GRANT POSSESSES PASSING MASTER LEAD ENERTING SWEET SPRINGS

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Speedway, Indiana (September 6, 2022)………Justin Grant retains control of the yearlong USAC ProSource Passing Master standings with 123 total positions advanced thus far in feature events throughout the 2022 USAC national season entering the month of September.

Longtime USAC supporter ProSource has posted a $2,500 reward to the USAC nationally licensed driver who advances the most positions during feature events throughout the entirety of USAC’s 2022 national season, which encompasses Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget racing.

The top-three of Grant, Thomas Meseraull and Brady Bacon have separated themselves from the rest of the pack in terms of the Passing Master title fight.  Grant’s 123 resides 11 ahead of the 112 positions advanced by Meseraull (San Jose, Calif.).  Kofoid (Penngrove, Calif.), meanwhile, is 19 out of the lead with 104.

Grant is the defending champion of the Passing Master award in 2021 while Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.) won the inaugural edition in 2020.

The USAC National season resumes this Friday and Saturday night, September 9-10, with the NOS Energy Drink National Midgets at Missouri’s Sweet Springs Motorsports Complex.

The John Hinck Championship Presented by Dahmer Powertrain at Sweet Springs features the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, Velox Racing Outlaw Non-Wing Micros and Engler Machine Restricted Micros

Both nights, pit pass sales begin at 3pm Central with the pits cleared at 4pm, front gates opening at 5pm, the drivers meeting taking place at 5:30pm, engine heat at 6pm followed by hot laps, qualifying and racing.

On Friday, general admission tickets are $25 while children age 12 and under free.  Pit passes are $35.  Tickets will be available at the gate on both race days.

On Saturday, general admission tickets are $30 while children age 12 and under free.  Pit passes are $40.  Tickets will be available at the gate on both race days.

Advance tickets for the event are on sale now at www.eliteracingpromotions.com.

2022 USAC PROSOURCE PASSING MASTER POINTS:

(As of September 6, 2022)

1. 123-Justin Grant

2. 112-Thomas Meseraull

3. 104-Brady Bacon

4. 85-Buddy Kofoid

5. 83-Logan Seavey

6. 81-Robert Ballou

7. 71-Kaylee Bryson

8. 70-Emerson Axsom & C.J. Leary

10. 69-Matt Westfall

11. 67-Shane Cottle

12. 66-Kyle Cummins

13. 56-Chase Stockon

14. 53-Jason McDougal & Jake Swanson

16. 50-Jadon Rogers

17. 47-Alex Bright

18. 46-Zach Daum & Cannon McIntosh

20. 44-Brenham Crouch & Travis Welpott

22. 42-Mario Clouser

23. 41-Chase McDermand

24. 39-Jacob Denney

25. 34-Brian Tyler

26. 32-Mitchel Moles

27. 30-Cade Lewis

28. 29-Bryant Wiedeman

29. 28-Ethan Mitchell

30. 25-Shane Cockrum, Davey Hamilton Jr., Tye Mihocko & Tanner Thorson

34. 24-Casey Buckman, Jerry Coons Jr., Gregg Cory & Ryan Timms

38. 22-Max Adams & Kevin Thomas Jr.

40. 20-Xavier Doney

41. 19-Cole Bodine, Eric Gordon & Bryan Gossel

44. 18-Nathan Byrd, Andrew Felker & Dominic Gorden

47. 17-Derek Bischak & Alex Schriever

49. 16-Jade Avedisian, Briggs Danner, Kyle Larson & Brian Ruhlman

53. 15-Brent Beauchamp, Taylor Ferns, Trey Gropp  & Anton Hernandez

57. 14-Dallas Hewitt

58. 13-Joey Amantea, Terry Babb & Wyatt Burks

61. 12-Dave Berkheimer, Clinton Bruns Braydon Cromwell, Mariah Ede, Chad Frewaldt, Shane Golobic & Scotty Weir

68. 11-Dave Darland, Carmen Perigo, Austin Nemire, Hayden Reinbold & Bill Rose

73. 10-Blake Brannon, Dustin Clark, Critter Malone & Jace Park

77. 9-Alex Banales, Nick Bilbee, Steven Drevicki, Korbyn Hayslett, Brandon Mattox & Taylor Reimer

83. 8-Timmy Buckwalter, Maria Cofer, Matt McDonald, Brody Roa & Kody Swanson

88. 7-Kyle Jones, Trey Marcham & Mike McVetta

91. 6-Joe B. Miller & Kory Schudy

93. 5-Jack Hoyer, Danny Long, Kyle Robbins & Kyle Shipley

97. 4-Brandon Morin, Chad Tye, Chris Parkinson, Josh Davis, Steve Buckwalter, Sam Johnson, Jimmy Light, Sterling Cling, Ryan Bernal, Parker Frederickson, Tom Harris, Patrick Bruns & Cary Oliver

110. 3-Alex Sewell, Brian Beebe, Travis Buckley, Chris Windom, Austin Graby, Mark Bitner, Tom Paterson, Lance Bennett & Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

119. 2-Bryce Andrews, Keith Baxter, Braden Chiaramonte, Derek Crane, Nathan Crane, Jake Day, Russ Gamester, Rylan Gray, Mike Haggenbottom, Bobby Santos, Eric Schulz, Matt Sherrell, Carson Short, Mark Smith & Eddie Tafoya Jr.

134. 1-Zach Clark, Chance Crum, Charles Davis Jr., Noah Harris, Chase Howard, Corey Joyner, Michael Markey, Evan Mosley, Ben Rhodes, Jody Rosenboom, Cam Schafer, Wesley Smith & Kyle Steffens