SPRINGFIELD, Ailing. — Kody Swanson gained his first dust USAC Silver Crown Sequence race since 2021 Saturday afternoon on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
Swanson drove the John Haggenbottom No. 24 to victory on the one-mile dust observe to win the Bettenhausen 100 for the fourth time.
It was the primary Silver Crown victory for the Haggenbottom crew.
Swanson was the quick qualifier for the 38-car discipline and took the lead for the second time on lap 59. He led the ultimate 41 laps for his fifth victory of the season and the forty ninth of his profession.
Matt Westfall, who led the primary eight laps, completed second.
Mario Clouser, level chief Justin Grant and C.J. Leary rounded out the highest 5.
Veteran Brian Tyler charged from twenty sixth to complete sixth.
USAC Silver Crown Nationwide Championship, Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, Ailing., Aug. 16, 2025
HONEST ABE ROOFING QUALIFYING: (top-24 locked into the function) 1. Kody Swanson, 24, Haggenbottom-30.515; 2. Matt Westfall, 54, 4 Kings-30.714; 3. Jimmy Mild, 118, Thomas-30.799; 4. Mario Clouser, 22, Rice/Abacus-30.807; 5. Chase Stockon, 69, Pink 69-30.839; 6. Kyle Steffens, 8, Steffens-30.956; 7. C.J. Leary, 21, Workforce AZ/Petty/Rossi-30.958; 8. Carmen Perigo, 52, Stehman-30.964; 9. Justin Grant, 91, Hemelgarn-31.011; 10. Chris Urish, 77, Urish-31.195; 11. Jake Swanson, 6, Klatt-31.309; 12. Danny Jennings, 61, Grace-31.352; 13. A.J. Fike, 39, Fike-31.356; 14. Will Armitage, 17, Armitage-31.387; 15. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-31.532; 16. Casey Buckman, 25, C-Buck/Sachs-31.547; 17. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns/Klatt-31.570; 18. Kyle Wissmiller, 144, Wissmiller-31.803; 19. Travis Mahoney, 65, SV-31.997; 20. Kyle Robbins, 7, KR-32.074; 21. Joey Moughan, 29, MSP-32.166; 22. Mitchel Moles, 19, Reinbold/Underwood-32.191; 23. Korey Weyant, 99, Weyant-32.297; 24. Briggs Danner, 10, DMW-32.475; 25. Tom Savage, 38, Savage-32.561; 26. Rob Caho Jr., 78, Caho-32.585; 27. Tim Kent, 79, Hoover-32.850; 28. Kip Hughes, 160, Hughes-32.963; 29. Kale Drake, 14, McQuinn-33.947; 30. Aric Gentry, 3, Simmons-34.314; 31. Dave Berkheimer, 31, Berkheimer-35.498; 32. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-NT; 33. Shane Cottle, 121, Swanson-NT; 34. Shane Cockrum, 97, Lein-NT; 35. Billy Wease, 60, Meyer/Wilson-NT; 36. Kaylee Bryson, 26, Pierce-NT; 37. Saban Bibent, 88, Fetter-NT; 38. Brian Tyler, 81, BCR-NT (Time of 31.569 disallowed as a consequence of unlawful left entrance tire).
ELLIOTT’S CUSTOM TRAILERS & CARTS QUALIFYING RACE: (5 laps, shortened from 8 laps as a consequence of attrition, high 6 switch to the function) 1. Shane Cottle, 2. Brian Tyler, 3. Kip Hughes, 4. Rob Caho Jr., 5. Tim Kent, 6. Kale Drake, 7. Dave Berkheimer, 8. Aric Gentry. 4:23.942 (Monitor File)
FEATURE: (100 laps, beginning positions in parentheses) 1. Kody Swanson (1), 2. Matt Westfall (2), 3. Mario Clouser (4), 4. Justin Grant (9), 5. C.J. Leary (7), 6. Brian Tyler (26), 7. Chase Stockon (5), 8. Carmen Perigo (8), 9. Jimmy Mild (3), 10. Jake Swanson (11), 11. A.J. Fike (13), 12. Taylor Ferns (16), 13. Kip Hughes (27), 14. Korey Weyant (22), 15. Danny Jennings (12), 16. Chris Urish (10), 17. Rob Caho Jr. (28), 18. Joey Moughan (20), 19. Kale Drake (30), 20. Mitchel Moles (21), 21. Kyle Steffens (6), 22. Kyle Robbins (18), 23. Russ Gamester (19), 24. Kyle Wissmiller (17), 25. Tom Savage (24), 26. Shane Cottle (25), 27. Tim Kent (29), 28. Will Armitage (14), 29. Casey Buckman (15), 30. Briggs Danner (23), 31. Dave Berkheimer (31-P).
