Friday's Sheldon Kinser Memorial winner Logan Seavey is joined in Bloomington Speedway victory lane by Sheldon's daughter, wife and granddaughter. (David Nearpass Photo) (Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Bloomington, Indiana (August 1, 2025)………One year ago, Bloomington Speedway proved to be the most burdensome of tracks Logan Seavey faced en route to the USAC Indiana Sprint Week championship.
This year, the very same red clay 1/4-mile oval may prove to be the catalyst for a second consecutive title as the Sutter, California driver scored the victory in Friday night’s edition of the Sheldon Kinser Memorial, which has ascended him to the top of the standings of the 38th USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by Honest Abe Roofing.
After getting upside down in the feature during the 2024 round of ISW at Bloomington, this time, Seavey pounced to the front of the field on lap 10 after trouble befell racelong leader C.J. Leary. From there, it was pretty much smooth sailing for Seavey who led the final 20 laps to ensure his status as the first multi-time winner of the week after also winning the previous Sunday at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Seavey’s latest score was his fifth of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season and the 29th of his career, moving him into sole possession of 19th place all-time, surpassing the total of fellow series champions Don Branson, A.J. Foyt, Levi Jones and J.J. Yeley.
Furthermore, Seavey’s ninth career Indiana Sprint Week score moved him into the top-five all-time, equaling J.J. Yeley for fifth on the list.
Seavey leapfrogged challenger Kevin Thomas Jr. in the Indiana Sprint Week standings after Thomas held a two-point lead entering Bloomington. On Friday night, while Seavey was celebrating victory, he could look over his shoulder and see Thomas standing right beside him as the second place finisher.
Now Seavey possesses a slim four point advantage over Thomas entering the ISW finale this Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Indiana, leaving little separation and minimal room for error. For Seavey, Bloomington was an error free endeavor this time around.
“Going into the last night with the lead, I can’t complain too much,” Seavey said. “These guys have been busting their butts for me. We’ve had some good runs, and I’ve complained a lot on our mediocre nights, and they don’t give up on me. I’m glad we could reward them tonight.”
On a date exactly 37 years to the day since three-time USAC National Sprint Car champion Sheldon Kinser’s 1988 passing, Seavey started sixth on the grid in the event that bore Kinser’s name in one of the longest running traditions on the Indiana sprint car scene dating back to its inaugural edition in 1989.
Earlier in the evening, Seavey tallied his third Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifying time of Indiana Sprint Week 2025, which earned him a $600 reward. Throughout the past week, Seavey has pocketed a total of $1200 just through his qualifying efforts during ISW. Overall, it was Seavey’s 22nd career USAC National Sprint Car fast qualifying time, tying him with Steve Butler for 22nd place all-time.
Seavey quickly found the low line to his liking as he surged up through the field to fourth by lap one, to third by lap five and to second past Chance Crum by lap six. Meanwhile, Leary had established the lead from his pole starting position, running the top while Seavey settled onto the road less traveled around the bottom.
“I was actually surprised how many guys bailed on the bottom of one and two early because there was so much grip down there,” Seavey stated. “The top was a little greasy in three and four early and then it cleaned up and it was the place to be until maybe the last two or three laps. I was just so good on the bottom of one and two, I didn’t want to mess with my car.”
That said, when Leary saw Seavey poke the nose of his car underneath him entering turn three, Leary threw a change-up and briefly took the low line away from Seavey. Reacting in a moment’s notice, Seavey stepped up a lane or two to peek around the outside of Leary in turn two. At the same moment, Leary’s right rear tire began to rapidly deflate, and as he entered turn three, his car drifted up the racetrack, allowing Seavey to dive under to take the top spot for good off the exit of turn four.
Leary returned to the lineup with fresh rubber after a caution allowed his team to swap the tire out in the Indy Metal Finishing Work Area. All in all, Leary wound up with an 11th place finish after restarting on the tail.
Meanwhile, Seavey and his Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical – Droplight – Elbrecht Concrete/DRC/Stanton Chevy took complete control while the jockeying for position raged on behind him. Thomas took over third on the ensuing lap 12 restart around the outside of Moles in turn four.
On the 14th lap, the red flag was displayed for Robert Ballou who had advanced from 17th to eighth before clipping an infield tire in turn two, which sent him flipping over nose-to-tail three times into the infield grass. Ballou climbed out and walked away following the wild ride.
From there on, Seavey pushed onward as his pursuers were unable to mount a major challenge down the stretch, steadily increasing his lead to nearly two seconds in the waning laps while also trying to keep up with the ever changing surface of the racetrack.
“I didn’t really know where I needed to be,” Seavey admitted. “I was actually really good through the middle of one and two and that helped me down the back stretch, but I would’ve hated to give up on the bottom and let somebody go by me. It’s just so hard when you’re leading and the track changes like that.
It was really slick, and you have to keep an eye on your wheel spin and try to keep up on the adjustments in the car,” Seavey continued. “Luckily, we were able to adjust so many, it really makes it fun as a driver. You can keep yourself dialed in all race. My guys did such a good job. I really didn’t do much there at the end. I was starting to get a little free, but I knew I couldn’t get too tight in those holes through three and four.”
Without much in the way of traffic in his path, Seavey had free reign as he crossed under the checkered flag as the winner, 1.556 seconds in front of runner-up Kevin Thomas Jr. with Chance Crum third, Mitchel Moles fourth and Kyle Cummins rounding out the top-five.
Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama) brought home another solid finish this week with a second, which is also where he resides in the point standings going into Saturday’s round eight of eight.
For third place finisher Chance Crum (Snohomish, Washington), it was a career best night in USAC National Sprint Car competition. In 21 career series starts, his best previous result had been a ninth at Circle City Raceway in 2024. His latest performance was worthy of the Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night.
After wall contact in qualifying, Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pennsylvania) had to dig deep from his 31st place qualifying run. He advanced from seventh to fourth to transfer through his heat. Then in the A-Main, he passed 11 more to move from his 23rd starting spot to finish 12th, thus earning Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.
It was hard work from dusk till dawn for Charles Davis Jr. (Buckeye, Arizona). A flip at Terre Haute during the previous night’s feature required him and the team to rebuild and regroup in time for Bloomington. He hustled in his heat, then got rolling in the semi to grab the final transfer spot on the last lap. That earned him the ProSource Hard Work award.
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 1, 2025 – Bloomington Speedway – Bloomington, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track – Sheldon Kinser Memorial / 38th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by Honest Abe Roofing
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-11.834; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-11.838; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-12.051; 4. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.071; 5. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-12.088; 6. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-12.101; 7. Carson Garrett, 2E, Epperson-12.121; 8. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.145; 9. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-12.160; 10. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-12.180; 11. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-12.183; 12. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-12.217; 13. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-12.218; 14. Tye Mihocko, 24p, Paul-12.249; 15. Matt Thompson, 26, Thompson-12.268; 16. Austin Cory, 00, Cory-12.312; 17. Geoff Ensign, 00x, Anderson-12.330; 18. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-12.360; 19. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-12.383; 20. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-12.389; 21. Kyle Shipley, 0G, Black Gold-12.419; 22. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-12.468; 23. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-12.475; 24. Sam Hinds, 71H, Hinds-12.505; 25. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-12.512; 26. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-12.516; 27. Chelby Hinton, 71p, Phillips-12.549; 28. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-12.551; 29. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Cromwell/Boyd-12.609; 30. Braxton Cummings, 71B, Cummings-12.614; 31. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-12.656; 32. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-12.714; 33. Cody Trammell, 34T, Trammell-12.719; 34. Travis Millar, 93AU, Millar-12.721; 35. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-12.746; 36. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-12.763; 37. Todd Hobson, 77, Wingo-12.792; 38. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-12.854; 39. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-12.887; 40. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-12.928; 41. Colton Booten, 2, JAE-13.372; 42. Nate Bell, 7, Griffits-13.474; 43. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-NT; 44. James Turnbull II, 2J, Turnbull-NT (time of 12.446 disallowed due to an illegal right rear tire).
CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Shipley, 2. Logan Seavey, 3. Kobe Simpson, 4. Briggs Danner, 5. Austin Cory, 6. Hunter Maddox, 7. Kayla Roell, 8. Eli Wilhelmus, 9. Colton Booten. 1:59.763
K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Cummins, 2. Gabriel Gilbert, 3. Chelby Hinton, 4. Hayden Reinbold, 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Carson Garrett, 7. Todd Hobson, 8. Aric Gentry, 9. Nate Bell. NT
USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Joey Amantea, 5. Gunnar Setser, 6. James Turnbull II, 7. Cody Trammell, 8. Daylan Chambers, 9. Tony Helton. NT
COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Tye Mihocko, 2. Mitchel Moles, 3. Harley Burns, 4. Jake Swanson, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Sam Hinds, 7. Travis Millar, 8. Braydon Cromwell. 2:10.387
CAR IQ FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Ricky Lewis, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Chance Crum, 4. Braxton Cummings, 5. Troy Carey, 6. Brandon Mattox, 7. Matt Thompson, 8. Kale Drake. NT
HOOSIER TIRE C-MAIN: (6 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi) 1. Aric Gentry, 2. Daylan Chambers, 3. Eli Wilhelmus, 4. Tony Helton, 5. Braydon Cromwell, 6. Nate Bell, 7. Colton Booten. 1:23.507
ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Carson Garrett, 2. Gunnar Setser, 3. Hunter Maddox, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Matt Thompson, 7. Brandon Mattox, 8. Kayla Roell, 9. Tony Helton, 10. Cody Trammell, 11. James Turnbull II, 12. Eli Wilhelmus, 13. Troy Carey, 14. Travis Millar, 15. Austin Cory, 16. Todd Hobson, 17. Daylan Chambers, 18. Aric Gentry, 19. Sam Hinds. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (6), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 3. Chance Crum (2), 4. Mitchel Moles (3), 5. Kyle Cummins (5), 6. Tye Mihocko (8), 7. Chase Stockon (7), 8. Hayden Reinbold (14), 9. Jake Swanson (16), 10. Gunnar Setser (15), 11. C.J. Leary (1), 12. Briggs Danner (23), 13. Joey Amantea (19), 14. Chelby Hinton (21), 15. Braxton Cummings (22), 16. Ricky Lewis (10), 17. Kobe Simpson (20), 18. Charles Davis Jr. (24), 19. Hunter Maddox (11), 20. Kyle Shipley (9), 21. Carson Garrett (12), 22. Robert Ballou (17), 23. Harley Burns (13), 24. Gabriel Gilbert (18). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 C.J. Leary, Laps 11-30 Logan Seavey.
**Kale Drake flipped during the fifth heat. Robert Ballou flipped on lap 14 of the feature.
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2028, 2-Mitchel Moles-1817, 3-Logan Seavey-1802, 4-Briggs Danner-1726, 5-Justin Grant-1693, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1675, 7-Robert Ballou-1644, 8-Jake Swanson-1589, 9-C.J. Leary-1547, 10-Kale Drake-1438.
USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PRESENTED BY HONEST ABE ROOFING POINTS: 1-Logan Seavey-418, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-414, 3-Briggs Danner-375, 4-Mitchel Moles-366, 5-Kyle Cummins-354, 6-Jake Swanson-343, 7-Robert Ballou-336, 8-C.J. Leary-326, 9-Chase Stockon-310, 10-Gunnar Setser-299.
USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-174, 2-Briggs Danner-126, 3-Gunnar Setser-100, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-95, 5-C.J. Leary-88, 6-Kyle Cummins-87, 7-Justin Grant-83, 8-Logan Seavey-83, 9-Robert Ballou-69, 10-Chase Stockon-64.
USAC INDIANA SPRINT WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Briggs Danner-47, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-42, 3-Jake Swanson-42, 4-Logan Seavey-40, 5-Kale Drake-40, 6-Hayden Reinbold-40, 7-Kayla Roell-39, 8-C.J. Leary-38, 9-Gunnar Setser-32, 10-Shane Cottle-29.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: August 2, 2025 – Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track – 38th Annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by Honest Abe Roofing
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: C.J. Leary (11.795)
Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Logan Seavey (11.834)
Car IQ First Heat Winner: Kyle Shipley
K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins
USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Chase Stockon
Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Tye Mihocko
Car IQ Fifth Heat Winner: Ricky Lewis
Hoosier Tire C-Main Winner: Aric Gentry
Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner: Carson Garrett
Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Briggs Danner (23rd to 12th)
Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Chance Crum
ProSource Hard Work: Charles Davis Jr.