Salem, IN (July 13, 2005) – Joliet, Illinois native Boris Jurkovic leads the FLF Racecars/Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Year standings after nine of eighteen CRA Super Series Presented By Spray Power point’s events on the 2005 schedule. Jurkovic’s adjusted point total currently stands at 599 points in counting the best seven of his nine events raced so far this season, each registered rookie gets to drop their to worst two finishes during the season.

Jurkovic has claimed five Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Race Awards in building his lead. Jurkovic also claimed his first series victory with a win in the second event of the season at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, getting the win over fellow Chicagoland racing rival Eddie Hoffman. Jurkovic has a second place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park behind winner Scott Hantz as well as a third place finish at Toledo Speedway behind winner Johnny Belott and second place Eddie Van Meter. Jurkovic also has three DNF’s so far this season, one at Winchester Speedway after being involved in a hard crash, one at Berlin Raceway with ignition problems, and one at the July 2 event at Angola Motor Speedway with front-end damage after an on track incident.

Jurkovic’s closer competitor at the halfway point of the season is Tommy St. John from Indianapolis, Indiana driving the Keller Motorsports entry. St. John is currently 69 points behind Jurkovic in the adjusted rookie of the year standings. St. John has been the Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Race Award winner at two series events this season, once at Winchester Speedway and the other on July 2 at Angola Motor Speedway. St. John has two top ten finishes this season, a seventh place finish at Indianapolis Raceway Park and a ninth place finish at Berlin Raceway. St. John missed the Columbus Motor Speedway event because of engine problems.

Independence, Missouri teenager Billy Crane is currently in third in the FLF Racecars/Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Year standings with 470 points. Crane has continued to show improvement on the track through out the season. Crane, by far is the leased experienced racecar driver of the top rookie candidates competing with the series in 2005. Cranes best finish of the season so far has been a thirteenth place finish at Winchester Speedway. Crane has only failed to finish two events so far in the 2005 season.

Jason Shively is currently fourth in the FLF Racecars/Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Year standings with 420 points. Jeff Bland Jr. is fifth with 296 points followed by Jason Setser with 258 points. Setser has been the Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Race Award winner at two events this season including the season opener at Anderson Speedway and at Berlin Raceway were he finished second and was the events fast qualifier.

John Nutley is currently seventh in the FLF Racecars/Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Year standings with 242 points while Patrick Lawson is eighth with 214 points. The battle for the FLF Racecars/Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Year will continue with this Saturday’s Anderson 400 Presented By The Cat Rental Store and Great Deals at Anderson Speedway. More information is available at www.craracing.net.