ROSBURG, Ohio — It’s the best of both worlds.
There’s no place like Eldora Speedway and there’s no event like #LetsRaceTwo.
The legendary half-mile dirt oval will be home to USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and NOS Energy Drink World of Outlaws Sprint Car racing with each series competing in a doubleheader on May 2-3.
CUMMINS WANTS REVENGE
Kyle Cummins is off to a hot start during the 2025 USAC National Sprint Car season, adding top-five finishes in seven of his eight starts, including three victories.
That blazing beginning has him atop the USAC National Sprint Car points entering Eldora.
Cummins has seemingly turned the corner at Eldora, putting himself inside the top-five in three of his last four #LetsRaceTwo starts dating back to 2022.
But it’s the first night of 2024 at Eldora he wants redemption on. Cummins led laps 23 through 29.99999 (with bar notation included) until barely being nipped at the line by Robert Ballou while Cummins was .016 seconds behind at the line.
THE MAD MAN
The man who got the job done on the opening night of 2024’s #LetsRaceTwo was Robert Ballou.
On the 30th and final lap, he erased Cummins’ half-straightaway lead. Then with grit and determination, willed his way to the finish line with a high side ride to claim the improbable victory.
What’s not improbable is Ballou winning during #LetsRaceTwo. In fact, he’s tied for the lead with Justin Grant as the all-time winningest driver in the event’s history, scoring four trophies.
As a matter of fact, Ballou snared his first USAC National Sprint Car win at Eldora in 2007. Overall, his seven USAC National Sprint Car wins at Eldora rank tied for fourth all-time behind only Jack Hewitt (13), Larry Dickson (9) and Tracy Hines (9), and equaled with Pancho Carter and Rich Vogler at seven.
GRANT’S RAMPAGE
Tied with Robert Ballou as the #LetsRaceTwo all-time winningest USAC driver is Justin Grant, a four-time winner of the event.
Grant’s most recent #LetsRaceTwo victory a year ago was as thrilling as it was flabbergasting.
Following an incredible duel for the win with eventual series champ Logan Seavey, on the cooldown lap, Grant promptly stuffed his car in the wall and flipped.
So far in 2025, Grant has performed fantastically by winning in all three of USAC’s national divisions faster than any driver in series history.
He leads the Silver Crown points and the National Midget points but currently resides 10 points out of the sprint car championship lead. Now Grant hopes to use this weekend at Eldora to get out in front of his pursuit of a $500,000 USAC Triple Crown prize.
SLAB OF BACON
Brady Bacon intends to pull double-duty both with and without a wing this Friday-Saturday. He’ll be aboard both the Chris Dyson Racing No. 20 with USAC and the TKH Motorsports No. 21h with the World of Outlaws.
Bacon has won in both disciplines at Eldora, capturing a pair of USAC National Sprint Car events at The Big E, including the 2018 edition of #LetsRaceTwo. He also won with a wing during 2017 with the All Star Circuit of Champions.
SIZZLING KALE
Without question, the biggest progression of the USAC season can be attributed to Kale Drake. Following a rough-and-tumble 2024 rookie season, Drake has been consistently fast and has consistently posted quality finishes throughout the course of the 2025 USAC National Sprint Car campaign.
Through eight USAC National Sprint Car starts this year, Drake owns five top 10s and a pair of top-five finishes. Through 15 starts last year, he corralled just one top 10 in his 2B Racing machine.
Over the past weekend, he charged from deep in the pack to finish inside the top-five on back-to-back nights of USAC National Midget racing at Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway. With the Kokomo sprint cars, he took third both nights.
ELDORA DAWGS
In all, eight drivers have won the USAC portion of #LetsRaceTwo dating back to its debut in 2015: Robert Ballou (4), Justin Grant (4), Tyler Courtney (3), Brady Bacon (1), Chad Boespflug (1), Bryan Clauson (1), C.J. Leary (1) and Chris Windom (1).
Ballou, Grant, Bacon and Leary will all be fighting for more wins this weekend.
Logan Seavey and Matt Westfall, who have previously won USAC National Sprint Car main events at Eldora, are seeking their first #LetsRaceTwo wins.
