2019 USAC Silver Crown Series


The 2019 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series was the 48th season of Silver Crown racing under the USAC banner. The season began with the Memphis 100 at Memphis International Raceway on March 23, and ended with the 4 Crown Nationals at Eldora Speedway on September 28. The original 12-race season for 2019 was to be an equal split of races on dirt and asphalt however as the season progressed, two dirt races were rained out and unable to be rescheduled so the final tally was six asphalt races and four dirt races. The 2019 season also featured full-season broadcast coverage on FloSports. Kody Swanson will enter the 2019 season as the defending champion.

Team and driver chart

Race driverCar owner / entrantChassisEngineRounds
15Chad KemenahHampshire / Lamme
17Chris WindomGoodnight / Byrd RacingAll
20Kody SwansonNolen RacingAll

Driver and team changes

  • DePalma Motorsports' No. 63 will not compete in 2019 after a five-year streak of owners titles with Kody Swanson.
  • Nolen Racing will move to a single car operation with Kody Swanson for 2019.
  • Chris Windom will move to Goodnight / Byrd Racing for the 2019 season with Scott Benic as crew chief. The team features a partnership with Matt Goodnight & Jonathan Byrd's Racing.
  • Derek Bischak is slated to run all six pavement races in 2019.
  • Dallas Hewitt is slated to compete in all six dirt races in 2019.
  • Winged sprint car driver Chad Kemenah is slated to compete in all six dirt races for Bob Hampshire and Clark Lamme in 2019.
  • Davey Hamilton Jr. was slated to compete the entire 2019 season for Davey Hamilton Racing. Kevin Thomas Jr. & Jason Conn also joined the team for 2019. After his arrest, it is unclear whether the team will still field a ride for Davey Jr.

Schedule and results

The 2019 schedule featured twelve races, with an equal split of six races each on dirt and asphalt. Later that changed to ten races due to weather cancellations. The entire season featured live and on-demand coverage on FloRacing.
No.DateRace titleTrackWinnerTV/stream
1March 23Memphis 100Memphis International Raceway, Memphis, TNKody SwansonFloRacing
≠ April 14Fatheadz Eyewear Sumar ClassicTerre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, INRained outFloRacing
2April 27Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale ClassicToledo Speedway, Toledo, OHKody SwansonFloRacing
3May 23Hoosier HundredIndiana State Fairgrounds Mile, Indianapolis, INTyler CourtneyFloRacing
4May 24Dave Steele Carb Night ClassicLucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, INKyle HamiltonFloRacing
5June 14KRS Graphics presents the USAC Silver Crown Series Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PABrady BaconFloRacing
6June 24Bytec Dairyland 100Madison International Speedway, Madison, WIKody SwansonFloRacing
7August 10Joe James/Pat O’Connor MemorialSalem Speedway, Salem, INKody SwansonFloRacing
≠ August 17Bettenhausen 100Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, Springfield, ILRained outFloRacing
8September 1Ted Horn 100DuQuoin State Fairgrounds Racetrack, DuQuoin, ILJacob WilsonFloRacing
9September 7Rich Vogler ClassicLucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Clermont, INKody SwansonFloRacing
10September 28Four Crown NationalsEldora Speedway, Rossburg, OHBrady BaconFloRacing

  • - ≠ Race was postponed or canceled

Schedule notes and changes

Standings

Source:

Drivers

  1. Kody Swanson, 638
  2. Justin Grant, 578
  3. David Byrne, 489
  4. Eric Gordon, 418
  5. Chris Windom, 397
  6. Kyle Hamilton, 381
  7. Bobby Santos, 378
  8. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 366
  9. Mike Haggenbottom, 357
  10. Kyle Robbins, 355

Owners

  1. #6 Klatt Enterprises, 637
  2. #20 Nolen Racing, 613
  3. #91 Hemelgarn Racing, 578
  4. #40 Byrne Racing, 489
  5. #78 Armstrong-Slinkard Racing, 418