including a second-place finish at Lawrenceburg ( Ind .) Speedway in 2012 .
The Collegeville , Pennsylvania native is renowned for his success in a midget on a resume that is highlighted by a 2016 ARDC title as well as a preliminary night feature win at the " Chili Bowl Midget Nationals " earlier in the season in Tulsa , Oklahoma .
Car owner Rick Kaylor has been involved in sprint car racing for over two decades . Beginning his driving career in 1989 , he has spent the past decade in the role of car owner and sponsor . Rick has owned sprint cars for the likes of Lucas Wolfe , Kenny Jacobs , Ryan Bohlke and , more recently , Super Sportsman driver Troy Rhome and 358 sprint car driver Jordan Givler .
The team is currently assembling a CS9 chassis with a fresh Rider Racing Engine underneath the hood of the No .
13K as Kaylor anxiously awaits his first venture into the world of USAC Sprint Car racing .
" I was at the Knoxville Nationals in 2007 and decided to go to Oskaloosa to watch USAC ," Kaylor recalls . " I just thought they were incredible . Since then , I would go to Grand view , or wherever they ran locally , and decided when the time was right , I would like to field a car ."
" I started looking at drivers and was spending a lot of time at Susquehanna earlier this year ," Kaylor explains . " ARDC just happened to be there quite a bit and I took notice of Alex . I watched him all summer and was impressed with him on the track . Since I didn ' t know him , I asked around and heard nothing but good things . We talked in September and made a deal for USAC " Eastern Storm " and possibly the URC wingless races ."