Justin Grant will return to CB Industries’ No. 87 midget in his bid for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship. He opens his second season with CB Industries at the Kokomo Grand Prix at Kokomo Speedway on April 24-25. The team announced its 2026 midget slate as a schedule confirmation and a step in Grant’s chase for the remaining USAC title.

Grant already holds two USAC Silver Crown championships, won in 2020 and 2025, and consecutive AMSOIL National Sprint Car titles in 2022 and 2023. In his 2025 USAC National Midget debut with CB Industries he recorded three wins, at Kokomo, Belleville and the Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and compiled 12 top-five and 17 top-ten finishes in 23 starts. He finished as the USAC National Midget runner-up in 2025, his third runner-up result in four seasons.

A native of Ione, California, Grant suffered a left-foot fracture in July 2025 but reported a clean bill of health as of mid-April and had already picked up two USAC National Sprint Car wins that month. He came close to winning the Chili Bowl Nationals before late trouble ended that bid. Grant and team owner Chad Boat said they aim to build on improved communication in their second year together, and Grant said he feels optimistic about working with Boat to push for race wins and mount a championship challenge.

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