GRANT ON BRINK OF THIRD-STRAIGHT MIKE CURB USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Speedway, Indiana (October 2, 2023)………Justin Grant remains in the driver's seat of the Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship standings entering the month of October as he aims to become the third driver ever to win the award for a third consecutive season.

Grant (Ione, Calif.) has accumulated a total of 3,394 combined points 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 224 markers.  Grant and Seavey are the only two drivers to win USAC National events across all three series in 2023.

Emerson Axsom (Franklin, Ind.) is the only other driver besides Grant and Seavey to amass more than 3,000 points thus far and runs third in the standings with 3,006 with Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Okla.) fourth at 2,748 and 2016 Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Champion Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) fifth at 2,512.

Only J.J. Yeley (2001-02-03) and Bryan Clauson (2010-11-12) have previously won the award in three consecutive seasons.  Grant, who 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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MIKE CURB USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS:

(As of October 2, 2023)

1. 3934-Justin Grant

2. 3710-Logan Seavey

3. 3006-Emerson Axsom

4. 2748-Daison Pursley

5. 2512-Brady Bacon

6. 2437-C.J. Leary

7. 2126-Jake Swanson

8. 2096-Mitchel Moles

9. 2062-Kyle Cummins

10. 2002-Matt Westfall

11. 1995-Kevin Thomas Jr.

12. 1937-Chase Stockon

13. 1903-Robert Ballou

14. 1519-Thomas Meseraull

15. 1328-Carson Garrett

16. 1161-Bryant Wiedeman

17. 1134-Ryan Timms

18. 1110-Jade Avedisian

19. 1087-Shane Cottle

20. 1061-Jacob Denney

21. 1018-Gavin Miller

22. 949-Cannon McIntosh

23. 917-Taylor Reimer

24. 859-Jadon Rogers

25. 854-Jake Andreotti

26. 799-Chase McDermand

27. 758-Kody Swanson

28. 734-Hayden Reinbold

29. 731-Max Adams

30. 710-Briggs Danner

31. 657-Mario Clouser

32. 638-Tanner Thorson

33. 613-Brandon Mattox

34. 551-Daniel Whitley

35. 528-Charles Davis Jr.

36. 475-Jerry Coons Jr.

37. 465-Ethan Mitchell

38. 436-Joey Amantea

39. 395-Kaylee Bryson

40. 389-Taylor Ferns

41. 366-Chance Crum

42. 322-Eddie Tafoya Jr.

43. 319-Brent Beauchamp

44. 315-Bobby Santos

45. 312-Jesse Love

46. 307-Trey Burke

47. 306-Sterling Cling

48. 270-Derek Bischak

49. 268-Travis Welpott

50. 245-Wayne Johnson

51. 221-Brady Short

52. 219-Mariah Ede

53. 212-Russ Gamester

54. 205-Dalton Stevens

55. 201-Rylan Gray

56. 200-Kyle O'Gara

57. 191-Dave Berkheimer

58. 177-Chase Dietz

59. 167-Davey Hamilton Jr.

60. 164-Xavier Doney

61. 163-Mike McVetta

62. 155-Tyler Roahrig

63. 148-Zack Pretorius

64. 143-Tom Harris

65. 142-Gregg Cory

66. 139-Carmen Perigo & Kyle Steffens

68. 138-Bryan Gossel

69. 137-Nathan Byrd & Billy Wease

71. 130-Steve Buckwalter

72. 129-Dakoda Armstrong & Shane Cockrum

74. 120-Kayla Roell

75. 117-Dallas Hewitt

76. 113-Tom Paterson

77. 110-Kevin Newton & Kyle Robbins

79. 109-Cole Bodine

80. 97-Chris Fetter

81. 95-Casey Buckman, Jason McDougal & Travis Millar

84. 92-Ivan Glotzbach

85. 89-Ava Gropp

86. 88-J.J. Hughes

87. 81-Davey Ray

88. 79-Brenham Crouch

89. 71-Patrick Lawson

90. 70-Ryan Barr & Chris Urish

92. 66-Patrick Bruns

93. 65-Jacob Wilson

94. 61-Danny Long

95. 60-Blake Brannon, Devan Myers & Curtis Spicer

98. 57-Holly Jones

99. 55-Ryan Thomas

100. 53-Korey Weyant

101. 52-Tanner Swanson

102. 50-Saban Bibent & Corey Joyner

104. 49-Caleb Armstrong, Tyler Courtney & Aaron Pierce

107. 44-Brian Hayden & Tim Simmons

109. 40-Oliver Akard

110. 37-Alex Bright & Nathan Moore

112. 33-Brian Ruhlman

113. 32-Mark Bitner & Trey Osborne

115. 31-Steven Russell

116. 30-Laike Imm & Cody Jessop

118. 29-Mark Smith

119. 27-A.J. Fike, Parker Jones & Matt Mitchell

122. 25-John Tosti

123. 23-Matt Goodnight

124. 20-Zach Hampton & Scout Spraggins

126. 17-Brent Yarnal

127. 10-Gary Dunkel, Critter Malone, Joss Moffatt, Cary Oliver, Jace Park, Dave Peperak & Adam Taylor