Apr 10

9th

3rd

With a field of 19 cars on opening night Tyler qualified 11th having problems with the clutch slipping. Dad was able to get it fixed with the help of Roger Austin. Tyler started 11th and then went on in the feature to finish in 3rd place. A big Thank you to Roger for all of his help that day!!

Apr 17

3rd

2nd

Tyler qualified 4th fastest and there was an invert of 6. He actually started in 3rd position and was running in 4th when a crash happened coming off of turn 4. Tyler came across the line in second with Ryan Polenz taking first.

Apr 24

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Rain Out

May 8

POLE

2nd

Tyler qualified 6th fastest of 17 cars and the invert was 6 putting Tyler on the pole. Kevin Yeatts who was the second fastest qualifier behind Steve Ward took the lead from Tyler early, but had his hands full throughout the event. Tyler Hughes, the youngster from Easton, MD making only his third start at ODS gave Yeatts all he could handle. But the veteran was able to hold off the challenge and cross the stripe just .239 seconds ahead of Tyler Hughes. (as posted on ODS website)

May 15

9th

3rd

Tyler qualified 9th out of 16 cars on the track and started 9th. Tyler was able to avoid a first lap melee that took out several of the top drivers including points leader Ryan Polenz. With Tyler just 4 points behind in second place all he needed was a good finish to climb to the top spot, and that he did. Tyler was able to finish in 3rd place this week, taking over the points lead in the division. So far he has not finished out of the top 5.

May 22

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Rain Out

May 29

4th

DNF/17th

Tyler qualified 6th fastest of 18 cars and started the race in 4th. On the start of the race it looked as though Tyler had motor troubles because he fell to the back fast. He was able to pass 3 cars when he decided to pull the car off the track and end up with a DNF and 17th place finish losing his points lead back to Ryan Polenz.

Once pit side, a bolt was discovered missing out of the shifter not allowing him to shift into 4th gear. Tyler didn't want to blow up the motor so he pulled the car in to race another day.

May 31

5th

5th

Shendoah Speedway -
Using his back-up car for the race the Chevy Sedan Tyler had a hard time dialling in the car to the track and his liking. Tyler Qualified 6th place of 7 cars in the Young Lions group of the Inex Legends for the race. Tyler started 5th and finished 5th for the Regional Qualifier at the track.

June 5

2nd

3rd

Tyler qualified 3rd fastest of 17 cars and started the race in 2nd position. He fell back to 5th position and settled in, then started passing a couple of cars to finish in 3rd position. Tyler is in 2nd place in the Points at Old Dominion just 6 points behind leader Ryan Polenz after 6 races.

June 12

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Rain Out

June 19

2nd

2nd

Tyler qualified 2nd fastest of 16 cars and started the race in the 2nd position. Tyler jumped to an early lead from the pole sitter Scotty Gore in the 00 car and was able to hold onto the lead for about 15 laps. Steve Ward was eventually able to catch and pass Tyler, but was not able to shake Tyler. Tyler was able to finish in the second spot for a third time this season.

June 26

7th

3rd

Saturday evening Tyler qualified 7th and started 7th. Managing to avoid a few of the early crashes that brought out the caution flag Tyler was able to finish in the 3rd position again.
With points leader Ryan Polenz getting caught up early in a wreck, and Steve Ward finishing in 2nd, Tyler's 3rd place finish puts him in the points lead, with Ward just a few points behind.

July 10

4th

7th

Tyler qualified 4th and started in the 4th position in a field of 12 cars. After a first lap incident, and restart, Tyler was able to pass the leader Ryan Polenz for the first position. On a restart on Lap 14, Tyler's throttle cable broke and caused another caution. After being pushed to pit road by his team mate Tony Aguilar, Tyler's throttle cable was fixed and he resumed the race at the tail end of the field. Being a lap down, Tyler finished in 7th place, putting him back to 2nd in the points race.

July 17

11th

8th

Joe Gibbs Youth for Tomorrow Race: Tyler qualified 11th and started 11th. Tyler had made his way up to the 3rd position and got tied up with Steve Ward and had to go to the back of the pack. Tyler was only able to make it back to the finish in 8th place.

July 24

2nd

9th

Tyler qualified 5th fastest and started the race in the 2nd position with the invert. With
Kenny Aubrey on the pole, Tyler was able to get around Kenny on the start and was running in first. On a restart, Tyler's rear bumper was knocked off by Ryan Polenz and under a caution flag Tyler was able to come into the pits and have his bumper changed and secured. Restarting at the rear, Tyler wasted no time trying to get back to the front. He worked his way up to 4th place and on the white flag lap in turn 3, was able to get under Ryan Polenz but the two collided coming out of turn 4 spinning Tyler out and relegating him to a 9th place finish.

July 31

2nd

3rd

Tyler qualified 3rd fastest of 17 cars and started 2nd again this week. With Steve Ward on the pole and Ryan Polenz in 3rd made it near impossible to squeeze in between either one of them. Tyler was able to tuck in behind Ryan and was only able to maintain the 3rd position for the race, and finished 3rd.

August 7

RACE 1

2nd

2nd

Twin 25's tonight at Old Dominion Speedway for the Legends. Tyler qualified 4th fastest of 18 cars in the field for the 1st race. Starting in 2nd in the 1st race next to the pole sitter Ryan Polenz, Tyler was able to tuck into third position after the start behind Rette Causey. Following Rette past Ryan, Tyler took second and was able to stay with Rette but just wasn't quite fast enough to get around him, Tyler finished the first of the 2 races in 2nd.

August 7

RACE 2

POLE

2nd

The second 25 lap feature of the evening had Tyler on the pole. As the green flag flew, a melee was happening behind him bringing out the yellow flag as most of the cars could not get past the start/finish line. After a red flag was displayed to clean up the track, with 2 cars having to get worked on and a back up car coming out on the track, Tyler and Rette Causey started the race in the front positions and ran side by side for 2 laps with Rette getting the best of Tyler again. With Tyler running in the 2nd position, Rette had his hands full trying to keep Tyler behind him. Tyler gave it all he could and finished the race in 2nd place again. By finishing in front of points leader Steve Ward and second place Ryan Polenz in both races, Tyler was able to close the points gap on both racers.

August 14

4th

14th

The day started out with a little excitement, during the first round of practice Tyler and Rette Causey both spun out after hitting oil that was put down on the track from another car. Tyler had damage to his front end that was repaired before the 2nd practice. He qualified 6th fastest of 19 cars and started in the 4th position after the invert. On the start of the race Tyler fell back to the 6th position but didn't waste time getting up to the 3rd position. Following Dusty Summers for awhile he was able to make a pass for 2nd. With less than 2 laps to go near the end of the backstretch, the motor's oil line broke loose and created a spectacular fireball and sent Tyler into the guardrail of turn three and destroying his car for the evening. His official finish was 14th. Tyler was not hurt.

August 22

9th

4th

Traveled to Langley Speedway in Virginia to race and preprare the the Legend Nationals.

Tyler qualified 9th out of 17 cars and started 9th but a car pulled off the track before the start, which moved Tyler to the 7th start position. He fell back to 8th and made it back to 7th and the caution came out with 2 laps to go which moved him to fourth and he finished in the fourth position.

August 28

3rd

WIN

Pulled from the ODS Website: 13-year old Tyler Hughes picked up his first career feature win in the 30-lap Austin Legends feature. Hughes held off 8-time feature winner Rette Causey through most of the event, driving like a true veteran. Causey tried on several occasions to grab the lead, but Hughes was able to hold him off. “This is really worth more than me winning,” Causey said. “To see that kid win was worth a million bucks. That little gnat is a great kid and a great driver’” he added.

September 4

2nd

2nd

Tyler qualified 2nd fastest and started 2nd. There will be no invert for the last 2 races. Tyler finished 2nd.


Pulled from the ODS Website: Steve Ward held off young Tyler Hughes and took home his third feature win in 2010 in the Austin Legends 30 lap event. Ward started on the pole and led every lap, but had the 13-year old Hughes on his bumper throughout the event. Those two drivers, along with Ryan Polenz, are locked in a tight battle for the Legends points championship, with Ward, by virtue of his win, on top by just two points over Polenz. Hughes is a distant 22 points out, but still in the hunt.

September 18

2nd

2nd

Tyler qualified 2nd fastest and started 2nd, in a field of 22 cars. He was able to jump out in front of pole sitter Rette Causey on the start, but that was short lived as the faster car of Causey's was able to take the lead. Tyler was able to keep the second spot for the remainder of the 30 lap race to finish in second place.

September 25
Langley Speedway

15th

11th

Tyler qualified this race 15th out of 33 cars and started 15th. Tyler had worked his way up to 10th position when he got caught up in a wreck and suffered minimal damage and was able to continue the race. Coming from the back he was able to make it back up to finish in the 11th position.

October 7-9
Langley Speedway
Legend Asphalt Nationals

Pole





10th

Tyler qualified 12th fastest in the Young Lions division of the INEX Nationals. He started 5th in his heat race and finished 2nd which gave him a starting spot of 10th in the Feature Race on Saturday night. Tyler was also in the State Champions
Race that took place on Friday evening. Tyler pulled the pole position pill just before the race started, with 19 cars in the field. Tyler finished that race in 4th place.

Starting the Saturday feature in 10th, the car got loose coming out of turn 4 and tagged the wall on lap 7. The car was a little hard to handle after that for the 50 lap race and he fell back, finishing 14th out of 29 cars that started the race.