PUTNAMVILLE, Ind. — Kyle Cummins won his third USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature of the season Friday at Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway.
In his seven starts this season, Cummins has yet to finish outside the top five.
Starting fourth, Cummins wrestled his Petty Performance Racing/Avanti Windows & Doors – Premier Recycling/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy around the tricky five-sixteenths-mile dirt oval surface to the lead past Logan Seavey in turns three and four on lap 10, then led the remaining 21 circuits to earn his first USAC victory at Lincoln Park since 2019, and his second overall.
Cummins’ 23rd career USAC National Sprint Car victory moved him to 29th on the all-time series win list alongside C.J. Leary and Roger McCluskey.
Cummins has clicked off finishes of first, second, second, fifth, first, third and first, which has him atop the USAC National Sprint Car standings.
“This year, things have changed,” Cummins explained. “It’s a no give up attitude. They might be right behind you, so I just have to go, go, go. I’m not going to get beat because I was going easy. My mentality is a little different. We’re pushing every lap and doing what we can do. So far, this season has started out really good.”
Seavey led the opening four laps of the 30-lap contest, while Kyle Shipley slotted into second and Cummins made his way into third. However, Shipley wasn’t content to ride around in second for long as he slid under Seavey for the top spot on the fifth lap to lead for the first time in his USAC career.
Shipley’s initial visit to the top of the leaderboard proved to be short lived as Seavey cut back underneath Shipley in turn two to retake the lead for the ensuing two laps on the sixth and seventh go around. Shipley didn’t stray too far, and on lap eight, he scooted under Seavey in turns three and four to reassume his spot at the head of the field.
Moments later, in turn two, fourth-running Mitchel Moles clipped an infield tire and tipped over, bringing out the red flag.
On the lap-nine restart, Seavey found his way back to the lead for a third stint after Shipley caught a rut in turn two. However, lurking in third and ready to pounce was Cummins who picked off Shipley around the outside for second at the stripe on lap nine, then cut low in turn three a half-lap later to swipe the top spot from Seavey for good on the 10th lap.
Over the course of the span between laps 10 and 19, Cummins constructed a lead of 4.085 seconds over Seavey and Justin Grant who had risen into the top three on a cool and chilly night.
“Normally, when it’s a little chilly, I feel like I’m not as good,” Cummins revealed. “With the ruts and stuff we had going on up there, I just kind of moved my line a little bit. I watched the (semi-feature) and got super nervous and changed the whole car. Then, I decided to come back just a little bit. It definitely helped me toward the end of the race. But the first five to ten laps were a little hairy.”
That said, Cummins’ comfortable lead nearly came to a hasty halt with six to go on lap 25. Daison Pursley, Robert Ballou and Zack Pretorius tangled and stopped at the entry into turn one. Cummins avoided the catastrophe as he evasively swerved off the banking and avoided contact.
With his five second lead evaporated, Cummins had to rebuild, and that he did. Over the next six laps, Cummins bolted out to a 4.433-second margin as he crossed the finish line over runner-up Justin Grant who swiftly worked his way past Seavey for the spot on the back straightaway with three laps to go.
Seavey wound up third, ending his bid for four consecutive USAC National Sprint Car victories at Lincoln Park Speedway after scoring all three wins in 2024.
Jake Swanson finished a season best fourth while Kale Drake was simply incredible as he raced his way from the 23rd starting spot to finish fifth, equaling his career best USAC National Sprint Car result.
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, Honest Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway, Putnamville, Indiana, April 11, 2025
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.685; 2. Max Adams, 17GP, Dutcher-12.720; 3. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.962; 4. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.093; 5. Kyle Shipley, 4u, AJR-13.107; 6. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.124; 7. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-13.135; 8. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-13.181; 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-13.197; 10. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-13.198; 11. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-13.274; 12. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-13.276; 13. Jadon Rogers, 66, Amati-13.277; 14. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming/Swanson-13.280; 15. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-13.289; 16. Carson Garrett, 2E, Epperson-13.331; 17. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.332; 18. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.396; 19. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-13.425; 20. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-13.446; 21. Colin Parker, 16K, Knight-13.456; 22. Tye Mihocko, 24p, Paul-13.479; 23. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-13.479; 24. Brayden Fox, 53, Fox-13.540; 25. Kale Drake 2B, 2B Racing-13.585; 26. Nate Ervin, 11, Algieo-13.599; 27. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-13.654; 28. Jake Scott, 33, Miller-13.677; 29. James Turnbull II, 2J, Turnbull-13.712; 30. Sam Hinds, 71H, Hinds-13.825; 31. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-13.891; 32. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Boyd-13.906; 33. Ivan Glotzbach, i1, Glotzbach-14.046; 34. James Boyd, 16B, Boyd-14.166; 35. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-14.226; 36. Bryce Andrews, 17, MSR-14.359; 37. Justin Meneely, 100, Meneely-15.147; 38. Kyle Johnson, 99J, Johnson-NT.
CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Jadon Rogers, 2. Kyle Shipley, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Hayden Reinbold, 6. Kale Drake, 7. Ivan Glotzbach, 8. Justin Meneely, 9. Colin Parker, 10. James Turnbull II. NT
K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Chase Stockon, 3 Logan Seavey, 4. Max Adams, 5. Brandon Mattox, 6. James Boyd, 7. Sam Hinds, 8. Tye Mihocko, 9. Nate Ervin. NT
HOOSIER TIRE THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Cummins, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Robert Ballou, 4. Gabriel Gilbert, 5. Zack Pretorius, 6. C.J. Leary, 7. Harley Burns, 8. Tony Helton, 9. Kayla Roell. 2:18.32
COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Carson Garrett, 2. Chance Crum, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Brayden Fox, 5. Gunnar Setser, 6. Jake Scott, 7. Braydon Cromwell, 8. Bryce Andrews, 9. Daison Pursley. 2:17.75
ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Daison Pursley, 2. Kale Drake, 3. Harley Burns, 4. C.J. Leary, 5. Jake Scott, 6. Bryce Andrews, 7. Kayla Roell, 8. Braydon Cromwell, 9. Sam Hinds, 10. Nate Ervin, 11. Justin Meneely, 12. Tony Helton, 13. James Boyd, 14. Colin Parker, 15. Ivan Glotzbach. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kyle Cummins (4), 2. Justin Grant (3), 3. Logan Seavey (1), 4. Jake Swanson (8), 5. Kale Drake (23), 6. Kyle Shipley (2), 7. Max Adams (5), 8. Jadon Rogers (7), 9. Chase Stockon (13), 10. Carson Garrett (9), 11. Briggs Danner (16), 12. Kevin Thomas Jr. (12), 13. Daison Pursley (11), 14. Zack Pretorius (10), 15. C.J. Leary (24), 16. Mitchel Moles (6), 17. Gunnar Setser (20), 18. Chance Crum (15), 19. Robert Ballou (14), 20. Hayden Reinbold (17), 21. Brayden Fox (22), 22. Brandon Mattox (18), 23. Gabriel Gilbert (21), 24. Harley Burns (19).
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