Lima, Ohio's DePalma Motorsports, one of the most winningest and iconic teams in the history of the USAC Silver Crown series, has announced that their 2018 championship season was their last.

The announcement concludes a five-year run with Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, California. DePalma Motorsports itself won the Silver Crown owner title each year they had Swanson as their full-time driver between 2014 and 2018.  Swanson himself won Silver Crown driving titles in the DePalma No. 63 in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.

Five consecutive series titles was a history-making feat for the team, trumping the series record of four wins set by Bob East/Tony Stewart Racing between 2002 and 2005 as well as Curb-Agajanian Motorsports, which won four titles in a row from 2010 to 2013.

The team also won five-straight races in 2018, breaking Jack Hewitt’s long-standing, 32-year-old record of four-straight Silver Crown wins set in 1986.

History-making wins aside, car owner Tony DePalma said he would miss the friends he made most.

“I’ve met a lot of good people in this sport and built a lot of great relationships,” DePalma told USACracing.com. “It’s been a pleasure to know a lot of people in this sport and it’s really one of the most rewarding things besides, obviously, winning races. It’s been really neat to get to know Kody’s family and friends over the last several years. It’s also fun to get to know our competitors. Yeah, they’re the people we competed against, but most of them I view as friends. That’s the most rewarding thing.”

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In related news, officials have announced the fourth running of the Junior Knepper 55 for USAC Midgets has been set for Saturday, December 15, indoors at the Southern Illinois Center.

Though the special event carries no points toward the season championship, it has quickly become one of the most coveted races to win.

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