Kyle Jones has signed with car owner and engine builder Tim Engler to drive the No. 7TX in a full-season effort that will contest the 29-race USAC National Midget championship in 2026. Engler’s program will campaign the EA Stealth Ford engine with Donnie Gentry as crew chief, and veteran Thomas Meseraull returns as Jones’ teammate in the No. 7x. The program opens with back-to-back Kokomo Grand Prix nights at Kokomo Speedway on April 24-25.

Jones, 32, of Kennedale, Texas, has 52 career USAC National Midget starts since his 2015 debut. He ran Engler’s EA Stealth Ford late in 2025 and previously drove an EA Stealth Ford for Joyner. Jones recorded a top-five at Jefferson County Speedway in 2025, finished as a POWRi runner-up at I-44 Speedway the weekend before the announcement, and competed in the Chili Bowl in January, finishing ninth on prelim night and 12th in the B-Main.

He said the combination of team, personnel and equipment gives him a realistic shot at his first USAC National Midget feature win in 2026.

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