(Video Highlights from FloRacing.com)
8/21/25
Kokomo Speedway
Kokomo, IN
Smackdown Night #1
USAC
54 cars
Kyle Cummins (17th car out to time) set the standard in time trials at 12.599 seconds ($200 from Honest Abe Roofing). Justin Grant (38th car out) was second quick, followed by Briggs Danner (18th), Mitchel Moles (9th), Jake Swanson (43rd), Harley Burns (10th), CJ Leary (30th), Kyle Shipley (19th) and Gunnar Setser (54th). Setser’s time was impressive as the last car out, but he hit the wall and turned over on his second lap. He returned for the fifth heat. Camden Winter was DQed for the wrong left rear tire. Ricky Lewis lost a motor during qualifying, but returned for his heat. Braydon Cromwell also got into the wall on his second lap, and didn’t return. Trey Osborne and Evan Mosley, who tipped over in hot laps were scratches for the night.
Heat one (started): 1. 19-Hayden Reinbold (1); 2. 92-Chase Stockon (3); 3. 3P-Kyle Cummins (6); 4. 44-Todd Hobson (9) / 5. 16-Harley Burns (5); 6. 88J-Joey Amantea (2); 7. 12-Clinton Boyles (10); 8. 9Z-Zack Pretorius (7); 9. 45N-Troy Carey (8); 10. 00X-Geoff Ensign (4); 11. 12J-Steve Justis (11)
10-lap heats had an invert of six and took the top four to the main event. Boyles, who was filling in for Robert Ballou, who suffered vertebrae fractures at Bloomington was penalized a row for jumping the initial start. Reinbold would lead the distance, ahead of Stockon. Cummins grabbed third from Ensign on lap four. Burns passed Ensign for the final transfer on lap five before Justis flipped in turn two. He was uninjured. Cummins snagged second on the restart. On lap seven, Stockon got back by him, while Hobson, who came from row five, passed Burns for the final transfer.
Heat two (started): 1. 21AZ-CJ Leary (5); 2. 3R-Kevin Thomas Jr (4); 3. 2B-Kale Drake (3); 4. 4-Justin Grant (6) / 5. 71P-Chelby Hinton (1); 6. 21K-Kobe Simpson (2); 7. 4C-Brayden Clark (7); 8. 11-Aaron Davis (8); 9. 24X-Jacob Tuttle (10); 10. 75-Devan Myers (9); 11. 84-Camden Winter (11)
Hinton led early over Drake, Thomas, and Leary. Leary shot from fourth to second on lap two, until taking the lead from Hinton on lap four. Thomas was in tow in second. Drake moved by Hinton for third on lap five, and Grant used a slider in turn four to take the final transfer spot with four to go.
Heat three (started): 1. 5-Jadon Rogers (1); 2. 39-Briggs Danner (6); 3. 86-Shane Cottle (3); 4. 63-Cale Coons (2) / 5. 57 Logan Seavey (5); 6. 2E-Carson Garrett (4); 7. 21-Max Adams (7); 8. 39G-Matt Goodnight (8); 9. 34-RJ Miller (9); DNS - 4X-Braydon Cromwell; 2-Evan Mosley
Rogers led early over Coons, Cottle, Danner and Garrett. Seavey was into fifth by lap two. Cottle worked under Coons to take second on lap four. On lap seven, Danner did the same to take third, and then on lap nine, passed Cottle for the second spot. Danner made a run at Rogers at the finish, coming .03 of a second short.
Heat four (started): 1. 54-Matt Westfall (2); 2. 16K-Wyatt Burks (1); 3. 19AZ-Mitchel Moles (6); 4. 57H-Jack Hoyer (4) / 5. 0G-Kyle Shipley (5); 6. 2J-James Turnbull (8); 7. 4K-Kayla Roell (7); 8. 17-Bryce Andrews (10); 9. 83C-Chance Crum (3); 10. 12S-Adyn Schmidt (9); DNS - 6T-Trey Osborne
Burks led Westfall, Crum, Hoyer and Shipley on lap one. Hoyer passed Crum for third on lap two, and then got by Westfall for second on lap three. Westfall used the low side to get back by Hoyer on lap four. Moles moved into the top five on lap five before Schmidt hit and infield tire and flipped. He was ok. Burks led Westfall, Hoyer, Crum and Moles back to green. Crum moved into third on the restart. On lap seven, Westfall took the lead from Burks, while Moles took the last transfer spot from Crum. Coming for the white flag, Moles also passed Hoyer for third.
Heat five (started): 1. 5T-Jake Swanson (6); 2. 41-Ricky Lewis (10); 3. 5G-Gunnar Setser (5); 4. 28-Brandon Mattox (3) / 5. 24M-Hunter Maddox (7); 6. 06-Rylan Gray (4); 7. 99-Jack James (9); 8. 97-Tyler Hewitt (2); 9. 77S-David Gasper (8); 10. 00-Parker Frederickson (1)
Hewitt led early over Mattox, Frederickson, Setser and Gray in a jumbled mess. Setser passed Frederickson for third on lap three. Gray and James were tangled after contact with Lewis three laps in. Hewitt led Mattox, Setser, Frederickson and Swanson back to green. Matttox emerged with a brief lead with Setser third and Swanson grabbing the final transfer. Hewitt led Swanson and Mattox on lap five before Gasper got sideways, collecting Frederickson. Now Hewitt led Swanson, Mattox, Setser and Lewis. Swanson took the lead. Lewis moved into the final transfer spot on lap seven, and went from fourth to second on lap eight completing a run from tenth.. Hewitt pulled to the infield and did not finish.
C main (started): 1. 9Z-Zack Pretorius (1); 2. 39G-Matt Goodnight (3); 3. 83C-Chance Crum (5); 4. 77S-David Gasper (7) / 5. 11-Aaron Davis (2); 6. 17-Bryce Andrews (4); 7. 34-RJ Miller (9); 8. 45N-Troy Carey (6); 9. 75-Devan Myers (11); 10. 00X-Geoff Ensign (10); 11. 24X-Jacob Tuttle (8); DNS - 97-Tyler Hewitt; 00-Parker Frederickson; 12S-Adyn Schmidt; 12J-Steve Justis; 84-Camden Winter; 4X-Braydon Cromwell; 2-Evan Mosley; 6T-Trey Osborne
The 10-lapper sent the top four to the back of the B. Tuttle had a rear axle break right away and was towed off. Pretorius led the distance. Crum grabbed the fourth and final transfer from Andrews on lap two. Goodnight passed Davis for second on lap four. Gasper moved into the top five on lap five. Crum passed Davis for third on lap six, and Gasper passed him for the final transfer on lap nine.
B main (started): 1. 57-Logan Seavey (2); 2. 71P-Chelby Hinton (4); 3. 2E-Carson Garrett (6); 4. 16-Harley Burns (1) / 5. 21K-Kobe Simpson (9); 6. 12-Clinton Boyles (15); 7. 83C-Chance Crum (18); 8. 21-Max Adams (13); 9. 9Z-Zack Pretorius (16); 10. 06-Rylan Gray (7); 11. 39G-Matt Goodnight (17); 12. 4C-Brayden Clark (11); 13. 99-Jack James (14); 14. 0G-Kyle Shipley (3); 15. 24M-Hunter Maddox (5); 16. 2J-James Turnbull (10); 17. 88J-Joey Amantea (8); 18. 4K-Kayla Roell (12); 19. 77S-David Gasper (19)
The 12-lapper took the top four to the A. Seavey led the marathon throughout. Burns was second early, ahead of Hinton and Shipley. Roell got sideways, collecting, Gasper and Pretorius. Only Pretorius would restart. On lap three, Hinton took second, with Shipley moving into third, ahead of Burns. Clark and Amantea tangled at that point after contact with another car, bringing another yellow. Turnbull flipped four laps in. He was uninjured. Garrett grabbed the fourth and final transfer spot from Burns on lap seven, and then took third on the high side from Shipley on lap eight. Burns slid by Shipley on lap nine for the final transfer. Shipley slammed Burns from behind and spun, bringing caution. Burns and Garrett traded third in a good battle in the final two laps.
A main (started): 1. 39-Briggs Danner (4); 2. 3P-Kyle Cummins (6); 3. 21AZ-CJ Leary (1); 4. 19AZ-Mitchel Moles (3); 5. 19-Hayden Reinbold (8); 6. 3R-Kevin Thomas Jr (13); 7. 4-Justin Grant (5); 8. 2B-Kale Drake (17); 9. 57-Logan Seavey (11); 10. 92-Chase Stockon (16); 11. 54-Matt Westfall (7); 12. 16-Harley Burns (10); 13. 41-Ricky Lewis (24); 14. 63-Cale Coons (20); 15. 2E-Carson Garrett (14); 16. 71P-Chelby Hinton (21); 17. 5G-Gunnar Setser (12); 18. 12-Clinton Boyles (25); 19. 16K-Wyatt Burks (22); 20. 57H-Jack Hoyer (15); 21. 44-Todd Hobson (23); 22. 28-Brandon Mattox (19); 23. 5-Jadon Rogers (9); 24. 86-Shane Cottle (18); 25. 5T-Jake Swanson (2); 26. 88J-Joey Amantea (26)
The 30-lapper was a top five feature of the year for me. Leary jumped out to the early lead over Moles and Swanson. On lap two, Danner jumped from fourth to second, and then took the lead from Leary on the high side on lap three. Five laps in, it was Danner, Leary, Moles, Cummins and Swanson. Cummins took third from Moles on lap seven, and then put a slider on Leary in turn one to take second on lap 12. Danner entered traffic on lap 13, before Swanson’s fourth place run came to an end at the halfway point, in a tangle with the lapped cars of Mattox and Amantea. Danner led Cummins, Leary, Grant and Moles back to green. Cummins passed Danner on lap 18 in a battle that was just heating up. Leary trailed in third, as the team cars of Moles and Reinbold moved into fourth and fifth. The lead pair were dancing alone. When Cummins stumbled in turn two with five to go, Danner leaped on the opportunity and took the lead. A caution came out shortly after for Rogers, who had a flat left rear. Danner held off Cummins on the restart, but with three to go, Cummins slid back by him to lead. Danner came right back with two to go, and held on for his second USAC win at Kokomo this year. Lewis earned $200 from Rod End Supply for hard-charger.