Heydenreich in the #90 passed 3 on one move on the outside on lap 98 or 99 and also did a pretty impressive "thread the needle" on the last lap. He moved up from 14th to 9th in 2 laps going by Levi Jones, AJ Fike and Bud Kaeding. Unfortunately we had a terrible qualifying time, and had to start 23rd.

Todd Kane was about 50 car lengths behind us at the conclusion of the first 50-lap race. He made a wise choice not to change tires. I don't like the change in format -- Silver Crown is the only racing series that has the fuel cells large enough to go the distance. Why mess with tradition? The first 50 laps is nothing but a qualifying race in my opinion. If this race had been run for the full 100 laps, the outcome would have been completely different.

The infield looked really ratty and unkempt:



But it looks beautiful as soon as the lights go on and the stars come out:





Sharon
USAC Silver Crown #90

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When I was over in the stands spotting I was able to take some videos from hot laps. It's not the best footage because I was stuck on the outside when the cars were running and couldn't make it back in time to get some footage from a better vantage point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNafaqcqVRg

Sharon
USAC Silver Crown #90
http://www.CoolFitWear.com

I would imagine that the folks in the stands who didn't understand what was going on are more of what one might call "casual fans", so your explanation on here might not reach its intended audience. The people on here understand the rule, it's just that most of them dislike it.

The #90 silver crown car is the best looking in my book, its classic. Is the number painted on or is that decals? If it's paint its great.

I think the #90 caught them sleeping on those final laps and I thought he went low (lower even) and surprised them.



also:

You know bringing the John Deere tractors to Duquoin would allow tons and tons of Fiddlesticks to be sold and most likely resolve the economy issues.

The year 2003, Rain delayed the race by one week and ran on Sept 6. This was the first year under the lights Bob Sargent had made excellent track preperation and Tobias made his run from the 25th starting spot.

One of the best races I ever saw. It was in '03. Tobias in a home built car starts 25th and wins. Awesome.

Here's the race report.

http://motorsport.com/news/article.a...195&FS=USAC-SC

Just got back from Du Quoin yesterday afternoon (Tuesday). I thought the Silver Crown race was pretty good, one of the best I've seen at DQ, but then I chose to go to the World 100 instead of returning to DQ the year Tobias won the rain date race by running up next to the wall. This years race for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th was great and at times the battle for the lead was some good stuff as well.

As for track prep, as long as Sarge is in charge it's gonna' be the way it is. Whoever said the mile tracks were different in the 80's is right, Ol' Jack set the records for 100 miles on a cushion half way up the track. Why no one tried it up next to the wall this year is a question I'd like to pose to some of the drivers and crew chiefs, surely there is a good reason. A couple of years following the change to night racing they ran the high line but not in several years now. They really have a knack for getting the miles to lock down very early on.

I'm happy to say that the SC race was much better than the ARCA show this year, even with the twin 50 format. That hasn't been the case at Springfield or DQ in recent years.

As for the infield, I can see how the state could prioritize the money they have to spend in such a way. That having been said, I'll bet Rednour and his bunch could find an outfit that would get it looking real nice and put up a big sign in plain view of the crowd touting the business that did the work and supplied the equipment. It really did look bad.


Just a personal note regarding DQ. For the first time we had some things stolen from our campsite out in the non-hookup area North of the racetrack in an area that was sparcely populated with campers. Nothing expensive mind you as I do lock down the costly stuff. Unfortunately I'll never look at DQ quite the same again. I always thought DQ was far enough from Chitcago or St. Louis that this kind of crap didn't happen but I was sadly mistaken. Naivete on my part I reckon, but this is something I would expect to happen at the World 100 at Eldora or a NASCAR race. Oh well, by next year we'll be just as excited as ever about making the trip to Southern Illinois but we'll be a lot more wary in regards to thieves.

Before race: Moist


Practice: Dry, loose


Group qualifying: Dry, LOOSE


Race: Moist, tighter


Someone told me that that they keep the track heavy and soft for the horse races. It seemed like some moisture came back up sfter the sun went down and the breeze stopped.

Thank you Jimmy Dearing, StlRacing.com for the last three photos. http://www.stlracingphotos.com/DuQuoin-Mile

Sarge may not run everything perfectly (I’m not a fan of the red at 50), but without him there might not be any more mile dirt races. Think about it.

Agreed.

I was at the race and have been the last 4 times it has been held. I want to get a SC car some day to specifically run dirt. I want to run on the Du Quoin Mile sooo bad. But what I don't understand is why the track is soooo one lane. I mean we have the technical explanations of course BUT why does it have to be this way?????

In your quote you say as long as Sarge is in charge its gonna be the way it is....WHY???? Why does Sargeant not want to see good races????? Why would he not want the races to be 2 and 3 wide all the way around?????? Why should he not be held accountable for the way the track is prepped????? Has he not been made aware????And if he has what did he say?????

All I am getting at is there would be nothing better than watching crown cars riding the cushion on the mile....why wouldn't sargeant want this to happen? What is his motivation?