GRANT LEADS THE MIKE CURB USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP INTO AUGUST

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Speedway, Indiana (August 8, 2023)………Justin Grant has assumed control of the Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship standings entering mid-August as he looks to become the third driver ever to win the award for a third consecutive season.

Grant (Ione, Calif.) has accumulated a total of 2,542 points combined throughout the USAC Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget season.  That leads his closest competition, Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.), by 245 markers.

Emerson Axsom (Franklin, Ind.) runs third in the standings with 2,129 with Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) fourth at 1,922 and 2016 Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Champion Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) fifth at 1,895.

Only J.J. Yeley (2001-02-03) and Bryan Clauson (2010-11-12) have previously won the award in three consecutive seasons.  Grant, who has won the title in 2017-21-22 is also gunning to become just the second four-time winner, joining Tracy Hines (2000-08-13-14).

The Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship pays out a $10,000 reward going to the driver who accrues the most combined points throughout the USAC National season.

The Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship celebrates its 25th consecutive year in 2023.  The honor encompasses attaining points throughout each and every point paying USAC Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget series event during the 2023 campaign.

Previous champions include Dave Darland (1999 & 2015), Tracy Hines (2000-08-13-14), J.J. Yeley (2001-02-03), Jay Drake (2004), Josh Wise (2005 & 2006), Jerry Coons Jr. (2007), Cole Whitt (2009), Bryan Clauson (2010-11-12), Brady Bacon (2016), Justin Grant (2017-21-22), Tyler Courtney (2018 & 2019), Chris Windom (2020).

The new Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Champion will be honored at USAC’s Night of Champions in December of 2023.

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2023 MIKE CURB USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS

(As of August 8, 2023)

1. 2542-Justin Grant

2. 2297-Logan Seavey

3. 2129-Emerson Axsom

4. 1922-Daison Pursley

5. 1895-Brady Bacon

6. 1716-C.J. Leary

7. 1635-Kyle Cummins

8. 1598-Jake Swanson

9. 1539-Mitchel Moles

10. 1535-Kevin Thomas Jr.

11. 1430-Chase Stockon

12. 1396-Matt Westfall

13. 1372-Robert Ballou

14. 1032-Carson Garrett

15. 994-Thomas Meseraull

16. 717-Shane Cottle

17. 704-Jacob Denney

18. 676-Bryant Wiedeman

19. 647-Jade Avedisian

20. 638-Ryan Timms

21. 622-Cannon McIntosh

22. 572-Max Adams

23. 529-Taylor Reimer

24. 527-Chase McDermand

25. 523-Gavin Miller

26. 500-Brandon Mattox

27. 497-Jake Andreotti

28. 491-Briggs Danner

29. 489-Mario Clouser

30. 487-Charles Davis Jr.

31. 474-Kody Swanson

32. 444-Jadon Rogers

33. 387-Hayden Reinbold

34. 374-Tanner Thorson

35. 366-Chance Crum

36. 339-Joey Amantea

37. 312-Jesse Love

38. 272-Brent Beauchamp

39. 265-Kaylee Bryson

40. 261-Jerry Coons Jr.

41. 248-Bobby Santos

42. 240-Taylor Ferns

43. 232-Ethan Mitchell

44. 230-Eddie Tafoya Jr.

45. 224-Sterling Cling

46. 212-Derek Bischak

47. 194-Travis Welpott

48. 186-Daniel Whitley

49. 179-Trey Burke

50. 171-Brady Short

51. 169-Dalton Stevens

52. 164-Xavier Doney

53. 155-Tyler Roahrig

54. 151-Kyle O'Gara

55. 143-Tom Harris & Wayne Johnson

57. 142-Gregg Cory

58. 139-Mariah Ede

59. 137-Billy Wease

60. 136-Russ Gamester & Mike McVetta

62. 130-Steve Buckwalter

63. 119-Rylan Gray

64. 115-Dave Berkheimer

65. 108-Nathan Byrd

66. 99-Bryan Gossel

67. 95-Jason McDougal & Travis Millar

69. 94-Davey Hamilton Jr.

70. 92-Ivan Glotzbach

71. 89-Ava Gropp

72. 88-Dallas Hewitt

73. 86-Dakoda Armstrong

74. 85-Zack Pretorius & Kyle Robbins

76. 79-Brenham Crouch

77. 67-Chase Dietz

78. 64-Tom Paterson

79. 61-Carmen Perigo

80. 60-Ryan Barr, Kevin Newton & Curtis Spicer

83. 55-Shane Cockrum

84. 52-Kyle Steffens & Tanner Swanson

86. 50-Corey Joyner & Kayla Roell

88. 49-Caleb Armstrong

89. 44-Brian Hayden

90. 38-J.J. Hughes

91. 37-Alex Bright & Casey Buckman

93. 31-Patrick Bruns

94. 30-Oliver Akard, Saban Bibent, Laike Imm & Cody Jessop

98. 29-Chris Fetter & Mark Smith

100. 27-Aaron Pierce

101. 23-Matt Goodnight & Ryan Thomas

103. 22-Mark Bitner

104. 21-Patrick Lawson

105. 20-Cole Bodine, Danny Long, Devan Myers & Scout Spraggins

109. 17-Brent Yarnal

110. 10-Critter Malone, Jace Park, Tim Simmons & Adam Taylor