10/27/2026
Whelp friends, the ‘26 USAC National season ended this last weekend at The Western World in Casa Grande Arizona.
The results on paper sure don’t reflect how fast Chase was in the 92. Seems that dang monkey that’s followed us all season somehow managed to travel to Az too. ( we even checked the trailer before we left to make sure he wasn’t in there !!)
Friday night what had been the “norm” of pulling one of the last to qualify was replaced by going out 1st & even after the full field challenged the clock, Chase held onto sit 10th. Heat race action starting 4 th, was killer fast moving forward when another car pretty much slammed into the side, damaging nerf & side panel, causing that forward momentum to finish where he started in 4 th , but still a direct transfer to the main.
Main started 14 & Chase hustled the Moose up to 9 th, missing hard Charger by 1 spot.
Friday night that monkey really showed his nastiness… qualifying 7 th, running in a transfer spot, when The car in front checked up, Chase let off & got smashed into, and dropping 1 spot outta a transfer. Running the semi & missing the transfer , the team opted to take a provisional, starting 27 th & bringing it home in 14.. awesome drive!
Saturdays schedule were qualifying races, starting 3rd .. if ya won it, you’d be in The Dash… didn’t claim that spot but did transfer direct to the Main. Closing out the Main & the season in 16th.
Loaded her up & on the road heading to Indiana by midnight… after a couple flat tires & fuel stops pulled into the driveway about 5:15 Monday morning …
Steve, Chase,Tom & Laurie wanted to thank all the people who came by wishing the team well .. it was so great seeing so many of the teams friends & family. Tom is from Az & his family & old time buddies were there to cheer Chase on!!
Here’s a few pics taken by Toms brother Rick.
We’ll regroup & try to figure out what the future may hold.
There are so many companies & people who helped get The Moose Team up & down the road … we’ll post a special Thank You to all of them later today …