Daison Pursley has seemingly declared June as his breakout month.

He made that declaration with his right foot and the steering wheel once again in a victorious performance during round three of USAC Indiana Midget Week on June 7 at Bloomington Speedway.

Less than a week after collecting his first career USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car points-paying victory at Iowa’s Knoxville Raceway on the first day of June, the Locust Grove, Oklahoma, racer added his first career USAC Indiana Midget Week feature triumph to his accomplishments on Bloomington’s 1/4-mile red clay aboard his CB Industries/PristineAuction.com–NOS Energy Drink–TRD/Spike/Speedway Toyota.

In the span of four June starts under the USAC national banner, Pursley has yet to finish off the podium. Now, he’s surged to the top of both the USAC Indiana Midget Week standings with two events remaining, as well as the season-long USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship points.

“This car is unbelievable to drive right now,” Pursley complimented. “It makes my job so much easier. I have all the confidence in the world to start wherever I want to start in the feature, and I know we’re going to have a car capable of winning.”

This time around, Pursley started seventh on the grid. However, he wasted no time getting to work. By lap one, he was fifth and by lap two, he was third behind only pole starter Justin Grant and third-starting Jacob Denney.

“I got the bottom rolling pretty good the first handful of laps, then was able to sneak by Logan (Seavey) for fourth,” Pursley replayed. “I wanted to get by him so I could control whether I wanted to go to the top or not because Logan runs the top very, very hard. Once I got by him, I knew it was going to be okay and we were able to mind our Ps and Qs there and run a good, solid race.”

Justin Grant finished second, followed by Jacob Denney, Logan Seavey and Gavin Miller.

Tye Mihocko won the sprint car feature over Ricky Lewis, Brandon Mattox, Harley Burns and Brayden Fox.

Bloomington Indiana USAC Midget Week Midget Results: 1. Daison Pursley; 2. Justin Grant; 3. Jacob Denney; 4. Logan Seavey; 5. Gavin Miller; 6. Cannon McIntosh; 7. Zach Daum; 8. Ethan Mitchell; 9. Hayden Reinbold; 10. Jake Andreotti; 11. Ryan Timms; 12. Kale Drake; 13. Kevin Thomas Jr.; 14. Michael Pickens; 15. Kyle Cummins; 16. Taylor Reimer; 17. Drake Edwards; 18. Kayla Roell; 19. Zach Wigal; 20. Lance Bennett; 21. Kyle Jones; 22. Jade Avedisian; 23. Chase McDermand; 24. Ricky Lewis; 25. Hank Davis.

Seavey wins at Haubstadt

Logan Seavey won the USAC Indiana Midget Week race on June 8 at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt. Kyle Cummins was second, followed by Daison Pursley, Justin Grant and Zach Wigal.

Pursley takes Kokomo finale

Daison Pursley won the final race of the 2024 USAC Indiana Midget Week on June 9 at Okomo Speedway. With the win, Pursley also clinched the Indiana Midget Week points. Michael Pickens was second to Pursley in the Kokomo finale, followed by Logan Seavey, Cannon McIntosh and Kale Drake.

Davenport Takes Dream at Eldora

Jonathan Davenport dominated the 30th Annual Dirt Late Model Dream on June 8 at Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. Davenport collected $100,030 for his second straight and third overall victory of his career in the June event. Bobby Pierce passed Brandon Overton on the final lap for second. Overton was third, followed by Hudson O’Neal of Hope and Chris Madden.

Devin Gilpin of Columbus, the 2018 Eldora Late Model Track Champion, finished 11th in his first career start in the race.

30th Annual Dirt Late Model Dream Feature Finish: 1. Jonathan Davenport; 2. Bobby Pierce; 3. Brandon Overton; 4. Hudson O’Neal; 5. Chris Madden; 6.Dale McDowell; 7. Brandon Sheppard; 8. Ricky Thornton Jr.; 9. Stormy Scott; 10. Max Blair; 11. Devin Gilpin; 12. 99-Devin Moran; 13. Brian Shirley; 14. Tim McCreadie; 15. Tyler Erb; 16. Trent Ivey; 17. Dennis Erb Jr.; 18. Ricky Weiss; 19. Cody Overton; 20. Ashton Winger; 21. Kyle Bronson; 22. Daulton Wilson; 23. Nick Hoffman; 24. Josh Rice; 25. Shane Clanton; 26. Shannon Babb.

This week in racing history

From 70 years ago in 1954 at Brownstown, Jim Waltz won the feature race.

In 1954 at Columbus Speedway, Larry Smith won the feature race over Ted Pfeiffer, Loren Hurley, Bobby Baker and Gene Minor.

From 60 years ago in 1964 at Brownstown Gene Petro won the late model feature over Johnny Baker and Bud Montgomery. Jack Owens won the figure-8 feature over Sherman McElfresh, Gene Sutton, Chuck Terry and Don Cockerham.

Also in 1964, the Columbus Kart Club winners were Jim Welch, Steve Taylor, David Metz and Steve Dorsett.

From 60 years ago this weekend in 1964 at Bloomington, Calvin Gilstrap won the super modified feature over Dick Gaines, Larry Miller, Don Jackson and Mike Johnson. Mack Pace won the stock car feature over Buford Wade, Russell Roberts and Jack Owens. Ronnie Rhodes won the figure-8 feature race.

From 1964 at Paragon, Orville Yeadon won the super modified feature over Calvin Gilstrap, Mike Smith, Rex Mitchell and Johnny Fewell.

From 50 years ago this weekend in 1974 at Brownstown, Gene Petro won the late model feature over Russ Petro, Don Hobbs, Jim Curry and John Davis.

Also from this weekend 50 years ago at Twin Cities, Johnny Robbins won the feature race over Denny Long, Dee Kramer, Phil Fultz and Pee Wee Day.

From 1974 at 25th Street Fairgrounds Raceway in Columbus, John Warner won the late model feature over Roger Absher and Gene Petro.

Also in 1974 at Haubstadt, Larry Gates won the sprint car feature, and Tom Helfrich won the late model feature race.

From 40 years ago in 1984 at Brownstown, Roger Absher won the late model feature over Ernie Barrow, Charlie Sentman, Scott Graham and Paul Shafer. Terry Eaglin won the modified street stock feature over Bill Norton, Don Barnett, Dan Londeree and Clyde James.

In 1984 at I-65 Speedway in Scottsburg, Kenny Simpson won both late model features. He won the first feature over Noel Witcher and Kevin Claycomb and the second feature over Jim Curry and Claycomb. Terry Eaglin won the modified street stock feature over Willie Sallee and Mark Elzey.

From 40 years ago this weekend at Lawrenceburg, Greg Staab won the sprint car feature over Marvin Deputy, Bernie Graybeal, Willie Rice and Jimmy White. Matt Gilardi won the late model feature over Danny Eichler, Ed Eschmann, Billy Carroll Wooldridge and Ross Smith. Willie Klepper won the stock car feature over Jeff Caudell, Chandler Southerland, James Tanksley and Bob Gatley.

Also in 1984 at Paragon, Jack Zeigler won the sprint car feature over Mike Johnson, Tom Goad, Frank Hollingsworth and Gary Fisher. Marvin O’Neal won the limited late model feature over Gary Harden, Jim Purtlebaugh, Don O’Neal and Dave Weddle. Mike Gibbs won the stock car feature over Bill Pollitt, Jack Klase, Rod Barker and Randall Buster.

From 40 years ago in 1984 at Haubstadt, Bob Pierce won the late model feature over Billy Moyer, Ray Godsey and Jeff Cone.

From 30 years ago in 1994 at Brownstown, Don O’Neal won the late model feature over Doug Ault, Mark Barber, James Huff and Dick Phillips. Darren Davis won both the street stock and bomber feature race. Davis took the street stock feature over Earl Plessinger, Jeff Hehman, Delbert Ross and Darin George and won the bomber feature over Dale Hobbs, Charlie Stevens Jr., John Passmore and Jeff Tinkle. John Davis won the modified feature over Tony Godsey, Brad Barrow, Ray Godsey and Rick McCormick.

Also in 1994 at Bloomington, Ray Morgan won the sprint car feature over Brad Marvel, Gary Fisher, Nick Adams and Jon Stanbrough. Denny Campbell won the street stock feature over Joe Johnson, Terry Arthur, Greg Lane and Steven Godsey. John Davis won the modified feature over Dale Dubois, Scott Smith, Danny Claycomb and Albert Webb Jr.

From 20 years ago in 2004 at Bloomington, Shane Cottle won the Sheldon Kinser Memorial for sprint cars over Kevin Briscoe, Bryan Clauson, Dave Darland and Kenny Carmichael. Brady Short won the modified feature over Ray Humphrey, Dan Hamstra, Matt Boknecht and Shelby Miles. Chris Hillman won the super stock feature over Jack Frye, Terry Arthur, Tom Ault and Ben DuBois.

Upcoming local racing schedule

Tonight: Brownstown Speedway — Don Russ Memorial for pure stocks, plus crate late models, super stocks, hornets and crown vics. For more information, visit brownstownspeedway.com

Tonight : Paragon Speedway — sprints, bombers, hornets and mod-lites. For more information, visit paragaonspeedway.com

Friday: Bloomington Speedway — Kevin Huntley Memorial, 410 winged sprints and IMCA RaceSaver sprint cars. For more information, visit racebloomingtonspeedway.com

Friday: Circle City Raceway, Indianapolis — sprints, modifieds, outlaw non-winged micros, hornets, grub getters and All-Star TQ midgets. For more information, visit circlecityraceway.com