ROSSBURG, Ohio – Eldora Speedway has been added to the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series schedule, with a June 26 race marking the first of two dates for the series at the half-mile dirt oval for next year.
The new June event marks just the third time that multiple Silver Crown events have been held at Eldora in a single season, and the first time such an occurrence has happened since 1982, a race won by Danny Smith in his first career USAC Silver Crown start.
Eldora is also scheduled to host its second USAC Silver Crown event of 2021 during 4-Crown Nationals weekend on Sept. 24-25.
The weekend of the June Eldora event will be stacked, with the USAC Silver Crown competing on both the pavement and the dirt on consecutive nights.
On Friday, June 25, the series will be contested on the pavement at Madison Int’l Speedway in Oregon, Wis.
Teams and drivers will then make the trek for the following night’s Crown race at Eldora.
Jack Hewitt stands head and shoulders above all drivers with eight career Eldora USAC Silver Crown victories, double that of his nearest competition.
Dave Darland owns four Eldora wins, while Steve Kinser, Bryan Clauson, Chris Windom, J.J. Yeley, Jerry Coons Jr., Larry Rice, Ron Shuman and Steve Butler each have two.
Meanwhile, Danny Smith, Brian Tyler, C.J. Leary, Christopher Bell, Jimmy Sills, Ken Schrader, Kevin Huntley, Kyle Larson, Mat Neely, Tyler Courtney and Brady Bacon have each triumphed once in the Dirt Champ Cars at Eldora. Bacon won the most recent event there with the series in 2019.
Eldora fills out the remainder of the Silver Crown schedule, which includes seven races on the dirt and five on the pavement.