Larson Wins Silver Cup as NASCAR Invades Micro Sprint Racing

Daytona to Dirt returns after a week off to recap two weeks of NASCAR’s big names making their presence felt on small car tracks across the country, as well as victory lane.

Lawless Alan

The Truck Series competitor fell short in both his heat race and B-main in wingless micro sprint action at Millbridge Speedway in North Carolina Wednesday night (July 26), going backwards in his heat race before falling one spot short of a transfer in the first B-main.

Kyle Busch

The Cup Series regular racked up appearances at several new racetracks in micro sprint competition over the past two weeks. Making the rounds in Pennsylvania during the week leading up to Pocono, Busch qualified for the A-main at Action Track USA Wednesday night (July 19), running as high as fourth before being collected in a crash that left him 23rd in the running order.

Busch’s strength in the micro shone through Friday night at Greenwood Valley Action Track, where he finished second in the A-main. A fellow TrackChaser that I spoke to in attendance at the track said Busch impressed all in attendance with his work behind the wheel, as Rowdy continues to show improvement in the micro since he started racing the small cars alongside his son Brexton.

Busch was scheduled to race Monday night in micro competition at Thunder Hill Speedway in Wisconsin.

Rajah Caruth

The Truck Series regular was the definition of steady in the winged micro division at Millbridge on Wednesday (July 26), starting and finishing fifth in his heat race, then starting and finishing ninth in the A-main.

Ross Chastain

The Cup Series regular made his debut behind the wheel of a Northeast modified in Short Track Super Series competition at the Utica-Rome Speedway in New York last Thursday (July 20) and visibly struggled, going backwards in both his heat and last chance races. 

Chastain did qualify for the A-main via a promoter’s provisional and was not competitive, even bringing out the race’s final caution that proved a hinderance to car owner Matt Sheppard (Sheppard did still win the feature).