Throughout the first three events of the 2023 USAC Silver Crown National Championship season, Kody Swanson had dominated the stat book in terms of total laps led.

The Kingsburg, Calif. native led all three races for a total of 163 out of a possible 246 laps – more than two-thirds of all the laps that had been run thus far this season.

Despite that fact, he had zero wins to show for his efforts.

Throughout Friday night’s Bytec Dairyland 100 at Wisconsin’s Madison International Speedway, the seven-time series champion put that odd little anomaly to bed with a dominant wire-to-wire performance, leading all 100 laps in his Doran-Binks Racing/Mission Foods – Glenn Farms/Beast/Lanci Ford.

The victory was Swanson’s first of the year in Silver Crown competition, and his record-extending 38th overall, as he captured his third career triumph with the series at Madison in four tries, having made the drive to winner’s circle in 2018-19-23.

In 2022, Swanson’s early season swoon left him winless throughout the first handful of rounds before finally finding his mojo in late June. In 2023, the timeline matches up once again with Swanson winning the first race held following the summer solstice.

For Swanson, this win came not a moment too soon.

Highlights USAC Dairyland 100 at Madison - Silver Crown Series

Winning Quote From Kody Swanson

“We’ve been trying all year, it just hasn’t quite fallen our way. We’ve been running well on the dirt too, but we just haven’t been strong enough to finish at the end. Logan (Seavey) was the class of the field last week at Port Royal. Bobby (Santos) was really good at IRP. Justin (Grant) and Brady (Bacon) were both great at Belleville. So, there’s a lot of top-caliber guys you’re trying to win against. That’s why each one of these races that you do win means a lot.”

USAC Silver Crown Series At Madison Dairyland 100 Results

1. Kody Swanson (1)

2. Bobby Santos (3)

3. Tyler Roahrig (4)

4. Mario Clouser (5)

5. Logan Seavey (6)

6. Kyle O’Gara (8)

7. Wayne Johnson (10)

8. Kaylee Bryson (15)

9. Russ Gamester (9)

10. Dakoda Armstrong (14)

11. Mike McVetta (11)

12. Matt Westfall (17)

13. Taylor Ferns (7)

14. Travis Welpott (20)

15. Trey Burke (19)

16. Justin Grant (13)

17. Billy Wease (12)

18. Gregg Cory (18)

19. Bryan Gossel (16)

20. Derek Bischak (2)

21. Dave Berkheimer (21)

USAC Silver Crown Series Points Standings

Logan Seavey holds a 19 point lead over race winner Kody Swanson in the season long points standings. 

Full USAC Silver Crown Points Standings

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