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Carson Macedo of Lemoore, Calif. is USAC’s 2016 Indiana Midget Champion after finishing eighth in last Friday night’s 25-lap series finale at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. He concluded the campaign with a 10-point cushion over teammate Tanner Thorson. Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. led all 25 laps to win Friday night's "Kokomo Klash X" USAC Indiana Midget feature at Kokomo. Driving the Baldwin Brothers Racing Fox Paving Spike/Gaerte, he was followed at the checkered flag by Dave Darland, Thorson, Gage...more

Kokomo, IN........Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. led all 25 laps to win Friday night's "Kokomo Klash X" USAC Indiana Midget feature at the Kokomo Speedway. Driving the Baldwin Brothers Racing Fox Paving Spike/Gaerte, he was followed at the checkered flag by Dave Darland, Tanner Thorson, Gage Walker and Holly Shelton. Carson Macedo of Lemoore, Calif. captured the USAC Indiana Midget Championship with his eighth-place finish. Thorson finished second in the final standings ahead of third-ranking...more

The Sarah Fisher Hartman Racing Development Team has entered two car / driver combinations for Friday night’s "Kokomo Klash X" USAC Indiana Midget Championship finale at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. The Klash gets underway on Friday, October 14 with the USAC Indiana Midgets and Kokomo Speedway Sprint Cars as well as 600 Mini Sprints and Thunder Cars. Team Manager Andy O’Gara, Car Chief Bill Guess and the entire team have been very busy this week getting both Spike Chassis’ ready to do battle Friday...more

This Friday night, October 14, Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway serves as the backdrop for Friday night’s “Kokomo Klash X” where the 2016 USAC Indiana Midget Championship is on the line in the series finale and eight drivers remain mathematically eligible for the title. However, they will have to contend with series point leader Carson Macedo of California who tops the standings by 23 over the red hot Tanner Thorson out of Nevada who, just last weekend, swept the “Gold Crown Midget Nationals” in...more

Brady Bacon – Win in Hanford Caps California Run! (Bill W) September 13, 2016 – It’s been a busy couple of weeks for Broken Arrow, Oklahoma driver Brady Bacon. The fortnight included racing sprints with and without the wing, midgets and Silver Crown. A trip to California Speedweek with the USAC/CRA series culminated in a win last Saturday night in Josh Ford’s #73 at Keller Auto Speedway in Hanford. Brady returns to the Midwest and the Hoffman Racing/Dynamics, Inc. #69 this weekend in...more

Over the past nine days, there’s been nobody hotter at Kokomo Speedway than Kevin Thomas, Jr. After taking a preliminary win and the championship night feature during “Sprint Car Smackdown V” one week ago, Thomas continued his tear Friday night, leading the final 25 laps to win the “Bryan Clauson Celebration of Life” USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car non-points “Special Event” feature at the O’Connor family’s ¼-mile dirt oval. Tyler Courtney won the blind redraw prior to the night’s feature by selecting...more

After three straight nights at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway last weekend, the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship returns to the quarter-mile dirt oval this Friday night to compete in the “Bryan Clauson Celebration of Life” non-points “special event,” which was originally scheduled for last Wednesday, but was postponed due to massive amounts of rain and tornadoes in the area. This Friday’s race will feature free general admission to all! Kevin Thomas Jr. of Cullman, Ala. starred in last...more

Kevin Thomas, Jr. closed his weekend the same way it all began back on Thursday night – with his car parked in Bryan Clauson’s victory lane at Kokomo Speedway. Thomas, of Cullman, Alabama, put in a masterful performance Saturday night, crafting 40 flawless laps around the ¼-mile dirt oval on his way to his 12th career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory – his second at the track in the last three nights – in “Sprint Car Smackdown V.” It was a sight to behold as Thomas ripped around Kokomo...more

Patience is a virtue and, over the last five seasons, no one has exhibited that more than C.J. Leary. After watching five other drivers notch their first series victories this season, it was C.J.’s turn Friday night as he held off multiple mid-race challenges, then cruised his way to victory lane for his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car victory on night two of “Sprint Car Smackdown V” at Kokomo Speedway. In what was his 140th career series start, Leary led all 30 laps from the pole...more

Kevin Thomas, Jr. stormed out of the gates on the opening lap and never looked back as he completely dominated all 30 laps to win Thursday night’s “Sprint Car Smackdown V” USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship opener at Kokomo Speedway. The victory was an emotional one for the Cullman, Alabama native as he became the first driver to roll onto the newly-redesigned victory lane adorned with the late Bryan Clauson’s “BC” logo and, underneath, the words “Parked It” – a phrase that had...more