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Chad Trout Gets First Williams Grove Sprint Win - Kevin Thomas Jr. Wins USAC

2025-06-21 15:04

Mechanicsburg - Chad Trout of Dover got his elusive first career 410 sprint car win at Williams Grove Speedway on Friday night, taking home over $5,600 for the victory.

The longtime oval supporter already owned four limited sprint wins at the track.

In the USAC Eastern Storm 410 sprint car feature, Kevin Thomas Jr. of Cullman, Alabama, took the $6,000 win to score his third such career triumph at the speedplant in USAC action.

The 25-lap 410 sprint car main would go non-stop with Trout leading every lap from the pole position.

Second starter Austin Bishop chased the leader all through the event and although he was able to narrow Trout's advantage in traffic he was never able to mount a challenge for the win.

Ryan Newton raced hard with Bishop for the second spot for the first half of the race before settling into third spot.

Hard racing for the fourth spot took place during the final 10 laps as Troy Wagaman Jr., Brock Zearfoss, Justin Whittall, Lance Dewease and Freddie Rahmer all tried to secure the position, running just car lengths apart as they traversed the oval.

Zearfoss held the spot for several laps and even challenged Newton for third at times but eventually fell victim to 10th starter Wagaman's advances.

In the end Trout scored the win over Bishop, Newton, Wagaman and Zearfoss.

Sixth through 10th went to Whittall, 17th starter Dewease, Rahmer, Chase Dietz and TJ Stutts.

Heats went to Trout, Bishop and Newton with Jordan Thomas scoring the last chance race.

The start of the 30-lap USAC main was marred by two red flags.

The first occurred before a lap could be recorded for a flipping JT Ferry in the third turn.

And on the ensuring attempt at a first lap, a double flip in the third turn by Abby Hohlbein and Mike Haggenbottom stopped action once more.

Luckily all drivers escaped injury.

Thomas led the first 21 laps after action got going with Jake Swanson chasing in the second spot.

But Swanson lost the position with eight laps to go when USAC point leader Kyle Cummins of Princeton, Indiana, raced into second.

Cummins was unable to challenge Thomas for the win however 10th starter Briggs Danner proved a challenge to Swanson late in the race after taking third with four laps to go.

Thomas scored the win by .397 seconds over Cummins, Danner, Swanson and Justin Grant.

Sixth through 10th went to Steve Drevicki, Hayden Reinbold, Mitchel Moles, Gunnar Setser and Kale Drake.

Heats went to Daison Pursley, Justin Grant and Robert Ballou.

Moles set fast time with a lap of 19.246 seconds.

Feature Finishes

6/20/25

410 sprint cars, 25 laps: 1. Chad Trout, 2. Austin Bishop, 3. Ryan Newton, 4. Troy Wagaman Jr., 5. Brock Zearfoss, 6. Justin Whittall, 7. Lance Dewease, 8. Freddie Rahmer, 9. Chase Dietz, 10. TJ Stutts, 11. Ricky Dieva, 12. Doug Hammaker, 13. Cole Knopp, 14. Lucas Wolfe, 15. Cameron Smith, 16. Ryan Taylor, 17. Jake Karklin, 18. Derek Hauck, 19. Billy Dietrich, 20. Daison Pursley, 21. Alex Attard, 22. Jordan Thomas, 23. Chris Frank

DNS: Derek Locke

DNQ: Preston Lattomus, Samuel Miller, Dave Grube, Kody Lehman, Jimmy Light, Mike Thompson

USAC 410 sprint cars, 30 laps: 1. Kevin Thomas Jr, 2. Kyle Cummins, 3. Briggs Danner, 4. Jake Swanson, 5. Justin Grant, 6. Steven Drevicki , 7. Hayden Reinbold , 8. Mitchel Moles, 9. Gunnar Setser , 10. Kale Drake, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Logan Seavey, 13. Braydon Cromwell, 14. Kayla Roell, 15. Olivia Thayer, 16. Bruce Buckwalter Jr., 17. Dirk Rimrott, 18. Daison Pursley, 19. Joey Amantea, 20. Mike Haggenbottom, 21. C.J. Leary, 22. Abby Hohlbein, 23. J.T. Ferry