COURTNEY COLLECTS MIKE CURB SUPER LICENSE
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (December 10, 2019)………A banner 2019 season has resulted in Tyler Courtney collecting his second consecutive Mike Curb Super License championship after accumulating the most total points among the three USAC National divisions this season.
The Indianapolis, Ind. native racked up a total of 4,534 points throughout between USAC’s Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget campaigns. That was 169 points more than his nearest competitor, Chris Windom of Canton, Ill., while Cullman, Alabama’s Kevin Thomas, Jr. rounded out the top-three, 248 points behind Courtney.
One year following his AMSOIL National Sprint Car title in 2018, Courtney followed up with the second leg of the USAC Triple Crown in 2019 with a dominating NOS Energy Drink National Midget season in which he led all drivers with eight feature victories in 30 starts en route to the championship.
Courtney was 16th in the Silver Crown standings after competing on a part-time basis with the series and finished second in the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car points in 2019, just 18 points behind C.J. Leary.
However, Courtney did lead all drivers in the series in terms of victories for the second-straight year with nine. He also captured a single Silver Crown win score in the Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in May. He was one of two drivers to win USAC National main events in all three series along with Brady Bacon.
Sunshine’s 18 USAC National feature victories: 8 Midget, 9 Sprint and 1 Silver Crown, were most among all drivers in 2019. His final win tally tied him for the third most all-time in a single season alongside A.J. Foyt and Parnelli Jones’ 1964 campaigns and trailed only J.J. Yeley’s 23 National wins in 2003 and Foyt’s 19 in 1961.
This is the 21st year of the Mike Curb Super License, which will pay Courtney a $5,000 reward and a USAC Super License worth $900 at the year-end USAC Night of Champions in December in Indianapolis, Ind.
Courtney becomes the first driver to repeat as Super License champion since Tracy Hines in 2013-2014. Previous Super License/USAC National Driver Championship titlists include Dave Darland (1999 & 2015), Tracy Hines (2000-2008-2013-2014), J.J. Yeley (2001-2002-2003), Jay Drake (2004), Josh Wise (2005-2006), Jerry Coons, Jr. (2007), Cole Whitt (2009), Bryan Clauson (2010-2011-2012), Brady Bacon (2016), Justin Grant (2017) and Tyler Courtney (2018-2019)
2019 FINAL MIKE CURB SUPER LICENSE POINTS STANDINGS:
1. (4,534) Tyler Courtney
2. (4,365) Chris Windom
3. (4,286) Kevin Thomas, Jr.
4. (3,462) Justin Grant
5. (3,194) Jason McDougal
6. (3,140) C.J. Leary
7. (3,094) Brady Bacon
8. (2,032) Chase Stockon
9. (1,861) Logan Seavey
10. (1,749) Zeb Wise
11. (1,605) Tanner Carrick
12. (1,601) Jerry Coons, Jr.
13. (1,421) Tucker Klaasmeyer
14. (1,361) Carson Short
15. (1,255) Chad Boat
16. (1,193) Isaac Chapple
17. (1,188) Andrew Layser
18. (1,066) Tanner Thorson
19. (979) Jesse Colwell
20. (907) Josh Hodges
21. (899) Kyle Cummins
22. (896) Karsyn Elledge
23. (893) Dave Darland
24. (756) Holley Hollan
25. (739) Dustin Clark
26. (704) Max Adams
27. (669) Chad Boespflug
28. (665) Ethan Mitchell
29. (638) Kody Swanson
30. (631) Tyler Thomas
31. (619) Thomas Meseraull
32. (590) Matt Goodnight
33. (568) Robert Ballou
34. (564) Matt Westfall
35. (549) Brian VanMeveren
36. (489) David Byrne
37. (447) Michael Pickens
38. (435) Timmy Buckwalter
39. (435) Zach Daum
40. (432) Damion Gardner
41. (422) Shane Golobic
42. (418) Eric Gordon
43. (410) Zane Hendricks
44. (395) Dakota Jackson
45. (391) Kyle Robbins
46. (388) Cole Bodine
47. (381) Kyle Hamilton
48. (378) Bobby Santos
49. (376) Jarett Andretti
50. (357) Mike Haggenbottom
51. (348) Sam Johnson
52. (337) Austin Nemire
53. (334) Mario Clouser
54. (318) Nick Bilbee
55. (269) Steve Buckwalter
56. (254) Derek Bischak
57. (250) Steve Thomas
58. (229) Stephen Schnapf
59. (222) Cody Gallogly
60. (215) T.J. Artz
61. (212) Terry Richards
62. (200) Carmen Perigo
63. (176) Sterling Cling
64. (170) Oliver Akard
65. (165) Aaron Pierce
66. (164) John Heydenreich
67. (147) Chad Kemenah
68. (147) Kent Schmidt
69. (146) Jim Anderson
70. (137) Tanner Swanson
71. (133) Dustin Ingle
72. (130) Dave Berkheimer
73. (130) Tyler Nelson
74. (125) Brian Gerster
75. (125) Shane Cottle
76. (124) Chris Dyson
77. (124) Tony DiMattia
78. (123) Russ Gamester
79. (116) Jacob Wilson
80. (114) Joey Schmidt
81. (113) Jimmy Light
82. (113) Patrick Lawson
83. (110) Travis Welpott
84. (109) Cody Gerhardt
85. (104) James Davison
86. (104) Steve Craig
87. (95) Tom Harris
88. (94) Ty Tilton
89. (93) Curtis Spicer
90. (90) Bill Rose
91. (85) Dallas Hewitt
92. (79) Jeff Swindell
93. (78) Joe Liguori
94. (73) Austin Mundie
95. (71) Karter Sarff
96. (70) Kyle Steffens
97. (68) Brian Tyler
98. (56) Noah Gass
99. (54) Patrick Budde
100. (54) Ronnie Wuerdeman
101. (51) Casey Buckman
102. (50) Doug Schenck
103. (50) Robert Bell
104. (49) Adam Pierson
105. (45) Jason Conn
106. (43) Johnny Petrozelle
107. (41) Toni Breidinger
108. (40) Gage Etgen
109. (38) Terry Babb
110. (37) Annie Breidinger
111. (31) Chris Urish
112. (29) Chris Phillips
113. (29) Ronnie Gardner
114. (27) A.J. Fike
115. (25) Ryan Newman
116. (23) Cameron Dodson
117. (20) Korey Weyant
118. (20) Mike Burkin
119. (20) Shane Cockrum
120. (17) Billy Puterbaugh, Jr.
121. (10) Chuck Leary
122. (10) Danny Long
123. (10) Kenney Johnson
124. (10) Kyle O'Gara
SUPER LICENSE CHAMPIONS: 1999: Dave Darland, 2000: Tracy Hines, 2001: J.J. Yeley, 2002: J.J. Yeley, 2003: J.J. Yeley, 2004: Jay Drake, 2005: Josh Wise, 2006: Josh Wise, 2007: Jerry Coons, Jr., 2008: Tracy Hines, 2009: Cole Whitt, 2010: Bryan Clauson, 2011: Bryan Clauson, 2012: Bryan Clauson, 2013: Tracy Hines, 2014: Tracy Hines, 2015: Dave Darland, 2016: Brady Bacon, 2017: Justin Grant, 2018: Tyler Courtney, 2019: Tyler Courtney