USAC SPRINTS DEBUT AT ROUTE 66 SPEEDWAY, TEXAS

(Josh James Artwork Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

 Amarillo, Texas (August 20, 2025)………For the first time ever, the United States Auto Club (USAC) AMSOIL Sprintcar National Championship is coming to Route 66 Motor Speedway in Amarillo, Texas.

Save the date for Saturday night, October 18, as the series races for a $10,000 top prize in its debut at the 3/8-mile high banked clay oval located in the Texas panhandle.

 Advance tickets are now on sale for the event at www.route66motorspeedway.net. General admission tickets are $35 apiece for ages 13 and up, $15 for ages 5-12 and free for ages 4 and under. Pit passes are $45 each for all ages.

The USAC AMSOIL Sprintcar National Championship will be joined by the Air Compressor Solutions Street Stocks, which will be competing for $500-to-win. Pits open on race day at Noon Central time with the front gates opening at 4:30pm and cars on track at 6pm.

The event at Route 66 is the capper to a thrilling weekend of USAC National Sprintcar racing in the great plains. One night before, the series makes its return to Kansas’ Dodge City Raceway Park on Friday, October 17.

USAC National Sprintcars have made five previous visits to the Lone Star State of Texas. The first of which came at Houston’s Meyer Speedway in 1959 where hometown hero AJ Foyt tamed the field under the “Midwest” division moniker in what was the last series event held in the decade of the 1950s.

Don Branson edged Jim Hurtubise to the finish line by a mere two feet at Meyer the following year in early 1960. Rufus Jones, better known as Parnelli, got his revenge in October of 1960 at Meyer Speedway when he became the third-straight USAC Sprintcar driving champion to “walk-off” with a feature victory in the final race of the season.

The hiatus lasted 25 years before USAC Sprintcar conmpetition returned to Texas in 1985, which presented a unique USAC vs CRA (California Racing Association) challenge, pitting the top talent from the national scene versus the best of the west. Rick Hood trailed Steve Butler for 29 of the 30 laps before roaring from behind in the final turn to beat Butler to the checkered flag.

Thirty eight years later, in 2023, Brady Bacon wired all 30 laps to earn his first career victory at Devil’s Bowl Speedway in Mesquite after several years of trying to win both with and without a wing.

One thing each of the five USAC National Sprintcar winners in Texas have in common is that they are USAC National Sprintcar Champions.

Now, drivers such as Kyle Cummins, Logan Seavey, Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, Kevin Thomas Jr., Justin Grant, Jake Swanson, CJ Leary, Kale Drake, Hayden Reinbold, Gunnar Setser and many more are expected to be the next in line to take on the challenge of Amarillo’s Route 66 Motor Speedway on Saturday night, October 18, 2025.