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6/12/17 6:26 PM USAC SILVER CROWN HORN-SCHINDLER MEMORIAL BACK TO THE GROVE FRIDAY

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USAC SILVER CROWN HORN-SCHINDLER MEMORIAL BACK TO THE GROVE FRIDAY

A year after hosting one of the most revered USAC Silver Crown races in recent times, the series returns Friday, June 16 to Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

The “Horn-Schindler Memorial” is round four of the 2017 Silver Crown season and this year’s edition is the dessert on a full plate of racing featuring three USAC divisions in back-to-back nights at the Grove.

Thursday night’s USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car and USAC/ARDC Midget doubleheader precedes Friday’s 100-lap Silver Crown event, which will also feature USAC/ARDC Midgets on a must-see twin-bill.

Last year’s “Horn-Schindler” marked the return of Silver Crown racing to Williams Grove for the first time in three-and-a-half decades.* Sheldon Kinser won the first in 1980 and Eddie Leavitt followed up with a victory year later in 1981.

In 2016, the “Horn-Schindler” was a race for the ages that many posed as the race of the year.* In the last few laps, the late Bryan Clauson seemingly came out of nowhere to challenge Chris Windom for the lead.* On the final lap, the two were side-by-side as they split around lapped traffic.* Clauson attempted a massive slider on Windom in turn one on lap 99 of 100 and they nearly touched.* Clauson came right back at him, but couldn’t quite catch the series’ eventual champion on the final corner as Windom held on for the dramatic victory in front of a massive crowd.

Windom, of Canton, Illinois, has an opportunity to join Jack Hewitt as the only other driver to win four Silver Crown races in a row on the dirt.* Hewitt was victorious at Springfield, Du Quoin, the Indiana State Fairgrounds and Eldora in 1986.* Windom’s streak began one year ago at Williams Grove.* Since then, he’s reeled off successive victories at Du Quoin, Eldora and this year’s season opener at Terre Haute.

Williams Grove Speedway has a rich history of AAA and USAC National Championship racing, hosting a AAA event in 1946 and non-points paying champ car races annually from 1949 to 1955, with USAC being the sanctioning body of those “Special Events” from 1956 to 1959.* The most recent USAC event hosted by Williams Grove was a National Sprint Car race won by Billy Pauch in 1996.

Gates for Friday’s “Horn-Schindler Memorial” open at 5:30pm with hot laps set for 7pm.

You can watch LIVE flag-to-flag coverage of USAC Silver Crown’s return to Williams Grove on http://www.SpeedShiftTV.com/.* Watch it again a day later, on-demand at http://www.Loudpedal.TV/.