Junior Hanley Leads The
Lefthander Challenge After Five Sunoco Super Series Events
Salem, IN (June 30, 2004)
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Veteran Sunoco Super Series driver Junior Hanley has taken over the lead
in the Lefthander Challenge sponsored by Lefthander Chassis after five
series point’s events so far this season. Hanley, who has admittedly
struggled in qualifying this season, has been the Lane Automotive/ISKY
Racing Cams Hardcharger on three
occasions in the first five series events, including this past Saturday’s
event at Illiana Motor Speedway were Hanley advanced 15 positions to
finish 7th after starting 22nd by way of winning one
of the 15 lap Last Chance events.
The Lefthander Challenge
awards a Bare Offset Lefthander Chassis to the Sunoco Super Series driver
who is in the top fifteen in final series Owner Points that advanced the
most positions in series point events during the 2004 season. So far
Hanley has advanced 31 positions this season. Jeff Lane and Rick Turner
are tied for second, they have both advanced 27 positions. Eddie Van Meter
is in fourth with 26 advanced positions followed by BackStretch
Performance/Reed Cams/Blake Carburetion Rookie Of The Year point’s leader
Frank Kreyer in fifth with 14 advanced positions.
Prior winners of the
Lefthander Challenge include two-time Sunoco Super Series Champion Brian
Ross, a two-time award winner also in 1998 and 1999. 2000 Series Champion
and 2000 Rookie Of The Year Scott Hantz in 2000. Jim Crabtree Jr. won the
award in 2001. Tim Phillips, runner up for the Rookie Of the Year honors
in 2002, won the award in 2002. In 2003, Mt. Morris, Michigan’s Bobby
Murany won the award driving for veteran Michigan car owner Brian
Robertson.
Lefthander Chassis builds
chassis’s for championship winning teams all over the United States from
its shop located in Roscoe, Illinois. Eddie Hoffman won last Saturday’s
3rd Annual Elmer Musgrave Memorial 100 Presented By Lisa Thomas Salons
Sunoco Super Series event at Illiana Motor Speedway using a Lefthander
Chassis. Call 815-389-9999 to get more information about Lefthander
Chassis, or go to www.lefthanderchassis.com.
The next Sunoco Super Series
event will be the 38th Annual Anderson 400 Presented By Corteco
and Great Deals at Anderson Speedway on Saturday, July 17th.
