| COONS GIVES TOYOTA THIRD CONSECUTIVE HOOSIER HUNDRED VICTORY |
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| TORRANCE, Calif. (May 26, 2011) Jerry Coons took the lead on a Lap 14 re-start and never relinquished it on the way to giving Toyota its third consecutive Hoosier Hundred victory in the 59th running of the prestigious event at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Friday night. The win gives Toyota its second straight triumph to open the 2012 USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series season. The victory is the second in a row at the Hoosier Hundred for Coons, as he joins such drivers as A.J. Foyt, Al Unser Jr. Jimmy Bryan, Rodger Ward, Chuck Gurney and Jack Hewitt as drivers who have more than one of the coveted titles. Other past Hoosier Hundred winners include Mario Andretti and Parnelli Jones. "Winning this race just once and joining that list of names, that was a huge deal in itself, said Coons. To come back and join the group of guys who have won it more than once, and won it back-to-back, its just amazing." In addition to Coons victory, the other big story of the night revolved around another Toyota driver as Bryan Clauson began the first half of a busy weekend that will culminate in his driving in his first Indianapolis 500 on Sunday. Clauson, the crowd favorite, began the night on a high note in winning the pole. After being inverted to the fifth starting position, he climbed as high as third before handling problems dropped him back to an eventual seventh-place finish. Kody Swanson drove to his second consecutive top-five finish with a fifth as he remains in second-place in the point race after two races. Kodys younger brother, Tanner Swanson, was the fourth Toyota-powered driver to earn a top-10 finish with an eighth and Brian Tyler placed 14th. USACs huge weekend of racing continues tonight with the 67th running of the Night Before the 500 Midget Car Series event at Lucas Oil Raceway Park in Indianapolis. Toyota USAC Silver Crown Series Hoosier Hundred Results, Qual/Fin. Coons, 3/1 Clauson, 1/7 K. Swanson, 5/5 T. Swanson, 15/8 Tyler, 11/14 USAC SILVER CROWN SERIES POINTS: 1. Kaeding-111; 2. Swanson-109; 3-Jones-93; 4.T.Swanson-90; 4-t.Hines-90; 6. Coons-88; 7. East-82; 8. Santos-63; 9. Daum-63; 10-Gamester-62 Next USAC Silver Crown Series Race: June 22, Newton Iowa Speedway USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-Hagen-222; 2. East-219; 3. C. Armstrong-195; 4.Larson-192; 5.Clouser-187; 6.Clauson-166; 7.Jones-157; 8.Hines-141; 9. Roberts-136; 10-Kuhn-123 Next USAC Midget Car Series Race: May 26, Lucas Oil Raceway, Indianapolis, Ind., Night Before the 500    |
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