20 Silver Crown Entries Set for World Wide Technology Raceway

Series News Release
Jun 11
3 min read

20 USAC Silver Crown entries are ready to tackle Madison, Illinois' World Wide Technology Raceway. File Photo courtesy: USAC Media - Photographer: Josh James Artwork Photo

Series News Release - USAC Media

Madison, Illinois (June 11, 2025) - For the 12th time, USAC Silver Crown National Championship racing will take a trip to the biggest, boldest and fastest circuit on the series trail this Saturday, June 14.

Twenty drivers and cars are entered for the Route 66 Centennial Classic Presented by Ranken Technical College & Welsch Heating & Cooling at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois for the 66-lap, 82.5-mile extravaganza on the 1.25-mile paved oval.

Among the entries are three past WWT Raceway Silver Crown winners: Franklin, Massachusetts’ Bobby Santos (2013 & 2014); Kingsburg, California’s Kody Swanson (2022); and defending victor, New Castle, Indiana’s Dakoda Armstrong (2024).

Past top-five WWT Silver Crown finishers looking to upgrade to a first career victory this Saturday night at the St. Louis area oval are Ione, California’s Justin Grant (2nd in 2024) who also enters as the series point leader; plus Auburn, Illinois’ Mario Clouser (3rd in 2022); Muskogee, Oklahoma’s Kaylee Bryson (3rd in 2024); Greenfield, Indiana’s C.J. Leary (4th in 2024); Angola, Indiana’s Derek Bischak (5th in 2023); and Goodyear, Arizona’s Nathan Byrd (5th in 2022).

A handful more who have previously raced their way to a top-10 result at WWT are returning to the fray this Saturday, including New Castle, Indiana’s Kyle Robbins (6th in 2022), Shelby Township, Michigan’s Taylor Ferns (9th in 2022) and Saint Charles, Missouri’s Kyle Steffens (9th in 2024).

Returning to WWT Raceway after making previous starts at the track are Shelbyville, Indiana’s Gregg Cory (13th in 2024), Pleasant Hill, Ohio’s Matt Westfall (16th in 2023) and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania’s Dave Berkheimer (16th in 2024).

Looking to make their first main event start at WWT Raceway are recent Hoosier Hundred winner Tyler Roahrig (Plymouth, Ind.) as well as Billy Wease (Noblesville, Ind.), top-ranked series Rookie Jackson Macenko (Cincinnati, Ohio), Jake Trainor (Medway, Mass.) and Colton Bettis (Lutz, Fla.).

RACE DETAILS

The Route 66 Centennial Classic Presented by Ranken Technical College & Welsch Heating & Cooling features the USAC Silver Crown National Championship at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois on Saturday, June 14.

The schedule for USAC Silver Crown race day consists of practice at 9:15am, followed by qualifying at 1:05pm and the 66-lap, 82.5-mile Silver Crown main event at 7pm. (All Times Central).

Advance tickets are available here:

https://www.tixr.com/groups/wwtraceway/events/bommarito-500-weekend-123468.

CURRENT USAC SILVER CROWN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Justin Grant-265, 2-C.J. Leary-247, 3-Logan Seavey-183, 4-Matt Westfall-182, 5-Kody Swanson-156, 6-Tyler Roahrig-140, 7-Gregg Cory-139, 8-Kaylee Bryson-136, 9-Dave Berkheimer-133, 10-Mario Clouser-126.

WWTR USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRY LIST: (20)

5 DAKODA ARMSTRONG/New Castle, IN (C & A Motorsports)

6 (R) JAKE TRAINOR/Medway, MA (Klatt Enterprises)

7 KYLE ROBBINS/New Castle, IN (KR Racing)

8 KYLE STEFFENS/St. Charles, MO (Steffens Motorsports)

21 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Team AZ-Petty-Rossi Racing)

22 DEREK BISCHAK/Angola, IN (Rice Motorsports-Abacus Racing)

26 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Sam Pierce Racing)

31 DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Dave Berkheimer Motorsports)

32 GREGG CORY/Shelbyville, IN (Williams-Cory Racing)

40 NATHAN BYRD/Goodyear, AZ (Meyer Auto Research)

41 TYLER ROAHRIG/Plymouth, IN (Newman Racing)