Media Release-59th Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin Sept 6
Attached is the Preview of the 59th Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin Tyler & Toyota Look for Ted Horn Repeat Last year Brian Tyler gave Toyota Motor Company their first two 100-mile national championship wins on the dirt and the Parma, Michigan driver looks to be a repeat winner in the 59th Ted Horn 100 for the USAC K&N Filters Silver Crown Series at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds on Sunday night, September 6. Tyler has two wins in 2009 on the USAC Silver Crown Championship Series trail and will face some stiff competition for the Horn trophy on the "Magic Mile". Tyler, who dropped from third to ninth in the chase for his first ever USAC Silver Crown title, returns with the same Fatheadz Sunglasses sponsored Toyota powered Beast that won the Tony Bettenhausen 100 at Springfield and the Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin in 2008. Tyler has extra motivation this year, over the winter he bought two cows and named them 'Springfield' and 'DuQuoin' after the wins in 2008. Tyler is looking to purchase a third cow for the farm in honor of a victory in the 59th Horn 100. The 41 year old Tyler is one of four former winners of the Ted Horn 100 expected to be in Southern Illinois on September 6, along with three former series champions. Other former winners slated to compete include 1997 Ted Horn 100 winner Russ Gamester of Peru, Indiana, 2000 winner Tony Elliot of Warsaw, Indiana and two-time winner Tracy Hines of New Castle, Indiana. Elliot has local ties through car owner Ricky Nix of Benton, Illinois while Hines is the 2000 USAC Silver Crown champion and currently third in the national standings. Youth may stand in the way of any repeat winner at the 'Magic Mile' as 18 year old Cole Whitt comes to DuQuoin with a dominating victory at Springfield in his pocket. The diminutive Californian became the youngest championship dirt car race winner in the 75 year history of such competition at the Illinois State Fair as he started from the first position and led every circuit for his first USAC Silver Crown triumph. One driver still in search of that elusive first win at DuQuoin is veteran and former one lap track record holder Dave Darland of Lincoln, Indiana. The 1997 Silver Crown champion led the Ted Horn 100 until the last lap in 2001 and if he can score a DuQuoin win, would become just the 14th driver to win a race on all three of the remaining one mile dirt tracks, Springfield, DuQuoin and the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Darland finished second to Tyler at both Springfield and DuQuoin in 2008 and leads a crop of USAC regulars heading for DuQuoin that include Tom Capie of Pennsylvania, Bill Rose of Indiana, Jon Stanbrough of Indiana and Mart Westfall of Ohio. Stanbrough was second to Whitt at Springfield and drives the machine that carried Tracy Hines to victory at DuQuoin in 2005 & 2006. Another top pilot in search of his first 100-mile dirt track win is the defending USAC national champion who fell out of the top ten in the title chase after the July 31 event at Iowa , Jerry Coons, Jr. of Tucson, Arizona. Coons has one pole (2001) and five top ten finishes in ten starts at DuQuoin. Current USAC Silver Crown Series point leader Bud Kaeding leads ten drivers atop the current K&N Filters point chase into the 59th Ted Horn 100. The Campbell, California driver won the 2006 and 2007 national title but has yet to win a 100-mile race on the dirt. Fifth is 2006 Hoosier Hundred winner and former NASCAR driver Josh Wise of Riverside, California driving one of three cars entered by NASCAR star Carl Edwards. Seventh is young Kody Swanson of California while Indiana's Bobby East has slipped to ninth. Tenth in the standings is Shane Hmiel of North Carolina, a former NASCAR driver and the son of NASCAR Team Manager and Crew Chief Steve Hmiel.. Three Illinois drivers sit in the top ten in points and lead a Prairie State contingent that could number six or more by September 6. Popular Levi Jones of Olney, Illinois has moved from seventh to fourth in the title chase and is in search of his first Silver Crown win. Galesburg's A.J. Fike is moved to second in the point standings after a 4th at Springfield and will attempt to run both a Silver Crown and ARCA stock car on the 'Magic Mile'. Powri midget regular Zach Daum of Pocahontas is eighth and running for USAC Rookie of the Year. Other Illinois drivers include Murphysboro's Randy Bateman, Elkhart's Chris Urish and Champaign's Patrick Bruns. Bateman is a regular competitor on the dirt miles who set the DuQuoin crowd on its ear when he timed in second last year. Bruns is in just his second season of USAC competition while Urish surprised many with a strong sixth place finish at the Hoosier Hundred in May. Urish unfortunately failed to make the Springfield event as the family home was damaged by a tornado three days before the race. The 59th Ted Horn 100 on the "Magic Mile" is the eighth race often on the 2009 USAC Silver Crown Series schedule. The season opened at Manzanita Speedway near Phoenix in February and Bud Kaeding won the 50 lap Copper on Dirt event. Indiana's Shane Hollingsworth, driving for the team that won at DuQuoin in 1992 and 2000, led all 100-miles and won the hometown Hoosier Hundred on the Indiana State Fair mile in May. Hollingsworth, the pole winner at Springfield last year, is expected to return to DuQuoin with the Gene Nolen owned machine. The series moved to the blacktop in June as Brian Tyler and the Toyota won under the lights at Richmond, Virginia. Bobby Santos III won at O'Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis July 23 with Dodson gaining a thrilling win at Iowa Speedway July 31. Tyler won again at Oswego in early August. With just two events following the race at DuQuoin, the Four Crown Nationals at Eldora and the season ending round at Phoenix International Raceway, the Ted Horn 100 at DuQuoin could play a pivotal role in determining the 2009 K&N Filters Silver Crown champion. Just 59 points separate Bud Kaeding and A.J.Fike coming into the event at DuQuoin. Practice for the 59th Ted Horn 100 begins at 5:30 on Sunday September 6 with qualifications at 6:30 and the 100-mile grind at 8:30. The top 20 cars will be locked in to the Ted Horn 100 in qualifications, with the balance of the 30-car field filled through a last chance race if needed. Tyler Walker still holds the one lap track and world record, set in 2004 during qualifications of 29.138 (123.550) while the 1992 100-mile race record of Johnny Parsons still stands as the fastest 100 miles ever run on dirt, of 56:03.00 or 107.647 miles an hour. 2009 USAC Silver Crown Series Schedule 2/20-21 Phoenix, AZ Manzanita Speedway 1/2 D Night 50 Laps 2/21: Bud Kaeding 5/22 Indianapolis, IN Indiana State Fairgrounds 1 D Night 100 M Shane Hollingsworth 6/26-27 Richmond, VA Richmond International Raceway 3/4 P Night 100 Laps Brian Tyler 7/23 Indianapolis, IN O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis .686 P Night 100 Laps Bobby Santos III 7/31 Newton, IA Iowa Speedway 7/8 P Night 100 Laps Cameron Dodson 8/6 Oswego, NY Oswego Speedway 5/8 P Night 100 Laps Brian Tyler 8/22 Springfield, IL Illinois State Fairgrounds 1 D Day 100 M Cole Whitt 9/6 DuQuoin, IL DuQuoin State Fairgrounds 1 D Night 100 M 9/26 Rossburg, OH Eldora Speedway 1/2 D Night 50 Laps 11/12 Phoenix, AZ Phoenix International Raceway 1 P Night 100 Miles Current USAC Silver Crown Point Standings (after August 22 Tony Bettenhausen 100) Position Driver Points 1 Bud Kaeding 324 2 A.J. Fike 265 3 Tracy Hines 261 4 Levi Jones 247 5 Josh Wise 230 6 Brian Tyler 224 7 Kody Swanson 219 8 Zach Daum 188 9 Bobby East 186 10 Shane Hmiel 184 11 Cameron Dodson 179 12 Jerry Coons Jr. 171 13 Bobby Santos III 142 14 Jacob Wilson 133 15 Jon Stanbrough 131 59th Ted Horn 100 Projected Entry List NO Driver-Hometown Car-Chassis-Engine 4 Contos Racing/Beast/Chevrolet 5 Cole Carter/Brownsburg, IN Baldwin Racing/Beast/Chevrolet 6 Derek Hagar/Marion, AR Klatt Motorsports/J&J/Ford 7 Matt Westfall/Ludlow Falls, OH SC Racing/Beast/Chevrolet 10 Levi Jones/Olney, IL Bass Pro Shops/Maxim/Chevrolet 14 Donnie Beechler/Springfield, IL A.J. Foyt/Stanton/Mopar 16 Eric Todd/Falcon,MO Lightfoot/Beast/Chevrolet 17 Shane Hmiel/Pleasant Garden. NC RW Motorsports/Beast/Mopar 19 Kody Swanson!Kingsburg, CA Fatheadz Sunglasses/Beast/Toyota 20 Shane Hollingsworth/Indianapolis, IN Ray Skillman/Comp. Welding/Chevrolet 21 Brian Tyler/Parma, MI Fatheadz Sunglasses/Beast/Toyota 26 Aaron Pierce/Indianapolis, IN Sam Pierce Chevrolet/Beast/Chevrolet 27 Jerry Coons Jr./Tuscon,AZ RW Motorsports/Beast/Mopar 29 Bud Kaeding!Campbell, CA Kaeding Performance/JEI/Chevrolet 32 A.J. Fike/Galesburg, IL Liberty Village-RFMS/Eagle/Chevrolet 33 John Barrick/Lincoln,IL Barrick Enterprises/Magnum/Chevrolet 34 Terry Babb/Decatur,IL Advanced Auto Repair/Beast/Chevrolet 37 Jon Stanbrough/Kokomo, IN Indiana Underground Construction/Beast/Chevy 43 Tony Elliot/Warsaw, IN Nix Tire Service/Beast/Chevrolet 50 Zach Daum/Pocahontas, IL Daum Insurance/Beast/Chevrolet 51 Russ Gamester/Peru, IN First Financial of Terre Haute/F5/Chevro let 55 Randy Bateman/Murphysboro, IL Bateman Racing/Beast/Chevrolet 56 Dave Darland/Lincoin, IN Jarvis Enterprises-Plastic Express/Beast /Chevrolet 65 Kyle Steffens/St.Charles,MO Chuck's Auto Salvage/J&J/Chevrolet 71 Cole Whitt/Apline,Ca Red Bull-CW Management/Eagle/Chevrolet 77 Chris Urish/Elkhart, IL Team Purple/Beast/Chevrolet 81 Patrick Bruns/Champaign, IL Quickdraw Racing/Dynamite/Chevrolet 83 Mike Stroehle Predator/Chevrolet 98 Bill Rose/Plainfield, IN Lesko Enterprises/Beast/Chevrolet 08 Rex Norris III/Spiceland, IN PGG-Frosty's/Stealth/Chevrolet 153 Tom Capie/Trevose, PA Indy RV Center/Beast/Chevrolet 155 Baker Auto & Truck Salvage/Stealth/Chevrolet 199 Josh Wise/Riverside, CA RE Technolgies/J&J/Ford 991 Justin Carver/Memphis,TN Red Line Oil/J&J/Ford K & N USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP BOX SCORE~ DuQuoin, Illinois - DuQuoin State Fairgrounds 1-Mile Dirt Track - August 31, 2008 - 100 Miles - Round 8 Total Purse - $45,825 Race Organizer - Bob Sargent "Ted Horn 100" F ST NO DRIVER/CAR NAME Money LAPS REASON OUT 1 6 21 BRIAN TYLER Toyota/Fatheadz Sunglasses $10,500 100 Running 2 4 56 DAVE DARLAND Jarvis Enterprises/Plastic Express $5,000 100 Running 3 1 4 SHANE COTTLE Contos Racing $3,000 100 Running 4 3 199 RICKY STENHOUSE JR. Ford/Red Line Oil $2,000 100 Running 5 14 17 MAT NEELY Rotondo $1,800 100 Running 6 10 153 TOM CAPIE Capie $1,600 100 Running 7 23 27 JERRY COONS JR. Rotondo Weirich $1,400 99 Running 8 12 32 A.J. FIKE Liberty Village/McGladrey & Puflen $1,200 99 Running 9 22 35 DEREK HAGAR Dyno Tech Engines/Pro Shocks $1100 98 Running 10 16 97 KEVIN HUNTLEY SC Racing $1000 97 Out of Fuel 11 13 29 BUD KAEDING Kaeding Performance/K & N Fitters $1,400 97 Running 12 15 22 TRACY HINES Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops $800 96 Running 13 7 10 LEVI JONES Chevrolet/Bass Pro Shops $700 92 Out of Fuel 14 2 55 RANDY BATEMAN Vic Koenig Chevrolet $650 90 Ignition 15 5 14 DONNIE BEECHLER A.J. Foyt Enterprises/Cashless $600 49 Ignition 16 20 155 JOEY MOUGHAN Baker Auto & $550 42 Engine 17 9 51 RUSS GAMESTER Terre Haute First Nat. Bank $550 36 RR Tire 18 8 77 CHRIS URISH Elkhart Fertilizer/Hoosier Tire Midwest $525 35 Engine 19 18 36 CHAPPY KNAACK Miller's Machine & Welding $525 34 Engine 20 24 03 J.J. YELEY Hot Hues/Dooting Machine $525 32 Engine 21 11 20 SHANE HOLLINGSWORTH Ray Skillman/KECO $500 22 Engine 22 17 93 DUSTIN MORGAN Ark Wrecking/DRC $500 22 Engine 23 21 81 PATRICK BRUNS AW Dynamometer/A & K Insulation $500 10 Accident 24 19 43 JOHNNY PARSONS Ricky Nix Goodyear Tire Service $500 7 Power Steering Average Speed: None-Yellow Flags Time: None-Yellow Flags Fast Qualifier: Shane Cottle (#4) 30.997 seconds 116.140 mph. Feature Lap Leaders: Laps 1-75 Cottle, Laps 76-100 Tyler. Yellow Flags: Laps 11-15, Bruns spun & hit wall in turn 2; Laps 36-40, Knaack slowed on backstretch; Laps 71-74, Kaeding stalled in turn 2; Laps 87-89, Coons stalled in turn 4; Laps 94-96, Jones stalled on backstretch; Lap 100, Coons spun in turn 2.