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(Photo by A.B.C. Photography) MONROVIA, Ind. – A season full of excellent performances marred by bad luck has continued for Justin Peck. Five top-three starts in the seven races following his September 15 POWRi victory at Spoon River Speedway in Lewistown, Ill., but just one of those seven culminated with a feature finish. Issues with torsion bar stops ended races early on multiple occasions for the Mooresville (Ind.) High School junior, including his bid from the pole position in the “Jason...more

Tracy Hines begins preparations for Indiana Sprint Week begins long before the seven-race mini-series hits the track, which this year is the second and third weeks of July. In addition to the grueling nine-day trek across the his home state of Indiana, Hines continues to recuperate from a broken collarbone that led to surgery a few weeks ago. The veteran driver is set to embark on the full Indiana Sprint Week schedule for the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series beginning this weekend aboard...more

Sunday’s Honda USAC National Midget “Indiana Midget Week” event at the Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway has been canceled due to extremely wet grounds. As a result, Rutherford, California’s Rico Abreu is the champion of “Indiana Midget Week” by a single point over Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. Abreu was the mark of consistency in the four-race series across Indiana, never finishing outside of the top-five in each of the four races. Abreu used finishes of 5th at Gas City, 4th at Lincoln Park, 4th...more

THORSON, CLAUSON, BELL & ABREU SCORE IMW WINS; 1 POINT SEPARATES ABREU & CLAUSON; HINES INJURED The 2015 USAC Indiana Midget Week concludes this coming Sunday at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway after rains and wet grounds forced postponement of last Sunday’s scheduled closer at the 1/4-mile dirt oval. Rico Abreu leads Bryan Clauson by a single point heading into the final event after four consecutive races in four nights. Three Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian drivers captured victories last week and Bryan...more

Kokomo, IN........Rains and wet grounds have forced postponement of Sunday night's Indiana Midget Week USAC Honda National Midget race at Kokomo Speedway. The race has been rescheduled for next Sunday night, June 21.

Kokomo, Indiana ........After an incident on the final lap of the Kokomo Speedway Sprint Car race that preceded Saturday night's USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature, perhaps it was fate that we would see Kevin Thomas, Jr. and Justin Grant meet again in some form or fashion on the second night of the "Kokomo Grand Prix." Justin Grant got the best of Thomas in the sprint tilt, picking up the victory following a last-lap, side-by-side battle that wound up with Thomas on his head before...more

Kokomo, Indiana .........Tyler Courtney's grip of the "Kokomo Grand Prix" seems to be as firm as the grip he currently holds on the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship following Friday night's victory at Kokomo Speedway, his second straight in the "GP" and his third in the first four races on the 2019 series' trail. The Indianapolis, Indiana driver raced to the lead just prior to the halfway point, utilizing the bottom of the racetrack to track down early race leader Kevin...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Through his first five USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget starts in 2021, Chris Windom had finished 2nd once, 3rd twice and 4th on one other occasion. Standing in front of the gates of victory, but unable to pick the lock, as fate would have it, the reigning series champ just needed to head back to the site of his most recent victory 14 races prior, to where he’s a past track champ and a frequent winner of sprint car and midget races for the past...more

By Richie Murray, USAC Media (Kokomo, IN) -- Two nights, two blown engines. Those were the cards Tanner Thorson and his Hayward Motorsports team were dealt in the two races leading up to Sunday's Indiana Midget Week finale at Kokomo Speedway. Out of powerplants and out of options, the team received a lifeline in the 11th hour from none other than a fellow competitor. A middle-of-the-night scramble ensued, and a borrowed Toyota engine was installed under the OilFire - FK - Walker Filtration -...more

Kokomo, Indiana .........Tyler Courtney arrives at this weekend's "Kokomo Grand Prix" ahead of the curve in terms of points and recent success at the ¼-mile Kokomo Speedway dirt oval. He comes into the April 5-6 events atop the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget standings and is the reigning winner of the "Kokomo G.P." Last year, just one month after missing the feature in the 2018 season-opener at the Southern Illinois Center in Du Quoin, Ill., Courtney was champing at the bit to return to...more