Salem, IN (December 28, 2007) – Champion Racing Association officials have announced that the Harris Products Group has agreed to continue its sponsorship of the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Awards for the upcoming CRA Super Series 2008 season. 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 2008 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 events on the 2008 CRA Super Series schedule with a set of Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. The special events will be races more than 125 laps in length, including the 300-lap event at Anderson Speedway scheduled for August 9^th and the Winchester 400 scheduled for October 12^th. Both awards will be presented at the 2008 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet. This will be the sixth consecutive season that the Harris Products Group has been a sponsor of the CRA Super Series.

2007 CRA Super Series Champion Chris Gabehart won the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Award for the 2007 season in the100/125 lap events. Gabehart dominated by leading a total of 358 laps in the 100/125 lap events while getting a series leading three victories. Veteran series competitor Jeff Lane was a distant second with 165 laps lead. Brian Scott was the winner of the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Award for the extra distance races over 125 laps this season. Scott lead 225 laps in that category, all of which came in the 2007 Winchester 400. 2007 Rookie Of The Year John Van Doorn was second in that category with 213 laps led.

The Harris Products Group will also continue their sponsorship of the Harris Products Group Sportsman Of The Year Award for both the Howe CRA Sportsman Series and CRA Street Stock Series again in 2008. The award will be presented at the 2008 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet and will consist of product from the Harris Products Group. The winner of each award will be voted on by series officials and will be the driver in each division who best represents the sport of auto racing both on and off the track during the 2008 season. The 2007 Harris Products Group Sportsman Of The Year Award for both divisions will be awarded at the 2007 CRA Awards Banquet on January 12^th.

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.