USAC Gold Crown Series
 

Does anyone know anything new about what is going to happen? Cars? Tracks? Does anyone have any photos of the testing that has taken place? Just curious to see what has been going on.

Aaron Pollock

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Does anyone know anything new about what is going to happen? Cars? Tracks? Does anyone have any photos of the testing that has taken place? Just curious to see what has been going on.

Aaron Pollock

Up until now we have been working on the design of the full size body. The picture shown here is a screen shot from the Computer Aided Design generated drawing or CAD file. To get to this point we made several drawings and gathered people's opinion as to what shape they were looking for. Then we built a quarter scale model of the final shape and displayed that at the Performance Industry Racing Show in December last year. The model was then scanned and the CAD file created, while we did that we could make last minute changes to the shape based on the comments made. The full size body patterns are now being machined from the CAD files. We are on schedule to display the full size bodywork at the end of the year. Next year we will begin track testing and developing the race schedule for 2011. The tracks will not likely take this project seriously until they see the new cars run. A couple of tracks are moving forward with us now and then we can add the rest to get the minimum of 5 races we need in 2011 to make this a viable series. All the chassis frames carry over into the new car and most of these chassis are prepared ready for their new body and the 2010 test program. You can keep in touch with what we are doing by visiting our website at http://www.GoldCrownChampionship.com

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Shouldn't the grill insert look like the Capitol building in DC.

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Originally Posted by ashmoredesign:
Up until now we have been working on the design of the full size body. The picture shown here is a screen shot from the Computer Aided Design generated drawing or CAD file. To get to this point we made several drawings and gathered people's opinion as to what shape they were looking for. Then we built a quarter scale model of the final shape and displayed that at the Performance Industry Racing Show in December last year. The model was then scanned and the CAD file created, while we did that we could make last minute changes to the shape based on the comments made. The full size body patterns are now being machined from the CAD files. We are on schedule to display the full size bodywork at the end of the year. Next year we will begin track testing and developing the race schedule for 2011. The tracks will not likely take this project seriously until they see the new cars run. A couple of tracks are moving forward with us now and then we can add the rest to get the minimum of 5 races we need in 2011 to make this a viable series. All the chassis frames carry over into the new car and most of these chassis are prepared ready for their new body and the 2010 test program. You can keep in touch with what we are doing by visiting our website at http://www.GoldCrownChampionship.com

A minimum of 5 races makes a series viable? :17: Oooookay.

No the grill insert should not be the capital building in Washington. The car number should be: Obama

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So what is the point of this car and series? Isn't going back to the traditonal car what everyone wanted? Now USAC is going to create something else no one will buy nor want to watch race? Are they not learning anything from Salem last week? Let it go.
Or;
It would make more since for USAC to revive the Gold Crown series with the current "style" Dallara IRL car.....WITHOUT the Indy Honda engine, and put American drivers in them that people know and/or currently support. And run places like ORP and go back to Milwaukee since the IRL isnt...Nashville, maybe KY with the Truck Series.....have about a 14 "Oval only" race schedule.
Or;
Usac could sanction the Pro Mazda series....there seems to be and endless amount of cars and interest in them.....and they are rear engine, so it would be different type of car then what USAC went to and screwed up before.

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from the gold crown website:

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Gold Crown
The Destination Series of USAC
On the ladder system of open wheel racing
For drivers aspiring to the famed Indianapolis 500
Links traditional open wheel racing to the Premier Race Car Series in the United States

I almost choked on my morning coffee when I read that.........

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Originally Posted by Kevracer58:
from the gold crown website:

Gold Crown
The Destination Series of USAC
On the ladder system of open wheel racing
For drivers aspiring to the famed Indianapolis 500
Links traditional open wheel racing to the Premier Race Car Series in the United States

I almost choked on my morning coffee when I read that.........

That is pretty funny, if USAC is serious about that quest, they need to get a rear engine series. Didn't they have one at one time (F2000).

Somehow JR Hilbebrand is on the verge of a IRL ride and he got their without spending one minute in a USAC car, that is actually a bit sad.

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Well as we have all seen with the steady decline in Silvercrown races they need to do something and at least tracks are asking to have the Goldcrown cars come. With the Goldcrown cars being able to run larger tracks it just adds to where USAC can run.

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Now I know where all the money is going. No wonder the midgets are still racing for $2500........

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Originally Posted by DonMoore10:
Now I know where all the money is going. No wonder the midgets are still racing for $2500........

From what I know USAC is not putting money into this program it is being privately funded at this time.