Seavey bags $20,000 at USAC's Haubstadt Hustler
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HAUBSTADT, Ind.—The last time Logan Seavey left Haubstadt, Indiana’s Tri-State Speedway in early August, there was a tinge of bittersweetness in him following a career best runner-up result at the track.
After coming up just short, the Sutter, California native and his team counted down the days until their next opportunity arrived on Saturday night during the 18th running of the Haubstadt Hustler.
When all was said and done, Seavey was a first-time USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship winner at Tri-State, earning the $20,000 checker after taking the lead one lap prior to the halfway point of the 40-lapper, then thwarting repeated challenges from Justin Grant down to stretch to reign victorious in his Abacus Racing/Mountain Mechanical – Droplight – Elbrecht Concrete/DRC/Stanton Chevy.
Seavey and Abacus had previously tasted victory at Tri-State’s 1/4-mile dirt oval with the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship in 2024. To notch one in the sprint car there, well, that’s about as cool as it gets for Seavey.
“This place has just eaten me alive since I’ve been coming here,” Seavey stated. “Kirk (Simpson), Daniel (Whitley), T-Bone (Trevor Reed) and everybody on this car have been working so hard to get me better, here especially. I just felt so good all night. I could run really hard and hold off some of the best here right now.”
For Seavey, the win was a milestone as he became just the 19th driver to reach 30 or more career USAC National Sprint Car victories. His sixth series tally of the 2025 season moved him into a tie for 19th place all-time alongside Chris Windom.
Starting third on the grid, Seavey initially fell back to fourth on the opening lap behind Grant before steadily moving his way forward. Next, he and Grant made a beeline past pole sitter Kyle Cummins on the second go around to make his way into third while Grant slotted into second.
Outside front row starter Hayden Reinbold was cruising up front and seeking his first career USAC victory of any sort. Meanwhile, Seavey was closing in, and on lap 13, he dove under Grant in turn three to race into second momentarily. Grant fought back a half lap later in turns one and two with a slider of his own, but Seavey countered the move by driving back under Grant off turn two to gain the “place” position, a game-changing move of utmost importance in pursuit of victory.
“Passing Justin there was key,” Seavey remarked. “If he gets out front, it’s probably a different ballgame.”
Seavey wasn’t apt to ride around for any period of time. Under duress from Grant just behind him, Seavey went on the attack, sliding past Reinbold in turns three and four to put himself at the top of the pecking order. Grant followed the path into second as he darted under Reinbold in turn three on the 26th circuit. In the meantime, Seavey had constructed a lead in excess of a full second.
That said, Seavey wasn’t anywhere near out of the woods yet. Grant managed to track Seavey down in lapped traffic, and on lap 33, was able to pull even with Seavey for the lead. A mere moment later, Grant’s pursuit seemingly ended when he nearly spun himself in turn four. Just after gathering up and continuing on, the yellow flag was displayed for 13th running Eli Wilhelmus who spun it in turns one and two.
With the deck restacked and traffic cleared, Seavey and Grant went toe-to-toe at the front of the field. On a couple of occasions, Grant was able to pull even once more with Seavey at both ends of the racetrack. But each time, Seavey possessed the topside momentum to pull him ahead. But for the final four laps, Seavey adjusted his line in order to slide himself, entering low in turns one and three and exiting on the high side of turns two and four.
“I know you can make speed when you slide yourself a lot,” Seavey explained. “Entry is a little bit choppy on the top, so I was like, if I zing it down across the bottom, as long as I don’t mess up on exit, it’ll be really hard to pass me. I don’t know what my speed was like when I was doing that but my car felt really good.”
Seavey’s slight amendment proved to be the proverbial nail as he quickly gapped Grant, then sealed the deal with a 0.707 second margin of victory. Grant crossed the line in second with Reinbold third, Kevin Thomas Jr fourth and Cummins rounding out the top-five.
With the win, Seavey became just the fourth driver to win both a USAC National Sprint Car and USAC National Midget feature at Tri-State Speedway, joining Brady Bacon, Kyle Cummins and Justin Grant in that department. Perhaps you can now count him among the masters of The Class Track. Despite that fact, Seavey is quick to point out that the place can be both kind and humbling at a moment’s notice.
“I don’t think anybody can say they’ve really mastered this place besides maybe a couple,” Seavey cautioned. “There are guys who run really good consistently here, then come here tonight and struggle. We’ve just been getting better overall at this place, so hopefully, that translates to all track conditions. But for now, it’s more confidence than anything and making sure I feel good in the car and knowing that I have a chance to win.”
After winning in each of his past two series outings, Grant laid down another top-flight performance with a second. In his seven USAC National Sprint Car starts since returning from a broken left foot, he's finished 7th-3rd-1st-4th-1st-1st-2nd. Not too shabby, considering he’s still dealing with said injury. Furthermore, Grant and Seavey remained in the hunt for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Hoosier Trifecta, the finale of which will be held on October 11 during the Fall Nationals at Indiana’s Lawrenceburg Speedway.
Hayden Reinbold was strong, leading the first 18 laps of the feature, and importantly, retook the lead in the USAC National Sprint Car Rookie of the Year race by two markers over Gunnar Setser. For all that, Reinbold was the recipient of the Inferno Fire Move of the Night.
Haubstadt, Indiana’s own Adyn Schmidt is a familiar sight when the USAC National Sprint Cars take on Tri-State. On this night, the hometown boy did good, advancing +6 from his 21st starting position to finish 15th and earn Rod End Supply Hard Charger honors.
Mitchel Moles once again proved himself to be the king of Honest Abe Roofing qualifying in 2025. On Saturday, he earned his fourth consecutive Tri-State quick time with the series dating back to the 2024 Haubstadt Hustler one year ago. This season, it’s his 12th USAC National Sprint Car fast qualifying award, which is the third most in a single season in series history, just behind Kevin Thomas Jr. (15 in 2018) and Tom Bigelow (14 in 1978) and equaled with C.J. Leary (12 in 2022). Overall, Moles’ 27th career quick time with the series moved him into a tie for 16th all-time alongside Dave Steele.
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 13, 2025 – Tri-State Speedway – Haubstadt, Indiana – 1/4-Mile Dirt Track – 18th Haubstadt Hustler
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: 1. Mitchel Moles, 19AZ, Reinbold/Underwood-13.717; 2. Gunnar Setser, 5G, KO-13.794; 3. Justin Grant, 4, TOPP-13.859; 4. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-13.864; 5. Hayden Reinbold, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-13.864; 6. Kyle Cummins, 3p, Petty-13.908; 7. Jadon Rogers, 14, Rogers-13.922; 8. Eli Wilhelmus, 55, Wilhelmus-13.992; 9. Chase Stockon, 92, Sertich-14.001; 10. Briggs Danner, 39, Hogue-14.124; 11. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3R, Rock Steady-14.139; 12. Kale Drake, 2B, 2B Racing-14.266; 13. Wyatt Burks, 16K, Knight-14.277; 14. Jake Swanson, 5T, Daming Swanson-14.300; 15. Carson Garrett, 15, BGE-14.342; 16. C.J. Leary, 21AZ, Team AZ/Curb-Agajanian-14.368; 17. Kendall Ruble, 17, Ruble-14.419; 18. Carson Short, 21m, Edwards-14.437; 19. Sam Scott, 7s, Scott-14.491; 20. Kayla Roell, 4K, Roell-14.511; 21. Adyn Schmidt, 12s, Schmidt-14.623; 22. Collin Ambrose, 36, Ambrose-14.632; 23. Mike Larrison, 07, American Dream-14.645; 24. Aric Gentry, 10, Gentry-14.717; 25. Justin Meneely, 100, Meneely-NT; 26. Donny Brackett, 4B, Brackett-NT.
CAR IQ FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature) 1. C.J. Leary, 2. Logan Seavey, 3. Jadon Rogers 4. Mitchel Moles, 5. Wyatt Burks, 6. Briggs Danner, 7. Collin Ambrose, 8. Sam Scott, 9. Justin Meneely. 2:18.357
K1 RACEGEAR SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature) 1. Kevin Thomas Jr., 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Hayden Reinbold, 4. Gunnar Setser, 5. Eli Wilhelmus, 6. Kayla Roell, 7. Kendall Ruble, 8. Mike Larrison, 9. Donny Brackett. NT
USAC GEAR THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature) 1. Kyle Cummins, 2. Justin Grant, 3. Kale Drake, 4. Chase Stockon, 5. Carson Short, 6. Aric Gentry, 7. Carson Garrett, 8. Adyn Schmidt. 2:20.152
FEATURE: (40 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Logan Seavey (3), 2. Justin Grant (4), 3. Hayden Reinbold (2), 4. Kevin Thomas Jr. (7), 5. Kyle Cummins (1), 6. Chase Stockon (11), 7. Mitchel Moles (6), 8. C.J. Leary (8), 9. Gunnar Setser (5), 10. Jadon Rogers (9), 11. Briggs Danner (12), 12. Kale Drake (13), 13. Carson Short (18), 14. Jake Swanson (15), 15. Adyn Schmidt (21), 16. Kayla Roell (20), 17. Collin Ambrose (22), 18. Eli Wilhelmus (10), 19. Carson Garrett (16), 20. Aric Gentry (23), 21. Wyatt Burks (14), 22. Kendall Ruble (17), 23. Sam Scott (19), 24. Justin Meneely (24). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Hayden Reinbold, Laps 19-40 Logan Seavey.
USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Kyle Cummins-2568, 2-Mitchel Moles-2323, 3-Logan Seavey-2300, 4-Justin Grant-2206, 5-Kevin Thomas Jr.-2189, 6-Briggs Danner-2138, 7-C.J. Leary-2023, 8-Jake Swanson-1967, 9-Kale Drake-1811, 10-Robert Ballou-1693.
USAC PARALLAX GROUP NATIONAL PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-Kale Drake-213, 2-Briggs Danner-142, 3-Gunnar Setser-128, 4-Kevin Thomas Jr.-124, 5-C.J. Leary-113, 6-Justin Grant-109, 7-Logan Seavey-108, 8-Chase Stockon-98, 9-Kyle Cummins-96, 10-Hayden Reinbold-83.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL SPRINT CAR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 18, 2025 – Eldora Speedway – Rossburg, Ohio – 1/2-Mile Dirt Track – 18th Haubstadt Hustler – 43rd 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO
CONTINGENCY AWARD WINNERS:
Dirt Draft Hot Laps Fastest Driver: Mitchel Moles (13.564)
Honest Abe Roofing Fast Qualifier: Mitchel Moles (13.717)
Car IQ First Heat Winner: C.J. Leary
K1 RaceGear Second Heat Winner: Kevin Thomas Jr.
USAC Gear Third Heat Winner: Kyle Cummins
Rod End Supply Hard Charger: Adyn Schmidt (21st to 15th)
Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night: Hayden Reinbold
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