Ill but unbowed, Mitchel Moles wins Red Hill Sprint Car feature

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.