LARSON WINS “TED HORN 100” AT DuQUOIN

By Dick Jordan,Lonnie Wheatley photo

DuQuoin, IL……..Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. earned his first TRAXXAS USAC Silver Crown victory Sunday night at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, winning the “Ted Horn 100.” He started fourth and passed Bryan Clauson on the 23rd lap, then led the rest of the way in his IWX Motor Freight/Hoosier Tire Eagle/Speedway Chevy. Levi Jones finished second and snatched the series point lead away from Jerry Coons Jr., who finished fifth. Tracy Hines was third and Brian Tyler fourth. Bryan Clauson won the pole and led the first 22 laps but finished ninth.

TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN RACE RESULTS: September 4, 2011 – DuQuoin, Illinois – DuQuoin State Fairgrounds – “Ted Horn 100”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 22, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-30.174; 2. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-30.787; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-30.937; 4. Kyle Larson, 71, Kunz-31.173; 5. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-31.277; 6. Tracy Hines, 16, Lightfoot-31.331; 7. Shane Hollingsworth, 20, Nolen-31.377; 8. Tanner Swanson, 23, Team 6R/TK-31.405; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-31.429; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 17, RW-31.509; 11. Brian Tyler, 21, Team 6R-31.573; 12. Darren Hagen, 99, RE-31.573; 13. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-31.628; 14. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-32.227; 15. Derek Hagar, 91, Hagar-32.259; 16. John Heydenreich, 43, Nix-32.280; 17. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-32.283; 18. Dave Darland, 37, Indiana Underground-32.420; 19. Donnie Beechler, 14, McQuinn-32.576; 20. Mike Hess, 39, Aquilini-32,722; 21. Chris Urish, 77, Urish-32.857; 22. Shane Cockrum, 114, Hardy-32.871; 23. Kellen Conover, 76, Conover-36.076; 24. Jerry Bruce, 75, Bruce-38.575; 25. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-NT; 26. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-NT; 27. Todd Kane, 63, DePalma-NT; 28. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-NT.

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Brian Tyler, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Derek Hagar, 8. Bud Kaeding, 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Tanner Swanson, 11. Jon Stanbrough, 12. Dave Darland, 13. John Heydenreich, 14. Mike Hess, 15. Chris Urish, 16. Chris Windom, 17. Shane Cockrum, 18. Donnie Beechler, 19. Shane Hollingsworth, 20. Kellen Conover, 21. Bobby East, 22. Kody Swanson, 23. Jerry Bruce, 24. Russ Gamester, 25. Zach Daum. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Clauson, Laps 23-100 Larson.

NEW TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Jones-309; 2-Coons-303; 3-Hines-257; 4-Tyler-256; 5-Larson-254; 6-Kaeding-252; 7-T.Swanson-242; 8-East-219; 9-Hagar-160; 10-Clauson-158.

NEXT TRAXXAS USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: September 24 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway – “4-Crown Nationals”