by Dick Jordan
INDIANAPOLIS - Shane Cottle Kokomo, Ind. defend “Ted Horn 100” title Sunday night DuQuoin (Ill.) Fairgrounds round seven 2008 USAC & Silver Crown Championship Series Optima Batteries. form holds true Sunday’s race wl unpredictable rest year’s slate.
Six drivers won races contested 2008 Cottle sixth standings, finish td Terre Haute, Ind. July.
Series leader Jerry Coons Jr. 41-point lead or Dave Darland 66 available Sunday. Coons finished sixth year’s DuQuoin race.
Darland le add DuQuoin resume, he’s won mile dirt ovals, Indiana Illinois Fairgrounds Indianapolis Springfield respectively.
Brian Tyler Tracy Hines tied td current standings. Tyler won “Tony Bettenhausen 100” Springfield August 16 Hines won DuQuoin 2005 2006.
Coons Hines seeking USAC “Triple Crown Champions.” Coons bh 2008 Silver Crown National Sprint titles, Hines National Midget title join USAC “Triple Crown Champs” Darland, J.J. Yeley, Pancho Carter Tony Stewart. Coons sd Sprint ps Hines leading Midget standings.
Sunday night’s race 100-miler continues tradition dating bk 1948!