After what transpired during his most recent visit to California’s Merced Speedway last November, Spencer Bayston felt he had some unfinished business to attend to.

At the conclusion of 30 laps during Tuesday night’s USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship return to the high-banked 1/4-mile dirt oval, the Lebanon, Ind. racer put the finishing touches on the task that had eluded him a full year ago at the very same venue.

In November of 2022, Bayston watched his Dyson Motorsport teammate Carson Macedo win the Merced opener. The very next night, Bayston led the initial 25 laps before having his lead slip away to Buddy Kofoid with a mere five laps remaining.

This time around, the roles were reversed with Bayston, the 2017 USAC National Midget champion, taking the first-place prize after leading all 30 circuits in his Dyson Motorsport/Complete Parts & Equipment – Tarlton & Son – Empire/King/Speedway Toyota while Kofoid finished a distant second.

For Bayston, it was his first USAC National Midget feature victory since an Indiana Midget Week score at Lawrenceburg Speedway more than five years earlier in 2018. His sixth career series victory moved him to 106th on the all-time list alongside Donnie Beechler, George Benson, Dana Carter, Bob Cicconi, Robby Flock, Nick Fornoro Jr., Arnie Knepper, Cannon McIntosh, Ricky Shelton, Mike Streicher, Dave Strickland Jr., Kevin Thomas Jr. and Roger West.

Furthermore, Bayston became the first Hoosier State native hailing from Indiana to earn a USAC National Midget feature victory since Emerson Axsom almost two-and-a-half years earlier at Nebraska’s Jefferson County Speedway.

Bayston’s wire-to-wire performance puts another one in the win column for the team with the intriguing arrangement of American drivers, chassis from New Zealand and an Australian team that has now won two out of their three ever trips to Merced to go along with a runner-up result.

Watch Highlights From Tuesday 's USAC Midget Feature At Merced Speedway

2023 USAC National Midget Results at Merced Speedway

(Starting Positions in Parentheses)

1. Spencer Bayston (1)

 2. Buddy Kofoid (5)

 3. Tanner Carrick (4)

4. Logan Seavey (12)

5. Jesse Love (8)

6. Tanner Thorson (10)

7. Carson Macedo (9)

8. Jacob Denney (14)

9. Ryan Timms (16)

10. Jade Avedisian (11)

11. Daison Pursley (6)

12. Justin Grant (22)

13. Corey Day (18)

14. Bryant Wiedeman (17)

15. Hayden Reinbold (19)

16. Taylor Reimer (23-P)

17. Cannon McIntosh (13)

18. Braden Chiaramonte (15)

19. Emerson Axsom (3)

20. Jake Andreotti (7)

21. Chance Crum (20)

22. Gavin Miller (2)

23. Mitchel Moles (21)

USAC National Midget Point Standings

Logan Seavey clinched the USAC National Midget championship with a fourth-place finish on Tuesday night. 

Full USAC National Midgets Points Standings

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