SELINSGROVE, Pa. — Selinsgrove Speedway and USAC will present the Second Annual Bill Holland Classic for the USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series on Aug. 8.
Joining the Silver Crown cars will be the East Coast wingless 360 sprint cars for a wingless sprint car doubleheader.
In what will be only their second appearance at the famed Snyder County oval, the Silver Crown Champ cars will be featured in a 75-lap race that will not only honor the memory of the late Hall-of-Fame driver Bill Holland but also commemorate the speedway’s historic 75th anniversary season.
Holland, of Philadelphia, won the first race at Selinsgrove Speedway on July 20, 1946, and went on to win the 1949 Indianapolis 500. Although Holland never won a race with USAC, his career was legendary in AAA competition, the predecessor to the formation of USAC in 1955. He died in 1984 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease and was inducted posthumously into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2005.
The elite Silver Crown Champ Car Series drivers will race for $8,075 to win and the beautiful Holland Classic trophy. The total purse will be $33,000.
In last year’s inaugural race, Shane Cottle made a thrilling last-lap pass for the lead after having to restart the race at the rear of the field on lap 30 due to a flat tire. Cottle took the prestigious victory over C.J. Leary.
The East Coast wingless 360 sprint cars will make their third and final appearance of the season in a 20-lap main event.
Brady Bacon won the track’s first wingless 360 sprint car race in last year’s show over Steve Drevicki.
Shane Cottle at Selinsgrove (Pa.) Speedway in 2020. (Dallas Breeze Photo)