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Don Branson/Jud Larson Memorial

USAC Silver Crown race
Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH
April 26, 1981
100 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 50 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Steve Kinser	75	Bill King	Stanton/Chevrolet	100	5,750	running	100
2	5	Jack Hewitt	58	Ralph DePalma		100	3,600	running	0
3	4	Steve Chassey	1	DelRose-Holt Racing	Chevrolet	99	2,600	running	0
4	8	Paul Pitzer	51	GCQ Racing		99	2,100	running	0
5	6	Sheldon Kinser	11	Ben Leyba		98	1,800	running	0
6	10	Lealand McSpadden	64	J.F. McCray		98	1,600	running	0
7	16	Steve Cannon	39	Damon Fortune		98	1,500	running	0
8	18	Chris Cumberworth	7	Doug Lang		97	1,400	running	0
9	17	Bill Compton	22	Michael Syring		95	1,350	running	0
10	1	Tom Bigelow	56	Richard Hammond		86	1,300	magneto	0
11	7	Larry Dickson	18	Joe Conroy		79	1,250	accident	0
12	19	Bud Wilmot	84	Steve Wilmot		62	1,200	throttle	0
13	9	Bobby Olivero	5	Ralph Wilke	1978 Watson	40	1,150	accident	0
14	15	Billy Vukovich	49	Mason Cook		38	1,100	brakes	0
15	11	Greg Leffler	43	Sherman Armstrong		31	1,050	suspension	0
16	13	Joe Saldana	33	Richard Johnson		29	1,000	engine	0
17	3	Larry Rice	55	George Middleton	King/Chevrolet	17	980	accident	0
18	20	Lennie Waldo	81	Tom Stenger		9	1,065	shock	0
19	12	Bill Tyler	57	Lyle Roberts		8	955	accident	0
20	14	Billy Engelhart	42	Frank Marcello		5	950	oil leak	0
21	21	Rich Vogler	17	Cecilia Smith		0		did not qualify	0
22	22	Smokey Snellbaker	54	Charles Lloyd		0		did not qualify	0
23	23	Eddie Leavitt	53	Lowell Schmidt		0		did not qualify	0
24	24	Ken Schrader	31	William Mataka		0		did not qualify	0
25	25	Tracy Potter	24	Steven MacPherson		0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Rick Hood	71	Tom Stenger		0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Jerry Potter	62	Joe Booth		0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Richard Powell	77	Powell		0		did not qualify	0
	4	Gary Bettenhausen	1	DelRose-Holt Racing	Chevrolet	0		qualified car	0

Notes: Tom Bigelow was the fast qualifier.
Pole Speed: 17.113 seconds
4 cautions for 36 laps
Race Purse: $ 36,750