For some, the number 13 is an unwanted and unfortunate character of sorts. However, for Logan Seavey in specific, the number 13 fits neither of those classifications. Instead, it represents among the most historical seasons in the history of USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship competitors.

The Sutter, Calif. native gotten in rarefied air throughout Wednesday night’s 4th round of NOS Energy Drink USAC Indiana Sprint Week Presented By Honest Abe Roofing at Indianapolis, Indiana’s Circle City Raceway.

There, Seavey took control of the lead at last with 7 laps staying en path to his 13th success of the USAC National Sprint Car season aboard his Abacus Racing/Honest Abe Roofing – Rockwell Security – Indy Custom Stone/DRC/Stanton Chevy.

Seavey is now simply among 3 motorists to attain a minimum of 13 wins throughout a single USAC National Sprint Car season, signing up with Tom Bigelow (14 in 1977), J.J. Yeley (13 in 2003) and Robert Ballou (13 in 2015). Seavey now sits simply one success shy of the all-time single season series record of 14 set by Bigelow in 1977.

In the meantime, Seavey has actually won 6 of his previous 7 series begins, consisting of 3 of the very first 4 rounds of USAC Indiana Sprint Week. Funny enough, he’s the very first motorist considering that himself in 2021 to catch wins in 3 of the very first 4 rounds of ISW. Amid all the hubbub, Seavey pressed his ISW point result in 44 markers over Brady Bacon with 3 occasions staying.

Furthermore, Seavey’s newest victory was the 23rd of his USAC National Sprint Car profession, equaling him with C.J. Leary and Roger McCluskey for 28th on the all-time list.

Lining up on the beyond the front row for the 30-lap function, Seavey at first fell back to 3rd on the opening lap as Ricky Lewis darted into the 2nd area in turn 4 while pole caretaker Shane Cottle nestled into his groove in advance to lead the preliminary 7 circuits.

By lap 6, Seavey had actually hustled his method back into 2nd by dipping under Lewis in turn one, then made a beeline towards Cottle and the race lead. Kyle Cummins did the same to 2nd a lap later on as he worked his method under Lewis to slot into 3rd behind Seavey.

For the next 2 journeys around Circle City’s 1/4-mile dirt oval, Seavey wound it up on the top while Cottle paced around the bottom. By lap 8, Seavey had actually located Cottle and raced around the beyond him in turn 4 to beat Cottle at the line by 0.012 seconds.

Fifth running C.J. Leary fell by the wayside soon afterwards on lap 9 as he slowed considerably on the back straight, which required a yellow flag, too soon ending up the night of the 2019 Indiana Sprint Week champ with a 26th location outcome.

By the midway point, Seavey, followed by the emerging Kevin Thomas Jr., plus Cottle and Kyle Cummins, had actually reached the thick of lapped traffic. On lap 19, the close quarters almost captured the frontrunners as 19th running Kyle Shipley turned upside down in turn 4 right in the course of Seavey who diverted delegated effectively prevent contact. Shipley left untouched, however his race was ended up.

When racing reconvened for the lap 20 reboot, Thomas maximized the newly found chance.  Thomas moved Seavey in turns 3 and 4 to swipe the leading area. However, Seavey rapidly countered the relocation and got the leading area back from Thomas on the bottom of turn one. As Seavey moved up the surface area in turn 2 on lap 21, Thomas as soon as again cut down under off turn 2 to reassume the position.

At that minute in time, Seavey felt that may’ve been the definitive minute for his race’s fate.

“I honestly thought I gave it away on that restart,” Seavey exposed. “I was getting truly loose, and I seemed like I got myself where I required to be. I ran one horrendous lap there on that reboot. I simply ran right through the middle, and I didn’t get aggressive versus the cushion or secure the bottom. I ran precisely where you can’t work on the racetrack and KTJ went right by me. I believed that was it, and with the method he was moving himself, it was going to be truly difficult to get a run.

On lap 22, a three-car stack-up in turn one stopped the action as Harley Burns (19th), Kale Drake (20th) and Justin Grant (21st) all discovered themselves interconnected and stopped, immediately ending all 3 motorists’ nights on the area.

The taking place reboot saw Thomas go into low in turns one and 3, then let his trip move to the top of turns 2 and 4, therefore avoiding Seavey from trying a slide task. On lap 24, nevertheless, Seavey had the ability to get to the within Thomas on the entry into turn one. By the time the set reached the exit of turn 2, Seavey had actually placed himself in prime position to make a run. There, Seavey drag raced together with Thomas down the length of the back straightaway and edged ahead in turn 3 to linquish a lead he wouldn’t give up the rest of the method.

“He slipped up one little bit and I really shoved it in there,” Seavey stated of his hand down Thomas for the lead. “I heard him lift fairly late and it was one of those deals where, if he didn’t lift right then, I was going to be all over the brakes trying not to crash us both. He cut me a little of a break there. I thought he was going to get back under me with as much as he lifted.”

Once restoring the lead, Seavey’s trip to success was disrupted by a yellow flag that resulted when Mitchel Moles (sixth) was discovered stopped in reverse at the exit of turn 4 on lap 25. Following soon after, in the middle of the fight for the 14th position, contact in between Joey Amantea and Chance Crum on lap 27 led to Amantea entering the outdoors back straightaway wall, then sustaining a series of a number of vicious turns before landing in turn 3. Amantea climbed up out and left the event, then had some option words to share about the circumstance over the track’s public address system.

A bit of time under the warning circumstance permitted Seavey to make a couple of more modifications to get himself called in for the last stretch run.

“It just gave me some time to work on my car a little bit with my knobs,” Seavey described. “Once I got back to the lead, I didn’t need a lot, but I knew I was going to protect, so I was able to tighten myself up a lot compared to how I need my car to run the cushion. I ran a little bit of defense, which I don’t like to do, but with the racetrack the way it was, I was able to tighten myself up enough to run through the black like that and pick up the cushion. You’re looking at who’s behind you to see if there’s a guy who’s really good at pounding the top, then maybe you might loosen yourself back up and try to get going on the top. I knew where KTJ was good, and once he got to the lead, I saw his line and I knew if I could just take his line away, it would be really hard for him to pass me back.”

Long story short, Seavey did not get passed back. Instead, he retreated following the lap 27 reboot to end up being the very first three-time USAC National Sprint Car winner at Circle City. Kevin Thomas Jr. crossed the line in 2nd, 2.038 seconds back, with Shane Cottle 3rd, Kyle Cummins 4th and Briggs Danner 5th.

Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Ala.) returned on track after his very first 3 rounds of Indiana Sprint Week led to surfaces of 9th, 21st and 20th, a ruined racecar and another night pestered by a mechanical concern. On this night, he led 4 laps and ended up as the runner-up in his Rock Steady Racing/Inferno Armor – Eddie Gilstrap Motors – Creative Finishing/Mach-1/Stanton Chevy.

Shane Cottle (Kansas, Ill.) led the opening 7 laps of the function before ending up 3rd in his Epperson Racing/Epperson Painting – PPG Paints – M2 Bearings/DRC/Speedway Chevy. It was the veteran racer’s 2nd successive third-place outcome throughout Indiana Sprint Week at Circle City.

Briggs Danner (Allentown, Pa.) is back in his world. Twenty-4 hours previously, he suffered the supreme distress when engine problems sidelined him while leading the function. He returned in the groove at Circle City with a top-five run and he did it after beginning 12th. The plus-seven effort made him the night’s difficult battery charger.

Kale Drake (Collinsville, Okla.) certified 30th and was buried deep in the field throughout the program. In completion, Drake worked his method into the function lineup by means of a 6th to 2nd location run in the semi. For that, he was rewarded with the ProSource Hard Work award.

Scotty Weir (Marion, Ind.) went into the occasion as one of the extremely couple of motorists to get approved for all 3 functions so far throughout Indiana Sprint Week. However, Circle City was not his night. He lost out on making the centerpiece, however he didn’t lose out on getting a brand-new best back Hoosier Tire thanks to Sam McGhee Motorsports.

Australia’s Todd Hobson went into the night having actually never ever completed in an Indiana Sprint Week function. The Clyde, Victoria native altered that at Circle City by making Inferno Armor Fire Move of the Night distinctions.

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