Two past winners highlight the list of 68 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget Championship drivers entered to compete in the eighth running of the BC39 Presented by Avanti Windows & Doors on Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1 at The Dirt Track at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Cannon McIntosh (2024-25) and Justin Grant (2023) are the past winners of the event taking place on the 1/5th-mile dirt oval inside Turn 3 of the fabled IMS oval. The entire event, including the 39-lap feature Wednesday evening paying $20,039 to win, continues to honor late USAC champion and Indianapolis 500 starter Bryan Clauson.
McIntosh is the only two-time winner of the BC39, and he will seek to extend his place in history at the Racing Capital of the World with an unprecedented third straight win. McIntosh, from Bixby, Oklahoma, is driving the No. 71K Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports car.
Grant, from Ione, California, will seek his second BC39 win in the No. 87 car fielded by CB Industries, owned by Chad Boat, the son of Indianapolis 500 pole winner Billy Boat. Grant was battling for the lead with less than three laps remaining last year when contact damaged his car and ended any chances for victory.
Other top USAC drivers entered include 2024 BC39 preliminary feature winner Kale Drake, USAC Triple Crown champions Logan Seavey and J.J. Yeley, 2024 USAC National Midget champion Daison Pursley and 2025 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car champion Kyle Cummins.
2026 USAC Indiana Midget Week champion Karter Sarff is entered, along with current USAC National Midget point leader Jakeb Boxell and late model star Ricky Thornton Jr.
A long list of drivers who have won USAC national features also will compete in one of the most prestigious dirt-track races in America, including Kaylee Bryson, Kevin Thomas Jr., Mitchel Moles, Briggs Danner, Jake Swanson, Jacob Denney, Zach Daum, Gavin Miller, Hayden Reinbold, Zach Wigal and Drake Edwards. All have previous BC39 experience except for Swanson.
The field also contains 21 BC39 rookies competing for the award sponsored by Max Papis Innovations: Swanson, Frank Flud, Alex Midkiff, Dodge Carlbert, Logan Julien, Wesley Smith, Jake Robinson, Tyler Watkins, Christian Miller, Wout Hoffmans, Drew Sherman, Adyn Schmidt, Kade Taylor, Tony Helton, Eric Heydenreich, Alex Sewell, Jason Tessier, Cameron Hagin, Hayden Wise and Bradley Fezard.
Eighteen different American states are represented in the talented field, with an event-high 12 Hoosiers racing in their home state. Drivers from The Netherlands (Hoffmans), England (Brandon Carr) and Australia (Robinson) also will compete.
On-track action begins Tuesday, June 30 at IMS with The Stoops Star Spangled Showdown, featuring a full program of events for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship. Public gates open at 4 p.m. ET, with hot laps at 6:30 p.m. followed by opening ceremonies at 7 p.m. and racing consisting of heat races, C-Main, Semi-Features and concluding with a 30-lap feature event. After the feature, fans are invited on the dirt track to talk with drivers and see the race cars up close.
Public gates also open at 4 p.m. ET for championship night of the BC39 on Wednesday, July 1, A driver autograph session is scheduled for 4 p.m., and a public drivers meeting will be held in the fan zone at 5 p.m. Hot laps start at 6:30 p.m., followed by opening ceremonies at 7 p.m. and racing consisting of qualifying races, C-Mains, Semi-Features and the 39-lap feature event.
Visit IMS.com to buy tickets and for more information for both nights.
2026 BC39 PRESENTED BY AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS PRE-ENTRIES
(68 drivers & teams)
Car Number / Driver Name / Entrant Name
05 (R) ALEX MIDKIFF/Belleville, IL (Tobias Midkiff)
1 ZACH WIGAL/Belpre, OH (Pat O'Dell)
1m (R) DODGE CARLBERT/Palmetto, FL (Shea Montgomery)
1R RICKY THORNTON JR./Chandler, AZ (Rossi-Petty Motorsports)
3G KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Glenn Styres Racing)
3J J.J. YELEY/Phoenix, AZ (Rossi-Petty Motorsports)
3N (R) LOGAN JULIEN/Oconomowoc, WI (Pat O'Dell)
3p JUSTIN PECK/Monrovia, IN (Rossi-Petty Motorsports)
4 KALE DRAKE/Collinsville, OK (RMS Racing)
4AU (R) SHELDON MALES/Elk Grove, CA (Scott Males)
5D ZACH DAUM/Pocahontas, IL (Jeff Taylor)
5L MATT LUX/Manilla, IN (Lunsford-Lux Motorsports)
5p (R) WESLEY SMITH/Nixa, MO (Rossi-Petty Motorsports)
5u (R) JAKE ROBINSON/Perth, WAU (Trifecta Motorsports)
7T ADAM TAYLOR/Wheatfield, IN (Adam Taylor Motorsports)
7TX KYLE JONES/Kennedale, TX (Tim & Tammy Engler)
7u KARTER SARFF/Mason City, IL (Trifecta Motorsports)
7w (R) TYLER WATKINS/Marion, IN (Tyler Watkins)
8B JEFFREY ABBEY/Rhome, TX (Christian Miller)
8D MILES DOHERTY/Delmar, IA (Miles Doherty Racing)
8L COOPER MILLER/Graham, TX (Cooper Miller)
8XL (R) CHRISTIAN MILLER/Hudson Oaks, TX (Christian Miller)
11 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Abacus Racing)
14 KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (4 Kings Racing)
14J (R) WOUT HOFFMANS/Boxmeer, NB (Jody Rosenboom)
14K (R) JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (4 Kings Racing)
19 (R) DREW SHERMAN/Phoenix, AZ (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)
19AZ HAYDEN REINBOLD/Gilbert, AZ (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)
19H JOEL MYERS JR./Santa Rosa, CA (Hayward Motorsports)
19K RILEY KREISEL/Warsaw, MO (Ron Cox)
19m ETHAN MITCHELL/Mooresville, NC (Bundy Built Motorsports)
19T MITCHEL MOLES/Raisin City, CA (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)
19x (R) ADYN SCHMIDT/Haubstadt, IN (Ron Cox)
20Q BRECKEN REESE/Canyon, TX (Jeff Reese)
20w CODY WEISENSEL/Sun Prairie, WI (Bill Burrington)
21K CORD KISTHARDT/Hershey, PA (Cord Kisthardt)
T21 (R) KADE TAYLOR/Kilgore, TX (Mounce-Stout Motorsports)
22H (R) TONY HELTON/Cloverdale, IN (Gray Motorsports)
23 DEVON DOBIE/Wapakoneta, OH (Dennis Dobie)
27 AUSTIN WOOD/Germantown, TN (Rick Horn)
32 (R) ERIC HEYDENREICH/Bloomsburg, PA (OMR-Rase Motorsports)
32A (R) ALEX SEWELL/Broken Arrow, OK (Jason Tessier)
32J (R) JASON TESSIER/Broken Arrow, OK (Jason Tessier)
33 (R) CAMERON HAGIN/Broken Arrow, OK (Cameron Hagin)
35 JOSH HODGE/Brownsburg, IN (Josh Hodge)
35s CHRIS HARTMAN/Boulder, CO (Josh Hodge)
36 JONATHAN BEASON/Broken Arrow, OK (Jody Rosenboom)
40D DRAKE EDWARDS/Peoria, AZ (Chase McDermand Racing)
40L MACK LEOPARD/Beavercreek, OH (Chase McDermand Racing)
40x BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (Chase McDermand Racing)
43 GUNNAR SETSER/Columbus, IN (Kevin Arnold)
45 BRADLEY COX/Black Forest, CO (Cappy Mason)
54 JAKEB BOXELL/Zanesville, IN (4 Kings Racing)
57 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Abacus Racing)
63 CALE COONS/Greencastle, IN (Dooling Autosports-Curb-Agajanian)
67 JACOB DENNEY/Galloway, OH (Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)
67K COLTON ROBINSON/Titusville, FL (Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)
71K (W) CANNON MCINTOSH/Bixby, OK (Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)
81 (R) FRANK FLUD/Pryor, OK (Jody Rosenboom)
81G RYLAN GRAY/Greenfield, IN (Gray Motorsports)
86 DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (CB Industries)
87 (W) JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (CB Industries)
89 STEVEN SNYDER JR./Rising Sun, MD (CB Industries)
94 (R) HAYDEN WISE/Huntersville, NC (Ninety-Four Racing)
97 GAVIN MILLER/Allentown, PA (Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)
98K BRANDON CARR/Sheffield, UK (Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)
99K ROBERT CARSON/Concord, CA (Robert Carson)
938 (R) BRADLEY FEZARD/Bonnerdale, AR (Vince Rosa)
(W) -- BC39 winner
(R) -- BC39 rookie
