Allen Crowe Memorial 100

The Allen Crowe Memorial 100 is an ARCA RE/MAX Series stock car race held annually on the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack during the Illinois State Fair.

Contents 1 Allen Crowe 2 Race history 2.1 USAC era 2.2 Co-sanctioning 2.3 ARCA era 3 Race Winners 4 Tragedies 5 References

Allen Crowe

Born November 12, 1928 in York, Illinois, Allen Crowe died in New Bremen, Ohio on June 2, 1963 from injuries sustained in a Sprint Car race at New Bremen Speedway. Allen cut his teeth at the now defunct Springfield Speedway. He started in Stock cars and moved up fast. He soon became a first class racer, winning the Missouri-Illinois stock car title. He began racing in the USAC Championship Car Series, racing in the 1961 through 1963 seasons with 15 starts, including the 1962 and 1963 Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 6 times, with his best finish of 5th in 1962 at Syracuse.^[1]

Race history

The first Allen Crowe Memorial was held August 25, 1963.^[2] That race was won by NASCAR driver, Curtis Turner.^[3]

USAC era

USAC's Stock Car division sanctioned the race from the race's inception in 1963, until the series' demise in 1984. 1972's race was an odd occurrence, in that Al Unser won the USAC Stock car race on Saturday, and then won the USAC Championship Dirt Car race the following day.^[2] The feat has never been repeated in the years since.

Co-sanctioning

As USAC was downsizing its Stock car division, the 1983 and 1984 running of the Allen Crowe Memorial was co-sanctioned with ARCA.

ARCA era

ARCA took over as sole sanctioning body in 1985. Beginning in 1989, the race was re-named the Coors Allen Crowe Memorial 100. In 1999, 2000, and 2001, the race was re-named the "Par-A-Dice 100", due to a new sponsor of the race. The race resumed the Allen Crowe Memorial moniker in 2002, and has kept it since.

Race Winners

Year	Winner		Year	Winner		Year	Winner		Year	Winner		Year	Winner
									1963	Curtis Turner		1964	Bobby Marshman≠
1965	Bobby Isaac		1966	Don White		1967	Don White		1968	Norm Nelson		1969	Butch Hartman
1970	Norm Nelson		1971	Jack Bowsher		1972	Al Unser		1973	Jack Bowsher		1974	Roger McCluskey
1975	Butch Hartman		1976	Ramo Stott		1977	Ramo Stott		1978	Sal Tovella		1979	A.J. Foyt
1980	Terry Ryan		1981	Dean Roper		1982	Bay Darnell		1983†	Dean Roper		1984†	Bobby Jacks
1985	Dean Roper		1986	Dean Roper		1987	Bob Keselowski		1988	Bob Keselowski		1989	Bob Keselowski
1990	Bob Brevak		1991	Bobby Bowsher		1992	Bobby Bowsher		1993	Billy Thomas		1994	Bob Hill
1995	Billy Thomas		1996	Tim Steele		1997	Tim Steele		1998	Ken Schrader		1999	Bill Baird
2000	Frank Kimmel		2001	Frank Kimmel		2002	Frank Kimmel		2003	Frank Kimmel		2004	Bill Baird
2005	Frank Kimmel		2006	Justin Allgaier		2007	Frank Kimmel		2008	Frank Kimmel
1963 - 1982 USAC Event, † 1983, '84 Co-Sanctioned Event between ARCA and USAC 1985 and on ARCA Event													Results References:[2] [4] [5] [6] [7]

≠After setting a 100-mile record that has never been eclipsed, Marshman was killed later that year.^[5]

• Race Winners since 1983: Frank Kimmel 6, Bob Keselowski 3, Dean Roper 3, Bill Baird 2, Bobby Bowsher 2, Tim Steele 2. Tied with 1 each -Justin Allgaier, Bob Brevak, Bob Hill, Bobby Jacks, Ken Schrader, Billy Thomas.
• Pole Winners since 1983: Bob Hill 3, Bob Brevak 2, Frank Kimmel 2, Damon Lusk 2, Lee Raymond 2, Ken Schrader 2, Tied with 1 each - Justin Allgaier, Jack Bowsher, Glenn Brewer, Ed Dixon, AJ Fike, Bobby Jacks, Bob Keselowski, Tracy Leslie, Scott Stovall, Bob Strait.^[8]

Tragedies

There have been no deaths in the race attributed to crashes, however Four-time Allen Crowe Memorial 100 winner Dean Roper, whose son Tony Roper was killed in a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race 10 months earlier, suffered a heart attack on lap 17 of the 2001 race. Roper's car slowed on the frontstretch, then hit the inside retaining wall. He was unconscious when medical help arrived, but was later pronounced dead at Springfield Memorial Hospital.^{[9][10][11] [12]}

References