Allstar
Performance to Sponsor Qualifying Award for the Howe CRA Late Model
Sportsman Series
Salem,
IN
(March
16,
2010)
–
Champion
Racing
Association
officials
have
announced
that
Allstar
Performance
will
sponsor
the
Allstar
Performance
Fast
Qualifier
Award
at
each
Howe
CRA
Late
Model
Sportsman
Series
event
in
2010.
The
driver
receiving
the
Allstar
Performance
Fast
Qualifier
Award
will
receive
a
$50
Product
Certificate
from
Allstar
Performance.
The
driver
receiving
the
most
Allstar
Performance
Fast
Qualifier
Awards
during
the
2010
season
will
receive
a
$100
Product
Certificate.
Allstar
Performance
will
also
award
two
$100
Product
Certificates
by
random
draw
of
the
top
10
drivers
in
final
series
points
at
the
2010
Champion
Racing
Association
Awards
Banquet.
Click
Here.
Special from WearCrete
Racing with Jeff Fultz
WearCrete
Racing with Jeff Fultz Announces the Entry of Curtis Venable in the
Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge
Super
Late
Model Team Owner to Ride Motorcycle From Key West to Alaska
WearCrete
Racing
owner,
Curtis
Venable,
will
participate
in
the
Hoka
Hey
Motorcycle
Challenge
beginning
on
June
20th,
2010.
Some
of
the
world's
most
fearless
riders
will
come
together
for
a
7,000+
mile
run
from
Key
West,
FL
to
the
Kenai
Peninsula
in
Alaska.
Across
two
countries
they
will
ride
and
test
their
will
as
warriors
in
the
Hoka
Hey
Motorcycle
Challenge!
Click
Here.
CRA Super
Series to Sanction All American 400 Weekend in Nashville
Event will be
CRA Points Event and the Sixth Event in the Southern Six-Pack Tour
Salem, IN (March 15, 2010)
–
After five months of waiting there is life again
at the historic Nashville Fairgrounds racetrack with the announcement
that Nashville native Tony Formosa has an agreement to promote events
at the famous high-banked facility for the 2010 season. Formosa
announced during the CRA drivers meeting at Gresham Motorsports Park
on Saturday that he will promote the All American 400 Weekend that
will be sanctioned by the CRA Super Series.
Click Here.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
125-LAP CRA SUPER SERIES SPECIAL EVENT
Grill Cooks
the Competition at Gresham Motorsports Park
Jefferson, GA (March 15, 2010) -
Mother Nature seemed to be the only
thing that could slow Augie Grill at the 125 lap CRA Southern Six-Pack
Tour season opener at Gresham Motorsports Park Saturday night. Grill
was the fastest in practice, then before qualifying there were two
rain delays for small showers and track drying. Following the rain
Grill was the fastest qualifier, (setting a new track record for any
super late model at Gresham), and driving away with the race to win
the first CRA Super Series event at the newly remodeled track. 14 year
old Chase Elliott was able to get through the field to second behind
Grill but could never get close enough to make a pass and settled for
second, his best ever finish in a CRA sanctioned event. Bubba Pollard
finished third; Jason Hogan, fourth and Mike Garvey fifth.
"At the start my goal was to get to the front quickly."
Grill commented. "I feel safest when I am leading and I was able
to get there quickly and stay there."
Click Here.
Listen live to the CRA Super Series race at Gresham
Motorsports Park on www.
racetalkradio.com
Augie Grill Sets New Super Late Model Record
Augie Grill set fast time for the CRA Super Series event
at the Season Opener at Gresham Motorsports Park with a time of 16.169
seconds. Ryan Lawler was second at 16.335 seconds. Casey
Roderick was third, T.J. Reaid fourth and Chase Elliott, the previous
track record holder was fifth. Grill drew a three for the invert
putting Roderick on the pole.
The track has not been idle as vehicles have been
working on drying the track to get ready of CRA Super Series qualifying.
The rain stopped practice about 2:30. The track was just ready
to restart practice when another small shower hit about 4:00, by 4:10 the
drying process had restarted. Qualifying should start shortly, with
the sun shining, helping the track to dry quickly.
Augie Grill Fastest of the Day
Augie Grill set the fastest time of the afternoon so far
with a lap of 16.447 seconds for a speed of 109.442 mph.
Oklahoma's Donnie Wilson was second at 16.555,
Jimmy Garmon a third generation Georgia racer was
third with a time of 16.556 seconds. Ryan Lawler fourth and T.J.
Reaid fifth.
Elliott Fastest in First Practice, Pollard in Second
Chase Elliott turned a lap of 17.017 seconds with Johnny
VanDoorn second at 17.238 seconds. The second practice was faster
with Bubba Pollard fastest with a lap of 16.599 seconds. Augie Grill
was second at 16.632, Jeff Fultz third at 16.874.
Johnny VanDoorn will lead off qualifying after drawing
the number one. Bubba Pollard will go second, Donnie Wilson third,
Scott Smith fourth and Mason Mingus will go fifth.
JEFFERSON,
GA (March 12, 2010) –
Gresham Motorsports Park has
announced an amended schedule for this weekend’s season-opening event.
The Champion Racing Association (CRA) 125-lap Super Late Model event
along with feature events in the Outlaw Late Model, Trucks and
Renegade Street Stocks will highlight
Saturday's racing program. The pit gates will open at 8 a.m. Saturday
with rotating practice for all divisions beginning at 10 a.m.
Click Here.
DMR
Motorsports to Sponsor at the Track Web Updates From Gresham Saturday
Salem,
IN
(March
11,
2010)
–
CRA
Super
Series
officials
have
announced
that
DMR
Motorsports
will
be
the
sponsor
of
the
At
The
Track
Web
Updates
for
the
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour
Gresham
125
at
Gresham
Motorsports
Park
this
Saturday.
The
event
will
also
be
the
season
opener
for
Gresham
Motorsports
Park,
formally
know
as
Peach
State
Speedway,
which
went
through
a
multi-million
dollar
renovation
last
year,
and
is
now
one
of
the
premier
short
tracks
in
the
country.
Click
Here.
CRA
Super Series Gresham 125 Announcement:
Gresham Motorsports Park has announced that the rain date for Saturday's CRA
Super Series Gresham 125 event will be Sunday, March 14th. Every effort will be made to get the event in on Saturday, March 13th, but if necessary the event will be ran on Sunday afternoon. More information is available at www.greshammotorsportspark.com or at www.craracing.net.
Special Event
Awards Announced for CRA Southern Six-Pack Tour
Salem,
IN
(March
10,2010)
–
CRA
officials
have
announced
several
special
event
awards
with
the
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour,
which
begins
this
Saturday
at
Gresham
Motorsports
Park.
The
Tour
events
will
also
include
the
CRA
All-Star
Twin
150’s
Weekend
on
May
21
at
Tri-County
Motor
Speedway
and
May
23rd
at
Hickory
Motor
Speedway
in
North
Carolina,
a
return
trip
to
Gresham
Motorsports
Park
on
July
17th
and
the
North/South
Shootout
at
Concord
Speedway
in
North
Carolina
on
November
6th.
The
sixth
event
in
the
tour
will
be
announced
very
soon.
All
the
Tour
events
will
be
point’s
events
towards
the
crowning
of
the
inaugural
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour
Champion.
Click
Here.
Special from Reaid Motorsports Media
TJ Reaid Optimistic on CRA Season Opener at Gresham
Acworth, GA -
Going into this Saturday's CRA Super Late Model Series Season opener at Gresham Motorsports Park, Late Model driver TJ Reaid of Acworth, Georgia is optimistic in having a great run. "We are really looking to have a great run," said Reaid. "We know we have top notch and proven equipment and a great Crew Chief in Chris Gabehart for the race at Gresham this weekend." Click Here.
Pier-Mac
Plastics/W & M Manufacturing to Sponsor "King of the Wings" Sprint Car
Challenge
Winchester,
IN
(March
9,
2010)
–
Winchester
Speedway
officials
are
pleased
to
announce
that
Pier-Mac
Plastics
and
W
&
M
Manufacturing
will
return
as
the
sponsors
of
this
seasons
King
of
the
Wings
Sprint
Car
Challenge
at
the
historic
High
Banks
of
Winchester
Speedway
on
Sunday,
May
23rd.
This
will
be
the
sixth
straight
season
that
Pier
Mac
Plastics
and
W
&
M
Manufacturing
have
sponsored
this
exciting
event
featuring
the
fastest
cars
that
will
race
at
Winchester
during
the
2010
season.
The
event
will
also
feature
racing
action
from
the
CRA
Street
Stocks
and
Vore’s
Welding
&
Steel
CRA
FWD
Compacts.
Click
Here.
CRA Southern
Six-Pack Tour to Begin This Weekend at Gresham Motorsports Park
Salem,
IN
(March
9,
2010)
–
The
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour
is
set
to
begin
with
the
Gresham
125
this
Saturday
at
Gresham
Motorsports
Park
in
Jefferson,
Georgia.
The
event
will
also
be
the
season
opener
for
Gresham
Motorsports
Park,
formally
know
as
Peach
State
Speedway,
which
went
through
a
multi-million
dollar
renovation
last
year,
and
is
now
one
of
the
premier
short
tracks
in
the
country.
Click
Here.
Jason Hogan
Looking for a Jump Start to 2010 Season at Gresham
Cleveland,
GA
(March
8,
2010)
-
Jason
Hogan
is
looking
to
jump
start
his
2010
season.
After
going
into
Speedfest
at
his
home
track,
Lanier
National
Speedway,
just
thirty
miles
from
his
shop
with
much
optimism,
it
all
went
away
before
it
even
got
started
with
mechanical
problems.
This
weekend,
Hogan
will
look
to
get
his
season
righted
at
the
newly
renovated
Gresham
Motorsports
Park.
Hogan
competed
in
the
World
Crown
300
last
fall
coming
home
with
an
eleventh
place
finish
on
the
new
lightning
fast
pavement
at
what
used
to
be
Peach
State
Speedway.
Click
Here.
Mason Mingus ready to wrestle wheel of Super Late
Model
Opens season at Gresham on March 13th
After
a
hard
fought
seventh
place
finish
in
the
Tennessee
high
school
wrestling
tournament,
Mason
Mingus
has
turned
his
attention
to
another
one
of
his
favorite
sports…stockcar
racing.
Mingus,
from
Brentwood,
TN,
and
the
team
for
which
he
drives,
Gardner
Racing
based
in
Louisville,
KY,
are
set
to
race
several
Super
Late
Model
series
in
2010.
He
will
open
his
season
at
the
newly
renovated
Gresham
Motorsports
Park
in
Georgia
in
a
CRA
Super
Late
Model
race
on
March
13th.
Click
Here.
CRA Announces
Tire Dealers and Details for Top Three Divisions
Hoosier Tires
to be only Tires Available at EVERY CRA Event
Salem,
IN
(March
3,
2010)
–
Officials
from
Champion
Racing
Association
have
announced
the
tire
dealers
and
tire
details
for
the
2010
racing
season
for
the
CRA
Super
Series,
Howe
CRA
Late
Model
Sportsman
Series
and
CRA
Street
Stocks.
Clyde
Moody
will
be
the
new
tire
dealer
for
the
CRA
Super
Series
events
in
the
North.
Teams
can
contact
Moody
at
706-878-7988
for
any
information
on
the
CRA
Super
Series
tires
and
to
order
practice
tires
or
to
pre-order
race
tires.
The
CRA
Super
Series
will
use
the
new
Hoosier
F
40’s
and
F
50’s
at
every
event
this
season,
the
new
tire
was
developed
and
tested
by
Hoosier
late
last
season
with
tremendous
success.
The
cost
for
the
new
tires
will
be
$127.50,
the
same
price
as
the
tires
during
the
2009
season.
Click
Here.
Team
Construction Becomes Latest Award Sponsor with the CRA Super Series
Salem, IN (March 3, 2010) –
Champion Racing Association officials are proud to announce that Team
Constructions has agreed to become the latest award sponsor with the
CRA Super Series for the quickly upcoming 2010 racing season. Team
Construction will sponsor the Team Construction Clean Sweep Award at
all the CRA Super Series events and at the new CRA Southern Six-Pack
Tour, which is set to begin on March 13th at Gresham
Motorsports Park. Click
Here.
PitStopUSA.com to Continue Support of CRA Super Series Racers
Salem,
IN
(March
3,
2010)
–
PitStopUSA.com
has
agreed
to
continue
its
sponsorship
of
the
CRA
Super
Series
for
the
upcoming
2010
race
season.
This
will
be
the
ninth
season
in
a
row
that
PitStopUSA.com
has
been
a
sponsor
with
the
series.
PitStopUSA.com
will
award
each
race
winner,
third
place
and
fifth
place
finishers
at
each
event
with
the
CRA
Super
Series
and
the
new
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour
with
Product
Certificates.
In
addition,
PitStopUSA.com
will
award
the
2010
CRA
Super
Series
Champion,
the
2010
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour
Champion,
the
2010
Perfect
Circle
Racecars
Rookie
of
the
Year,
and
the
third
and
fifth
place
finishers
in
final
CRA
Super
Series
points
with
Year
End
Product
Certificates.
Click
Here.
Special
from
Speed51.com
“The Big
Three” Ready for the 34th Annual Rattler 250
The
premier
Super
Late
Model
springtime
classic
takes
place
on
the
first
weekend
of
March
each
year
at
the
South
Alabama
Speedway.
The
event,
known
proudly
as
The
Rattler,
has
been
a
staple
of
short
track
racing
for
over
30
years
and
it
continues
to
grow
every
single
season.
What
once
was
just
a
100-lap
sprint
event
has
turned
into
a
250
race
of
endurance
and
strategy.
Click
Here.
ProFab To
Sponsor CRA Super Series for 2010
Angola,
IN
–
Professional
Fabricators
of
Steuben
County,
"Pro-Fab"
www.profabsc.com,
officials
have
announced
that
they
have
agreed
to
sponsorship
of
the
CRA
Super
Series
&
Howe
CRA
Late
Model
Sportsman
Series
for
the
upcoming
2010
race
season.
Click
Here.
Attention ALL CRA
Teams (regulars and part-timers)
CRA has a company that is in the process of putting together an annual
program to be available at most of the tracks we race at. We want to
include a driver listing for ALL divisions. We would
like to include ALL racers that plan to race at least one race with us
during the year whether you are members or not. We would like you to
send us your Car number, Driver's Name, Driver's Hometown, and Car
Owner's Name and contact email address (for office purposes only).
Paid CRA members do NOT need to send this info in as we already have
it. Members may send in photos of updated paint schemes if they have
one, as the program people might use them. Please help us spread the
word to our non-regulars that do race in the occasional CRA Event so
that the fans that get the program have the best information available
about who they see on the track. Please email the info to rjscott@craracing.net
Early Entry
List Very Competitive for CRA Super Series Event at GMP on March 13
Salem,
IN
(February
17,
2010)
–
The
early
entry
list
for
the
March
13th
CRA
Super
Series
event
at
Gresham
Motorsports
Park
already
contains
a
very
competitive
list
of
drivers
from
all
over
the
country.
2009
CRA
Super
Series
Champion
John
VanDoorn,
a
Michigan
native,
and
three
time
CRA
Super
Series
Champion
Scott
Hantz,
an
Indiana
native,
are
the
top
drivers
entered
from
the
North
so
far.
The
state
of
Georgia
is
well
represented
already
with
Dawsonville
natives
Chase
Elliott,
the
14
year
old
son
of
NASCAR
legend
Bill
Elliott,
as
well
as
Casey
Roderick
driving
a
Bill
Elliott
Motorsports
entry.
Cleveland,
Georgia’s
Jason
Hogan
is
also
entered.
Click
Here.
Notes From 44th Annual World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing from
New Smyrna
Several part-time CRA Super Series teams competed in the Super Late Model events last week at New Smyrna including Jack Landis who finished 7th in points for the week. Also John Long who finished in 10th place. The #51 Kyle Busch Motorsports team with Alex Haase behind the wheel competed at the end of the week, they finished in 12th place in points after a second place finish to Jeff Choquette in the Pete Orr Memorial 100 Saturday night. Click Here.
COMP
Performance Group Companies to Sponsor CRA for 2010 and 2011 Seasons
Salem,
IN
(February
15,
2010)
–
CRA
officials
and
COMP
Performance
Group
representatives
have
announced
that
COMP
Performance
Group
has
agreed
to
become
a
sponsor
of
CRA
for
the
2010
and
2011
seasons.
COMP
Performance
Group’s
COMP
Cams,
RHS
and
TCI
Automotive
will
all
provide
support
to
CRA
as
Contingency
Sponsors
with
selected
CRA
Series.
Quarter
Master,
also
a
COMP
Performance
Group
company,
has
been
the
Official
Racing
Clutch
of
CRA
the
past
five
years
and
recently
extended
it’s
agreement
with
CRA
through
the
2011
season.
Click
Here.
More Ways to
Keep Up with the Champion Racing Association
Salem, IN
(February 14, 2010) –
The Champion Racing Association is partnering with
RaceStatus to help keep everyone updated on events status in the 2010
season, as well as now having a Facebook page and available on Twitter.
Click Here.
Speedfest
DVD's
Available
Full video coverage of Speedfest 2010 from Lanier
National Speedway is available on dvd for $20. A couple of
different camera angles are used including a Johnny VanDoorn
in-car. All three divisions are covered from start to finish. To
purchase, go to www.racingvids.net.
When the stories are no long here on the first page of
the web site they do not go away. All your favorite stories are
here and accessible by going to the
News Archive.
They are divided by months. Just look at the month you want and
check out a favorite moment or to read a history of the series from
October 2001.
Performance
Fast
Qualifier
Award
at
each
Howe
CRA
Late
Model
Sportsman
Series
event
in
2010.
The
driver
receiving
the
Allstar
Performance
Fast
Qualifier
Award
will
receive
a
$50
Product
Certificate
from
Allstar
Performance.
The
driver
receiving
the
most
Allstar
Performance
Fast
Qualifier
Awards
during
the
2010
season
will
receive
a
$100
Product
Certificate.
Allstar
Performance
will
also
award
two
$100
Product
Certificates
by
random
draw
of
the
top
10
drivers
in
final
series
points
at
the
2010
Champion
Racing
Association
Awards
Banquet.
Late
Model Team Owner to Ride Motorcycle From Key West to Alaska
at the historic Nashville Fairgrounds racetrack with the announcement
that Nashville native Tony Formosa has an agreement to promote events
at the famous high-banked facility for the 2010 season. Formosa
announced during the CRA drivers meeting at Gresham Motorsports Park
on Saturday that he will promote the All American 400 Weekend that
will be sanctioned by the CRA Super Series.
awards
with
the
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour,
which
begins
this
Saturday
at
Gresham
Motorsports
Park.
The
Tour
events
will
also
include
the
CRA
All-Star
Twin
150’s
Weekend
on
May
21
at
Tri-County
Motor
Speedway
and
May
23rd
at
Hickory
Motor
Speedway
in
North
Carolina,
a
return
trip
to
Gresham
Motorsports
Park
on
July
17th
and
the
North/South
Shootout
at
Concord
Speedway
in
North
Carolina
on
November
6th.
The
sixth
event
in
the
tour
will
be
announced
very
soon.
All
the
Tour
events
will
be
point’s
events
towards
the
crowning
of
the
inaugural
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour
Champion.
announce
that
Pier-Mac
Plastics
and
W
&
M
Manufacturing
will
return
as
the
sponsors
of
this
seasons
King
of
the
Wings
Sprint
Car
Challenge
at
the
historic
High
Banks
of
Winchester
Speedway
on
Sunday,
May
23rd.
This
will
be
the
sixth
straight
season
that
Pier
Mac
Plastics
and
W
&
M
Manufacturing
have
sponsored
this
exciting
event
featuring
the
fastest
cars
that
will
race
at
Winchester
during
the
2010
season.
The
event
will
also
feature
racing
action
from
the
CRA
Street
Stocks
and
Vore’s
Welding
&
Steel
CRA
FWD
Compacts.
season.
After
going
into
Speedfest
at
his
home
track,
Lanier
National
Speedway,
just
thirty
miles
from
his
shop
with
much
optimism,
it
all
went
away
before
it
even
got
started
with
mechanical
problems.
has
agreed
to
continue
its
sponsorship
of
the
CRA
Super
Series
for
the
upcoming
2010
race
season.
This
will
be
the
ninth
season
in
a
row
that
PitStopUSA.com
has
been
a
sponsor
with
the
series.
PitStopUSA.com
will
award
each
race
winner,
third
place
and
fifth
place
finishers
at
each
event
with
the
CRA
Super
Series
and
the
new
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour
with
Product
Certificates.
In
addition,
PitStopUSA.com
will
award
the
2010
CRA
Super
Series
Champion,
the
2010
CRA
Southern
Six-Pack
Tour
Champion,
the
2010
Perfect
Circle
Racecars
Rookie
of
the
Year,
and
the
third
and
fifth
place
finishers
in
final
CRA
Super
Series
points
with
Year
End
Product
Certificates.
representatives
have
announced
that
COMP
Performance
Group
has
agreed
to
become
a
sponsor
of
CRA
for
the
2010
and
2011
seasons.
COMP
Performance
Group’s
COMP
Cams,
RHS
and
TCI
Automotive
will
all
provide
support
to
CRA
as
Contingency
Sponsors
with
selected
CRA
Series.
Quarter
Master,
also
a
COMP
Performance
Group
company,
has
been
the
Official
Racing
Clutch
of
CRA
the
past
five
years
and
recently
extended
it’s
agreement
with
CRA
through
the
2011
season.
