9/22/19 Bettenhausen 100 USAC Silver Crown @ Springfield Mile

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The rescheduled Bettenhausen 100 for the USAC Racing Silver Crown Champ Cars is coming up on Sunday, September 22 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, IL. The DIRTcar Racing Modifieds will be racing as well. Details below... Bettenhausen 100 Sunday, September 22 Illinois State Fairgrounds Springfield , IL Divisions: USAC Silver Crown Series Bettenhausen 100 + DIRTcar Racing Modified "Everything Dirt Racing" Feature SUNDAY, SEPT 22 SPRINGFIELD TIMES: 7:00am - Registration and pit gates open 9:00am - Grandstands and ticket office open 9:30am - Drivers Meeting 10:00-11:10am - Silver Crown Practice 11:15am - UMP Modifieds Hotlaps/Qualifying 11:35am - Silver Crown Qualifying 12:30pm - Silver Crown Semi Feature 1:00pm - UMP Modifieds Feature ($2,000 to win/$200 to start) + $25 per lap led money 1:30pm - Pre-Race Ceremonies 2:00pm - Silver Crown Feature Event For discounted advance sale tickets, call Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200. RESERVED SEATING Advance Tickets (Presale) $25 Adults Per Day $10 Children 11 & Under Per Day Day Of Tickets (At Gate) $30 Adults Per Day $10 Children 11 & Under Per Day PIT PASSES $35 Adults Each Day $20 Children 11 & Under Each Day More Information: For more information, contact Track Enterprises by calling the office at 217-764-3200 or by visiting their website at www.trackenterprises.com Follow Track Enterprises online at https://www.trackenterprises.com/, like them on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/TrackEnterprises), and follow them on Twitter (@TEIRacing) Follow USAC online at www.usacracing.com, like them on Facebook (http://usacracing.com/), and follow them on Twitter (@USACNation)

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Bettenhausen 100 Refires On The Dirt Sunday In Springfield By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (September 16, 2019)………The glorious roar of the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series returns to the iconic Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield this Sunday, September 22, for the 58th running of the Bettenhausen 100 presented by Brandt, honoring the great racing family based out of Tinley Park, Ill. The DIRTcar Modifieds are also on schedule for the event. Following August’s washout, the date marks just the third time the Bettenhausen 100 will have been held in the month of September, following Chuck Gurney’s victory in 1996 and Kody Swanson’s triumph in 2014. Tony Bettenhausen, the 1951 AAA and 1958 USAC National Champion, won the first National Championship race held during September at the Springfield Mile in 1947 under AAA sanction. This Sunday, look for a field chock full of talented veterans and hungry young lions prepared to make their mark in the 100-miler at the famed one-mile dirt oval. Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.) enters as the defending winner of the Bettenhausen 100 en route to a sweep of both Illinois dirt mile races on the schedule in 2018. Brian Tyler (Mt. Pleasant, NC) leads all drivers in the lineup with four Bettenhausen 100 victories in 2004-05-08-11. A.J. Fike (Galesburg, Ill.) won back-to-back Bettenhausen 100 races in 2012-13 just as Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.) did in 2014-15. Russ Gamester (Peru, Ind.) prepares for his 26th career start in the race, which ranks 3rd all-time and includes a triumph in 1998. Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) captured the first of his two career USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series victories in 2017 at Springfield. A handful of drivers have gotten the job done on the Land of Lincoln’s other dirt mile, the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, but are seeking their first Springfield victories. Two-time Du Quoin Silver Crown winner Shane (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)rum (Benton, Ill.), plus another pair of past Du Quoin Mile winners in Shane Cottle (Kansas, Ill.) and Chris Urish (Elkhart, Ill.) are up to the task. Jeff Swindell (Germantown, Tenn.) is a three-time Silver Crown winner on dirt miles, twice at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and once at Du Quoin, but Springfield has eluded him thus far despite three 3rd place finishes in 1992-1993-2017. Springfieldian Korey Weyant wowed fans with a high-wire ride on the cushion in the qualifying race at Springfield a year ago and joined by fellow Illinoisans Patrick Lawson (Edwardsville, Ill.), a 29th place finisher in 2018, and Terry Babb (Decatur, Ill.), who took 31st in 2018, are ready to make an impression for the home crowd. On the two occasions the Silver Crown cars graced a one-mile dirt oval this year, Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the victor in May’s Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. He led a race-high 49 laps last year at Springfield. Jacob Wilson (Crawfordsville, Ind.) won the most recent dirt event in a stellar performance for his first career series win at Du Quoin. He came home a strong 4th at Springfield a year ago. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) has also won on the dirt this year, taking a wild last-lap victory at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway in June for his first career win in a Crown car. His Klatt Enterprises team holds a slim 15-point lead over Nolen Racing in the owner standings for the season. Veteran Silver Crown winners seeking their first mile dirt victories on Sunday include C.J. Leary Greenfield, Ind., a two-time series winner seeking his first dirt mile victory. David Byrne (Shullsburg, Wisc.) finished 10th at Springfield a year ago. John Heydenreich (Bloomsburg, Pa.) and Eric Gordon (Fortville, Ind.) will each return to Springfield after lengthy absences, Heydenreich (2007) and Gordon (2003). Kevin Thomas, Jr. (Cullman, Ala.) led 42 laps and finished 2nd in 2018 at Springfield. Steve Buckwalter (Royersford, Pa.) finished 5th at Springfield in 2015. Those veterans are joined by 2018 Bettenhausen 100 top-ten finishers, New Castle, Indiana’s Kyle Robbins (6th) and Sylvania, Ohio’s Austin Nemire (8th), all of whom are gunning for their first career Silver Crown wins. Mike Haggenbottom (Levittown, Pa.) is 8th in the standings and enters his second Bettenhausen 100 run after starting 20th and finishing 12th a year ago. Matt Goodnight (Winchester, Ind.) stands 12th in points and is coming off his best run of the year in the most recent dirt race, a 10th at Du Quoin. Sunday’s Bettenhausen 100 in Springfield gets underway with pits opening and registration starting at 7am (Central), the ticket office and grandstands opening at 9am, the drivers meeting at 9:30am, Silver Crown practice from 10am to 11:10am, DIRTcar Modified hot laps/qualifying at 11:15am, Fatheadz Silver Crown Qualifying at 11:35am, Silver Crown Qualifying Race at 12:30pm, Modified feature at 1pm, pre-race ceremonies at 1:30pm and the Bettenhausen 100-mile race at 2pm. Tickets will be available on raceday or by calling the Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200. Advance Tickets (Presale) are $25 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under. On race day, tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under. Infield tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 11 and under. Pit passes are $35 for adults and $20 for children 11 and under. USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMP CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-Kody Swanson-577, 2-Justin Grant-514, 3-David Byrne-456, 4-Kyle Hamilton-381, 5-Bobby Santos-378, 6-Eric Gordon-375, 7-Chris Windom-342, 8-Mike Haggenbottom-328, 9-Kyle Robbins-320, 10-Austin Nemire-315. AAA / USAC CHAMP CAR WINNERS AT THE ILLINOIS STATE FAIRGROUNDS: 1934: Billy Winn 1935: Billy Winn 1936: Wilbur Shaw 1937: Mauri Rose 1938: Tony Willman 1939: Emil Andres 1940: Rex Mays 1947: Tony Bettenhausen 1948: Ted Horn & Myron Fohr 1949: Mel Hansen & Johnnie Parsons 1950: Paul Russo & Tony Bettenhausen 1951: Tony Bettenhausen 1952: Bill Schindler 1953: Rodger Ward & Sam Hanks 1954: Jimmy Davies 1955: Jimmy Bryan 1956: Jimmy Bryan 1957: Rodger Ward 1958: Johnny Thomson 1959: Len Sutton 1960: Jim Packard 1961: Jim Hurtubise 1962: Jim Hurtubise 1963: Rodger Ward 1964: A.J. Foyt 1965: A.J. Foyt 1966: Don Branson 1967: A.J. Foyt 1968: Roger McCluskey 1969: Mario Andretti 1970: Al Unser 1971: A.J. Foyt 1972: Al Unser 1973: Mario Andretti 1974: Mario Andretti 1975: Al Unser 1976: Tom Bigelow 1977: Larry Rice 1978: Gary Bettenhausen 1979: Bobby Olivero 1980: Pancho Carter 1981: George Snider 1982: Larry (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)son & Bobby Olivero 1983: Gary Bettenhausen 1984: Chuck Gurney 1985: Chuck Gurney 1986: Jack Hewitt 1987: Jack Hewitt 1988: Steve Chassey 1989: Chuck Gurney 1990: Chuck Gurney 1991: Chuck Gurney 1992: Jimmy Sills 1993: Jack Hewitt 1994: Chuck Gurney 1995: Kenny Irwin, Jr. 1996: Chuck Gurney 1997: Dave Darland 1998: Russ Gamester 1999: Dave Darland 2000: Jack Hewitt 2001: Paul White 2002: J.J. Yeley 2003: Dave Darland 2004: Brian Tyler 2005: Brian Tyler 2006: Tracy Hines 2007: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 2008: Brian Tyler 2009: Cole Whitt 2011: Brian Tyler 2012: A.J. Fike 2013: A.J. Fike 2014: Kody Swanson 2015: Kody Swanson 2017: Justin Grant 2018: Chris Windom

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This Week's Newsletter... Macon Speedway Saturday & USAC Sunday At Springfield Mile - https://mailchi.mp/cb8caf684510/maco...ringfield-mile

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WILSON GOES FOR ILLINOIS DIRT MILE SWEEP SUNDAY AT SPRINGFIELD By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (September 17, 2019)………Once you win one, you just can’t stop.* That’s been the mantra for several drivers over the years who’ve tamed both the Du Quoin and Springfield miles in a single year. This Sunday, September 22, in the 58th running of the Bettenhausen 100, Jacob Wilson aims to join an illustrious group of drivers who’ve scored AAA/USAC Champ Car victories within a single calendar year at both Illinois venues. Wilson (Crawfordsville, Ind.) dominated the Ted Horn 100 at Du Quoin at the beginning of September, leading the final 59 laps to capture his first career USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series victory. Prior to that, the feat of doubling up in the Land of Lincoln has been accomplished on 22 occasions by 15 different drivers and was done as recently as 2018 when Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.) conquered both, leading a total of just 15 laps combined in his winning efforts. Tony Bettenhausen was the first to win at both Springfield and Du Quoin back in 1951.* He has the unique aspect of winning three between the two tracks that year, winning once at Springfield in August, then swept the Labor Day Champ Car weekend at Du Quoin, winning both Saturday’s Ted Horn Memorial and Monday’s Du Quoin 100.* Tony’s son, Gary, followed his father’s footsteps to an Illinois mile track sweep in 1983. Bettenhausen was one of four drivers to achieve the Springfield/Du Quoin sweep in the 1950s, followed by Sam Hanks (1953), Jimmy Bryan (1955-56) and Johnny Thomson (1958). Supertex A.J. Foyt carried the torch into the decade of the 1960s and, like Bryan, did the deed twice in both 1964 and 1967, the same seasons he earned his second and third Indianapolis 500 victories, respectively. Al Unser won Indy, Springfield and Du Quoin all within the same year in 1970 aboard Vel’s Parnelli Jones’ striking Johnny Lightning Special. Mario Andretti went back-to-back as Unser’s Vel’s Parnelli Jones teammate in 1973 and 1974 at Springfield and Du Quoin.* Just three weeks following his champ car victory at Du Quoin, Andretti, the eventual World Driving Champion in 1978, finished 7th in the Canadian Grand Prix at Mosport in Formula One Grand Prix competition. Only two drivers have swept Springfield and Du Quoin in the same season on three different occasions.* Jack Hewitt went back-to-back at both in 1986-87 where he put a stranglehold on the dirt, winning eight of 13 across a two-year span on the dirt portion of the Silver Crown schedule in his two championship seasons. Chuck Gurney notched three seasons of one-mile Illinois sweeps, first during his championship year of 1989 in the meticulous Junior Kurtz owned machine, followed by two more years of Illinoisan domination by the Californian in 1994 and 1996. Paul White and J.J. Yeley swept Springfield and Du Quoin during their Silver Crown championship years as well in 2001 and 2002, respectively.* Tracy Hines, who, like Yeley, went on to become a USAC Triple Crown champion, celebrated in victory lane at both venues in 2006. Brian Tyler has five combined triumphs at Springfield (4) and Du Quoin (1).* In 2008, his Bettenhausen 100 score at Springfield came in tandem with his lone win at Du Quoin two weeks later. Wilson’s opportunity awaits this Sunday.* Some may have seen his Du Quoin performance as a startling revelation.* However, he’s shown year-after-year his growth into a sure-footed competitor on the dirt miles.* He started 10th and finished 4th last year at Springfield, stormed from 31st to 11th in 2017, started 5th in 2015 and began the 100-miler from the front row in 2014. By winning at Du Quoin, Wilson joined an amazing list of some of the who’s who of Champ Car racing going back six decades.* The same can be said for Springfield, whose heritage dates to 1934 with AAA. *Getting both in one year would elevate him into a stratosphere known only to a few individuals.* That opportunity awaits him this Sunday. Sunday’s Bettenhausen 100 in Springfield gets underway with pits opening and registration starting at 7am (Central), the ticket office and grandstands opening at 9am, the drivers meeting at 9:30am, Silver Crown practice from 10am to 11:10am, DIRTcar Modified hot laps at 11:15am, Fatheadz Silver Crown Qualifying at 11:35am, Silver Crown Qualifying Race at 12:30pm, Modified feature at 1pm, pre-race ceremonies at 1:30pm and the Bettenhausen 100-mile race at 2pm. Tickets will be available on raceday or by calling the State Fair office at 217-782-1979. Info and tickets can also be obtained by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200.* Advance Tickets (Presale) are $25 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under.* On race day, tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under.* Infield tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 11 and under.* Pit passes are $35 for adults and $20 for children 11 and under. This Sunday’s Springfield race can be watched LIVE and on-demand on FloRacing, listened to via live audio on the USAC app as well as live timing and scoring on both the USAC app and the Race-Monitor app. * WON AAA/USAC CHAMP CAR RACES AT BOTH SPRINGFIELD AND Du QUOIN IN SAME SEASON: 1951: Tony Bettenhausen 1953: Sam Hanks 1955-56: Jimmy Bryan 1958: Johnny Thomson 1964: A.J. Foyt 1967: A.J. Foyt 1970: Al Unser 1973: Mario Andretti 1974: Mario Andretti 1983: Gary Bettenhausen 1986: Jack Hewitt 1987: Jack Hewitt 1989: Chuck Gurney 1993: Jack Hewitt 1994: Chuck Gurney 1996: Chuck Gurney 2001: Paul White 2002: J.J. Yeley 2006: Tracy Hines 2008: Brian Tyler 2018: Chris Windom

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38 ENTRIES FOR SUNDAY’S BETTENHAUSEN 100 By: Richie Murray – USAC Media Springfield, Illinois (September 17, 2019)………The entry list for Sunday’s 58th running of the Bettenhausen 100 presented by Brandt has been revealed with 38 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car drivers and teams ready to take on the legendary Springfield mile at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Six past Bettenhausen 100 winners are entered for the Sunday afternoon race.* Among them are Chris Windom (Canton, Ill.), who enters as the defending winner of the Bettenhausen 100 en route to a sweep of both Illinois dirt mile races on the schedule in 2018.* Brian Tyler (Mt. Pleasant, NC) leads all drivers in the lineup with four Bettenhausen 100 victories in 2004-05-08-11. The two most recent drivers to go back-to-back at Springfield include A.J. Fike (Galesburg, Ill.) won consecutive runnings of the Bettenhausen 100 in both 2012-13 just as point leader Kody Swanson (Kingsburg, Calif.) did in 2014-15.* Russ Gamester (Peru, Ind.) prepares for his 26th career start in the race, which ranks 3rd all-time and includes a triumph in 1998.* Justin Grant (Ione, Calif.) captured the first of his two career USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series victories in 2017 at Springfield. A handful of drivers have gotten the job done on the Land of Lincoln’s other dirt mile, the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds, but are seeking their first Springfield victories.* Two-time Du Quoin Silver Crown winner Shane (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)rum (Benton, Ill.), plus another pair of past Du Quoin Mile winners in Shane Cottle (Kansas, Ill.) and Chris Urish (Elkhart, Ill.) are up to the task.* Jeff Swindell (Germantown, Tenn.) is a three-time Silver Crown winner on dirt miles, twice at the Indiana State Fairgrounds and once at Du Quoin, but Springfield has eluded him thus far despite three 3rd place finishes in 1992-1993-2017. Springfieldian Korey Weyant wowed fans with a high-wire ride on the cushion in the qualifying race at Springfield a year ago and joined by fellow Illinoisans Patrick Lawson (Edwardsville, Ill.), a 29th place finisher in 2018, and Terry Babb (Decatur, Ill.), who took 31st in 2018, are ready to make an impression for the home crowd. On the two occasions the Silver Crown cars graced a one-mile dirt oval this year, Tyler Courtney (Indianapolis, Ind.) was the victor in May’s Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.* He led a race-high 49 laps last year at Springfield.* Jacob Wilson (Crawfordsville, Ind.) won the most recent dirt event in a stellar performance for his first career series win at Du Quoin.* He came home a strong 4th at Springfield a year ago. Brady Bacon (Broken Arrow, Okla.) has also won on the dirt this year, taking a wild last-lap victory at Pennsylvania’s Williams Grove Speedway in June for his first career win in a Crown car.* His Klatt Enterprises team holds a slim 15-point lead over Nolen Racing in the owner standings for the season. Veteran Silver Crown winners seeking their first mile dirt victories on Sunday include C.J. Leary Greenfield, Ind., a two-time series winner seeking his first dirt mile victory.* David Byrne (Shullsburg, Wisc.) finished 10th at Springfield a year ago.* John Heydenreich (Bloomsburg, Pa.) and Eric Gordon (Fortville, Ind.) will each return to Springfield after lengthy absences, Heydenreich (2007) and Gordon (2003). Kevin Thomas, Jr. (Cullman, Ala.) led 42 laps and finished 2nd in 2018 at Springfield.* Steve Buckwalter (Royersford, Pa.) finished 5th at Springfield in 2015.* Those veterans are joined by 2018 Bettenhausen 100 top-ten finishers, New Castle, Indiana’s Kyle Robbins (6th) and Sylvania, Ohio’s Austin Nemire (8th), all of whom are gunning for their first career Silver Crown wins. Mike Haggenbottom (Levittown, Pa.) is 8th in the standings and enters his second Bettenhausen 100 run after starting 20th and finishing 12th a year ago.* Matt Goodnight (Winchester, Ind.) stands 12th in points and is coming off his best run of the year in the most recent dirt race, a 10th at Du Quoin. Ohio’s Matt Westfall will make his Silver Crown season debut Sunday at Springfield, which will mark the 2005 Eldora USAC Sprint winner’s first start at Springfield since 2009 and his first Silver Crown appearance anywhere since 2013. Sunday’s Bettenhausen 100 in Springfield gets underway with pits opening and registration starting at 7am (Central), the ticket office and grandstands opening at 9am, the drivers meeting at 9:30am, Silver Crown practice from 10am to 11:10am, DIRTcar Modified hot laps at 11:15am, Fatheadz Silver Crown Qualifying at 11:35am, Silver Crown Qualifying Race at 12:30pm, Modified feature at 1pm, pre-race ceremonies at 1:30pm and the Bettenhausen 100-mile race at 2pm. Tickets will be available on raceday or by calling the State Fair office at 217-782-1979. Info and tickets can also be obtained by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200.* Advance Tickets (Presale) are $25 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under.* On race day, tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under.* Infield tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 11 and under.* Pit passes are $35 for adults and $20 for children 11 and under. This Sunday’s Springfield race can be watched LIVE and on-demand on FloRacing, listened to via live audio on the USAC app as well as live timing and scoring on both the USAC app and the Race-Monitor app. * BETTENHAUSEN 100 100 ENTRY LIST (38 DRIVERS) # / DRIVER / HOMETOWN / TEAM 07 JACOB WILSON/Crawfordsville, IN (Wilson Brothers Racing) 08 KYLE STEFFENS/St. Louis, MO (Kyle Steffens) 2 PATRICK LAWSON/Edwardsville, IL (Patrick Lawson) 6 BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Klatt Enterprises) 7 KYLE ROBBINS/New Castle, IN (KR Racing) 9 ®TANNER THORSON/Minden, NV (Chris Dyson Racing) 10 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (DMW Motorsports) 12 BRIAN TYLER/Mt. Pleasant, NC (Galas Motorsports) 14 A.J. FIKE/Galesburg, IL (Dennis & Dave McQuinn) 15 ®CHAD KEMENAH/Alvada, OH (Hampshire/Kemenah Racing) 16 AUSTIN NEMIRE/Sylvania, OH (Nemire-Lesko Racing) 17 CHRIS WINDOM/Canton, IL (Goodnight-Byrd Racing) 18 TRAVIS WELPOTT/Pendleton, IN (Welpott/Gorman Racing) 20 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Gene Nolen Racing) 21 JEFF SWINDELL/Germantown, TN (Mark Swanson Encore Team) 23 TERRY JAMES/St. Louis, MO (Todd Satterthwaite) 24 MIKE HAGGENBOTTOM/Levittown, PA (John Haggenbottom) 31 ®DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing) 33 ®RONNIE WUERDEMAN/Cincinnati, OH (Ronnie Wuerdeman) 34 TERRY BABB/Decatur, IL (Ken Morford) 39 MATT GOODNIGHT/Winchester, IN (Goodnight Racing) 40 DAVID BYRNE/Shullsburg, WI (Byrne Racing) 43 JOHN HEYDENREICH/Bloomsburg, PA (A.J. Felker) 44 DANNY LONG/Bonne Terre, MO (Danny Long) 47 ®AUSTIN MUNDIE/Dallas, TX (Patty Butler) 51 RUSS GAMESTER/Peru, IN (Gamester Racing) 53 STEVE BUCKWALTER/Royersford, PA (Five Three Motorsports) 54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (Westfall Motorsports) 56 KEVIN THOMAS, JR./Cullman, AL (Foxco Racing) 57 ®DALLAS HEWITT/Troy, OH (Dallas Hewitt) 66 BILL ROSE/Plainfield, IN (Bill Rose Racing) 71 SHANE (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)RUM/Benton, IL (Hardy Boys Motorsports) 77 CHRIS URISH/Elkhart, IL (Chris Urish) 78 ERIC GORDON/Fortville, IN (Armstrong/Slinkard Racing) 81 SHANE COTTLE/Kansas, IL (Curtis Williams) 91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing) 97 TYLER COURTNEY/Indianapolis, IN (Hans Lein) 99 ®KOREY WEYANT/Springfield, IL (Scott Weyant) 123 ®JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Two-Three Motorsports) ® = USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year contender

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GRANT ON PROWL FOR SECOND BETTENHAUSEN WIN By: Jay Hardin - Track Enterprises Staff Springfield, Illinois (September 18, 2019)………Following a strong run at Du Quoin in the Hemelgarn-NOS Energy Drink DRC powered Ford, 2017 Bettenhausen 100 winner Justin Grant appears poised for a strong run at a second Bettenhausen trophy this Sunday. Grant gained six spots in four laps during the final ten miles at Du Quoin to finish second behind winner Jacob Wilson and the 28-year-old star looks to advance one more position in the final order at Springfield. Grant is a terror on the USAC and Indiana sprint car scene with top runs in midget cars as well.* His championship car breakthrough came at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in August of 2017.* After qualifying on the outside of the front row, Grant got the jump on polesitter Jerry Coons, Jr. and led the first 36 miles before being passed by veteran Brian Tyler. Tyler appeared to have the advantage until Grant caught and re-passed him on a lap 57 restart after a red flag due to a Zach Daum flip on the main chute.* Grant was able to lead the final miles and gain his first, and to date, only 100-mile dirt track victory. A win at Terre Haute in the Sumar Classic followed in 2018 as did a third at Springfield and a fourth at Du Quoin as Grant chased Kody Swanson for the 2018 title. This season, Grant is second in points, just 39 behind Swanson entering the Bettenhausen, with only the finale at Eldora to follow.* Grant has made all nine Silver Crown races to date with a 17th at Madison the only time he has finished lower than eighth.* Grant has two thirds and three fourth place finishes in the eight races so far. Justin Grant continues pursuit of a second Bettenhausen trophy and his first Silver Crown title Sunday, September 22 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield with pits opening and registration starting at 7am (Central), the ticket office and grandstands opening at 9am, the drivers meeting at 9:30am, Silver Crown practice from 10am to 11:10am, DIRTcar Modified hot laps/qualifying at 11:15am, Fatheadz Silver Crown Qualifying at 11:35am, Silver Crown Qualifying Race at 12:30pm, Modified feature at 1pm, pre-race ceremonies at 1:30pm and the Bettenhausen 100-mile race at 2pm. Tickets will be available on raceday or by calling the Track Enterprises at 217-764-3200.* Advance Tickets (Presale) are $25 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under.* On race day, tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for children 11 and under.* Infield tickets are $20 for adults and $5 for children 11 and under.* Pit passes are $35 for adults and $20 for children 11 and under. This Sunday’s Springfield race can be watched LIVE and on-demand on FloRacing, listened to via live audio on the USAC app as well as live timing and scoring on both the USAC app and the Race-Monitor app. * BETTENHAUSEN 100 100 ENTRY LIST (38 DRIVERS) # / DRIVER / HOMETOWN / TEAM 07 JACOB WILSON/Crawfordsville, IN (Wilson Brothers Racing) 08 KYLE STEFFENS/St. Louis, MO (Kyle Steffens) 2 PATRICK LAWSON/Edwardsville, IL (Patrick Lawson) 6 BRADY BACON/Broken Arrow, OK (Klatt Enterprises) 7 KYLE ROBBINS/New Castle, IN (KR Racing) 9 ®TANNER THORSON/Minden, NV (Chris Dyson Racing) 10 C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (DMW Motorsports) 14 A.J. FIKE/Galesburg, IL (Dennis & Dave McQuinn) 15 ®CHAD KEMENAH/Alvada, OH (Hampshire/Kemenah Racing) 16 AUSTIN NEMIRE/Sylvania, OH (Nemire-Lesko Racing) 17 CHRIS WINDOM/Canton, IL (Goodnight-Byrd Racing) 18 TRAVIS WELPOTT/Pendleton, IN (Welpott/Gorman Racing) 20 KODY SWANSON/Kingsburg, CA (Gene Nolen Racing) 21 JEFF SWINDELL/Germantown, TN (Mark Swanson Encore Team) 23 TERRY JAMES/St. Louis, MO (Todd Satterthwaite) 24 MIKE HAGGENBOTTOM/Levittown, PA (John Haggenbottom) 31 ®DAVE BERKHEIMER/Mechanicsburg, PA (Berkheimer Racing) 33 ®RONNIE WUERDEMAN/Cincinnati, OH (Ronnie Wuerdeman) 34 TERRY BABB/Decatur, IL (Ken Morford) 39 MATT GOODNIGHT/Winchester, IN (Goodnight Racing) 40 DAVID BYRNE/Shullsburg, WI (Byrne Racing) 43 JOHN HEYDENREICH/Bloomsburg, PA (A.J. Felker) 44 DANNY LONG/Bonne Terre, MO (Danny Long) 47 ®AUSTIN MUNDIE/Dallas, TX (Patty Butler) 51 RUSS GAMESTER/Peru, IN (Gamester Racing) 53 STEVE BUCKWALTER/Royersford, PA (Five Three Motorsports) 54 MATT WESTFALL/Pleasant Hill, OH (Westfall Motorsports) 56 KEVIN THOMAS, JR./Cullman, AL (Foxco Racing) 57 ®DALLAS HEWITT/Troy, OH (Dallas Hewitt) 66 BILL ROSE/Plainfield, IN (Bill Rose Racing) 71 SHANE (not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)RUM/Benton, IL (Hardy Boys Motorsports) 77 CHRIS URISH/Elkhart, IL (Chris Urish) 78 ERIC GORDON/Fortville, IN (Armstrong/Slinkard Racing) 81 SHANE COTTLE/Kansas, IL (Curtis Williams) 91 JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (Hemelgarn Racing) 97 TYLER COURTNEY/Indianapolis, IN (Hans Lein) 99 ®KOREY WEYANT/Springfield, IL (Scott Weyant) 123 ®JIMMY LIGHT/West Springfield, PA (Two-Three Motorsports) ® = USAC Silver Crown Rookie of the Year contender

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