Another fine field of Silver Crowners this day - 18 August 2001.

#67 J.J. Yelley races to the pole: Lap1 - 31.447 / Lap2 - 31.363

#93 Aaron Fike wins last chance qualifier 1 (10 cars in race)

#65 Bill Rose wins last chance qualifier 2 (10 cars in race).

30 Silver Crowns on the starting grid:
1. #67 J.J. Yelley
2. #10 Paul White
3. #62 Jay Drake
4. #37 Tracy Hines
5. #25 Derek Davidson
6. #91 Roger Rager
7. #35 Jerry Coons, Jr.
8. #99 Eric Gordon
9. #51 Russ Gamester
10. #74 Rich Tobias, Jr.
11. #50 Ricky Shelton
12. #56 Dave Darland
13. #97 Kevin Huntley
14. #44 Bud Kaeding
15. #5 Robbie Flock
16. #33 Manny Rockhold
17. #19 Dave Steele
18. #23 Jack Hewitt
19. #69 John Heydenreich
20. #86 Jackie Burke
21. #93 Aaron Fike
22. #65 Bill Rose
23. #43 Johnny Parsons, Jr.
24. #7 Dane Carter
25. #12 Brad Noffsinger
26. #153 Tom Capie
27. #4 Jason McCord
28. #85 Michael Lewis
29. #83 Levi Jones
30. #11 Ed Carpenter

Top 5 Tony Bettenhausen 100 finishers:
1. #10 Paul White
2. #35 Jerry Coons,Jr.
3. #51 Russ Gamester
4. #67 J.J. Yelley
5. #74 Rich Tobias, Jr.

Note: A.J. Foyt IV aboard the A.J. Foyt #14 unfortunately flipped in turn 3 on lap 2 of his time trial. I mention this because I was hoping to see A.J. Foyt IV put A.J.'s entry into the 100 miler. What the heck, I am an old fan of A.J. and the veteran's that have wheeled the Big Cars over the years.

Have a good day...see you at the races

Rich

Story has it Little AJ would've made the show if Grandpa hadn't messed with the car before quals. Seems like Grandpa's work turned into a hung throttle. At least that's the story I heard.

Another thing is Richie Tobias will be back in Champ Dirt Cars. I heard that from Richie myself at PRI.