Owosso, MI – In his first start with the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance in 2025, Kyle Crump went to Victory Lane at Toledo Speedway. In his previous three starts (Birch Run (2023), Owosso (Fall 2024), Winchester (Fall 2024) ) Crump also went to Victory Lane. After 100 laps around Owosso Speedway Monday afternoon, Crump again went to JEGS Tour Victory Lane for his fifth race win in five starts. The win was also his third Big O Classic win in as many attempts.
Crump rolled off from the fifth spot after qualifying third fastest earlier in the day and redrawing the No.5 pill. He trailed Chase Burda and Austin Hull who led the field to green. The tone for the afternoon was set early when the first caution flew just four laps into the race. A multitude of single car and multicar spins would slow the race throughout the course of the nearly two-hour contest. In the end, the caution flag flew 18 times with the red flag being displayed twice Monday afternoon.
Burda was the early race leader, dealing with Blake Rowe throughout the early stages of the race. Restarting on the outside in every attempt, Rowe finally got the best of Burda at the line on lap 36, but his time out front was short-lived, with Burda retook the lead the following lap. A restart later in the race put a new challenger to Rowe’s right shoulder when Rowe elected to take the bottom of row two at the choose cone – Kyle Crump lined up to Burda’s outside and on lap 57 edged his RMD Racing No.131 to the front of the field.
Burda was shuffled back and later spun down the backstretch into turn three which resulted in him going to the tail of the field. Several heavy hitters ended up in the back throughout the afternoon, including Chase Pinsonneault, Keegan Sobilo, Chris Shannon, and Austin Hull, among others.
Two of the last three races were decided with five or less laps to go at Owosso Speedway – the only exception was the Owosso Nationals in September which was cut short due to rain. Things seemed to be heading that way again Monday afternoon with a final restart on the track with four laps to go. Treyten Lapcevich and the afternoon’s fast qualifying, Albert Francis pestered Crump the entire second half of the race, but neather could capitalize on the late race restarts, allowing Crump to drive on to the win. Francis, Lapcevich, Burda, and Pinsonneault rounded out the top five at the finish.
The next event for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour is a non-points show on Thursday, May 29th for the Rackley Roofing Battle of Broadway 150. Another $10,000 to win race is on the line Thursday and advanced tickets are available. Fans who can’t make the trip can watch the action on TrackTv.com or RacingAmerica.Tv.
