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
