Doran Binks Racing’s Kody Swanson set several new records Friday in USAC Silver Crown competition at World Wide Technology Raceway, but unfortunately the engine expired in the Mission Foods No. 77 just two laps from victory in the 60-lap race while he had a 3.804-second lead. He ended up 12thContinue Reading
With two laps to go, Dakoda Armstrong was nearly resigned to the fact that he was going to finish second. With one lap to go, he was just about resigned to the fact that he was going to run out of fuel. Neither of these things came to fruition during FridayContinue Reading
For the 11th time, USAC Silver Crown National Championship racing will take a trip to the biggest, boldest and fastest circuit on the USAC Silver Crown trail this Friday, August 16. Nineteen drivers and cars are entered for the Ranken Technical College Silver Crown Showdown Presented By Welsch Heating &Continue Reading
The USAC Silver Crown series’ first event ever on Jennerstown Speedway’s 0.522-mile asphalt oval Saturday night was record-setting and memorable for Doran Binks Racing and driver Kody Swanson. Driving the Mission Foods No. 77, the seven-time series champion led all 100 laps of the feature to extend his record forContinue Reading
It’s been 20 years to the month since the USAC Silver Crown National Championship last competed on pavement in the state of Pennsylvania. This weekend marks the return of the series to the asphalt at a Keystone State venue, and this time, it’s for the first time, on Saturday night,Continue Reading
It’s been 55 years since USAC last made a visit to Pennsylvania’s Jennerstown Speedway. That May 1969 midget event was captured by Bob Tattersall in a field which featured four present-day USAC Hall of Fame inductees. However, Jennerstown hasn’t seen anything like what’s on its way this Saturday, August 10, asContinue Reading
After five career runner-up finishes in USAC Silver Crown competition, Kevin Thomas Jr. had no desire for any more “second” thoughts during Saturday night’s inaugural Murphy Tractor & Equipment Salt City 100 at Hutchinson, Kansas’ Salt City Speedway. Thomas’ (Cullman, Ala.) quest for his initial series victory didn’t exactly occurContinue Reading
When’s the last time you did something for the first time? That’s what USAC Silver Crown competitors face this weekend during the inaugural Murphy Tractor & Equipment Salt City 100 at Hutchinson, Kansas’ Salt City Speedway on Friday-Saturday night, July 19-20. As one of the most historic racetracks in theContinue Reading
Dakoda Armstrong’s journey to a first career USAC national victory included its share of twists, turns and excursions that took him down a variety of paths throughout the past two decades of his career behind the wheel. His road to an initial USAC Silver Crown victory during Friday night’s BytecContinue Reading
Kyle Larson was focused on trying to do “The Double” over the Memorial Day weekend, but Kody Swanson did “The Triple” on Saturday and recorded three podium finishes in one day in three different race cars. In the morning he finished second in a 30-lap pavement midget race for BertrandContinue Reading