Corn Belt Clash Links USAC Show to Hall of Fame Weekend at Knoxville

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.