Originally Posted by openwheelfan1:
After tonight's racing at Knoxville, Clauson is 14th in points, so he is locked in to tomorrow's A main. He is the first reigning USAC champion to start the A main since Steve Butler in 1987 per the Knoxville announcers.
That would be incorrect. 1990 USAC Silver Crown champion, Jiimmy Sills, finished 15th in the 1991 Knoxville Nationals A-Main. He is the most recent!