MACON, Ill. -- A mere 24 hours after he and his car sat upside down up in a crumpled heap following a meeting with the turn two outside wall, Bacon returned to his natural state during Saturday night’s Top Gun 50 at Illinois’ Macon Speedway.

His natural state of late, and pretty much throughout the entirety of his illustrious career, has been victory lane, and that’s exactly where he put his Dynamics, Inc./A & B Sports Bar Café – Tel-Star Technologies – DriveWFX.com/Triple X/Rider Chevy, escaping a duel with C.J. Leary before taking command on lap 18 and going on to capture the 50-lap main that put $10,000 in his pocket.

The Broken Arrow, Okla. native has now been the victor in three of his past four USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship starts, which has pushed his win tally on the season to a series-leading five and his overall win total to 51, placing him just one behind Tom Bigelow for second on the all-time series win list.

Speaking of states, Bacon also set a new USAC National Sprint Car record for the number of different states he’s won a feature in. Illinois marked the 13th different state Bacon has won a series feature in following previous scores in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Kansas.

Saturday was quite the comeback story for Bacon. While running sixth on lap three of Friday’s feature at Macon, he smacked his right rear tire off the outside wall in turn two, which promptly sent him upside down and out of the race. It was an uncharacteristic mistake for the four-time USAC National Sprint Car champ, which led to an even more rare 19th-place finish.

On Saturday night, Bacon was untouchable as he closed out his triumphant moment with a feature victory, 1.516 second ahead of runner-up C.J. Leary with Kyle Cummins third, Mitchel Moles fourth and Logan Seavey fifth.

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USAC Sprint Cars at Macon Speedway Highlights

Winning Quote From Brady Bacon

“It was a little slicker on exit last night, and it just caught me off guard,. I didn’t think I was going that fast. But once I got up on the flat, I knew it was over long before it happened. But we fixed it and made sure we got everything tuned right. We had a really good car last night, but I just made a mistake. That happens sometimes. Fortunately, it didn’t cost us any points.”

USAC Sprint Cars at Macon Speedway Results

1. Brady Bacon (1), 2. C.J. Leary (2), 3. Kyle Cummins (6), 4. Mitchel Moles (5), 5. Logan Seavey (4), 6. Emerson Axsom (9), 7. Carson Garrett (12), 8. Robert Ballou (16), 9. Mario Clouser (15), 10. Zach Daum (18), 11. Max Adams (14), 12. Kevin Thomas Jr. (10), 13. Daison Pursley (3), 14. Mitchell Davis (19), 15. Todd Hobson (17), 16. Justin Grant (7), 17. Jake Swanson (11), 18. Colten Cottle (20), 19. Mitch Wissmiller (8), 20. Shane Cottle (13)

USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings 

Saturday night's race at Macon rewarded show-up points early. As a result, Jake Swanson continues to lead Emerson Axsom by three points in the standings, with Brady Bacon 32 points back. 

Full USAC Sprints Points Standings

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