Briggs Danner Victorious in USAC Sprint Car Smackdown XIV Opening Night at Kokomo

Information By: USAC / KOKOMO SPEEDWAY – KOKOMO, IN – It’s evident that Briggs Danner has certainly taken a liking to the Kokomo Speedway. On Thursday evening, he captured his second USAC National Sprint Car Series victory of the season at the quarter mile to kick off the Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Sprint Car Smackdown XIV.

Behind Danner, it was current series point leader Kyle Cummins finishing second, C.J. Leary in third, Mitchell Moles in fourth, and the young Hayden Reinbold finishing in fifth.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 21, 2025 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track – Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Sprint Car Smackdown XIV

FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Briggs Danner (4), 2. Kyle Cummins (6), 3. C.J. Leary (1), 4. Mitchel Moles (3), 5. Hayden Reinbold (8), 6. Kevin Thomas Jr. (13), 7. Justin Grant (5), 8. Kale Drake (17), 9. Logan Seavey (11), 10. Chase Stockon (16), 11. Matt Westfall (7), 12. Harley Burns (10), 13. Ricky Lewis (24), 14. Cale Coons (20), 15. Carson Garrett (14), 16. Chelby Hinton (21), 17. Gunnar Setser (12), 18. Clinton Boyles (25-P), 19. Wyatt Burks (22), 20. Jack Hoyer (15), 21. Todd Hobson (23), 22. Brandon Mattox (19), 23. Jadon Rogers (9), 24. Shane Cottle (18), 25. Jake Swanson (2), 26. Joey Amantea (26-P). NT

(P) represents a provisional starter

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 C.J. Leary, Laps 4-17 Briggs Danner, Laps 18-24 Kyle Cummins, Laps 25-26 Briggs Danner, Laps 27-28 Kyle Cummins, Laps 29-30 Briggs Danner.

HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-12.599; 2. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-12.662; 3. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-12.835; 4. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.854; 5. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-12.896; 6. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-12.961; 7. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.999; 8. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.000; 9. Kyle Shipley, 0G, Black Gold-13.001; 10. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-13.007; 11. Geoff Ensign, 00x, Anderson-13.022; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-13.043; 13. Carson Garrett, 2E, Epperson-13.046; 14. Jack Hoyer, 57H, Hazen-13.052; 15. Rylan Gray, 06, Gray-13.077; 16. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-13.152; 17. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-13.202; 18. Shane Cottle, 86, Stamper-13.202; 19. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-13.221; 20. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-13.229; 21. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-13.263; 22. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-13.295; 23. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-13.341; 24. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-13.350; 25. Tyler Hewitt, 97, Hewitt-13.354; 26. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.379; 27. Chelby Hinton, 71p, Phillips-13.391; 28. Jadon Rogers, 5, Baldwin/Fox-13.433; 29. Wyatt Burks, 16K, Knight-13.456; 30. Parker Frederickson, 00, Whitney-13.497; 31. Zack Pretorius, 9z, Pretorius-13.531; 32. Brayden Clark, 4c, Clark-13.533; 33. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Cromwell-13.546; 34. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-13.549; 35. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-13.626; 36. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-13.688; 37. Aaron Davis, 11, Davis-13.691; 38. Max Adams, 21, Hery-13.694; 39. James Turnbull II, 2J, Turnbull-13.698; 40. David Gasper, 77s, Sturgeon-13.702; 41. Todd Hobson, 44, Soudrette-13.725; 42. Devan Myers, 75, Myers-13.746; 43. Matt Goodnight, 39G, Goodnight-13.764 44. Adyn Schmidt, 12s, Schmidt-13.825; 45. Jack James, 99, James-13.867; 46. Clinton Boyles, 12, Ballou-13.897; 47. Jacob Tuttle, 24x, Maddox-14.071; 48. R.J. Miller, 34, Miller-14.099; 49. Bryce Andrews, 17, MSR-14.139; 50. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-14.329; 51. Steve Justis, 12J, Justis-14.383; 52. Evan Mosley, 2, Mosley-NT; 53. Trey Osborne, 6T, Ebert-NT; 54. Camden Winter, 84, Eisenzopf-NT (time of 13.891 disallowed to due to an illegal left rear tire).

CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Hayden Reinbold, 2. Chase Stockon, 3. Kyle Cummins, 4. Todd Hobson, 5. Harley Burns, 6. Joey Amantea, 7. Clinton Boyles, 8. Zack Pretorius, 9. Troy Carey, 10. Geoff Ensign, 11. Steve Justis. NT

K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Kale Drake, 4. Justin Grant, 5. Chelby Hinton, 6. Kobe Simpson, 7. Brayden Clark, 8. Aaron Davis, 9. Jacob Tuttle, 10. Devan Myers, 11. Camden Winter. 2:16.227

USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Jadon Rogers, 2. Briggs Danner, 3. Shane Cottle, 4. Cale Coons, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Carson Garrett, 7. Max Adams, 8. Matt Goodnight, 9. R.J. Miller. 2:17.320

COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Matt Westfall, 2. Wyatt Burks, 3. Mitchel Moles, 4. Jack Hoyer, 5. Kyle Shipley, 6. James Turnbull, 7. Kayla Roell, 8. Bryce Andrews, 9. Chance Crum, 10. Adyn Schmidt. NT

CAR IQ FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Ricky Lewis, 3. Gunnar Setser, 4. Brandon Mattox, 5. Hunter Maddox, 6. Rylan Gray, 7. Jack James, 8. Tyler Hewitt, 9. David Gasper, 10. Parker Frederickson. NT

HOOSIER TIRE C-MAIN: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi) 1. Zack Pretorius, 2. Matt Goodnight, 3. Chance Crum, 4. David Gasper, 5. Aaron Davis, 6. Bryce Andrews, 7. R.J. Miller, 8. Troy Carey, 9. Devan Myers, 10. Geoff Ensign, 11. Jacob Tuttle. 2:20.946

ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Logan Seavey, 2. Chelby Hinton, 3. Carson Garrett, 4. Harley Burns, 5. Kobe Simpson, 6. Clinton Boyles, 7. Chance Crum, 8. Max Adams, 9. Zack Pretorius, 10. Rylan Gray, 11. Matt Goodnight, 12. Brayden Clark, 13. Jack James, 14. Kyle Shipley, 15. Hunter Maddox, 16. James Turnbull II, 17. Joey Amantea, 18. Kayla Roell, 19. David Gasper. NT

**Steve Justis flipped during the first heat. Adyn Schmidt flipped during the fourth heat. David Gasper & Parker Frederickson flipped during the fifth heat. James Turnbull II flipped during the semi.

USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2173, 2-Mitchel Moles-1942, 3-Logan Seavey-1924, 4-Briggs Danner-1843, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-1820, 6-Justin Grant-1755, 7-Robert Ballou-1693, 8-C.J. Leary-1688, 9-Jake Swanson-1682, 10-Kale Drake-1547.

USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-204, 2-Briggs Danner-129, 3-Kevin Thomas Jr.-106, 4-Gunnar Setser-100, 5-Logan Seavey-96, 6-Kyle Cummins-94, 7-C.J. Leary-93, 8-Justin Grant-91, 9-Chase Stockon-70, 10-Jake Swanson-70.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACES: August 22-23, 2025 – Kokomo Speedway – Kokomo, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track – Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Sprint Car Smackdown XIV

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CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:

Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Justin Grant (12.755)

Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Kyle Cummins (12.599)

Car IQ First Heat Winner: Hayden Reinbold

K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: C.J. Leary

USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Jadon Rogers

Cook Out Fourth Heat Winner: Matt Westfall

Car IQ Fifth Heat Winner: Jake Swanson

Hoosier Tire C-Main Winner: Zack Pretorius

Elliott’s Custom Trailers & Carts Semi Winner:

Hoosier Tire Last Semi Transfer: Harley Burns