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Kenny Miller III Conquers New Egypt in Thrilling Fashion

For the first time since 2020, the USAC East Coast Sprints returned to New Egypt Speedway — and both the weather and the racing were picture-perfect.

A strong field of 24 Innovative Machining Technology USAC Sprints rolled through the gates, marking the best car count of 2025 for the growing class.

Heat race wins went to Kenny Miller III, Briggs Danner, and Alex Bright — making his first start of the 2025 season — while Kyle Spence claimed the Semi Feature.

The stage was set for the E Schneider and Sons Summer Showdown, a 25-lap non-stop feature that promised high-speed drama. All eyes were on Briggs Danner, chasing a $1,000 weekend sweep bonus after winning the night before at Big Diamond. Starting 9th, the odds were stacked, but the fans knew they were in for a show.
E Schneider and Sons was a huge contributor to the weekend. The Scrapping business added an extra $100 to every starting envelope, raising the stage for the entire weekend.

Old Bridge New Jersey’s Chris Allen Jr. drew the pole with Kenny Miller making his first career start at New Egypt alongside. At the drop of the green, Allen charged ahead, setting a torrid early pace. Bright rocketed from 6th to 3rd on lap one, and by lap three, Alex Wright slipped past Miller for 2nd. Danner cracked the top seven by lap five, while by lap ten, Steven Drevicki had surged from 14th to 9th in his bid for back-to-back Hard Charger honors.

By lap 12, Bright had caught Allen and was all over the leader’s tail tank. Trouble struck on lap 13 when the Rodota Trucking #20 pulled in with engine issues, but the action at the front was heating up. With traffic coming into play in the final seven laps, the leaders were nose-to-tail.

With three laps to go, Danner tried another daring 3rd-to-1st move, but lapped traffic blocked his path. That’s when Kenny Miller made his move — threading the needle under a lap car off turn two to draw even with Allen. This had all the ingredients to be an absolute thriller, and it was. A deep slide job into turn three gave Miller the lead with two laps remaining, and from there, he never looked back. The crowd was on their feet in complete satisfaction with the show!

Miller claimed his second win of the 2025 season — and first-ever New Egypt triumph — in a wire-to-wire green flag feature, with Allen settling for a hard-fought 2nd and Danner rounding out the podium in 3rd.
"I found my entry into 1 by mistake I think, I got my doors blown down early by Bright and knew I needed to moved around." said Miller. "Once I got to 2nd and traffic came, i knew i had a shot. We split the lapped car, Chris moved up, and I took the opportunity given"

Heats
3 Redraw/5 Qualify
BDB Graphics Heat 1 (10 Laps): 1. 23M-Kenny Miller III[23m Miller]; 2. 21K-Tommy Kunsman[21k Kunsman]; 3. 10-Joe Kata[ 10 Kata]; 4. 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr[ 83 Buckwalter]; 5. 1-Patrick Chilmonik[ 1 Chilmonik]; 6. 2-Brendan Hires[2 Hires]; 7. 3H-Heidi Hedin[ 3H Hedin]; 8. (DNF) 35-Blaine Emery[35 Thomas Bros] 2:29.450

E Schneider and Sons Heat 2 (10 Laps): 1. 20-Alex Bright[20 Hummer]; 2. 71-Chris Allen Jr[71 Allen]; 3. 5B-Bobby Butler[5b Butler]; 4. 15-Mark Bitner[15 Bitner]; 5. 19-Steven Drevicki[19 Drevicki]; 6. 42-Kyle Spence[42 Fraker]; 7. 51-Mike Haggenbottom[51 Kelly]; 8. 83P-Ron Pavia[83p Pavia] 2:33.898
Boulevard Truck Repair Heat 3 (10 Laps): 1. 39-Briggs Danner[Hogue 39 ]; 2. 7-Ed Aikin[7 Aikin]; 3. 27-Stan Ploski III( 27 Ploski]; 4. 22R-Ronald Helmick[22r Helmick]; 5. 91D-Mick D'Agostino[91D D' Agostino]; 6. 22J-Joey Crilly[ 22j Crilly]; 7. 67-Jason Cherry[ 67 Cherry]; 8. 75-Greg Shepsis[ 75 Shepsis] 2:34.595

5 Qualify
SEMI Feature: 1. Kyle Spence 2. Joey Crilly. 3. Mike Haggenbottom 4. Ronny Pavia 5. Heidi Hedin 6. Jason Cherry 7. Greg Shepsis 8. Brendan Hires 9. DNS Blaine Emery. 2:39.652

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 23M-Kenny Miller III[2]; 2. 71-Chris Allen Jr[1]; 3. 39-Briggs Danner[9]; 4. 5B-Bobby Butler[4]; 5. 10-Joe Kata[5]; 6. 19-Steven Drevicki[14]; 7. 21K-Tommy Kunsman[7]; 8. 42-Kyle Spence[16]; 9. 15-Mark Bitner[11]; 10. 7-Ed Aikin[8]; 11. 22R-Ronald Helmick[12]; 12. 91D-Mick D'Agostino[15]; 13. 27-Stan Ploski III[3]; 14. 51-Mike Haggenbottom[18]; 15. 22J-Joey Crilly[17]; 16. 3H-Heidi Hedin[20]; 17. 1-Patrick Chilmonik[13]; 18. (DNF) 83P-Ron Pavia[19]; 19. (DNF) 20-Alex Bright[6]; 20. (DNF) 83-Bruce Buckwalter Jr[10] 7:54.859

Notes:

During the drivers meeting there was a great gesture to a new and upcoming competitor. Ed Aikin , series president, arranged a parts giveaway to Greg Shepsis, who is brand new to the racing world. Shepsis joined the East Coast tour at Bridgeport after a rain out at his home track and became family to the series fast. Shepsis who is just starting out had limited equipment and thanks to this gesture Shepsis can travel more and have better tooling and equipment. Look towards a video and press release about this awesome movement later this week!

A fantastic showing with No cautions all night in competition.

Contingency Awards:

C&C Landscape Hard Charger: Steven Drevicki +8
JPA Racing Products Hard Luck: Alex Bright
Bitner Auto Motive Fast Time: Alex Bright 17.882
J&W Home Improvements Best Crate: Stan Polski III
Hoosier Tire Poker Chip: Mick D'Agostino

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