SPEEDWAY, Ind. — NASCAR Cup Series champions Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch will continue their racing season competing with the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship in California in the coming weeks.
Larson will team up with Silva Motorsports to compete in Midget Madness at Merced Speedway on Nov. 22-23, the November Classic at Bakersfield Speedway on Nov. 26 and the 83rd running of the ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura Raceway on Nov. 30.
For all three of these events, Larson will be teammates with fellow sprint car star Tyler Courtney, who recently announced he’ll be driving for Paul Silva during the final seven USAC Midget races of the season as well as the Chili Bowl Nationals in January.
Busch will make his USAC midget debut, competing Nov. 26 at Bakersfield and in the Nov. 30 Turkey Night Grand Prix. Busch will carry the No. 51 on his Kyle Busch Motorsports owned midget which will be in partnership with FloSports and carry sponsorship from Lucas Oil.
Also included in the announcement is that Busch will compete in the 39th annual Chili Bowl Nationals powered by NOS Energy Drink on January 13-18. Furthermore, it was also revealed that he will be driving alongside his son Brexton at the Tulsa Shootout from December 31 through Jan. 4.
“The Cup season may be over, but the racing season is still in full swing with the biggest events on dirt taking place over the next couple of months,” Busch stated.
Larson owns three career victories at Merced Speedway with all three wins coming in a sprint car during the traditional November event at the track. This month, he will be making his first start at Merced since 2021.
Larson will enter the race at Bakersfield Speedway with an average finish of 1.5 in his two previous November Classic starts. He won the event in 2019 before finishing second one year later in 2020.
To round out the November swing, Larson will be seeking a fourth career victory in the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ventura Raceway. In addition to his win in the race last year, he also won the race in 2012, 2016 and 2019.