hill, 7. Mike Hughes, Jr., 8. Jax Yohn, 9. Joe Toth, 10. Austyn Myers, 11. David Jenkins, 12. Ethan Young, 13. Brian Rogers, 14. P.J. Bozowski, 15. Jeff Parker, 16. Jared Millman, 17. Tim Borror, 18. Howard Huepful, 19. Dan Cogdill, 20. Justine Wessner, 21. Luke Bunting, 22. Pete Serra, 23. Andrew Hopkins, 24. Jesse Hill, DNQ – Ronnie Solomon, III, Dave Damiano,
VICTORY FUELL WINGLESS SPRINT A-MAIN (20 LAPS)
1. Thomas Radivoy, 2. Stan Ploski, III, 3. Brian Spencer, 4. David Swanson, 5. Jonathan Swanson, 6. Wayne Scott, 7. Aleksander McIlroy, 8. Kurt Sodano, 9. Dirk Rimrott, 10. Dan Leaper, 11. JR Fulper
DELAWARE SUPER TRUCKS A-MAIN (15 LAPS)
1. Sean Martinez, 2. L.J. Walbert, 3. T.J. Williams, 4. Steve Portillo, 5. Chase Carter, 6. Troy Hopkins, 7. Tyrell Burkett, 8. Jerry Hill, 9. Carl Walker, 10. Michelle Collins, 11. Mackenzie Williams, 12. Kohen Massey, 13. J.R. Steele,14. Billy Christman, 15. Nate Benson, 16. Tim Quay
INSTA SIGNS PLUS FOUR CYLINDER A-MAIN (15 LAPS)
1. Eric Degler, 2. Roger Kummerer, 3. Joe Garey, Sr., 4. Lee Allen, 5. Joe Garey, Jr., 6. Cody Geist, 7. Bobby Johnson, 8. Jon Parker, 9. Colin Gale, 10. Rob Weil, 11. Dan Stein, Jr., 12. Jim Backowski
INSTA SIGNS PLUS STREET STOCKS
1. Mike Hughes, Jr., 2. Bailey Tolson, 3. Kevin Heckman, 4. Nick Sandone III, DNS – Gary Bozowski
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The ageless veteran, Wayne Weaver, raced to the win in the Double Down Showdown for the Ice Less 602 Sportsman in Bridgeport Saturday night action. The 602 Sportsman had the spotlight on this night with their special forty lap main event that paid double the purse in each position.
Justin Grosso earned his first Bridgeport victory in the Danny’s Pizza Pizzazz Modified feature win. Mike Hughes did double duty and came away with two wins – his third win in the DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookies and his sixth win of the season in the Insta Signs Plus Street Stocks. Scott Degler came away with his fourth win in the Four Cylinder feature event with racing sponsored by John Blewett Inc. Scrap and Metal.
Just two weeks earlier, Wayne Weaver won his first feature event of the season and his first win in nearly a year to the date of his last win. Weaver had expressed his reluctance to race on that particular night – things had not been going well and the thought of a night off was appealing. But when his brother produced a carburetor that he was anxious to try on the No. 0, Weaver relented. In the end, one more win to his credit, he was glad he did.
Now two weeks later, Weaver stood in Victory Lane with one of the biggest wins of his second career. After years in the Modifieds, Weaver switched to the Sportsman competition.
Polesitter, Howie Finch led the first lap before Matt Peck raced into the lead on lap two. Jess Hirthler raced in second until Travis Hill took over second on lap seven. Weaver drove up to third on lap eleven.
On lap seventeen, Peck slowed, bringing out the caution when a tire came off the bead on the No. 51. Peck returned to restart at the rear of the field. Travis Hill was the new leader followed by Weaver, Jax Yohn, Hirthler and Steve Kemery.
As the race neared the lap thirty mark, Weaver began to close in on Hill. Hill led with ten to go but then pushed up the track in turn two, allowing Weaver to take the lead. Hirthler advanced to third. A few laps later, Hirthler was up to second.
Hill was involved in a multi-car incident on the backstretch that also involved Thomas Prychka just three laps from the checkered,
The sixty-five year old Weaver drove to the win followed by the eighteen year old, recent high school graduate, Jesse Hirthler. Steve Kemery finished third followed by Joe Toth and Jax Yohn. Matt Peck rebounded for a sixth place finish followed by Luke Bunting, Duncan Molesworth, Matt Ellery and Billy Chester.
Justin Grosso raced to his first Bridgeport win in the Danny’s Pizza Pizzazz Modifieds after taking the lead on a lap seven restart. Justin has proven to be a strong competitor on the High Banks this season.
Mike Franz and Mike Lisowski led the field to the start with Franz taking the early lead. Franz led the first six laps until the racing came to a stop after Brian Papiez took a nasty ride in turn two. Papiez escaped injury and the field lined up for the restart. Grosso took the lead and began to pull away from the field, taking advantage of the clean air in front of the leader.
Billy Osmun III raced into second and had Dillon Steuer and Sam Martz battling for position behind him. When Steuer finally cleared Martz for third, he turned his attention to Osmun. Steuer repeatedly raced to the inside of the third generation driver but Osmun was tenacious and pulled ahead as they exited the turn. With just six laps to go, Steuer finally took over second but Grosso was out of reach at that time.
Grosso raced to the victory over Steuer, Osmun, Sam Martz and HJ Bunting. Ryan Krachun finished sixth followed by Cale Ross, Sammy Martz, Jr., Neal Williams and Mike Franz.
Grosso expressed his preference for a rougher race track. “I really like a rough race track,” Grosso explained. “I prefer to drive the car straight and that’s how you have to run through the rough.” And he did so successfully.
Mike Hughes scored a pair of wins on Saturday night. First, he won his third DA’s Auto Body & Repair Rookie feature. Polesitter, Austyn Myers led the first two laps before Hughes raced into the lead. Myers went on to finish second followed by PJ Bozowski and Charley Cossaboone. Only one more race remains in the Rookie season and the title has yet to be decided.
Hughes went on to win his sixth race in the Insta Signs Plus Street Stocks. Hughes raced by polesitter, Gary Bozowski and then Bailey Tolson to take the lead on the first lap. Hughes led all the way to the checkered with Tolson posting another strong second place run. Kevin Heckman finished third followed by Nick Sandone III and Gary Bozowski.
Scott Degler led every lap of the John Blewett Inc. Four Cylinder feature to capture the win over Joe Garey, Jr. Roger Kummerer raced by Joe Garey, Sr for third with Colin Gale completing the top five at the checkered.
DANNY’S PIZZA PIZZAZZ MODIFIED A-MAIN (30 LAPS)
1. Justin Grosso, 2. Dillon Steuer, 3. Billy Osmun, III, 4. Sam Martz, Sr., 5. H.J. Bunting, 6. Cale Ross, 7. Ryan Krachun, 8. Sammy Martz, Jr., 9. Neal Williams, 10. Mike Franz, 11. Mike Lisowski, 12. Roger Manning, 13. Brandon Grosso, 14. Blaine Bracelin, 15. Brian Papiez, 16. Kevin Hirthler
ICE LESS LLS 602 SPORTSMAN – DOUBLE DOWN SHOWN DOWN (40 LAPS)
1. Wayne Weaver, 2. Jesse Hirthler, 3. Steve Kemery, 4. Joe Toth, 5. Jax Yohn, 6. Matt Peck, 7. Luke Bunting, 8. Duncan Molesworth, 9. Matt Ellery, 10. Billy Chester, 11. Brad Roberts, 12. P.J. Bozowski, 13. Brian Rogers, 14. Jeff Parker, 15. David Jenkins, 16. Travis Hill, 17. Thomas Prychka, 18. Clay Tatman, 19. Howie Finch, 20. Zane Roth, 21. Trent Willey, 22. Ronnie Solomon, III, 23. Jesse Hill, DNS – Ethan Bill, Mike Hughes, Jr., DNQ – Austyn Myers, Howard Heupful, Dan Cogdill, Charley Cossaboone, Scott Hulmes, Troy Bollinger, John Cameron, Tommy Klimkowski, Rob Tete, Jim Wyers
D.A.’S AUTO BODY AND REPAIR ROOKIE FEATURE (8 LAPS)
1. Mike Hughes, Jr., 2. Austyn Myers, 3. PJ Bozowski, 4. Charley Cossaboone, 5. Bob Doble
INSTA SIGNS PLUS STREET STOCK A-MAIN (15 LAPS)
1. Mike Hughes, Jr., 2. Bailey Tolson, 3. Kevin Heckman, 4. Nick Sandone, III, 5. Gary Bozowski, 6. Pete Reynolds
FOUR CYLINDER A-MAIN (15 LAPS)
1. Eric Degler, 2. Joe Garey, Jr., 3. Roger Kummerer, 4. Joe Garey, Sr., 5. Colin Gale, 6. Lee Allen, 7. Rob Weil, 8. Jon Parker
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Swedesboro, New Jersey (June 18, 2025)………Five USAC Eastern Storm wins. Five different tracks.
Justin Grant set a brand new record during Wednesday night’s opener of the 17th edition of Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment at New Jersey’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park.
After previously winning at Grandview, Selinsgrove, Williams Grove and Port Royal throughout his career, the Ione, California native added Bridgeport to his personal checklist became the first driver to win Eastern Storm features at five different racetracks.
Grant achieved his latest score following a late-race restart in which he made his winning move with five laps remaining to earn his third series victory of the 2025 season in his TOPP Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – TOPP Industries – LA Poly/Maxim/Kistler Chevy.
Overall, Grant’s 57th career USAC National Sprint Car triumph brought him one step closer to the all-time series win record as he now sits just four behind Brady Bacon (61) for second all-time and five behind Dave Darland (62) for the number one spot.
The victory places Grant as the early Eastern Storm point leader, a major boon toward accomplishing one of his major personal goals of capturing the Eastern Storm title.
“We’re chasing the championship here, but coming into this week, I’m just trying to focus on having fun, trying to go win races and do my thing and quit worrying about points,” Grant stated. “I’m not smart enough to do any of that. I just go out and smash and hope it works out.”
In the process, Grant gained his 49th career USAC National Sprint Car win as a driver for TOPP Motorsports. That’s just one shy of the all-time series record for feature wins by a driver/entrant combo held by Brady Bacon and Hoffman Auto Racing (50).
Pole sitter and reigning Eastern Storm champion Mitchel Moles got the early race edge as he paced around the outside of challenger Kevin Thomas Jr. for the lead on lap one. By lap nine, the leaders were already working lapped traffic, and Moles excelled to extend his lead bit-by-bit, his margin increasing to two full seconds by the halfway mark of the 30-lap main event.
Meanwhile, Grant found his way to second around the outside of Thomas in turn four on lap 20. Mere moments later, disaster struck for Thomas whose car went up in a cloud of smoke on the back straight, forcing him to pull into the infield on lap 21, saddled with a disheartening 17th place finish.
At that moment, with one of his main contenders falling by the wayside, Moles’ lead remained 2.5 seconds over Grant while being seemingly in complete control. However, Moles’ destiny left his grasp when the yellow flag was displayed for the stopped car of Braydon Cromwell (18th) who came to a halt on the back straight on lap 22.
That immediately piqued Grant’s attention as he now knew his second wind had arrived.
“I was really, really excited to see that yellow come out,” Grant admitted. “It took me a while to get around (Kevin Thomas Jr.) there. I was running kind of underneath him. The top looked so dirty, but I finally got up there and got rolling. I rolled by KTJ and I knew we were coming to Mitchel. I felt like I was really carrying a lot of speed up there. Once that yellow came out, I was like, ‘ooh here we go!’ This is what they put your name on the visor for.”
Moles was a staunch defender for the first three laps following the lap 22 restart as he successfully fended off Grant for the time being, running mostly through the middle and sliding up toward the top of turns two and four. All the while, Grant was wound up on the topside, just looking to pick his spot when the moment arrived.
First, Moles successfully denied Grant entering turn one him by sliding himself in order to prevent Grant’s slider attempt on lap 24. However, like clockwork, Grant continued his path up top undeterred, and on lap 25, ducked low off turn four under Moles who was sliding up to the cushion. In the race back to the line, Grant had a half car length edge on Moles.
From that point forward, Grant was in a zone, laying down by far the fastest lap of the race with two laps to go. His 15.149 second mark on lap 28 was more than three tenths faster than any other driver during the duration of the event, cementing his victory at the 4/10-mile dirt oval by a 2.414 second margin at the checkered flag over Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, Kyle Cummins and Daison Pursley.
Mitchel Moles (Raisin City, California) came oh-so-close to winning his first career USAC Eastern Storm feature after leading the opening 25 laps. He wound up second, which ranks as his best finish of the 2025 USAC National Sprint Car season thus far.
“All in all, these restarts are what win and lose these races, and guys like Justin who are veterans, they find ways around guys like me. I’m just trying to learn as much as I can. I got a little soft on the restart and started bouncing, and ultimately, missed it off four and that’s what gave Justin the run on me. I’ve never been given anything easy. I feel like I’ve had to earn every win I’ve ever gotten. I don’t think anything’s going to change, so I’ll just go back to the drawing board.”
Briggs Danner grabbed his third career USAC National Sprint Car Honest Abe Roof Fast Qualifier award to start the night. After setting fast time, Danner (Allentown, Pennsylvania) proceeded to run second in his heat and finish third in the feature to provide himself with a nice solid start to his Eastern Storm campaign.
“I felt good early on getting around the top,” Danner recalled. “I didn’t want to see that yellow with lapped traffic coming, which bunched us all back up when I felt I had a shot there. I kind of started to search around and saw Cummins poking on the bottom and just made the best of what I had.”
Robert Ballou was the biggest mover of the feature, advancing plus-six from 13th to 7th in the feature. That earned the Rocklin, California racer Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.
Steven Drevicki (Reading, Pennsylvania) represented the USAC East Coast Sprint Car contingent proudly. The four-time series champ raced from fourth to first in a lap to score a heat race win. That earned him the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.
Bonuses were up for grabs to the top-three USAC East Coast 360 Sprint Car finishers. At Bridgeport, it was Ed Aikin ($150), Billy Ney ($100) and Patrick Chilmonik ($50).
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 18, 2025 – Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Swedesboro, New Jersey – 4/10-Mile Dirt Track – USAC Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment
CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Hayden Reinbold, 6. Braydon Cromwell, 7. Cameron Smith, 8. Patrick Chilmonik. 2:04.574
K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Joey Amantea, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Kale Drake, 5. C.J. Leary, 6. Mitchel Moles, 7. Kayla Roell, 8. Ed Aikin. 2:06.064
USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (8 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Steven Drevicki, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Logan Seavey, 5. J.T. Ferry, 6. Abby Hohlbein, 7. Billy Ney. 2:07.258
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (3), 2. Mitchel Moles (2), 3. Briggs Danner (6), 4. Kyle Cummins (5), 5. Daison Pursley (8), 6. Logan Seavey (4), 7. Robert Ballou (13), 8. C.J. Leary (12), 9. Hayden Reinbold (10), 10. Kale Drake (11), 11. Jake Swanson (14), 12. Joey Amantea (9), 13. Steven Drevicki (7), 14. Gunnar Setser (17), 15. J.T. Ferry (15), 16. Abby Hohlbein (18), 17. Kevin Thomas Jr. (1), 18. Braydon Cromwell (16), 19. Kayla Roell (22), 20. Ed Aikin (20), 21. Billy Ney (21), 22. Cameron Smith (19), 23. Patrick Chilmonik (23). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Mitchel Moles, Laps 26-30 Justin Grant.
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1090, 2-Justin Grant-1011, 3-Mitchel Moles-874, 4-Logan Seavey-854, 5-Robert Ballou-819, 6-Briggs Danner-809, 7-Jake Swanson-781, 8-C.J. Leary-772, 9-Kale Drake-771, 10-Kevin Thomas Jr.-730.
