Logan Seavey won the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season opener at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Fla., taking the feature at Winter Dirt Games XVII and setting a new 25-lap track record of 8:10.705. Seavey, driving the Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical – Droplight – Indy Powersports/DRC/Stanton Chevy, held off a late charge from Brady Bacon and prevailed by 0.646 seconds.

Bacon led a race-high 19 laps and mounted a decisive late move; reports differed on precisely when Seavey took control — two accounts said he ran green-to-checkered while another said he took the lead from Bacon on lap 20 — but all agree Seavey fended off Bacon’s move in turns one and two on the final lap and regained the lead exiting turn two to hold the last half lap.

The victory was Seavey’s 34th career USAC triumph and his third straight USAC National Sprint Car feature win, dating to the final weekend of 2025 at Central Arizona Raceway, moving him within one win of tying Rich Vogler and Jon Stanbrough for 14th on the USAC all-time wins list. The result left Seavey and Bacon tied atop the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship standings with 76 points each. Justin Grant finished third, C.J. Leary fourth and Briggs Danner fifth. Jake Swanson posted the LearnLab qualifying fast-time at 16.489 seconds; C.J. Leary posted the fastest hot lap at 16.352 seconds; heat winners were Kevin Thomas Jr., Kyle Cummins and Briggs Danner; Brady Bacon collected the K&N Filters Clean Air Award; and Chase Stockon earned Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors after charging from 17th to eighth.

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