Jake Swanson controlled Wednesday night’s Indiana Sprint Week race at Paragon Speedway, leading all 30 laps to win the $10,000 Belle Sheppard Birthday Bash. The victory came in round six of the nine-race series and marked Paragon’s first USAC Indiana Sprint Week event in 28 years. Swanson, who started fourth, held off series champion Kyle Cummins after a late caution tightened the closing laps. The win was Swanson’s first Indiana Sprint Week victory since Lincoln Park Speedway in 2023, his first USAC victory of any kind since February at Volusia Speedway Park, and his ninth career USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship win.

Hunter Schuerenberg moved into the lead of the USAC Indiana Sprint Week Parallax Group / ProSource Passing Master standings entering Monday’s race at Circle City Raceway on July 27, 2026. The Sikeston, Missouri, driver had passed 23 cars during Sprint Week, including 16 on Sunday at Lawrenceburg Speedway.

Gavin Miller was second in the standings with 22 points, Jake Swanson was third with 21 and Robert Ballou was fourth with 20. The top four drivers were separated by three points.

The driver who gains the most positions over the nine-race series will receive a $1,000 award. Five events remained after Monday’s race.

The USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters event at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis was postponed from Monday night to Tuesday, July 28, after officials reviewed the weather forecast and found heavy storms were expected at the scheduled start time. USAC and Circle City Raceway said Tuesday’s forecast looked better than Monday’s.

The updated schedule calls for pits to open at 3 p.m. Eastern, front gates at 4 p.m., the drivers meeting at 6 p.m. and cars on track at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. Tickets will be available at the gate and in advance online.

Kevin Thomas Jr. scored his first USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship victory of 2026 on Saturday night at Kokomo Speedway, leading all 30 laps in round three of the 39th annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week. Thomas, who had switched to BBI Motorsports in late June, beat Justin Grant to the line by 1.032 seconds for his 49th career USAC National Sprint Car win. It was Thomas and BBI’s first national sprint car victory together in their fifth start as a pairing, and his 2026 season already included USAC CRA and USAC Southwest wins for the team earlier in the year.

The 39th annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week is underway, with USAC calling the 2026 edition its biggest yet. The series features a record nine races at nine tracks over 10 nights from July 23 through Aug. 1, opening at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Justin Grant started the week by winning Thursday night at IMS, becoming the fifth driver to reach 100 USAC national feature victories. Grant led 29 of 35 laps in the No. 4 TOPP Motorsports car, earned $10,000, and joined A.J. Foyt, Rich Vogler, Mel Kenyon and Dave Darland in the 100-win club. He also set a new qualifying track record at 11.913 seconds, and his previous USAC National Sprint Car win had come 111 days earlier at Red Hill Raceway.

The schedule moves next to Lincoln Park Speedway, Kokomo Speedway, Lawrenceburg Speedway, Circle City Raceway and Paragon Speedway before a one-day break on July 28. Racing resumes at Terre Haute Action Track for the Don Smith Classic on July 30, then shifts to Bloomington Speedway for the Sheldon Kinser Memorial on July 31 and concludes at Tri-State Speedway on Aug. 1.

Briggs Danner won Sunday’s 34th Rich Vogler Classic at Winchester Speedway, leading all 100 laps from the pole to capture his first USAC Silver Crown pavement victory in his third pavement start. The win came at Winchester, Indiana, on July 19, and Danner also set the fast qualifying time at 14.972 seconds.

Danner’s victory in the No. 77 car, which he drove after replacing Kody Swanson, kept Doran-Swanson Racing’s Winchester winning streak intact. It was Danner’s second career USAC Silver Crown victory, coming exactly one year after his first, and it made him the first driver to win a main event in all three USAC national series in 2026.

Dakoda Armstrong finished second, 1.415 seconds behind Danner, after passing C.J. Leary with eight laps left. Leary finished third, Justin Grant was fourth and Mario Clouser took fifth. Brian Tyler earned hard-charger honors by climbing from 11th to sixth. Leary remained the Silver Crown points leader with 348 points, followed by Grant with 312 and Clouser with 285. The next Silver Crown race was scheduled for Aug. 8 at Iowa Speedway.

Connor Lundy of Peoria, Arizona, earned his first career Avanti Windows & Doors USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series victory Saturday at Perris Auto Speedway, taking command on the fourth lap and holding the lead the rest of the way. Lundy became the 89th different winner in series history and added his first series win at Perris.

Lundy drove the Matt Lundy-owned No. 97 Sherman and beat R.J. Johnson by 5.6 seconds. Eddie Tafoya Jr., Austin Williams and Daylin Perreira completed the top five.

Earlier in the night, Lundy won the first Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award of his career with a 16.944-second lap. He also became the 97th driver to earn fast time in series history.

Kale Drake won the USAC National Midget feature Saturday night at Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Nebraska, giving RMS Racing its first USAC National Midget victory in nearly two years. The $10,000 victory was Drake’s first with the team since joining for the 2026 season and the fourth USAC National Midget win of his career.

Drake started on the outside of the front row after finishing fifth from 19th in Friday’s event. He led the opening 13 laps before Justin Grant moved ahead on lap 14. Drake reclaimed the lead on lap 22 and held it to the finish, with Grant briefly back in front on laps 23 and 24 before Drake closed out the 40-lap race in front.

Jacob Denney finished second, 0.922 seconds behind Drake, after winning the previous two USAC National Midget races earlier in the week. Grant finished third, Gavin Miller was fourth and Drake Edwards came from 11th to take fifth. Bradley Cox flipped on lap 2 and Kyle Jones flipped on lap 33. Garrett Benson earned hard-charger honors after climbing from 23rd to 11th. Denney remained the national midget points leader with 842 points, followed by Kevin Thomas Jr., and the series was set to resume Aug. 14-15 at Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, Illinois.

Jacob Denney captured Friday’s USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series feature at Jefferson County Speedway in Fairbury, Nebraska, leading the final 29 laps of the 30-lap race. The Galloway, Ohio, driver in a Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports Toyota earned his second straight Mid-America Midget Week victory and his second consecutive USAC national midget win, after also winning earlier in the week at Mitchell County Fairgrounds.

The win was Denney’s third USAC national midget victory of 2026, matching his previous single-season best from 2025, and his ninth overall win this year. It also made him the seventh Toyota-powered driver to reach 30 career national midget feature wins. Gavin Miller led the opening lap before Denney took over on lap two and never gave back the lead.

Jacob Boxell finished second, Miller placed third, Cannon McIntosh was fourth and Kale Drake came from 19th to finish fifth and earn hard-charger honors. Justin Grant was the fast qualifier at 11.122 seconds, Brecken Reese won the first heat race and Matt Sherrell won the C-Main. Denney left Jefferson County Speedway atop the series standings with 775 points, 56 ahead of Kevin Thomas Jr., and the series was scheduled to return there July 11.