Kyle Cummins Wins Sprintacular Opener at Lincoln Park Speedway
NXTbets Pro | Published On: July 6, 2026
Cummins Wins Opener
Kyle Cummins won the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature on Friday at Lincoln Park Speedway in Putnamville, Indiana, and he did it from fifth on the grid in the 30-lap Sprintacular main event that paid $6,000 to win. Cummins took the lead on lap 10 and closed out the race after Thomas Meseraull paced the first six laps and Justin Grant led laps 7 through 9. Grant finished second. Jadon Rogers came home third, Robert Ballou finished fourth and Kevin Thomas Jr. was fifth.
The opening night result matched the form Cummins brought into the event. He entered the Sprintacular with a 90-point series lead and a 24-race top-10 streak. That made him one of the clear names to watch in a field that also included Grant, Briggs Danner, Kevin Thomas Jr. and Logan Seavey as expected contenders. Lincoln Park Speedway also had a group of past Sprintacular winners in the lineup, with Grant, Cummins, C.J. Leary, Ballou and Kevin Thomas Jr. all in the field. The race still turned on execution. Meseraull set the early pace, Grant held control through the middle stage and Cummins made the move that decided the feature once the laps wound down.
Rogers Rebounds After Flip
Jadon Rogers turned a rough start to his night into a third-place finish. He recovered from a flip in his second heat race earlier in the program and still reached the podium in the feature. That made his run one of the most notable drives in the opener, because he had to put the setback behind him before the main event even began. Rogers joined a top five that also included Ballou in fourth and Thomas Jr. in fifth, giving the front half of the race a mix of established series names and a driver who had already fought through trouble.
The night also produced speed awards and a strong charge through the field. Mitchel Moles earned fastest qualifier honors. Jake Swanson picked up hard charger honors after advancing from 18th to 8th. Those results added depth to a program that already featured a tight battle at the front and a stacked list of entrants. Lincoln Park locals Harley Burns and Shane Cottle were also in the field, giving the home crowd familiar names to follow alongside the national regulars. The opener showed the range of the event, from early speed in qualifying to recovery drives in the heats and a feature that demanded patience before the final move.
Saturday Finale Awaits
The Sprintacular continues at Lincoln Park Speedway on Saturday with a 40-lap finale that pays $10,000 to win. Both nights of racing are streamed live on FloRacing. The two-night program keeps the series at the Putnamville, Indiana, track for another round after Cummins opened the weekend with the feature win. The Saturday race brings the same mix of established contenders, past winners and local entries back into the spotlight, with Grant, Cummins, Leary, Ballou and Thomas Jr. already part of the event’s recent winner history.
Friday’s feature only covered the opening half of the schedule, and the finale raises the stakes with a longer race and a larger purse. The format gives teams one more chance to make adjustments after the first night. The entry list already showed the range of the field, with drivers such as Danner and Seavey in the expected contender group and Burns and Cottle representing the home track. Cummins leaves the opener with the first-night win, but the weekend still has one more race to settle.
