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For the 2026 Chili Bowl Nationals Powered by NOS Energy Drink, the pace to 100 entries was the fastest ever recorded at 14 days. For the 2027 event, it took 10 days to reach the century mark, with Indiana’s Jeremy Zumwalt triggering the annual reveal of Golden Driller hunters.
It was a night of firsts at Ventura Raceway. Connor Speir (Fillmore, California) led all 25 laps en route to his first career USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Western States Midget victory during Saturday night’s season finale at the 1/5-mile southern California dirt oval.
“It doesn’t ever get old.” Steven Drevicki can confidently say that after achieving his record-extending sixth career USAC East Coast Sprint Cars Presented by Baer Den Farms driving championship in 2026.
One championship is pretty nice. But a second one was twice as nice for Tyler Nelson. The Olathe, Kansas racer successfully defended his USAC Midwest Thunder SpeeD2 Midget championship in 2026 by racking up three feature victories, plus a series-leading 10 top fives, 13 top tens, three fast qualifying times, and seven heat race wins during the 13-race series to defeat Bryce Massingill by a 40-point margin in the final tally.
A chip off the old block. Cale Coons has earned honors as the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship Max Papis Innovations Rookie of the Year with a superb season in which he became a first time series feature winner.
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