Chris Windom already has checked off several boxes on his Eldora Speedway resume entering the events Friday and Saturday at the Rossburg, Ohio, half-mile dirt oval.

After notching a USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car win at the 4-Crown in 2013, followed by victories in the USAC Silver Crown division in both 2013 and 2016, the Canton, Illinois, native added a USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget feature in 2021, leading all 25 laps in a highwire, wire-to-wire thrill show that went non-stop, green-to-checker and took less than eight minutes to complete.

By doing so, Windom became the sixth driver to win all three of USAC's open wheel divisions at the 4-Crown Nationals in his career, joining Jack Hewitt, Dave Darland, Tyler Courtney, Jerry Coons Jr. and Kyle Larson in that regard.

Now, Windom aims to enter another stratosphere by becoming the fourth driver to win the 4-Crown midget feature in consecutive years, joining Rich Vogler (1985, 1986), Larson (2011, 2012) and Courtney (2018, 2019).

On tap this weekend are two USAC National Midget events at Eldora. 

First up is the Friday night BeFour The Crowns 25-lapper, followed by the 40th running of the 4-Crown Nationals Presented by NKTELCO 25-lap race on Saturday night.

The two programs over the two nights are intermingled. 

Friday's midget program will utilize the traditional format of single-car qualifying, followed by heat races, semi-feature (if needed) and a 25-lap feature event paying $5,000-to-win. The starting lineup will be based on qualifying results and heat race winners, as standard.

The format for Saturday's midget event will not include qualifying. Instead, heat race lineups will be based on the finishing order of Friday's event. 

Friday night's feature winner will receive the No. 1 seed, with the second-place finisher getting the second seed, and so on. For Saturday, those seeds, in essence, will act as the official qualifying time.

The top seed will line up in the sixth position of Saturday's first heat race, and the No. 2 seed will line up in the sixth position of the second heat race, and so forth. From there on, the "traditional" USAC format for a three-heat race will take over, with the top 5 transferring/getting their qualifying time back from each of the three heat races, etc.

The fastest top 6 "seeds" who transfer through the heats will occupy the first three rows of Saturday's feature, followed by heat race winners, then the balance of the field based on their seeds, to set the starting lineup for the 25-lap finale, paying $10,000-to-win.

Furthermore, Friday will be a full USAC National Midget points event, awarding points for qualifying, heats and the feature event. Saturday's event will pay points for the feature only.

At press time, Windom appears to be the only past 4-Crown midget winner in the field, as well as the only driver competing in all four divisions this weekend at Eldora in USAC Midgets, USAC Sprints, USAC Silver Crown and the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions.

Justin Grant (Ione, California) was the 2016 4-Crown feature victor with the USAC National Sprint Cars. In the midget, he's come close as the runner-up of the feature in 2018 and seventh in 2019.

Grant's RMS Racing teammate, Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, California), won his first USAC National Sprint Car feature ever at the 4-Crown in 2015. He'll try to add a midget score to the tally after finishing ninth in 2015 and 10th in 2012.

C.J. Leary (Greenfield, Indiana) will make a rare midget start aboard Scott Petry's machine. Leary has won twice at the 4-Crown, once each in USAC Sprints (2017) and USAC Silver Crown (2018) but has never made a midget start at Eldora. Leary's father, Chuck Leary, finished 10th during the 4-Crown midget feature in 1993.

Reigning series champion and current point leader Buddy Kofoid eyes his first taste of Eldora glory. Four seems to be the magic number thus far for Kofoid, as he finished fourth in both Eldora midget races in 2021. Back in 2019, the Penngrove, California, driver finished fourth in the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car feature event at the 4-Crown.

Three more USAC National Midget feature winners will be on hand to put their skills to the test to break through at The Big E.

Daison Pursley (Locust Grove, Oklahoma) finished seventh on Friday and sixth on Saturday in 2021, and Bixby, Oklahoma's Cannon McIntosh grabbed a seventh on Saturday in 2021.

Meanwhile, Tanner Carrick (Lincoln, California) returns for his first USAC Midget appearance of the season in a Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports ride. In three previous appearances at Eldora, he was eighth in 2017, fifth in 2018 and second in 2019, where he led a race-high 20 of the 25 laps.

Making first career stops at Eldora this weekend is series rookie and first-time 2022 USAC National Midget winners Mitchel Moles, as well as Jacob Denney. 

Moles (Raisin City, California) will pilot a car for the defending 4-Crown winning team of CB Industries. Denney (Galloway, Ohio) will drive a car for Tom Malloy, which finished second in both Eldora races in 2021 with driver Logan Seavey.

USAC East Coast Sprint Car and USAC Eastern Midget champion Alex Bright (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) will race a second Malloy car in the event alongside Denney. Bright's 4-Crown midget experience includes an eight in 2013 and 10th in 2017.

Returning to the lineup after making their Eldora debuts a season ago in 2021 are Colby, Kansas' Bryant Wiedeman (10th on Friday), Snohomish, Washington's Chance Crum (13th on Friday), Gilbert, Arizona's Hayden Reinbold (15th both nights) and Muskogee, Oklahoma's Kaylee Bryson (17th on Friday).

Ethan Mitchell (Mooresville, North Carolina) returns to the 4-Crown for the first time since 2019, where he experienced mechanical trouble and was unable to start the feature. On the other hand, Taylor Reimer (Bixby) will lay her eyes on Eldora for the first time this weekend.

This will be the 54th and 55th USAC National Midget events held at Eldora since Bob Wente's victory in 1964. 

On Friday, it's a full program for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, plus USAC Silver Crown qualifying and a full program for the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Cars. 

Stands open at 2 p.m. Eastern, with the drivers' meeting at 5 p.m. and hot laps at 6 p.m.

On Saturday, it's full programs for the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship, USAC AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship, USAC Silver Crown and the Tezos All Star Circuit of Champions. 

Spectator gates open at noon Eastern, with a driver autograph session scheduled from 3-4 p.m. in the Fan Zone, followed by the drivers' meeting at 5 p.m. and hot laps at 6 p.m.

For Friday at Eldora, general admission tickets are $34 for adults and free for ages 12 and under. Reserved tickets are $39 for adults and $9 for ages 12 and under.

For Saturday at Eldora, general admission tickets are $39 for adults and free for ages 12 and under. Reserved tickets are $44 for adults and $9 for ages 12 and under.

The USAC portions on Friday night, along with Saturday's entire program, can be watched LIVE on FloRacing. Click here to watch.   

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