BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — One year ago, Bloomington Speedway proved to be the most burdensome of tracks Logan Seavey faced en route to the USAC Indiana Sprint Week championship.
This year, the very same red clay quarter-mile oval may prove to be the catalyst for a second consecutive title as the Sutter, California driver scored the victory in Friday night’s edition of the Sheldon Kinser Memorial, which has ascended him to the top of the standings of the 38th USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by Honest Abe Roofing.
After getting upside down in the feature during the 2024 round of ISW at Bloomington, this time, Seavey pounced to the front of the field on lap 10 after trouble befell racelong leader C.J. Leary.
From there, it was pretty much smooth sailing for Seavey who led the final 20 laps to ensure his status as the first multi-time winner of the week after also winning the previous Sunday at Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Seavey’s latest score was his fifth of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season and the 29th of his career.
Seavey leapfrogged challenger Kevin Thomas Jr. in the Indiana Sprint Week standings after Thomas held a two-point lead entering Bloomington.
On Friday night, while Seavey was celebrating victory, he could look over his shoulder and see Thomas standing right beside him as the second-place finisher.
Now Seavey possesses a four-point advantage over Thomas entering the ISW finale this Saturday night at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind., leaving little separation and minimal room for error.
“Going into the last night with the lead, I can’t complain too much,” Seavey said. “These guys have been busting their butts for me. We’ve had some good runs, and I’ve complained a lot on our mediocre nights, and they don’t give up on me. I’m glad we could reward them tonight.”
On a date exactly 37 years to the day since three-time USAC National Sprint Car champion Sheldon Kinser’s 1988 passing, Seavey started sixth on the grid in the event that bore Kinser’s name in one of the longest running traditions on the Indiana sprint car scene dating back to its inaugural edition in 1989.
Seavey quickly found the low line to his liking as he surged up through the field to fourth by lap one, to third by lap five and to second past Chance Crum by lap six.
Meanwhile, Leary had established the lead from his pole starting position, running the top while Seavey settled onto the road less traveled around the bottom.
“I was actually surprised how many guys bailed on the bottom of one and two early because there was so much grip down there,” Seavey stated. “The top was a little greasy in three and four early and then it cleaned up and it was the place to be until maybe the last two or three laps. I was just so good on the bottom of one and two, I didn’t want to mess with my car.”
That said, when Leary saw Seavey poke the nose of his car underneath him entering turn three, Leary threw a change-up and briefly took the low line away from Seavey.
Reacting in a moment’s notice, Seavey stepped up a lane or two to peek around the outside of Leary in turn two. At the same moment, Leary’s right rear tire began to rapidly deflate, and as he entered turn three, his car drifted up the racetrack, allowing Seavey to dive under to take the top spot for good off the exit of turn four.
Seavey and his Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical – Droplight – Elbrecht Concrete/DRC/Stanton Chevy took complete control while the jockeying for position raged on behind him. Thomas took over third on the ensuing lap 12 restart around the outside of Moles in turn four.
On the 14th lap, the red flag was displayed for Robert Ballou who had advanced from 17th to eighth before clipping an infield tire in turn two, which sent him flipping over nose-to-tail three times into the infield grass. Ballou climbed out and walked away following the wild ride.
Seavey pushed onward as his pursuers were unable to mount a major challenge down the stretch, steadily increasing his lead to nearly two seconds in the waning laps while also trying to keep up with the ever-changing surface.
“I didn’t really know where I needed to be,” Seavey admitted. “I was actually really good through the middle of one and two and that helped me down the back stretch, but I would’ve hated to give up on the bottom and let somebody go by me. It’s just so hard when you’re leading and the track changes like that.
“It was really slick, and you have to keep an eye on your wheel spin and try to keep up on the adjustments in the car,” Seavey continued. “Luckily, we were able to adjust so many, it really makes it fun as a driver. You can keep yourself dialed in all race. My guys did such a good job. I really didn’t do much there at the end. I was starting to get a little free, but I knew I couldn’t get too tight in those holes through three and four.”
Without much in the way of traffic in his path, Seavey had free reign as he crossed under the checkered flag as the winner, 1.556 seconds in front of Thomas with Chance Crum third, Mitchel Moles fourth and Kyle Cummins rounding out the top five.
USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, Bloomington Speedway, Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 1, 2025
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-11.834; 2. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-11.838; 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-12.051; 4. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-12.071; 5. Chance Crum, 83c, Crum-12.088; 6. Hunter Maddox, 24m, Maddox-12.101; 7. Carson Garrett, 2E, Epperson-12.121; 8. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-12.145; 9. Harley Burns, 16, Britt Aero-12.160; 10. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-12.180; 11. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-12.183; 12. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-12.217; 13. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-12.218; 14. Tye Mihocko, 24p, Paul-12.249; 15. Matt Thompson, 26, Thompson-12.268; 16. Austin Cory, 00, Cory-12.312; 17. Geoff Ensign, 00x, Anderson-12.330; 18. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-12.360; 19. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-12.383; 20. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-12.389; 21. Kyle Shipley, 0G, Black Gold-12.419; 22. Gabriel Gilbert, 10G, GGR-12.468; 23. Joey Amantea, 88J, JPA-12.475; 24. Sam Hinds, 71H, Hinds-12.505; 25. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-12.512; 26. Kobe Simpson, 21K, Simpson-12.516; 27. Chelby Hinton, 71p, Phillips-12.549; 28. Daylan Chambers, 4c, Chambers-12.551; 29. Braydon Cromwell, 4x, Cromwell/Boyd-12.609; 30. Braxton Cummings, 71B, Cummings-12.614; 31. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-12.656; 32. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-12.714; 33. Cody Trammell, 34T, Trammell-12.719; 34. Travis Millar, 93AU, Millar-12.721; 35. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-12.746; 36. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-12.763; 37. Todd Hobson, 77, Wingo-12.792; 38. Tony Helton, 87, Helton-12.854; 39. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-12.887; 40. Troy Carey, 45N, Carey-12.928; 41. Colton Booten, 2, JAE-13.372; 42. Nate Bell, 7, Griffits-13.474; 43. Saban Bibent, 98, Wedgewood-NT; 44. James Turnbull II, 2J, Turnbull-NT (time of 12.446 disallowed due to an illegal right rear tire).
CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Shipley, 2. Logan Seavey, 3. Kobe Simpson, 4. Briggs Danner, 5. Austin Cory, 6. Hunter Maddox, 7. Kayla Roell, 8. Eli Wilhelmus, 9. Colton Booten. 1:59.763
K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Cummins, 2. Gabriel Gilbert, 3. Chelby Hinton, 4. Hayden Reinbold, 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Carson Garrett, 7. Todd Hobson, 8. Aric Gentry, 9. Nate Bell. NT
USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Chase Stockon, 2. C.J. Leary, 3. Kevin Thomas Jr., 4. Joey Amantea, 5. Gunnar Setser, 6. James Turnbull II, 7. Cody Trammell, 8. Daylan Chambers, 9. Tony Helton. NT
COOK OUT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Tye Mihocko, 2. Mitchel Moles, 3. Harley Burns, 4. Jake Swanson, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Sam Hinds, 7. Travis Millar, 8. Braydon Cromwell. 2:10.387
CAR IQ FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Ricky Lewis, 2. Robert Ballou, 3. Chance Crum, 4. Braxton Cummings, 5. Troy Carey, 6. Brandon Mattox, 7. Matt Thompson, 8. Kale Drake. NT
HOOSIER TIRE C MAIN: (6 laps, top 4 transfer to the semi) 1. Aric Gentry, 2. Daylan Chambers, 3. Eli Wilhelmus, 4. Tony Helton, 5. Braydon Cromwell, 6. Nate Bell, 7. Colton Booten. 1:23.507
ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS SEMI: (12 laps, top 4 transfer to the feature) 1. Carson Garrett, 2. Gunnar Setser, 3. Hunter Maddox, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Matt Thompson, 7. Brandon Mattox, 8. Kayla Roell, 9. Tony Helton, 10. Cody Trammell, 11. James Turnbull II, 12. Eli Wilhelmus, 13. Troy Carey, 14. Travis Millar, 15. Austin Cory, 16. Todd Hobson, 17. Daylan Chambers, 18. Aric Gentry, 19. Sam Hinds. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (6), 2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (4), 3. Chance Crum (2), 4. Mitchel Moles (3), 5. Kyle Cummins (5), 6. Tye Mihocko (8), 7. Chase Stockon (7), 8. Hayden Reinbold (14), 9. Jake Swanson (16), 10. Gunnar Setser (15), 11. C.J. Leary (1), 12. Briggs Danner (23), 13. Joey Amantea (19), 14. Chelby Hinton (21), 15. Braxton Cummings (22), 16. Ricky Lewis (10), 17. Kobe Simpson (20), 18. Charles Davis Jr. (24), 19. Hunter Maddox (11), 20. Kyle Shipley (9), 21. Carson Garrett (12), 22. Robert Ballou (17), 23. Harley Burns (13), 24. Gabriel Gilbert (18).
