# @usacnation on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNvVBjkwP3W
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33639262-usacnation-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-24T13:30:50.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** USAC Racing (@usacnation) — https://gondola.cc/usacnation

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Just a few short days ago, justin_grant_racing wasn’t even planning to compete during elliottscustomtrailers Sprint Car #SmackdownXIV at Indiana’s kokomospeedway.

On Saturday night, the Ione, California native not only competed, but also pulled off one of the most miraculous and dramatic victories in USAC amsoilinc Sprint Car National Championship history as he became the first five-time Smackdown champion.

Borrowing a line from famed baseball announcer Vin Scully, “in a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened.”

For you see, just 27 days ago, Grant broke his left foot in a harrowing accident down the front straightaway at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Saddled with a boot strapped to his left leg and a carefully devised metal contraption connected to his foot in order to operate the brake pedal in his modified cockpit area, the pain, at times, was downright unbearable.

Somehow, through it all, Grant mustered the energy to work his way from the fifth starting position before taking over the lead on the white flag lap after near racelong leader Briggs Danner collected the turn two wall amid a side-by-side battle for the top spot.

When all was said and done, Grant even found the strength to perform a cage stand atop his toppmotorsports / nosenergydrink – TOPP Industries – LA Poly/Maxim/Kistler Chevy in victory lane.

“I wasn’t planning on running this week; I didn’t think I could do it,” Grant revealed after collecting $31,000 for his score. “We talked about it and decided to come up Thursday to at least make an attempt and see if I felt competitive. We just kept getting more and more comfortable and getting the car more comfortable for me. We were working on setups, so that I could drive it a little bit differently. I had to change my driving style a fair bit.”

To add on to everything else, Grant’s victory was his 62nd in USAC National Sprint Car competition, which tied Dave Darland for the number one spot on the all-time series feature win list.

📸 sellra01 & iriphotos1

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