The 2018 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series is the 47th season of Silver Crown racing under the USAC banner. The series will begin with the Phoenix Copper Cup at ISM Raceway on April 7, and will end with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 22. Kody Swanson entered the 2018 season as the defending champion. Swanson won the 2018 season title, becoming a 4-time series champion. Swanson also joined Al Unser as one of the only two drivers in history to win four consecutive Hoosier Hundred races in a row in 2018. Swanson also became the all-time wins leader in Silver Crown at Salem with 24 wins.

Team & Driver Chart

Race Driver Car Owner / Entrant Chassis Engine Rounds 2 Patrick Lawson Patrick Lawson DRC Wesmar Chevrolet 3 A.J. Russell Ted Finkenbinder Beast Bailey Bros. Chevrolet 4 Joe Liguori Liguori Racing DRC Kercher Chevrolet 5 J.C. Bland Bland Brothers Enterprises Drinan BBE Chevrolet 6 Kyle Hamilton Klatt Enterprises Beast J&D Ford Brady Bacon 7 Kyle Robbins Kyle Robbins Racing Beast Chevrolet 8 Johnny Petrozelle Cornell-Petrozelle Racing DRC Stanton Toyota 9 Chris Dyson Chris Dyson Racing Beast Kistler Chevrolet Jason McDougal 02 Tanner Swanson Bowman-Elmore Racing Beast Kistler Chevrolet 04 Neil Shepherd Shepherd Racing DRC Claxton Toyota 07 Jacob Wilson Wilson Brothers Racing Maxim 10 C.J. Leary Mickey Meyer DRC J&D Chevrolet 12 Brian Tyler Galas Motorsports Beast Galas Chevrolet 14 Ken Schrader Dennis & Dave McQuinn JR-1 Chevrolet AJ Fike 16 Austin Nemire Nemire-Lesko Racing Beast Mopar Terry James Dr. Jim Logan Beast Cadillac 17 Chris Windom Nolen Racing Tranter Chevrolet 18 Travis Welpott Travis Welpott-Ernie Goman Racing DRC Ed Pink Chevrolet 20 Jerry Coons Jr. Nolen Racing Tranter Chevrolet 21 Eric Gordon Armstrong Racing Beast Claxton Toyota Jeff Swindell Swanson Racing Maxim Moyle Toyota 22 Bobby Santos III DJ Racing Beast Speedway Chevrolet 23 Terry James Todd Satterthwaite Magnum Chevrolet 24 Mike Haggenbottom Haggenbottom Racing Maxim Speed Equipment Chevrolet Keith Burch Keith Burch Beast Burch Chevrolet 26 Aaron Pierce Sam Pierce Beast Jackson Chevrolet 29 Brent Yarnal Yarnal Racing Joey Moughan Joey Moughan Maxim Claxton Mopar 30 C.J. Leary Chuck & Tammi Leary DRC 1-Way Toyota 31 Dave Berkheimer Berkheimer Racing Drinan Chevrolet Derek Bischak Derek Bischak Beast Gaerte Chevrolet 32 Joss Moffatt Williams & Wright Racing Maxim Williams Chevrolet Dave Darland 33 Jackie Burke Jackie Burke Shores-Burke Chevrolet 34 Terry Babb Ken Morford Beast Chevrolet 39 Matt Goodnight Goodnight Racing Beast Claxton Chevrolet 40 David Byrne Byrne Racing Maxim J&D Chevrolet 41 A.J. Fike McQuinn Motorsports JR-1 McQuinn Chevrolet 43 Daniel Robinson A.J. Felker & Ricky Nix Beast Chevrolet John Heydenreich Dave Darland 44 Danny Long Danny Long Beast Z-Man Chevrolet 47 Austin Mundie Les Butler Maxim Kistler Chevrolet 51 Russ Gamester Gamester Racing GRP Toyota 53 Steve Buckwalter SET Racing Beast Foxco Chevrolet Aaron Schuck Five-Three 55 Casey Shuman Patty Bateman Beast Foxco Chevrolet 56 Kevin Thomas Jr. Foxco Racing Eagle Foxco Chevrolet 60 Cody Gerhardt Cody Gerhardt Beast Toyota 63 Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Beast Hampshire Chevrolet 66 Bill Rose Bill Rose Racing Beast 71 Shane Cockrum Hardy Boys Motorsports Maxim Brown Chevrolet 75 Dave Darland Bill Rose Racing Beast Claxton Toyota Bill Rose Claxton Mopar 77 Chris Urish Chris Urish Beast Foxco Chevrolet 80 Toni Breidinger Breidinger Motorsports Beast Wesmar Chevrolet 81 Shane Cottle Curtis Williams Maxim Williams Chevrolet Cody Gallogly Big Car 88 Chris Fetter Sammy Fetter Beast Foxco Chevrolet 89 Chris Fetter Chris Fetter Beast TMS Chevrolet 91 Justin Grant Hemelgarn Racing DRC Speedway Ford 92 Jim Anderson Kazmark Motorsports Dave Darland 96 Austin Blair Austin Blair Racing Beast Mopar 97 Tyler Courtney Hans Lein DRC Stanton Mopar 99 Korey Weyant Scott Weyant Beast Automotive Machine 114 Coleman Gulick Team Scorpion Mach-1 Jimmy D Chevrolet 118 Travis Welpott Welpott Racing Beast Ed Pink Chevrolet DRC 124 Mike Haggenbottom Haggenbottom Racing Maxim Speed Equipment Chevrolet 126 Jesse Dunham Sam Pierce Beast Chevrolet 131 Derek Bischak Derek Bischak Beast Gaerte Chevrolet 711 A.J. Fike Hardy Boys Motorsports Maxim Brown Chevrolet

Driver & Team Changes - Chris Windom will run the full Silver Crown schedule in 2018 for Nolen Racing. Jerry Coons Jr., will also return to the team for the full season. - Austin Nemire will run the full Silver Crown schedule in 2018 for Nemire/Lesko Racing.

Schedule The 2018 schedule features 6 pavement races and 5 dirt races. The entire season will have on-demand video coverage by Loudpedal.TV . Select races will be broadcast live online by Speed Shift TV . Eldora Speedway will broadcast the 4 Crown Nationals live on their streaming website. Live radio coverage for most USAC National races is available on the USAC Racing App. BCSN would broadcast the Toledo race on delay. MavTV (in association with Speed51) would broadcast the Rich Vogler Classic at Lucas Oil Raceway on delay.Speed51 to showcase 12 races on MavTV

No.DateRace titleTrackTV/Stream 1 April 7 Phoenix Copper Cup ISM Raceway, Avondale, AZ 2 April 29 Sumar Classic Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, IN Speed Shift TV 3 May 4 Rollie Beale Classic Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH BCSN 4 May 24 Hoosier Hundred Indiana State Fairgrounds Mile, Indianapoliis, IN Speed Shift TV 5 May 25 Dave Steele Carb Night Classic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, IN Speed Shift TV 6 June 29 Bytech Dairyland 100 Madison International Speedway, Madison, WI 7 August 11 Joe James - Pat O'Conner Classic Salem Speedway, Salem, IN 8 August 18 Bettenhausen 100 Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield, IL 9 September 2 Ted Horn 100 DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, DuQuoin, IL ≠ September 8 Rich Vogler Classic Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, IN 10 September 22 4 Crown Nationals Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH EldoraSpeedway.com

- * will state if the race is a non points event, or a preliminary night. - ≠ will state if the race was postponed or canceled

Schedule notes and changes - 1 new asphalt race was added at Madison International Speedway on June 29. - Williams Grove Speedway would not return to the schedule in 2018. However, this would be only a 1-year hiatus as the track & USAC intends on the race returning to the schedule in 2019. - Rich Vogler Classic (September 8) at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis was canceled due to inclement weather.

Results and standings

Races No. Race / Track Winning driver Winning team Pole position 1 Phoenix Copper Cup Bobby Santos III DJ Racing Kody Swanson 2 Sumar Classic Justin Grant Hemelgarn Racing Tyler Courtney 3 Rollie Beale Classic Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Justin Grant 4 Hoosier Hundred Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Kody Swanson 5 Dave Steele Carb Night Classic Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Tanner Swanson 6 Bytech Dairyland 100 Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Justin Grant 7 Joe James - Pat O'Conner Classic Kody Swanson DePalma Motorsports Kody Swanson 8 Bettenhausen 100 Chris Windom Nolen Racing Jerry Coons Jr. 9 Ted Horn 100 Chris Windom Nolen Racing Jacob Wilson 10 Four Crown Nationals C.J. Leary Chuck & Tammi Leary Shane Cottle

Driver points

Source:2018 USAC Silver Crown season- USAC, 2 May 2020

Kody Swanson, 641 Justin Grant, 559 Chris Windom, 524 David Byrne, 459 Jerry Coons Jr., 433 Kyle Robbins, 372 Travis Welpott, 348 Matt Goodnight, 344 Bobby Santos III, 329 Austin Nemire, 327

Owner points

#63 DePalma Motorsports, 641 #91 Hemelgarn Racing, 559 #17 Nolen Racing, 524 #40 Byrne Racing, 459 #20 Nolen Racing, 433

See also 2018 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship 2018 USAC P1 Insurance National Midget Championship

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