Grant Rallies from Seventh for 70th USAC Win
NXTbets Pro | Published On: August 2, 2026
Grant Wins Finale
Justin Grant won the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana, and closed out the 39th annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week with a comeback from seventh on the grid. Grant made the race-winning move on lap 18, when he got by Harley Burns for the lead, then held the front spot over the final 13 laps and beat Brady Bacon to the finish by 1.361 seconds. The result gave Grant his 70th USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature win, and he became the first driver to reach that mark. The finish also showed how quickly the night changed once Grant got clear in traffic. Burns had controlled the opening 17 laps before Grant seized command, and once he did, he kept the pressure off long enough to secure one of the biggest wins of his career.
Indiana Sprint Week Title
The feature did more than decide a race winner. It also settled the Indiana Sprint Week standings, and Kyle Cummins came away with the title by seven points over Grant. Cummins claimed his first career Indiana Sprint Week championship and collected a $25,000 prize for the series crown. Grant finished second in the points after his victory in the finale, which gave him a strong closing run but not enough to erase the gap to Cummins. The title race stayed tight through the final night, and the last event put the two drivers in direct competition for the championship while also producing a feature win for Grant. Cummins’ margin in the standings showed how valuable every position was across the week, from the front of the field to the middle of the pack. Grant’s rally delivered the race trophy, but Cummins left with the championship hardware and the bonus that came with it.
Ballou Collision and Results
The night also carried an earlier flashpoint in a heat race, when Grant and Robert Ballou came together in a collision that flipped Ballou and ended his program. That incident removed Ballou from the rest of the night before the feature field ever took the green for the main event. Once the feature got underway, the top six settled into the final order after Grant moved past Burns and controlled the closing laps. Bacon finished second, Cummins took third, Mitchel Moles ran fourth and Kevin Thomas Jr. was fifth. Burns, after leading the first 17 laps, finished sixth. The front of the field gave the finale a clear rhythm, with one driver setting the pace early and another taking over when the race reached its middle stage. Grant’s charge from seventh, paired with the points outcome for Cummins, made the last night of Indiana Sprint Week count in two different ways, one for the feature win and one for the season-long championship.
