SPEEDWAY, Ind. — The Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Championship will return this season with a $10,000 reward going to the driver who accrues the most combined points throughout the USAC national season.
The honor encompasses attaining points throughout each and every points paying USAC Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget series event during the 2023 campaign. This season marks the 25th consecutive year that the Mike Curb championship has been awarded.
Justin Grant punctuated his season by earning the USAC National Drivers Championship in both of the past two seasons. In 2022, he collected a total of 4,991 combined points between the three USAC national series — most of any driver.
Previous champions include many of the greatest names in USAC’s illustrious history, including four drivers who’ve won the award on at least three different occasions. Tracy Hines has won the award more times than anybody else, on four occasions in 2000, ’08, ’13 and ’14. Last year, Grant (2017, ’21, ’22) became the fourth driver to win the honor on three different occasions, joining Hines, J.J. Yeley (2001, ’02, ’03) and Bryan Clauson (2010, ’11, ’12).
The new Mike Curb USAC National Drivers Champion will be honored at USAC’s Night of Champions in December.