Rewind: 2000 Memphis USAC Silver Crown Highlights

Highlights from the 2000 USAC Silver Crown race from Memphis, site of the series' return on March 22-23, 2019.

In the '00 season finale, two-time USAC National Sprint Car champion Brian Tyler took over the leader late after trouble befell the previous year's Silver Crown champ Ryan Newman three-quarters of the way through the race.

While Tyler cruised to victory, Tracy Hines earned his first USAC National title.  He would go on to become the sixth driver to become a USAC Triple Crown title.

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USAC COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 28-29, 2000 – Memphis, Tennessee - Memphis Motorsports Park - "Memphis 100"

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Oct. 28) 1. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-21.369; 2. Derek Davidson, 25, BWB-21.412; 3. Dave Steele, 19, GMS-21.428; 4. Kasey Kahne, 67, Zarounian-21.441; 5. Jason McCord, 4, Contos-21.462; 6. Tracy Hines, 37, Indiana Underground-21.481; 7. Dane Carter, 27, Carter-21.509; 8. Brian Tyler, 69, Dynamics-21.540; 9. Bentley Warren, 29, S & S-21.579; 10. Brad Noffsinger, 40, Curb/Agajanian/Noffsinger-21.584; 11. Ryan Newman, 1, Vance-21.585; 12. Ed Carpenter, 7, Snider-21.586; 13. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-21.636; 14. Bobby McMahan, 26, Espindola-21.655; 15. Jason Leffler, 9, East/Stewart-21.702; 16. Billy Whittaker, 47, JP Autosport-21.752; 17. Bud Kaeding, 44, Helmling-21.806; 18. Robby Flock, 80, Beach-21.824; 19. John Heydenreich, 99, Mucci/Matczak-21.837; 20. Tony Elliott, 20, Nolen-21.958; 21. Eric Gordon, 41, Bowen-21.978; 22. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-22.028; 23. Aaron Fike, 93, RFMS-22.118; 24. Mike Ordway, 110, West-22.124; 25. Pat Abold, 01, West-22.129; 26. Jimmy Sills, 92, Hoerner-22.135; 27. Jack Hewitt, 23, Dewitt-22.201; 28. Mark Boice, 54, Boice-22.209; 29. Paul White, 100, Cook-22.210; 30. Jeff Bloom, 3, 3D-22.334; 31. Rich Tobias, Jr., 74, RW Motorsports-22.378; 32. Jerry Coons, Jr., 333, RE Technologies-22.461; 33. J.J. Yeley, 11, Snider/Foyt-22.511; 34. Ricky Shelton, 50, Aviators-22.561; 35. Eric Butze, 35, RE Technologies-22.591; 36. Kenny Jacobs, 17, Holt-22.635; 37. David Bridges, 16, Logan-22.735; 38. Jackie Burke, 86, Burke-22.951; 39. Johnny Gilbertson, 89, Moore-23.262; 40. Jimmy McCune, 2, Vance-NT; 41. Robbie Rice, 8, Wallace-NT; 42. Jim Childers, 78, Miller/Holz-NT. (Jerry Coons, Jr., 135, RE Technologies-22.461-withdrawn).

QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps - Held Oct. 28) ) 1. Hewitt, 2. Abold, 3. Sills, 4. White, 5. Tobias, 6. Yeley, 7. Boice, 8. Coons (#333), 9. Shelton, 10. Jacobs, 11. Butze, 12. Bridges, 13. Gilbertson, 14. Burke. 5:34.15

FEATURE: (100 laps - Held Oct. 29) 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Russ Gamester, 4. Kasey Kahne, 5. Derek Davidson, 6. J.J. Yeley, 7. Brad Noffsinger, 8. Jason McCord, 9. Dane Carter, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. Jack Hewitt, 12. Paul White, 13. Bentley Warren, 14. Aaron Fike, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Ed Carpenter, 17. Jimmy Sills, 18. Rich Tobias, Jr., 19. Mike Ordway, 20. Robby Flock, 21. Dave Steele, 22. Ryan Newman, 23. Billy Whitaker, 24. Jason Leffler, 25. Chet Fillip, 26. Eric Gordon, 27. Pat Abold, 28. John Heydenreich, 29. Bobby McMahan, 30. Tony Elliott. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Davidson, Laps 24-50 Kahne, Laps 51-75 Newman, Laps 76-100 Tyler.

FINAL COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET STANDINGS: 1-Hines-603; 2-Darland-574; 3-Tyler-563; 4-Yeley-490; 5-Noffsinger-483; 6-Gamester-453; 7-Elliott-435; 8-Heydenreich-429; 9-White-419; 10-Kahne-409.