From IMS:
| INDIANAPOLIS (Wednesday, July 23, 2026) – The 39th annual USAC NOS Energy Drink Indiana Sprint Week Presented by K&N Filters will start Thursday night, July 23 at the most famous racetrack in the world – Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Thirty-seven drivers will attempt to earn a spot in the 35-lap feature race on the 1/5th-mile The Dirt Track at IMS, located inside Turn 3 of the fabled IMS oval. The winner will earn $10,000.The event will feature an invitational field as determined by these parameters:– Finished inside the top 30 of the 2025 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship point standings.– Finished inside the top 30 of the 2025 USAC Indiana Sprint Week point standings.– Ranks inside the top 30 of the 2026 USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship standings as of July 5.– Ranks inside the top 10 of the 2026 Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car standings as of July 5.– Any active driver who has previously won an Indiana Sprint Week main event.– Two IMS promoter’s options. Justin Grant captured the debut IMS event on the Indiana Sprint Week schedule in 2025, charging from fifth to the lead just after the midway point of the 35-lap main event. C.J. Leary also won a USAC National Sprint Car exhibition at The Dirt Track at IMS in September 2024, racing his way from seventh to first .Among the drivers chasing the 2026 USAC Indiana Sprint Week title are past ISW champions Robert Ballou (2015), Brady Bacon (2016, 2023), Kevin Thomas Jr. (2017, 2021), Leary (2019), Chase Stockon (2020), Grant (2022) and Logan Seavey (2024), along with recent ISW feature winners Kyle Cummins, Mitchel Moles, 2026 BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors winner Briggs Danner and Jake Swanson, along with many more. USAC Indiana Sprint Week, a cornerstone of sprint car racing in the Hoosier State since 1988, has captivated fans for decades. Indiana Sprint Week’s 2026 schedule consists of nine events at nine different racetracks across a 10-night span between July 23-Aug. 1. Gates open at 4 p.m. ET Thursday at The Dirt Track at IMS, with an engine heat at 6 p.m., and hot laps and group qualifying at 6:30 p.m. Those sessions will be followed by heat races, a C-Main, a feature redraw, the semi-feature and the 35-lap feature main event. Tickets and more information are available at IMS.com. |
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