The $10,000-to-win Hefty Seed Merle Johnson Memorial presented by PaPosse.TV opens the three-day Border Battle weekend at three different tracks with each night paying five figures to the winner.
Sam Hafertepe Jr. remains the biggest threat to win with the American Sprint Car Series at Dodge City Raceway Park. The Series points leader enjoyed a near-perfect night in the Steve King Memorial with a hard-working effort for his third victory of the 2026 season and his fourth consecutive triumph at the 3/8-mile track.
Saturday night couldn’t have started much worse for Sheldon Haudenschild at Weedsport Speedway. He’s proven to be one of the best qualifiers since climbing aboard the KCP Racing No. 18 this season, but Haudenschild timed in 16th of 21 cars in his flight. Overcoming a subpar Qualifying effort at the elite level of Sprint Car racing is tough to pull off, but Haudenschild is known to pull off uncommon feats from time to time.
Just about a month ago, Kevin Thomas Jr. switched streams and changed teams midway through the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship season. On Saturday night at Kokomo Speedway, he took BBI Motorsports to victory lane during round three of the 39th annual edition of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters.
Some call it Christmas in July. We just call it Indiana Sprint Week! The biggest Indiana Sprint Week ever is even bigger in 2026, as the 39th annual running of USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K & N Filters consists of an all-time record nine events at nine different racetracks across a 10-night span between July 23-August 1.
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