SPEEDWAY, Ind. — It’s time to go racing this yr with a big and proficient contingent of USAC AMSOIL Dash Automobile Nationwide Championship full-time opponents.
The sphere of 14 full-time drivers and groups is stacked and able to hit the street for the 53-race tour which hits the street for the primary time in 2025 with six February dates in Florida beginning at Barberville’s Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 10-11 adopted by Ocala Speedway on February 12-15.
Right here’s the total checklist of the 14 USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile full-timers for 2025:
LOGAN SEAVEY | ABACUS RACING No. 57
Of their first season collectively on the USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile path, Logan Seavey and Abacus Racing made 2024 one of many most interesting seasons in sequence historical past en path to the championship. A 14-win season a yr in the past tied Tom Bigelow for the winningest single season in sequence historical past. Seavey’s targets embrace breaking that report whereas additionally taking pictures to grow to be the third back-to-back sequence champ of the 2020s following Brady Bacon (2020-21) and Justin Grant (2022-23).
KEVIN THOMAS JR. | ROCK STEADY RACING No. 3R
Yr one with Rock Regular Racing was an undisputed success for Kevin Thomas Jr. on the USAC AMSOIL Dash Automobile Nationwide Championship tour in 2024. A five-win marketing campaign translated into KTJ’s greatest total season with the sequence in three years. When all was tallied up, KTJ completed fourth within the standings and rose up into the top-10 all-time by way of profession USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile victories. Yr two is on its means, and this combo can be a major contender.
C.J. LEARY | TEAM AZ/CURB-AGAJANIAN RACING No. 21AZ
It’s an all-new components for C.J. Leary on the USAC AMSOIL Dash Automobile Nationwide Championship circuit in 2025. After competing the final two seasons for BGE-Dougherty Motorsports, the Greenfield, Indiana racer has swapped over to Crew Arizona / Curb-Agajanian Racing for a full run on the title. Leary, the 2019 USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile champ takes over the helm of the 21AZ, which gained twice a yr in the past in USAC competitors with Daison Pursley within the seat.
MITCHEL MOLES | REINBOLD-UNDERWOOD MOTORSPORTS No. 19AZ
For Mitchel Moles and Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports, it was all about developing a basis all through final yr’s USAC AMSOIL Dash Automobile Nationwide Championship slate. It was a course of that rewarded Moles along with his most interesting and most profitable season but with the sequence as he recorded profession highs throughout the board in a number of classes together with an Japanese Storm title. The rise of the Raisin Metropolis, California native was punctuated along with his most constant season but.
ROBERT BALLOU | BALLOU MOTORSPORTS No. 12
For almost 20 years, Robert Ballou has been a driving drive in USAC AMSOIL Dash Automobile Nationwide Championship competitors. In Could of 2024, he was on the profitable aspect of probably the most electrifying end of the yr when he erased a half-straightaway deficit on the final lap to win at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway. As a privateer, he stays the winningest mixed driver/entrant in sequence historical past, an accolade he goals so as to add to in 2025.
KYLE CUMMINS | PETTY PERFORMANCE RACING No. 3P
With a model new workforce ranging from scratch, it’s fairly regular to endure the rising pains, the educational curve and the trial and error that naturally comes together with it. Kyle Cummins and Petty Efficiency Racing’s 2024 season ran the gamut of feelings, however by the tip of the yr, they had been among the many elite in USAC AMSOIL Dash Automobile Nationwide Championship competitors. This yr, they appear to construct upon it of their sophomore season.
JUSTIN GRANT | TOPP MOTORSPORTS No. 4
Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) skilled maybe the strangest stat line within the USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile historical past by ending ninth in factors and profitable 9 races! Inconsistency dogged him in 2024, however when the 2022-23 sequence champ was on, he was on. He enters his eighth season as TOPP Motorsports’ driver at 54 profession USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile victories. One other nine-win marketing campaign would surpass Dave Darland’s 62 to make him the winningest driver in sequence historical past.
JAKE SWANSON | DAMING SWANSON MOTORSPORTS No. 5T
Jake Swanson, a seasoned driver with a confirmed monitor report of success, will pilot a brand new entry through the 2025 USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile season with Daming Swanson Motorsports. It’s lengthy been a dream for the Anaheim, California driver to construct a program able to competing on the high stage with USAC, and now that dream is a actuality. Moreover, the workforce is supported by a key partnership with automobile proprietor and mechanic Doug Dougherty.
BRIGGS DANNER | HOGUE RACING ENTERPRISES No. 39
It was a breakout yr in 2024 through which he gained his preliminary three USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile options earlier than happening to seize USAC Nationwide Most Improved Driver honors. However now, the Allentown, Pennsylvania racer and his Hogue Racing Enterprises workforce have stepped as much as compete for a championship as a full-time workforce on the circuit in 2025 following years of a partial nationwide schedule and a run on the USAC East Coast Dash Automobile title.
JADON ROGERS | AMATI RACING No. 66
Jadon Rogers joined Amati Racing through the latter half of the 2024 season, and shortly hit their stride, profitable thrice on the native Indiana stage whereas additionally garnering the inaugural Midwest Thunder Dash Automobile championship. In truth, Rogers is the winningest dash automobile driver in Indiana through the decade between 2020-2024 with 24 scores. Now, the workforce is again on the tour and hungry for extra.
JOEY AMANTEA | JPA RACING No. 88J
Joey Amantea confirmed flashes of brilliance on his debut run as a USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile full-timer in 2024. He led his first sequence laps down in Ocala, Florida firstly of the yr earlier than happening to earn six top-10 leads to his family-owned trip. So as to add onto that, he additionally solid ahead in a number of of his begins, selecting up laborious charger honors on 4 events. This yr, he eyes turning into a constant top-five runner as he vies for his first sequence win.
RICKY LEWIS | Ricky Lewis No. 41
No different dash automobile driver in America can lay declare to the sheer quantity of success Ricky Lewis has accrued over the previous couple of seasons. His 25 characteristic victories led the nation in that class as he captured his second consecutive Buckeye Outlaw Dash Collection title. Now, he’s out on the USAC tour full-time for the primary time in his burgeoning profession in his personal trip, seeking to translate that success to his first profession USAC triumph.
KALE DRAKE | 2B RACING No. 2B
Kale Drake’s first foray into dash automobile racing of any form got here in USAC’s Indiana Dash Week through the summer season of 2024. From there on, he was an everyday on the tour in Scott Benic’s 2B Racing machine, ending out the season with 15 characteristic begins and a boatload of experiences to associate with it. The Oklahoman has proven velocity, and loads of it, as he plans to translate that velocity to success for the workforce that captured a USAC Nationwide Dash Automobile championship again in 2005.
HAYDEN REINBOLD | REINBOLD-UNDERWOOD MOTORSPORTS No. 19
Hayden Reinbold is gunning for Rookie of the Yr honors with the USAC Nationwide Dash Vehicles in 2025. The veteran of 5 seasons of USAC Midget racing will wheel his family-owned Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports No. 19 as one-half of the one multi-car full-time workforce on the circuit alongside Mitchel Moles. The Gilbert, Arizona driver was in a position to get his toes moist along with his first seven profession begins with the season late final yr. Now, he’s able to tackle the problem.
