SANTOS TAKES “J.D. BYRIDER 100,” 1ST TO WIN IN ALL 3 Indianapolis, IN…….Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. became the first driver to win in all three 2009 USAC National racing series with his victory in Thursday night’s 100-lap “J.D. Byrider 100” at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Santos grabbed the lead from pole starter Chet Fillip on lap 28 and led the rest of the way, averaging 109.224 mph in his Santos Motor Sports Beast/Performance Technology K & N Silver Crown car. Santos started on the front row and trailed Fillip for the first 27 laps but held off Bobby East for the win, while series point leader Bud Kaeding took third ahead of Fillip and Tyler Walker. NASCAR veteran Ryan Newman finished eighth after starting ninth in the 30-car field. Kaeding takes a 42-point lead over Tracy Hines into the July 31 “Casey’s General Stores 100” at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa.


USAC K & N SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 23, 2009 – Indianapolis, Indiana – O’Reilly Raceway Park – “J.D. Byrider 100”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-21.257; 2. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-21.303; 3. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-21.360; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-21.430; 5. Dakoda Armstrong, 9, East-21.432; 6. Eric Gordon, 2, Bowman/Canine-21.446; 7. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-21.470; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-21.518; 9. Ryan Newman, 11, Nowman/Canine-21.524; 10. Tyler Walker, 23, Vance-21.561; 11. Mike Lichty, 94, Lichty-21.566; 12. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-21.589; 13. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-21.598; 14. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-21.608; 15. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-21.645; 16. Mario Marietta, 15, Beach-21.651; 17. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-21.651; 18. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-21.678; 19. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-21.727; 20. Cameron Dodson, 991, Edwards/RE-21.729; 21. Josh Wise, 199, Edwards/RE-21.753; 22. Tony Hunt, 28, Pierson-21.872; 23. Davey Hamilton, 8, Rev 1-21.934; 24. Dave Darland, 30, Vance-21.951; 25. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-21.980; 26. Brad Armstrong, 08, Armstrong-22.015; 27. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-22.077; 28. Ryan Smith, 155, S & S-22.178; 29. Patrick Bruns, 81, Quickdraw-22.567; 30. Tom Capie, 153, Capie-22.729; 31. Rodney Weesner, 96, Weesner-23.148; 32. Coleman Gullick, 114, Gullick-NT.


 


FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Bobby East, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Chet Fillip, 5. Tyler Walker, 6. Kody Swanson, 7. Eric Gordon, 8. Ryan Newman, 9. Cameron Dodson, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Josh Wise, 12. Dakoda Armstrong, 13. Mike Lichty, 14. Davey Hamilton, 15. Mario Marietta, 16. Levi Jones, 17. A.J. Fike, 18. Jerry Coons Jr., 19. Jacob Wilson, 20. Brian Tyler, 21. Aaron Pierce, 22. Zach Daum, 23. Shane Hmiel, 24. Ryan Smith, 25. Brad Armstrong, 26. Tony Hunt, 27. Russ Gamester, 28. Dave Darland, 29. Patrick Bruns, 30. Rodney Weesner. 37:41.05


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Fillip, Laps 28-100 Santos.


 


NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Kaeding-201; 2-Hines-159; 3-Tyler-133; 4-Fike-132; 5-East-120; 6-Jones-113; 7-Daum-111; 8-Coons-107; 9-Hmiel-106; 10-Wise-102.


 


NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: July 31 – Newton, IA – Iowa Speedway – “Casey’s General Stores Challenge”