Putnamville, Indiana (July 4, 2025)………When it comes to Logan Seavey and the Sprintacular, it’s a match made in heaven.
After sweeping both nights of the event in 2024, Seavey continued his Sprintacular steamroll on Friday night at Putnamville, Indiana’s Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway by scoring his third consecutive victory in the event aboard his Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical Contractors – Indy Power Sports/DRC/Stanton Chevy.
Despite a 27th place qualifying run, starting ninth on the grid and falling back to 12th early in the going, the Sutter, California racer persevered by picking his way through the field until finding his way into the lead on the 18th of 30 laps to earn his third series victory of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season.
For Seavey, it was quite an unfamiliar path on his way to his 27th career USAC National Sprint Car triumph, which tied Kyle Cummins for 23rd place all-time. This time, the reigning series champion took the low road to reach his destination at the 5/16-mile dirt oval.
“I don’t know how many wins I’ve gotten in my career, but there’s probably been less than three or four that I’ve won by idling around the tires; it’s not my cup of tea,” Seavey recalled. “I lost a few on the start, but early, when those yellows came out right before the leader got to the line, I knew it was helping me and wearing out the track without counting laps.”
While it hasn’t exactly been on par with their incredible and historic 2024 season, Seavey and Abacus’ 2025 campaign has still been pretty solid, all things considered. Seavey ranks second in terms of most laps led in the series, but the wins haven’t come in droves. This one was particularly rewarding, and it also made Seavey the first driver to win three features in Sprintacular’s 11-year history.
“We’ve sucked all year compared to how we ran last year,” Seavey admitted. “It hasn’t been up to any of our standards but we went to work and tried to make sure everything was back to square one and we did that tonight. Glad I could put this thing in victory lane for these guys. They’ve been busting their butts. It’s been hot and these guys have worked every single race. We have the same guys for midgets and sprint cars and they do them all. It’s been a lot of work these last few weeks and we’ve got a lot more coming.”
Initially, Robert Ballou appeared to be the man on a mission as he ripped around front row occupants Hayden Reinbold and Jadon Rogers in turn four on the opening lap from his fourth place starting position and quickly distanced himself from the rest of the pack.
On the 16th lap, Jake Swanson flipped upside in turn two while running in the eighth position. After returning from the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area, he restarted at the tail but managed only an 18th place finish at the checkered.
In time for the lap 16 restart just past the midway point, Seavey had already marched his way up to third. By the time the top-three hit the back straightaway, Seavey was making his move as he charged under Reinbold for second getting into turn three. But as Seavey slid up to the middle of the surface, Reinbold turned down and drove under and past both Seavey for second and the rim-riding Ballou for the lead at the exit of turn four.
Seavey successfully took the runner-up spot from Ballou a lap later on the 17th circuit. One more lap later, Seavey had found the lead after Reinbold slipped off the bottom, which allowed Seavey to race on by heading down the back straight on lap 18.
“My car just kept getting better and better and they really got racing from like third through eighth,” Seavey said. “I feel like I passed them in two or three laps when I finally committed to the bottom, which is something I’ve never done before. Usually, I’m the second or third one to find the bottom and then I’m stuck in line. It’s weird to be the one leading on the bottom.”
Series point leader Kyle Cummins moved ahead of Ballou for third on lap 19, and with four to go, 11th starting Ricky Lewis had surged into third around Ballou. With three laps remaining, Ballou and Mitchel Moles were battling wheel-to-wheel for the fifth spot when the two locked wheels while battling for the same piece of real estate on the bottom of turn two. The resulting contact sent Ballou into a 360 degree spin in the infield. Ballou was able to keep his car rolling but, by rule, was required to restart at the tail and ultimately finished 22nd after leading a race high 15 laps.
From his vantage point on the ensuing restart, Seavey saw and felt the strong presence of Reinbold right within arm’s length, knowing any misstep could be his downfall.
“Hayden was all over me at the end,” Seavey explained. “I did everything to keep him behind me. I could run the bottom really well in three and four, so I kept sliding myself. I knew if I screwed up at any point, he was going to get by. I committed at the end there just to really protect and not slip off the bottom.”
The plan came to fruition as Seavey crossed the line 1.132 seconds ahead at the checkered flag in front of a wild scramble off the final turn which saw Reinbold take second, Lewis third, Moles fourth and Shane Cottle fifth after starting back in 15th.
Prior to Friday night, USAC National Sprint Car Rookie Hayden Reinbold’s best career series finish was a seventh at Williams Grove in June. At Lincoln Park, the Gilbert, Arizona native looked every bit the part of a veteran as he led two laps and finished a career best second. Even more impressive was the fact that it was his first race back after enduring a massive flip last Sunday at Millstream and required the use of a new racecar. For all those things and more, Reinbold was chosen as the recipient of the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.
Ricky Lewis (Camarillo, California) also posted his best career USAC National Sprint Car result of third after making a late surge from his 11th place starting position. That proved to be the USAC CRA Sprint Car point leader’s first career podium result with the national series, surpassing a pair of fourth place finishes at Bloomington and Circle City in 2024.
With his sixth place finish, Kyle Cummins set a brand new USAC National Sprint Car record. The result was his 22nd straight top-10 to begin the 2025 series season, breaking the record of 21 straight to start a season set by C.J. Leary in 2019.
Justin Grant began the feature with his worst starting position of the year (18th). It didn't deter him too much as he advanced 11 spots from his outside row nine starting spot to finish seventh and earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.
Daison Pursley set his 11th career USAC National Sprint Car fast qualifying time during Honest Abe Roofing Qualifying. That tied him with Jim McWithey and George Snider for 50th place all-time.
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 4, 2025 – Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 5/16-Mile Dirt Track – 11th Sprintacular
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-12.471; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-12.535; 3. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-12.652; 4. Logan Calderwood, 6, Ford-12.789; 5. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.804; 6. Jadon Rogers, 66, Amati-12.809; 7. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-12.814; 8. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-12.862; 9. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.909; 10. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-12.921; 11. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.937; 12. Shane Cottle, 34, Olson-12.961; 13. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-12.965; 14. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-13.015; 15. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.038; 16. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-13.039; 17. Chelby Hinton, 71p, Phillips-13.058; 18. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-13.077; 19. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.102; 20. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-13.165; 21. Stevie Sussex, 77s, Sturgeon-13.184; 22. Max Adams, 23, Simon-13.233; 23. Wesley Smith, 44, Smith-13.238; 24. Carson Garrett, 2E, Epperson-13.242; 25. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Boyd-13.251; 26. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-13.257; 27. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.264; 28. Kole Kirkman, 81, Dice-13.302; 29. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-13.307; 30. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-13.310; 31. Nate Schank, 1, Schank-13.437; 32. Tye Mihocko, 24p, Paul-13.457; 33. Matt Goodnight, 39G, Goodnight-13.469; 34. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-13.473; 35. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-13.505; 36. Kyle Johnson, 99J, Johnson-13.513; 37. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.573; 38. Blake Vermillion, 73, Vermillion-13.596; 39. Jesse Vermillion, 5, Vermillion-13.702; 40. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-13.729; 41. Bryce Andrews, 17, MSR-13.784; 42. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-13.798; 43. Keivan Clodfelter, 19c, Clodfelter-13.912; 44. Austin Cory, 00, Cory-13.990; 45. Sam Hinds, 71H, Hinds-14.070; 46. Justin Meneely, 100, Meneely-14.374; 47. Tom Eller, 29OG, Eller-14.515.
CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Jadon Rogers, 4. Daison Pursley, 5. Zack Pretorius, 6. Stevie Sussex, 7. Nate Schank, 8. Kyle Johnson, 9. Bryce Andrews, 10. Justin Meneely. 2:13.10
K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Logan Seavey, 2. Hayden Reinbold, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Shane Cottle, 5. Tye Mihocko, 6. Chelby Hinton, 7. Max Adams, 8. Hunter Maddox, 9. Brandon Mattox, 10. Tom Eller. 2:13.21
USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Kale Drake, 3. Kole Kirkman, 4. Chance Crum, 5. Ricky Lewis, 6. Wesley Smith, 7. Matt Goodnight, 8. Blake Vermillion, 9. Keivan Clodfelter. NT
COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Carson Garrett, 4. C.J. Leary, 5. Colin Parker, 6. Logan Calderwood, 7. Jesse Vermillion, 8. Tony Helton, 9. Austin Cory. 2:17.25
CAR IQ FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Briggs Danner, 2. Mitchel Moles, 3. Braydon Cromwell, 4. Harley Burns, 5. Chase Stockon, 6. Joey Amantea, 7. Gabriel Gilbert, 8. Sam Hinds, 9. Kayla Roell. 2:17.94
HOOSIER TIRE C-MAIN: (10 laps, top-4 transfer to the semi) 1. Kyle Johnson, 2. Bryce Andrews, 3. Hunter Maddox, 4. Brandon Mattox, 5. Tony Helton, 6. Kayla Roell, 7. Blake Vermillion, 8. Sam Hinds, 9. Tom Eller, 10. Justin Meneely, 11. Keivan Clodfelter, 12. Austin Cory. NT
ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. Ricky Lewis, 3. Joey Amantea, 4. Tye Mihocko, 5. Stevie Sussex, 6. Nate Schank, 7. Gabriel Gilbert, 8. Wesley Smith, 9. Max Adams, 10. Hunter Maddox, 11. Logan Calderwood, 12. Kyle Johnson, 13. Chelby Hinton, 14. Bryce Andrews, 15. Matt Goodnight, 16. Jesse Vermillion, 17. Zack Pretorius, 18. Colin Parker, 19. Brandon Mattox. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (9), 2. Hayden Reinbold (1), 3. Ricky Lewis (11), 4. Mitchel Moles (3), 5. Shane Cottle (15), 6. Kyle Cummins (14), 7. Justin Grant (18), 8. Briggs Danner (7), 9. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 10. Daison Pursley (6), 11. C.J. Leary (12), 12. Gunnar Setser (10), 13. Jadon Rogers (2), 14. Kale Drake (16), 15. Chance Crum (17), 16. Chase Stockon (13), 17. Joey Amantea (24), 18. Jake Swanson (8), 19. Harley Burns (19), 20. Kole Kirkman (22), 21. Carson Garrett (20), 22. Robert Ballou (4), 23. Braydon Cromwell (21), 24. Tye Mihocko (23). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Robert Ballou, Laps 16-17 Hayden Reinbold, Laps 18-30 Logan Seavey.
**Jake Swanson flipped on lap 16 of the feature.
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-1587, 2-Justin Grant-1477, 3-Mitchel Moles-1350, 4-Briggs Danner-1264, 5-Logan Seavey-1258, 6-Robert Ballou-1193, 7-Jake Swanson-1171, 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1136, 9-C.J. Leary-1111, 10-Kale Drake-1093.
USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-137, 2-Briggs Danner-95, 3-Kyle Cummins-86, 4-Gunnar Setser-75, 5-Justin Grant-74, 6-C.J. Leary-74, 7-Robert Ballou-66, 8-Chase Stockon-56, 9-Kevin Thomas Jr.-48, 10-Logan Seavey-43.
SPRINTACULAR PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Joey Amantea-15, 2-Justin Grant-12, 3-Shane Cottle-10, 4-Kyle Cummins-10, 5-Hunter Maddox-10, 6-Bryce Andrews-9, 7-Logan Seavey-8, 8-Ricky Lewis-8, 9-Nate Schank-7, 10-Robert Ballou-5.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: July 5, 2025 – Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway – Putnamville, Indiana – 5/16-Mile Dirt Track – 11th Sprintacular
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (12.641)
Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Daison Pursley (12.471)
Car IQ First Heat Winner: Jake Swanson
K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Logan Seavey
USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Robert Ballou
Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser
Car IQ Fifth Heat Winner: Briggs Danner
Hoosier Tire C-Main Winner: Kyle Johnson
Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Chase Stockon
Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Justin Grant (18th to 7th)
Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Hayden Reinbold
