KODY SWANSON WINS “J.D. BYRIDER 100” AT LUCAS OIL RACEWAY

 


Indianapolis, IN……..Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif., fully recovered from a devastating crash during this year’s “Hut Hundred” USAC Midget race in May, made a sensational return to the TRAXXAS USAC Silver Crown Championship Series Thursday night, winning the “J.D. Byrider 100” at Lucas Oil Raceway in his Toyota/Team Six-R Beast/Toyota. Swanson took the lead from Levi Jones on lap 20 and led the rest of the way despite late-race pressure from pole starter Tracy Hines, who finished a close second. Tanner Swanson was third, ahead of Jones and Bobby Santos III. Tanner Swanson emerged tied with Jerry Coons Jr. for the  series point lead. Coons finished seventh in the 100-lap race. NASCAR starts Ryan Newman and Jason Leffler competed, Newman finishing eighth and Leffler leading the first 15 laps before a late-race spin relegated him to 27th in the official finish order.


 


TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN RACE RESULTS: July 28, 2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis – “J.D. Byrider 100” – “Kroger SpeedFest”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 7, RW-20.958; 2. Jason Leffler, 32, Vance-20.962; 3. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-20.988; 4. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-20.999; 5. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-21.069; 6. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-21.147; 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-21.178; 8. Ryan Newman, 11, Bowman/Canine-21.213; 9. Eric Gordon, 2, Bowman/Canine-21.219; 10. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz-21.224; 11. Brian Tyler, 21, Team 6R-21.240; 12. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-21.265; 13. Bryan Clauson, 22, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-21.304; 14. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-21.324; 15. Josh Wise, 17, RW-21.351; 16. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-21.408; 17. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-21.446; 18. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-21.504; 19. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-21.510; 20. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-21.519; 21. David Byrne, 40, Byrne-21.529; 22. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-21.624; 23. Dave Steele, 99, RE-21.728; 24. Ryan Smith, 95, Randol-21.784; 25. Mike Larrison, 06, Hamilton-21.808; 26. Brian Gerster, 15, Team 6R-21.935; 27. John Heydenreich, 90, Heydenreich-21.960; 28. Derek Hagar, 91, RE-22.036; 29. Jimmy Kite, 25, Sachs-22.157; 30. Todd Kane, 63, DePalma-22.454.


 


FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Tanner Swanson, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Bobby Santos III, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Ryan Newman, 9. Bobby East, 10. Eric Gordon, 11. Brian Tyler, 12. Aaron Pierce, 13. Bud Kaeding, 14. Josh Wise, 15. Jacob Wilson, 16. A.J. Fike, 17. Russ Gamester, 18. Dave Steele, 19. Kyle Larson, 20. Zach Daum, 21. Jimmy Kite, 22. Todd Kane, 23. Mike Larrison, 24. David Byrne, 25. Derek Hagar, 26. John Heydenreich, 27. Jason Leffler, 28. Ryan Smith, 29. Brian Gerster. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Leffler, Laps 16-19 Jones, Laps 20-100 K.Swanson.


 


NEW TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Coons-201; 2-T.Swanson-201; 3-Jones-195; 4-East-184; 5-Kaeding-171; 6-Santos-156; 7-Hines-152; 8-Tyler-142; 9-Larson-140; 10-Wilson-107.


 


NEXT TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: August 20 – Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fairgrounds - “Tony Bettenhausen 100”