September 10, 2025

USAC SPRINTS ENTER CIRCLE CITY SEP 12

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By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Speedway, Indiana (September 9, 2025)………Circle City starts the weekend!

Indianapolis, Indiana’s Circle City Raceway is the homestead for United States Auto Club (USAC) AMSOIL Sprintcar National Championship racing this Friday night, September 12, for round number 37 of the 2025 season.

Here’s six storylines to keep your eyes peeled to!

LEARY CITY

CJ Leary’s lone victory of the USAC National Sprintcar season came at Circle City Raceway back on July 30 during Indiana Sprint Week. Leary wired all 30 laps while fending off a hard-charging Mitchel Moles for the win on the final lap.

It’s been a mixed bag of results for Leary in the Sprintcar of late. A particularly strong August was interrupted by a subdued past weekend in which he finished 13th and 10th in his two outings.

Leary is among the rare multi-time USAC National Sprintcar winners at Circle City, having also pocketed a victory there back in 2022. In 2023, the Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian Racing No. 21AZ he drives was victorious at Circle City with Jake Swanson at the wheel.

SWANSON’S RIGHT THERE

Speaking of Jake Swanson, last weekend, he came oh-so-close to picking off his first career USAC Sprint Car win as a driver/owner, scoring a runner-up result at Lucas Oil Speedway behind Justin Grant.

As mentioned, Swanson was a winner with USAC at Circle City, and this past July, was a 6th place finisher there. He has never strayed too far from the front at CCR, also collecting a 3rd in 2021 and a 2nd in 2023.

Swanson is also one of just four drivers to start all 11 previous USAC National Sprintcar events at Circle City along with CJ Leary, Chase Stockon and Robert Ballou.

THE FASTEST AT THE CIRCLE

We’ve been saying it time and time again: Mitchel Moles is due for a win.

He’s practically done everything there is to do this season except stand in victory lane. In fact, he’s finished 23 of his last 24 USAC National Sprintcar starts inside the top-10, a span which also includes 12 top-five results.

In July at Circle City, he came within a car length of notching his first win of the year. He also owns the Circle City USAC one-lap track record of 11.819 seconds, set in 2022. This Friday presents as good of a shot as any for a Moles breakthrough.

CLIMBING THE TOTEM POLE

For Kyle Cummins and Logan Seavey, the similarities between the two are quite striking. This Friday, one or the other could become the winningest USAC National Sprintcar driver at Circle City.

Both competitors each own three career series victories over the years at Circle City. Between the two, they’ve also won each of the past two autumn USAC National Sprintcar races at Circle City, with Seavey scoring in 2023 and Cummins in 2024.

Cummins is the current USAC National Sprintcar point leader. Seavey is the defending USAC National Sprintcar Champion. Cummins and Seavey both own a single runner-up finish at Circle City. Both drivers’ Circle City resumes also include four top-fives and six top-tens. Spooky.

SKIPPING LIKE A BROKEN RECORD

Justin Grant now has a view from the top.

Last Saturday, he became the winningest driver in USAC National Sprintcar history, surpassing Dave Darland with his 63rd score.

In his past four series starts, Grant has finished 3rd, 1st, 4th and 1st. Oh yeah, he’s also doing all of this basically on one leg after he broke his left foot in a crash in late July.

Circle City hasn’t been all that kind to Grant over the years. In 10 career series starts there, he has an average finish of 12.1. In July, he was absent from the event due to the aforementioned injury.

ROOKIE RACE UPDATE

The race for USAC National Sprint Car MPI Rookie of the Year honors has tightened considerably after last week’s pair of events.

Hayden Reinbold’s lead over Gunnar Setser in the Rookie department has shrunk from 49 to 15 in the blink of an eye.

In a small sample size from July’s round at Circle City, Reinbold got the slight upper hand, finishing seventh while Setser was one spot behind in eighth.

RACE DETAILS

On Friday night, September 12, Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis, Indiana presents the USAC AMSOIL Sprintcar National Championship, plus USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midgets and the All Star Circuit of Champions TQ Midgets.

Pits open at 4pm Eastern, front gates open at 5:30pm, drivers meeting at 6pm & hot laps at 7pm with qualifying and racing immediately following.

General admission tickets available at the ticket booth the day of the event and in advance at http://www.circlecityraceway.com/. General admission tickets are available at the ticket booth the day of the event. General admission tickets for ages 13-64 are $20. General admission tickets for Seniors 65+ & Military are $17. General admission tickets for ages 6-12 are $5. General admission tickets for ages 5 & under are free. Pit passes are $40 for age 11 & up. Pit passes are $20 for kids age 10 & under.

The event can be watched LIVE on FloRacing at https://www.flosports.link/usac.

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USAC AMSOIL SPRINTCAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2442, 2-Mitchel Moles-2181, 3-Logan Seavey-2170, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2061, 5-Justin Grant-2050, 6-Briggs Danner-2022, 7-C.J. Leary-1905, 8-Jake Swanson-1895, 9-Kale Drake-1735, 10-Robert Ballou-1693.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINTCAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TRACK RECORDS AT CIRCLE CITY RACEWAY:

1 Lap – 9/16/2022 – Mitchel Moles – 11.819

10 Laps – 9/16/2022 – Jadon Rogers – 2:04.23

12 Laps – 9/16/2022 – Jake Swanson – 2:39.26

USAC NATIONAL SPRINTCAR WINS AT CIRCLE CITY RACEWAY

3-Kyle Cummins & Logan Seavey

2-C.J. Leary

1-Brady Bacon, Jake Swanson, Kevin Thomas Jr. & Tanner Thorson

USAC NATIONAL SPRINTCAR WINNERS AT CIRCLE CITY RACEWAY

2021: Tanner Thorson (9/17)

2022: C.J. Leary (7/25) & Kevin Thomas Jr. (9/16)

2023: Jake Swanson (5/24), Kyle Cummins (5/25), Kyle Cummins (7/24) & Logan Seavey (9/15)