Throughout the first 31 races of the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season, Logan Seavey had led just one single, solitary lap.

During Friday night’s feature at Indianapolis, Indiana’s Circle City Raceway, all the Sutter, Calif. native led was about 10 feet or so to pull off his first series victory of the year in his 2B Racing/Honest Abe Roofing – Benic Enterprises – Goodnight Racing/DRC/Claxton Chevy

Shane Cottle, who had taken over the lead on lap 19 of the 30-lap main event, appeared to have the race in his grasp until roughly four laps to go. That’s when Seavey began to make some headway on Cottle who had pegged himself to the bottom groove.

Lap after lap, Seavey got a little bit closer, until he found himself trailing Cottle by a single car length at the line on the white flag lap. Seavey dug in, and at the exit of turn four on the 30th and final lap, finally emerged ahead of Cottle, just moments before the two crossed the finish line with Seavey out front.

Seavey’s one car length margin of victory was calculated at a 0.142 second interval over Cottle, the second closest finish of the series season behind only Mitchel Moles’ 0.093 second score over Carson Garrett in July at Macon (Ill.) Speedway.

Already a four-time NOS Energy Drink National Midget winner and twice a Silver Crown victor in 2023, Seavey’s National Sprint Car win made him the first driver this season to earn victories in all three of USAC’s national divisions.

Furthermore, Seavey provided his 2B Racing team with its first USAC National Sprint Car feature triumph since a May 18, 2012, win by driver Bobby East at Bloomington (Ind.) Speedway more than 11 years ago.

Overall, it was Seavey’s ninth career USAC National Sprint Car win, moving him to 57th on the all-time list and into a tie with Mario Andretti, Pat O'Connor, Hunter Schuerenberg and Robbie Stanley. But this one at Circle City was certainly among the most satisfying.

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USAC Sprint Car Highlights From Circle City Raceway

Winning Quote From Logan Seavey

“I was just watching the laps click down with seven or eight to go and I really wasn’t gaining on him, I knew that the harder I ran, the slower I’d go. I just talked to myself a little bit and made sure I hit my marks rather than overdrive it. There were a few laps where I was turning down off four and it was okay, but I knew that in order to run him down earlier, I had to get up there and pound it.”

USAC Sprint Car Results From Circle City

1. Logan Seavey (2)

2. Shane Cottle (6)

3. Robert Ballou (14)

4. Kyle Cummins (4)

5. Brady Bacon (11)

6. Matt Westfall (7)

7. Justin Grant (5)

8. Mitchel Moles (15)

9. Emerson Axsom (19)

10. C.J. Leary (3)

11. Thomas Meseraull (20)

12. Brent Beauchamp (9)

13. Chance Crum (22)

14. Jake Swanson (10)

15. Daison Pursley (12)

16. Chase Stockon (17)

17. Brandon Mattox (16)

18. Jack Hoyer (21)

19. Kody Swanson (18)

20. Trey Osborne (13)

21. Jadon Rogers (8)

22. Carson Garrett (1)

USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings 

Justin Grant leads the USAC Sprint Car point standings by nine points over Brady Bacon. Emerson Axsom, Kyle Cummins and Jake Swanson complete the top five in the standings. 

Full USAC Sprints Points Standings

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