SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Kody Swanson is probably the most embellished driver within the historical past of USAC Silver Crown racing, however for the 2026 season, he’ll tackle a brand new position throughout the collection.
Swanson has been named USAC Silver Crown Sequence Director heading into the 2026 racing season. His duties will encompass coordinating with race groups, monitor promoters and on scheduling within the quick time period with the long run in thoughts.
“Over time, that is one thing I’ve wished to assist with, particularly the USAC Silver Crown Sequence, and USAC typically,” Swanson said about his new place. “That is the collection I really like.”
Swanson’s focus is on “filling the gaps” with a purpose to strengthen the collection in a method that advantages everybody concerned from the groups and drivers to the racetracks and to the race followers. That features getting extra groups to extra racetracks and fortifying relationships with promoters to develop collectively in a method that’s sustainable now and into the long run.
“I feel it’s massively vital,” Swanson mentioned. “I used to be a race fan first as a result of I used to be there to observe my dad (Mike Swanson) race supermodifieds, which was my introduction to the game,” Swanson recalled. “Ultimately, I acquired the possibility to grow to be a competitor, which is a chance I by no means thought I’d get. That’s what led to my pleasure of the game. I’ve loved it from so many roles which have all led up to now and have taken me to the Silver Crown collection.”
Few people possess the appreciation of the historical past and significance of the collection greater than Kody Swanson, an asset he’ll carry with him in his new position.
“As a competitor, USAC Silver Crown racing my absolute favourite and there are such a lot of issues I really like in regards to the collection that make it distinctive to quick monitor open wheel racing, and the methods it connects to the custom and historical past of our sport,” Swanson said. “I took it so severely, I’ve structured so a few years of my racing profession throughout competing on this collection particularly, and it personally turned my favourite collection.”
Behind the wheel in USAC Silver Crown competitors, Swanson has achieved a document setting eight championships, 49 victories and 59 pole positions, all of which rank primary in collection historical past. Nonetheless, because the collection director, Swanson will take a step again from competing in USAC Silver Crown occasions.
“It’s vital sufficient to me to place the driving half apart for the collection I really like, and to be part of the long run and course of it by serving to our rivals get to get pleasure from it the identical method I did.”
Swanson nonetheless plans to compete in dash automotive and midget racing occasions outdoors of the USAC banner, however by way of the champ automobiles, the 37-year-old Swanson’s focus is on his new capability, and he feels just like the timing is good to tackle the duty.
“I really like the game and collection a lot; it’s one thing I need to be concerned in,” Swanson mentioned. “I really feel like, at this level in my profession, I’ve been concerned in varied capacities, whether or not it was engaged on automobiles or serving to groups with sponsorship and even having a household workforce on the west coast. I’ve discovered rather a lot in regards to the totally different areas and I really feel like I might be useful on this position”
