SUNSHINE ON BRINK OF SUPER LICENSE TITLE
By: Richie Murray – USAC Media
Speedway, Indiana (November 21, 2019)………After clinching the USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship title Wednesday night at Placerville Speedway, Tyler Courtney is now on the brink of a second consecutive Mike Curb USAC Super License title with just two USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget races remaining in California on Nov. 23 at Bakersfield Speedway and Nov. 28 at Ventura Raceway.
Courtney (Indianapolis, Ind.) has earned the most combined points between USAC’s Silver Crown, AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget divisions throughout the 2019 season thus far and holds a 154-point lead over second-place Chris Windom in the standings entering the Bakersfield November Classic this Saturday.
With 160 maximum total points available over the next two races, an appearance Saturday at Bakersfield will sew up the Super License honors for 2019.
As one of two drivers to win main events in all three of the divisions thus far this year, Courtney has already accumulated a total of 18 National feature victories: 8 Midget, 9 Sprint and 1 Silver Crown, most among all drivers. The Indianapolis, Ind. native also finished second in the 2019 Sprint standings and took 16th in the final Silver Crown tally where he ran a partial schedule only on the dirt.
His 18 USAC National wins this season are tied for the third most all-time in a single season alongside A.J. Foyt and Parnelli Jones’ 1964 campaigns, and trails only J.J. Yeley’s 23 National wins in 2003 and Foyt’s 19 in 1961.
In its 21st year, the Mike Curb Super License will pay a $5,000 reward and a USAC Super License worth $900 at the year-end USAC Night of Champions in December in Indianapolis, Ind.
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 SUPER LICENSE POINT STANDINGS:
(2 Events Remaining)
1. (4445) Tyler Courtney
2. (4291) Chris Windom
3. (4221) Kevin Thomas, Jr.
4. (3452) Justin Grant
5. (3120) C.J. Leary
6. (3084) Brady Bacon
7. (3072) Jason McDougal
8. (2032) Chase Stockon
9. (1780) Logan Seavey
10. (1679) Zeb Wise
11. (1506) Tanner Carrick
12. (1504) Jerry Coons, Jr.
13. (1363) Tucker Klaasmeyer
14. (1361) Carson Short
15. (1255) Chad Boat
16. (1193) Isaac Chapple
17. (1168) Andrew Layser
18. (1066) Tanner Thorson
19. (907) Josh Hodges
20. (899) Kyle Cummins
21. (893) Dave Darland
22. (883) Jesse Colwell
23. (876) Karsyn Elledge
24. (739) Dustin Clark
25. (736) Holley Hollan
26. (704) Max Adams
27. (669) Chad Boespflug
28. (638) Kody Swanson
29. (631) Tyler Thomas
30. (619) Thomas Meseraull
31. (618) Ethan Mitchell
32. (590) Matt Goodnight
33. (568) Robert Ballou
34. (564) Matt Westfall
35. (549) Brian VanMeveren
36. (535) Zach Daum
37. (489) David Byrne
38. (435) Timmy Buckwalter
39. (432) Damion Gardner
40. (418) Eric Gordon
41. (410) Zane Hendricks
42. (395) Dakota Jackson
43. (391) Kyle Robbins
44. (388) Cole Bodine
45. (381) Kyle Hamilton
46. (378) Bobby Santos
47. (376) Jarett Andretti
48. (376) Shane Golobic
49. (357) Mike Haggenbottom
50. (350) Michael Pickens
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
