Brian Tyler (born October 27, 1967 in

Albion, Michigan Albion is a city in Calhoun County in the south central region of the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 8,616 at the 2010 census and is part of the Battle Creek Metropolitan Statistical Area. The earliest English ...

) is an American

auto racing Auto racing (also known as car racing, motor racing, or automobile racing) is a motorsport involving the racing of automobiles for competition. Auto racing has existed since the invention of the automobile. Races of various sorts were organise ...

driver. He was a back-to-back USAC National

Sprint car Sprint cars are high-powered open-wheel race cars, designed primarily for the purpose of running on short oval or circular dirt or paved tracks. Sprint car racing is popular primarily in the United States and Canada, as well as in Australia, New ...

Champion for Larry Contos Racing in 1996 and 1997.Brian Tyler
, ''Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame'', Retrieved 2010-12-11 He made 10 starts in the

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in 1998 and 1999 for 3 different teams with a best finish of 6th at the

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. He attempted, but failed to qualify for the

Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...

both those years. Tyler has 9

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Busch Series The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a ...

starts, and one NASCAR

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start, all made between 2001 and 2005. He also has 11 ARCA stock car starts to his credit. Tyler continues to race in the USAC Silver Crown Series and make occasional ARCA appearances. He finished 7th in the USAC Silver Crown National Championship in 20102010 National Silver Crown Championship
''USAC Racing'', Retrieved 2010-12-11

Awards

*1997 USAC Sprint Car Series Champion *1997 USAC Silver Crown Series Most Improved Driver *1996 USAC Sprint Car Series Champion *2006 USAC Payless

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, Anderson, IN. Winner. *Inducted into the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007

Motorsports career results

Indy Racing League

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Indianapolis 500

NASCAR

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Busch Series

Craftsman Truck Series

ARCA Racing Series

( key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics'' – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

References

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* Living people 1967 births People from Albion, Michigan Racing drivers from Michigan NASCAR drivers IndyCar Series drivers ARCA Menards Series drivers USAC Silver Crown Series drivers {{NASCAR-bio-stub