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7/17/20 10:37 AM AUGUST USAC SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE UPDATE

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AUGUST USAC SILVER CROWN SCHEDULE UPDATE

Speedway, Indiana (July 17, 2020)………The 2020 USAC Silver Crown Champ Car campaign is finally just less than a month away, but a handful of schedule changes have now been made to the August slate as the long-awaited start of the 50th*USAC Silver Crown Champ Car season comes to fruition.

The blockbuster racing schedule on Indianapolis 500 weekend is kickstarted that Friday night, August 21, with the Dave Steele Carb Night Classic at the .686-mile paved oval of Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Ind. featuring the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series and the Road to Indy presented by Cooper Tires.

The Silver Crown debut at Pennsylvania’s Selinsgrove Speedway, the inaugural Bill Holland Memorial, is on as scheduled at the half-mile dirt oval.* The Saturday, August 15 round at the .555-mile paved highbanks of Indiana’s Salem Speedway will proceed as scheduled as well for the running of the Joe James-Pat O’Connor Memorial.

The Sunday, August 2 event scheduled to occur at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway in Madison, Ill. has been canceled due to the rescheduling of events at the paved 1.25-mile.

Furthermore, the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield will remain closed and the Saturday, August 22 Bettenhausen 100 race at the one-mile dirt oval will not be able to proceed on the original schedule date.

USAC and track promoters are continuing to work on scheduling further events for the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series in the month of August and beyond.

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[ISF]

So, does this put an end to the speculation that the Springfield and Du Quoin Silver Crown races are gone for 2020?

Last word we received is that Sarge was continuing to attempt to work out a plan with the state to run them even though the two 2020 Illinois State Fairs are cancelled. Both local and county health officials have given the go ahead but the state has yet to sign off on allowing them to be held. At least that was what we were told by a TEI official.

It seems odd that some Illinois short tracks are allowed to hold events where social distancing is not being observed and few, if any, face coverings are seen, but the events traditionally held on state property appear to be subject to different rules.

[ThrowbackRacingTeam]

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[captrat]

Originally Posted by ThrowbackRacingTeam Yeah the two state fairgrounds are under total control of the governor. I’ve talked to a former fair manager of Springfield who was given the job because he helped get that governor elected (can’t remember which governor it was). He was fired by the next governor who was from the other political party. Under Pritzker you may never see racing again at the State Fairgrounds now that he has a convenient excuse to get rid of it. That’s the wrong party for race fans. They’ve got Angell Park in Wisconsin closed up for the year too.

It was my understanding we were to keep ******** off the forum. It was recommended by another member that I should be banned for a post about the pandemic response that they felt was political. I do not think it should be the administrator's responsibility to monitor this, rather it should be up to each of us to follow the protocol.

[miledirt]

Maybe DuQuoin still on...
Maybe Springfield still rescheduled for later...

So, you're telling me there's a chance...

[Joe Schaub]

Springfield and Du Quoin are not racing this year.

USAC and Track Enterprises knuckled under on this. I won't say anymore because the "******** police" will be called. Just say that this topic can not be discussed in its entirety because most of it is political in nature.

[sw1911]

Any guesses on how many pavement cars are ready to roll this year?

[sw1911]

Originally Posted by Joe Schaub Springfield and Du Quoin are not racing this year. USAC and Track Enterprises knuckled under on this. I won't say anymore because the "******** police" will be called. Just say that this topic can not be discussed in its entirety because most of it is political in nature.

How about discussing it on another forum?

[Joe Schaub]

Originally Posted by sw1911 How about discussing it on another forum?

I choose not to discuss it at all. Conversation, my part of it, is over.

[sp6967]

Originally Posted by Joe Schaub Springfield and Du Quoin are not racing this year. USAC and Track Enterprises knuckled under on this. I won't say anymore because the "******** police" will be called. Just say that this topic can not be discussed in its entirety because most of it is political in nature.

the whole country knuckled under on everything.