PHOENIX, Ariz. – Jake Swanson and Casey Buckman are set to drive all five dirt events during the upcoming USAC Silver Crown season for DMW Motorsports.
Swanson returns to the No. 10 car, a DRC Chassis powered by a Wilcox Chevy, for the third consecutive season. This past year Swanson received the USAC National Most Improved Driver award.
The Anaheim, Calif., native, and current Danville, Ind., resident recorded a pair of podium Silver Crown finishes this past year at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway and at the Du Quoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds.
Swanson won the 2017 USAC West Coast Sprint car championship and has feature wins in USAC’s California Racing Association, Southwest and Western States Midget Series. This past year, Swanson registered four runner-up finishes and a win in USAC’s AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.
“I am excited to be back in the No. 10 car next year,” said Swanson, who competed in 50 races across a number of divisions this past year and had nine podium finishes. “We are really hitting our stride, the car is working well, the engine hits hard and we really gel as a team.”
Buckman, who is entering his third season on the Silver Crown trail, joins Swanson in the team’s No. 110 car — another Wilcox-powered Chevy — but with a Meyer Chassis.
“We see incredible talent in Casey and think he has a bright future,” crew chief Mickey Meyer said. “We are excited to have him join our team this year and bring his competitive experience to the track.”
Buckman began racing as a 13-year-old, winning roughly 60 feature wins across five states before advancing to winged sprint cars at age 17 in 2012.
The youngest driver on the ASCS Southwest Sprint Car Series that season, Buckman earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2013 before becoming a multi-time winner in the series.
Buckman ran select Silver Crown Series races during the 2020 season and this past year, with a best finish of eighth in the 2020 running of the Bettenhausen 100 on the Springfield Mile at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to join the DMW team and show what I can do,” said Buckman, who is track and facility manager at Wildhorse Pass Motorsports Park just southeast of Phoenix. “DMW has great equipment, a solid track record and is well respected.”
The USAC Silver Crown season begins May 1 at the Terre Haute Action Track, a half-mile dirt track in western Indiana. The schedule includes 11 point-awarding events: six on pavement and five on dirt.