Rewind: 1999 Memphis USAC Silver Crown Highlights

Highlights from the 1999 USAC Silver Crown race from Memphis, site of series' return on March 22-23, 2019.

On this Halloween afternoon, Brad Noffsinger made a late race pass on Jason Leffler to score his first career USAC Silver Crown victory in the series' second-ever appearance at Memphis International Raceway.

Meanwhile, with his 8th place finish, Ryan Newman accumulate enough points to claim the Silver Crown title, the only USAC title won by the future Daytona 500 winner.

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USAC COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 30-31, 1999 -- Memphis, Tennessee - Memphis Motorsports Park - “Memphis 100”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 2, Vance-21.308; 2. Dave Steele, 92, Hoerner-21.351; 3. Bentley Warren, 29, S & S-21.526; 4. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-21.555; 5. Paul White, 100. Cook-21.558; 6. Jason Leffler, 9, East-21.560; 7. Brad Noffsinger, 40, Curb/Agajanian-21.584; 8. Chuck Leary, 30, Leary-21.589; 9. Tracy Hines, 37, Riggs-21.659; 10. Jimmy McCune, 36, McCune-21.663; 11. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-21.724; 12. Jimmy Sills, 111, Snider/Foyt-21.746; 13. Davey Hamilton, 11, Snider/Foyt-21.747; 14. Chet Fillip, 777, Advanced Racing-21.754; 15. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 80, Beach-21.832; 16. Tony Elliott, 20, Nolen-21.833; 17. Ryan Newman, 14, M & L-21.842; 18. Brian Tyler, 69, Dynamics-21.875; 19. J.J. Yeley, 67, Zarounian-22.007; 20. Kenny Jacobs, 17, Holt-22.070; 21. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-22.072; 22. Jason McCord, 4, Contos-22.081; 23. Rebel Jackson, Jr., 110, Helton-22.129; 24. Billy Whittaker, 47, Paternoster-22.160; 25. Jack Hewitt, 23, Dewit-22.202; 26. Bill Rose, 62, Beaver-22.223; 27. Keith Butler, 54, Holbrook-22.279; 28. Todd Kane, 75, Dixon-22.574; 22.311; 29. Jimmy Kite, 50, Aviators-22.325; 30. Greg Hodnett, 35, R.E. Technologies-22.380; 31. Mike Ordway, 32, Kazmark-22.432; 32. Brian Paulus, 22, P & P-22.490; 33. Rich Tobias, Jr., 74, RW-22.559; 34. Greg Wilson, 63, Hampshire-22.631; 35. Tom Capie, 153, Capie-22.632; 36. Troy Vaccaro, 18, Conroy-22.680; 37. Steve Surniak, 15, Lawson-22.851; 38. Ray Bragg, 88, Moore-23.117; 39. Dana LaLiberte, 70, LaLiberte-23.411; 40. Tad Roach, 144, Logan-26.517; 41. Daryl Daugherty, 34, D & D-NT; 42. Randy Bateman, 96, T & D-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps-Held Oct. 30) 1. Rose, 2. Hewitt, 3. Kane, 4. Paulus, 5. Vaccaro, 6. Butler, 7. Hodnett, 8. Tobias, 9. Ordway, 10. Wilson, 11. Surniak, 12. LaLiberte, 13. Kite, 14. Capie, 15. Bragg. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps-Held Oct. 31) 1. Brad Noffsinger, 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Jason Leffler, 4. Russ Gamester, 5. Bentley Warren, 6. Jimmy Sills, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Ryan Newman, 9. Jimmy McCune, 10. Davey Hamilton, 11. Chet Fillip, 12. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 13. Tony Elliott, 14. Rebel Jackson, Jr., 15. Jack Hewitt, 16. Jason McCord, 17. Keith Butler, 18. Dave Darland, 19. Bill Rose, 20. Bill Whittaker, 21. Gary Hieber, 22. Brian Tyler, 23. J.J. Yeley, 24. Chuck Leary, 25. Dave Steele, 26. Todd Kane, 27. Brian Paulus, 28. Troy Vaccaro, 29. Paul White, 30. Kenny Jacobs. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-44 Steele, Laps 45-82 Leffler, Laps 83-100 Noffsinger.

FINAL SILVER BULLET STANDINGS: 1-Newman-666; 2-Gamester-619; 3-Hewitt-539; 4-Sills-519; 5-Tyler-512; 6-Hines-497; 7-Elliott-481; 8-Yeley-454; Darland-443; 10-Leffler-391.