Salem, IN (April 29, 2009) – Champion Racing Association officials have announced that Gale Force Suspension has agreed to become a sponsor with the newly former CRA Super Series South for their remaining 2009 season. The CRA Super Series South had its inaugural event on April 4^th at Watermelon Capital Speedway were Bubba Pollard took home the victory. Click Here.

The driver groups for the CRA Super Series Fantasy League event at Nashville Fairgrounds (TN) Speedway on Saturday, May 2 and Sunday, May 3 are posted Here.  At Nashville, fantasy teams will accumulate points in the CRA Super Series and CRA Super Series South Fantasy point standings. For more on the CRA Fantasy League Click Here.
 

Salem, IN (April 28, 2009) – Champion Racing Association officials have announced the addition of a non-points special event to the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts 2009 Schedule. Mt. Lawn Speedway officials have invited the CRA FWD Compacts to be part of their regular Hornets (FWD’s Compacts) event on Saturday, June 13^th. The CRA FWD Compacts will run under their regular series rules. The Mt. Lawn event will have a $25 to win trophy dash, $40 to win heat races and a $125 to win feature that night.  Click Here.

Salem, IN (April 28, 2009) – Champion Racing Association Officials have announced that Hamner Racing Engines will be the sponsor of the Hamner Racing Engines Fast Lap of the Race Award with the CRA Super Series South for all the remaining events on the series 2009 schedule. The driver turning the fastest lap during the feature race at each series event will receive a $100 Product Certificate from Hamner Racing Engines. In addition Hamner Racing Engines will support the series with some season ending awards at the series 2009 awards banquet.  Click Here.

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April 28, 2009 (Cincinnati, OH) - Danny Jackson, a Cincinnati native, has decided to race a limited schedule in the CRA Super Series Late Model tour for 2009.  Jackson will make his 2009 track debut at the Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville in the Budweiser All American 150 this weekend.  For the last two seasons Jackson has raced in the USAR Hooters Pro Cup Series finishing 13^th (2007) and 18^th (2008) in the overall point standings.  Click Here.

Salem, IN (April 23, 2009) – NASCAR star Kyle Busch will have plenty of competition to race against in next weekends CRA Super Series Budweiser All American 150 at the historic Fairgrounds Speedway located in Nashville, Tennessee. Busch has been the winningest driver in all three top tier NASCAR Series the past two seasons, winning a record 21 races in those three series including the Sprint Cup Series, Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series in 2008 and is already back to his winning ways in 2009 with two Cup wins and is seventh in series points, two Nationwide wins were he is also the current points leader and two Truck Series wins, were he also leads the points going into this weekends NASCAR racing action.  Click Here.

Salem, IN (April 20, 2009) – Champion Racing Association officials are pleased to announce that Berlin Raceway officials have agreed to bring in the CRA Super Series to sanction their previously announced Rowdy Busch 125 template late model event on Wednesday, June 10^th featuring NASCAR star Kyle Busch. The event will be a CRA Super Series non-points 125 lap special event that has been added to the series 2009 schedule. The event will pay $4000 to win and $500 to start. Click Here.

The second event of the CRA Super Series Fantasy League was expected to take place on Sunday, April 19 at Winchester (IN) Speedway. Rain showers forced the running of the Manning Service 100 to be moved back to Sunday, May 17, teaming the CRA Super Series Late Models with the breath taking Winged Sprint Cars. You don't want to miss that event next month.  Click Here.

Anderson, IN (April 18, 2009) - Charlie Hanna was fast in a fast field of cars at the first Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman event of the 2009 season the Anderson 75 Saturday night at Anderson Speedway. He qualified 11th fastest but only .275 seconds behind fast qualifier, Keith Sterkowitz. Sterkowitz drew a 12 for the invert putting Ric Pfeifer on the pole and Hanna on the outside of the front row.  Hanna took the lead on the first lap and never gave it up in spirited racing action throughout the race. Rookie competitor Steve Stacy finished second passing Ric Pfeifer in the closing laps, Pfeifer finished third and both drivers stayed on Hanna's tail the entire race, never letting him build up much of a lead, but not quite able to pass as the drivers raced in a five or six car packs through out the race. Steve Minich, Jr. held off Adam Hudson for fourth with Hudson finishing fifth.

Keith Sterkowitz was the first Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Champion and has started this year looking very good after setting fast time at Anderson Speedway for the Anderson 75 with a time of 13.260 seconds.  Last year's champion,  Tony Dager was second at 13.276, Rick Rinehart third at 13.307, Joe Beaver 2007 CRA Street Stock Champion and runner up in 2008 was fourth, and Adam Hudson was fifth. 

Sterkowitz drew a 12 for the invert to put Ric Pfeifer on the pole, with Charlie Hanna on the outside of the front row. 

Due to a forecast of all day rain for Sunday the Manning Service has been postponed until the May 17th.  The rest of the events scheduled for Winchester Speedway April 19th have been cancelled.  Please see www.winchesterspeedway.com for more information. 

Salem, IN (April 16, 2009) – Champion Racing Association officials have announced that Race Cover-Alls will be the sponsor of the At The Track Web Updates for this Sunday’s CRA events at Winchester Speedway as part of the Rich Vogler Classic. The CRA Super Series will be in action in their second event of the season while the CRA Street Stocks and Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts will have their season opening events.  Click Here.