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A LOOK BACK: 1992 USAC SILVER CROWN SEASON

Steve Butler at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile on his way to the 1992 USAC Silver Crown championship. Steve Butler at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile on his way to the 1992 USAC Silver Crown championship. Kevin Horcher Photo

VALVOLINE/USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: February 1-2, 1992 -- Phoenix, Arizona -- Phoenix International Raceway -- 15th Annual "Skoal Bandit Racing Copper World Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Noffsinger, 2, Consani-26.774; 2. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-26.997; 3. Jeff Gordon, 1, Ede-27.054; 4. Mike Bliss, 69, McClure-27.113; 5, Jimmy Sills, 4, Ede-27.167; 6. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-27.172; 7. Jim Keeker, 26, Six-R-27.222; 8. Wally Pankratz, 56, Gohr-27.244; 9. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-27.319; 10. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-27.278; 11. Eric Gordon, 6, Hill-27.417; 12. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-27.461; 13. Robbie Stanley, 54, Stapp-27.484; 14. Jack Hewitt, 21, Murphy-27.512; 15. Bentley Warren, 29, Seymour-27.512; 16. Lealand McSpadden, 44, SMS-27.596; 17. Rick Hood, 37, Pattee-27.633; 18. Larry Dickson, 73, Tomax-27.665; 19. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-27.707; 20. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-27.776; 21. Stevie Reeves, 16, Wilke-27.945; 22. Jim Mahoney, 50, Aviators-27.950; 23. Ray Joe Fager, 32, Fager-28.004; 24. Brent Kaeding, 88, Nowling-28.048; 25. Gary Irvin, 48, Gibbs/Irvin-28.150; 26. Bill Baue, 78, B & G-28.250; 27. Richard Griffin, 27, Urgo-28.254; 20. Tray House, 81, Gordon-28.206; 29. Billy Boat, 35, Buckman-28.331; 30. Dave Burns, 28, Burns-28.263; 31. Billy Scott, 40, Woodward-28.422; 22. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-28.452; 33. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-28.914: 34. Davey Hamilton, 51, Trigueiro-28.944; 35. Dave Feese, 65, Countryman-29.172; 34. Sparky Howard, 61, Howard-29.174; 37. Bob Meli, 58, Senter-29.244; 38. Jim Berg, 41, Wheeler-29.403; 39. Greg Peterson, 57, Dolner-29.442; 40. Rip Williams, 71, McCreary-30.546; 41. Matt Berryhill, 25, Berryhill-NT; 42. Fred Tegarden, Jr. 77, Pritchett-NT.

CONSOLATION RACE: (10 laps - held Feb. 1) 1. House, 2. Baue, 2. Hamilton, 4. Irvin, 5. Hieber, 6, Thomas, 7. Peterson, 8. Griffin, 9. Berg, 10. Berryhill, 11. Scott, 12. Feese, 13. Meli, 14. Howard, 15. Williams, 16. Burns. NT

FEATURE: (50 miles - held Feb. 2) 1. Jim Keeker, 2. Mike Bliss, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Jeff Gordon, 5. Wally Pankratz, 6. Chuck Gurney, 7. George Snider, 8. Lealand McSpadden, 9. Larry Dickson, 10. Robbie Stanley, 11. Jim Mahoney, 12. Bentley Warren, 13. Tray House, 14. Davey Hamilton, 15, Rick Hood, 16. Jack Hewitt, 17. Gary Irvin, 18. Gary Hieber, 19. Brent Kaeding, 20. Chip Thomas, 21. Ray Joe Fager, 22. Russ Gamester, 23. Brad Noffsinger, 24. Bill Baue, 25. Stevie Reeves, 26. Tony Elliott, 27. Johnny Parsons, 28. Stan Fox, 29. Jimmy Sills, 30. Eric Gordon. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Butler, Laps 10-18 Noffsinger, Laps 19-33 Butler, Laps 34-40 M. Bliss, Laps 41-50 Keeker.

VALVOLINE SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Keeker-100; 2-M. Bliss-80; 3-Butler-70; 4-J. Gordon-60; 5-Pankratz-50; 6-Gurney-40; 7-Snider-30; 8-McSpadden-25; 9-Dickson-20; 10-Stanley-15.

 

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VALVOLINE/USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 22, 1992 -- Indianapolis, Indiana -- Indiana State Fairgrounds -- A.J. Foyt's 12th True Value Hardware Stores "Hulman Hundred"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Lealand McSpadden, 61, Howard-32.980; 2. Ron Shuman, 2, Consani-33.264; 3. Brent Kaeding, 96, Miller-33.281; 4. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-33.341; 5. Rusty McClure, 63, Hampshire-33.498; 6. Warren Mockler, 75, Clark-33.533; 7. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-33.551; 8. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-33.593; 9. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-33.597; 10. Eric Gordon, 6, Hill-33.648; 11. Russ Gamester, 35, McMahon-33.671; 12. Brad Noffsinger, 9, Runyon-33.748; 13. Wally Pankratz, 56, Foxco-33.925; 14. Steve Chassey, 50, Sohm-33.973; 15. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson-33.986; 16. Jimmy Sills, 4, Ede-34.080; 17. Terry Shepherd, 50, Aviators-34.130; 18. Jerry Russell, 39, McQuinn-34.139; 19. Ronnie Burke, 46, Egan-34.157; 20. Bill Kojis, 34, Gunderson-34.169; 21. Stevie Reeves, 14, Snider/Foyt-34.199; 22. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-34.223; 23. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-34.274; 24. Rick Hood, 37, Pattee-34.253; 25. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-34.375; 26. Jack Hewitt, 21, Murphy-34.455; 27. Gene Lee Gibson, 31, Mataka-34.516; 28. Kevin Huntley, 49, Huntley-34.570; 29. Dave Darland, 90, Plummer/Walker-34.583; 30. Mike Bliss, 69, McClure-34.720; 31. Robbie Stanley, 48, Shorthorn-34.731; 32. Tray House, 81, Gordon-34.755; 33. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-34.775; 34. Cray Faas, 4, Faas-34.806; 35. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-34.814; 36. Joe Gaerte, 5, LeFevre-34.891; 37. Page Jones, 16, Wilke-35.034; 38. Jim Keeker, 26, Six-R-35.056; 39. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-35.085; 40. Jim Mahoney, 88, Nowling-35.151; 41. Pepi Marchese, 99, Baity-35.265; 42. Ray Joe Fager, 32, Fager-35.350; 43. Greg Peterson, 57, Dolner-35.359; 44. Davey Hamilton, 51, Trigueiro-35.410; 45. Bob Meli, 58, Senter-35.575; 46. Tyce Carlson, 84, Pederson-35.879; 47. Tom Ball, 87, Ball-36.017; 48. Perry Ferrell, 91, Ferrell-36.143; 49. Bill Baue, 78, B & G-37.183; 50. Ron Dunstan, 42, Tomasits-NT; 51. Tom Bigelow, 36, MacPherson-NT; 52. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-NT; 53. Art Bisch, Jr., 19, K & B-NT.

LAST CHANCE RACE: (15 laps) 1. Hieber, 2. Reeves, 3. Hewitt, 4. Butler, 5. Hood, 6. Thomas, 7. Huntley, 5. Stanley, 9. Gaerte, 10. Mahoney, 11. Marchese, 12. Keeker, 13. Gibson, 14. Hamilton, 15. Ball, 16. Baue, 1 7. Ferrell, 18. Meli, 19. Jones, 20. Bigelow, 21. Darland, 22. House, 23. Staab, 24. Faas, 25. Bateman, 26. Elliott, 27. Eager, 28. Peterson, 29. Carlson. 8:42.93

FEATURE: (100 miles) 1. Lealand McSpadden, 2. Jeff Swindell, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Brad Noffsinger, 5. Brent Kaeding, 6. Jimmy Sills, 7. Gary Hieber, 8. George Snider, 9. Warren Mockler, 10. Chuck Gurney, 11. Chip Thomas, 12. Steve Butler, 13. Russ Gamester, 14. Ron Shuman, 15. Stevie Reeves, 16. Rick Hood, 17. Joe Gaerte, 18. Rusty McClure, 19. Jim Mahoney, 20. Eric Gordon, 21. Wally Pankratz, 22. Kevin Huntley, 23. Larry Dickson, 24. Ronnie Burke, 25. Jerry Russell, 26. Robbie Stanley, 27. Steve Chassey, 28. Bill Kojis, 29. Terry Shepherd, 30. Johnny Parsons. NT

**Staab flipped at the start of the last chance race.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 McSpadden

NEW SILVER CROWN STANDINGS: 1-McSpadden-200; 2-Swindell-160; 3-Hewitt-143; 4-Noffsinger-122; 5-Kaeding-102; 6-Keeker-100; 7-Sills-51; 8-Bliss, Butler & Snider-30.

NEXT SILVER CROWN RACE: June 27 – Clermont, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park – "Firecracker 100”

 

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VALVOLINE/USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: June 27, 1992 -- Clermont, Indiana -- Indianapolis Raceway Park -- "Mello Yello 100"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Keeker, 26, Six-R-20.928; 2. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-21.196; 3. Wally Pankratz, 56, Foxco-21.362; 4. Mike Bliss, 69, McClure-21.382; 5. Tony Stewart, 3, Leyba-21.394; 6. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-21.426; 7. Jimmy Sills, 2, Consani-21.566; 8. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-21.615; 9. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-21.620; 10. Joe Gaerte, 1, Ede-21.688; 11. Jim Mahoney, 68, Nowling-21.767; 12. Davey Hamilton, 51, Trigueiro-21.786; 13. Eric Gordon, 6, Hill-21.788; 14. Page Jones, 16, Wilke-21.844; 15. Tyce Carlson, 84, Pedersen-21.859; 16. Stevie Reeves, 37, Pattee-21.879; 17. Mark Alderson, 54, Stapp-21.908; 18. Jack Hewitt, 21, Murphy-21.913; 19. Lealand McSpadden, 61, Howard-21.921; 20. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-21.945; 21. Robbie Stanley, 48, Shorthorn-21.958; 22. Cary Faas, 47, Faas-22.002; 23. Bill Baue, 78, B & G-22.004; 24. Mike Fedorcak, 92, Hoerner-22.016; 25. Bob Cicconi, 50, Aviators-22.054; 26. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-22.087; 27. Warren Mockler, 75, Clark-22.113; 28. Tray House, 81, Gordon-22.191; 29. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson-22.204; 30. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-22.260; 31. Perry Ferrell, 91, Ferrell-22.326; 32. Doug Kalitta, 5, LeFevre-22.713; 33. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-22.822; 34. Donnie Adams, 31, Mataka-22.887; 35. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-22.916; 36. Ray Joe Fager, 32, Fager-23.217; 37. Bruce Field, 40, Woodward-23.500; 36. Jim McClean, 67, Koehler-24.288; 39. Dave Darland, 90, Plummer/Walker-NT; 40. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-NT; 41. Joe Gaerte, 4, Ede-NT.

JONATHAN BYRD'S CAFETERIA "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (25 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Carlson, 3. Reeves, 4. Faas, 5. Fedorcak, 6. Elliott, 7. Mockler, 8. House, 9. Dickson, 10. Staab. 11. Baue, 12. Kalitta, 13. Cicconi , 14. Swindell, 15. Ferrell, 16. McSpadden, 17. Alderson, 18. Stanley, 19. Field, 20. Snider, 21. Fox, 22. Adams. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Jim Keeker, 2. Johnny Parsons, 3. Jimmy Sills, 4. Mike Bliss, 5. Jim Mahoney, 6. Tony Stewart, 7. Steve Butler, 8. Stevie Reeves, 9. Chip Thomas, 10. Russ Gamester, 11. Eric Gordon, 12. Joe Gaerte, 13. Wally Pankratz,  14. Tony Elliott, 15. Larry Dickson, 16. Tray House, 17. Greg Staab, 18. Cary Faas, 19. Page Jones, 20. Jack Hewitt, 21. Tyce Carlson, 22. Mike Fedorcak, 23. Davey Hamilton, 24. Warren Mockler. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 Keeker.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Keeker-240; 2-McSpadden-200; 3-Sills-179; 4-Bliss-164; 5-Swindell-160; 6-Hewitt-146; 7-Butler & Brad Noffsinger-122; 9-Parsons-114; 10-Brent Kaeding-102.

NEXT SILVER CROWN RACE: August 22 - Springfield, IL - "Tony Bettenhausen 100"

 

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VALVOLINE/USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: August 22, 1992 -- Springfield, Illinois -- Illinois State Fairgrounds -- "Tony Bettenhausen 100"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jimmy Sills, 2, Consani-31.523; 2. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-31.698; 3. Cary Faas, 47, Faas-31.740; 4. Warren Mockler, 75, Clark-31.890; 5. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-31.897; 6. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-32.072; 7. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-32.218; 8. Jerry Russell, 39, McQuinn-32.248; 9. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-32.320; 10. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-32.339; 11. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-32.382; 12. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-32.459; 13. Rick Hood, 26, Six-R-32.463; 14. Jack Hewitt, 21, Murphy-32.467; 15. Jim McElreath, 23, McElreath-32.515; 16. Brad Noffsinger, 92, Hoerner-32.525; 17. Tony Stewart, 3, Leyba-32.657; 18. Stevie Reeves, 37, Pattee-32.713; 19. Rocky Hodges, 50, Aviators-32.739; 20. Eric Gordon, 6, Hill-32.758; 21. Perry Ferrell, 91, Ferrell-32.835; 22. Bob Meli, 58, Senter-32.880; 23. Jim Childers, 5, LeFevre-32.924; 24. Brent Kaeding, 96, Miller-32.945; 25. Wally Pankratz, 56, Foxco-32.951; 26. Lealand McSpadden, 61, Howard-32.999; 27. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-33.004; 28. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson-33.018; 29. Joe Gaerte, 4, M & L-33.056; 30. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-33.056; 31. Jimmy Brewer, 36, Hall-33.145; 32. Mike Bliss, 69, McClure-33.177; 33. Steve Chassey, 80, Sohm-33.232; 34. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-33.236; 35. Rusty McClure, 63, Hampshire-33.237; 36. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-33.261; 37. Art Bisch, Jr., 19, Bisch-33.328; 38. Jim Mahoney, 88, Nowling-33.460; 39. Dan Drinan, 53, BBC-33.472; 40. Bill Baue, 78, B & G-33.488; 41. Doug Kalitta, 27, O'Riley-33.507; 42. Ronnie Burke, 46, Egan-33.604; 43. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-33.644; 44. Ray Joe Fager, 32, Fager-33.674; 45. Robbie Stanley, 48, Shorthorn-33.680; 46. Davey Hamilton, 51, Trigueiro-33.688; 47. Ron Dunstan, 42, Tomasits-33.776; 48. Tom Bigelow, 38, MacPherson-33.861; 49. Joe Roush, 31, Mataka-34.045; 50. Fred Tegarden, Jr., 77, Pritchett-34.397; 51. Tray House, 81, Gordon-34.670; 52. Dave Darland, 33, Faurote-34.814; 53. Jim McClean, 67, Koehler-35.012; 54. Pepi Marchese, 99, Baity-NT; 55. Dave Feese, 43, Nix-NT; 56. Page Jones, 16, Wilke-NT; 57. Tyce Carlson, 84, Pedersen-NT; 58. #82, Snider/Foyt-NT.

FIRST NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (10 miles) 1. Childers, 2. Pankratz, 3. Gaerte, 4. Chassey, 5. McClure, 6. Elliott, 7. Ferrell, 8. Hollingsworth, 9. Brewer, 10. Dunstan, 11. Bisch, 12. Kalitta, 13. Tegarden, 14. Darland. 5:31.89

SECOND NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (10 miles) 1. Kaeding, 2. McSpadden, 3. Dickson, 4. Bliss, 5. Meli, 6. Hieber, 7. Bateman, 8. Mahoney, 9. Staab, 10. Baue, 11. Burke, 12. Fager, 13. Hamilton, 14. Roush, 15. McClean, 16. House. 5:33.89

FEATURE: (100 miles) 1. Jimmy Sills, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Jeff Swindell, 4. George Snider, 5. Jack Hewitt, 6. Chuck Gurney, 7. Stan Fox, 8. Russ Gamester, 9. Warren Mockler, 10. Stevie Reeves, 11. Eric Gordon, 12. Chip Thomas, 13. Rick Hood, 14. Tony Stewart, 15. Brent Kaeding, 16. Wally Pankratz, 17. Larry Dickson, 18. Mike Bliss, 19. Brad Noffsinger, 20. Steve Chassey, 21. Jim McElreath, 22. Jerry Russell, 23. Bob Meli, 24. Jim Childers, 25. Rusty McClure, 26. Johnny Parsons, 27. Joe Gaerte, 28. Cary Faas, 29. Lealand McSpadden, 30. Rocky Hodges. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 Sills.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Sills-379; 2-Swindell-300; 3-Butler-282; 4-Hewitt-246; 5-Jim Keeker-240; 6-McSpadden-201; 7-Snider-200; 8-Bliss-168; 9-Gurney-150; 10-Noffsinger-126.

NEXT SILVER CROWN RACE: September 7, 1992 – Du Quoin, IL State Fairgrounds

 

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VALVOLINE/USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 7, 1992 – Du Quoin, Illinois – Du Quoin State Fairgrounds -- "Du Quoin Century"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-30.516; 2. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-30.802; 3. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-30.892; 4. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-31.039; 5. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-31.047; 6. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-31.057; 7. Jimmy Sills, 2, Consani-31.105; 8. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-31.151; 9. Tony Stewart, 3, Leyba-31.240; 10. Jack Hewitt, 21, Murphy-31.316; 11. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-31.323; 12. Rick Hood, 26, Six-R-31.327; 13. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-31.485; 14. Eric Gordon, 6, Hill-31.530; 15. Steve Chassey, 80, Sohm-31.592; 16. Jerry Russell, 39, McQuinn-31.621; 17. Lealand McSpadden, 61, Howard-31.707; 18. Stevie Reeves, 37, Pattee-31.743; 19. Jim Mahoney, 88, Nowling-31.746; 20. Joe Gaerte, 4, M & L-31.799; 21. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-31.802; 22. Perry Ferrell, 91, Ferrell-31.837; 23. Rocky Hodges, 50, Aviators-31.916; 24. Ron Shuman, 53, BBC-31.921; 25. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson-32.010; 26. Jim McElreath, 23, McElreath-32.080; 27. Tray House, 81, Gordon-32.127; 28. Wally Pankratz, 56, Foxco-32.182; 29. Jimmy Brewer, 36, Hall-32.219; 30. Ronnie Burke, 46, Egan-32.270; 31. Tyce Carlson, 84, Pedersen-32.320; 32. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-32.341; 33. Dave Feese, 43, Nix-32.368; 34. Steve Knepper, 48, Shorthorn-32.449; 35. Mike Bliss, 69, McClure-32.515; 36. Ray Joe Fager, 32, Fager-32.555; 37. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-32.635; 38. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-32.693; 39. Doug Kalitta, 27, O'Riley-32.757; 40. Joe Roush, 31, Mataka-32.896; 41. Jerry Nemire, 98, Lesko-32.901; 42. Jim McClean, 67, Koehler-32.923; 43. Cary Faas, 47, Faas-33.367; 44. Fred Tegarden, Jr., 77, Pritchett-33.895; 45. Bill Baue, 78, B & G-33.952; 46. Bob Meli, 58, Senter-NT; 47. Bob Cicconi, 5, LeFevre-NT; 48. #82, Snider/Foyt-NT.

FIRST NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (10 miles) 1. Thomas, 2. Dickson, 3. Hodges, 4. Brewer, 5. House, 6. Feese, 7. Bliss, 8. Nemire, 9. Staab, 10. Faas, 11. Kalitta, 12. Baue, 13. Carlson. 2:27.52

SECOND NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (10 miles) 1. Shuman, 2. Pankratz, 3. McElreath, 4. Ferrell, 5. Knepper, 6. Bateman, 7. Hollingsworth, 8. Roush, 9. McClean, 10. Tegarden, 11. Fager, 12. Burke. 2:42.40

FEATURE: (100 miles) 1. Johnny Parsons, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Stan Fox, 4. Tony Stewart, 5. George Snider, 6. Steve Butler, 7. Jeff Swindell, 8. Eric Gordon, 9. Chip Thomas, 10. Jim Mahoney, 11. Joe Gaerte, 12. Gary Hieber, 13. Russ Gamester, 14. Rocky Hodges, 15. Stevie Reeves, 16. Wally Pankratz, 17. Lealand McSpadden, 18. Steve Chassey, 19. Jim McElreath, 20. Jimmy Brewer, 21. Chuck Gurney, 22. Rick Hood, 23. Perry Ferrell, 24. Jerry Russell, 25. Larry Dickson, 26. Jack Hewitt, 27. Steve Knepper, 28. Tray House, 29. Ron Shuman, 30. Jimmy Sills. 56:03.00

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Elliott, Laps 23-100 Parsons.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Sills-380; 2-Butler-362; 3-Swindell-360; 4-Parspons-316; 5-Snider-300; 6-Hewitt-248; 7-Keeker-240; 8-McSpadden-205; 9-Fox-201; 10-Stewart-181.

NEXT SILVER CROWN RACE: September 12 - Indianapolis, IN - Indiana State Fairgrounds - 40th Annual A.J. Foyt's "Coors Light Hoosier Hundred"

 

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VALVOLINE/USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 12, 1992 -- Indianapolis, Indiana -- Indiana State Fairgrounds -- A.J. Foyt's 40th Annual "Coors Light Hoosier Hundred"

QUALIFICATIONS; 1. Ron Shuman, 1, M & L-34.333; 2. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-34.468; 3. Jack Hewitt, 21, Murphy-34.555; 4. Jimmy Sills, 2, Consani-34.830; 5. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-34.979; 6. Wally Pankratz, 56, Foxco-35.069; 7. Lealand McSpadden, 61, Howard-35.112; 8. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-35.538; 9. Rocky Hodges, 50, Aviators-35.583; 10. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-35.589; 11. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-35.652; 12. Warren Mockler, 75, Clark-35.772; 13. Larry Dickson, 73, Dickson-35.844; 14. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-35.893; 15. George Snider, 11, Snider/Foyt-35.904; 16. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-35.905; 17. Eric Gordon, 6, Hill-36.003; 18. Tony Stewart, 3, Leyba-36.023; 19. Gary Irvin, 48, Shorthorn-36.029; 20. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-36.206; 21. Tray House, 81, Gordon-36.307; 22. Pepi Marchese, 99, Baity-36.406; 23. Stevie Reeves, 37, Pattee-36.504; 24. Steve Chassey, 80, Sohm-36.527; 25. Donnie Beechler, 39, McQuinn-36.764; 26. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-36.801; 27. Cary Faas, 47, Faas-36.863; 28. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-36.986; 29. Jerry Nemire, 98, Lesko-37.049; 30. Jim McElreath, 23, McElreath-37.052; 31. Jim Mahoney, 88, Nowling-37.336; 32. Dan Boorse, 34, Gunderson-37.348; 33. Tyce Carlson, 84, Pedersen-37.353; 34. Dave Feese, 43, Nix-37.579; 35. Perry Ferrell, 91, Ferrell-37.815; 36. Kevin Thomas, 53, BBC-37.616; 37. Ronnie Burke, 46, Egan-37.898; 38. Ron Dunstan, 42, Tomasits-37.925; 39. Tom Bigelow, 38, MacPherson-37.940; 40. Ray Joe Fager, 32, Fager-37.990; 41. Joe Gaerte, 4, M & L-38.221; 42. Fred Tegarden, Jr., 77, Pritchett-38.396; 43. Art Bisch, Jr., 19, Bisch-38.786; 44. Mark Alderson, 31, Mataka-38.937; 45. Jim McClean, 67, Koehler-38.959; 46. Rick Hood, 26, Six-R-38.996; 47. Bill Baue, 78, B & G-40.631; 48. Jimmy Brewer, 36, Hall-41.116; 49. Bob Cicconi, 5, LeFevre-NT; 50. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-NT; 51. Mike Bliss, 69, McClure-NT; 52. Chuck Gurney, 30, Kurtz-NT; 53. #82, Snider/Foyt-NT.

"NON-QUALIFIERS" RACE: ( 15 laps) 1. Reeves, 2. Beechler, 3. Chassey, 4. Marchese, 5. Bateman, 6. Mahoney, 7. Feese, 8. Boorse, 9. Nemire, 10. Thomas, 11. Hollingsworth, 12. Bisch, 13. Hood, 14. Fager, 15. Tegarden, 16. Brewer, 17. House, 18. Carlson, 19. Dunstan, 20. Faas, 21. McElreath, 22. Ferrell, 23. Burke, 24. Bigelow, 25. Alderson, 26. Baue, 27. Cicconi. NT

FEATURE: (100 miles) 1. Ron Shuman, 2. Jeff Swindell, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Jack Hewitt, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Eric Gordon, 7. Russ Gamester, 8. Dave Feese, 9. Dan Boorse, 10. Gary Hieber, 11. Tony Stewart, 12. Gary Irvin, 13. Wally Pankratz, 14. Stevie Reeves, 15. Rocky Hodges, 16. Jimmy Sills, 17. Jim Mahoney, 18. Pepi Marchese, 19. Steve Chassey, 20. Johnny Parsons, 21. George Snider, 22. Jerry Nemire, 23. Lealand McSpadden, 24. Donnie Beechler, 25. Kevin Thomas, 26. Warren Mockler, 27. Randy Bateman, 28. Larry Dickson, 29. Chip Thomas, 30. Stan Fox. NT

**Mockler flipped during qualifications. Burke flipped during the "non-qualifiers" race. McSpadden and Hodges flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Shuman, Laps 10-19 Sills, Laps 20-23 Shuman, Laps 24-35 McSpadden, Laps 36-37 Shuman, Lap 38 Sills, Laps 39-55 Butler, Laps 56-91 Sills, Laps 92-98 Butler, Laps 99-100 Shuman.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Swindell-520; 2-Butler-502; 3-Sills-385; 4-Hewitt-368; 5-Parsons-320; 6-Snider-303; 7-Elliott-265; 8-Jim Keeker-240; 9-McSpadden-208; 10-Shuman-206.

NEXT SILVER CROWN RACE: September 25-27 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - 12th "4-Crown Nationals"

 

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VALVOLINE/USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 25-October 4, 1992 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway -- 12th "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Butler, 10, Jarrett-16.993; 2. Tony Stewart, 3, Leyba-17.061; 3. Russ Gamester, 85, McMahon-17.063; 4. Jack Hewitt, 21, Murphy-17.068; 5. Jeff Swindell, 12, Delrose/Holt-17.092; 6. Greg Staab, 44, SMS-17.188; 7. Johnny Parsons, 20, Nolen-17.197; 8. Rusty McClure, 63, Hampshire-17.213; 9. Tray House, 81, Gordon-17.253; 10. Jimmy Sills, 6, Hill-17.265; 11. Stan Fox, 9, Runyon-17.347; 12. Tony Elliott, 18, Conroy-17.456; 13. Chip Thomas, 24, Thomas-17.484; 14. Donnie Beechler, 39, McQuinn-17.494; 15. Kevin Huntley, 49, Huntley-17.553; 16. Dave Darland, 33, Faurote-17.554; 17. Chuck Gurney, 1, M & L-17.590; 18. Robbie Stanley, 5, LeFevre-17.674; 19. Stevie Reeves, 37, Pattee-17.732; 20. Mark Alderson, 31, Mataka-17.734; 21. Tyce Carlson, 84, Pedersen-17.771; 22. Jerry Nemire, 98, Lesko-18.067; 23. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Henning-18.129; 24. Ray Joe Fager, 32, Fager-18.426; 25. Tom Ball, 87, Ball-18.487; 26. Ron Dunstan, 42, Tomasits-18.557; 27. Brent Kaeding, 26, Six-R-NT; 28. Dodie Miller, 72, Miller-NT.

TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (20 laps) 1. Gurney, 2. Kaeding, 3. Thomas, 4. Reeves, 5. Nemire, 6. Carlson, 7. Hollingsworth, 8. Dunstan, 9. Darland, 10. Ball, 11. Fager, 12. Beechler, 13. Huntley, 14. Stanley, 15. Alderson, 16. Miller. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps - Held Oct. 4) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Tray House, 4. Tony Stewart, 5. Jeff Swindell, 6. Stevie Reeves, 7. Robbie Stanley, 8. Donnie Beechler, 9. Chip Thomas, 10. Rusty McClure, 11. Brent Kaeding, 12. Greg Staab, 13. Stan Fox, 14. Tyce Carlson, 15. Blake Hollingsworth, 16. Jerry Nemire, 17. Ray Joe Fager, 18. Johnny Parsons, 19. Jimmy Sills, 20. Ron Dunstan, 21. Russ Gamester, 22. Tom Ball, 23. Dave Darland, 24. Jack Hewitt. NT

**Gamester flipped on the 27th lap of the feature. He was taken to Coldwater, OH Community Hospital for treatment of a back injury and released.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Butler, Laps 8-27 Swindell, Laps 28-40 Parsons, Laps 41-50 Butler.

FINAL SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Butler-552; 2-Swindell-545; 3-Sills-386; 4-Hewitt-369; 5-Parsons-321; 6-Elliott-305; 7-George Snider-303; 8-Jim Keeker-240; 9-Stewart-231; 10-Lealand McSpadden-208.