DARLAND BECOMES 4-TIME “4-CROWN” SILVER CROWN WINNER

Rossburg, OH…….Dave Darland of Lincoln, Ind. successfully defended his Team Chevy “4-Crown Nationals” USAC Silver Crown title Saturday night, winning the 50-lap feature at the Eldora Speedway. Driving the Jarvis Enterprises/Plastic Express Beast/Foxco Chevy, Darland passed series point leader Bud Kaeding on lap six and led the rest of the way to beat fast qualifier Shane Hmiel, Jerry Coons Jr., Cole Whitt and Josh Wise. Kaeding virtually locked up the 2009 K & N Silver crown title with his eighth-pkace finish.



K & N USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 26, 2008 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 29th Team Chevy “4-Crown Nationals”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-18.336; 2. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-18.741; 3. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-18.867; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-18.876; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-18.930; 6. Derek Hagar, 6, Klatt-18.937; 7. Josh Wise, 199, Edwards/Agajanian/RE-18.960; 8. Cole Whitt, 71, VW-19.000; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-19.157; 10. Mike Brecht, 97, SC-19.158; 11. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-19.241; 12. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-19.281; 13. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-19.361; 14. Donnie Beechler, 14, McQuinn-19.633; 15. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-19.724; 16. Bill Rose, 98, Lesko-19.767; 17. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-19.804; 18. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-19.891; 19. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-20.196; 20. Justin Carver, 991, Edwards/RE-20.433.21. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-20.452; 22. Patrick Bruns, 81, Quick Draw-20.712; 23. Von McGee, 65, Hartenstine-20.776; 24. Jon Sciscoe, 53, Sciscoe-NT.


 


QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps) 1. Hollingsworth, 2. Rose, 3. Beechler, 4. Daum, 5. Carver, 6. Fike, 7. McGee, 8. Bruns, 9. Bateman, 10. Sciscoe, 11. Swanson, 12. Gamester. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Shane Hmiel, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Josh Wise, 6. Shane Hollingsworth, 7. Brian Tyler, 8. Bud Kaeding, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Zach Daum, 11. Kody Swanson, 12. Randy Bateman, 13. A.J. Fike, 14. Von McGee, 15. Tracy Hines, 16. Justin Carver, 17. Jon Sciscoe, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Russ Gamester, 20. Bill Rose, 21. Derek Hagar, 22. Mike Brecht, 23. Donnie Beechler, 24. Patrick Bruns. NT


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**Beechler flipped on lap 4 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hagar, Laps 4-5 Kaeding, Laps 6-50 Darland.


 


NEW K & N SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Kaeding-363; 2-Fike-292; 3-Hines-284; 4-Jones-283; 5-Wise-278; 6-Tyler-266; 7-Swanson-250 8-Hmiel-244; 9-Coons-225; 10-Daum-221.


 


NEXT K & N SILVER CROWN SERIES RACE: November 12 – Phoenix (AZ) International Raceway – “Copper World Classic”