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Surely They Meant to Say “Clown,” Not Crown Car

By Marc • December 11, 2004

Silver Crown CarHas USAC been tipping a little too much of the Christmas bubbly? Or gotten hold of a “too rich” rum cake?

Maybe I missed the whole X-Mas thing and it’s actually April 1 st.
Has Weary Willy become USAC’s Director of Competition? That can’t be… Willy has long since gone to the great circus in the sky.

I have no explaination for the following, so via Who Won I’ll let USAC tell of the sad demise of another racing tradition.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The United States Auto Club (USAC), seeking to build participation, boost competition and expand its fan base within its premier race program, the Weld Racing Silver Crown Series, has developed an evolutionary design that will become the new Silver Crown pavement car for the 2006 racing season.

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2 Responses to “ Surely They Meant to Say “Clown,” Not Crown Car ”

  1. Don McAuley Dec 11th, 2004 at 11:22 am

    :shock: Jeez, Marc you said it pretty well the way I would. That pic looks like an extra large speedway kart.:roll: There’s nothing wrong with tradition, in fact I think the WoO should return to the cars of the early 80’s:idea:

  2. OBH Dec 12th, 2004 at 11:26 pm

    Another wind tunnel design, how were they able to design cars before there were wind tunnels? I agree with Don, it does look like a kart. It also kind of resembles a small sports car, all it’s missing is a little body work over the front tire. Of course, then it wouldn’t be an open wheel car anymore.:???: