After 17 years of USAC Eastern Storm competition, one driver now stands head and shoulders at the top of the all-time win list for the annual June series on the east coast.

Fittingly, that same driver, Brady Bacon, stood head and shoulders above the competition during Wednesday night’s USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship event at New Jersey’s Bridgeport Motorsports Park.

Bacon’s seventh career Eastern Storm triumph moved him past Bryan Clauson, Levi Jones and Chris Windom to become the winningest driver in the history of the series, which debuted in 2007.

How dominant was Bacon at Bridgeport? In the 18th event of the 2024 USAC National Sprint Car season, he became the first driver to lead a feature from start to finish without interruption, doing so once again for his second win of the year and the 55th of his career with the series in his Dynamics, Inc./J. Davidson Scrap Metal – Next Level Metal – Davis Bros. Trucking/Triple X/Rider Chevy.

Furthermore, Bacon’s victory was his first in New Jersey, extending his record of different United States won in to 15 throughout his career.

And don’t look now, but Bacon is back in the hunt on the points front as well. On May 10, he stood 218 points out of the USAC National Sprint Car point lead. Now, after a run of seven consecutive podium finishes, Bacon has pulled to within 52 markers as he remains in the hunt for his record-tying fifth series driving title.

“We had a rough start to the year, but we knew it would turn around,” Bacon stated. “We just had to keep doing things right and we knew we had a fast racecar. You just go to the racetrack and try to win every night, then battle whatever obstacles come your way.  We had to change a water pump today after qualifying, so we just needed to keep working and doing the right things. It’s easy to slack off and maybe get lazy but you’ve just got to keep doing everything right even if it takes a little extra effort. It doesn’t seem like it at times, but eventually it does pays off.”

USAC Eastern Storm Sprint Car Results Bridgeport Wednesday

1. Brady Bacon (1)

2. Kevin Thomas Jr. (3)

3. Justin Grant (4)

4. Robert Ballou (8)

5. Mitchel Moles (6)

6. C.J. Leary (5)

7. Kyle Cummins (10)

8. Anton Hernandez (7)

9. Ricky Lewis (12)

10. Joey Amantea (16)

11. Carson Garrett (2)

12. Matt Westfall (9)

13. Daison Pursley (15)

14. Jadon Rogers (14)

15. Logan Seavey (23)

16. Jake Swanson (13)

17. Charles Davis Jr. (18)

18. Chase Stockon (17)

19. Korbyn Hayslett (20)

20. Tom Harris (21)

21. Steven Drevicki (19)

22. Alex Bright (11)

23. Briggs Danner (24)

24. Hunter Maddox (22). NT