Kale Drake Scores Feature At Circle City Win To Open ’25 USAC Indiana Midget Week
Information By: RICHIE MURRAY / USAC – INDIANAPOLIS, IN – A first-time USAC Indiana Midget Week winner stood in victory lane Tuesday night.
In a race that featured seven lead changes, Kale Drake prevailed to win the 2025 Indiana Midget Week opener at Circle City Raceway.
He was also tonight’s Hard Charger after starting ninth.
Kevin Thomas Jr. was second ahead of Karter Sarff, Daison Pursley and Logan Seavey.
USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 3, 2025 – Circle City Raceway – Indianapolis, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-12.482; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-12.526; 3. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.539; 4. Karter Sarff, 21K, Sarff-12.553; 5. Zach Wigal, 8, Cornell-12.566; 6. Corbin Rueschenberg, 26, Rueschenberg-12.598; 7. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-12.603; 8. Colton Robinson, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.612; 9. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.615; 10. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-12.628; 11. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.654; 12. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.659; 13. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-12.679; 14. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.711; 15. Brecken Reese, 00, Chandler-12.717; 16. Steven Snyder Jr., 4, RMS-12.733; 17. Trey Marcham, 85, Central-12.735; 18. Thomas Meseraull, 7x, Engler-12.745; 19. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.753; 20. K.J. Snow, 86x, CBI-12.786; 21. Kyle Jones, 27x, Joyner-12.788; 22. Jakeb Boxell, 14JB, 4 Kings-12.846; 23. Daniel Harding, 71w, Golding-12.853; 24. Zach Daum, 5D, O’Dell-12.867; 25. Mason Hannagan, 71H, Hills-12.869; 26. Kaiden Manders, 71, Golding-12.878; 27. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-12.902; 28. Kyle Cummins, 3G, Styres-12.920; 29. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.952; 30. Ethan Mitchell, 19m, Bundy Built-12.953; 31. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-13.010; 32. Tom Payet, 7AU, Bennett-13.026; 33. Jake Robinson, 8AU, Robinson-13.084; 34. Kevin Newton, 16TH, 2nd Law-13.108; 35. Chris Baue, 36, Baue-13.355; 36. Scott Orr, 88s, Orr-13.399; 37. Rylan Gray, 81G, Gray-14.514; 38. Christopher Hartman, 35s, Hodge-NT; 39. Abby Hohlbein, 2B, Poe-NT.
CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Gunnar Setser, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Trey Marcham, 4. Kyle Jones, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Zach Wigal, 7. Mason Hannagan, 8. Cale Coons, 9. Jake Robinson. 2:08.811
K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Jacob Denney, 3. Drake Edwards, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Jakeb Boxell, 6. Corbin Rueschenberg, 7. Kaiden Manders, 8. Ethan Mitchell, 9. Kevin Newton, 10. Christopher Hartman. NT
USACGEAR.COM THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kale Drake, 2. Cannon McIntosh, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Daison Pursley, 5. Brecken Reese, 6. Daniel Harding, 7. Preston Norbury, 8. Blake Brannon, 9. Chris Baue. 2:11.124
COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Zach Daum, 2. Steven Snyder Jr., 3. Karter Sarff, 4. K.J. Snow, 5. Gavin Miller, 6. Kyle Cummins, 7. Colton Robinson, 8. Tom Payet, 9. Scott Orr. NT
ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Zach Wigal, 2. Corbin Rueschenberg, 3. Mason Hannagan, 4. Kyle Cummins, 5. Kaiden Manders, 6. Daniel Harding, 7. Blake Brannon, 8. Preston Norbury, 9. Cale Coons, 10. Colton Robinson, 11. Tom Payet, 12. Chris Baue, 13. Jake Robinson, 14. Kevin Newton, 15. Christopher Hartman, 16. Ethan Mitchell, 17. Rylan Gray. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Kale Drake (9), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (5), 3. Karter Sarff (3), 4. Daison Pursley (2), 5. Logan Seavey (1), 6. Zach Wigal (11), 7. Justin Grant (6), 8. Hayden Reinbold (4), 9. Zach Daum (10), 10. Gavin Miller (15), 11. Jacob Denney (16), 12. Thomas Meseraull (8), 13. Drake Edwards (13), 14. Kyle Jones (21), 15. Cale Coons (25-P), 16. Jakeb Boxell (22), 17. Mason Hannagan (23), 18. Kyle Cummins (24), 19. Trey Marcham (19), 20. Steven Snyder Jr. (18), 21. Corbin Rueschenberg (12), 22. Brecken Reese (17), 23. K.J. Snow (20), 24. Gunnar Setser (7), 25. Cannon McIntosh (14). NT
(P) represents a provisional starter.
**Gunnar Setser flipped on lap 9 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-18 Logan Seavey, Laps 19-20 Kevin Thomas Jr., Lap 21 Kale Drake, Lap 22 Kevin Thomas Jr., Lap 23 Kale Drake, Lap 24 Kevin Thomas Jr., Laps 25-30 Kale Drake.
USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-430, 2-Kale Drake-400, 3-Cannon McIntosh-379, 4-Logan Seavey-370, 5-Jacob Denney-352, 6-Kevin Thomas Jr.-344, 7-Gavin Miller-336, 8-Steven Snyder Jr.-327, 9-Drake Edwards-324, 10-Kyle Jones-259.
USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-78, 2-Kevin Thomas Jr.-77, 3-Karter Sarff-73, 4-Daison Pursley-66, 5-Justin Grant-65, 6-Logan Seavey-62, 7-Zach Wigal-60, 8-Hayden Reinbold-59, 9-Zach Daum-54, 10-Jacob Denney-48.
USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-120, 2-C.J. Leary-54, 3-Kyle Cummins-45, 4-Briggs Danner-44, 5-Chase Stockon-42, 6-Robert Ballou-41, 7-Gunnar Setser-38, 8-Justin Grant-33, 9-Jadon Rogers-30, 10-Kyle Jones-29.
USAC INDIANA MIDGET WEEK PARALLAX GROUP PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-9, 2-Mason Hannagan-9, 3-Kyle Jones-7, 4-Kyle Cummins-7, 5-Jacob Denney-6, 6-Jakeb Boxell-6, 7-Kevin Thomas Jr.-5, 8-Zach Wigal-5, 9-Gavin Miller-5, 10-Justin Grant-4.
NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: June 4, 2025 – Paragon Speedway – Paragon, Indiana – 3/8-Mile Dirt Oval – 21st Annual USAC Indiana Midget Week
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
- Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Jacob Denney (12.698)
- Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Justin Grant (12.482)
- Car IQ First Heat Winner: Gunnar Setser
- K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Thomas Meseraull
- USACgear.com Third Heat Winner: Kale Drake
- Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Zach Daum
- Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Kale Drake (9th to 1st)
- Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Karter Sarff
- ProSource Hard Work Award: Brecken Reese
