29 Occasions In Seven States For USAC Midgets

SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The USAC NOS Vitality Drink Midget Nationwide Championship will face 29 occasions all through the 2026 season from April via November at dust tracks in Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and California.

Two Illinois venues are model new to the USAC NOS Vitality Drink Midget Nationwide Championship in 2026, having by no means earlier than appeared on the sequence’ schedule in its 70-year historical past.

The eighth-mile bullring of Coles County Speedway in Mattoon, Unwell., greets the sequence for two-straight nights of racing on August 14-15. The next evening, Jacksonville Speedway’s quarter-mile makes its debut to cap the three-race weekend swing via the Illini state.

As soon as once more, the season will fireplace up with back-to-back nights of the Kokomo Grand Prix at Indiana’s Kokomo Speedway on April 24-25. The quarter-mile dust oval has hosted 91 USAC Nationwide Midget occasions relationship again to USAC’s inaugural season in 1956.

For the twenty second consecutive yr, USAC Indiana Midget Week hits the Hoosier state for a sensational six-race tour over six consecutive nights. Circle Metropolis Raceway kicks it off on June 9, adopted by dates at Paragon Speedway on June 10 and Sincere Abe Roofing Lincoln Park Speedway on June 11. The action-packed weekend concludes in fashion with Bloomington Speedway on June 12, Tri-State Speedway on June 13 and Kokomo Speedway on June 14.

One of many crown jewels of USAC Nationwide Midget racing, the BC39 Introduced by Avanti Home windows & Doorways, is again in the identical summer time slot in 2026. The Grime Observe at Indianapolis Motor Speedway will host the eighth working of the grand occasion on back-to-back nights on June 30-July 1.

Mid-America’s midsummer custom of USAC Nationwide Midget racing continues into the approaching yr with 4 dates in a 5 evening span. At press time, the July 7 opening evening slot stays TBA. Set in stone are the ultimate three races of the Nice Plains tour on July 8 for the fifteenth version of the Chad McDaniel Memorial at Beloit, Kansas’ Mitchell County Fairgrounds. The Midwest Midget Championship follows with a pair of reveals at Jefferson County Speedway on the fairgrounds in Fairbury, Neb.

September’s agenda characteristic two of probably the most well-known dust tracks in america, and two of probably the most enduring yearly contested midget occasions within the land. The forty first working of the Firemen’s Nationals is slated for September 6 at Angell Park Speedway in Solar Prairie, Wisconsin, situated on the identical property because the Nationwide Midget Auto Racing Corridor of Fame.

For 2 nights late within the month, the mighty midgets will look to beat the one half-mile on the docket as they hit Rossburg, Ohio’s Eldora Speedway for 2 nights of the forty fourth working of the 4-Crown Nationals on September 24 and 26.

By November, rivals can be making their remaining quests within the race for the 2026 USAC Nationwide Midget championship. The Golden State Invasion of consists of seven races throughout California. The Hangtown 100 presents the lone 100-lap USAC Nationwide Midget predominant occasion of the yr, and it’s going to be prime for 2 nights of thrills at Placerville Speedway on November 13-14.

Visalia’s Plaza Park will host the sequence for the primary time ever on November 18, whereas the second working of the Chase Johnson Basic has expanded to 2 nights at Merced Speedway on November 20-21.

The twelfth Jason Leffler Memorial is again in its California house on November 24 on the Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway. The season finale brings us to the granddaddy of all USAC Nationwide Midget racing occasions, the eighty fifth Turkey Night time Grand Prix, on November 28, on the seaside oval of Ventura Raceway.