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Kyle Busch and Chase Elliott Top Strong List of Competitors Entered for Sunday’s

Budweiser All America 150 in Nashville

Salem, IN (August 17, 2009) – NASCAR star Kyle Busch and 13 year old Chase Elliott, son of NASCAR Legend Bill Elliott, top a very strong list of competitors entered for this Sunday’s Budweiser All American 150 at the historic Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville. The CRA Super Series has been competing at the Fairgrounds track in Nashville since 2003 and has been sanctioning the Nashville All American 400 event since 2004. The CRA Nashville events have become famous for continuing the Nashville tradition of bringing the best talent from the North against the best talent in the South and Sunday’s race will be no different.

Busch is coming off a very disappointing 23^rd place finish in last Friday’s CRA Super Series event at Toledo Speedway. Bush was working his way to the front when his car suddenly made contact with the backstretch wall after something in the suspension broke ending his day after flying over in a helicopter from Michigan International Speedway to compete in the event. Sunday’s event will be the fourth series event he has raced in this season, he won the July 27^th Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway.

Up and coming driver Bryan Ickler will practice and qualify Busch’s car on Saturday while Busch is racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway trying to get into the Chase.  Per CRA rules if Ickler qualifies in the top 20, Busch will have to start 20^th, if he qualifies out of the top 20, Busch will have to start on the tail of the field when he arrives on Sunday. Busch will also compete in the NASCAR Nationwide Series race on Friday night at Bristol were he is the current points leader. 

After a strong career in Legends, Chase Elliott has already begun to make a name for himself in his first year in a late model. The Dawsonville, Georgia teenager has won two events with the GAS Series pro late models this season and took over the series points lead after a second place finish last Saturday night at Lanier National Speedway, Elliott’s home track. Elliott won an ASA Southeast Series race at Anderson Motor Speedway in Anderson South Carolina on August 10^th. Sunday will be Elliott’s first race in a Super Late Model and first CRA Super Series event. Elliott’s teammate Casey Roderick lead the first half of the 200 lap CRA SpeedFest event at Lanier in January before falling out with mechanical problems. Elliott’s Crew Chief is former late model star Ricky Turner.

There are four former CRA Nashville event winners entered so far for the All American 150 including current CRA Super Series point’s leader John VanDoorn who won the CRA Nashville All American 400 event in 2007. Also Boris Jurkovic who won the same event in 2006, three time series Champion Scott Hantz who won last season’s All American 150, and 2007 series Champion Chris Gabehart who won the CRA All American 400 event last November. All four got to play the famous Copley Guitar Trophy in Nashville’s victory lane, a trophy that is one of the most coveted in all of Motorsports.

Other top CRA drivers entered include multi-time series winner Rick Turner, 2008 Rookie of the Year Aaron Pierce, Jason Shively, Jim Crabtree Jr., Kenny Tweedy, and a strong group of CRA K&N Filters Rookie of the Year candidates including current rookie points leader Tyler Roahrig also Nick Lay, Brandon Fagin and 16 year old Damon Ecoff.

A great group of South late model drivers have entered including 16 year old Johanna Long from Pensacola, Florida. Long captured several Pro Late Model wins last season along with the Pro Late Model Championship at Five Flags Speedway. Long won her first Super Late Model event in the Blizzard Series season opener at Five Flags on April 10^th and won a second Blizzard event on June 29^th. Long has competed in a handful of CRA events including both series events last season at Nashville were she was running in the top ten in the All American 150 before getting involved in an accident and finished 11^th in the CRA All American 400 event last November.

Other South drivers entered include top Florida racers Scott Carlson, Justin Drawdy, Tim Russell and Jeremy Colangelo, Alabama’s Stanley Smith, John Bolen and Danny Bagwell, Kentucky’s Jared Smith, Sammy Sanders and Martin Belcher, North Carolina’s Jeff Fultz and Dennis Schoenfeld, Tennessee’s Heath Hindman and Tony Ponkauskas, Georgia’s Ryan Sieg and Alan Karnes and Oklahoma’s Donnie Wilson.

The Nashville Fairgrounds track is famous all over the country, which is evident by some of the other drivers who will make long hauls to come to this weekend’s event including Brandon Loverock and Rickey McCray Jr. who will come all the way from California to race with CRA in Nashville this weekend. Also Josh Vadnais who will make the long haul from Minnesota and Joe Ross from Missouri to race at one of their favorite tracks in the country. Vadnais finished second in the All American 150 in 2007 to Nathan Haseleu, Vadnais loves the Nashville track and wants a Copley Guitar Trophy!

In all there are 38 drivers pre-entered to date from 14 different states, that list is expected to continue to grow as the event draws nearer. The event pays $5000 to win, but more importantly the top three finishers of the All American 150 get guaranteed starting positions in the prestigious CRA sanctioned Nashville All American 400 event on November 1^st.

More information on this weekend’s event and the Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville is available at www.fairgroundsspeedwayatnashville.com. More information on the CRA Super Series is available at www.craracing.net.

CRA Super Series Allen Chevrolet/Cadillac 100 Presented By Crown RV and Boat Cleaner Cash Bonuses and Contingency Awards Announced

Salem, IN (August 17, 2009) – Champion Racing Association Officials have announced the Cash Bonuses and Contingency Awards from this past Friday’s Allen Chevrolet/Cadillac 100 Presented By Crown RV and Boat Cleaner for the CRA Super Series at Toledo Speedway. In order to receive the awards, the car owner and driver must be licensed series members and properly display each sponsors stickers on both sides of their racecar. The $3791 in total awards listed below is in addition to the events purse payout:

Allen Chevrolet/Cadillac 100 Presented By Crown RV and Boat Cleaner Cash Bonuses and Contingency Awards:

Scott Hantz, 1^st Place: RaceTrailerSales.com Halfway Bonus ($100 Cash Bonus), ARP Bodies Cool Move Of The Race Award ($125 Product Certificate), VDL Fuel Systems Hot Lap Award Winner ($100 Product Certificate), ATI ($100 Product Certificate), Pro Shocks ($100 Product Certificate), Hawk Performance ($75 Product Certificate), Hyperco Springs (One Spring), PitStopUSA.com ($25 Product Certificate), Tanner Racing Products ($25 Product Certificate), Klotz Lubricants (One Case Of Racing Oil)

JR Roahrig, 2^nd Place: Penske Racing Shocks ($100 Product Certificate), Schoenfeld Headers ($75 Product Certificate), Racing Electronics ($50 Product Certificate)

Boris Jurkovic, 3^rd Place: Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award ($150 Cash Bonus), ISKY Racing Cams/Lane Automotive Hardcharger Award ($100 Cash Bonus), Quarter Master ($100 Product Certificate), Penske Racing Shocks ($50 Product Certificate), Racing Electronics ($50 Product Certificate), PitStopUSA.com ($25 Product Certificate)

Rick Turner, 4^th Place: Port City Chassis ($100 Product Certificate), PitBoxes.com ($100 Product Certificate)

Tyler Roahrig, 6^th Place: K & N Filters Rookie Of The Race Award ($100 Cash Bonus, $25 Product Certificate), Advanced Racing Suspensions ($100 Product Certificate), 51 Sports ($51 Product Certificate), Hawk Performance ($50 Product Certificate), ATI ($50 Product Certificate), VDL Fuel Systems Top Rookie ($50 Product Certificate), PitStopUSA.com ($25 Product Certificate)

Brent Jack, 7^th Place: AP Racing (Pair of AP Brake Disc), Aero Race Wheels ($80 Product Certificate), Quarter Master ($50 Product Certificate), AFCO Racing ($50 Product Certificate), Port City Chassis ($50 Product Certificate)

Kenny Tweedy, 8^th Place: Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award ($150 Cash Bonus), C & R Racing ($100 Product Certificate), Port City Chassis ($50 Product Certificate), Swift Springs (One Spring)

Nick Lay, 9^th Place: Cometic Gasket ($50 Product Certificate), Bassett Racing Wheels ($30 Product Certificate), Cometic Gasket ($25 Product Certificate)

Terry Fisher, 10^th Place: Quarter Master ($50 Product Certificate)

Aaron Pierce, 11^th Place: Hawk Performance ($50 Product Certificate), Race Cover-Alls ($25 Product Certificate)

Damon Ecoff, 12^th Place: Joes Racing Products ($50 Product Certificate)

John VanDoorn, 13^th Place: EDCO Welding Fast Qualifier Award ($100 Cash Bonus), Schoenfeld Headers ($50 Product Certificate), Shively High Performance ($40 Product Certificate)

Zach Hulvey, 14^th Place: Shively High Performance ($40 Product Certificate)

Jason Dietsch, 15^th Place: Butler Built ($50 Product Certificate)

Adam Purdy, 16^th Place: Butler Built ($50 Product Certificate)

Tony Dager, DNS: Leaf Racewear Hard Luck Award ($50 Product Certificate)

Rick Brown, DNS: Safety Solutions ($50 Product Certificate)

RacerSpacer Becomes an Award Sponsor with CRA for the Remainder of 2009

Salem, IN (August 18, 2009) – Champion Racing Association officials have announced that RacerSpacer has agreed to become an Award Sponsor with the CRA Super Series for the remaining events on the 2009 schedule. Starting with this Sunday’s Budweiser CRA 150 Presented By The Kyle Busch Foundation, RacerSpacer will award a $50 Product Certificate to the driver that leads the most laps at each series event with the RacerSpacer Lap Leader Award. RacerSpacer will also award a set of RacerSpacers by random draw of the top 15 in final series points at the 2009 Champion Racing Association Banquet.

Eco-Composites, the parent company of RacerSpacer, is a Holland, Michigan based company that develops and delivers sustainable products for a variety of industries. With over thirty years of experience working on new materials and product development in the auto industry and beyond, they look for opportunities to replace traditional materials with high-value, eco-friendly options that improve performance.

Eco-Composites became interested in racecar parts through our affiliation with Perfect Circle Racing, and this led them to explore product design for the racing community. The RacerSpacer is a wheel spacer system that shares performance and design criteria with a fan spacer that they build for cooling system fans in the heavy truck industry. It is made with a sustainable glass fiber composite, which offers the strength of traditional materials such as aluminum or steel. With integrated aluminum bushings co-processed into the recycled composite material, the parts are a fraction of the weight of other spacers, with a much smaller environmental footprint. The spacers come in five stackable, color-coded sizes from 1/16 inch up to 1/2 inch and will fit 5x5 and 5x4.75 bolt patterns.

Perfect Circle Racecars has been instrumental in the development of this product through input and field-testing. Driver Brian Campbell has been very successful this season with RacerSpacers on his racecar.   He pointed out that the spacers “literally take pounds off our unsprung weight, and that's a huge advantage.” RacerSpacer looks forward to hearing from other drivers and crews about how the RacerSpacer works for them. They will continue to use sustainable materials and environmentally friendly approaches to design many more parts for racing professionals. Anyone interested in more information can find RacerSpacer at www.racerspacers.com, www.perfectcircleracecars.com, or call 616-335-2929.

CRA Super Sunday at Mt. Lawn Speedway this Sunday

Salem, IN (August 19, 2009) – The CRA Super Sunday Presented By PPG Enterprises event will take place this Sunday, August 23^rd at the challenging Mt. Lawn Speedway just outside of New Castle, Indiana. This CRA promoted event will feature a full evening of racing from the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series, CRA Street Stocks and the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. The event will showcase the local Mt. Lawn heroes battling the stars of CRA.

The Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series cars have only raced at Mt. Lawn one previous time and that was in May of 2006. Mt. Lawn Motion Motors Late Model regular Scott Knepley got the win that day over T.J. Fisher and Keith Sterkowitz. Knepley will be looking to defend his 2006 win on Sunday and he will bring his teammate L.J. Lines, a legend in Central Indiana racing and at Mt. Lawn Speedway, with him.

Current series point’s leader Steve Minich Jr. will lead the series regulars who will be competing on Sunday at Mt. Lawn. Minich Jr., who has never raced at Mt. Lawn, comes into Sunday’s event with a series leading three wins so far in 2009. Charlie Hanna comes in second in series points, 25 points behind Minich Jr. Sterkowitz is third, 39 points behind Hanna. Leading rookie contender Steve Stacy is fourth only three points behind Sterkowitz. Ric Pfiefer is currently in fifth place. Jason Atkinson, a Mt. Lawn regular, won the series last event at Anderson Speedway on August 8^th.

The CRA Street Stocks will make their second appearance of the season at Mt. Lawn. Jason Thompson dominated the June 10^th Gibo Chew Memorial event, taking the lead from Jim Crabtree Jr. on the second lap and leading the remaining laps to get the win by over a half second over Jeff Lane and Chuck Cook. The CRA Street Stocks will race on Saturday night at Anderson Speedway before coming over to Mt. Lawn for Sunday’s event.

Two-time series Driver Champion Beaver comes into this weekends events as the series current points leader, but has not gotten a victory yet this season. Burton is 25 points behind in second, while Thompson is only one point behind Burton in third place. 2008 series Champion Bret Miles Jr. is fourth in series points, he is 30 points behind Thompson. Rich Boyer is fifth, he is 26 points behind Miles Jr. Rick Erwin was the series most recent winner at Anderson Speedway on August 8^th. There will be a $100 bonus to the highest finishing Anderson Speedway or Mt. Lawn Thundercar that competes in Sunday’s Street Stock event.

The Vore’s Welding & Steel FWD Compacts will have their first ever series point’s event at Mt. Lawn on Sunday. Several series drivers competed in a special non-point series event against the Mt. Lawn Hornets on June 10^th. Tim Dilg came away with the win in that event. Justin Brown was third and Rex Zimmerman sixth to lead the CRA finishers. Mt. Lawn regulars Brian Lewis, Kevin Claborn and Freddie Marlow finished second, fourth and fifth in that event. Sunday’s race promises to be another great battle between the CRA racers and the Mt. Lawn regulars in this division. There is a $50 bonus for the highest finisher not in the top 25 in CRA FWD points and a $25 bonus to the second highest finisher.

Dilg comes into Sunday’s event as the series point’s leader. 2008 series Champion Rex Zimmerman is second, 47 points behind Dilg. Brian Redmond is third, only seven points behind Zimmerman. Leading series rookie Jeff Williams is in fourth place, 32 points behind Redmond. Bill Charles is in fifth place, he is 11 points behind Williams. Zimmerman was the series most recent winner at Winchester Speedway on July 19^th.

Pit gates open on Sunday at 12Noon, spectator gates at 1:30pm. Practice will begin at 2pm, with qualifying at 3:30pm. The race program will begin at 5pm and will include 50 lap features for the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series and the CRA Street Stocks and a 30 lap feature for the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts as well as heat races for all three divisions with Razzles paying bonuses to the Fast Heat winners for each division, $100 for the Late Model Sportsman, $75 for the Street Stocks and $25 for the FWD’s. Adult general Admission tickets will be on sale at the gate for $12, students 9 to 18 are $5, kids 8 and under are free.

More information on this event and all the CRA Series is available at www.craracing.net.

CRA Super Series CRA Budweiser 150 Cash Bonuses and Contingency Awards Announced

Salem, IN (August 25, 2009) – Champion Racing Association Officials have announced the Cash Bonuses and Contingency Awards from this past Sunday’s CRA Budweiser 150 for the CRA Super Series at Fairgrounds Speedway/Nashville. In order to receive the awards, the car owner and driver must be licensed series members and properly display each sponsors stickers on both sides of their racecar. The $3741 in total awards listed below is in addition to the events purse payout:

CRA Budweiser 150 Cash Bonuses and Contingency Awards:

Scott Hantz, 1^st Place: ATI ($100 Product Certificate), Pro Shocks ($100 Product Certificate), Hawk Performance ($75 Product Certificate), Hyperco Springs (One Spring), PitStopUSA.com ($25 Product Certificate), Tanner Racing Products ($25 Product Certificate), Klotz Lubricants (One Case Of Racing Oil)

John Bolen, 2^nd Place: EDCO Welding Fast Qualifier Award ($100 Cash Bonus), Total Performance Award ($50 Product Certificate)

Boris Jurkovic, 3^rd Place: Penske Racing Shocks ($100 Product Certificate), Schoenfeld Headers ($75 Product Certificate), Racing Electronics ($50 Product Certificate)

John VanDoorn, 4th Place: Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award ($150 Cash Bonus), ARP Bodies Cool Move Of The Race Award ($125 Product Certificate), Port City Chassis ($100 Product Certificate), Quarter Master ($100 Product Certificate), Penske Racing Shocks ($50 Product Certificate), PitStopUSA.com ($25 Product Certificate)

Dennis Schoenfeld, 6^th Place: Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award ($150 Cash Bonus), ISKY Racing Cams/Lane Automotive Hardcharger Award ($100 Cash Bonus), PitBoxes.com ($100 Product Certificate), Racing Electronics ($50 Product Certificate)

Rick Turner, 7^th Place: Advanced Racing Suspensions ($100 Product Certificate), 51 Sports ($51 Product Certificate), Hawk Performance ($50 Product Certificate), Port City Chassis ($50 Product Certificate), ATI ($50 Product Certificate), PitStopUSA.com ($25 Product Certificate)

Chase Elliott, 8^th Place: AP Racing (Pair of AP Brake Disc), Aero Race Wheels ($80 Product Certificate), Quarter Master ($50 Product Certificate), AFCO Racing ($50 Product Certificate),

Josh Vadnais, 9^th Place: RaceTrailerSales.com Halfway Bonus ($100 Cash Bonus), C & R Racing ($100 Product Certificate), Swift Springs (One Spring), RaceSpacer Lap Leader Award ($50 Product Certificate)

Kenny Tweedy, 10^th Place: Cometic Gasket ($50 Product Certificate), Bassett Racing Wheels ($30 Product Certificate), Port City Chassis ($50 Product Certificate)

Terry Fisher Jr. 12^th Place: Quarter Master ($50 Product Certificate)

Tyler Roahrig, 13^th Place: K & N Filters Rookie Of The Race Award ($100 Cash Bonus, $25 Product Certificate), VDL Fuel Systems Top Rookie ($50 Product Certificate), Hawk Performance ($50 Product Certificate), Race Cover-Alls ($25 Product Certificate)

Aaron Pierce, 14^th Place: Joes Racing Products ($50 Product Certificate)

Donnie Wilson, 17^th Place: Schoenfeld Headers ($50 Product Certificate), Shively High Performance ($40 Product Certificate)

Nick Lay, 18^th Place: Shively High Performance ($40 Product Certificate), Cometic Gasket ($25 Product Certificate)

Damon Ecoff, 20^th Place: Butler Built ($50 Product Certificate)

Kyle Busch, 21^st Place: VDL Fuel Systems Hot Lap Award Winner ($100 Product Certificate), Butler Built ($50 Product Certificate)

Ken McFarland, 31^st Place: Safety Solutions ($50 Product Certificate)

Jim Crabtree Jr., 32^nd Place: EMF Corp That’s Racing Aawrd ($100 Cash Bonus)

Martin Belcher, DNS: Leaf Racewear Hard Luck Award ($50 Product Certificate)

Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series Howe 50 Presented By PPG Enterprises Contingency Awards

Salem, IN (August 26, 2009) – Champion Racing Association Officials have announced the Contingency Awards from this past Sunday’s Howe 50 Presented By PPG Enterprises for the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series at Mt. Lawn Speedway. In order to receive the awards, the car owner and driver must be licensed series members and properly display each sponsors stickers on both sides of their racecar. The $1010 in awards listed for each driver is in addition to the events purse payout:

Howe 50 Presented By PPG Enterprises Contingency Awards:

Jason Atkinson, 1^st Place: Hawk Performance DTC Rotor Fast Qualifier Award ($150 Product Certificate)

Lou Stremme, 5^th Place: McGunegill Engine Performance ($100 Product Certificate), Hawk Performance ($75 Product Certificate), Pro Shocks ($50 Product Certificate), Howe Racing ($25 Product Certificate)

Keith Sterkpwitz, 6^th Place: Schoendfeld Headers ($25 Product Certificate), Racing Electronics ($25 Product Certificate)

Joe Beaver, 7^th Place: Quarter Master ($75 Product Certificate)

Charlie Hanna, 10^th Place: Hawk Performance ($50 Product Certificate)

Billy Hutson 11^th Place: Aero Race Wheels ($80 Product Certificate), Quarter Master ($50 Product Certificate), Racing Electronics Hardcharger Award ($25 Product Certificate)

Brian McFadden, 12^th Place: C & R Racing ($50 Product Certificate)

Steve Stacy, 13^th Place: Bassett Racing Wheels ($30 Product Certificate)

Steve Minich Jr., 14^th Place: Quarter Master ($50 Product Certificate)

Mark Lambert, 15^th Place: Hawk Performance ($50 Product Certificate), Race Cover-Alls ($25 Product Certificate)

Rick Rinehart, 18^th Place: Schoendfeld Headers ($25 Product Certificate)

Eric Evans, 23^rd Place: Turn One High Performance Steering Lap Leader Award ($50 Product Certificate)

Competition Race Fuels Clean Sweep Award up to $350 for Winchester Labor Day Event

Salem, IN (August 27, 2009) – The Competition Race Fuels Clean Sweep Award will be $350 for next weekend’s McGunegill Engine Performance 100 Presented By Crown RV and Boat Cleaner for the CRA Super Series at Winchester Speedway, part of the big World Stock Car Festival event on Labor Day Weekend. The event will also feature racing action from the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series, CRA Street Stocks, Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, O’Reilly USA Modifieds and Thundercars.

The Competition Race Fuels Clean Sweep Award consist of a $50 cash bonus if an event’s EDCO Welding Fast Qualifier can also win that same event. If the fast qualifier fails to win, the $50 cash bonus is then rolled over to the next event until an events fast qualifier wins that same event. After a fast qualifier wins, the award starts over again at $50.

Scott Hantz claimed a $100 Competition Race Fuels Clean Sweep Award at the May 17^th Winchester Speedway event, the second series event of the season, after the award was not claimed at the series season opener at Anderson Speedway. None of the past six events EDCO Welding Fast Qualifiers have been able to win a race, so the award has rolled over to $350 for the Labor Day Weekend event.

Competition Race Fuels is the Official Race Fuel of the CRA Super Series. Competition Race Fuels will be available for purchase at Winchester Speedway through out the 2009 season. All competing CRA Super Series teams will be required to purchase 10 gallons of Competition Race Fuels at each series event at Winchester Speedway on Labor Day Weekend and again on the Winchester 400 Weekend.

The Competition Race Fuels name is new, but the company is not. Torco Race Fuels had been the series Official Race Fuel for the past two seasons, until the company went out of business during the 2008 season, when a group of former Torco employees stepped up and purchased many of the assets of their former company and created Competition Race Fuels. That company will continue the Mach Series Fuel Line under the name of Competition Race Fuels and will be able to service all the CRA Super Series teams fuel needs. The Mach Series line of products has been turning heads and setting records for the past 15 years.

More information on Competition Race Fuels is available at www.competitionracefuels.net or by calling their Decatur, Michigan office at 269-423-7737.

CRA Super Series Labor Day Weekend Show at Winchester Drawing Outside Talent

Winchester, IN (August 28, 2009) – The CRA Super Series McGunegill Engine Performance 100 Presented by Crown RV and Boat Cleaner on Labor Day Weekend is getting the attention of a lot of outside talent that normally doesn’t race with the series at their regular events. Most of the outside drivers are entering next weekend’s event in preparation for the 38^th Annual Winchester 400 on October 18^th, one of the most prestigious late model events held each year in the country.

The entry list for the Labor Day Weekend event includes 13 year old Chase Elliott, the son of NASCAR legend Bill Elliott, from Dawsonville, Georgia. Elliott made his CRA debut in last weekends CRA Budweiser 150 at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville were he started 14^th and came home a very respectable eighth against a strong group of 32 racecars that started the event. After a strong career in Legends, Chase Elliott has already begun to make a name for himself in his first year in a late model. He has won two events with the GAS Series pro late models this season and took over the series points lead after a second place finish on August 22 nd at Lanier National Speedway, Elliott’s home track. Elliott won an ASA Southeast Series race at Anderson Motor Speedway in Anderson South Carolina on August 10^th. Elliott’s Crew Chief is former late model star Ricky Turner.

16 year old Johanna Long from Pensacola, Florida is also entered. Long captured several Pro Late Model wins last season along with the Pro Late Model Championship at Five Flags Speedway. Long won her first Super Late Model event in the Blizzard Series season opener at Five Flags on April 10^th and won a second Blizzard event on June 29^th. Long has competed in a handful of CRA events the last two seasons including last weekends event in Nashville were she got her first top five finish with the series coming home min fifth place. Next weekend will be Long’s first event at Winchester.

Former Winchester regular Jeff Fultz is entered for next weekend’s event. Fultz got his first CRA win at this event in 2007. He finished second to Rick Turner last year. Fultz, who now lives in Troutman, North Carolina, has his eyes on the big prize of winning his first Winchester 400. Ft. Pierce, Florida driver Justin Drawdy will return to compete on the Highbanks next weekend. Drawdy has competed in the last two Winchester 400’s, but has had his day end early at both events because of accidents.

Chelsea, Alabama’s Stanley Smith will return to Winchester next weekend. Smith competed in this event last year retiring after 26 laps after being involved in an accident. The former NASCAR Sprint Cup driver also competed in last years Winchester 400, lasting to lap 118 before having to park the car with power steering issues. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma’s Donnie Wilson will make the trip back to the Highbanks next weekend, Wilson has competed in several series big events over the past two years and finished fourth in last years Winchester 400.

The series will have two California drivers racing in next weekend’s event. Brian Ickler from San Diego will compete with the Kyle Busch Motorsports team on Labor Day after competing in a NASCAR Camping World East at Iowa Speedway earlier in the weekend. It will be Ickler’s first series point’s event he has raced in, he practiced and qualified the car for Kyle Busch at last weekends series event in Nashville. Ricky McCray’s team will make the long haul from Highland, California to compete in McCray’s second series event. McCray made his series debut in last weekend’s event in Nashville were he completed 43 laps before parking the car with handling issues.

The McGunegill Engine Performance 100 Presented By Crown RV and Boat Cleaner for the CRA Super Series at Winchester Speedway on Monday, September 7^th will be part of the World Stock Car Festival event on Labor Day Weekend, a stock car racing tradition with two full days of on track action. The event will also feature racing from the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series, CRA Street Stocks, Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, O’Reilly USA Modifieds and Thundercars.

More information on the event is available at www.winchesterspeedway.com. More in formation on the CRA Super Series is available at www.craracing.net.

Hantz and Busch Lead Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Awards

Salem, IN (August 28, 2009) – 2008 CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz and NASCAR Star Kyle Busch are the current leaders in the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Awards with just five events left in the CRA Super Series 2009 racing season. Hantz is the lap leader in the regular 100 and 125 lap events this season by leading a total of 192 laps with three events left in that category including the upcoming Labor Day Weekend event at Winchester Speedway, the September 19^th event at Baer Field Speedway and the October 10^th event at Berlin Raceway. Hantz has a 79 lap lead over current series point’s leader John VanDoorn who has led 113 laps so far this season. Eddie Hoffman is in third with 94 laps lead, Chris Anthony is fourth with 51 laps lead, and Aaron Pierce is fifth with 46 laps lead.

Kyle Busch leads the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Award for the extra distance races over 125 laps this season. Busch has lead 211 laps in that category, all of which came in getting a victory in the series Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway on July 27^th. Fellow NASCAR driver David Stremme is second with 150 laps lead, all those came in his series victory in the 200 lap Plymouth Speedway event on July 12^th. Josh Vadnais is in third with 80 laps lead, Hantz is fourth with 70 laps lead, while Jack Landis is fifth with 50 laps lead. There are still two events left in 2009 in this category including the 38^th Annual Winchester 400 on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway on October 18^th and the series Nashville All American 400 event at the Fairgrounds Speedway on November 1^st. 

The Harris Products Group, a division of Lincoln Electric, will award the CRA Super Series driver that leads the most laps in the regular 100/125-lap series point’s events on the 2009 schedule with a set of the Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. In addition, The Harris Products Group will award the driver who leads the most laps in the special event extra distance races on the 2009 CRA Super Series schedule with a set of Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. Both awards will be presented at the 2009 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet.

In May of 2006, the J.W. Harris Company and Harris Calorific, Inc. were merged together to form The Harris Products Group. This integration supported the combining of consumables and equipment for welding, cutting, brazing and soldering for their customer base. The new company logo compliments the best of both Harris organizations and connects them with their parent company, Lincoln Electric. More information can be found at www.harrisproductsgroup.com.

2009 CRA Super Series Schedule:

2009 CRA Super Series South Schedule

1 ^ Sat./Sun., Jan. 24-25 Lanier National Speedway 200 *

2 s Sat/Sun March 7-8 South Alabama Speedway 250 *

3 Mar 28 or Apr 4 or Apr 19 T.B.A. 100

4 Sunday, May 3 Nashville Fairgrounds 150 *

5 Saturday, May 16 T.B.A. 100

6 Saturday, June 6 Monroe Motor Speedway 125

7 Saturday, July 18 Lanier National Speedway 125

8 Saturday, August 15 South Alabama Speedway 100

9 Saturday, September 5 Mobile International Speedway 100

10 Sunday, September 13 Nashville Fairgrounds 150 *

11 Saturday, October 3 T.B.A 100

12 ^ Sat./Sun. Oct. 31-Nov 1 Nashville Fairgrounds 400 *

13 ^ Sat./Sun. Nov.14-15 Major Event T.B.A 200 *

Tentative Schedule - Subject to Change

All Races "Green Flag Laps Only" Except Where Noted

* - Caution Laps Count ^-CRA Sanctioned Non-Points Special Event

s- CRA Supported Non-Points Special Event

2009 CRA Sportsman Series Schedule

1 Saturday, April 18 Anderson Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 75

2 Monday, May 25* Baer Field Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 50

3 Saturday, May 30 Plymouth Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 50

4 Saturday, June 20 Angola Motor Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 75

5 Sunday, July 19 Winchester Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 40

6 Saturday, July 25 Plymouth Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 50

7 Saturday, August 8 Anderson Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 75

8 Sun./Mon. September 7 Winchester Speedway $1200 to Win/$130 to Start 40

9 Saturday, September 19 Anderson Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 75

10 Saturday, September 26* Baer Field Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 50

11 Sunday, October 4 Winchester Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 40

Friday, October 16** Winchester Speedway t.b.a 25

12 Saturday, October 17 Winchester Speedway $1000 to Win/$130 to Start 50

* - Tentative ** - Non Points Event

- 2009 Sportsman Purse Increased over 2008 Purse

- CRA Sportsman Membership Reserves Number and Guarantees $15 Off Entry Fee of all Standard Purse Races

Members Entry Fee deducted from payout, and only charged to those who make the A-Feature

$40 Entry fee for Non-Members on all Standard Purse Races

- Top 10 in CRA Overall Standings to Receive Cash, Plus Additional Prizes at 2009 CRA Awards Banquet

2009 Advance Racing Association Schedule

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