Kevin Thomas Jr. will run it back with 4 Kings Racing for his second full season with the team during the 2026 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship campaign.

In 2026, Thomas will drive the 4 Kings Racing No. 14 for the 2026 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship campaign. The No. 14 machine will be sporting a special partnership with the Purple Heart Foundation, whose mission is to enhance the quality of life of Purple Heart recipients and other honorably discharged veterans and their families through critical assistance grants, providing resources related to TBI, PTS, mental health, and suicide prevention, academic scholarships and service dogs.

For Thomas and team owner Rex Turner, the partnership is especially close to them on a personal level.

“Rex’s grandfather was a recipient of the Purple Heart and went to Vietnam and my grandfather did as well,” Thomas said. “So, that's pretty cool to be able to represent them and for what they stand for. I'm excited for the year and being able to have that on the side of the car. When you go up to the stands or into the pits after the races, you’ll have some people come up who are veterans of war and it’s just always cool to listen to them. They are the ones that you don't want to forget about.”

Thomas and the 4 Kings Racings team have created a line of merchandise and apparel representing the purple and gold themed race car to be sold at each participating USAC Midget event, as well as online at ShopKTJ.com, with a portion of the proceeds from each items sold being donated directly to the Purple Heart Foundation. Fourteen dollars ($14), to represent the No.14 race car, will be donated from each apparel item. This campaign will continue throughout the 2026 USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship season, with a grand total being revealed at the end of the year.

Thomas has previously supported the Purple Heart Foundation back in 2018, during his AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car title chase with the famed Hoffman Auto Racing NO.69. The team raised a little over $3,000 during that endeavor, and are looking to surpass that number this season.

In 2025, Thomas equaled a career best finish in the USAC National Midget points by taking third in the standings a full decade after also finishing third in 2015. Overall, he garnered four second place finishes in his first full-time season with 4 Kings and accrued the most heat race victories of the season as well, amassing eight. Thomas (Cullman, Alabama) enters the new year coming off his strongest run with the series in a decade. In 2025, he accumulated 10 top-fives, 19 top-tens and a single fast qualifying time in 23 series starts.

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