BACON & GRANT TO DECIDE BUBBY JONES MASTER OF GOING FASTER TITLE AT PERRIS
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Perris, California (October 31, 2022)………It’s down to a two-horse contest in the race to become the inaugural Bubby Jones Master of Going Faster champion.
Brady Bacon and Justin Grant are separated by 19 points entering the miniseries’ finale this Saturday night, November 5, during the $20,000-to-win 26th running of the Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals at California’s Perris Auto Speedway.
The 10-race series presented by Spire Sports + Entertainment for the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship culminates at the half-mile Perris dirt oval with the highest point-earner capturing a $10,000 bonus and a custom trophy provided by Potter Metal Art.
Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) captured the Bubby Jones series opener back in May at Kansas’ Lakeside Speedway while Grant (Ione, Calif.) has won three features at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway, Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway and Ohio’s Eldora Speedway.
The same two drivers are involved in a tight-knit battle for the overall USAC National Sprint Car driving title with Grant possessing an 83-point lead entering the final three nights of the season this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 3-4-5, at Perris in conjunction with the AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Cars.
Other feature winners thus far throughout the Bubby Jones Master of Going Faster slate include Robert Ballou (May 22 at Terre Haute), Logan Seavey (June 18 at Port Royal), Kyle Cummins (July 29 at Bloomington & October 1 at Lawrenceburg) and Jadon Rogers (September 17 at Tri-State Speedway).
Norman “Bubby“ Jones was a 27-time winner in USAC National competition during his National Sprint Car Hall of Fame career and also captured back-to-back CRA Sprint Car titles in 1983 and 1984. In 1996, Bubby served a role in the construction of Perris Auto Speedway, making this Saturday’s event a special place to crown the new champ.
Tickets for the 26th Annual Heimark Anheuser Busch Budweiser Oval Nationals are on sale online at www.perrisautospeedway.com or by calling 1-800-595-4849. For those who do not wish to buy tickets in advance, there will be tickets available for everyone at the ticket window all three nights.
In addition to the three nights of racing, there will be a practice for Oval Nationals entered cars on Wednesday, November 2. The practice will begin at 6pm Pacific and it will be free for fans in the grandstands. In addition, fans will be treated to $2 pizza, beer and soda.
2022 BUBBY JONES MASTER OF GOING FASTER SCHEDULE & WINNERS:
May 12: Lakeside Speedway | WINNER: Brady Bacon
May 22: Terre Haute Action Track | WINNER: Robert Ballou
Jun 17: Williams Grove Speedway | WINNER: Justin Grant
Jun 18: Port Royal Speedway | WINNER: Logan Seavey
Jul 26: Kokomo Speedway | WINNER: Justin Grant
Jul 29: Bloomington Speedway | WINNER: Kyle Cummins
Sep 17: Tri-State Speedway | WINNER: Jadon Rogers
Sep 24: Eldora Speedway | WINNER: Justin Grant
Oct 1: Lawrenceburg Speedway | WINNER: Kyle Cummins
Nov 5: Perris Auto Speedway
2022 BUBBY JONES MASTER OF GOING FASTER POINT STANDINGS:
(Entering the finale on Saturday, November 5, at Perris Auto Speedway)
1. 637-Brady Bacon
2. 618-Justin Grant
3. 569-C.J. Leary
4. 502-Chase Stockon
5. 500-Logan Seavey
6. 494-Robert Ballou
7. 487-Emerson Axsom
8. 436-Matt Westfall
9. 403-Jadon Rogers
10. 367-Jason McDougal
11. 347-Kyle Cummins
12. 300-Mitchel Moles
13. 280-Brandon Mattox
14. 276-Jake Swanson
15. 235-Shane Cottle
16. 223-Kevin Thomas Jr.
17. 182-Briggs Danner
18. 156-Alex Bright
19. 143-Max Adams
20. 130-Thomas Meseraull
21. 116-Carson Garrett
22. 102-Anton Hernandez
23. 101-Steven Drevicki
24. 85-Charles Davis Jr.
25. 83-Dallas Hewitt
26. 77-Dustin Clark
27. 74-Cole Bodine
28. 67-Mark Smith
29. 66-Xavier Doney
30. 62-Joey Amantea
31. 60-Ryan Timms
32. 59-Dalton Stevens
33. 58-Brandon Morin & Timmy Buckwalter
35. 57-Geoff Ensign & Sterling Cling
37. 55-Mario Clouser
38. 52-Brian Ruhlman
39. 46-Shane Cockrum
40. 44-Brent Beauchamp & Tye Mihocko
42. 43-Keith Sheffer II
43. 42-Brody Roa & Nick Bilbee
45. 41-Wyatt Burks
46. 40-Wesley Smith
47. 39-Alex Banales, Daison Pursley & Scotty Weir
50. 35-Kendall Ruble
51. 34-Dave Darland & Zach Daum
53. 33-Collin Ambrose & Dustin Beck
55. 30-Austin Graby & Koby Barksdale
57. 29-Brady Short & Brian Hayden
59. 28-Chris Parkinson & Jack Hoyer
61. 27-Cody Baker
62. 26-Carmen Perigo, Isaac Chapple, Zach Clark & J.J. Hughes
66. 25-Stan Beadles, Saban Bibent & Tripp Gerrald
69. 24-Jordan Kinser & Rece Wommack
71. 23-Adyn Schmidt, Aric Gentry, Brandon Smith & Carson Short
75. 20-Braydon Cromwell, Corey Smith, Critter Malone, Hunter Maddox, Jack James, Korbyn Hayslett, Tom Harris & Travis Berryhill
83. 10-Allen Howard Jr., Andrew Cockman, Andy Bradley, Braxton Cummings, Brayden Fox, Buddy Parker, Chad Frewaldt, Chad Ruhlman, Chad Tye, Chase Howard, Chris Phillips, Chris Windom, Cindy Chambers, Colten Cottle, Cooper Welch, Dakota Earls, Davey Ray, Donny Brackett, Dustin Griffitts, Evan Mosley, Gage Etgen, Harley Burns, Ivan Glotzbach, Jason Billups, John Ivers, Justin Johnson, Kyle Shipley, Larry Kingseed Jr., Lee Underwood, Matt Goodnight, Nate McMillin, Nathan Moore, Nathan Seale, Parker Frederickson, Ryan Barr, Sam Scott, Todd Hobson, Troy Carey, Tyler Burton & Zack Pretorius
