It’s time to celebrate.
Justin Grant is finally a USAC Silver Crown champion.
Needing a top 8 to clinch a championship, Grant was slicing and dicing with both Kyle Larson and David Gravel for the win.
He nearly lost control of his No. 91 car late, too, when he went wheel-to-wheel with a lapped car coming around a turn at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
Nonetheless, Grant – who has been so close so many times – captures the 2020 Silver Crown without even winning a race.
Grant started the tour at Selinsgrove with a disappointing 16th-place finish after starting the feature race in second place, but it was a different story after that.
The driver of the Hemelgarn Racing No. 91 captured top 5 finishes at both Lucas Oil Raceway and Salem Speedway before settling for a top 10 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
It all worked out for Grant, though, who saved his best run for championship Sunday, finishing third in the Bettenhausen 100.
USAC Silver Crown Bettenhausen 100 Results
1. Kyle Larson
2. David Gravel
3. Justin Grant
4. Brady Bacon
5. Jacob Wilson
6. Casey Shuman
7. Shane Cockrum
8. Logan Seavey
9. Chris Windom
10. Kody Swanson
11. Kevin Thomas Jr.
12. Chad Kemenahott
13. Jake Swanson
14. Kyle Steffens
15. Jimmy Light
16. Terry Babb
17. Travis Welpott
18. Patrick Lawson
19. Bryan Gossel
20. Danny Long
21. Matt Goodnight
22. Shane Cottle
23. Dave Berkheimer
24. Kyle Robbins
25. Terry James
26. Aaron Pierce
