2016 USAC Silver Crown Series
The 2016 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series season was the 45th season of the USAC Silver Crown Series. The series began with the Sumar Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track on April 3, and ended with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 24. Kody Swanson entered the 2016 season as the defending champion, and Chris Windom was the season champion.[1]
Schedule/Results
[edit]| No. | Date | Race title | Track | Winning Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 3 | Sumar Classic | Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, Indiana | C.J. Leary |
| 2 | April 30 | Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic | Toledo Speedway, Toledo, Ohio | rained out[2] |
| 3 | May 26 | Hoosier Hundred | Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana | Kody Swanson |
| 4 | May 27 | Carb Night Classic / The Race Before the 500 | Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, Indiana | Tanner Swanson |
| 5 | June 10 | Horn/Schindler Memorial | Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | Chris Windom |
| 6 | June 25 | Vatterott College Silver Crown Showdown | Gateway Motorsports Park, Madison, Illinois | Tanner Swanson |
| 7 | July 21 | Rich Vogler/USAC Hall of Fame Classic | Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, Indiana | Kody Swanson |
| 8 | August 13 | Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial | Salem Speedway, Salem, Indiana | Kody Swanson |
| 9 | August 20 | Bettenhausen 100 | Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield, Illinois | rained out[3] |
| 10 | September 3 | Ted Horn 100 | DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, DuQuoin, Illinois | Chris Windom |
| 11 | September 24 | Four Crown Nationals | Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, Ohio | Chris Windom |
Dirt Oval
Pavement Oval
Teams/Drivers
[edit]| No. | Driver(s) | Team/Entrant | Chassis | Engine | Round(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Mitch Wissmiller | Matt Barker | Beast | Chevrolet | 1 |
| 2 | Patrick Lawson | Patrick Lawson | DRC | Wesmar/Chevrolet | 5 |
| Beast | |||||
| 3 | AJ Fike | RFMS Racing | Beast | Foxco | 2 |
| 5 | J.C. Bland (R) | Bland Brothers Enterprises | Drinan | BBE/Chevrolet | 3 |
| 6 | Bryan Clauson | Klatt Enterprises | Beast | Ford | 3 |
| 7 | Neil Shepherd (R) | Neil Shepherd | Claxton/Toyota | 3 | |
| 8 | Justin Grant | Chris Carli | DRC | Claxton/Chevrolet | All |
| Beast | |||||
| 00 | Terry Babb | Terry Babb | Beast | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 02 | Tanner Swanson | Bowman Racing | Beast | Kistler/Chevrolet | 3 |
| 07 | Jacob Wilson | Wilson Brothers Racing | Beast | Claxton/Toyota | 5 |
| 12 | Brian Tyler | Galas | Beast | Galas/Chevrolet | 1 |
| 14 | Robert Ballou | McQuinn Motorsports | JR-1 | Chevrolet | 1 |
| Brian Tyler | 1 | ||||
| Zach Daum | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Tad Roach | Dr. Jim Logan | Beast | Cadillac | 2 |
| 17 | Dave Darland | Michael Dutcher Motorsports | Beast | Toyota | 3 |
| 18 | Kenny Gentry | Gentry | Beast | Gentry/Chevrolet | 2 |
| 20 | Jerry Coons Jr. | Nolen Racing | Maxim | Tranter/Chevrolet | All |
| Beast | |||||
| 21 | Robert Stout (R) | Bowman/Armstrong Racing | Beast | Kistler | 1 |
| Ryan Newman | 1 | ||||
| 21 | Jeff Swindell | Swanson/Hewitt Motorsports | Beast | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 23 | Terry James | Todd Satterthwaite | Magnum | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 25 | Davey Ray | Eddie Sachs Racing | Beast | Team RAYPRO/Chevrolet | 2 |
| 26 | Aaron Pierce | Sam Pierce | Beast | Pierce/Chevrolet | 5 |
| 27 | Billy Puterbaugh Jr. | Phillips Motorsports | Phillips | Foxco/Chevrolet | 3 |
| Matt Goodnight | 1 | ||||
| 29 | Joey Moughan (R) | Moughan Racing | Maxim | Claxton/Mopar | 2 |
| 30 | C.J. Leary | Leary/6R Racing | DRC | Claxton/Toyota | 4 |
| 31 | Dave Berkheimer (R) | Berkheimer Racing | Drinan | Chevrolet | 1 |
| 40 | David Byrne | Byrne Racing | Beast | J&D/Chevrolet | 7 |
| 44 | Danny Long | Danny Long | Beast | Chevrolet | 2 |
| 48 | Brady Bacon | Paul Martens | Maxim | Kistler/Chevrolet | 4 |
| 51 | Russ Gamester | Gamester Racing | GRP | Toyota | 1 |
| 52 | Billy Pauch Jr. (R) | Bob Lesko | Beast | Chevrolet | 1 |
| 53 | Steve Buckwalter | SET Racing | Beast | Brown/Chevrolet | 4 |
| 55 | Casey Shuman (R) | Bateman Racing | Beast | Chevrolet | All |
| Predator | |||||
| 58 | Joe Liguori (R) | Ralph Liguori | DRC | Kercher/Chevrolet | 3 |
| 63 | Kody Swanson | DePalma Motorsports | Maxim | Hampshire/Chevrolet | All |
| 66 | Bill Rose | Rose | Beast | Claxton | 1 |
| 71 | Shane Cockrum | Hardy Boys Racing | Maxim | Brown/Chevrolet | All |
| Beast | Stanton/Chevrolet | ||||
| 77 | Chris Urish | Urish | Beast | Foxco/Chevrolet | 2 |
| 81 | Shane Cottle | Curtis Williams | Maxim | Chevrolet | All |
| Beast | Williams/Chevrolet | ||||
| 84 | Tad Roach | Scott Spivey | Stealth | Chevrolet | 3 |
| 86 | Jackie Burke | Burke | Shores | Chevrolet | 1 |
| 88 | Chris Fetter | Fetter Tile | Beast | TMS/Chevrolet | 3 |
| 89 | |||||
| 90 | John Heydenreich | BBH Motorsports | Beast | Brannan-Pink/Chevrolet | 1 |
| 91 | Austin Nemire | Hemelgarn Racing | J&J | Ford | All |
| Beast | Speedway/Ford | ||||
| 98 | Chris Windom | Fred Gormly/RPM | Maxim | J&D | All |
| Beast | J&D/Mopar | ||||
| 99 | Mark Smith (R) | Fred Gormly/RPM | JEI | Foxco/Chevrolet | 2 |
| Joe Liguori (R) | Beast | Gaerte/Chevrolet | 4 | ||
| 120 | Hunter Schuerenberg (R) | Nolen Racing | Maxim | Tranter/Chevrolet | 2 |
| Joe Axsom (R) | Beast | 2 | |||
| 122 | Bobby Santos III | DJ Racing | Beast | BVDS/Chevrolet | 3 |
| 157 | Kevin Studley (R) | Studley Motorsports | Beast | Chevrolet | 1 |
| 201 | Dakota Jackson | Nolen Racing | Twister | Tranter/Chevrolet | 1 |
Standings
[edit]Source:[4]
Drivers
[edit]- Chris Windom, 588
- Kody Swanson, 583
- Justin Grant, 474
- Jerry Coons Jr., 465
- David Byrne, 398
- Casey Shuman, 386
- Shane Cottle, 381
- Austin Nemire, 340
- Joe Liguori, 316
- Brady Bacon, 268
Owners
[edit]- #63 DePalma Motorsports, 583
- #98 RPM/Fred Gormly, 540
- #8 Chris Carli, 474
- #20 Nolen Racing, 465
- #40 Byrne Racing, 398