Kody Swanson’s one and only previous visit to Pennsylvania’s Jennerstown Speedway came in a late model back in 2021 and concluded with an unsavory encounter with the outside wall and a torn up racecar to boot.

From famine to feast, the Kingsburg, California racer’s next trip to Jennerstown on Saturday night was about as polar opposite as it comes in the high stakes world of motorsports during the USAC Silver Crown debut at the .522-mile paved oval.

Swanson started from the pole position and led all 100 laps in succession after recently having surgery to remove two screws from his left foot following an offseason accident away from the racetrack. It was Swanson’s record-extending 44th career USAC Silver Crown win and his fourth series triumph of the season. In fact, 17 of his 44 career series victories have come after capturing the pole position and leading every lap.

On pavement tracks alone in his Silver Crown career, Swanson has now won 29 times at eight different venues in his USAC Silver Crown career. Swanson’s mark of eight different pavement tracks won at are now tied for the most all-time alongside Dave Steele and Brian Tyler.

In adding another victory to his tally, Swanson also padded his current championship point lead to the tune of a 55-point margin. Swanson’s first open wheel appearance at Jennerstown also resulted in the 15th different track he’s won at in his career with the series, dirt and pavement combined, which is already an all-time record.

“The beauty of Silver Crown racing is you’ve got to adapt, and I think that’s the part that’s most fun about it,” Swanson noted. “We run dirt races, we run pavement, we run big tracks, we run little ones and tricky ones in between. That’s the part I love.”

Highlights USAC Silver Crown Series Jennerstown August 11th, 2024

USAC Silver Crown Results Saturday At Jennerstown

1. Kody Swanson (1)

2. Dakoda Armstrong (3)

3. Logan Seavey (2)

4. Taylor Ferns (10)

5. Bobby Santos (8)
6. C.J. Leary (6)

7. Justin Grant (4)

8. Nathan Byrd (9)

9. Kyle Steffens (11)

10. Trey Osborne (12)

11. Mike Haggenbottom (14)

12. Gregg Cory (13)
13. Tyler Roahrig (5)

14. Nathan Moore (15)

15. Kaylee Bryson (7)

16. Dave Berkheimer (16)