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

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on April 7, and will end with the 4 Crown Nationals at

Eldora Speedway Eldora Speedway (nicknamed "the Big E", "Auto Racing's Showcase Since 1954," and "the World's Greatest Dirt Track") is a high-banked Dirt track racing, clay dirt oval. Located north of Rossburg, Ohio in the village of New Weston, Ohio, its websit ...

on September 22.

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entered the 2018 season as the defending champion.

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won the 2018 season title, becoming a 4-time series champion.

also joined

Al Unser Alfred Unser (May 29, 1939 – December 9, 2021) was an American automobile racing driver, the younger brother of fellow racing drivers Jerry and Bobby Unser, and father of Al Unser Jr. He was the second of four men ( A. J. Foyt, himself, Ri ...

as one of the only two drivers in history to win four consecutive

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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

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

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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.

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(in association with Speed51) would broadcast the Rich Vogler Classic at

Lucas Oil Raceway Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park (formerly Indianapolis Raceway Park, O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis, and Lucas Oil Raceway) is an auto racing facility in Brownsburg, Indiana, about northwest of downtown Indianapolis. It includes a ...

on delay. * - * 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

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on June 29. * -

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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

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was canceled due to inclement weather.

Results and Standings

Races

Driver points

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

, 641 # Justin Grant, 559 # Chris Windom, 524 #

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, 459 # Jerry Coons Jr., 433 # Kyle Robbins, 372 # Travis Welpott, 348 # Matt Goodnight, 344 #

Bobby Santos III Robert Santos III (born October 3, 1985) is an American professional racing driver from Franklin, Massachusetts. He graduated in 2004 from Tri-County Regional Vocational Technical High School. Santos, nicknamed "Bobby New England", is the grandso ...

, 329 #

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, 327

Owner points

# #63 DePalma Motorsports, 641 # #91

Hemelgarn Racing Hemelgarn Racing was an American auto racing team owned by Ron Hemelgarn. The team debuted in 1985, and competed in the CART and Indy Racing League ranks until the team originally shut down in 2010. The team returned to competition in 2015, and cu ...

, 559 # #17 Nolen Racing, 524 # #40 Byrne Racing, 459 # #20 Nolen Racing, 433

References

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