PORT ROYAL, Pa. — Twenty-two USAC Silver Crown drivers and machines are prepared to take on Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway for this Saturday night’s USAC Eastern Blast on June 17 at the dirt half-mile.
Among the 22 entries are both previous Port Royal Silver Crown winners, California’s Logan Seavey (2022 and 2023) and Oklahoma’s Daison Pursley (2024).
Past Port Royal front runners in this Saturday’s field include Ohio’s Matt Westfall (second in 2022), Pennsylvania’s Chase Dietz (second in 2023), California’s Justin Grant (second in 2024), Pennsylvania’s Carmen Perigo (fourth in 2023) and Indiana’s C.J. Leary who won the pole in 2022 and finished fifth in 2023.
Meanwhile, California’s Mitchel Moles is back in the saddle at Port Royal after winning the pole in 2023 and finishing seventh in 2024, along with Pennsylvania’s Alex Bright (eighth in 2024) and Pennsylvania’s Briggs Danner (ninth in 2024).
The list of fellow Port Royal Silver Crown returnees also consists of Indiana’s Chase Stockon (11th in 2023), Missouri’s Kyle Steffens (11th in 2024), California’s Jake Swanson (12th in 2023), Michigan’s Brian Ruhlman (13th in 2022), Pennsylvania’s Jimmy Light (14th in 2022), New Jersey’s Mark Bitner (19th in 2022), Missouri’s Chris Fetter (21st in 2024) and Indiana’s Gregg Cory (22nd in 2023).
Drivers vying for their first career Port Royal USAC Silver Crown starts include USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car point leader Kyle Cummins plus series veteran Dave Berkheimer, series rookie Tom Savage and first-time series participant Travis Mahoney, son of USAC national winner Jim Mahoney.
The Eastern Storm/USAC Eastern Blast event will feature both the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship and the USAC Silver Crown National Championship, plus winged 410 sprint cars.
USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST
4 (R) MARK BITNER/Columbus, NJ (Henry Yeska)
6 JAKE SWANSON/Anaheim, CA (Klatt Enterprises)
8 KYLE STEFFENS/St. Charles, MO (Steffens Motorsports)
9 DAISON PURSLEY/Locust Grove, OK (Chris Dyson Racing)
10 BRIGGS DANNER/Allentown, PA (DMW Motorsports)
15 CHRIS FETTER/Troy, MO (Chris Fetter)
19 MITCHEL MOLES/Raisin City, CA (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)
20 KYLE CUMMINS/Princeton, IN (Team AZ-Petty-Rossi Racing)
21 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Team AZ-Petty-Rossi Racing)
22 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)
24 (R) ALEX BRIGHT/Collegeville, PA (John Haggenbottom)
31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Dave Berkheimer Motorsports)
32 GREGG CORY/Shelbyville, IN (Williams-Cory Racing)
38 (R) TOM SAVAGE/Red Lion, PA (Savage Motorsports)
49 BRIAN RUHLMAN/Clarklake, MI (Brian Ruhlman)
52 CARMEN PERIGO/Stoystown, PA (John Stehman)
54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (4 Kings Racing)
65 (R) TRAVIS MAHONEY/Oglesby, IL (SV Motorsports)
69 CHASE STOCKON/Fort Branch, IN (Pink 69 Racing)
86 CHASE DIETZ/York, PA (Bruce Lee)
91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing)
118 JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Mike Thomas)
