In celebration of the 50th year of USAC Silver Crown Champ Car racing in 2020, we are reviewing the past 49 years of series history.
1991 USAC SILVER CROWN SEASON REVIEW
Twenty-year-old Jeff Gordon of Pittsboro, Ind. captured his second consecutive USAC National driving championship in 1991, following up his 1990 National Midget crown by claiming the Silver Crown title.
It became apparent from the outset that he would be the man to beat as he registered back-to-back triumphs in the Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic opener at Phoenix International Raceway and the subsequent A.J. Foyt’s True Value Hulman Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Driving the M & L Plumbing/Dillon Inn/Marker Trucking/Beast Special fielded by Fred Ede of Fresno, Calif., Gordon exhibited the same flair which brought him the 1990 Midget championship as he dominated the openers, leading 88 of the 150 miles of racing.
“It really surprised me,” Gordon said of the early success in his Silver Crown career. “The Phoenix win was great, but to back it up with the Hulman Hundred win was unbelievable.”
Taking a 90-point lead over runner-up Wally Pankratz into the Pepsi-Cola 100 at Indianapolis Raceway Park in June, Gordon started third and was again leading by the 14th lap. His engine started souring 40 laps into the race, though, and after 68 laps, he was on the sidelines with a blown head gasket as Johnny Parsons drove to his first-ever Silver Crown victory. Pankratz finished fifth and cut Jeff’s lead to just 23 points.
Commitments to the NASCAR Busch Grand National Series precluded him from competing in the A.J. Foyt’s Coors Light Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in August. Not only did that keep him from a possible $10,000 bonus for winning both events at the Indy Mile, but it also put his point lead in jeopardy. Jack Hewitt drove his car at Indianapolis and won the pole, then led the first 18 miles before the engine expired.
“I didn’t think I had much of a chance to win the title by missing the Hoosier Hundred,” Gordon said in retrospect. “But my team gave me a great car all season long and that made the difference.”
Jeff Swindell scored his first Hoosier Hundred victory, but Russ Gamester and Jimmy Sills shot past Gordon in the standings with their third and second-place finishes.
A fourth in the Marlboro Tony Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield in mid-August kept him close to Sills in the points, but he admits he could have finished higher in the 100-miler.
“We were still fighting engine problems at Springfield and it was running hot at the end of the race,” Gordon said.
Trailing Sills by 61 points into the 100-miler at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds on Labor Day, Gordon qualified fifth, but Sills claimed the pole and led the first 20 miles. Jimmy’s bid to repeat as the series champion ended, however, on the 50th lap as his engine expired and Jeff’s eventual fourth-place finish behind winner Stevie Reeves was significant. Although Gamester finished sixth, both he and Sills mathematically slipped from contention, leaving Gordon with a lock on the title going into the final race at Eldora Speedway.
“I have to thank (car owner) Fred (Ede) and his son and Ron Rasmussen for giving me a car that could win every race,” Gordon stated. “Bob East also deserves a lot of credit for building a winning car in his first season of Silver Crown racing.”
With the title in hand, Jeff could easily have had a leisurely afternoon at the 4-Crown Nationals finale, but with a $10,000 winner’s check up for grabs, he wasn’t about to take it easy. He won the pole for the 50-lapper and led the first 23 laps, building a sizable lead. On his way to an apparent big payday, he tried to pass Sills in the high groove at Eldora but ended up in the third turn wall and coasted to the front stretch with a damaged front end. He then watched Jack Hewitt pick up the $10,000 victory.
“Winning the Silver Crown championship is really a tremendous accomplishment. I know I won it, but it probably won’t sink in until I get that ring at the National Awards Dinner in January,” Gordon said at the time.
At 20 years of age, Jeff is the youngest driver to win a Silver Crown title. In 1991, he became the youngest driver at the time to wear a USAC National Champion’s ring, and through his first four years of USAC racing, he amassed a fantastic record of driving achievements.
Winning 22 races and posting 11 second and 10 third-place finishes in 94 total feature starts through 1991, he left an indelible mark in the Silver Crown, Sprint, Midget and Western States Midget series. His victory percentage after 1991 was an amazing 23.4% with a top-three finishing percentage of 45.7%.
Other series highlights included Larry Rice’s series-record 100th career start in the Eldora finale and the tremendous record crowd for the Hulman Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in May.
The Silver Crown series suffered its first driver fatality in 21 years when Danny Milburn of Indianapolis, Ind. crashed on the seventh lap at the Phoenix season opener.
Du Quoin winner Stevie Reeves won the USAC Silver Crown division’s Rookie of the Year for 1991 while Russ Gamester earned the series’ Most Improved Driver Award.
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JEFF GORDON WINS COPPER WORLD, MILBURN FATALLY INJURED
Avondale, Arizona………Jeff Gordon of Pittsboro, Ind. scored his initial USAC Silver Crown victory on February 3 at Phoenix International Raceway, winning the accident-marred 50-lap Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic 1991 season opener at the one-mile Arizona oval.
Danny Milburn of Indianapolis, Ind., a veteran of USAC Silver Crown and Sprint Car racing during the past decade, suffered fatal injuries in an accident on the seventh lap of the race when he and Mark Alderson tangled and both hit the outside wall in turn one. Alderson was treated for minor neck injuries and released.
Gordon trailed defending Silver Crown champion Jimmy Sills for the first 35 miles of the 50-miler and took the lead when Sills’ engine failed on lap 36. Eric Gordon of Greenfield, Ind., runner-up to Sills in the 1990 standings, finished second behind Jeff, with Wally Pankratz of Orange, Calif., Russ Gamester of Peru, Ind. and Steve Chassey of Carmel, Ind. completing the top-five.
Sills had won the pole position in the 30-car field on February 2 with a track record speed of 136.116 mph.
Gordon’s M & L Plumbing/Rasmussen/MPD Products team won over $10,000 in prize money from the total purse of over $56,000.
Former USAC Silver Crown champion Chuck Gurney was running second late in the race when engine problems forced him to the sidelines.
Defending race winner Ken Schrader retired after 24 laps due to magneto failure. He started on the front row next to Sills.
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: February 2-3, 1991 – Avondale, Arizona – Phoenix International Raceway – 14th Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic
QUALIFYING: (Top-24 locked into the feature) 1 Jimmy Sills, 1, Consani-26.448; 2. Ken Schrader, 29, Seymour-26.656; 3, Jeff Gordon, 4, Ede-26.696; 4. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-26.720; 5. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-26.783; 6. Eric Gordon, 81, Gordon-27.009; 7. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-27.025; 8. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-27.039; 9. Bob Frey, 12, Delrose/Holt-27.056; 10. Stevie Reeves, 16, Wilke-27.188; 11. Steve Chassey, 69, McClure-27.247; 12. Andy Hillenburg, 37, Scruggs-27.269; 13. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-27.423; 14, Brent Kaeding, 96, Miller-27.484; 15. Walt Kennedy, 40, Woodward-27.574; 16. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-27,582; 17, Wally Pankratz, 56, Gohr-27.585; 18, Dave Feese, 88, Nowling-27.610; 19. Lealand McSpadden, 7, Leader Card-27.420: 20. Gary Irvin, 48, Shorthorn-27.641; 21. Billy Boat, 57, Dolner-27.645; 22. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson/Britton-27.656; 23. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-27.675; 24. Ron Shuman, 18, Conroy-27.634; 25. Tray House, 31, Mataka-27.1867; 26. Mark Alderson, 54, Stapp-27.936; 27. Bob Cicconi, 59, Senter-28.068; 25. Rick Howerton, 50, Aviators-23.081; 29. Kevin Whitesides, 47, Whitesides-28.232; 30, Danny Milburn, 27, Milburn-28.268; 31. Matt Berryhill Jr., 25, Berryhill-29.787; 32, Bob Meli, 87, Senter-29.866; 33. Dave Culp, 77, Pritchett-30.000; 34. Sid Blandford Jr., 43, Graybill-NT; 35. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-NT.
QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps, top-6 transfer to the feature) 1. Mark Alderson, 2. Tray House, 3. Bob Cicconi, 4. Rick Howerton, 5. Kevin Whitesides, 6. Danny Milburn, 7. Bob Meli, 8. Matt Berryhill Jr., 9. Greg Staab, 10. Dave Culp. 4:40.59
FEATURE: (50 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jeff Gordon (3), 2. Eric Gordon (6), 3. Wally Pankratz (17), 4. Russ Gamester (8), 5. Steve Chassey (11), 6. Johnny Parsons (23), 7. Andy Hillenburg (12), 8. Lealand McSpadden (19), 9. Stan Fox (13), 10. Walt Kennedy (15), 11. Bob Cicconi (27), 12. Tray House (26), 13. Kevin Whitesides (29), 14. Rick Howerton (28), 15. Dave Feese (18), 16. Chuck Gurney (7), 17. Brent Kaeding (14), 18. Jimmy Sills (1), 19. Gary Irvin (20), 20. Stevie Reeves (10), 21. Larry Dickson (22), 22. Billy Boat (21), 23. Steve Butler (5), 24. Bob Frey (9), 25. Ken Schrader (2), 26. George Snider (4), 27. Ron Shuman (24), 28. Chip Thomas (16), 29. Mark Alderson (25), 30. Danny Milburn (30). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-34 Jimmy Sills, Laps 35-50 Jeff Gordon.
NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jeff Gordon-100; 2-Eric Gordon-80; 3-Wally Pankratz-70; 4-Russ Gamester-60; 5-Steve Chassey-50; 6-Johnny Parsons-40; 7-Andy Hillenburg-20; 8-Lealand McSpadden-25; 9-Stan Fox-20; 10-Walt Kennedy-15.
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HUGE CROWD CHEERS JEFF GORDON TO HULMAN HUNDRED VICTORY
Indianapolis, Indiana………The largest crowd in recent Hulman Hundred history saw Jeff Gordon of Pittsboro, Ind. capture the May 24 USAC Silver Crown 100-miler at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
Presented by True Value Hardware Stores, A.J. Foyt’s Hulman Hundred showcased the nation’s premier open wheel dirt track talent on the one-mile oval, and after passing defending series titlist Jimmy Sills, Gordon led the final 72 miles of the race.
The win kept Gordon and his M & L Plumbing/Dillon Inn/Marker Trucking/Beast undefeated in 1991 Silver Crown competition.
Sills finished second, with Pankratz third, Danny Smith fourth and George Snider fifth.
Brad Noffsinger of Huntington Beach, Calif. won the pole for the 100-miler but lost the lead at the start to Steve Chassey, who paced the first 13 laps. Sills then moved to the front until succumbing to Gordon’s charge.
Only two yellow flags slowed the race, the first when Chuck Gurney and Gene Lee Gibson tangled in turn three and the second when Mark Alderson hit the wall in turn three.
Gordon’s team collected $11,000 for the win.
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 24, 1991 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indiana State Fairgrounds – A.J. Foyt's 11th Annual Hulman Hundred presented by True Value Hardware Stores
QUALIFYING: (Top-20 locked into the feature) 1. Brad Noffsinger, 9, Runyon-32.537; 2. Steve Chassey, 37, Scruggs-33.067; 3. Jimmy Sills, 1, Consani-33.141; 4. Jeff Gordon, 4, Ede-33.387; 5. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-33.523; 6. Danny Smith, 50, Aviators-33.622; 7. Gary Irvin, 48, Shorthorn-33.651; 8. Brent Kaeding, 96, Miller-33.776; 9. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson/Britton-33.780; 10. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-33.863; 11. Warren Mockler, 75, Mitchell-33.900; 12. Wally Pankratz, 56, Gohr-33.920; 13 Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-33.969; 14. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-34.070; 15. Andy Hillenburg, 12, Delrose/Holt-34.120; 16. Stevie Reeves, 16, Wilke-34.146; 17. Walt Kennedy, 40, Woodward-34.148; 18. Mark Alderson, 54, Stapp-34.202; 19. Eric Gordon, 81, Gordon-34.210; 20. Gary Hieber, 6, EWH-34.290; 21. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-34.293; 22. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-34.324; 23. Tray House, 31, Mataka-34.343; 24. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-34.370; 25. Dave Darland, 99, Faurote-34.457; 26. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-34.533; 27. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-34.647; 25. Jim McElreath, 23, McElreath 34.784; 29. Gene Lee Gibson, 8, Aristocrat-34.840; 30. Lee Brewer Jr., 3, Leyba-34.901; 31. Robbie Stanley, 74, MRS-34.928; 32. Red Stauffer, 2, Luscomb-34.950; 33. Red Kunstbeck, 88, Nowling-35.346; 34. Ron Dunstan, 42, Tomasits-35.493; 35. Larry Rice, 5, LeFevre-35.507; 36. Roy Caruthers, 84, Pedersen-35.518; 37. Kevin Huntley, 76,Winterbotham-35.799; 38. Jerry Russell, 39, McQuinn/Tapocik-35.839; 39. Art Bisch Jr., 19, Bisch-36.019; 40. Rick Ungar, 90, Plummer-36.194; 41. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-36.253; 42. Jeff Bloom, 94, Truchan-36.274; 43. Bill Kojis, 34, Gunderson-36.369; 44. Perry Ferrell, 91, Ferrell-36.426; 45. Jim Hall, 36, Hall-39.369; 46. Brett Mann, 78, Lyons-39.512; 47. Bob Cicconi, 89, Soubirou-NT; 45. #45 Earl-NT.
QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps, top-10 transfer to the feature) 1. Johnny Parsons, 2. Greg Staab, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Gene Lee Gibson, 5. George Snider, 6. Tray House, 7. Robbie Stanley, 8. Larry Rice, 9. Roy Caruthers, 10. Jerry Russell, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Jim McElreath, 13. Bill Kojis, 14. Art Bisch Jr., 15. Jim Hall, 16. Red Kunstbeck , 17. Jeff Bloom , 18. Ron Dunstan, 19. Jack Hewitt, 20. Kevin Huntley, 21. Lee Brewer Jr., 22. Brett Mann, 23. Red Stauffer, 24. Rick Ungar, 25. Randy Bateman, 26. Perry Ferrell. NT
FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jeff Gordon (4), 2. Jimmy Sills (3), 3. Wally Pankratz (12), 4. Danny Smith (6), 5. George Snider (25), 6. Russ Gamester (13), 7. Chip Thomas (10), 8. Steve Butler (23), 9. Andy Hillenburg (15), 10. Robbie Stanley (27), 11. Jerry Russell (30), 12. Brent Kaeding (8), 13. Eric Gordon (19), 14. Larry Dickson (9), 15. Brad Noffsinger (1), 16. Warren Mockler (11), 17. Tray House (26), 18. Larry Rice (28), 19. Gary Hieber (20), 20. Gary Irvin (7), 21. Roy Caruthers (29), 22. Tony Elliott (5), 23. Johnny Parsons (21), 24. Greg Staab (22), 25. Walt Kennedy (17), 26. Mark Alderson (18), 27. Steve Chassey (2), 28. Stevie Reeves (16), 29. Chuck Gurney (14), 30. Gene Lee Gibson (24). NT
**Red Stauffer flipped during the qualifying race.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Steve Chassey, Laps 14-28 Jimmy Sills, Laps 29-100 Jeff Gordon.
NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jeff Gordon-300; 2-Wally Pankratz-210; 3-Jimmy Sills-162; 4-Russ Gamester-140; 5-Danny Smith-120; 6-George Snider-101; 7-Eric Gordon-85; 8-Andy Hillenburg-70; 9-Chip Thomas-61; 10-Steve Chassey & Steve Butler-52.
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PARSONS ENDS SILVER CROWN DROUGHT WITH PEPSI-COLA 100 WIN AT IRP
Clermont, Indiana………Johnny Parsons, six times a bridesmaid in USAC Silver Crown competition, finally entered the winner’s circle on June 29, winning the Pepsi-Cola 100 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. The race was J.P.’s 70th in the series dating back to 1971.
Parsons won the pole for the 100-lap contest at 117.081 mph, then trailed early leaders Jimmy Sills and Jeff Gordon through the first 40 laps. Parsons took the lead in his Columbus Container/LJ Mold/Niebel Engines/M.I.G. Supply Special on the 41st lap, then held off the challenge of Eric Gordon in the final laps for the win and the $7,000 first prize.
Jim Keeker and Steve Butler came from 15th and 16th starting spots for third and fourth, respectively, with Wally Pankratz finishing fifth. Keeker won the 25-lap Jonathan Byrd Cafeteria Qualifying Race.
Series point leader Jeff Gordon led 27 laps before retiring with a blown head gasket after 68 laps. His 18th finishing position keeps him atop the standings, but Pankratz now trails him by just 23 points.
Only two yellow flags slowed the race, one when defending race winner George Snider contacted the outside wall in turn one on lap seven.
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 29, 1991 – Clermont, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park – Pepsi-Cola 100
QUALIFYING: (Top-14 locked into the feature) 1. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-21.093; 2. Jimmy Sills, 1, Consani-21.170; 3. Jeff Gordon, 4, Ede-21.235; 4. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-21.239; 5. Wally Pankratz, 56, Gohr-21.396; 6. Eric Gordon, 81, Gordon-21.400; 7. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-21.470; 8. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-21.526; 9. Chuck Gurney, 29, Seymour-21.527; 10. Gene Lee Gibson, 8, Aristocrat-21.538; 11. Steve Chassey, 69, McClure-21.609; 12. Robbie Stanley, 74, MRS-21.620; 13. Andy Hillenburg, 12, Delrose/Holt-21.739; 14. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson/Britton-21.765; 15. Bob Cicconi, 59, Senter-21.795; 16. Warren Mockler, 75, Mitchell-21.796; 17. Jim Keeker, 3, Leyba-21.807; 18. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-21.648; 19. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-21.854; 20. Danny Smith, 50, Aviators-21.918; 21. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-21.924; 22. Mike Fedorcak, 92, Hoerner-21.927; 23. Gary Hieber, 6, EWH-21-959; 24. Jeff Bloom, 95, Truchan-22.045; 25. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-22.127; 26. Tray House, 31, Mataka-22.212; 27. Jerry Nemire, 98, Lesko-22.316; 28. Joey Allen, 97, Lesko-22.329; 29. Gary Irvin, 48, Shorthorn-22.359; 30. Brad Marvel, 90, Plummer/Walker-22.417; 31. Matt Berryhill Jr., 25, Berryhill-23.100; 32. Brent Whited, 60, Whited-23.121; 33. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-23.590; 34. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-NT.
JONATHAN BYRD CAFETERIA QUALIFYING RACE: (25 laps, top-10 transfer to the feature) 1. Jim Keeker, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Bob Cicconi, 4. Gary Hieber, 5. Greg Staab, 6. Tray House, 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Mike Fedorcak, 9. Jerry Nemire, 10. Brad Marvel, 11. Joey Allen, 12. Randy Bateman, 13. Jeff Bloom, 14. Danny Smith, 15. Warren Mockler, 16. Chip Thomas, 17. 18. Gary Irvin. NT
FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Johnny Parsons (1), 2. Eric Gordon (6), 3. Jim Keeker (15), 4. Steve Butler (16), 5. Wally Pankratz (5), 6. Russ Gamester (8), 7. Chuck Gurney (9), 8. Steve Chassey (11), 9. Larry Dickson (14), 10. Tony Elliott (21), 11. Tray House (20), 12. Gary Hieber (18), 13. Andy Hillenburg (13), 14. Mike Fedorcak (22), 15. Greg Staab (19), 16. Jerry Nemire (23), 17. Gene Lee Gibson (10), 18. Jeff Gordon (3), 19. Brad Marvel (24), 20. Robbie Stanley (12), 21. Stan Fox (4), 22. Bob Cicconi (17), 23. Jimmy Sills (2), 24. George Snider (7). 42:09.55
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Jimmy Sills, Laps 14-40 Jeff Gordon, Laps 41-100 Johnny Parsons.
NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jeff Gordon-303; 2-Wally Pankratz-280; 3-Eric Gordon-197; 4-Russ Gamester-196; 5-Johnny Parsons-180; 6-Jimmy Sills-164; 7-Steve Butler-136; 8-Danny Smith-120; 9-George Snider-103; 10-Jim Keeker-98.
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HOOSIER HUNDRED IS ALL JEFF SWINDELL’S
Indianapolis, Indiana………Jeff Swindell of Memphis, Tenn. captured A.J. Foyt’s Coors Light Hoosier Hundred August 10 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, leading 82 of the 100 miles around the one-mile dirt oval.
Driving the Terre Haute First National Bank Special, Swindell won $19,800 in prize money for his third career USAC Silver Crown race victory.
Defending series titlist Jimmy Sills of Placerville, Calif. finished second in the race and claimed the $10,000 bonus for winning the Tony George Point Fund title (scoring the most points in the Hoosier and Hulman Hundreds).
Russ Gamester of Peru, Ind. finished third and moved into the lead in the Silver Crown point standings going into the Marlboro Tony Bettenhausen 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.
Gary Hieber of Langhorne, Pa., the 1990 Hoosier Hundred victor, was fourth in 1991, with George Snider of Bakersfield, Calif. rounding out the top-five. Sixth-place Chip Thomas of Belleville, Ill. claimed the Ralph’s Muffler Shop Rookie of the Race award, presented in memory of Danny Milburn, the Indianapolis driver who was fatally injured at Phoenix in February.
Jack Hewitt of Troy, Ohio, subbing for the absent Jeff Gordon, won the pole for the 100-miler and led the first 18 miles before engine problems forced him out.
Four drivers flipped during program but there were no serious injuries. Steve Chassey flipped during qualifying, Roy Caruthers during the qualifying race and Larry Rice and Larry Hillerud during the feature.
Rice earned a record 99th career Silver Crown start, while Snider tied A.J. Foyt’s Hoosier Hundred record of 21 starts.
Tony Elliott of Warsaw, Ind. won the 15-mile qualifying race.
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 10, 1991 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - Indiana State Fairgrounds – 39th A.J. Foyt's Coors Light Hoosier Hundred
QUALIFICATIONS: (Top-20 locked into the feature) 1. Jack Hewitt, 4, Ede-33.766; 2. Gary Hieber, 6, EWH-33.799; 3, Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-33.882; 4. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-34.411; 5. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-34.661; 6. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-34.885; 7. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-34.903; 8. Eric Gordon, 81, Gordon-34.942; 9. Gary Irvin, 48, Shorthorn-34.972; 10. Steve Chassey, 69, McClure-35.023; 11. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-35.131; 12. Jimmy Sills, 1, Consani-35.151; 13. Stevie Reeves, 37, Scruggs-35.187; 14. Wally Pankratz, 56, Gohr-35.187; 15. Doug Wolfgang, 29, Seymour-35.426; 16. Jerry Nemire, 98, Lesko-35.662; 17. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson/Britton-35.739; 18. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-35.743; 19. Jerry Russell, 39, McQuinn/Tapocik-35.851; 20. Mark Alderson, 8, Aristocrat-35.862; 21. Jim Mahoney, 88, Nowling-35.924; 22. Larry Hillerud, 92, Hoerner-35.994; 23. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-36.059; 24. Jim McElreath, 23, McElreath-36.097; 25. Larry Rice, 5, LeFevre-36.119; 26. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-36.201; 27. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-36.266; 28. Robbie Stanley, 63, Hampshire-36.282; 29. Danny Smith, 50, Aviators-36.285; 30. Kevin Huntley, 76, Winterbotham-36.288; 31. Tom Bigelow, 38, MacPherson-36.382; 32. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-36.415; 33. Ron Dunstan, 42, Tomasits-36.568; 34. Roy Caruthers, 84, Pedersen-36.713; 35. Rodney Duncan, 74, MRS-36.726; 36. Walt Kennedy, 40, Woodward-37.251; 37. Bob Cicconi, 59, Senter-37.381; 38. Bill Kojis, 34, Gunderson-37.469; 39. Dave Feese, 43, Nix-37.529; 40. Rick Ungar, 90, Plummer/Walker-37.974; 41. Art Bisch Jr., 19, Bisch-38.104; 42. Jim Keeker, 3, Leyba-38.844; 43. Fred Tegarden Jr., 77, Pritchett-39.365; 44. Ray Joe Fager, 45, Earl-41.173; 45. Eddie Sachs Jr., 79, Martin-41.504; 46. Dan Drinan, 25, MBC-43.021; 47. Warren Mockler, 75, Mitchell-NT; 48. Dave Darland, 99, Faurote-NT; 49. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-NT; 50. Jim Hall, 36, Hall-NT; 51. Tray House, 31, Mataka-NT.
QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps, top-10 transfer to the feature) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Jim McElreath, 3. Larry Rice, 4. Greg Staab, 5. Danny Smith, 6. Larry Hillerud, 7. Ron Dunstan, 8. Bob Cicconi, 9. Bill Kojis, 10. Rodney Duncan, 11. Walt Kennedy, 12. Eddie Sachs Jr., 13. Rick Ungar, 14. Jim Mahoney, 15. Johnny Parsons, 16. Chuck Gurney, 17. Robbie Stanley, 18. Kevin Huntley, 19. Roy Caruthers, 20. Dave Feese, 21. Art Bisch Jr., 22. Jim Keeker, 23. Warren Mockler, 24. Tray House, 25. Fred Tegarden Jr., 26. Tom Bigelow. NT
FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jeff Swindell (6), 2. Jimmy Sills (12), 3. Russ Gamester (3), 4. Gary Hieber (2), 5. George Snider (5), 6. Chip Thomas (4), 7. Stan Fox (11), 8. Tony Elliott (21), 9. Stevie Reeves (13), 10. Mark Alderson (20), 11. Larry Dickson (17), 12. Eric Gordon (8), 13. Wally Pankratz (14), 14. Gary Irvin (9), 15. Greg Staab (24), 16. Bill Kojis (29), 17. Jerry Nemire (16), 18. Doug Wolfgang (15), 19. Jim McElreath (22), 20. Steve Butler (7), 21. Steve Chassey (10), 22. Rodney Duncan (30), 23. Randy Bateman (18), 24. Jerry Russell (19), 25. Larry Hillerud (26), 26. Bob Cicconi (28), 27. Jack Hewitt (1), 28. Larry Rice (23), 29. Ron Dunstan (27), 30. Danny Smith (25). NT
**Steve Chassey flipped during qualifying. Roy Caruthers flipped during the qualifying race. Larry Rice and Larry Hillerud flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Jack Hewitt, Laps 19-100 Jeff Swindell.
NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Russ Gamester-336; 2-Jimmy Sills-324; 3-Jeff Gordon-303; 4-Wally Pankratz-285; 5-Eric Gordon-207; 6-George Snider-203; 7-Johnny Parsons-180; 8-Chip Thomas-141; 9-Steve Butler-140; 10-Gary Hieber-131.
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GURNEY WINS THIRD-STRAIGHT TONY BETTENHAUSEN 100 AT SPRINGFIELD
Springfield, Illinois………Chuck Gurney of Livermore, Calif. became the first driver in history to win a third-straight Marlboro Tony Bettenhausen 100 USAC Silver Crown race on August 17, driving the Plastic Express/Middleton Special to victory in the 100-miler at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.
In scoring his fifth victory in the last seven years at the one-mile dirt oval, Gurney led the final 39 miles of the race after passing defending series champion Jimmy Sills of Placerville, Calif. Sills finished second and took over the Silver Crown point lead in the process.
Stan Fox, of Janesville, Wisc., outqualified a field of 38 cars, all of which took the green flag in the rain-delayed 100-miler. Sills led the first 31 miles before Fox moved to the front. On lap 48, Sills, who started alongside Fox on the front row, regained the lead but Gurney, who started third, caught him on the 62nd lap and led the rest of the way.
Pre-race favorites Jack Hewitt and Johnny Parsons tangled on lap four and Hoosier Hundred winner Jeff Swindell retired with engine trouble on lap 71.
Gurney averaged 96.734 mph for the distance, completed in 1 hour, 2 minutes and 1.53 seconds.
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 17, 1991 – Springfield, Illinois – Illinois State Fairgrounds – Marlboro Tony Bettenhausen 100
QUALIFYING: 1. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-31.559; 2. Jimmy Sills, 1, Consani-31.680; 3. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-32.362; 4. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-32.458; 5. Steve Chassey, 69, McClure-32.483; 6. Jack Hewitt, 37, Scruggs-32.488; 7. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-32.490; 8. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-32.557; 9. Gary Hieber, 6, EWH-32.724; 10. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-32.763; 11. Warren Mockler, 75, Mitchell-32.807; 12. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson/Britton-33.015; 13. Jerry Russell, 39, McQuinn/Tapocik-33.186; 14. Danny Smith, 50, Aviators-33.227; 15. Jeff Gordon, 4, Ede-33.239; 16. Wally Pankratz, 56, Gohr-33.274; 17. Eric Gordon, 81, Gordon-33.463; 18. Rodney Duncan, 74, MRS-33.472; 19. Brent Kaeding, 96, Miller-33.515; 20. Tray House, 31, Mataka-33.615; 21. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-33.942; 22. Bill Kojis, 34, Gunderson-33.958; 23. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-33.962; 24. Ron Dunstan, 42, Tomasits, 25. Dave Darland, 99, Faurote-34.189; 26. Dave Feese, 43, Nix-34.413; 27. Jerry Nemire, 98, Lesko-34.449; 28. Jim Mahoney, 88, Nowling-34.497; 29. Rick Ungar, 90, Plummer/Walker-34.525; 30. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-34.550; 31. Art Bisch Jr., 19, Bisch-34.553; 32. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-34.611; 33. Tom Bigelow, 38, MacPherson-35.133; 34. Mike McCreary, 82, McCreary-35.139; 35. Fred Tegarden Jr., 77, Pritchett-35.359; 36. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-35.701; 37. Dan Ford, 46, Egan-35.740; 38. Eddie Sachs Jr., 79, Martin-36.529; 39. Jim McElreath, 23, McElreath-NT; 40. Gary Irvin, 48, Shorthorn-NT.
FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Chuck Gurney (3), 2. Jimmy Sills (2), 3. Stan Fox (1), 4. Jeff Gordon (14), 5. Larry Dickson (12), 6. Warren Mockler (11), 7. Tony Elliott (20), 8. Gary Hieber (9), 9. Wally Pankratz (16), 10. Brent Kaeding (18), 11. George Snider (4), 12. Russ Gamester (10), 13. Jim Mahoney (27), 14. Rick Ungar (28), 15. Ron Dunstan (23), 16. Jerry Russell (13), 17. Bill Kojis (21), 18. Randy Bateman (22), 19. Art Bisch Jr. (30), 20. Greg Staab (31), 21. Fred Tegarden Jr. (34), 22. Jerry Nemire (26), 23. Tray House (19), 24. Steve Chassey (5), 25. Gary Irvin (38), 26. Eric Gordon (17), 27. Jeff Swindell (7), 28. Dan Ford (36), 29. Chip Thomas (29), 30. Mike McCreary (33), 31. Dave Feese (25), 32. Blake Hollingsworth (35), 33. Dave Darland (24), 34. Tom Bigelow (32), 35. Eddie Sachs Jr. (37), 36. Jack Hewitt (6), 37. Johnny Parsons (8), 38. Danny Smith (15). 1:02:01.53
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-31 Jimmy Sills, Laps 32-47 Stan Fox, Laps 48-61 Jimmy Sills, Laps 62-100 Chuck Gurney.
NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jimmy Sills-484; 2-Jeff Gordon-423; 3-Russ Gamester-346; 4-Wally Pankratz-325; 5-Chuck Gurney-245; 6-George Snider-223; 7-Stan Fox-222; 8-Eric Gordon-209; 9-Jeff Swindell-202; 10-Gary Hieber & Johnny Parsons-181.
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REEVES WINS FIRST Du QUOIN; JEFF GORDON CLINCHES SILVER CROWN TITLE
Du Quoin, Illinois………Stevie Reeves scored his first USAC Silver Crown victory on Labor Day at the Du Quoin State Fairground, holding on to beat a fast-closing Steve Butler at the finish of the 100-miler.
The engine in Reeves’ Hoosier Tire/Trac-Master Special started to sour in the final 10 miles and Butler made up nearly a half-lap deficit to finish a car-length back at the checkered flag.
Jeff Gordon, with a fourth-place finish at Du Quoin, locked up the 1991 USAC Silver Crown championship in the M & L Plumbing/Dillon Inn/Marker Trucking/Beast.
Defending Silver Crown titlist Jimmy Sills set a new track record of 117.759 mph to win the pole for the 100-miler and led the first 20 miles before yielding to Reeves. The engine in Sills’ Pioneer Concrete Special expired after 49 miles, relegating him to a 20th place finish and second in the Silver Crown standings.
Jim Mahoney won the 15-mile qualifying race which preceded the 100-miler.
Accidents forced the race to be halted twice. Jerry Russell crashed through the third turn guardrail on the 30th lap and Mark Alderson blew a tire and flipped in turn one on lap 50, but both drivers escaped serious injury.
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 2, 1991 – Du Quoin State Fairgrounds – Du Quoin, Illinois – Du Quoin Century
QUALIFYING: (Top-20 locked into the feature) 1. Jimmy Sills, 1, Consani-30.571; 2. Stevie Reeves, 16, Wilke-30.951; 3. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-31.176; 4. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-31.199; 5. Jeff Gordon, 4, Ede-31.234; 6. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-31.422; 7. Jerry Russell, 39, McQuinn/Tapocik-31.447; 8. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-31.574; 9. Warren Mockler, 75, Mitchell-31.590; 10. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-31.508; 11. Gary Hieber, 6, EWH-31.623; 12. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-31.843; 13. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-31.864; 14. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-31.927; 15. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-31.935; 16. Steve Chassey, 69, McClure-31.936; 17. Tray House, 31, Mataka-31.953; 18. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-31.974; 19. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson/Britton-32.039; 20. Danny Smith, 50, Aviators-32.089; 21. Eric Gordon, 81, Gordon-32.225; 22. Mark Alderson, 8, Aristocrat-32.313; 23. Billy Boat, 3, Leyba-32.426; 24. Jim Mahoney, 88, Nowling-32.464; 25. Ronnie Burke, 46, Egan-32.492; 26. Art Bisch Jr., 19, Bisch-32.501; 27. Gary Irvin, 48, Shorthorn-32.570; 28. Wally Pankratz, 56, Gohr-32.622; 29. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-32.743; 30. Dave Feese, 43, Nix-32.804; 31. Tom Bigelow, 38, MacPherson-32.869; 32. Chris Paulsen, 37, Scruggs-32.945; 33. Jim McElreath, 23, McElreath-33.007; 34. Jerry Nemire, 98, Lesko-33.112; 35. Bill Kojis, 34, Gunderson-33.137; 36. Jim Hall, 36, Hall-33.615; 37. Eddie Sachs Jr., 79, Martin-34.714; 38. Mike McCreary, 82, McCreary-35.020; 39. Bill Baue, 78, Race Car Restorations-36.767; 40. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-NT.
QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps, top-9 transfer to the feature) 1. Jim Mahoney, 2. Billy Boat, 3. Ronnie Burke, 4. Wally Pankratz, 5. Mark Alderson, 6. Randy Bateman, 7. Bill Kojis, 8. Dave Feese, 9. Jerry Nemire, 10. Gary Irvin, 11. Chris Paulsen, 12. Art Bisch Jr., 13. Jim Hall, 14. Tom Bigelow, 15. Mike McCreary, 16. Bill Baue, 17. Eddie Sachs Jr., 18. Eric Gordon. 5:12.48
FEATURE: (100 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Stevie Reeves (2), 2. Steve Butler (12), 3. Stan Fox (3), 4. Jeff Gordon (5), 5. Chuck Gurney (14), 6. Russ Gamester (6), 7. Johnny Parsons (4), 8. Eric Gordon (30), 9. Jim Mahoney (21), 10. Wally Pankratz (24), 11. Chip Thomas (18), 12. Larry Dickson (19), 13. Billy Boat (22), 14. Tray House (17), 15. Warren Mockler (9), 16. Gary Hieber (11), 17. Randy Bateman (26), 18. Ronnie Burke (23), 19. Tony Elliott (13), 20. Jimmy Sills (1), 21. Mark Alderson (25), 22. Bill Kojis (27), 23. Dave Feese (28), 24. Jeff Swindell (15), 25. George Snider (8), 26. Jerry Nemire (29), 27. Jerry Russell (7), 28. Steve Chassey (16), 29. Greg Staab (10), 30. Danny Smith (20). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Jimmy Sills, Laps 21-100 Stevie Reeves.
NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jeff Gordon-543; 2-Jimmy Sills-485; 3-Russ Gamester-426; 4-Stan Fox-362; 5-Wally Pankratz-355; 6-Chuck Gurney-346; 7-Steve Butler-300; 8-Eric Gordon-259; 9-Johnny Parsons-244; 10-Stevie Reeves-249.
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HEWITT OWNS 4-CROWN SILVER CROWN AGAIN AT ELDORA
Rossburg, Ohio………Jack Hewitt earned a record 14th career USAC Silver Crown series victory on September 22, driving the Barfield’s Gift Fruit/Race Ready Chassis Special to a 50-lap win in the 4-Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway.
Hewitt led the final nine laps after a duel with Eric Gordon, who finished second. The win was Hewitt’s eighth in 4-Crown competition and earned his team a first-place check in the amount of $10,000.
Jeff Gordon was the fastest Silver Crown qualifier at Eldora and led the first 23 laps before he hit the wall in turn three. Russ Gamester then took the lead for a lap, but a blown tire ended his chances for victory.
Billy Boat suffered a mild concussion in a wild series of flips and gyrations on the front stretch on the 28th lap of the race and Stevie Reeves escaped injury in a flip during qualifications.
Chuck Gurney captured the 20-lap True Value Master Mechanic Tools Qualifying Race during the September 21 preliminaries.
Two-time USAC Silver Crown titlist Larry Rice of Brownsburg, Ind. earned a career-record 100th Silver Crown start in the 50-lapper and finished eighth.
USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 20-22, 1991 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 11th 4-Crown Nationals
QUALIFYING: (Top-12 locked into the feature) 1. Jeff Gordon, 4, Ede-16.637; 2. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-16.650; 3. Stevie Reeves, 16, Wilke-16.787; 4. Billy Boat, 40, Woodward-16.877; 5. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-17.087; 6. Eric Gordon, 37, Scruggs-17.150; 7. Terry Shepherd, 44, SMS-17.188; 8. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-17.190; 9. Steve Chassey, 3, Leyba-17.347; 10. Jimmy Sills, 1, Consani-17.360; 11. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-17.411; 12. Jim Mahoney, 88, Nowling-17.513; 13. Danny Smith, 48, Irvin-17.545; 14. Tray House, 31, Mataka-17.633; 15. Chuck Gurney, 29, Seymour-17.659; 16. Larry Rice, 5, LeFevre-17.676; 17. Jerry Nemire, 98, Lesko-17.747; 18. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-17.891; 19. Wally Pankratz, 56, Gohr-17.944; 20. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-18.089; 21. Rick Ungar, 90, Plummer/Walker-18.420; 22. Brad Marvel, 14, Smith-18.654; 23. Ron Dunstan, 42, Tomasits-18.763; 24. Warren Mockler, 75, Mitchell-18.766; 25. Brent Whited, 60, Whited-19.048; 26. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-27.097; 27. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-NT; 28. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-NT.
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS QUALIFYING RACE: (20 laps, top-12 transfer to the feature) 1. Chuck Gurney, 2. Johnny Parsons, 3. Larry Rice, 4. Tray House, 5. Jerry Nemire, 6. Wally Pankratz, 7. Blake Hollingsworth, 8. Warren Mockler, 9. Rick Ungar, 10. Chip Thomas, 11. Brad Marvel, 12. Ron Dunstan, 13. Brent Whited, 14. Danny Smith, 15. Tony Elliott. 5:56.42
FEATURE: (50 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jack Hewitt (8), 2. Eric Gordon (6), 3. Terry Shepherd (7), 4. Tray House (16), 5. Warren Mockler (20), 6. Wally Pankratz (18), 7. Brad Marvel (23), 8. Larry Rice (15), 9. Jerry Nemire (17), 10. Russ Gamester (2), 11. Ron Dunstan (24), 12. Blake Hollingsworth (19), 13. Jim Mahoney (12), 14. Steve Chassey (9), 15. Rick Ungar (21), 16. Billy Boat (4), 17. George Snider (11), 18. Jimmy Sills (10), 19. Chuck Gurney (13), 20. Jeff Gordon (1), 21. Stevie Reeves (3), 22. Johnny Parsons (14), 23. Chip Thomas (22), 24. Stan Fox (5). NT
**Stevie Reeves flipped during qualifying. Billy Boat flipped on lap 28 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Jeff Gordon, Lap 24 Russ Gamester, Laps 25-39 Jack Hewitt, Laps 40-41 Eric Gordon, Laps 42-50 Jack Hewitt.
FINAL SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jeff Gordon-544; 2-Jimmy Sills-489; 3-Russ Gamester-434; 4-Wally Pankratz-375; 5-Stan Fox-363; 6-Chuck Gurney-347; 7-Steve Butler-300; 8-Eric Gordon-299; 9-Johnny Parsons & Stevie Reeves-245.
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1991 USAC SILVER CROWN DRIVER POINTS
1. (544) Jeff Gordon, Pittsboro, Ind.
2. (489) Jimmy Sills, Placerville, Calif.
3. (434) Russ Gamester, Peru, Ind.
4. (375) Wally Pankratz, Orange, Calif.
5. (363) Stan Fox, Janesville, Wisc.
6. (347) Chuck Gurney, Livermore, Calif.
7. (300) Steve Butler, Kokomo, Ind.
8. (299) Eric Gordon, Greenfield, Ind.
9. (245) Stevie Reeves, Indianapolis, Ind.
10. (245) Johnny Parsons, Indianapolis, Ind.
11. (226) George Snider, Bakersfield, Calif.
12. (205) Jeff Swindell, Memphis, Tenn.
13. (186) Gary Hieber, Langhorne, Pa.
14. (165) Larry Dickson, Marietta, Ohio
15. (163) Chip Thomas, Belleville, Ill.
16. (138) Tony Elliott, Warsaw, Ind.
17. (123) Danny Smith, Indianapolis, Ind.
18. (115) Warren Mockler, Westfield, Ind.
19. (98) Jim Keeker, Cicero, Ind.
20. (96) Steve Chassey, Clermont, Ind.
21. (74) Andy Hillenburg, Indianapolis, Ind.
22. (61) Tray House, Anderson, Ind.
23. (53) Jack Hewitt, Troy, Ohio
24. (42) Brent Kaeding, Campbell, Calif.
25. (41) Jim Mahoney, Peru, Ill.
26. (36) Mark Alderson, Timberlake, S.D.
27. (33) Robbie Stanley, Brownsburg, Ind.
28. (30) Jerry Russell, Springfield, Ill.
29. (23) Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio
30. (19) Larry Rice, Brownsburg, Ind.
31. (18) Brad Marvel, Brownsburg, Ind.
32. (17) Walt Kennedy, Upland, Calif.
33. (17) Greg Staab, Cincinnati, Ohio
34. (14) Bob Cicconi, Prospect Park, Pa.
35. (13) Gary Irvin, West Lafayette, Ind.
36. (12) Bill Kojis, Milwaukee, Wisc.
37. (11) Randy Bateman, Murphysboro, Ill.
38. (11) Ron Dunstan, Ruchsville, Pa.
39. (8) Billy Boat, Phoenix, Ariz.
40. (7) Dave Feese, Saybrook, Ill.
41. (6) Rick Ungar, Indianapolis, Ind.
42. (5) Brad Noffsinger, Huntington Beach, Calif.
43. (4) Mike Fedorcak, Ft. Wayne, Ind.
44. (4) Jim McElreath, Arlington, Texas
45. (4) Art Bisch Jr., Newport Beach, Calif.
46. (4) Blake Hollingsworth, Indianapolis, Ind.
47. (3) Kevin Whitesides, Columbia, Mo.
48. (3) Rick Howerton, Indianapolis, Ind.
49. (3) Gene Lee Gibson, Richwood, Ohio
50. (3) Rodney Duncan, Columbus, Ohio
51. (3) Fred Tegarden Jr., Phoenix, Ariz.
52. (1) Danny Milburn, Indianapolis, Ind.
53. (1) Mike McCreary, Diamond Springs, Calif.
54. (1) Dave Darland, Lincoln, Ind.
55. (1) Tom Bigelow, Whitewater, Wisc.
56. (1) Eddie Sachs Jr., East Detroit, Mich.
1991 USAC SILVER CROWN ENTRANT POINTS
1. (546) Fred Ede, Fresno, Calif. (#4)
2. (489) Bob Consani, Santa Rosa, Calif. (#1)
3. (434) Ron McMahon, Flushing, Mich. (#85)
4. (375) Gohr Distributing, Buffalo, N.Y. (#56)
5. (368) Gary Runyon, Carmel, Ind. (#9)
6. (304) Transportation Computer Systems, Ontario, Calif. (#30)
7. (300) Kenny Jarrett, Elwood, Ind. (#10)
8. (251) Delrose-Holt Racing, Joliet, Ill. (#12)
9. (245) Gene Nolen, Greenwood, Ind. (#20)
10. (226) Foyt/Snider Racing, Houston, Texas (#11)
11. (209) Eric Gordon, Greenfield, Ind. (#81)
12. (205) Mark Wilke, Milwaukee, Wisc. (#16)
13. (186) E.W.H. Service, Langhorne, Pa. (#6)
14. (165) Tom Dickson, Parkersburg, W. Va. (#73)
15. (163) Charles Thomas, Belleville, Ill. (#24)
16. (139) Joe Conroy, Brunswick, Ohio (#18)
17. (126) Aviators Racing, Chicago, Ill. (#50)
18. (115) Tom Mitchell, Carmel, Ind. (#75)
19. (104) Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#3)
20. (93) Del McClure, Portland, Ore. (#69)
21. (63) Gary Irvin, West Lafayette, Ind. (#48)
22. (61) William Mataka, Lebanon, N.J. (#31)
23. (52) Greg Staab, Cincinnati, Ohio (#44)
24. (50) Bob Hampshire, Findlay, Ohio (#63)
25. (49) J & J Marine, St. Petersburg, Fla. (#88)
26. (48) Louis Seymour, Marlboro, Mass. (#29)
27. (42) Los Gatos Body Shop, Los Gatos, Calif. (#96)
28. (41) Clare Pattee, Blythe, Calif. (#37)
29. (40) A.J. Foyt Enterprises, Houston, Texas (#37)
30. (37) Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#8)
31. (36) M.R.S. Racing, Jamestown, Ind. (#74)
32. (32) Charlie Scruggs, Kokomo, Ind. (#37)
33. (30) McQuinn & Tapocik Racing, Springfield, Ill. (#39)
34. (25) Leader Card, Milwaukee, Wisc. (#7)
35. (23) Bob Lesko Enterprises, Wayne, N.J. (#98)
36. (19) David LeFevre, Lafayette, Ind. (#5)
37. (18) Larry Woodward, Waipanu, Hawaii (#40)
38. (15) Cecilia Smith, Eaton, Ohio (#14)
39. (14) Lou Cicconi, Glenn Mills, Pa. (#59)
40. (12) Kurt Gunderson, Greenfield, Wisc. (#34)
41. (11) Randy Bateman, Murphysboro, Ill. (#55)
42. (11) Andrew Tomasits, Bath, Pa. (#42)
43. (9) Jesse Plummer, Indianapolis, Ind. (#90)
44. (6) Bob Hoerner, Crest Hill, Ill. (#92)
45. (6) George Egan, Hazelwood, Mo. (#46)
46. (4) Shirley McElreath, Arlington, Texas (#23)
47. (4) Art Bisch Jr., Henderson, Nev. (#19)
48. (4) Ricky Nix, Benton, Ill. (#43)
49. (4) Duke Henning, Indianapolis, Ind. (#93)
50. (3) Randy Whitesides, Columbia, Mo. (#47)
51. (3) Miner Pedersen, Indianapolis, Ind. (#84)
52. (3) Steve Stapp, Brownsburg, Ind. (#54)
53. (3) Jerry Pritchett, Glendale, Ariz. (#77)
54. (2) E.J. Dolner, Sacramento, Calif. (#57)
55. (1) R.B. Milburn, Indianapolis, Ind. (#27)
56. (1) Mike McCreary, Diamond Springs, Calif. (#82)
57. (1) Frank Faurote, Lafayette, Ind. (#99)
58. (1) Steve MacPherson, Indianapolis, Ind. (#38)
59. (1) Jim Martin, Bath, Ill. (#79)