It’d seemingly been so long since C.J. Leary last won a USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship feature event, in his words, he had to plug in the GPS for the directions to find his way to victory lane.

After a winless drought with the series for the past 66 series events, the Greenfield, Indiana native found his way back to the winner’s circle during Wednesday night’s USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by Honest Abe Roofing round at Circle City Raceway in Indianapolis.

Leary led all 30 laps but was forced to fend off another driver who was hungry for his first USAC National Sprint Car win of the season as well, Mitchel Moles. Leary managed to do just that to prevail by a single car length over Moles to win his first series race in 17 months, dating back to his February 2024 victory at Florida’s Ocala Speedway.

For C.J., it’s been a long time coming in his first year as the driver of the Team AZ-Curb-Agajanian Racing/Curb Records – Kodiak Products – OakCraft/DRC/1-Way Chevy as he earned his second career USAC National Sprint Car win at Circle City, and first since Indiana Sprint Week 2022.

Overall, it’s Leary’s 24th career USAC National Sprint Car score, which moves him past 1963 and 1966 series champion Roger McCluskey for sole possession of 30th place on the all-time series win list.

“Hats off to this team,” Leary praised. “They’ve been working their butts off, and they’ve stuck with me. We’ve worked and worked and worked and we’ve changed cars, motors, torsion bars and drivelines. We’ve really rebuilt this thing almost every night and we’ve tried all kinds of stuff.”

Results USAC National Sprint Cars Indiana Sprint Week At Circle City Raceway

1. C.J. Leary (2)

2. Mitchel Moles (3)

 3. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7)

4. Shane Cottle (22)

 5. Logan Seavey (6)

6. Jake Swanson (10)

7. Hayden Reinbold (12)

 8. Gunnar Setser (8)

 9. Briggs Danner (17)

10. Carson Garrett (5)

11. Kyle Cummins (4)

12. Trey Osborne (16)

13. Rylan Gray (13)

14. James Turnbull II (11)

15. Chase Stockon (15)

16. Max Adams (20)

 17. Robert Ballou (1)

18. Kale Drake (24-P)

19. Harley Burns (14)

20. Ricky Lewis (25-P)

21. Charles Davis Jr. (19)

22. Brandon Mattox (23)

23. Nate Schank (21)

 24. Kyle Shipley (26)

25. Logan Calderwood (9)

26. Kole Kirkman (18). NT