— Of late, Emerson Axsom has been a frontrunner in USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship racing. Together in 2021, Axsom and Petry won twice with the USAC National Midgets, scoring victories at Kokomo (Ind.) “I had won some big micro races, but they didn’t really have any real reason to believe I could have success in a midget. racer has competed in all nine USAC National Sprint Car events this year, and currently stands sixth in the standings. His last USAC Midget appearance came during the 2022 west coast swing last November. “I just really wanted to run some midget shows and I thought, ‘who would be better to run for than the team I’ve had the most success with and the team that gave me the opportunity to go USAC racing,’” Axsom asked.

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