AVONDALE, Ariz. — Cameron Dodson scored his initial K & N USAC Silver Crown Championship victory Thursday night at Phoenix Int’l Raceway, winning the 100-mile 32nd Annual Copper World Classic on the one-mile paved oval.
Bud Kaeding finished 12th and clinched his second-consecutive K & N Silver Crown driving title.
Dodson started alongside polesitter Jerry Coons, Jr. and led the first 25 laps before yielding the point to Coons, who took the led for the next 28 circuits.
J.J. Yeley took over on lap 54 and was leading when he spun on lap 84, allowing Dodson to regain a lead he never relinquished in his Carl Edwards-owned RE Technologies/Red Line Oil C & R/Ford.
Coons finished second, ahead of Pablo Donoso, Tim Barber and Dave Darland.
The race was slowed five times during caution periods and Dodson’s average speed was 96.734 miles per hour.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., RW 27, 26.094; 2. Cameron Dodson, Edwards/RE 199, 26.370; 3. Dave Darland, Hemelgarn/RFMS 91, 26.407; 4. Michael Annett, TMC 121, 26.579; 5. Brian Tyler, Team Six-R 21, 26.649; 6. Wayne Reutimann, Jr., Reutimann 00, 26.673; 7. J.J Yeley, Foyt 14, 26.697; 8. Jason Leffler, PDM 18, 26.785; 9. Mat Neely, RW 17, 26.817; 10. Mike Murgoitio, Team Six-R 19, 26.856; 11. Tyler Walker, Vance 2, 26.885; 12. Pablo Donoso, Foyt 11, 26.946; 13. Tim Barber, Pierson 28, 26.952; 14. Aaron Pierce, Pierce 26, 26.987; 15. Bud Kaeding, BK 29, 27.080; 16. Billy Wease, Western Speed 12, 27.203; 17. Brad Armstrong, Weesner 96, 27.945; 18. Rob Summers, Paternoster 41, 27.970; 19. Paul White, Mucci/Matczak 99, 28.167; 20. Wayne Reutimann, Sr., Reutimann 01, 28.217; 21. Brian Hosford, Pierce 6, 28.298.
Feature (100 laps): Dodson, Coons, Donoso, Barber, Darland, Reutimann, Jr., Armstrong, Hosford, Yeley, Reutimann, Sr., White, Kaeding, Pierce, Neely, Wease, Annett, Summers, Walker, Leffler, Murgoitio, Tyler.