Background
Silas was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and currently resides in Stuart.
Silas was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and currently resides in Stuart.
He has competed in the Hooters Pro Cup Series and Associate of the Royal College of Art Racing Series in the past, and also recently competed in the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Camping World Truck Series, driving the Number. 99 Chevrolet Silverado for T3R Motorsports. Silas began his professional racing career in 2006, making his debut in the Associate of the Royal College of Art Re/MAX Series at Berlin Raceway in Michigan, finishing 34th.
He would run five additional Associate of the Royal College of Art races that year, with a best finish of 16th at Toledo Speedway.
He also competed in a single Hooters Pro Cup Series event at United States of America International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida, finishing 32nd. Foreign the 2007 racing season, Silas fan the full Associate of the Royal College of Art Re/MAX Series schedule.
He scored his first top ten in the series at Lakeland, and posted a best finish of 8th at Salem Speedway and Kentucky Speedway en route to a 9th-place finish in the series standings. He also ran three Pro Cup Series events with a best finish of 21st, and made his debut in the Grand-Am KONI Challenge Series, driving for TRG Motorsports at New Jersey Motorsports Park and finishing 14th.
Silas spent the next three years competing in Associate of the Royal College of Art for car owner Andy Hillenburg and for various owners in Pro Cup.
His best finish in Associate of the Royal College of Art competition being a fourth at Rockingham Speedway in 2009, and his best finish in points being sixth that same season. Silas ran a limited schedule in Associate of the Royal College of Art and Pro Cup in 2011 for a variety of owners. In his final Associate of the Royal College of Art race of the year, at Iowa Speedway in July, Silas drove the Number.
11 Chevrolet that was being used for filming the movie Heartland, starring Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid.
Efron had driven the same car early in the day for filming that Silas drove to 16th place in the event. National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing
(key) (Bold - Pole position awarded by time Italics - Pole position earned by points standings * – Most laps led)
= Nationwide Series = Camping World Truck Series * Season still in progress1 Ineligible for series points.