KODY SWANSON WINS “ROLLIE BEALE 150;” JONES TAKES SILVER CROWN TITLE BY 3 POINTS!

 


Toledo, OH……..Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. led all 150 laps to win Saturday’s “Rollie Beale 150” USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series finale at the Toledo Speedway in his Toyota/Team Six-R Beast/Toyota. He had earlier claimed the pole at a speed of 121.548 mph. Defending series champion Levi Jones managed a seventh-place finish in the 150-lap race, good enough to hang onto a three-point margin of victory over Jerry Coons Jr. to claim the 2011 USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Championship. Bryan Clauson, Jones’ teammate, finished second ahead of Bobby East, Coons and Darren Hagen. The title for Jones is his sixth in USAC National competition, coupled with his four titles in USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series.


 


TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 15, 2011 – Toledo, Ohio – Toledo Speedway – “Rollie Beale 150”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-14.809; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-15.025; 3. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-15.046; 4. Eric Gordon, 2, Bowman/Canine-15.088; 5. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-15.126; 6. Bryan Clauson, 22, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-15.153; 7. Darren Hagen, 99, RE-15.159; 8. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-15.197; 9. Tracy Hines, 17, RW-15.220; 10. Brian Tyler, 21, Team 6R-15.242; 11. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-15.286; 12. Kyle Hamilton, 06, Hamilton-15.323; 13. Shane Holling+sworth, 20, Nolen-15.337; 14. David Byrne, 40, Byrne-15.374; 15. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz-15.465; 16. Derek Hagar, 91, RE-15.504; 17. Doug Berryman, 63, DePalma-15.699. 18. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-NT; 19. Jimmy Kite, 25, Sachs-NT.


 


FEATURE: (150 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Bobby East, 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Brian Tyler, 7. Levi Jones, 8. Kyle Hamilton, 9. Shane Hollingsworth, 10. Eric Gordon, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. David Byrne, 13. Kyle Larson, 14. Derek Hagar, 15. A.J. Fike, 16. Russ Gamester, 17. Jimmy Kite, 18. Tanner Swanson, 19. Doug Berryman.


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-150 K.Swanson.


 


FINAL SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Jones-408; 2-Coons-405; 3-Larson-347; 4-Hines-336; 5-Tyler-316; 6-East-312; 7-T.Swanson-301; 8-Bud Kaeding-269; 9-Clauson-269; 10-K.Swanson-210.