Just when it seemed Logan Seavey was destined for a runner-up finish, in the blink of an eye, everything changed during the final laps of Saturday night’s 18th running of the Fall Nationals at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.

Seavey (Sutter, California) led the initial 15 laps of the feature before giving way to Justin Grant who led the next 10 circuits and appeared in total control until five laps remaining. But when Grant’s right rear tire let go with five to go, that reopened the door for Seavey who seized the moment and raced away to his second consecutive Fall Nationals triumph.

For his efforts, Seavey collected a $30,000 payday, encompassing a $20,000 winner’s share, plus a $10,000 bonus as part of the NOS Energy Drink Hoosier Trifecta. Seavey finished all three Trifecta events on the podium, including a pair of victories at Tri-State Speedway’s Haubstadt Hustler and Lawrenceburg’s Fall Nationals, plus a third place result at Kokomo Speedway’s Sprint Car Smackdown.

Meanwhile, with his third place result at Lawrenceburg, Princeton, Indiana’s Kyle Cummins gained enough points to clinch his first career USAC National Sprint Car driving championship with four races remaining. Furthermore, it was also the first USAC National Sprint Car titles for both the Petty Performance Racing team as well as Mach-1 Chassis.

With his seventh win of the USAC National Sprint Car season in his Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical – Droplight – Elbrecht Concrete/DRC/Stanton Chevy, Seavey became the third driver to capture back-to-back Fall Nationals scores, following Robert Ballou (2007 & 2008) and Bryan Clauson (2013 & 2014).

It was Seavey’s fifth career USAC National Sprint Car win at Lawrenceburg and the 31st overall of Seavey’s USAC National Sprint Car career, tying him with Tyler Courtney for 17th place on the all-time list. This one was quite another lucrative USAC success for Seavey after pocketing $20,000 in his most recent win at Tri-State a month ago.

Oftentimes in racing, it’s better to be lucky than good. On Saturday night at The Burg, Seavey was both of those things.

“We’ll take them how we can get them,” Seavey said. “We’ve had a struggle over the last few months, but I feel like tonight, we finally figured it out and got back on the right track. I just wish it wasn’t so late in the year with only four races to go. I’m happy that we got our car back and I’m comfortable again driving this sprint car. Hopefully this means we’re back.”

One night earlier, Seavey ran inside the top-five of the Greg Staab Memorial at Lawrenceburg, but never quite felt at ease throughout the night. Entering Saturday, the Abacus crew went to work fine-tuning the No. 57 to where it was right on the money.

“Last night, we ran fourth but we just really haven’t been happy with the car,” Seavey admitted. “We made some big swings tonight to try and get me more comfortable and we just kind of went back to how we started the year. Man, it was lights out right away.”

USAC Sprints Fall Nationals Results From Lawrenceburg Speedway

1. Logan Seavey (2)

2. Mitchel Moles (1)

3. Kyle Cummins (5)

4. C.J. Leary (10)

5. Jake Swanson (12)

6. Hayden Reinbold (9)

7. Ricky Lewis (8)

8. Kevin Thomas Jr. (6)

9. Gunnar Setser (13)

10. Kyle Shipley (3)

11. Todd Hobson (11)

12. Justin Grant (4)

13. Chase Stockon (15)

14. Kayla Roell (17)

15. Saban Bibent (7)

16. Briggs Danner (14)

17. Glen Saville (18)

18. Kobe Simpson (16)