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Tony Bettenhausen 100
USAC Silver Crown race
Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield, IL
August 16, 1997
100 laps on 1 mile dirt oval; 100 miles
Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
1
| 3
| Dave Darland
| 56
| Galen Fox
|
| 100
| 9,000
| running
| 56 |
2
| 1
| Russ Gamester
| 51
| Gary Gamester
|
| 100
| 5,000
| running
| 44 |
3
| 11
| Donnie Beechler
| 67
| George Zarounian
|
| 100
| 3,000
| running
| 0 |
4
| 2
| Jimmy Sills
| 75
| Gary Stanton
|
| 100
| 2,500
| running
| 0 |
5
| 12
| Jim Keeker
| 20
| H. Eugene Nolen
|
| 100
| 1,800
| running
| 0 |
6
| 22
| Jack Hewitt
| 63
| Robert Hampshire
|
| 100
| 1,600
| running
| 0 |
7
| 21
| Cary Faas
| 37
| Terry Riggs
|
| 100
| 1,400
| running
| 0 |
8
| 8
| Brian Gerster
| 61
| Gary Howard
|
| 99
| 1,200
| running
| 0 |
9
| 23
| Gary Hieber
| 66
| EWH Service
|
| 99
| 1,100
| running
| 0 |
10
| 10
| Billy Puterbaugh
| 35
| William Puterbaugh
|
| 99
| 1,000
| running
| 0 |
11
| 15
| Eric Gordon
| 18
| Joe Conroy
|
| 99
|
| running
| 0 |
12
| 13
| J.J. Yeley
| 58
| Jack Gardner
|
| 99
|
| running
| 0 |
13
| 14
| Ronnie Burke
| 87
| Ronnie Burke
|
| 99
|
| running
| 0 |
14
| 18
| Brian Tyler
| 73
| Thomas Dickson
|
| 99
|
| running
| 0 |
15
| 16
| Derek Davidson
| 24
| David LeFevre
|
| 99
|
| running
| 0 |
16
| 19
| Kenneth Nichols
| 62
| Gary Beaver
|
| 99
|
| running
| 0 |
17
| 28
| Rod Holshouser
| 64
| Holshouser
|
| 98
|
|
| 0 |
18
| 27
| Mike Gregg
| 65
| John Gregg
|
| 98
|
|
| 0 |
19
| 4
| Chuck Gurney
| 9
| Jim Goetz
|
| 85
|
|
| 0 |
20
| 20
| Wally Pankratz
| 50
| Aviators Racing
|
| 68
|
|
| 0 |
21
| 26
| Jerry Nemire
| 31
| Mataka Brothers
|
| 53
|
|
| 0 |
22
| 29
| Bill Baue
| 78
| B&G Engines
|
| 47
|
|
| 0 |
23
| 24
| Billy Engelhart
| 83
| Gus Sohm
|
| 46
|
|
| 0 |
24
| 25
| Robby Flock
| 94
| Richard Hart
|
| 31
|
|
| 0 |
25
| 9
| George Snider
| 111
| George Snider
|
| 20
|
|
| 0 |
26
| 17
| Ryan Newman
| 39
| Ryan Newman
|
| 19
|
|
| 0 |
27
| 31
| Daryl Daugherty
| 34
| D&D
|
| 15
|
|
| 0 |
28
| 5
| Kevin Thomas
| 27
| 5D
|
| 0
|
|
| 0 |
29
| 6
| Johnny Parsons
| 43
| Ricky Nix
|
| 0
|
|
| 0 |
30
| 7
| Chuck Leary
| 30
| Charles Leary
|
| 0
|
|
| 0 |
31
| 30
| Tim Clark
| 23
| Bob Parker
|
| 0
|
| did not start
| 0 |
32
| 32
| Norm Young
| 22
| John A. Lawson
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
33
| 33
| Al Thomas
| 172
| Thomas
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
34
| 34
| Tony Elliott
| 6
| Ralph Potter
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
35
| 35
| Bruce Field
| 7
| Jim Wellington
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
36
| 36
| Randy Bateman
| 96
| Wallace
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
37
| 37
| Rusty McClure
| 46
| George Egan
|
| 0
|
| did not qualify
| 0 |
Pole Speed: 31.287 seconds