The USAC Eastern Storm sprint car championship tightened again after Thursday night’s round at Big Diamond Speedway, where Brady Bacon held a one-point lead over Mitchel Moles, 215-214, after three of six events. Bacon and Kyle Cummins had entered Thursday tied atop the standings, but Bacon stayed in front by scoring his third straight third-place finish of the week. Moles won Thursday’s feature, while Cummins had won Tuesday at Grandview Speedway and Bacon was third that night, setting up the narrow points race.

Cummins stood third in one standings update with 202 points, and Briggs Danner was fourth with 201 after his Wednesday win at Bridgeport Speedway. Another report said Danner had moved up to seventh after the Bridgeport victory and was 18 points behind the co-leaders after Wednesday, showing how quickly the standings were shifting during the week.

The six-round Eastern Storm was scheduled for June 16-21 across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. After Big Diamond, the remaining races were set for Williams Grove Speedway on Friday, Port Royal on Saturday and Action Track USA on Sunday. The championship carried a $24,000 point fund and a $12,000 prize for the champion.

The BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway had 38 confirmed entries as of June 19 for its eighth running, with registration still open ahead of the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship event. Earlier, the entry list had reached 28 cars, and the field included J.J. Yeley, Karter Sarff, current series points leader Jakeb Boxell and Ricky Thornton Jr. Recent additions included former BC39 winner Justin Grant, 2024 USAC National Midget champion Daison Pursley, 2025 Rookie of the Year Steven Snyder Jr. and Kale Drake. Other USAC national feature winners on the list included Kevin Thomas Jr., Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, Jake Swanson, Hayden Reinbold, Zach Wigal and Drake Edwards.

The BC39 begins June 29 with parking and a Prelude party, before racing opens June 30 with the Stoops Star Spangled Showdown and a 30-lap feature. Championship night is set for July 1, when the 39-lap feature will pay $20,039 to win. The race is part of the USAC Midget National Championship schedule.

The event continues to honor Bryan Clauson, the late USAC champion and three-time Indianapolis 500 starter. Past BC39 winners include Brady Bacon, Zeb Wise, Kyle Larson, Buddy Kofoid, Justin Grant and Cannon McIntosh, who has won the last two editions.

Briggs Danner rebounded from a late-race disappointment at Grandview Speedway to win the second round of the USAC Yokohama Tire Eastern Storm Presented by Levan Machine on Wednesday night at Bridgeport Motorsports Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey. The victory was Danner’s third USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship win of the season, his second career Eastern Storm feature victory and the 10th win of his career. Danner had been denied victory Tuesday at Grandview when he made contact with Kyle Cummins coming to the white flag and spun out.

At Bridgeport, Danner started sixth, set the fastest qualifying lap at 15.244 seconds and passed Robert Ballou for the lead on lap nine of the 30-lap feature. He led the rest of the race and the final 22 laps. Mitchel Moles finished second, Brady Bacon was third, Chase Stockon came home fourth and Justin Grant took fifth.

Stockon earned hard-charger honors after moving from 12th to fourth. Danner’s win gave him 10 career victories and moved him into a tie for 54th on the series all-time win list. The Eastern Storm was scheduled to continue June 18 at Big Diamond Speedway in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.

Kyle Cummins opened the USAC Yokohama Tire Eastern Storm by winning Tuesday’s feature at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania, then moved into the lead in the series standings heading into Wednesday’s round at Bridgeport Motorsports Park in Swedesboro, New Jersey. Cummins started from the pole and led all 40 laps, with Jake Swanson second, Brady Bacon third and C.J. Leary fourth. Christian Bruno climbed from 19th to fifth to earn hard-charger honors, and Briggs Danner set the fastest lap in qualifying.

Cummins held a narrow edge in the standings after the first of six races, with 76 points to Swanson’s 75 and Bacon’s 70. The win also pushed Cummins to the top of the USAC national series points standings. The Eastern Storm, now in its 19th year, runs over six consecutive nights from June 16 through June 21 in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The remaining Eastern Storm stops include Bridgeport, Big Diamond, Williams Grove, Port Royal and Action Track USA. The series carries a $24,000 point fund, with the champion earning $12,000. Drivers also are chasing a $500 Parallax Group Passing Master award for the racer who gains the most positions.

Afternoon storms canceled Sunday’s USAC Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway, and the rainout left Karter Sarff as the series champion. Officials said the race would not be rescheduled, and the championship was decided without a completed final event at the 22nd annual season-ending round.

Sarff, of Mason City, Illinois, was awarded his first Indiana Midget Week title and the $15,000 prize for winning the five-race series. The cancellation at Kokomo ended the USAC IMW season without an on-track finale.

Sarff had already earned his first USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature win on Wednesday night at Paragon Speedway. USAC’s National Midget season is scheduled to resume June 30 and July 1 with the BC39 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Logan Seavey used a late-race surge to win the USAC Indiana Midget Week feature at Bloomington Speedway, taking control from rookie Bradley Cox on lap four and leading the final 29 laps of the 32-lap race. Karter Sarff finished second, 0.452 seconds behind, and Cannon McIntosh was third after starting 12th. Jacob Denney climbed from 19th to fourth and earned hard-charger honors, while Drake Edwards placed fifth and Kale Drake was sixth. Justin Grant flipped on lap four and finished 21st.

The victory was Seavey’s fifth career Indiana Midget Week win and his 20th career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory, tying him with A.J. Foyt on the series’ all-time list. It was Seavey’s first win of the season for Abacus Racing and kept him in the hunt for the overall mini-series title.

After Bloomington, Sarff remained on top of the Indiana Midget Week standings with McIntosh second and Seavey third. A later standings update showed Sarff with an 11-point lead entering the fifth race, and another update had him holding a three-point edge over Seavey heading into the finale at Kokomo Speedway, with McIntosh still in contention. The six-race series, which carries a $30,000 points fund and a $15,000 championship payout, was set to conclude with remaining rounds at Tri-State Speedway and Kokomo Speedway.

Justin Grant snapped a seven-year Indiana Midget Week winless streak Thursday, winning the 30-lap USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville and took the USAC National Midget points lead.

The victory was his first Week feature win since Gas City in 2019 — the longest gap between Week victories in the event’s 22-year history — and moved him closer to a first National Midget title and a USAC Triple Crown. It was his 22nd career USAC National Midget win, tying him for 28th on the all-time list, and his 98th national victory across USAC’s three divisions, two wins short of 100.

Grant started on the pole and led the opening three laps before Logan Seavey ran up front from laps 4-19. Grant regained the lead with 11 laps remaining, survived late restarts and finished 1.684 seconds ahead. Cannon McIntosh charged from ninth to finish second, passing Seavey on the final lap and earning hard-charger honors for gaining seven positions. Seavey was third, Karter Sarff fourth and Jacob Denney fifth.

The race marked the 100th Indiana Midget Week event. Grant extended his USAC National Midget points lead to 330 points; Jacob Denney and Jakeb Boxell were tied for second at 327. Sarff remained the Indiana Midget Week points leader with 207 points; he had led the standings 207-201 after the first three events.

Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania announced a Levan Machine & Truck Equipment Thunder on the Hill double-header for Tuesday, June 16. The card is headlined by the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Series/Eastern Storm Jesse Hockett Classic featuring USAC Non‑Wing Sprints and a 358 Modifieds division. Presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment and Alpine Building Supply, with USAC sanctioning, the program includes a 40-lap non‑wing USAC Sprint feature paying $6,000 to the winner and a 30-lap 358 Modifieds feature paying $3,000 (with a possible $2,000 Alpine Building Supply bonus). Gates open at 5:00 p.m.; heat-race qualifying and the program are scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Country artist Billy McGowan has been added to the evening lineup. Advance tickets for the USAC program may be ordered by calling 443-513-4456.

The weekend before, Grandview will run a two-night card on Friday, June 12 and Saturday, June 13. Friday’s program will feature an Outlaw Racing Series Enduro, Vintage cars and Xcel 600 Modifieds; pit gates open at 2:00 p.m. and racing begins at 7:00 p.m. Friday grandstand admission is $10, children 12 and under are free, and pit admission is $35. Saturday’s NASCAR Local Racing Series card will spotlight the T.P. Trailers & Truck Equipment Modifieds and the Sportsman division; pit gates open at 4:00 p.m., grandstand gates at 5:30 p.m., warm-ups at 6:15 p.m. and the first race is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. A pre-race Meet & Greet on Saturday from 5:00–6:00 p.m. will feature Joe and Mike Toth and Jim Housworth. Astound TV Network will tape Saturday’s program for tape-delayed broadcast, with heats set to air Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. and features scheduled to air Friday at 7:00 p.m.

Karter Sarff captured his first USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature at Paragon Speedway during round two of Indiana Midget Week. He started sixth, slipped past Jakeb Boxell on lap 14 and led the final 17 laps to win the 30-lap feature by 2.274 seconds. Sarff, from Mason City, Illinois and nicknamed “The Shark,” drove the Paul May Motorsports (Peffley & Hinshaw Wrecker Service/Factory 71/Ripper/Speedway Toyota) entry. After the race he said, “It doesn’t even feel real,” and publicly thanked Paul May and his team.

Sarff had posted the LearnLab fast qualifying time of 15.383 seconds, his fourth consecutive fastest qualifier in Indiana Midget Week events, and collected the K&N Clean Air Award after leading 17 laps. He negotiated heavy lapped traffic while extending his lead in the closing stages.

The race featured early incidents: Zach Wigal led the opening lap before slipping off on lap 2, and Kyle Jones flipped on lap 4, bringing out the lone red flag; Jones was still listed as running after the incident. The top five finished Sarff, Jakeb Boxell, Cannon McIntosh, Kale Drake and Jacob Denney, with Denney earning Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors after rallying from 19th to fifth.

Boxell finished runner-up, retained the USAC national points lead (277) and led Indiana Midget Week 139–135 over Sarff after Paragon. Sarff’s victory was the first driver since Gavin Miller in 2023 to record a first USAC feature during Indiana Midget Week, the first first-time USAC National Midget victory at Paragon Speedway since John Andretti in 1985, and marked car owner Paul May’s first USAC National Midget win. Gavin Miller set a new track record in the K1 RaceGear first heat with a time of 2:07.379.