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 Former USAC driver Jason McCord of Anderson, Ind. has been named Coordinator of USAC’s K & N Silver Crown Championship Series. A former series participant, he brings a wealth of knowledge to his new post, both from the participant and administrative side, having been involved for the past two years as an administrator with the Premier Racing Association.

 McCord’s driving career ended in 2006 but included a victory at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis in 2003 and a half-dozen victories in the USAC Sprint Car Series where he earned the 1995 “Most Improved Driver” honors.

 “I look forward to the challenges ahead for the Silver Crown Series as we continue to develop and refine the new pavement car, while maintaining the time-honored tradition of dirt-track racing,” says McCord. “We realize the great heritage this series has and I am glad to be a part of the continuing legacy. We project a successful season in 2008 while expecting expansion in 2009 and beyond.”

 The opening showcase for USAC’s 2008 K & N Silver Crown Series is the February 15-16 “Copper on Dirt” spectacular at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix. Ariz. The “tripleheader” also features USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and the Mopar USAC National/Western Midget Series.

 The 2008 season includes five additional dirt-track venues and five pavement outings, concluding with the “Copper World Classic” at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway November 6 in conjunction the Checker Auto Parts 500 NASCAR events.

 The “track too tough to tame” welcomes the series back in 2008 as Darlington (S.C.) Raceway hosts a May 8 event in conjunction with its traditional NASCAR weekend, while the traditional “Hoosier Hundred” unfolds at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis May 23.

 Richmond (Va.) Raceway welcomes the Silver Crown cars back for its weekend which also features the SunTrust Indy Challenge for the Indy Car Series, with the Silver Crown cars competing on June 28. The USAC National Sprint cars also compete as part of the Richmond weekend on June 27.

 On July 24 the series competes at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis as part of the track’s big “Kroger Speedfest” weekend of racing leading up to the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard at nearby Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

 The popular “Sumar Classic” returns to the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track July 25 as the track prepares for an announcement regarding new management. Preliminary plans call for the cars to be pitted back in the infield as was the case for many years at the half-mile dirt oval.

 Iowa Speedway in Newton, one of America’s newest and fastest ovals, hosts the K & N Silver Crown cars on August 10 in conjunction with the track’s Grand Am Koni Challenge activities.

 The “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield is set for August 16 and the “Ted Horn 100” at the DuQuoin (Ill.) State Fairgrounds is slated for August 31.

 The “Four Crown Nationals” at Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, also featuring USAC National Sprints and Mopar USAC National Midgets, is targeted for September 20.

K & N SILVER CROWN SERIES SCHEDULE

2/15-16 Phoenix, AZ5/8 Darlington, SC5/23 Indianapolis, IN6/27-28 Richmond, VA7/24 Indianapolis, IN7/25 Terre Haute, IN8/10 Newton, IA8/16 Springfield, IL8/31 DuQuoin, IL9/20 Rossburg, OH11/6 Phoenix, AZ

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 Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. will be toasted as USAC’s K & N Silver Crown driving champion for the second straight year when the champions gather for USAC’s “Night of Champions” National Awards Dinner in January in Indianapolis, Ind.

 Kaeding emerged as the 2007 champion following his 12th-place finish in Thursday night’s “Copper World Classic” 100-mile feature at Phoenix (Ariz.) International Raceway.

 Cameron Dodson of Greenfield, Ind. gave car owners Carl Edwards and RE Technologies their second 2007 victory in the P.I.R. event, leading the final 17 miles after a spin by leader J.J. Yeley. Dodson averaged 96.734 mph in his Red Line Oil C & R./Ford. Dodson led the first 25 miles, then pole starter Jerry Coons Jr. paced the next 28 before Yeley moved to the front for 30 laps.

 Coons eventually finished second ahead of Pablo Donoso, Tim Barber and Dave Darland.

 Wayne Reutimann Jr., who finished sixth, claimed the runner-up spot in the final series standings as a result of his finish, with Barber ending up third in the final points. Coons, whose pole speed was 137.963 mph, finished fourth in the standings.

 Dodson’s winner’s share of the $100,558 purse was $21,600.

FINAL K & N USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS

1. Bud Kaeding 543  6. Cameron Dodson 4632. Wayne Reutimann Jr. 505  7. Brian Tyler 4363. Tim Barber 473  8. Billy Wease 4294. Jerry Coons Jr. 472  9. Aaron Pierce 4245. Mat Neely 464  10. Pablo Donoso 421

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K & N USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 8, 2007 – Phoenix, Arizona – Phoenix International Raceway – 32nd “Copper World Classic” Presented by FASTSIGNS Southwest

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-26.094; 2. Cameron Dodson, 199, Edwards/RE-26.370; 3. Dave Darland, 91, Hemelgarn/RFMS-26.407; 4. Michael Annett, 121, TMC-26.579; 5. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-26.649; 6. Wayne Reutimann Jr., 00, Reutimann-26.673; 7. J.J Yeley, 14, Foyt-26.697; 8. Jason Leffler, 18, PDM-26.785; 9. Mat Neely, 17, RW-26.817; 10. Mike Murgoitio, 19, Team Six-R-26.856; 11. Tyler Walker, 2, Vance-26.885; 12. Pablo Donoso, 11, Foyt-26.946; 13. Tim Barber, 28, Pierson-26.952; 14. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-26.987; 15. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-27.080; 16. Billy Wease, 12, Western Speed-27.203; 17. Brad Armstrong, 96, Weesner-27.945; 18. Rob Summers, 41, Paternoster-27.970; 19. Paul White, 99, Mucci/Matczak-28.167; 20. Wayne Reutimann Sr., 01, Reutimann-28.217; 21. Brian Hosford, 6, Pierce-28.298.

 FEATURE: (100 Laps) 1. Cameron Dodson, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Pablo Donoso, 4. Tim Barber, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Wayne Reutimann Jr., 7. Brad Armstrong, 8. Brian Hosford, 9. J.J Yeley, 10. Wayne Reutimann Sr., 11. Paul White, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Aaron Pierce, 14. Mat Neely, 15. Billy Wease, 16. Michael Annett, 17. Rob Summers, 18. Tyler Walker, 19. Jason Leffler, 20. Mike Murgoitio, 21. Brian Tyler. 1:02:01.563 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Dodson, Laps 26-53 Coons, laps 54-83 Yeley, Laps 84-100 Dodson.

FINAL K & N SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Kaeding-543; 2-Reutimann, Jr.-505; 3-Barber-473; 4-Coons-472; 5-Neely-464; 4-Dodson-460; 7-Tyler-436; 8-Wease-429; 9-Pierce-424; 10-Donoso-421.

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The 47th Tony Bettenhausen 100 stands to play a pivotal role in the 2007 K&NEngineering USAC Silver Crown Series championship points battle when theupright championship dirt track machines make their annual trek to theIllinois State Fairgrounds on Saturday August 18. Just 18 points separatethe top six drivers as the Silver Crown machines prepare for battle in theIllinois state capitol, the 9th of 14 scheduled races in 2007 and just thesecond to be contested on the dirt.

Second-generation driver Wayne Reutimann, Jr. of Zephyr Hills, Florida issomething of a surprise leader in the USAC Silver Crown title chase leadingby just 7 points at press time without the benefit of a victory in 2007.Other drivers currently in the top ten expected at the Illinois StateFairgrounds include defending national champion Bud Keating of Campbell,California (2nd ), who led 44 laps of the Bettenhausen 100 in 2000, CameronDodson (3rd) of Greenfield, Indiana who drives for NASCAR star Carl Edwards.Dodson has risen from 8th to the 3rd slot in the last few weeks and looksfor his first one mile dirt track start at Springfield.  Fourth is ChileanPablo Donoso driving for A.J. Foyt but he is not expected to rn the dirttracks, fifth is road racing veteran Tim Barber looking for his first dirttrack start

Sixth is a youngster who could become the first Illinois native since GaryBettenhausen (born Tinley Park, Illinois) in 1983 to capture the USAC SilverCrown Series title. Twenty-six year old A.J. Fike has secured a USACpavement ride with 1996 Indianapolis 500 winning car owner Ron Hemelgarn anda dirt track ride with father Don Fike in pursuit of a championship. WhileFike has never posted a 100-mile dirt track win in USAC competition he hasplenty of experience on the dirt miles having qualified for the pole atSpringfield in an ARCA stock car in 2004. In fact, Fike is looking to pulldouble duty once again in championship dirt cars and stock cars atSpringfield.  Seventh is Darlington winner Aaron Pierce of Indianapolis,with two-time Tony Bettenhausen 100 winner Brian Tyler of Parma, Michigan in8th, 2001 Bettenhausen winner and USAC Silver Crown champ Paul White 9thwhile former Springfield pole sitter Jerry Coons is 10th.

Several youngsters who have become regular competitors in USAC 's top threeopen wheel divisions are also in the hunt for a Bettenhausen 100 trophy aswell. Perhaps the leading candidate among those shoes is second-generationdriver Ricky Stenhouse of West Memphis, Tennessee as one half of thepowerful Tony Stewart Bass Pro Shops team. Stenhouse won the season openeron the half-mile at Manzanita Speedway in Arizona driving for the Edwardsoperation but moved to the Stewart team when one of the two USAC SilverCrown rides became available. A rookie in the series comes to Springfieldwith a well funded operation as well as Billy Wease of Noblesville, Indianahas a ride in the Western Speed car, however overseeing that operation andWease's development is none other than Indy 500 winning car owner RogerPenske who has Wease signed to his driver development program.

Unfortunately for Springfield race fans the chance of a repeat victor wentby the wayside in the spring when defending Bettenhausen winner Tracy Hinessuffered multiple fractures in a motorcycle accident. Hines had been part ofthe Tony Stewart operation and his rides went to Ricky Stenhouse when Hineswas injured. While Hines recovers from a number of surgeries needed torepair the damage, a number of experienced drivers will be at the readylooking for a Bettenhausen 100 win. Among them is three-time (1997, 1999 and2003) Bettenhausen 100 winner Dave Darland of Lincoln, Indiana, returningonce again at the wheel of the potent Galen Fox owned machine. Darland couldface a serious threat for a first time win in the form of Shane Cottle ofKokomo, Indiana. Cottle, driving for owner Larry Contos led several laps atDuQuoin in his rookie campaign of 2006 and is a terror in sprint cars on theIndiana short tracks.

While Cottle may be a terror on the Indiana sprint car scene arguable thebest sprint car driver in the country comes to Springfield in search of hisfirst 'big car' victory. Jon Stanbrough of Jamestown, Indiana is rapidlyapproaching the twenty-five victory total in sprint car competition in 2007and shows little signs of slowing down at age 39. Stanbrough has run anumber of times on the dirt miles and has a front row start at Springfieldas a teammate to Dave Darland, however this year he drives for the BaldwinBrothers out of Indianapolis. One other veteran continues to amaze race fansand fellow competitors though he is not yet the oldest driver to make thefield at Springfield. Sixty-two year old Johnny Parsons, a three-time polesitter at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, returns for his 38th year ofrunning dirt track championship machinery as the pilot of a car owned byBenton, Illinois businessman Ricky Nix.

A number of Illinois drivers are expected to come out for the 47thBettenhausen 100 as well in addition to the aforementioned A.J. Fike andRobinson's Mat Neely. One of those drivers is a former basketball star whostands an excellent chance at becoming the first Illinois native since GaryBettenhausen in 1983 to win the Tony Bettenhausen 100, while another is amost popular local shoe who last year became the first Springfield, Illinoisdriver in the 72 year history of national championship racing at theIllinois State Fair to post a major race win on the Springfield Mile.

Levi Jones of Olney, Illinois captured the 2005 USAC National Sprint CarSeries crown and was hired by Tony Stewart as part of the Stewart Racingoperation for 2006. Jones looked ready to post his first major nationalchampionship win when he led 99 laps of the 2006 Hoosier Hundred on theIndiana State Fair mile only to be passed on the last turn of the last lapby teammate and former Springfield track record holder Josh Wise. Jones, aformer star guard for the East Richland High School basketball team, returnsto Springfield with a car that has a connection to the capitol city as theMaxim chassis run by the team is built right in Springfield!

 Wayne Reutimann Jr. continues atop the K & N USAC Silver Crown Championship standings as the series now prepares for the August 18 “Tony Bettenhausen 100” at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.

 Reutimann encountered ignition problems 91 laps into last Thursday’s “J.D. Byrider 100” at O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis but his 13th-place finish was enough to give him a seven point lead over defending series champion Bud Kaeding in the new standings. Kaeding finished seventh at O.R.P.

 Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. led all 100 laps in his A.J. Foyt Enterprises Greer Special C & R/Chevy to win Thursday’s race, the fourth victory for the team by three drivers this season. East started next to pole-winner Jason Leffler, who made his debut in the new-generation pavement cars and finished eighth.

 Foyt Enterprises teammate Pablo Donoso of Chile finished second to give the team a sweep of the top two spots, while Tim Barber took third ahead of Cameron Dodson and Mike Murgoitio. Dodson’s finish left him just 10 points behind Reutimann in the series tally. Donoso is just two points back of Dodson.

K & N USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS

1. Wayne Reutimann Jr. 301  6. A.J. Fike 2832. Bud Kaeding 294  7. Aaron Pierce 2623. Cameron Dodson 291  8. Brian Tyler 2564. Pablo Donoso 289  9. Paul White 2475. Tim Barber 286  10. Jerry Coons Jr. 245

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Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. led a 1-2 "sweep" on Thursday night's "J.D. Byrider 100" K & N USAC Silver Crown Championship race at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis for the A.J. Foyt Racing Team. East led all 100 laps after starting next to pole winner Jason Leffler. Teammate Pablo Donoso of Chile finished second behind East's Greer C & R/Chevy, while Tim Barber of San Francisco, Calif. took third.      "The car was awesome," said East after the race. "After lap 60 I wasn't worried about saving anything but the track became slippery and we could barely run wide open in the late stages. It feels good to have two wins this year and it's always good to give A.J. a victory."       The race was slowed by six cautions for minor incidents and East's average speed was 86.304 mph. Leffler, who was a last-minute addition to the field, was the fastest qualifier at 113.368 mpg but slipped to third at the start and was never really a serious threat.       Series point leader Wayne Reutimann Jr. retired from the race after 91 laps with ignition trouble but was able to hang on to the point lead, seven ahead of defending champion Bud Kaeding, who finished seventh.       The series now prepares for the August 18 "Tony Bettenhausen 100" at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield.

K & N USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS July 26, 2007 – Indianapolis, Indiana – O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis  - “J.D. Byrider 100”

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jason Leffler, 18, PDM-21.784; 2. Bobby East, 14, Foyt-22.022; 3. Cameron Dodson, 199, Edwards/RE-22.093 4. A.J. Fike, 91, Hemelgarn/RFMS-22.145; 5. Tim Barber, 28, Pierson-22.159; 6. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-22.162; 7. Pablo Donoso, 11, Foyt-22.174; 8. Mat Neely, 17, RW-22.185; 9. Mike Murgoitio, 19, Team Six-R-22.212; 10. Billy Wease, 12, Western Speed-22.240; 11. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-22.242; 12. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-22.268; 13. P.J. Jones, 41, Paternoster-22.584; 14. Marc Jessup, 2, Vance-22.727; 15. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-22.755; 16. Wayne Reutimann Jr., 00, Reutimann-22.975; 17. Paul White, 99, Mucci/Matczak-23.394; 18. Brad Armstrong, 96, Weesner-24.234.

 FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Pablo Donoso, 3. Tim Barber, 4. Cameron Dodson, 5. Mike Murgoitio, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Bud Kaeding, 8. Jason Leffler, 9. Brian Tyler, 10. Billy Wease, 11. A.J. Fike, 12. Mat Neely, 13. Wayne Reutimann Jr., 14. Aaron Pierce, 15. Marc Jessup, 16. Paul White, 17. Brad Armstrong, 18. P.J. Jones. 47:41.509 FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 East.

NEW K & N SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Reutimann-301; 2-Kaeding-294; 3-Dodson-291; 4-Donoso-289; 5-Barber-286; 6-Fike-283; 7-Pierce-262; 8-White-256; 9-White-247; 10-Coons-245.

NEXT K & N USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: August 18 – Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fairgounds – “Tony Bettenhausen 100”

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 Carl Edwards has won races in NASCAR’s Nextel Cup, Busch and Craftsman Truck Series and he’s hoping to add a victory in USAC’s Silver Crown Championship Series presented by K & N Engineering when the series returns to O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis for the “J.D. Byrider 100” July 26. The Columbia, Mo. driver will pilot his RE Technologies Hoosier Tire C & R/Ford in the 100-lap race on the .686-mile paved oval, the opening event of O.R.P.’s “Kroger Speedfest.”

 Edwards has 14 career USAC Silver Crown starts and last year finished a close second after spinning while attempting to pass race winner Brian Tyler for the lead at O.R.P. He was also third at O.R.P. in 2003 and sixth in 2002. The car he will drive at O.R.P. is leading the USAC Silver Crown Car Owner standings after posting four “top-five” finishes in six races this season. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the series opener at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. to give the team its initial Silver Crown victory.

 The 2005 NASCAR Busch Series “Rookie of the Year” hopes to do his patented “backflip” after the July 26 race but he’ll face serious challenges from several contenders, including series point leader Wayne Reutimann Jr. and defending race winner Tyler.

 Reutimann has a 22-point lead over defending series champion Bud Kaeding, while A.J. Fike is third in the standings and Cameron Dodson fourth. Ironically, none of the top four has tasted victory this year! Reutimann, who scored his initial series victory last year at Milwaukee, WIsc., has a second and a third this year, while Kaeding, has a pair of fourths and a pair of sixths. Fike has two fourths and a fifth and Dodson has two thirds and a fourth.

 Dodson, who has been driving Edwards’ car so far this season, will compete in a C & R/Chevy entered by PDM Racing, whose 2006 driver was Brazil’s Thiago Medeiros.

 This year’s Silver Crown action has been unpredictable with six different winners in six races, including Stenhouse, Tracy Hines, Bobby East, Aaron Pierce, Tyler and J.J. Yeley.

USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS

1. Wayne Reutimann Jr. 274  6. Tim Barber 2322. Bud Kaeding 252  7. Pablo Donoso 2323. A.J. Fike 252  8. Paul White 2264. Cameron Dodson 240  9. Brian Tyler 2205. Aaron Pierce 237  10. Mat Neely 210

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 Wayne Reutimann Jr. of Zephyr Hills, Fla. is the new leader in the USAC Silver Crown Series presented by K & N Engineering. He finished third in Friday’s “USG Fiberock 100” at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet, Ill. and has a 22-point margin over defending series champion Bud Kaeding in the new series points going into the July 26 “J.D. Byrider 100” at O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Ind.

 Call J.J. Yeley “Mr. Lucky” after his victory at Chicagoland. Tony Stewart’s Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR teammate, Yeley led all 67 laps of the 100-mile race in A.J. Foyt’s Greer Special C & R/Chevy. It was his 13th career series win following his 13th career series pole and occurred on Friday the 13th!

 Yeley, of Phoenix, Ariz., was never seriously challenged during the race which was interrupted by only two cautions for just 10 laps. On both restarts he was able to resume command of the race.

 “It felt good to get the win for the team,” said Yeley after the race. “I haven’t won for so long I kinda forgot what it was like. I felt bad after the Darlington (S.C.) race in May where we had such a good car and had a tire go down. I didn’t think they we’re gonna let me back in the car. I told my wife I was running the Silver Crown race today (Friday the 13th) and she said be careful & only call her if I win. So I still get to talk to my family.”

 Tim Barber of San Francisco, Calif. scored his best-ever finish as Friday’s runner-up, while series point leader Reutimann was third, Cameron Dodson was fourth and P.J. Jones was fifth.

 The only yellows flew on lap 31 for Paul White, whose car was smoking in turn four and on lap 50 for Aaron Pierce slowing in turn 3. Yeley’s pole speed was 174.842 mph.

 Reutimann finished sixth and Kaeding 11th in last year’s race at O’Reilly Raceway Park won by Brian Tyler.

USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS

1. Wayne Reutimann Jr. 274  6. Tim Barber 2322. Bud Kaeding 252  7. Pablo Donoso 2323. A.J. Fike 252  8. Paul White 2264. Cameron Dodson 240  9. Brian Tyler 2205. Aaron Pierce 237  10. Mat Neely 210

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      Call J.J. Yeley "Mr. Lucky" after his Friday victory in the "USG Fiberock 100" at Chicagoland Speedway. Tony Stewart's Joe Gibbs Racing NASCAR teammate, Yeley led all 67 laps of the 100-mile race in A.J. Foyt's Greer Special C & R/Chevy. It was his 13th career series win following his 13th career series pole and occurred on Friday the 13th!

      Yeley, of Phoenix, Ariz., was never seriously challenged during the race which was interrupted by only two cautions for just 10 laps. On both restarts he was able to resume command of the race.

      "It felt good to get the win for the tea," said Yeley after the race. "I haven't won for so long I kinda forgot what it was like. I felt bad after the Darlington (S.C.) race in May where we had such a good car and had a tire go down. I didn't think they we're gonna ;let me back in the car. I told my wife I was running the Silver Crown race today (Friday the 13th) and she said be careful & only call her if I win. So I still get to talk to my family."

      Tim Barber of San Francisco, Calif. scored his best-ever finish as Friday's runner-up, while series point leader Wayne Reutimann Jr. was third, Cameron Dodson was fourth and P.J. Jones was fifth.

      The only yellows flew on lap 31 for Paul White, whose car was smoking in turn four and on lap 50 for Aaron Pierce slowing in turn 3.

      Yeley's pole speed was 174.842 mph.

      The series now gears up for the June 26 "J.D. Byrider 100" at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, Ind.  USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS (Series presented by K & N Engineering): July 13, 2007 – Joliet, Illinois – Chicagoland Speedway  - “USG Fiberock 100”

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. J.J. Yeley, 14, Foyt-30.885; 2. Cameron Dodson, 199, Edwards/RE-30.890; 3. P.J. Jones, 41, Paternoster-31.202; 4. Pablo Donoso, 11, Foyt-31.217; 5. Tim Barber, 28, Pierson-31.496; 6. Wayne Reutimann Jr., 00, Reutimann-31.500; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-31.776; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-31.937; 9. Billy Wease, 12, Western Speed-31.979; 10. Marc Jessup, 2, Vance-31.981; 11. Mat Neely, 17, RW-32.120; 12. A.J. Fike, 91, Hemelgarn/RFMS-32.254; 13. Paul White, 99, Mucci/Matczak-32.376; 14. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-32.714; 15. Mike Murgoitio, 19, Team Six-R-33.295; 16. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-NT.

 FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Tim Barber, 3. Wayne Reutimann Jr., 4. Cameron Dodson, 5. P.J. Jones, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. A.J. Fike, 8. Pablo Donoso, 9. Billy Wease, 10. Mat Neely, 11. Brian Tyler, 12. Aaron Pierce, 13. Jerry Coons Jr., 14. Paul White, 15. Mike Murgoitio. 42:10.713 FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-67 Yeley.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Reutimann-274; 2-Kaeding-252; 3-Fike-252; 4-Dodson-240; 5-Pierce-237; 6-Barber-232; 7-Donoso-232; 8-White-226; 9-Tyler-220; 10-Neely-210.

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: July 26 – Indianapolis, IN – O’Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis – “J.D. Byrider 100”

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USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS (Series presented by K & N Engineering): July 13, 2007 – Joliet, Illinois – Chicagoland Speedway  - “USG Fiberock 100”

 QUALIFICATIONS: 1. J.J. Yeley, 14, Foyt-30.885; 2. Cameron Dodson, 199, Edwards/RE-30.890; 3. P.J. Jones, 41, Paternoster-31.202; 4. Pablo Donoso, 11, Foyt-31.217; 5. Tim Barber, 28, Pierson-31.496; 6. Wayne Reutimann Jr., 00, Reutimann-31.500; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-31.776; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-31.937; 9. Billy Wease, 12, Western Speed-31.979; 10. Marc Jessup, 2, Vance-31.981; 11. Mat Neely, 17, RW-32.120; 12. A.J. Fike, 91, Hemelgarn/RFMS-32.254; 13. Paul White, 99, Mucci/Matczak-32.376; 14. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-32.714; 15. Mike Murgoitio, 19, Team Six-R-33.295; 16. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-NT.

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