DUQUOIN, Ill. — Shane Cottle earned his first K&N USAC Silver Crown Championship victory Sunday night at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, leading all 100 laps of the 57th Ted Horn 100 in his Contos Racing Beast/Pink Ford.
Cottle won the pole at 112.750 miles per hour and led all the way on the mile dirt oval, despite late-race pressure from Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and defending series champion and point leader Bud Kaeding.
The race was stopped twice by red flags, and there were no driver injuries.
Trailing Cottle, Stenhouse and Kaeding at the checkered flag were Dave Darland, Jon Stanbrough, Jerry Coons, Jr., Mat Neely, Ron Gregory, Shane Hollingsworth and Levi Jones.
Kaeding emerged with a 53-point lead over Wayne Reutimann, Jr. going into the Sept. 15 event at New Hampshire Int’l Speedway.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Shane Cottle, Contos 4, 31.929; 2. Bud Kaeding, BK 29, 31.942; 3. Ron Gregory, Irvin/Nolen 48, 32.127; 4. Ricky Stenhouse, Jr., Stewart 22, 32.170; 5. Randy Bateman, Bateman 55, 32.246; 6. Aaron Pierce, Pierce 26, 32.280; 7. Dave Darland, Foxco 56, 32.403; 8. Jon Stanbrough, Baldwin 5, 32.416; 9. Tom Capie, Paternoster 41, 32.590; 10. Billy Wease, Western Speed 12, 32.607; 11. Kevin Huntley, SC 97, 32.611; 12. Levi Jones, Stewart 10, 32.663; 13. Donnie Beechler, McQuinn 45, 32.686; 14. Jerry Coons, Jr., RW 27, 32.747; 15. Shane Hollingsworth, Nolen 20, 32.757; 16. Paul White, Mucci/Matczak 99, 32.799; 17. Mike Murgoitio, Team Six-R 19, 32.828; 18. Brian Tyler, Team Six R 21, 32.958; 19. Justin Allgaier, Bergfield 86, 33.084; 20. Chappy Knaack, Miller 36, 33.129; 21. Russ Gamester, Gamester 51, 33.134; 22. John Heydenreich, Bank 90, 33.150; 23. Mitch Wissmiller, Onken 23, 33.162; 24. Wayne Reutimann, Jr., Reutimann 00, 33.183; 25. Dereck King, Harris 191, 33.187; 26. Roger Rager, Loucks 33, 33.237; 27. Johnny Parsons, Nix 43, 33.246; 28. Tim Barber, Pierson 28, 33.627; 29. Tim Siner, Siner 62, 33.693; 30. Ray Bull, MEGA 63, 33.734; 31. Mike Hess, Baker 155, 33.803; 32. Kyle Steffens, Hartenstine 65, 33.858; 33. Hud Cone, Galas 112, 33.860; 34. Cameron Dodson, Edwards/RE 199, 33.928; 35. Mat Neely, RW 17, no time; 36. A.J. Fike, Hemelgarn/RFMS 91, no time.
Qualifying Race: (10 laps) Gamester, Reutimann, Heydenreich, Parsons, Neely, Cone, Bull, Barber, King, Siner, Rager, Dodson, Steffens, Wissmiller, Hess.
Feature: (100 laps) Cottle, Stenhouse Jr., Kaeding, Darland, Stanbrough, Coons Jr., Neely, Gregory, Hollingsworth, Jones, Huntley, Murgoitio, Reutimann Jr., Allgaier, Wease, Parsons, Barber, King, Beechler, Cone, Siner, Pierce, Dodson, Knaack, White, Capie, Bull, Gamester, Tyler, Heydenreich, Rager, Bateman.