Kevin Thomas, Jr. will strap into the seat of the Chris Dyson Racing No. 9 car this Saturday at the USAC Silver Crown Championship Car Series season finale at Eldora Speedway.

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Thomas (Cullman, Ala.) took the runner-up position in last year’s 4-Crown Silver Crown race and is eager to score both his first Silver Crown win and first Eldora USAC win in one fell swoop. He has made six Silver Crown starts this season, finishing in the top-ten in five of the events, with a fast qualifying time and a runner-up finish in May’s Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds serving as his best.

The Dyson ride, meanwhile, finished 4^th in last fall’s 4-Crown race with driver Jason McDougal at the controls. This year, the Dyson car has competed in four events, finishing in the top 10 once in the season opener at Memphis International Raceway with driver and team owner Chris Dyson, a two-time American Le Mans Series champion driver. On dirt, the car was the fastest in practice at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds with driver Tanner Thorson behind the wheel before a crash in practice prematurely ended the team’s night.

Thomas is one of USAC’s premier drivers, tallying 26 career AMSOIL National Sprint Car wins and five NOS Energy Drink National Midget wins. He’ll be one of several drivers pulling triple duty in Saturday’s 4-Crown race. He is also one of five drivers to win a feature event in both the AMSOIL National Sprint Car and NOS Energy Drink National Midget series this year. Tyler Courtney, Justin Grant, Jason McDougal and Chris Windom are the other drivers to do so.