2017 USAC Silver Crown Series explained

The 2017 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series presented by Traxxas season is the 46th season of the USAC Silver Crown Series. The series began with the Sumar Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track on April 2, and will end with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 23.^[1] Chris Windom entered the 2017 season as the defending champion. Kody Swanson won the 2017 season championship driving for DePalma Motorsports in the #63 Maxim / Hampshire Chevrolet.

Team and Driver chart

	Race Driver	Car Owner / Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
2	Patrick Lawson	Patrick Lawson	Beast	Wesmar
2v	Ryan Newman	Johnny Vance Racing	Beast	Gaerte
3	A.J. Russell	Ted Finkenbinder	Beast	Bailey Brothers Chevrolet
	AJ Fike	RFMS Racing	Beast	Foxco
4	Joe Liguori	Liguori Racing	DRC	Kercher Chevrolet
5	J.C. Bland	Bland Brothers Enterprises	Drinan	BBE Chevrolet
6	Damion Gardner	Klatt Enterprises	Beast	Ford
	Robert Ballou
7	David Shain	Hardy Boys Motorsports	Maxim	Chevrolet
02	Tanner Swanson	Bowman Racing	Beast	Kistler Chevrolet
07	Jacob Wilson	Wilson Brothers Racing	Beast	Claxton/Toyota
08	Johnny Petrozelle	Cornell-Petrozelle Racing	Beast	Stanton/Toyota
12	Brian Tyler	Galas Motorsports	Beast	Galas Chevrolet
14	Zach Daum	McQuinn Motorsports	JR-1	Brown Chevrolet
	Ken Schrader			McQuinn Chevrolet
15	Shane Butler	Troy Thompson	Beast	Chevrolet
	Troy Thompson
16	Austin Nemire	Bob Lesko	Beast	Chevrolet
18	Kenny Gentry	Kenny Gentry	Beast	Chevrolet
20	Jerry Coons Jr.	Gene Nolen		Tranter Chevrolet
			Schedule The 2017 schedule features 6 dirt ovals and 5 pavement ovals including a historic return to Phoenix International Raceway after an 8-year absence. The entire season will be broadcast on-demand by Loudpedal.TV. Select races were broadcast live by Speed Shift TV. BCSN2 broadcast the Toledo race on tape delay. No. Date Race title Track TV/Stream 1 April 2 Sumar Classic Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, Indiana Speed Shift TVLoudpedal.TV 2 April 29 Phoenix Copper Cup ^[2] Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Arizona Loudpedal.TV ≠ May 25 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana 3 May 26 Carb Night Classic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, Indiana Loudpedal.TV 4 June 16 Horn/Schindler Memorial Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania Speed Shift TVLoudpedal.TV 5 July 20 Rich Vogler / USAC Hall of Fame Classic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, Indiana Loudpedal.TV 6 July 28 Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic Toledo Speedway, Toledo, Ohio BCSN2Loudpedal.TV 7 August 12 Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial Salem Speedway, Salem, Indiana Loudpedal.TV 8 August 19 Bettenhausen 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield, Illinois Loudpedal.TV 9 September 3 Ted Horn 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, DuQuoin, Illinois Loudpedal.TV 10 September 23 Four Crown Nationals Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, Ohio Loudpedal.TV Schedule notes and changes - the Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile was canceled due to weather.^[3] Results and Standings Races No. Race / Track Winning driver Winning team Pole position 1 Sumar Classic Chris Windom Kazmark Motorsports Kody Swanson 2 Phoenix Copper Cup Bobby Santos III DJ Racing Bobby Santos III 3 Carb Night Classic Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Kody Swanson 4 Horn-Schindler Memorial Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Damion Gardner 5 Rich Vogler / USAC Hall of Fame Classic Bobby Santos III DJ Racing Tanner Swanson 6 Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic Bobby Santos III DJ Racing Kody Swanson 7 Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Kody Swanson 8 Bettenhausen 100 Justin Grant Carli-Hemelgarn Racing Jerry Coons Jr. 9 Ted Horn 100 Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Jerry Coons Jr. 10 Four Crown Nationals Tyler Courtney Hans Lein Kody Swanson Driver points Source:^[4] Kody Swanson, 650 Jerry Coons Jr., 562 Chris Windom, 525 Justin Grant, 470 David Byrne, 436 Aaron Pierce, 402 Bobby Santos III, 350 Joss Moffatt, 302 Joe Liguori, 295 Damion Gardner, 248 Owner points #63 DePalma Motorsports, 650 #20 Nolen Racing, 562 #92 Gene Kazmark, 498 #91 Carli-Hemelgarn Racing, 470 #40 Byrne Racing, 436 References

Notes and References

1. Web site: 11 Races For USAC Silver Crown Series . 2017-01-10 .
2. Web site: USAC Silver Crown added to Phoenix IndyCar weekend . 2017-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170213000658/https://www.racer.com/indycar/item/138133-usac-silver-crown-added-to-phoenix-indycar-weekend . 2017-02-13 . dead .
3. Web site: HOOSIER HUNDRED POSTPONED; HULMAN CLASSIC RESCHEDULED! - USAC Racing.
4. Web site: 2017 USAC Silver Crown season . United States Auto Club . 1 May 2020.