2022 USAC EASTERN STORM REVIEW: SEAVEY BOLTS TO THE SERIES TITLE
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (June 20, 2022)………Throughout his first five career USAC Eastern Storm feature starts between 2021 and the first race of 2022, Logan Seavey had yet to experience a finishing position in the top-half of the field.
Seavey’s Eastern Storm result sheet was uncharacteristically abysmal, for lack of a better term. The list included a pair of 13th place finishes, a 14th and a 20th in 2021, followed by another 13th during Tuesday night’s opener at Grandview Speedway.
However, perhaps, that was the turning point. In 2021, Seavey and his Baldwin-Fox Racing/Fox Paving – AMSOIL/DRC/Claxton Chevy were stuck mid to back of the pack. At Grandview, Seavey was running as high as fourth with 13 laps to go when he had a tire pop.
Though the Grandview result didn’t show the full story, the Sutter, Calif. driver knew the limitless potential they possessed for the remainder of the week, and consequently, put that prowess on full display over the final four events of the five-race series.
A late surge past Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pa.) with three laps to go resulted in Seavey’s first USAC victory of any kind this season on Wednesday night at New Jersey’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park.
Following a rain out on Thursday night at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway, Seavey carried the momentum into fellow Pennsylvania half-mile dirt oval Williams Grove Speedway on Friday. Running second late, Seavey gave up second on the final restart, then anticipating moisture to be prevalent in the middle of turns one and two, drifted back to third, yet he remained pleased with their speed amid a solid podium finish.
Onto Saturday’s event at the big, fast and scenic Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway, Seavey finished off his first ever appearance at Port Royal with his first trip to victory lane in a 5.407 second stomping and romping at the finish line, which pushed him to the top of the Eastern Storm standings entering Sunday night’s finale at Bloomsburg (Pa.) Fair Raceway.
At Bloomsburg, Seavey wasn’t sure what to expect due to his less-than-ideal results in his previous two appearances there in both a sprint car and midget a year earlier. After struggling in his heat race, crew chief Ronnie Gardner provided a great car for Seavey to operate in the feature. Seavey was on the hunt to figure out where he needed to be on the 3/8-mile dirt oval and was able to get by Chase Stockon (Fort Branch, Ind.) for third-place at the halfway mark, knowing full well he needed a little bit of a buffer to be safe and sound in the pursuit of his first Eastern Storm crown.
Seavey practically captured the Eastern Storm title by two positions, holding onto a five-point margin in the final tally over Bacon, making it the fourth closest title race in the series’ 15-year history, behind only Robert Ballou by 1 over Brady Bacon in 2021; Bryan Clauson by 1 over Dave Darland in 2013; and Chris Windom by 4 over Kevin Thomas Jr. in 2013.
Both Seavey and Bacon won twice during the week, making it the first time in Eastern Storm history that multiple drivers won multiple races in a year.
Bacon’s six career victories have him tied as the winningest Eastern Storm driver of all-time alongside Bryan Clauson, Levi Jones and Chris Windom.
Seavey’s two victories were his first in Eastern Storm action while Grant added a victory to raise his Eastern Storm total to three wins and is the only driver to win features during Eastern Storm in each of the last two seasons in 2021 and 2022.
In doing so, Bacon became just the third driver to win both the first and last feature in a single Eastern Storm week, joining Levi Jones in 2007 and Robert Ballou in 2015.
Bacon led all drivers with 70 laps led during Eastern Storm 2022, leading all 40 at Grandview and all 30 at Bloomsburg, and was also the lone driver to win multiple heat races throughout Eastern Storm, doing so on three occasions in five tries.
Three drivers earned top-five finishes in four of the five Eastern Storm races with Bacon equaled in that regard by fellow feature winners Grant and Seavey. Only two drivers finished inside the top-10 in all five races – Bacon and Danner.
C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Ind.) was the fastest qualifier in three of the five events while Jake Swanson (Anaheim, Calif.) collected the other two.
Fourteen drivers started all five Eastern Storm events in 2022: Emerson Axsom (Franklin, Ind.), Bacon, Robert Ballou (Rocklin, Calif.), Alex Bright (Collegeville, Pa.), Danner, Steven Drevicki (Reading, Pa.), Grant, Leary, Brandon Mattox (Terre Haute, Ind.), Jadon Rogers (Worthington, Ind.), Seavey, Stockon, Swanson and Matt Westfall (Pleasant Hill, Ohio).
Alex Bright was the hardest charger on three consecutive nights of Eastern Storm, passing a total of 40 cars throughout the week to lead all drivers in that category. In addition to earning career-best USAC National Sprint Car runner-up finishes on consecutive evenings at Williams Grove and Port Royal, Bright also earned the week’s biggest advancement with a 22nd to 7th performance at Bridgeport.
Danner finished fourth in the final Eastern Storm standings, marking the first such occasion that a Pennsylvania driver finished inside the top-five of the Eastern Storm points. Danner, the USAC Rapid Tire East Coast Sprint Car point leader, finished second at Grandview for his best career USAC National Sprint Car result.
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ROUND 1: GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY | TUESDAY, JUNE 14
After going on an undefeated stretch of 4-0 in USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car competition at Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania’s Grandview Speedway, Brady Bacon was dethroned one year ago when he finished a distant second at the 1/3-mile dirt oval.
Seeing the door closed on his Grandview winning streak, there was only one remedy that could cure his subsequent blues – start a new winning streak.
The Broken Arrow, Okla. native did exactly that on Tuesday night during the $6,000-to-win Jesse Hockett Classic USAC Eastern Storm opener by leading all 40 laps in nearly wire-to-wire fashion, with the exception of a brief moment when upstart Briggs Danner edged ahead just before the halfway point.
Bacon’s third series win of the year was also his 43rd career USAC National Sprint Car feature victory, which moved him ahead of 1974 and 1976 series champion Pancho Carter and into sole possession of 6th on the all-time list, which also vaulted him from fourth to second in the overall series standings as he pursues his fifth career title aboard the Dynamics, Inc./Fatheadz Eyewear – Gressman Sanitation – DriveWFX.com/Triple X/Rider Chevy.
“I knew we had a good shot starting up front, and I just had to not mess up,” Bacon explained. “I did mess up a couple of times, but, luckily, not bad enough for him to get by us.”
GRANDVIEW RESULTS:
Fatheadz Eyewear Fast Qualifier: C.J. Leary
GSP Quality Driving Performance: Thomas Meseraull
Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: Charles Davis Jr.
Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner: Matt Westfall
Pit Stop USA & Rod End Supply Third Heat Winner: Thomas Meseraull
Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Logan Seavey
Feature Hard Charger: Emerson Axsom (20th to 10th)
FEATURE: (40 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (2), 2. Briggs Danner (4), 3. Chase Stockon (3), 4. Justin Grant (10), 5. Robert Ballou (13), 6. C.J. Leary (6), 7. Thomas Meseraull (7), 8. Jadon Rogers (1), 9. Jake Swanson (16), 10. Emerson Axsom (20), 11. Charles Davis Jr. (9), 12. Matt Westfall (8), 13. Logan Seavey (5), 14. Shane Cottle (17), 15. Brandon Mattox (14), 16. Alex Banales (18), 17. Alex Bright (12), 18. Timmy Buckwalter (11), 19. Korbyn Hayslett (15), 20. Steven Drevicki (19). NT
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ROUND 2: BRIDGEPORT MOTORSPORTS PARK | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15
Logan Seavey’s past USAC Eastern Storm results were just that – in the past. They were also certainly not representative of the type of run he could muster when everything aligns, from himself, the team, the setup and yes, even the aspect of luck.
All those attributes came together in simultaneous fashion during Wednesday night’s $6,000-to-win round two of USAC Eastern Storm 2022 at Bridgeport, for this evening ultimately belonged to the driver of the Baldwin-Fox Racing/Fox Paving – AMSOIL/DRC/Claxton Chevy.
While Seavey remained in the hunt throughout, he quite nearly saved his best for last when he surged to the front late in the going, taking over the lead with a turn one slide job on Briggs Danner just three laps from the finish to score his first USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature win of the season.
Among the aforementioned results, Seavey’s Bridgeport resume was just as much of a puzzling puzzle with a 13th in both his USAC National Sprint Car and USAC National Midget appearances during the 2021 campaign. But on this night, he made it imperative to turn the beat around.
“I’ve kind of struggled here in the past in the sprint car and the midget,” Seavey acknowledged. “I’m just so proud of (crew chief) Ronnie Gardner. We’ve just been so fast every race. To come out to Pennsylvania where I’ve struggled, and to now get a win here is really cool.”
BRIDGEPORT RESULTS:
Fatheadz Eyewear Fast Qualifier: C.J. Leary
GSP Quality Driving Performance: Briggs Danner
Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: Robert Ballou
Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers
Pit Stop USA & Rod End Supply Third Heat Winner: Brady Bacon
Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Briggs Danner
Feature Hard Charger: Alex Bright (22nd to 7th)
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (4), 2. Chase Stockon (12), 3. C.J. Leary (6), 4. Briggs Danner (3), 5. Robert Ballou (9), 6. Jadon Rogers (7), 7. Alex Bright (22), 8. Thomas Meseraull (1), 9. Matt Westfall (14), 10. Brady Bacon (8), 11. Joey Amantea (19), 12. Timmy Buckwalter (16), 13. Jake Swanson (10), 14. Brandon Mattox (15), 15. Justin Grant (5), 16. Shane Cottle (13), 17. Charles Davis Jr. (18), 18. Korbyn Hayslett (20), 19. Steven Drevicki (17), 20. Michael Markey (21), 21. Alex Banales (11), 22. Emerson Axsom (2). NT
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ROUND 3: WILLIAMS GROVE SPEEDWAY | FRIDAY, JUNE 17
”Sprint car racing is supposed to be gnarly. They’re supposed to be won on the fence. We love big curbs, rough racetracks and, the more exciting it is for the fans, the more we like it and the better it is.”
Henry David Thoreau, T.S. Eliot and Lord Byron have nothing on Justin Grant when it comes to the manner of weaving words into a rich tapestry of linguistic expression to accurately describe the pure excitement of sprint car racing.
Then again, they’ve never endured the type of ride Grant partook during the final laps of Friday night’s $6,000-to-win USAC Eastern Storm round three at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway.
Grant authored a relatively flaw-free driving performance until the latter half of the 30-lap main event on the famed half-mile in which the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship first visited exactly 66 years ago to the day back in 1956.
En route to taking the white flag and holding a seemingly comfortable two-plus second margin lead as he encountered the turn three cushion, Grant ran up over the curb, nearly tagged the wall and pulled a reverse wheel stand with both rear tires kicking sky high like a bucking bronco, leaving the right front tire as the lone piece of Grant’s car still making contact with the track surface.
Nonetheless, Grant dug his way out of it and carried on through turn four and the front straightway, taking the signal for one lap to go from the flag stand. Turns one and two were as smooth as can be, as was his final trip beneath the famed landmark bridge that overhangs the back straightaway.
But, as Grant tiptoed through turn three on the bottom, he slid up and tagged the cushion in turn four with his right rear tire. Grant stabbed the gas and wriggled his way free like he was caught in a Chinese finger trap. As he shook loose and saw the checkered flag in the distance, smoke began to billow out of the headers of Grant’s ride as he chugged to the finish line just three car lengths ahead of the rapidly closing Alex Bright.
“I told some of the guys in the pits that I’m setting up to go bang the fence down,” Grant remembered. “I’m not running the bottom; I don’t care. We’re either going to win on the fence or run 20th on the fence.”
WILLIAMS GROVE RESULTS:
Fatheadz Eyewear Fast Qualifier: Jake Swanson
GSP Quality Driving Performance: Justin Grant
Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: Brady Bacon
Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner: Steven Drevicki
Pit Stop USA & Rod End Supply Third Heat Winner: Justin Grant
Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: C.J. Leary
Feature Hard Charger: Alex Bright (13th to 2nd)
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Justin Grant (1), 2. Alex Bright (13), 3. Logan Seavey (4), 4. Brady Bacon (7), 5. Matt Westfall (2), 6. Thomas Meseraull (9), 7. Timmy Buckwalter (11), 8. Briggs Danner (10), 9. C.J. Leary (5), 10. Steven Drevicki (8), 11. Jadon Rogers (16), 12. Robert Ballou (3), 13. Emerson Axsom (12), 14. Chase Stockon (15), 15. Shane Cottle (17), 16. Mark Smith (18), 17. Jake Swanson (6), 18. Brandon Mattox (19), 19. Joey Amantea (22), 20. Charles Davis Jr. (14), 21. Carmen Perigo (20), 22. Dallas Hewitt (21). NT
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ROUND 4: PORT ROYAL SPEEDWAY | SATURDAY, JUNE 18
This is exactly what Logan Seavey pictured when he first became aware of Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway.
The Sutter, Calif. native had the intuition that the place was just his style, and that his first ever visit to the venue on this night could very well be a special night indeed.
Port Royal was the track Seavey was most looking forward to competing at on the entire schedule and how Seavey visualized it would unfold is exactly what occurred on Saturday night during the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship portion of Open Wheel Madness at the half-mile dirt oval.
Seavey took control for the entire second half of the feature to place a second checkmark into the USAC Eastern Storm win column this week after previously adding a victory on Wednesday night at New Jersey’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park, which ascended him to the top of the Eastern Storm standings and into a tie for the Bubby Jones Master of Going Faster Series point lead alongside Brady Bacon with four of the ten races completed thus far.
“Hammering the guardrail at a big, fast half-mile is tough to beat,” Seavey exclaimed following his second victory of the season worth $6,000 in his Baldwin-Fox Racing/Fox Paving – AMSOIL/DRC/Claxton Chevy. “I knew this is a place I’d pick up quickly and I’d enjoy racing at.”
PORT ROYAL RESULTS:
Fatheadz Eyewear Fast Qualifier: C.J. Leary
GSP Quality Driving Performance: Brady Bacon
Simpson Race Products First Heat Winner: Brady Bacon
Competition Suspension, Inc. Second Heat Winner: Logan Seavey
Pit Stop USA & Rod End Supply Third Heat Winner: Mark Smith
Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Brady Bacon
Feature Hard Charger: Alex Bright (16th to 2nd)
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (5), 2. Alex Bright (16), 3. Justin Grant (10), 4. Brady Bacon (3), 5. Emerson Axsom (2), 6. Matt Westfall (12), 7. Robert Ballou (9), 8. Chase Stockon (7), 9. Steven Drevicki (18), 10. Briggs Danner (1), 11. Shane Cottle (8), 12. C.J. Leary (6), 13. Brian Ruhlman (20), 14. Brandon Mattox (13), 15. Joey Amantea (15), 16. Dallas Hewitt (14), 17. Jake Swanson (4), 18. Austin Graby (21), 19. Jadon Rogers (19), 20. Mark Smith (11), 21. Charles Davis Jr. (17). NT
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ROUND 5: BLOOMSBURG FAIR RACEWAY | SUNDAY, JUNE 19
Brady Bacon finished what he started in USAC Eastern Storm 2022.
The Broken Arrow, Okla. native opened and closed the five-race mini-series in a much familiar manner, winning last Tuesday’s opener at Grandview Speedway in wire-to-wire fashion. Bacon ended the busy weekend just the same during Sunday’s Eastern Storm finale at Bloomsburg (Pa.) Fair Raceway, rolling to his second triumph of the week where he led the entire non-stop, caution-free, 30-lap duration from start to finish in his Dynamics, Inc./Fatheadz Eyewear – Gressman Sanitation – DriveWFX.com/Triple X/Rider Chevy.
Bacon’s superb performance from start to finish in Bloomsburg’s $6,000-to-win feature, however, was not enough to overtake Logan Seavey for the Eastern Storm title. That honor went to the Sutter, Calif. native whose two victories and four overall podium finishes in five appearances secured him his first title in the series by a mere five points over Bacon. Seavey wrapped it up with a solid third-place performance at Bloomsburg.
“Luckily, we got to the front early,” Bacon stated. “Stockon poked a nose there and I stepped it up a little bit. Sometimes you lose them when you should win them, and we’ll take this one tonight. We did a lot of crazy stuff to the car to be tight enough and I think it paid off.”
BLOOMSBURG RESULTS
Fatheadz Eyewear Fast Qualifier: Jake Swanson
GSP Quality Driving Performance: Briggs Danner
Simpson Race Products / Pit Stop USA First Heat Winner: Briggs Danner
Competition Suspension, Inc. / Rod End Supply Second Heat Winner: Timmy Buckwalter
Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Chase Stockon
Feature Hard Charger: Thomas Meseraull (12th to 9th)
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brady Bacon (2), 2. Justin Grant (3), 3. Logan Seavey (4), 4. Chase Stockon (1), 5. Jake Swanson (6), 6. Briggs Danner (7), 7. Robert Ballou (9), 8. Emerson Axsom (10), 9. Thomas Meseraull (12), 10. C.J. Leary (5), 11. Alex Bright (11), 12. Matt Westfall (13), 13. Joey Amantea (15), 14. Jadon Rogers (16), 15. Steven Drevicki (14), 16. Timmy Buckwalter (8), 17. Brandon Mattox (17). 8:51.95 (New Track Record)
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2022 USAC EASTERN STORM STAT LEADERS:
Champion: Logan Seavey
Most Wins: 2-Brady Bacon & Logan Seavey
Most Laps Led: 70-Brady Bacon
Most Top-Fives: 4-Brady Bacon, Justin Grant & Logan Seavey
Most Top-Tens: 5-Brady Bacon & Briggs Danner
Most Fast Qualifying Times: 3-C.J. Leary
Most Heat Race Wins: 3-Brady Bacon
Most Feature Starts: 5-Emerson Axsom, Brady Bacon, Robert Ballou, Alex Bright, Briggs Danner, Steven Drevicki, Justin Grant, C.J. Leary, Brandon Mattox, Jadon Rogers, Logan Seavey, Chase Stockon, Jake Swanson & Matt Westfall
Biggest Charge of the Week: 6/15: Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Alex Bright (22nd to 7th)
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2022 USAC EASTERN STORM POINT STANDINGS
POS. PTS. DRIVER, HOMETOWN
1 352 Logan Seavey, Sutter, Calif.
2 347 Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, Okla.
3 333 Justin Grant, Ione, Calif.
4 309 Briggs Danner, Allentown, Pa.
5 306 C.J. Leary, Greenfield, Ind.
6 304 Chase Stockon, Fort Branch, Ind.
7 296 Robert Ballou, Rocklin, Calif.
8 282 Alex Bright, Collegeville, Pa.
9 268 Matt Westfall, Pleasant Hill, Ohio
10 239 Jake Swanson, Anaheim, Calif.
11 237 Emerson Axsom, Franklin, Ind.
12 225 Thomas Meseraull, San Jose, Calif.
13 224 Jadon Rogers, Worthington, Ind.
14 189 Steven Drevicki, Reading, Pa.
15 174 Brandon Mattox, Terre Haute, Ind.
16 172 Timmy Buckwalter, Douglassville, Pa.
17 161 Shane Cottle, Kansas, Ill.
18 144 Joey Amantea, Mount Pocono, Pa.
19 131 Charles Davis Jr., Buckeye, Ariz.
20 71 Korbyn Hayslett, Troy, Ohio
21 67 Mark Smith, Sunbury, Pa.
22 60 Alex Banales, Lafayette, Ind.
23 59 Dallas Hewitt, Troy, Ohio
24 42 Brian Ruhlman, Clarklake, Mich.
25 30 Austin Graby, Lebanon, Pa.
26 26 Carmen Perigo, Stoystown, Pa.
27 24 Michael Markey, Hanover, Pa.
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2022 USAC EASTERN STORM SCHEDULE & RESULTS
June 14: Grandview Speedway | Bechtelsville, PA
WINNER: Brady Bacon (Dynamics, Inc. #69)
June 15: Bridgeport Motorsports Park | Swedesboro, NJ
WINNER: Logan Seavey (Baldwin-Fox Racing #5)
June 16: Selinsgrove Speedway | Selinsgrove, PA
WINNER: Rained Out
June 17: Williams Grove Speedway | Mechanicsburg, PA
WINNER: Justin Grant (TOPP Motorsports #4)
June 18: Port Royal Speedway | Port Royal, PA
WINNER: Logan Seavey (Baldwin-Fox Racing #5)
June 19: Bloomsburg Fair Raceway | Bloomsburg, PA
WINNER: Brady Bacon (Dynamics, Inc. #69)
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2022 USAC EASTERN STORM STATISTICS
2-Brady Bacon (June 14 at Grandview Speedway & June 19 at Bloomsburg Fair Raceway)
2-Logan Seavey (June 15 at Bridgeport Motorsports Park & June 18 at Port Royal Speedway)
1-Justin Grant (Feb June 17 at Williams Grove Speedway)
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FEATURE LAPS LED
70-Brady Bacon
30-Justin Grant
19-Thomas Meseraull
19-Logan Seavey
10-Briggs Danner
9-Emerson Axsom
3-C.J. Leary
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TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES
4-Brady Bacon
4-Justin Grant
4-Logan Seavey
3-Chase Stockon
2-Robert Ballou
2-Alex Bright
2-Briggs Danner
1-Emerson Axsom
1-C.J. Leary
1-Jake Swanson
1-Matt Westfall
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TOP-TEN FEATURE FINISHES
5-Brady Bacon
5-Briggs Danner
4-Robert Ballou
4-Justin Grant
4-C.J. Leary
4-Thomas Meseraull
4-Logan Seavey
4-Chase Stockon
3-Emerson Axsom
3-Alex Bright
3-Matt Westfall
2-Steven Drevicki
2-Jadon Rogers
2-Jake Swanson
1-Timmy Buckwalter
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FAST QUALIFYING TIMES (Presented by Fatheadz Eyewear)
3-C.J. Leary
2-Jake Swanson
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HEAT RACE WINS (Presented by Simpson Race Products, Competition Suspension Inc., Pit Stop USA & Rod End Supply)
3-Brady Bacon
1-Robert Ballou
1-Timmy Buckwalter
1-Briggs Danner
1-Charles Davis Jr.
1-Steven Drevicki
1-Justin Grant
1-Thomas Meseraull
1-Jadon Rogers
1-Logan Seavey
1-Mark Smith
1-Matt Westfall
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FEATURE STARTS
5-Brady Bacon
5-Robert Ballou
5-Alex Bright
5-Briggs Danner
5-Steven Drevicki
5-Justin Grant
5-C.J. Leary
5-Brandon Mattox
5-Jadon Rogers
5-Logan Seavey
5-Chase Stockon
5-Jake Swanson
5-Matt Westfall
4-Joey Amantea
4-Timmy Buckwalter
4-Shane Cottle
4-Charles Davis Jr.
4-Thomas Meseraull
2-Alex Banales
2-Korbyn Hayslett
2-Dallas Hewitt
2-Mark Smith
1-Austin Graby
1-Michael Markey
1-Carmen Perigo
1-Brian Ruhlman
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GSP QUALITY DRIVING PERFORMANCE OF THE NIGHT
6/14: Grandview Speedway – Thomas Meseraull
6/15: Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Briggs Danner
6/17: Williams Grove Speedway – Justin Grant
6/18: Port Royal Speedway – Brady Bacon
6/19: Bloomsburg Fair Raceway – Briggs Danner
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“HARD CHARGER” OF THE RACE
6/14: Grandview Speedway – Emerson Axsom (20th to 10th)
6/15: Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Alex Bright (22nd to 7th)
6/17: Williams Grove Speedway – Alex Bright (13th to 2nd)
6/18: Port Royal Speedway – Alex Bright (16th to 2nd)
6/19: Bloomsburg Fair Raceway – Thomas Meseraull (12th to 9th)
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DIRT DRAFT HOT LAPS FASTEST DRIVER
6/14: Grandview Speedway – Chase Stockon
6/15: Bridgeport Motorsports Park – Logan Seavey
6/17: Williams Grove Speedway – Briggs Danner
6/18: Port Royal Speedway – C.J. Leary
6/19: Bloomsburg Fair Raceway – Brady Bacon
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ALL-TIME USAC EASTERN STORM STATS
USAC EASTERN STORM CHAMPIONS (2007-2022)
2007: Levi Jones
2008: Cole Whitt
2009: Cole Whitt
2010: Levi Jones
2011: Levi Jones
2012: Bryan Clauson
2013: Bryan Clauson
2014: Brady Bacon
2015: Robert Ballou
2016: Bryan Clauson
2017: Chris Windom
2018: Chris Windom
2019: C.J. Leary
2020: Not Held
2021: Robert Ballou
2022: Logan Seavey
USAC EASTERN STORM FEATURE WINS (2007-2022)
6-Brady Bacon, Bryan Clauson, Levi Jones & Chris Windom
5-Robert Ballou
3-Justin Grant, Kevin Thomas Jr. & Cole Whitt
2-Tyler Courtney, Thomas Meseraull & Logan Seavey
1-Chad Boat, Chad Boespflug, Daron Clayton, Shane Cottle, Dave Darland, Bobby East, Damion Gardner, Jesse Hockett, Jason McDougal, Hunter Schuerenberg, Jon Stanbrough, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. & Chase Stockon
**Landon Simon won a non-points, special event Eastern Storm feature at Grandview Speedway in 2016.
CLOSEST USAC EASTERN STORM POINTS RACES: (2007-2022)
2021: Robert Ballou by 1 over Brady Bacon
2013: Bryan Clauson by 1 over Dave Darland
2017: Chris Windom by 4 over Kevin Thomas Jr.
2022: Logan Seavey by 5 over Brady Bacon
2014: Brady Bacon by 12 over Chase Stockon
2019: C.J. Leary by 13 over Tyler Courtney
2016: Bryan Clauson by 14 over Chris Windom
2018: Chris Windom by 19 over Kevin Thomas Jr.
2015: Robert Ballou by 21 over Jon Stanbrough
2011: Levi Jones by 26 over Robert Ballou
2010: Levi Jones by 26 over Chris Windom
2012: Bryan Clauson by 28 over Levi Jones
2009: Unknown
2008: Unknown
2007: Unknown
PAST USAC EASTERN STORM FEATURE WINNERS:
2007 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/6: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Levi Jones | Tony Stewart Racing #20 | 30 L
6/7: Pottsville, PA | Big Diamond Speedway | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | Tony Stewart Racing #21 | 30 L
6/9: Hagerstown, MD | Hagerstown Speedway | Levi Jones | Tony Stewart Racing #20 | 30 L
2008 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/5: Minersville, PA | Big Diamond Speedway | Cole Whitt | Keith Kunz Motorsports #67K | 30 L
6/7: Hagerstown, MD | Hagerstown Speedway | Chad Boat | Billy Boat Motorsports #30 | 30 L
2009 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/2: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Jesse Hockett | Tom Buch/VKCC #13 | 50 L
6/4: Minersville, PA | Big Diamond Speedway | Cole Whitt | Keith Kunz Motorsports #67K | 30 L
6/6: Mercer, PA | Mercer Raceway Park | Cole Whitt | Keith Kunz Motorsports #67K | 30 L
2010 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/1: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Levi Jones | Tony Stewart Racing #20 | 40 L
6/2: Abbottstown, PA | Lincoln Speedway | Levi Jones | Tony Stewart Racing #20 | 40 L
6/3: New Egypt, NJ | New Egypt Speedway | Levi Jones | Tony Stewart Racing #20 | 40 L
6/4: Minersville, PA | Big Diamond Speedway | Chris Windom | Jeff Walker Racing #11 | 40 L
2011 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
5/30: Sarver, PA | Lernerville Speedway | Jon Stanbrough | Foxco Racing #53 | 30 L
5/31: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Bobby East | Terry Klatt #5 | 40 L
6/1: Abbottstown, PA | Lincoln Speedway | Levi Jones | Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing #20 | 40 L
6/2: New Egypt, NJ | New Egypt Speedway | Hunter Schuerenberg | Rock Steady Racing #35 | 40 L
2012 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/5: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Bryan Clauson | Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian #7 | 40 L
6/7: New Egypt, NJ | New Egypt Speedway | Bryan Clauson | Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian #7 | 40 L
6/8: Minersville, PA | Big Diamond Speedway | Chris Windom | Baldwin Brothers Racing #5 | 40 L
6/9: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Damion Gardner | DG Racing #71 | 30 L
2013 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/5: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Daron Clayton | Daron Clayton #92 | 40 L
6/8: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Dave Darland | Phillips Motorsports #71p | 30 L
6/9: York Haven, PA | Susquehanna Speedway Park | Shane Cottle | Gene Franckowiak #65 | 30 L
2014 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/3: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Chase Stockon | 32 TBI Racing #32 | 40 L
6/5: New Egypt, NJ | New Egypt Speedway | Bryan Clauson | Tony Stewart Racing/Curb-Agajanian #20 | 30 L
6/7: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Brady Bacon | Dynamics, Inc. #69 | 30 L
2015 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/4: New Egypt, NJ | New Egypt Speedway | Robert Ballou | Ballou Motorsports #12 | 30 L
6/6: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Robert Ballou | Ballou Motorsports #12 | 30 L
6/7: York Haven, PA | Susquehanna Speedway Park | Robert Ballou | Ballou Motorsports #12 | 30 L
2016 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/7: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Bryan Clauson | Dooling-Hayward Motorsports #63 | 40 L
6/8: Abbottstown, PA | Lincoln Speedway | Bryan Clauson | Dooling-Hayward Motorsports #63 | 30 L
6/9: New Egypt, NJ | New Egypt Speedway | Chad Boespflug | NineEight-EZR #98E | 30 L
6/11: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Bryan Clauson | Dooling-Hayward Racing #63 | 30 L
6/12: York Haven, PA | Susquehanna Speedway | Chris Windom | Baldwin Brothers Racing #5 | 30 L
2017 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/13: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Brady Bacon | Dooling-Hayward Motorsports #63 | 40 L
6/14: Abbottstown, PA | Lincoln Speedway | Thomas Meseraull | Heffner Racing #27 | 30 L
6/15: Mechanicsburg, PA | Williams Grove Speedway | Kevin Thomas Jr. | Pace Brothers Racing #44 | 30 L
6/17: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Chris Windom | Baldwin Brothers Racing #5 | 30 L
6/18: York Haven, PA | Susquehanna Speedway | Tyler Courtney | TOPP Motorsports #23c | 30 L
2018 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/14: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Brady Bacon | Brady Bacon Racing #99 | 40 L
6/15: Mechanicsburg, PA | Williams Grove Speedway | Chris Windom | Baldwin Brothers Racing #5 | 30 L
6/16: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Chris Windom | Baldwin Brothers Racing #5 | 30 L
6/17: York Haven, PA | BAPS Motor Speedway | Robert Ballou | Ballou Motorsports #12 | 30 L
6/18: Swedesboro, NJ | Bridgeport Speedway | Kevin Thomas Jr. | Dynamics, Inc. #69 | 30 L
6/19: Weedsport, NY | Weedsport Speedway | Thomas Meseraull | Chris Dyson Racing #20 | 30 L
2019 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/11: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Brady Bacon | Dynamics, Inc. #69 | 40 L
6/12: Swedesboro, NJ | Bridgeport Speedway | Jason McDougal | Daigh-Phillips Motorsports #71p | 30 L
6/15: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Tyler Courtney | Clauson Marshall Newman Racing #7BC | 30 L
2020 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
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2021 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/15: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Justin Grant | TOPP Motorsports #4 | 40 L
6/16: Swedesboro, NJ | Bridgeport Motorsports Park | Robert Ballou | Ballou Motorsports #12 | 30 L
6/17: Selinsgrove, PA | Selinsgrove Speedway | Justin Grant | TOPP Motorsports #4 | 30 L
6/20: Bloomsburg, PA | Bloomsburg Fair Raceway | Kevin Thomas Jr. | KT Motorsports #9K | 30 L
2022 USAC EASTERN STORM WINNERS
DATE | LOCATION | TRACK | WINNING DRIVER | WINNING TEAM | DISTANCE
6/14: Bechtelsville, PA | Grandview Speedway | Brady Bacon | Dynamics, Inc. #69 | 40 L
6/15: Swedesboro, NJ | Bridgeport Motorsports Park | Logan Seavey | Baldwin-Fox Racing #5 | 30 L
6/17: Mechanicsburg, PA | Williams Grove Speedway | Justin Grant | TOPP Motorsports #4 | 30 L
6/18: Port Royal, PA | Port Royal Speedway | Logan Seavey | Baldwin-Fox Racing #5 | 30 L
6/19: Bloomsburg, PA | Bloomsburg Fair Raceway | Brady Bacon | Dynamics, Inc. #69 | 30 L
