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Don’t pinch Chase Dietz. He doesn’t want to wake up from his dream 2026 season. The York, PA native entered Williams Grove Speedway’s 64th J&S Classics National Open boasting a nation-leading 23 wins this year in 410 Sprint Car competition. But the trip to Victory Lane that came Saturday night was bigger than all the others.
For Briggs Danner and Ohio’s Toledo Speedway, it was love at first sight. The first time Danner laid eyes on the 1/2-mile paved oval this weekend, he simply decided to go out and win the thing during Saturday’s Hemelgarn Racing / Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic 100-lap USAC Silver Crown championship season finale.
The drought is over for the champion. The last two months haven’t been ideal for David Gravel and Big Game Motorsports. Sure, they’ve consistently racked up top 10 finishes and maintained a solid point lead, but this crew is accustomed to winning and winning often.
Back in 2011 at the age of just five years old, Jakeb Boxell scored his first career kart win at Little E, the small dirt track located on the northeast part of the property on the grounds of Eldora Speedway.. On Saturday night, all these years later, the 20-year-old Zanesville, Indiana native grabbed his first career USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship feature victory just a stone’s throw away from the legendary Rossburg, Ohio 1/2-mile dirt oval.
Back in May of this year, Kyle Cummins checked off his first career Eldora Speedway victory in what was his 17th attempt at taming the legendary 1/2-mile Rossburg, Ohio dirt oval. On Saturday night, the Princeton, Indiana racer checked off yet another new feat as he claimed his first career 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO triumph, this one worth a cool $15,000.
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