Battling illness, Mitchel Moles of Sumner, Illinois won the 25-lap USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car feature at Red Hill Raceway on June 5, 2026. The Red Hill victory was part of Moles’ 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship campaign and came amid a season that has included stretches of sickness and stretches of fitness. Moles had been sick all week before the race but continued to compete and to produce strong results, and the Red Hill win stood as his third USAC National Sprint Car victory of the season and the eighth USAC National Sprint Car win of his career. After climbing the cage stand in victory lane he briefly lost his footing and fell.

Moles started sixth in the feature and moved to the lead on lap 13, taking over from Robert Ballou after a lap-13 restart. Moles used a high-to-low “diamond” line to clear Ballou and then held off a late two-lap shootout to beat Jadon Rogers by 0.255 seconds. Ballou led the opening 12 laps and finished third. Kyle Cummins finished fourth and Cale Coons finished fifth.

Justin Grant posted the fastest qualifying lap at 14.545 seconds. Contingency and heat winners at the event included Jadon Rogers, Logan Seavey, and Briggs Danner. After the main event Kyle Cummins led the national points with 1,245, Justin Grant was second with 1,157, and Mitchel Moles was third with 1,118. The USAC series was scheduled to return to Red Hill Raceway on June 6, 2026.

The USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship (USAC) Sprints will race at Red Hill Raceway in Sumner, Illinois, over two nights, June 5–6, promoted under the banner “Run to Red Hill!” The two-night event is the centerpiece of a new Illinois Sprint Car Championship and will be co-sanctioned by USAC and the Midwest Thunder 410 Sprints.

The initial announcement emphasized dates and location and did not include race times, ticketing or entries; a subsequent notice provided the program format, payouts and fan information. Promoters set a split-format program and payouts: Friday will follow the Midwest Thunder format with a $6,000-to-win purse, and Saturday will run the traditional USAC format with a $10,000-to-win purse. Pits will open at 3:00 p.m. Central both nights. Grandstand admission is $30 for ages 13 and up and pit passes are $40. Both nights will stream live on FloRacing, and Friday’s program will also be available on Amazon Prime.

Entering the weekend, Kyle Cummins leads the USAC standings with 1,195 points, followed by Justin Grant (1,107) and Mitchel Moles (1,068). Justin Grant won at Red Hill on April 3, and Mitchel Moles set the Red Hill one-lap USAC record of 14.327 seconds on the same date. Logan Seavey is a past Red Hill winner and holds the eight-lap record of 2:00.261. Expected entries include C.J. Leary in the Hunter Maddox Racing No. 24m and multi-time Red Hill winner Jadon Rogers. Robert Ballou, who led 16 laps in April, is seeking his first win this season. Rookie Cale Coons leads the rookie standings and tops the Parallax Group Passing Master list with 49 passes this season.

The Yokohama USAC Eastern Storm non-wing 410 sprint car tour will open at Grandview Speedway on Tuesday, June 16, as the six-night, week-long Eastern Storm presented by Levan Machine & Truck Equipment runs June 16–21. The announcement named Broken Arrow’s Brady Bacon as the headliner; Bacon leads all drivers with eight Eastern Storm feature wins, including four at Grandview. Defending Eastern Storm champion Justin Grant has seven series feature wins. Multiple past Eastern Storm winners listed include Chris Windom, Levi Jones, Bryan Clauson (six wins), Robert Ballou and Kevin Thomas Jr. The tour visits Bridgeport Speedway, Big Diamond Raceway, Williams Grove, Port Royal Speedway and closes at Action Track USA, under USAC sanction and backed by sponsors Yokohama and Levan Machine & Truck Equipment, and it was promoted for its concentrated schedule and substantial purse structure.

Alpine Building Supply will present the Levan Machine & Truck Equipment Thunder on the Hill Racing Series at Grandview on June 16, pairing the Yokohama Eastern Storm USAC Amsoil Non-Wing Sprint National Tour with a 358 Modified doubleheader. Gates will open at 5:00 p.m. and Will Call at 4:30 p.m., with heat qualifying set for 7:30 p.m. The 40-lap Jesse Hockett Classic at the event pays $6,000 to the winner, and Bacon will chase that race while competing for the Eastern Storm season title. Expected USAC sprint entries include Kyle Cummins, defending champion Justin Grant and Logan Seavey.

Eastern Storm carries a $12,000 championship prize for the season title, with payouts of $6,000 for second, $3,000 for third, $2,000 for fourth and $1,000 for fifth. Each feature awards a $6,000 top prize. The 30-lap 358 Modified feature pays $3,000 to the winner, and Alpine Building Supply is offering a $2,000 Alpine bonus for any first-time Thunder on the Hill modified winner, creating a potential $5,000 payday. Keystone Racing’s No. 126 with Dominick Buffalino is pre-entered in the 358 Modified field, with other contenders named as Eddie Strada, Logan Watt and Tim Buckwalter. Advance tickets are available by phone, and Alpine will sell commemorative shirts at the event with proceeds to benefit the Big Impact Group of Schuylkill County.

Abacus Racing and Droplight announced they will co‑field a select‑race entry branded Abacus Racing Powered by Droplight, with Kaylee Bryson piloting the No. 11 car. The program is scheduled to debut June 7 at the OUTFRONT Route 66 Classic Presented by Welsch Heating & Cooling at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois.

Team officials called it a targeted, sponsor‑backed select‑race campaign rather than a full‑season program and said it will include both pavement and dirt events under the USAC Silver Crown banner. Desnuda Organic Tequila will serve as the primary sponsor for pavement events and Ichor Water will back the team on dirt. Additional financial and technical support comes from Postgame Ice, CG CPAs, Indy Custom Stone, Forecheck Marketing, Indy Powersports, Logical Systems Inc., and Design Service Solutions.

Team Principal Brent Cox and Droplight executives said the partnership grew from shared values around grassroots racing and brand development and fits Droplight’s broader motorsports strategy; the release framed the effort as both a competitive entry and a marketing alliance that differentiates sponsorship by surface.

The announcement named Bryson as the lead driver and highlighted her recent accomplishments: USAC National Most Improved Driver in 2022; racing in the 2022 Chili Bowl Saturday A‑Main; USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year in 2023; becoming the first woman to win a USAC national feature at Belleville High Banks in May 2024; and in 2025 becoming the first woman to win Trans‑Am championships in two classes.

Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, will host the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship Avanti Windows & Doors Corn Belt Clash on May 29–30, timed to coincide with the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame induction weekend.

The two-night short-format national sprint car event will race on Knoxville’s half-mile oval. The Friday program features a 25-lap main paying $10,000 to the winner; the Saturday finale is a 30-lap feature paying $15,000 to the winner. Pits open at 3 p.m. CT each day and hot laps are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. CT each night. The weekend will stream live on FloRacing and advance tickets are available at KnoxvilleRaceway.com.

Series leader and defending USAC Sprint Car National Champion Kyle Cummins tops the standings with 1,058 points after wins at Terre Haute in April and at Eldora in May. Mitchel Moles (970 points) and Justin Grant (969 points) are entered; Grant is a past Knoxville winner and is chasing career USAC wins No. 98 and No. 99.

The entry list also includes past Knoxville USAC winners Brady Bacon (a five-time Knoxville winner), Jake Swanson and Kevin Thomas Jr. Organizers say seven top-10 drivers remain in search of their first Knoxville triumph, including Cummins, Moles, Logan Seavey, Briggs Danner, Chase Stockon, C.J. Leary and Robert Ballou.

Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian will field Gavin Miller in the No. 21AZ as the team aims to deliver a third different Knoxville winner. Coastal challengers entered for the weekend include R.J. Johnson, Ryan Bernal, Charles Davis Jr. and Steven Snyder Jr. The Corn Belt Clash ties a marquee USAC event to Hall of Fame festivities at a facility often called the “Sprint Car Capital of the World.” Past Hall of Famers who previously won USAC races at Knoxville include Gary Bettenhausen, Dick Tobias, Sammy Sessions, Tom Bigelow, Sheldon Kinser and Sammy Swindell.

R.J. Johnson, the two-time defending Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car champion, won the 30-lap “Salute to Indy” main at Perris Auto Speedway, prevailing in a 14-car field. Johnson started sixth in Petty Performance Racing’s No. 1P Sherman, carrying Avanti Windows & Doors and Apache Transport sponsorship, and used the low groove to work to the lead in a race that featured multiple lead changes and two distinct grooves.

Johnson held off a late charge from Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm, who charged from fifth in Dino Napier’s No. 5x Maxim and had been running the top groove, until Malcolm’s engine expired with five laps remaining. Brody Roa finished second, Eddie Tafoya Jr. was third, Cole Wakim fourth and Austin Williams fifth.

The victory was Johnson’s third of the season and the 14th of his career. He also picked up the Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award with a lap of 16.677 seconds and earned a Best Passing Job recognition. The USAC CRA Sprint Car series is scheduled to return on June 6 to Santa Maria Speedway.

Briggs Danner passed Logan Seavey on lap 17 and won the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car 40-lap Circle City Salute at Circle City Raceway, taking the $10,000 winner’s purse. Danner led the final 24 laps of the quarter-mile feature. Seavey had led the opening 16 laps and finished second, while Kyle Cummins set a new LearnLab qualifying track record at 11.601 seconds, started 10th and finished third.

Cummins retained the USAC national points lead at 1,058. Mitchel Moles was second with 970, Justin Grant third with 969, Logan Seavey fourth with 892 and Briggs Danner fifth with 871. Moles and Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports have four fast qualifying awards at Circle City Raceway; Moles had held the one-lap USAC track record at 11.819 seconds set in 2022 before Cummins’ new mark. Moles and Reinbold-Underwood recorded two runner-up finishes at the track in 2025 and were still pursuing their first CCR race win together.

C.J. Leary extended his streak to 328 consecutive USAC feature starts dating to 2017 and is a two-time Circle City Raceway winner (2022 and 2025). Jacob Denney, who earned his first sprint car feature victory at CCR in April, was making his first USAC National Sprint Car start for Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian at the Circle City Salute. Rookie Cale Coons was seeking his maiden USAC National Sprint Car series win. The weekend featured several flips, including Ricky Lewis in qualifying and Chet Williams and Todd Hobson in semis. The Circle City Salute has produced four different winners in as many runnings; the 2025 running was officially listed as a rainout and credited to Mother Nature.

Kyle Cummins won the 30-lap USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, in Friday night’s #LetsRaceTwo opener. He led 24 laps (6–28, 30), briefly ceded the lead to Justin Grant on the white flag, then regained it on the final lap to take the victory. Cummins earned the K&N Clean Air Award and a $12,000 winner’s payout.

It was his third USAC National Sprint Car feature win of the season and came in his 17th career Eldora USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature start, driving the Petty Performance Racing entry (Avanti Windows & Doors/JUGO Superfoods/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy). The result moved Cummins to the top of the USAC national sprint car standings with 839 points, 60 points ahead of Justin Grant (779) and 76 points ahead of Mitchel Moles (763).

Brady Bacon finished second and Justin Grant third. Grant also led lap 29 and was the LearnLab fast qualifier with a lap of 15.875. Briggs Danner started on the pole and finished fourth, Chase Stockon led the opening five laps and finished fifth. Bacon posted the Dirt Draft Hot Laps fastest time at 16.178 and received contingency honors. Jakeb Boxell flipped on lap 27 and was classified 24th. The victory continued a strong run for Cummins at Eldora after his 2025 campaign, when he recorded a spring podium and two runner-up finishes in September.