2018 USAC Silver Crown Series explained

The 2018 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series is the 47th season of Silver Crown racing under the USAC banner. The series will begin with the Phoenix Copper Cup at ISM Raceway on April 7, and will end with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 22.^[1] Kody Swanson entered the 2018 season as the defending champion. Swanson won the 2018 season title, becoming a 4-time series champion. Swanson also joined Al Unser as one of the only two drivers in history to win four consecutive Hoosier Hundred races in a row in 2018.^[2] Swanson also became the all-time wins leader in Silver Crown at Salem with 24 wins.^[3]

Team & Driver Chart

	Race Driver	Car Owner / Entrant	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
2	Patrick Lawson	Patrick Lawson	DRC	Wesmar Chevrolet
3	A.J. Russell	Ted Finkenbinder	Beast	Bailey Bros. Chevrolet
4	Joe Liguori	Liguori Racing	DRC	Kercher Chevrolet
5	J.C. Bland	Bland Brothers Enterprises	Drinan	BBE Chevrolet
6	Kyle Hamilton	Klatt Enterprises	Beast	J&D Ford
	Brady Bacon
7	Kyle Robbins	Kyle Robbins Racing	Beast	Chevrolet
8	Johnny Petrozelle	Cornell-Petrozelle Racing	DRC	Stanton Toyota
9	Chris Dyson	Chris Dyson Racing	Beast	Kistler Chevrolet
	Jason McDougal
02	Tanner Swanson	Bowman-Elmore Racing	Beast	Kistler Chevrolet
04	Neil Shepherd	Shepherd Racing	DRC	Claxton Toyota
07	Jacob Wilson	Wilson Brothers Racing	Maxim
10	C.J. Leary	Mickey Meyer	DRC	J&D Chevrolet
12	Brian Tyler	Galas Motorsports	Beast	Galas Chevrolet
14	Ken Schrader	Dennis & Dave McQuinn	JR-1	Chevrolet
	AJ Fike
16	Austin Nemire	Nemire-Lesko Racing	Beast	Mopar
	Terry James	Dr. Jim Logan	Beast	Cadillac
17	Chris Windom	Nolen Racing		Tranter Chevrolet
18	Travis Welpott	Travis Welpott-Ernie Goman Racing	DRC	Ed Pink Chevrolet
20	Jerry Coons Jr.	Nolen Racing		Tranter Chevrolet
21	Eric Gordon	Armstrong Racing	Beast	Claxton Toyota
	Jeff Swindell	Swanson Racing	Maxim	Moyle Toyota
22	Bobby Santos III	DJ Racing	Beast	Speedway Chevrolet
23	Terry James	Todd Satterthwaite	Magnum	Chevrolet
24	Mike Haggenbottom	Haggenbottom Racing	Maxim	Speed Equipment Chevrolet
	Keith Burch	Keith Burch	Beast	Burch Chevrolet
26	Aaron Pierce	Sam Pierce	Beast	Jackson Chevrolet
29	Brent Yarnal	Yarnal Racing
	Joey Moughan	Joey Moughan	Maxim	Claxton Mopar
30	C.J. Leary	Chuck & Tammi Leary	DRC	1-Way Toyota
31	Dave Berkheimer	Berkheimer Racing	Drinan	Chevrolet
	Derek Bischak	Derek Bischak	Beast	Gaerte Chevrolet
32	Joss Moffatt	Williams & Wright Racing	Maxim	Williams Chevrolet
	Dave Darland
33	Jackie Burke	Jackie Burke	Shores-Burke	Chevrolet
34	Terry Babb	Ken Morford	Beast	Chevrolet
39	Matt Goodnight	Goodnight Racing	Beast	Claxton Chevrolet
40	David Byrne	Byrne Racing	Maxim	J&D Chevrolet
41	A.J. Fike	McQuinn Motorsports	JR-1	McQuinn Chevrolet
43	Daniel Robinson	A.J. Felker & Ricky Nix	Beast	Chevrolet
	John Heydenreich
	Dave Darland
44	Danny Long	Danny Long	Beast	Z-Man Chevrolet
47	Austin Mundie	Les Butler	Maxim	Kistler Chevrolet
51	Russ Gamester	Gamester Racing	GRP	Toyota
53	Steve Buckwalter	SET Racing	Beast	Foxco Chevrolet
	Aaron Schuck	Five-Three
55	Casey Shuman	Patty Bateman	Beast	Foxco Chevrolet
56	Kevin Thomas Jr.	Foxco Racing	Eagle	Foxco Chevrolet
60	Cody Gerhardt	Cody Gerhardt	Beast	Toyota
63	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports	Beast	Hampshire Chevrolet
66	Bill Rose	Bill Rose Racing	Beast
71	Shane Cockrum	Hardy Boys Motorsports	Maxim	Brown Chevrolet
75	Dave Darland	Bill Rose Racing	Beast	Claxton Toyota
	Bill Rose			Claxton Mopar
77	Chris Urish	Chris Urish	Beast	Foxco Chevrolet
80	Toni Breidinger	Breidinger Motorsports	Beast	Wesmar Chevrolet
81	Shane Cottle	Curtis Williams	Maxim	Williams Chevrolet
	Cody Gallogly		Big Car
88	Chris Fetter	Sammy Fetter	Beast	Foxco Chevrolet
89	Chris Fetter	Chris Fetter	Beast	TMS Chevrolet
91	Justin Grant	Hemelgarn Racing	DRC	Speedway Ford
92	Jim Anderson	Kazmark Motorsports
	Dave Darland
96	Austin Blair	Austin Blair Racing	Beast	Mopar
97	Tyler Courtney	Hans Lein	DRC	Stanton Mopar
99	Korey Weyant	Scott Weyant	Beast	Automotive Machine
114	Coleman Gulick	Team Scorpion	Mach-1	Jimmy D Chevrolet
118	Travis Welpott	Welpott Racing	Beast	Ed Pink Chevrolet
			DRC
124	Mike Haggenbottom	Haggenbottom Racing	Maxim	Speed Equipment Chevrolet
126	Jesse Dunham	Sam Pierce	Beast	Chevrolet
131	Derek Bischak	Derek Bischak	Beast	Gaerte Chevrolet
711	A.J. Fike	Hardy Boys Motorsports	Maxim	Brown Chevrolet

Driver & Team Changes

• - Chris Windom will run the full Silver Crown schedule in 2018 for Nolen Racing. Jerry Coons Jr., will also return to the team for the full season.^[4]
• - Austin Nemire will run the full Silver Crown schedule in 2018 for Nemire/Lesko Racing.^[5]

Schedule

The 2018 schedule features 6 pavement races and 5 dirt races. The entire season will have on-demand video coverage by Loudpedal.TV . Select races will be broadcast live online by Speed Shift TV . Eldora Speedway will broadcast the 4 Crown Nationals live on their streaming website.^[6] Live radio coverage for most USAC National races is available on the USAC Racing App. BCSN would broadcast the Toledo race on delay. MavTV (in association with Speed51) would broadcast the Rich Vogler Classic at Lucas Oil Raceway on delay.^[7]

No.	Date	Race title	Track	TV/Stream
1	April 7	Phoenix Copper Cup	ISM Raceway, Avondale, AZ
2	April 29	Sumar Classic	Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, IN	Speed Shift TV
3	May 4	Rollie Beale Classic	Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH	BCSN
4	May 24	Hoosier Hundred	Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile, Indianapoliis, IN	Speed Shift TV
5	May 25	Dave Steele Carb Night Classic	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, IN	Speed Shift TV
6	June 29	Bytech Dairyland 100	Madison International Speedway, Madison, WI
7	August 11	Joe James - Pat O'Conner Classic	Salem Speedway, Salem, IN
8	August 18	Bettenhausen 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield, IL
9	September 2	Ted Horn 100	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, DuQuoin, IL
≠	September 8	Rich Vogler Classic	Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, IN
10	September 22	4 Crown Nationals	Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH	EldoraSpeedway.com

• - * will state if the race is a non points event, or a preliminary night.
• - ≠ will state if the race was postponed or canceled

Schedule notes and changes

• - 1 new asphalt race was added at Madison International Speedway on June 29.
• - Williams Grove Speedway would not return to the schedule in 2018. However, this would be only a 1-year hiatus as the track & USAC intends on the race returning to the schedule in 2019.^[8]
• - Rich Vogler Classic (September 8) at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis was canceled due to inclement weather.^[9]

Results and Standings

Races

No.	Race / Track	Winning driver	Winning team	Pole position
1	Phoenix Copper Cup	Bobby Santos III	DJ Racing	Kody Swanson
2	Sumar Classic	Justin Grant	Hemelgarn Racing	Tyler Courtney
3	Rollie Beale Classic	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports	Justin Grant
4	Hoosier Hundred	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports	Kody Swanson
5	Dave Steele Carb Night Classic	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports	Tanner Swanson
6	Bytech Dairyland 100	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports	Justin Grant
7	Joe James - Pat O'Conner Classic	Kody Swanson	DePalma Motorsports	Kody Swanson
8	Bettenhausen 100	Chris Windom	Nolen Racing	Jerry Coons Jr.
9	Ted Horn 100	Chris Windom	Nolen Racing	Jacob Wilson
10	Four Crown Nationals	C.J. Leary	Chuck & Tammi Leary	Shane Cottle

Driver points

Source:^[10]

1. Kody Swanson, 641
2. Justin Grant, 559
3. Chris Windom, 524
4. David Byrne, 459
5. Jerry Coons Jr., 433
6. Kyle Robbins, 372
7. Travis Welpott, 348
8. Matt Goodnight, 344
9. Bobby Santos III, 329
10. Austin Nemire, 327

Owner points

1. #63 DePalma Motorsports, 641
2. #91 Hemelgarn Racing, 559
3. #17 Nolen Racing, 524
4. #40 Byrne Racing, 459
5. #20 Nolen Racing, 433

See also

• 2018 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship
• 2018 USAC P1 Insurance National Midget Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: BALANCED PAVEMENT/DIRT MIX THE INGREDIENT FOR 2018 USAC SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE - USAC Racing.
2. Web site: SWANSON EQUALS UNSER WITH 4TH STRAIGHT HOOSIER HUNDRED WIN - USAC Racing.
3. Web site: SWANSON BECOMES WINNINGEST SILVER CROWN DRIVER WITH SALEM SCORE - USAC Racing. www.usacracing.com. 25 February 2023.
4. Web site: Windom to Join Coons for Full 2018 USAC Silver Crown Campaign. 23 November 2017.
5. Web site: AUSTIN NEMIRE RETURNS FULL-TIME TO SILVER CROWN IN 2018 - USAC Racing. www.usacracing.com. 25 February 2023.
6. Web site: 2018 4-Crown Nationals – Eldora Speedway.
7. https://www.racingamerica.com/speed51s-short-track-america-to-showcase-12-races-on-mavtv Speed51 to showcase 12 races on MavTV
8. Web site: Williams Grove Speedway . 2018-01-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180117063704/http://williamsgrove.com/schedule.htm . 2018-01-17 . dead .
9. Web site: SATURDay's RICH VOGLER CLASSIC AT LOR CANCELED - USAC Racing.
10. http://www.usacracing.com/news/silver-crown/item/9204-2018-usac-silver-crown-season 2018 USAC Silver Crown season