The word “slump” hasn’t been used in a sentence to describe Brady Bacon’s performance very often throughout his illustrious USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship career. Perhaps ever.

But that’s just what transpired for the Broken Arrow, Okla. native during the recent Eastern Storm series where the four-time USAC National Sprint Car titlist strung together three consecutive finishes outside the top-13.

As soon as the series’ tour of Pennsylvania concluded, wholesale changes were made mentally for himself and mechanically to the Dynamics, Inc./A & B Sports Bar Café – Tel-Star Technologies – DriveWFX.com/Triple X/Rider Chevy, to prepare himself for the official 2023 Bacon reboot starting Saturday night at Wisconsin’s Wilmot Raceway.

With newly fresh equipment and a newly fresh perspective, Bacon returned to familiar form in the series’ first visit to the 3/8-mile dirt oval in 11 seasons, leading on two separate occasions for a total of 11 laps with the final winning maneuver coming via a turn four outside pass of Emerson Axsom on lap 21 of 30 to take the lead and score the victory.

It was a welcome change of pace for Bacon whose third victory of the series season netted him his 49th career USAC National Sprint Car feature win, moving him to within three of Tom Bigelow for second all-time and to within 13 of Dave Darland for the all-time lead in that category.

VIDEO: Watch USAC Sprint Car highlights from Wilmot Raceway. 

Winning Quote From Brady Bacon

“We went back to square one, This is a new car we just brought out, fresh everything, and talked to some old friends and got our heads back on straight so we could come out and do what we’re supposed to do. It was a lot of work this week with a short turnaround after being gone for seven days, but sometimes you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do,” Bacon admitted. “It’s not always easy. You’ve just got to stay calm and know that what you do is the right thing. You’ve just got to do all the right things right. We might’ve been missing stuff and maybe became complacent. We’ve got to get back to doing the basics correctly and execute.”

USAC Wilmot Raceway Results

 1. Brady Bacon (5)

 2. Emerson Axsom (1)

3. Robert Ballou (2)

4. Logan Seavey (3)

5. Jake Swanson (6)

6. Matt Westfall (8)

7. Mitchel Moles (4)

8. Daison Pursley (10)

9. C.J. Leary (12)

10. Justin Grant (11)

11. Geoff Ensign (15)

12. Chase Stockon (9)

13. Mario Clouser (13)

14. Kyle Cummins (7)

15. Allen Hafford (17)

16. Greg Alt (19)

17. Dan Wade (20)

18. Clayton Rossman (16)

19. Matt VanderVere (18)

20. Max Adams (14)

21. Austin DeBlauw (21)

USAC National Sprint Car Point Standings 

Another podium finish for Emerson Axsom extends his points lead over Jake Swanson and race winner Brady Bacon.

Full USAC Sprints Points Standings

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