United States Auto Club

United States Auto Club

Sport	Auto racing
Jurisdiction	United States
Abbreviation	USAC
Founded	1955
Headquarters	Speedway, Indiana, U.S.
President	Kevin Miller
Chairman	Jeff Stoops
Official website
unitedstatesautoclub.com

The United States Auto Club (USAC) is one of the sanctioning bodies of auto racing in the United States. From 1956 to 1979, USAC sanctioned the United States National Championship, and from 1956 to 1997 the organization sanctioned the Indianapolis 500. USAC serves as the sanctioning body for a number of racing series, including the Silver Crown Series, National Sprint Cars, National Midgets, Speed2 Midget Series, .25 Midget Series, Stadium Super Trucks, and Pirelli World Challenge. Seven-time USAC champion Levi Jones is USAC's Competition Director.

History

USAC's headquarters on 16th Street in Speedway, Indiana, less than a block from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (visible behind the headquarters)

USAC's trailer at a TRAXXAS The Off-Road Championship (TORC) event

When the American Automobile Association (AAA) withdrew from auto racing after the 1955 season, citing the Le Mans disaster and the death of Bill Vukovich at Indianapolis as contributing factors, both the SCCA and NASCAR were mentioned as its potential successor. Ultimately, USAC was formed by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman. It became the arbiter of rules, car design, and other matters for what it termed championship auto racing, the highest level of USAC racing. For a while there was a separate series of specifications for championship cars designed to be run on dirt, rather than paved, tracks. Today, USAC sanction open-wheel racing series such as the Silver Crown Series, National Sprint Car Series, National Midget Series, and Quarter Midgets.

Triple crown

The "triple crown" is earned in USAC racing when a driver claims all three national championships (silver crown, sprint car, and midget car). Only two drivers, Tony Stewart (1995) and J. J. Yeley (2003), have achieved the triple crown in a single season. Five other drivers, Pancho Carter (1972–78), Dave Darland (1997–2001), Jerry Coons Jr. (2006–08), Tracy Hines (2000, 2002, 2015), and Chris Windom (2016, 2017, 2020) have claimed each of the three championships at least once in their careers. In 2012 Mike Curb and Cary Agajanian became the only car owners to win the triple crown by winning all three championships in the same year.

National championship

USAC had awarded a national championship until A. J. Foyt won his seventh title in 1979. It has announced that it will begin awarding a national championship starting in 2010. A driver's best 25 finishes are counted toward the championship and the 2010 winner received $40,000. Points are accumulated in the three national series: sprints, midgets, and silver crown. Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Indiana claimed the inaugural championship, topping runner-up Levi Jones by 14 points.

As of 2013 it has been known as the Mike Curb "Super License" National Championship Award.

USAC national drivers champions

• 2010  – Bryan Clauson; Noblesville, Indiana
• 2011  – Bryan Clauson; Noblesville, Indiana
• 2012  – Bryan Clauson; Noblesville, Indiana
• 2013  - Tracy Hines; New Castle, Indiana
• 2014  - Tracy Hines; New Castle, Indiana
• 2015  - Dave Darland; Kokomo, Indiana
• 2016  - Brady Bacon; Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
• 2017  - Justin Grant; Ione, California
• 2018  - Tyler Courtney; Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2019  - Tyler Courtney; Indianapolis, Indiana
• 2020  - Chris Windom; Canton, Illinois
• 2021  - Justin Grant; Ione, California
• 2022  - Justin Grant; Ione, California

1978 plane crash

On April 23, 1978, returning from a race at the Trenton Speedway in New Jersey, eight USAC officials, plus the pilot, were killed when their 10-seat Piper Navajo Chieftain crashed during a thunderstorm 25 miles southeast of Indianapolis.

Killed were:

• Ray Marquette, USAC's vice-president of public affairs and a former sportswriter for The Indianapolis Star
• Frank Delroy, chairman of USAC technical committee
• Shim Malone, starter for USAC races and head of its midget racer division
• Judy Phillips, graphic artist and publication director of USAC's newsletter
• Stan Worley, chief registrar
• Ross Teeguarden, assistant technical chairman
• Don Peabody, head of the sprint division
• Dr. Bruce White, assistant staff doctor
• Don Mullendore, owner and pilot of the plane.

The incident closely followed the death of Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman.

End of championship car sanctioning

The plane crash came at a time when Indy car owners and drivers were demanding changes from USAC. Aside from the Indianapolis 500, USAC events were not well attended, and the owners felt that USAC poorly negotiated television rights. The owners also wanted increases in payouts, especially at Indy. Though some think the plane crash was used as an opportunistic way to force change in the sport, it was merely an unfortunate coincidence. The seed of dissent had been growing for several years before the accident, and claims the crash was an immediate cause for the 1979 CART/USAC "split" are considered for the most part unfounded.

Also unpopular were the attempts of USAC to keep the aging Offenhauser engine competitive with the newer, and much more expensive, Cosworth DFX engine using boost-limiting "pop off valves" and limiting the amount of fuel that could be used.

Finally, most car owners banded together to form Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) in 1978, with the first race to be run in 1979. USAC tried unsuccessfully to ban all CART owners from the 1979 Indianapolis 500, finally losing in court before the race began. Both the USAC and CART ran multi-race schedules in 1979.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway president John Cooper was instrumental in forming a joint body of CART and USAC with the creation of the Championship Racing League in March 1980. However, in mid-1980, Cooper forced USAC to renounce their agreement with the CRL if they wanted to keep officiating the Indy 500. After USAC's attempt at a 500-mile race at Pocono Raceway – which was boycotted by the CART teams, forcing USAC to fill the field with silver crown cars – USAC and CART eventually settled into a relatively peaceful co-existence, with USAC continuing to sanction the Indianapolis 500 and no other Championship car races, and CART including the race in its schedule between other CART-sanctioned races. USAC continued to sanction the Indy 500 until 1997, when the Indy Racing League (itself product of the second American open-wheel split in 1996) terminated the sanctioning agreement following two consecutive officiating controversies that year; subsequent Indy 500s (and IRL races, as USAC was also involved in IRL's racing-related matters up to that point) were sanctioned by the IRL itself, which was renamed the IndyCar Series in 2011.

Road racing expansion

Since 2022, the United States Auto Club has sanctioned the USF Juniors, USF2000 Championship, and USF Pro 2000 Championship series, which serve as a ladder series to Indy NXT, along with the Radical Sportscars North American Championships, Skip Barber Racing School, as well as continued sanctioning of the GT World Challenge America and Porsche Sprint Challenge North America under the newly formed Road Racing Division under the direction of Randy Hembrey.

Active series

USAC Silver Crown Series

USAC Silver Crown Championship

Category	Sprint car racing
Country	United States
Inaugural season	1971
Drivers' champion	Logan Seavey
Teams' champion	Robbie Rice
Official website	USAC Silver Crown Series
Current season

Steve Butler's 1988 Silver Crown car

Tony Stewart's 1995 Silver Crown Championship car, part of his "Triple Crown" accomplishment

Beginning in 1971, all dirt races were split from the National Championship. From 1971 to 1980, the series was named "National Dirt Car Championship", then renamed "Silver Crown Series" in 1981.

Champions

Season	Car No.	Driver	Team
National Dirt Car Championship
1971	4	George Snider	Wilke
1972	3	A. J. Foyt	Foyt
1973	2	Al Unser	Miletich/Jones
1974	2	Mario Andretti	Miletich/Jones
1975	55	Jimmy Caruthers	Middleton
1976	29	Billy Cassella	Seymour
1977	4	Larry Rice	LeFevre
1978	21	Pancho Carter	Capels
1979	30	Bobby Olivero	Kurtz
1980	12	Gary Bettenhausen	Delrose/Holt
Silver Crown Series
1981	55	Larry Rice	Knepper
1982	39	Ken Schrader	Fortune
1983	9	Gary Bettenhausen	Delrose/Holt
1984	58	Dave Blaney	DePalma
1985	39	Rick Hood	Fortune
1986	63	Jack Hewitt	Hampshire
1987	63	Jack Hewitt	Hampshire
1988	10	Steve Butler	Jarrett
1989	30	Chuck Gurney	Kurtz
1990	54	Jimmy Sills	Consani
1991	35	Jeff Gordon	Ede
1992	10	Steve Butler	Jarrett
1993	69	Mike Bliss	McClure
1994	75	Jimmy Sills	Stanton
1995	25	Tony Stewart	Boles
1996	75	Jimmy Sills	Stanton
1997	56	Dave Darland	Foxco
1998	9	Jason Leffler	Goetz
1999	14	Ryan Newman	Ede
2000	37	Tracy Hines	Riggs
2001	10	Paul White	Cook
2002	9	J. J. Yeley	Stewart/East
2003	9	J. J. Yeley	Stewart/East
2004	9	Dave Steele	Stewart/East
2005	9	Dave Steele	Stewart/East
2006	29	Bud Kaeding	BK/Leffler
2007	29	Bud Kaeding	BK
2008	27	Jerry Coons Jr	RW
2009	29	Bud Kaeding	BK
2010	10	Levi Jones	Stewart/Curb-Agajanian
2011	10	Levi Jones	Stewart/Curb-Agajanian
2012	22	Bobby East	Stewart/Curb-Agajanian
2013	10	Bobby East	Stewart/Curb-Agajanian
2014	63	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports
2015	63	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports
2016	98	Chris Windom	Fred Gormly/RPM
2017	63	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports
2018	63	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports
2019	20	Kody Swanson	Nolen Racing
2020	91	Justin Grant	Hemelgarn Racing
2021	77, 21, 9	Kody Swanson	Doran Racing, Mark Swanson Racing, Dyson Racing
2022	1	Kody Swanson	Doran-Dyson Racing
2023	22	Logan Seavey	Rice Motorsports/Abacus Racing
2024	77	Kody Swanson	Doran Binks Racing

Race winners

* As of the end of the 2022 season

Driver	Wins
Kody Swanson	37
Jack Hewitt	23
Brian Tyler	18
Dave Steele	16
J. J. Yeley	15
Dave Darland	14
Chuck Gurney	14
Jimmy Sills	12
Bobby East	11
Bobby Santos III	11
Gary Bettenhausen	10
Mike Bliss	10

USAC National Sprint Car Championship

USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship

Category	Sprint car racing
Country	United States
Inaugural season	1956
Tire suppliers	Hoosier Racing Tire
Drivers' champion	Justin Grant
Teams' champion	TOPP Motorsports
Official website	AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series
Current season

Tracy Hines' 2008 pavement sprint car (without wing)

Tony Stewart's 1995 Sprint Car Championship car, part of his "Triple Crown" accomplishment

From 1956 to 1960, USAC's National Sprint Car Championship was divided into two regional divisions in the Midwest and the East.

Champions

Season	Car No.	Driver	Team
1956	9	Midwest: Pat O'Connor	Estes
	1	East: Tommy Hinnershitz
1957	21	Midwest: Elmer George	Hulman
		East: Bill Randall
1958	25	Midwest: Eddie Sachs	Cheesman
	3	East: Johnny Thomson	Traylor
1959	4	Midwest: Don Branson	Estes
	4	East: Tommy Hinnershitz	Pfrommer
1960	51	Midwest: Parnelli Jones	Fike
	2	East: A. J. Foyt	Watson
1961	1	Parnelli Jones	Fike
1962	1	Parnelli Jones	Fike
1963	2	Roger McCluskey	Homeyer
1964	3	Don Branson	Phillips
1965	9	Johnny Rutherford	Meskowski
1966	51	Roger McCluskey	Anderson
1967	92	Greg Weld	Leffler
1968	4, 27	Larry Dickson	Smith, Stapp
1969	2	Gary Bettenhausen	Davis
1970	2	George Snider	Lay
1971	2	Gary Bettenhausen	Davis
1972	4	Sammy Sessions	Amerling
1973	2	Rollie Beale	Kilman
1974	6	Pancho Carter	Stapp
1975	80	Larry Dickson	Ensign
1976	24	Pancho Carter	Stap
1977	56	Sheldon Kinser	Hammond
1978	43	Tom Bigelow	Armstrong
1979	43	Greg Leffler	Armstrong
1980	2	Rich Vogler	Seibert
1981	6	Sheldon Kinser	Leyba
1982	1	Sheldon Kinser	Leyba
1983	39	Ken Schrader	Delrose/Holt
1984	39	Rick Hood	Fortune
1985	39	Rick Hood	Fortune
1986	6	Steve Butler	Stoops
1987	1	Steve Butler	Stoops
1988	1	Steve Butler	Stoops
1989	69	Rich Vogler	Hoffman
1990	69	Steve Butler	Hoffman
1991	7	Robbie Stanley	Stanley
1992	1	Robbie Stanley	Stanley
1993	69	Robbie Stanley	Hoffman
1994	22k	Doug Kalitta	Kalitta
1995	20	Tony Stewart	Niebel
1996	4c	Brian Tyler	Contos
1997	4c	Brian Tyler	Contos
1998	2, 12	Tony Elliott	Walker/Vance, Conroy
1999	69	Dave Darland	Hoffman
2000	66	Tony Elliott	Walker
2001	76	J. J. Yeley	GT
2002	69	Tracy Hines	Hoffman
2003	20	J. J. Yeley	Stewart
2004	20	Jay Drake	Stewart
2005	2B	Levi Jones	Benic
2006	20	Josh Wise	Stewart
2007	20	Levi Jones	Stewart
2008	69	Jerry Coons Jr	Hoffman
2009	20	Levi Jones	Stewart
2010	20	Levi Jones	Stewart
2011	20	Levi Jones	Stewart
2012	7	Bryan Clauson	CTR-BCI-Curb-Agajanian
2013	20	Bryan Clauson	Stewart/Curb-Agajanian
2014	69	Brady Bacon	Hoffman
2015	12	Robert Ballou	Ballou Motorsports
2016	69	Brady Bacon	Hoffman
2017	5	Chris Windom	Baldwin Brothers
2018	7	Tyler Courtney	Clauson Marshall Motorsports
2019	19AZ	C.J. Leary	Reinbold/Underwood Motorsports
2020	69	Brady Bacon	Hoffman
2021	69	Brady Bacon	Hoffman
2022	4	Justin Grant	TOPP Motorsports
2023	4	Justin Grant	TOPP Motorsports

Race winners

* As of the end of the 2020 season

Driver	Wins
Dave Darland	62
Tom Bigelow	52
Tracy Hines	47
Jack Hewitt	46
Larry Dickson	45
Pancho Carter	42
Bryan Clauson	41
Gary Bettenhausen	40
Sheldon Kinser	37
Jon Stanbrough	35
Rich Vogler	35
Brady Bacon	35
Rollie Beale	32
Robert Ballou	29
Tyler Courtney	29
Don Branson	28
A. J. Foyt	28
Levi Jones	28
Chris Windom	28
J. J. Yeley	28

USAC National Midget Championship

USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship

Category	Midget car racing
Country	United States
Inaugural season	1956
Tire suppliers	Hoosier Racing Tire
Drivers' champion	Buddy Kofoid
Teams' champion	Curb-Agajanian
Official website	USAC P1 Insurance National Midgets
Current season

2014 USAC Midget champion Rico Abreu

Tony Stewart's 1995 Midget Car Championship car, part of his "Triple Crown" accomplishment

Champions

Season	Car No.	Driver	Team
1956		Shorty Templeman
1957		Shorty Templeman
1958		Shorty Templeman
1959		Gene Hartley
1960		Jimmy Davies
1961		Jimmy Davies
1962		Jimmy Davies
1963		Bob Wente
1964		Mel Kenyon
1965		Mike McGreevy
1966	1	Mike McGreevy
1967	1	Mel Kenyon	Kenyon
1968	1	Mel Kenyon	Kenyon
1969	3	Bob Tattersall	Stroud
1970	5	Jimmy Caruthers	Caruthers
1971	5	Danny Caruthers	Caruthers
1972	81	Pancho Carter	Rieder
1973	2	Larry Rice	Shannon
1974	61	Mel Kenyon	Kenyon
1975	5	Sleepy Tripp
1976	1	Sleepy Tripp
1977	43	Mel Kenyon	Armstrong
1978	2	Rich Vogler	Caruthers
1979	2	Steve Lotshaw	Piascik
1980	69	Rich Vogler	Lockard
1981	61	Mel Kenyon	Kenyon
1982	5	Kevin Olson	Carey
1983	4	Rich Vogler	Streicher
1984	16	Tom Bigelow	Sandy
1985	66	Mel Kenyon	Burns
1986	2	Rich Vogler	Byrd
1987	11	Kevin Olson	Wilke
1988	1	Rich Vogler	Byrd
1989	46	Russ Gamester	Gamester
1990	4	Jeff Gordon	Helmling
1991	8	Mike Streicher	Streicher
1992	11	Stevie Reeves	Wilke
1993	9	Stevie Reeves	Lewis
1994	6	Tony Stewart	Potter
1995	9	Tony Stewart	Lewis
1996	91	Kenny Irwin Jr.	Lewis
1997	71	Jason Leffler	Willoughby
1998	9	Jason Leffler	Lewis
1999	9	Jason Leffler	Lewis
2000	91	Kasey Kahne	Lewis
2001	9	Dave Darland	Lewis
2002	9	Dave Darland	Lewis
2003	9	J. J. Yeley	Lewis
2004	9	Bobby East	Lewis
2005	20	Josh Wise	Stewart
2006	11	Jerry Coons Jr.	Wilke
2007	11	Jerry Coons Jr.	Wilke-Pak
2008	71	Cole Whitt	Kunz
2009	17B	Brad Kuhn	RW
2010	39	Bryan Clauson	Tucker/Kunz/BCI
2011	39	Bryan Clauson	CTR-Curb-Agajanian
2012	3	Darren Hagen	RFMS
2013	71	Christopher Bell	Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
2014	97	Rico Abreu	Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
2015	24	Tracy Hines	Parker Machinery
2016	67	Tanner Thorson	Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
2017	97	Spencer Bayston	Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
2018	67	Logan Seavey	Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
2019	7BC	Tyler Courtney	Clauson-Marshall Racing
2020	89	Chris Windom	Tucker/Boat Motorsports
2021	67	Buddy Kofoid	Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
2022	67	Buddy Kofoid	Kunz/Curb-Agajanian
2023	57	Logan Seavey	Abacus Racing

Race winners

Driver	Wins
Mel Kenyon	111
Rich Vogler	95
Bob Wente	78
Bob Tattersall	63
Sleepy Tripp	57
Jimmy Davies	48
Bryan Clauson	38
Tracy Hines	35
Gene Hartley	31
Chuck Rodee	31
Dave Darland	30
Mike McGreevy	30
Johnny Parsons	30
Kyle Larson	27
Gary Bettenhausen	27
Tony Stewart	27
Darren Hagen	25
Parnelli Jones	25
Dave Strickland	25

USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series

AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series

Category	Sprint car racing
Country	United States
Inaugural season	2004
Tire suppliers	Hoosier Racing Tire
Drivers' champion	Damion Gardner
Teams' champion	Alexander
Official website	AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series
Current season

The USAC/CRA AMSOIL Sprint Car Series debuted in 2004 utilizing the same cars and 410ci engines that race in USAC's AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship at dirt oval tracks across California and Arizona. The series also features combination races with the AMSOIL USAC Sprint Car National Championship.

Champions

Season	Car No.	Driver	Team
2004	3	Rip Williams	Jory
2005	50	Damion Gardner	Chaffin
2006	38	Cory Kruseman	Crossno
2007	4	Tony Jones	Alexander
2008	50	Mike Spencer	Chaffin
2009	50	Mike Spencer	Chaffin
2010	50	Mike Spencer	Chaffin
2011	50	Mike Spencer	Chaffin
2012	50	Mike Spencer	Chaffin
2013	4a	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2014	4	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2015	4	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2016	4	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2017	4	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2018	4	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2019	4	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2020	No champion crowned due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
2021	1	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2022	1	Damion Gardner	Alexander
2023	17R	Brody Roa	Tom and Christy Dunkel

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USAC Western States Midget Series

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Category	Midget car racing
Country	United States
Inaugural season	1982
Tire suppliers	Hoosier Racing Tire
Official website	USAC Western States Midgets
Current season

USAC started the Western States Midgets in 1982 utilizing the same cars & engines that race in the USAC National Midgets. The series solely races on dirt ovals across California and Arizona but in past raced on pavement ovals as well. The series does run co-sanctioned races with USAC's National Midget Series (including the historic Turkey Night Grand Prix race) and the Bay Cities Racing Association Midgets.

Champions

Season	Car No.	Driver	Team
1982		Jeff Haywood
1983		Sleepy Tripp
1984		Tommy White
1985		Sleepy Tripp
1986		Robby Flock
1987		Sleepy Tripp
1988		Sleepy Tripp
1989		Robby Flock
1990		Sleepy Tripp
1991		Sleepy Tripp
1992		Sleepy Tripp
1993		Robby Flock
1994		Johnny Cofer
1995		Billy Boat
1996		Jay Drake
1997		Ricky Shelton
1998		Rick Hendrix
1999		Marc DeBeaumont
2000		Wally Pankratz
2001		Danny Ebberts
2002		Robby Flock
2003		Steve Paden
2004		Johnny Rodriguez
2005		Jerome Rodela
2006		Jerome Rodela
2007	87	Johnny Rodriguez	Mitchell Motorsports
2008	40	Nic Faas	Western Speed
2009	47	Garrett Hansen	Bondio
2010	25	Alex Schutte	Rodela
2011	21k	Cory Kruseman	Kruseman
2012 (Overall)	7	Shannon McQueen	McQueen
2012 (Dirt)	15	David Prickett	Neverlift
2012 (Pavement)	17n	Chad Nichols	Nichols
2013 (Overall)	68	Ronnie Gardner	Six8
2013 (Dirt)
2013 (Pavement)	29	Chad Nichols	Team 17/Eskesen
2014 (Overall)	68	Ronnie Gardner	Six8
2014 (Dirt)
2014 (Pavement)	17	Chad Nichols	Team17
2015	68	Ronnie Gardner	Six8
2016	68	Ronnie Gardner	Six8
2017	68	Ronnie Gardner	Six8
2018	9D	Michael Faccinto	Sean Dodenhoff Motorsports
2019	4D	Robert Dalby	Ken Dalby
2020		season championship cancelled
2021	9	Blake Bower	Tony Boscacci
2022	14J	Michael Faccinto	Graunstadt Enterprises
2023	51	Brody Fuson	Rusty Carlile
2024	101	Cade Lewis	Dean Alexander

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USAC 360 Sprint Car Series

USAC sanctions several regional 360 c.i.d. non-wing sprint car series across the country. USAC's West Coast Sprint Car Series was launched in 2009 by Santa Maria Speedway promoter Chris Kearns, and joined forces with USAC in 2010. The West Coast series primarily races at tracks across California while also having special event races in Nevada. USAC's Southwest Sprint Car Series was launched in 1991 as the Arizona Sprint Car Racing Association. The series joined forces with USAC in 2012. The Southwest series primarily races at tracks in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico while also having special event races in Arkansas, Kansas & Oklahoma. The Southwest series was put on hold after the 2019 season and has not made its way back into the sport since then.

USAC and URC Sprint Car Series promoter Curt Michael joined forces to create the USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series, with the first season beginning in 2018.

Champions

Season	Car No.	Driver	Team
USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series
2013	77M	R.J. Johnson	Michael
2014	77M	R.J. Johnson	Michael
2015	77M	R.J. Johnson	Michael
2016	77M	R.J. Johnson	Michael
2017	51	R.J. Johnson	Martin
2018	50	Charles Davis Jr.	Massey Motorsports
2019	91, 34	Brody Roa	BR Performance, Grau/Burkhart

Season	Car No.	Driver	Team
USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series
2010	3S	Craig Stidham	Don & Craig Stidham
2011	10	Richard Vander Weerd	Ron Vander Weerd
2012	29	Bud Kaeding	Junior Bowman
2013	17V	Danny Faria Jr.	Danny Faria Jr.
2014	37	Matt Mitchell	Matt Mitchell
2015	17V	Danny Faria Jr.	Junior Bowman
2016	91	Brody Roa	BR Performance
2017	12	Jake Swanson	Matt Dale
2018	83	Austin Liggett	Liggett
2019	15T	Tristan Guardino	Guardino
2020	Season cancelled
2021	33	D. J. Johnson	Johnson
2022	13	Trent Carter	Carter
2023	29T	Ryan Timmons	Timmons

Season	Car No.	Driver	Team
USAC East Coast Sprint Car Series
2018	19	Steven Drevicki	Drevicki
2019	19	Steven Drevicki	Drevicki
2020	19	Steven Drevicki	Drevicki
2021	20	Alex Bright	Hummer Motorsports
2022	5G	Briggs Danner	Heffner Racing Enterprises South
2023	39	Briggs Danner	Hogue Racing Enterprises

USAC Speed2 Midget Series

USAC formed the Speed2 Midget Series (formerly known as the Ford Focus Midget Series, Ignite Midget Series and HPD Midget Series) in 2002 with several regional divisions running across the United States on both dirt & pavement oval tracks. With exception to the engine, the cars used are the same as National & Western States Midget cars. The powerplants currently used are 4-cylinder production-based engines with stock internal dimensions to save costs for competitors. The series started out as a spec engine class, originally with Ford supplying their Zetec engine from 2002 to 2012, and then HPD supplying their K24 engine starting in 2013.

National Championship

The Speed2 Midget Series National Champion has been determined in a variety of ways. The inaugural championship, 2005, was decided by a two-race series (one dirt, one pavement). Subsequent national champions were determined by a single "national championship race" held at various locations. This format was used until 2010. In 2011, a points system was instituted to determine the national champion. Counting only a drivers twelve best finishes, the system allowed drivers from multiple regions to compete under a common points structure for a season-long championship. The 2012 season did not award a national champion, however the respective regional champions were honored at USAC Night of Champions.

National Champions

• 2005: Robbie Ray; Davenport, IA;
• 2006: Michael Faccinto; Hanford, CA; Scelzi #4x
• 2007: James Robertson; Indianapolis, IN; Steele #1
• 2008: Alex Bowman; Tucson, AZ; Bowman #55
• 2009: Kyle Hamilton; Danville, IN; Steele #1
• 2010: Nick Drake; Mooresville, NC; Cline #55
• 2011: Nick Drake; Mooresville, NC; Cline #55

Regional Champions

Season	Series	Driver
2002	(No Regions)
2003	California (North)	Josh Lakatos
	California (South)	Todd Hunsaker
	Indiana	Robbie Ray
2004	California (North)	Bradley Galedrige
	California (South)	Chris Rahe
	Carolina / Virginia	Chase Scott
	Midwest	Tate Martz
	Speedrome	Brice Kenyon
2005	California (Dirt)	Chase Barber
	California (Pavement)	Alex Harris
	Carolina / Virginia	Chase Scott
	Midwest	Tate Martz
	Northeast	Michael Sboro
	Oklahoma	Jasiel Randolph
	Speedrome	Jamie Williams
2006	California (Dirt)	Bobby Michnowicz
	California (Pavement)	Tim Skoglund
	Carolina / Virginia	Chase Scott
	Florida	Ryan Smith
	Indiana	James Robertson
	Midwest (Dirt)	Jordan Noblitt
	Midwest (Pavement)	Tate Martz
	Northeast	Ryan Smith
2007	California (Dirt)	Nic Faas
	California (Pavement)	Tim Skoglund
	Carolina	Tanner Swanson
	Indiana	Chett Gehrke
	Midwest	James Robertson
	Northeast	Jeff Abold
	UMARRA	Mario Clouser
	Utah	Tim Savage
2008	California (Dirt)	Alex Bowman
	California (Junior)	Charlie Butcher
	California (Pavement)	Ian Miille
	Carolinas	Bradley Riethmeyer
	Indiana	Kyle Hamilton
	Midwest
	Utah	Kipp Posey
	UMARA	Branden Allen
2009	California (Dirt)	Brody Roa
	California (Pavement)	Nik Romano
	California (Young Guns)	Kyle Edwards
	Carolina	Jeremy Frankoski
	Midwest	Joe Liguori
	UMARA
	Utah	Kipp Posey
2010	Eastern	Scott Hunter
	Eastern (Young Guns)	Jesse Little
	Midwest	Joe Liguori
	Midwest (Young Guns)	Cooper Clouse
	Western	Nick Carlson
	Western (Young Guns)	Jarid Blondel
	Utah	Michael Daniels
2011	DMA	Joe Krawiec
	Eastern	Nick Drake
	Eastern (Dirt)	Scott Hunter
	Eastern (Pavement)	Jarett Andretti
	Eastern (Young Guns)	Jared Irvan
	Midwest	Ross Rankine
	Midwest (Young Guns)	Sam McGhee
	Utah	Jim Waters
	Western	Brodie Kostecki
	Western (Young Guns)
2012	DMA	Kevin Chaffee
	Eastern	Jared Irvan
	Midwest (Dirt)	Ross Rankine
	Midwest (Pavement)
	Northwest	Jared Peterson
	Western (Dirt)	Cory Elliott
	Western (Pavement)	Bryant Dawson
	Western North	Garret Peterson
2013	DMA	Joe Krawiec
	Eastern	Chris Lamb
	Midwest (Dirt)	Gage Walker
	Midwest (Pavement)	Cooper Clouse
	Washington	Chase Goetz
	Western	Jarid Blondel
	Western (Dirt)	Cory Elliott
	Western (Pavement)	Bryant Dawson
2014	DMA	Adam Pierson
	Eastern	Scott Hunter
	Midwest (Dirt)	Austin Nemire
	Midwest (Pavement)
	Washington	Chase Goetz
	Western	Shawn Buckley
	Western (Dirt)	Ashley Hazelton
2015	DMA	Adam Pierson
	Eastern	Chris Lamb
	Midwest	Alex Watson
	Western	Cody Jessop
	Western (Dirt)	Shawn Buckley
	Western (Pavement)	Dylan Nobile
	Western (Restricted)	Jesse Love
2016	DMA	Adam Pierson
	Eastern	Chris Lamb
	IMRA	Jeff Mallonee
	Midwest Thunder	Gage Etgen
	Western	Jesse Love
	Western (Dirt)
	Western (Pavement)	Toni Breidinger
	Western (Restricted)	Blake Brannon
2017	DMA	Dean Christensen
	Eastern	Jessica Bean
	Gulf Coast	Kyle Jones
	IMRA	Dillon Morley
	Midwest Thunder	Aaron Leffel
	Western (Overall)	Jesse Love
	Western (Dirt)
	Western (Pavement)
2018	DMA	Jason Goff
	Eastern	Jessica Bean
	IMRA	Andy Baugh
	Midwest Thunder	Aaron Leffel
	Western (Overall)	Adam Lemke
	Western (Dirt)	Tyler Slay
	Western (Pavement)	Adam Lemke
2019	DMA	Will Hull
	Eastern	Jessica Bean
	IMRA	Andy Baugh
	Midwest Thunder	Aaron Leffel
2020	DMA	Seth Carlson
	Eastern	Jessica Bean
	IMRA	Bryan Stanfill
	Midwest Thunder	Jacob Denney
	Radical Focus	Joseph Holiday

USAC Lightning Sprint National Championship

USAC started the Speedway Motors Lightning Sprint National Championship in 2017 for local tracks running Lightning Sprint cars. The points format counts the 12 best races at USAC sanctioned tracks.

GT World Challenge America

Main article: GT World Challenge America

Pirelli World Challenge, was started in 1990 and switched to USAC sanctioning in 2017. The championship currently races on road and street courses across the United States and Canada with seven different classes for GT cars & Touring cars. Founded by WC Vision, the series is presently owned by SRO Group.

Off-road racing

The Stadium Super Trucks series was founded in 2013 by former NASCAR driver Robby Gordon. It is sanctioned by USAC, though Gordon and sponsorship marketing company The Elevation Group co-own the series.

The USAC also sanctions the American Rally Association, Nitro Rallycross, King of the Hammers and Great American Shortcourse.

Former series

USAC Championship Car Series

Main article: List of USAC Championship Car seasons

A. J. Foyt's 1977 Champ Car

USAC Championship Car Season Champions
1956	Jimmy Bryan	season
1957	Jimmy Bryan	season
1958	Tony Bettenhausen	season
1959	Rodger Ward	season
1960	A. J. Foyt	season
1961	A. J. Foyt	season
1962	Rodger Ward	season
1963	A. J. Foyt	season
1964	A. J. Foyt	season
1965	Mario Andretti	season
1966	Mario Andretti	season
1967	A. J. Foyt	season
1968	Bobby Unser	season
1969	Mario Andretti	season
1970	Al Unser	season
1971	Joe Leonard	season
1972	Joe Leonard	season
1973	Roger McCluskey	season
1974	Bobby Unser	season
1975	A. J. Foyt	season
1976	Gordon Johncock	season
1977	Tom Sneva	season
1978	Tom Sneva	season
1979	A. J. Foyt	season
1980	Johnny Rutherford	season

USAC Gold Crown Series

Starting in 1981, USAC scaled back their participation in Indy car racing outside of the Indianapolis 500. The preeminent national championship season was instead being sanctioned by CART. USAC developed a split-calendar season, beginning in June, and ending in May with the Indy 500. After 1983, however, the Gold Crown schedule would consist of only one event per season (Indy 500), and the Gold Crown title would be regarded largely as ceremonial. The winner of the Indianapolis 500 would be the de facto Gold Crown champion, as it was the lone points-paying event. The title and the "series" were retired after the 1994–1995 season with the advent of the Indy Racing League.

USAC Gold Crown Series Champions
1981–82	George Snider	season
1982–83	Tom Sneva	season
1983–84	Rick Mears	season
1984–85	Danny Sullivan	season
1985–86	Bobby Rahal	season
1986–87	Al Unser	season
1987–88	Rick Mears	season
1988–89	Emerson Fittipaldi	season
1989–90	Arie Luyendyk	season
1990–91	Rick Mears	season
1991–92	Al Unser Jr.	season
1992–93	Emerson Fittipaldi	season
1993–94	Al Unser Jr.	season
1994–95	Jacques Villeneuve	season

USAC Stock Cars

Main article: USAC Stock Car

Norm Nelson's USAC Stock Car

USAC featured a stock car division from 1956 to 1984.

Past Champions
Year	Champion	2nd Place	3rd Place	Rookie Of The Year
1956*	Johnny Mantz	Marshall Teague	Les Snow	None
1957	Jerry Unser	Ralph Moody	Sam Hanks	None
1958	Fred Lorenzen	Mike Klapak	Norm Nelson	None
1959	Fred Lorenzen	Mike Klapak	Nelson Stacy	None
1960	Norm Nelson	Paul Goldsmith	Tony Bettenhausen	None
1961	Paul Goldsmith	Norm Nelson	Elmer Musgrave	None
1962	Paul Goldsmith	Don White	Norm Nelson	None
1963	Don White	A. J. Foyt	Norm Nelson	Sal Tovella
1964	Parnelli Jones	Norm Nelson	Don White	Joe Leonard
1965	Norm Nelson	Paul Goldsmith	Don White	Billy Foster
1966	Norm Nelson	Don White	Billy Foster	Butch Hartman
1967	Don White	Parnelli Jones	Jack Bowsher	Al Unser
1968	A. J. Foyt	Roger McCluskey	Don White	Dick Trickle
1969	Roger McCluskey	A. J. Foyt	Don White	Verlin Eaker
1970	Roger McCluskey	Norm Nelson	A. J. Foyt	Billy Reis
1971	Butch Hartman	Jack Bowsher	Roger McCluskey	J. Booher/B. Schroyer
1972	Butch Hartman	Roger McCluskey	Paul Feldner	Chuck McWilliams
1973	Butch Hartman	Ramo Stott	Bay Darnell	Irv Janey
1974	Butch Hartman	Norm Nelson	Ramo Stott	Ken Rowley
1975	Ramo Stott	Butch Hartman	Sal Tovella	Len Gittemeier
1976	Butch Hartman	Ramo Stott	Sal Tovella	Wayne Watercutter
1977	Paul Feldner	Ramo Stott	Sal Tovella	Dave Watson
1978	A. J. Foyt	Terry Ryan	Bay Darnell	Joe Ruttman
1979	A. J. Foyt	Bay Darnell	Rusty Wallace	Rusty Wallace
1980	Joe Ruttman	Rusty Wallace	Bay Darnell	Ken Schrader
1981	Dean Roper	Sal Tovella	Ken Schrader	Rick Hanley
1982	Dean Roper	Bay Darnell	Rick O'Brien	J. Schwister/J. Lindhorst
1983	Dean Roper	Butch Garner	Rick O'Brien	Roger Drake
1984	David Goldsberry	Ken Rowley	Jim Hall	David Goldsberry

* The inaugural season featured two subtitles: Pacific Coast (won by Sam Hanks) and Short Track (Troy Ruttman).

USAC Road Racing Championship

Main article: USAC Road Racing Championship

From 1958 until 1962, USAC sanctioned a road racing championship. It was held for sports cars from 1958 to 1961, and adopted Formula Libre rules in 1962.

Year	Champion	Car	Report
1958	Dan Gurney	Ferrari 375 Plus Ferrari 290 MM	season
1959	Augie Pabst	Ferrari 625 TR Scarab Mk. II-Chevrolet	season
1960	Carroll Shelby	Maserati Tipo 61 Scarab Mk. II-Chevrolet	season
1961	Ken Miles	Porsche 718 RS 61	season
1962	Roger Penske	Cooper T53-Climax	season

TORC: The Off-Road Championship

Main article: TORC: The Off-Road Championship

Scott Taylor's Crandon winning Pro 2 truck

TORC: The Off-Road Championship was founded in 2009 by motocross racer Rick Johnson and it was managed the race operations and officiated the events. USAC took over complete management of the series in 2010. The complete management ended in August 2013 season when it was sold to The Armory. USAC returned to officiation/race control and the series was renamed "TORC: The Off Road Championship" for 2014.

• 2009 Pro 4x4: Rick Huseman, Pro 2WD: Rob MacCachren
• 2010 Pro 4x4: Johnny Greaves, Pro 2WD: Ricky Johnson
• 2011 Pro 4x4: Ricky Johnson, Pro 2WD Bryce Menzies
• 2012 Pro 4x4: Ricky Johnson, Pro 2WD Bryce Menzies
• 2013 Pro 4x4: Johnny Greaves, Pro 2WD: Bryce Menzies
• 2014 Pro 4x4: Johnny Greaves, Pro 2WD: CJ Greaves

See also

• Sports Car Club of America
• Automobile Racing Club of America
• Automobile Association of America
• Automobile Club of America

External links

• Official website