2022 USAC Open Wheel Madness at Port Royal Speedway

Justin Grant Gets Back On Track With USAC Eastern Storm Win At Port Royal

Justin Grant made his way back to USAC National Sprint Car victory lane at Port Royal Speedway following a tough stretch of races in May and early June.

Jun 18, 2023 by Brandon Paul

Justin Grant Gets Back On Track With USAC Eastern Storm Win At Port Royal

PORT ROYAL, Pa. -- Leading up to Saturday night’s event at Port Royal (Pa.) Speedway, Justin Grant felt he was getting right back to where he needed to be in the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship hunt.

After a unsavory trend of five finishes of 13th or worse in a six-race stretch that reached from early May and endured into the beginning of USAC Eastern Storm earlier this week, Grant settled in with a ship-steadying third place result on Thursday at Big Diamond followed by a fourth on Friday at Williams Grove.

On Saturday, during the penultimate round of Eastern Storm at Port Royal’s half-mile dirt oval, Grant came full circle back to victory lane for the first time in more than six weeks in his TOPP Motorsports/NOS Energy Drink – Bow Foundation – TOPP Industries/Maxim/Kistler Chevy.

For the Ione, Calif. native, it was his fourth career Eastern Storm score and the 37th overall in his USAC National Sprint Car career, tying him for 11th all-time alongside fellow series champions Robert Ballou and Sheldon Kinser.

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USAC Eastern Storm at Port Royal Speedway Highlights

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Winning Quote From Justin Grant

“It feels like forever since we won a race. I had a blast running against the wall; that’s my jam. I was happy up there, but I think I bent the wheel up with two to go there and it was shaking. But it was good to bring it home.”

USAC Eastern Storm At Port Royal Speedway Results

1. Justin Grant (3)

2. Emerson Axsom (2)

3. Daison Pursley (10)

4. Brady Bacon (1)

5. Chase Stockon (11)

6. Steven Drevicki (8)

7. Kyle Cummins (7)

8. Mitchel Moles (6)

9. Jake Swanson (5)

10. Briggs Danner (12)

11. Matt Westfall (18)

12. Robert Ballou (4)

13. Logan Seavey (14)

14. Carson Garrett (15)

15. Charles Davis Jr. (13)

16. Kevin Thomas Jr. (19)

17. C.J. Leary (9)

18. Mario Clouser (16)

19. Preston Lattomus (21)

20. Max Adams (17)

21. Ed Aikin (22)

22. Alex Bright (20)

USAC Eastern Storm Point Standings

Emerson Axsom will clinch the 2023 USAC Eastern Storm championship by simply pushing off for hot laps in Sunday's appearance points only event at Action Track USA.

1-Emerson Axsom-299, 2-Daison Pursley-268, 3-Justin Grant-264, 4-Jake Swanson-242, 5-Kyle Cummins-212, 6-Briggs Danner-211, 7-Chase Stockon-209, 8-Thomas Meseraull-205, 9-Robert Ballou-202, 10-Mitchel Moles-198