PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Daison Pursley took the lead on lap 96 of 100 and won the USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Series’ Hangtown 100 at Placerville Speedway Saturday night. Rookie Steven Snyder finished second to give Toyota drivers a one-two finish.
Pursley trailed fast-qualifier Kyle Larson for much of the race, but attempted to dive under Larson entering the first turn. He slid into Larson, sending the NASCAR Cup Series champion flipping.
Pursley, who earned $20,000, led the final four laps for his second consecutive USAC victory for Pursley after winning the 4-Crown Nationals title at Eldora.
“I felt like I had a run on Kyle and just hit the grease,” Pursley explained. “I don’t want to win a race like that. It’s not how I race. I felt like I was able to race with him. I was just trying super hard. I just messed up and hit the grease.”
An opening-lap incident in turn three slowed the pace with Jacob Denney, Justin Grant, Carson Macedo, Gavin Miller and Cannon McIntosh coming to a stop. Overall, each of the top five in the championship standings were collected. It would end Denney’s night and send the remaining cars to the back of the field.
On the following restart, World of Outlaws star Buddy Kofoid would take the lead and pace 15 of the first 16 laps before Corey Day would overtake him for the lead with Pursley in third. Kyle Larson would eventually get past both Pursley and Kofoid to climb to second with Pursley following him past Kofoid.
Larson would take over the top spot on lap 44 and lead the next 52 laps before Pursley would close after a restart, setting up Pursley’s move for the lead.
Snyder finished second with Shane Golobic, Landon Brooks, who started 21st, and Grant completing the top five.
USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship, Placerville Speedway, Placerville, California, Nov. 15,2025
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Kyle Larson, 1K, Larson-11.487; 2. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-11.527; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-11.599; 4. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.622; 5. Daison Pursley, 86, CBI-11.653; 6. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-11.677; 7. Buddy Kofoid, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.696; 8. Corey Day, 4K, Kahne-11.698; 9. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-11.736; 10. Tanner Carrick, 98, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.763; 11. Steven Snyder Jr., 4, RMS-11.771; 12. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.773; 13. Carson Macedo, 99AU, Dyson-11.785; 14. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.802; 15. Jake Andreotti, 00, Davis-11.805; 16. Colby Copeland, 27w, Wood-11.833; 17. Shane Golobic, 17w, Wood-11.847; 18. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-11.868; 19. Santino Ferrucci, 16, Abacus-11.875; 20. Landon Brooks, 57w, Wood-11.878; 21. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-11.894; 22. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-11.918; 23. Michael Pickens, 31, Beilman-11.925; 24. Justin Grant, 87, CBI-11.934; 25. Michael Faccinto, 68, Six8-11.938; 26. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-11.953; 27. Connor Speir, 14JR, Streeter/Graunstadt-11.993; 28. Jake Swanson, 31B, Beilman-12.121; 29. Jake Morgan, 45, Morgan-12.551; 30. Anthony Bruno, 9, Boscacci-12.745; 31. Dane Culver, 50, Knuckles Up-NT.
CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Shane Golobic, 2. Carson Macedo, 3. Caden Sarale, 4. Hayden Reinbold, 5. Daison Pursley, 6. Michael Faccinto, 7. Jake Morgan, 8. Kyle Larson. NT
K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Cale Coons, 2. Kale Drake, 3. Tanner Carrick, 4. Cannon McIntosh, 5. Logan Seavey, 6. Gunnar Setser, 7. Anthony Bruno, 8. Drake Edwards. NT
USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Steven Snyder Jr., 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Buddy Kofoid, 4. Santino Ferrucci, 5. Jake Andreotti, 6. Dane Culver, 7. Connor Speir, 8. Michael Pickens. 2:00.741
COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Justin Grant, 2. Corey Day, 3. Jacob Denney, 4. Landon Brooks, 5. Gavin Miller, 6. Colby Copeland, 7. Jake Swanson. 2:02.039
ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top-4 transfer to the feature) 1. Colby Copeland, 2. Gunnar Setser, 3. Kyle Larson, 4. Michael Faccinto, 5. Drake Edwards, 6. Connor Speir, 7. Jake Morgan, 8. Anthony Bruno, 9. Dane Culver. NT
FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Daison Pursley (4), 2. Steven Snyder Jr. (7), 3. Shane Golobic (8), 4. Landon Brooks (21), 5. Justin Grant (10), 6. Colby Copeland (18), 7. Cannon McIntosh (16), 8. Gunnar Setser (23), 9. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6), 10. Kale Drake (19), 11. Logan Seavey (3), 12. Jake Andreotti (17), 13. Cale Coons (9), 14. Tanner Carrick (13), 15. Kyle Larson (11), 16. Buddy Kofoid (2), 17. Gavin Miller (14), 18. Carson Macedo (15), 19. Michael Faccinto (22), 20. Santino Ferrucci (20), 21. Hayden Reinbold (12), 22. Corey Day (1), 23. Caden Sarale (25), 24. Drake Edwards (24-P), 25. Jacob Denney (5).
