KNOXVILLE, Iowa — Kyle Cummins has been named the 2025 Driver of the Year by the North American Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll voting panel of media members, promoters, sanctioning officials and manufacturers.
It is the first such honor for the Princeton, Ind., native who won the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship for the first time.
Cummins won 15 times overall, and 10 times with USAC, including the Larry Rice Classic at Bloomington Speedway and the Greg Staab Memorial at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Cummins garnered nine of the 11 first-place ballots cast in the year-end poll. Ione, California’s Justin Grant and Oxnard, California’s Ricky Lewis received the other first-place votes.
Those drivers ranked second through fifth, respectively, were Grant, who battled through a broken foot, and claimed the Eastern Storm title, Kokomo’s Sprint Car Smackdown and Terre Haute’s Tony Hulman Classic, Sutter California’s Logan Seavey, who won the Western World in Arizona, Indiana Sprintweek champion Kevin Thomas Jr. of Cullman, Alabama and four-time winner Mitchel Moles from Raisin City, California.
Four-time winner, Briggs Danner was sixth, followed by 12-time winner Lewis, USAC-CRA champion R.J. Johnson, C.J. Leary and Chase Stockon.
The Petty Performance No. 3p team with Kyle Cummins at the wheel, earned the 2025 Non-Winged “Team of the Year” Award for the first time.
Justin Grant and Briggs Danner earned the Wild Card Award for their exciting non-winged sprint car performances in 2025. It was the first-time Grant has won this award, and the second for Danner.
Another tie saw two 2025 non-Wing sprint car Rookie of the Year Award recipients. Cole Coons of Greencastle, Indiana and Gunnar Setser of Columbus, Indiana will share those honors.
Lance Jennings of USAC/CRA will receive the North American Non-Winged Sprint Car Poll Media Member of the Year honor for the first time.
Tommy Hunt, who helped with the revival of Calistoga Speedway will be awarded 2025’s Promoter of the Year Award for the first time.
Joe Devin of DRC Chassis will enjoy the Builder/Manufacturer of the Year honor for the 11th time.
Non-Wing Sprint Car Poll Top 20
Position. Name, Hometown, Points (First Place Votes)
- Kyle Cummins, Princeton, IN, 1020 (9)
- Justin Grant, Ione, CA, 501 (1)
- Logan Seavey, Sutter, CA, 430
- Kevin Thomas Jr., Cullman, IN, 278
- Mitchel Moles, Raisin City, CA, 255
- Briggs Danner, Allentown, PA, 237
- Ricky Lewis, Oxnard, CA, 215 (1)
- RJ Johnson, Laveen, AZ, 192
- CJ Leary, Greenfield, IN, 113
- Chase Stockon, Fort Branch, IN, 106
- Jake Swanson, Tempe, AZ, 100
- Robert Ballou, Rocklin, CA, 60
- Brady Bacon, Broken Arrow, OK, 46
- Tye Mihocko, Peoria, AZ, 39
- Daison Pursley, Locust Grove, OK, 36
- Gunnar Setser, Columbua, IN, 30
- Cole Coons, Greencastle, IN, 28
- Jadon Rogers, Worthington, IN, 22
- Jake Morgan, Elk Grove, CA, 18
- Steven Drevicki, Reading, PA, 14
