2019 USAC Silver Crown Series

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The 2019 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series was the 48th season of Silver Crown racing under the USAC banner. The season began with the Memphis 100 at Memphis International Raceway on March 23, and ended with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 28. [1] The original 12-race season for 2019 was to be an equal split of races on dirt and asphalt however as the season progressed, two dirt races were rained out and unable to be rescheduled so the final tally was six asphalt races and four dirt races. The 2019 season also featured full-season broadcast coverage on FloSports. [2] Kody Swanson will enter the 2019 season as the defending champion.

Team and driver chart

No.Race driverCar owner / entrantChassisEngineRounds
15 Chad Kemenah Hampshire / Lamme6
17 Chris Windom Goodnight / Byrd RacingAll
20 Kody Swanson Nolen RacingAll

Driver and team changes

Schedule and results

The 2019 schedule featured twelve races, with an equal split of six races each on dirt and asphalt. Later that changed to ten races due to weather cancellations. The entire season featured live and on-demand coverage on FloRacing.

No.DateRace titleTrackWinnerTV/stream
1March 23Memphis 100 Memphis International Raceway, Memphis, TN Kody Swanson FloRacing
≠ [11] April 14Fatheadz Eyewear Sumar Classic Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, IN Rained out
2April 27 Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH Kody Swanson
3May 23 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile, Indianapolis, IN Tyler Courtney
4May 24 Dave Steele Carb Night Classic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, IN Kyle Hamilton
5June 14KRS Graphics presents the USAC Silver Crown Series (Horn-Schindler Memorial) Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA Brady Bacon
6June 24Bytec Dairyland 100 Madison International Speedway, Madison, WI Kody Swanson
7August 10Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial Salem Speedway, Salem, IN Kody Swanson
≠ [12] August 17Bettenhausen 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield, IL Rained out
8September 1Ted Horn 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, DuQuoin, IL Jacob Wilson
9September 7Rich Vogler Classic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, IN Kody Swanson
10September 28Four Crown Nationals Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH Brady Bacon
  Dirt Oval
  Pavement Oval

Schedule notes and changes

Standings

Source: [13]

Drivers

  1. Kody Swanson, 638
  2. Justin Grant, 578
  3. David Byrne, 489
  4. Eric Gordon, 418
  5. Chris Windom, 397
  6. Kyle Hamilton, 381
  7. Bobby Santos, 378
  8. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 366
  9. Mike Haggenbottom, 357
  10. Kyle Robbins, 355

Owners

  1. #6 Klatt Enterprises, 637
  2. #20 Nolen Racing, 613
  3. #91 Hemelgarn Racing, 578
  4. #40 Byrne Racing, 489
  5. #78 Armstrong-Slinkard Racing, 418

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  2. ↑ "Flosports Announces Multi-Year Deal With Usac On Floracing.Com". USAC Racing. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
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  9. ↑ "DAVEY HAMILTON, JR. TO RUN FULL SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE IN 2019 - USAC Racing".
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