Any way you slice it, the odds were stacked against Hayden Reinbold during Saturday night’s 3rd running of the Evans Building Salt City 100 at the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. In what was his first career USAC Silver Crown appearance, Reinbold didn’t even make it to the green flag on the initial start after wall contact in turn four. Restarting 17th, he even went a lap down to the leader just 10 circuits into the 100-lapper.
About two decades ago, Michael Lewis was one of the premier pavement USAC racers of his era before abruptly stepping away from the sport. Now, in 2026, the Noblesville, Indiana native is back in the game and will compete in all six pavement USAC Silver Crown events on the series schedule aboard the Klatt Enterprises No. 6.
The best off all dirt open wheel racing worlds converge at one legendary venue on one major weekend! Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway is set for the 43rd running of the 4-Crown Nationals Presented By NKTELCO on Thursday-Friday-Saturday night, September 18-19-20.
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