The fifth title event of the 2026 PBA Tour season -
PBA Indiana Classic
- is taking place this week in David Small’s Pro Bowl West in Fort
Wayne, Indiana.
After the first six games of qualifying, England’s
Dominic Barrett took the early lead with a strong 1510 total on the 39-foot
Mike Aulby oil pattern. His block included a perfect 300 game in Game 4.
Right behind him, TJ Rock sits in second place with 1500 and a 300 game of his own, followed by Chris Via in third with 1499. Timmy Tan is fourth with 1492, while Ethan Fiore completes the top five with 1486.
In sixth and seventh, Thomas Larsen and Eric Jones are tied at 1478. PBA Players Championship champ Brandon Bonta is eighth with 1474, followed by Sean Lavery-Spahr in ninth with 1471. Mitch Hupé rounds out the top 10 with 1467.
EJ Tackett, who plays very close tohis hometown, is currently fifteenth with
1455. Another notable name further down the standings is Kyle Troup, who won
this tournament back in 2024. He is currently 64th with a 1327 total after six
games.
Check here for full results.
All can change very soon as the second round of qualifying will begin at 6 p.m. ET later today. Format includes 24 games of qualifying across two days, with the top 32 players advancing to Friday’s elimination rounds.
After Friday morning’s elimination round, only 16 players will advance to the next stage, where they will bowl another six games. From there, only the top five will move on to the stepladder finals.
The stepladder finals will air live on Sunday, March 22 at 4 p.m. ET on The CW.
{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "NewsArticle", "mainEntityOfPage": { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://bowlinglife.eu/pba-indiana-classic-2026-qualifying-results" }, "headline": "Dominic Barrett Leads PBA Indiana Classic After Opening Qualifying Round", "description": "Dominic Barrett takes the early lead at the 2026 PBA Indiana Classic with a 1510 total. The opening round featured perfect 300 games from both Barrett and TJ Rock on the Mike Aulby pattern.", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://fsn1.your-objectstorage.com/bowlinglife/media/Posts_Uploads/PBA_Indiana_Classic_2026.jpg", "width": 1200, "height": 675 }, "datePublished": "2026-03-18T10:00:00+02:00", "dateModified": "2026-03-18T14:30:00+02:00", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erikas Jansonas", "url": "https://bowlinglife.eu/author/erikas-jansonas" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "BowlingLife", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://bowlinglife.eu/logo.png" } }, "about": [ { "@type": "Event", "name": "PBA Indiana Classic" } ], "mentions": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dominic Barrett" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "TJ Rock" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "EJ Tackett" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kyle Troup" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brandon Bonta" } ] }
