TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Twenty-eight USAC Silver Crown entries are set for this Sunday’s (Oct. 6) 20th running of the 100-lap Sumar at the Terre Haute Action Track.
The event at the half-mile dirt oval features three past winners: series point leader Kody Swanson (2014), C.J. Leary (2016) and two-time victor Justin Grant (2018 & 2022).
They’re among the 13 Sumar Classic veterans in the field along with first-time winning hopefuls and past runner-up Jerry Coons Jr..
Fellow top-five Sumar Classic finishers in this weekend’s lineup include Brady Bacon, Logan Seavey and Matt Westfall.
Like Coons, Bacon and Seavey before, Chase Stockon is among the group of Terre Haute USAC National Sprint Car winners vying for a first career Terre Haute USAC Silver Crown triumph.
Meanwhile, Pennsylvania drivers Carmen Perigo and Mark Smith and Indiana’s Matt Goodnight return to the Sumar Classic field.
Meanwhile, two drivers who’ve spent a large portion of their careers with fenders in late models and modifieds are making their return to the Sumar Classic in open wheel machinery: Missouri’s Kyle Steffens and Michigan’s Brian Ruhlman.
However, the majority of this weekend’s field belongs to Sumar Classic first-timers. Three of them own USAC national feature wins on their résumé: Daison Pursley, plus Briggs Danner and Mitchel Moles. Pursley and Moles have each won their first career USAC Silver Crown races in 2024 on dirt half-miles. Danner is coming off a third-place finish at Eldora.
Leading 2024 USAC Silver Crown Rookie Trey Osborne (Columbus, Ohio) looks to make his first Sumar Classic main event start along with fellow Silver Crown Rookies Nathan Moore, Chase Dietz, Aric Gentry and Dave Peperak, a former USAC National Sprint Car track record holder at Terre Haute.
Veterans of the Silver Crown ranks making their first visit to the Sumar Classic include Mario Clouser, Chris Fetter, Dave Berkheimer, Gregg Cory, Kenny Gentry, Jimmy Light and Kevin Newton, whose one and only career USAC Silver Crown start came during the 2003 Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, 21 years ago.
SUMAR CLASSIC ENTRY LIST
01 MARK SMITH/Sunbury, PA (L & M Motorsports)
6 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Klatt Enterprises)
9 BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Chris Dyson Racing)
10 (R) BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)
15 CHRIS FETTER/Troy, MO (Chris Fetter)
18 KENNY GENTRY/Henderson, KY (Kenny Gentry)
21 (R) DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (Team AZ Racing/Curb-Agajanian)
22 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)
24 MATT GOODNIGHT/Winchester, IN (John Haggenbottom)
31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing)
32 GREGG CORY/Shelbyville, IN (Williams-Cory Racing)
48 (R) NATHAN MOORE/Kaufman, TX (Chip Thomas-Joe Moore)
49 BRIAN RUHLMAN/Clarklake, MI (Brian Ruhlman)
52 CARMEN PERIGO/Stoystown, PA (John Stehman)
54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (Westfall Racing)
55 JERRY COONS JR./Tucson, AZ (Bateman Racing)
60 MARIO CLOUSER/Auburn, IL (Legacy Autosport-Robert Wilson Racing)
69 CHASE STOCKON/Fort Branch, IN (Pink 69 Racing)
77 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Doran-Binks Racing)
81 (R) TREY OSBORNE/Columbus, OH (BCR Group)
86 (R) CHASE DIETZ/York, PA (Bruce Lee)
91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)
99 (R) KEVIN NEWTON/Farmersburg, IN (Armstrong Racing)
118 JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Wingo Brothers Racing)
119 (R) MITCHEL MOLES/Raisin City, CA (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)
777 (R) DAVE PEPERAK/Clinton, IN (Dave Peperak Motorsports)