11 days until the Eldora opener. 11 years ago in 1997 Kevin Huntley started the USAC season at Eldora with a March 29th sprint car win. He backed that up with a repeat sprint car victory on June 22nd. Sprint cars returned on August 6th and Brian Tyler bested the field. The 4 Crown was held on September 20th and Jay Drake was the midget winner. Eldora master Jack Hewitt copped the sprint car go. Huntley won his third Eldora USAC event of the year in the Silver Crown feature.