Brian Tyler Tops Ryan Newman and Kasey Kahne to Win “Steel Palace Classic” at Oswego

Oswego, NY – Brian Tyler of Parma, Mich. led all 100 laps to win Thursday night’s Kasey Kahne “Steel Palace Classic” USAC K & N Silver Crown rcae at Oswego Speedway. Driving the Lucas Oil/Fatheadz Sunglasses Beast/Toyota, Tyler fot the jump on pole starter Tracy Hines and never relinquished the lead.

The win boosted him to third in the standings going into the August 22 “”Tony Bettenhausen 100” at Springfield, Ill. Josh Wise took second ahead of Jay Drake, Kody Swanson and A.J. Fike. Hines touched wheels with Wise on lap 56 while battling for second and spun into the wall. He restarted and made a spirited charge to finish eighth and now trails Bud Kaeding by 60 points. Kaeding finished 10th to retain his series lead.

NASCAR driver Ryan Newman qualified 15th and finished in 11th while NASCAR driver and race promoter Kasey Kahne qualfied 7th and finished 20th, 3 laps down.

USAC K & N SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-17.905; 2. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-17.968; 3. Josh Wise, 199, Edwards/RE-18.053; 4. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-18.058; 5. Jay Drake, 8, Rev 1-18.193; 6. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-18.212; 7. Kasey Kahne, 67, Zarounian-18.228; 8. Tyler Walker, 23, Racing Team-18.249; 9. Ryan Smith, 155, S & S-18.272; 10. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-18.272; 11. Mike Lichty, 94, Lichty-18.280; 12. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-18.288; 13. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-18.332; 14. Cameron Dodson, 991, Edwards/RE-18.353; 15. Ryan Newman, 11, Bowman/Canine-18.368; 16. Eric Gordon, 2, Bowman/Canine-18.378; 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-18.380; 18. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-18.384; 19. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-18.493; 20. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-18.525; 21. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-18.536; 22. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-18.705; 23. Brad Armstrong, 08, Armstrong-18.774; 24. Davey Hamilton, 41, Paternoster-19.003; 25. Coleman Gullick, 114, Deuel-NT; 26. Dakoda Armstrong, 9, East-NT.

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Josh Wise, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Kody Swanson, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Ryan Smith, 7. Tyler Walker, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Shane Hmiel, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. Ryan Newman, 12. Cameron Dodson, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 14. Jacob Wilson, 15. Levi Jones, 16. Eric Gordon, 17. Bobby Santos III, 18. Russ Gamester, 19. Bobby East, 20. Kasey Kahne, 21. Davey Hamilton, 22. Brad Armstrong, 23. Mike Lichty, 24. Zach Daum, 25. Coleman Gullick. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 Tyler.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Kaeding-282; 2-Hines-222; 3-Tyler-213; 4-Fike-211; 5-Swanson-206; 6-Jones-193; 7-East-186; 8-Wise-182; 9-Dodson-179; 10-Hmiel-175.

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: August 22 – Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fairgrounds – “Tony Bettenhausen 100”