June 7, 2026 | By Matt Skipper, ASCS PR

Seth Bergman headlines ASCS at 81 Speedway

PARK CITY, Kans.—Seth Bergman’s hard work has put him at the heart of the American Sprint Car Series championship fight in 2026.

The Snohomish, WA racer collected his second win of the season in the Salute to Service Sprint Car Showdown through a competitive 25 laps around 81 Speedway.

Starting the Feature from the front row, Bergman and polesitter Whit Gastineau raced side-by-side through the opening lap until Gastineau gained clearance of Bergman by using the high line of the 3/8-mile track.

Through the first nine laps, Bergman played second fiddle to Gastineau while Sam Hafertepe Jr. and Matt Covington joined the battle for the top spot as lap traffic began to play a factor.

On Lap 10, Bergman made his move for the lead by peeling to the bottom lane into Turn 1 while Gastineau ran the cushion. The two drivers stayed even across the backstretch until Bergman pulled out in front of Gastineau off of Turn 4 to secure the top spot.

As Bergman shifted his No. 23 Maxim Chassis to the cushion, Hafertepe pulled ahead of Gastineau on Lap 14 to secure second place as Gastineau played defense on Covington to keep his podium position.

While Hafertepe kept Bergman within his eyesight, he was unable to reach the 2024 Series champion as the traffic forced him to deviate from his racing line to chase down the leader.

Bergman never relinquished the lead as he drove to his 28th career ASCS National Tour triumph. The win placed him in a tie with 2003 Series champ Travis Rilat for ninth on the all-time wins list.

“You gotta go, you gotta set a pace,” Bergman said. “We had a really good night. We’ve yet to unload, and being good out of the box. Because then you’re chasing all night. But tonight, we unloaded really good, and we were able to fine-tune on this hot rod all night. We used the Dash as a little bit of a learning experience and gave us some really good direction for the Feature.

“I can’t even begin to tell you how happy I am with this team and race car. That was hands down the best race car I’ve had in a long time, and it’s not by chance. What’s so satisfying is that it’s something we’ve been working really, really hard at, and we’ve gotten our butts kicked a lot. It’s very humbling; you gotta grind through when you’re not good. And tonight, we were exceptional.”

Hafertepe finished the night with a runner-up result to retain the Series lead by 22 points over Covington and 23 points away from Bergman.


Recap Notes:

Quick Time Award: Seth Bergman

Heat Winners: Sam Hafertepe Jr., Whit Gastineau, Jeremy Campbell

Honest Abe Roofing Dash Winner: Whit Gastineau

Hard Charger Award: Hayden Mabe (+7)

Up Next: The American Sprint Car Series will visit Arkansas for the first time in 2026 with a stop at Batesville Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 13.

Where can you watch every lap of the American Sprint Car Series? Live on DIRTVision.



ASCS NATIONAL TOUR RESULTS (24 entries)

Feature (25 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman[2]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[5]; 3. 2-Whit Gastineau[1]; 4. 63-Jack Thomas[8]; 5. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 6. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[6]; 7. 88R-Ryder Laplante[11]; 8. 88C-Brogan Carder[9]; 9. 45X-Kyler Johnson[13]; 10. 3-Cole Schroeder[10]; 11. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[4]; 12. 16S-Steven Shebester[12]; 13. 88-Terry Easum[7]; 14. 52H-Hayden Mabe[21]; 15. 938-Bradley Fezard[14]; 16. 88K-Jordan Knight[15]; 17. 12W-Dale Wester[17]; 18. 31-Casey Wills[19]; 19. 16G-Austyn Gossel[22]; 20. 70K-Henry Rogers[24]; 21. 65-Kohl Ricke[20]; 22. 88J-Jeremy Huish[18]; 23. 911-Ty Williams[16]; 24. (DNS) 68-Taylor Milton

Dash (5 Laps): 1. 2-Whit Gastineau[2]; 2. 23-Seth Bergman[4]; 3. 95-Matt Covington[3]; 4. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[1]; 5. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[5]; 6. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[6]

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[1]; 2. 88-Terry Easum[2]; 3. 23-Seth Bergman[4]; 4. 88R-Ryder Laplante[5]; 5. 938-Bradley Fezard[6]; 6. 911-Ty Williams[7]; 7. 31-Casey Wills[8]; 8. 16G-Austyn Gossel[3]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 2-Whit Gastineau[2]; 2. 63-Jack Thomas[1]; 3. 95-Matt Covington[4]; 4. 16S-Steven Shebester[6]; 5. 88K-Jordan Knight[3]; 6. 88J-Jeremy Huish[5]; 7. 65-Kohl Ricke[7]; 8. 70K-Henry Rogers[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[1]; 2. 88C-Brogan Carder[2]; 3. 3-Cole Schroeder[3]; 4. 45X-Kyler Johnson[8]; 5. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman[4]; 6. 12W-Dale Wester[6]; 7. 52H-Hayden Mabe[7]; 8. 68-Taylor Milton[5]

Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 23-Seth Bergman, 13.976[4]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr, 14.001[6]; 3. 88-Terry Easum, 14.139[7]; 4. 16G-Austyn Gossel, 14.259[8]; 5. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 14.292[1]; 6. 938-Bradley Fezard, 14.345[2]; 7. 911-Ty Williams, 14.416[5]; 8. 31-Casey Wills, 14.730[3]

Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 95-Matt Covington, 13.976[2]; 2. 63-Jack Thomas, 14.271[5]; 3. 2-Whit Gastineau, 14.343[6]; 4. 88K-Jordan Knight, 14.610[7]; 5. 88J-Jeremy Huish, 14.674[1]; 6. 16S-Steven Shebester, 14.686[3]; 7. 65-Kohl Ricke, 14.997[8]; 8. 70K-Henry Rogers, 15.487[4]

Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 1X-Bryant Wiedeman, 14.201[6]; 2. 10C-Jeremy Campbell, 14.375[7]; 3. 88C-Brogan Carder, 14.389[4]; 4. 3-Cole Schroeder, 14.423[2]; 5. 68-Taylor Milton, 14.472[5]; 6. 12W-Dale Wester, 14.544[3]; 7. 52H-Hayden Mabe, 15.246[8]; 8. 45X-Kyler Johnson, 01:00.000[1]



CURRENT ASCS NATIONAL TOUR STANDINGS

Points Updated: June 6, 2026

Pos. No. Driver Hometown Points Gap Starts Wins Top 5s Top 10s
1 15H Sam Hafertepe Sunnyvale, TX 1157  11 0 7 9
2 95 Matt Covington Glenpool, OK 1135 -22 11 1 5 8
3 23 Seth Bergman Snohomish, WA 1134 -23 10 2 5 8
4 45X Kyler Johnson Quinter, KS 994 -163 10 0 2 6
5 2 Whit Gastineau Moore, OK 991 -166 11 0 1 6
6 88C Brogan Carder Sioux Falls, SD 897 -260 10 0 0 1
7 88R Ryder Laplante Calera, OK 889 -268 9 0 0 3
8 16G Austyn Gossel Fort Collins, CO 869 -288 10 0 0 1
9 88 Terry Easum Broken Arrow, OK 852 -305 8 0 0 1
10 3 Cole Schroeder Bozeman, MT 846 -311 8 0 0 3
11 2B Garrett Benson Concordia, MO 601 -556 6 0 0 1
12 17GP Hank Davis Sand Springs, OK 567 -590 7 0 2 3
13 26R Levi Hillier Burlington, WA 535 -622 4 1 4 4
14 26 Justin Peck Monrovia, IN 531 -626 4 2 3 3
15 11J Wyatt Miller Statesville, NC 483 -674 4 0 0 0
16 15 Nick Parker Tucson, AZ 443 -714 4 0 0 2
17 938 Bradley Fezard Bonnerdale, AR 433 -724 4 0 1 1
18 34 Sterling Cling Tempe, AZ 424 -733 4 0 0 2
19 31BW Braxton Weger Colbert, OK 384 -773 4 0 0 0
20 52 Blake Hahn Sapulpa, OK 369 -788 3 1 2 2


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IMCA RaceSaver Sprint Car (32 entries)

Eby Trailers Truck Bodies A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 33-Koby Walters[1]; 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante[11]; 3. 88J-Jeremy Huish[17]; 4. 01-Kameron Key[3]; 5. 21X-Taylor Velasquez[2]; 6. 17X-Conner Thomas[21]; 7. 20-Steven Richardson[6]; 8. 88-Jordan Knight[15]; 9. 72-Ray Seemann[14]; 10. 97-Brian Herbert[8]; 11. 11K-Tyler Knight[19]; 12. 112-Brayton Dewell[10]; 13. 49A-Ace Moore[18]; 14. 85-Gage Winters[23]; 15. 37-Jack Hall[22]; 16. 44-Ryan Rader[24]; 17. 81-Jon Freeman[4]; 18. 2-Whit Gastineau[5]; 19. 24B-Johnny Boos[9]; 20. 72C-Kayden Cole[20]; 21. 911-Ty Williams[7]; 22. 14-Jason Wilson[12]; 23. 17S-Baron Silva[13]; 24. 14C-Mike Trent[16]

Myers Racing Engines B Feature (12 Laps): 1. 88J-Jeremy Huish[16]; 2. 49A-Ace Moore[3]; 3. 11K-Tyler Knight[8]; 4. 72C-Kayden Cole[4]; 5. 17X-Conner Thomas[7]; 6. 37-Jack Hall[5]; 7. 85-Gage Winters[9]; 8. 29-Dalton Webb[10]; 9. 44-Ryan Rader[15]; 10. 91-Hunter Stasa[13]; 11. 23K-Mike Kleymann[6]; 12. 45-Tyler LaPointe[1]; 13. 19-Karter Granzella[14]; 14. 21K-TJ Kleymann[11]; 15. 49Z-Zak Moore[2]; 16. 11C-Cole Cloud[12]

Vehicle Upfit Solutions Dash (5 Laps): 1. 33-Koby Walters[1]; 2. 21X-Taylor Velasquez[4]; 3. 01-Kameron Key[2]; 4. 81-Jon Freeman[3]; 5. 2-Whit Gastineau[6]; 6. 20-Steven Richardson[7]; 7. 911-Ty Williams[5]

Momentum Suspensions Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 911-Ty Williams[1]; 2. 88R-Ryder Laplante[2]; 3. 2-Whit Gastineau[4]; 4. 14C-Mike Trent[3]; 5. 17S-Baron Silva[8]; 6. 37-Jack Hall[6]; 7. 21K-TJ Kleymann[7]; 8. 88J-Jeremy Huish[5]

Momentum Suspensions Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 20-Steven Richardson[1]; 2. 24B-Johnny Boos[2]; 3. 81-Jon Freeman[4]; 4. 88-Jordan Knight[5]; 5. 45-Tyler LaPointe[6]; 6. 29-Dalton Webb[3]; 7. 11K-Tyler Knight[8]; 8. 19-Karter Granzella[7]

Momentum Suspensions Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21X-Taylor Velasquez[4]; 2. 112-Brayton Dewell[2]; 3. 72-Ray Seemann[3]; 4. 14-Jason Wilson[6]; 5. 72C-Kayden Cole[1]; 6. 17X-Conner Thomas[5]; 7. 11C-Cole Cloud[7]; 8. 91-Hunter Stasa[8]

Momentum Suspensions Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 01-Kameron Key[1]; 2. 97-Brian Herbert[3]; 3. 33-Koby Walters[4]; 4. 49Z-Zak Moore[2]; 5. 49A-Ace Moore[5]; 6. 23K-Mike Kleymann[6]; 7. 85-Gage Winters[8]; 8. 44-Ryan Rader[7]

Hilker Oil Company Qualifying 1 (2 Laps): 1. 2-Whit Gastineau, 15.344[3]; 2. 911-Ty Williams, 15.346[5]; 3. 88R-Ryder Laplante, 15.416[7]; 4. 14C-Mike Trent, 15.427[4]; 5. 88J-Jeremy Huish, 15.429[8]; 6. 49A-Ace Moore, 15.792; 7. 37-Jack Hall, 15.800[1]; 8. 21K-TJ Kleymann, 16.216[6]; 9. (DQ) 17S-Baron Silva, 15.564[2]

Hilker Oil Company Qualifying 2 (2 Laps): 1. 81-Jon Freeman, 15.443[3]; 2. 20-Steven Richardson, 15.525[6]; 3. 24B-Johnny Boos, 15.541[2]; 4. 29-Dalton Webb, 15.690[4]; 5. 88-Jordan Knight, 15.731[7]; 6. 45-Tyler LaPointe, 15.990[8]; 7. 19-Karter Granzella, 16.940[5]; 8. (DNS) 11K-Tyler Knight

Hilker Oil Company Qualifying 3 (2 Laps): 1. 21X-Taylor Velasquez, 15.303[5]; 2. 72C-Kayden Cole, 15.377[1]; 3. 112-Brayton Dewell, 15.484[4]; 4. 72-Ray Seemann, 15.529[2]; 5. 17X-Conner Thomas, 15.757[8]; 6. 14-Jason Wilson, 15.833[3]; 7. 11C-Cole Cloud, 15.998[7]; 8. 91-Hunter Stasa, 16.740[6]

Hilker Oil Company Qualifying 4 (2 Laps): 1. 33-Koby Walters, 15.364[8]; 2. 01-Kameron Key, 15.485[5]; 3. 49Z-Zak Moore, 15.533[3]; 4. 97-Brian Herbert, 15.602[2]; 5. 49A-Ace Moore, 15.846[1]; 6. 23K-Mike Kleymann, 16.079[6]; 7. 44-Ryan Rader, 16.426[7]; 8. (DQ) 85-Gage Winters, 15.837[4]