Salem, IN (July 25, 2007) – The Howe CRA Sportsman will head to the Buckeye state for its first ever event outside the state of Indiana this Saturday at Shady Bowl Speedway in DeGraff, Ohio. The 3/10 mile unique oval always provides great racing action on a track were the driver counts the most. Shady Bowl Speedway was a former stop on the CRA Super Series schedule from 2001 through the 2004 season. The CRA Super Series had several first time series winners at that track including Jim Crabtree Jr., Steve Moenck and Chuck Barnes Jr.

Billy Hutson comes into this Saturday’s event with a 43-point lead over Rick Rinehart in Howe CRA Sportsman Championship points. Rinehart held off a hard charging Charlie Hanna to get a narrow victory in the series last event this past Sunday at Winchester Speedway after early leader Steve Blair suffered ignition problems ending his day. Saturday will be the sixth event of the season so far for the Howe CRA Sportsman, there have been five different winners in the series five events to date including Rinehart, Hutson and Stuart Quakenbush at the Winchester Speedway events while Chad Richardson got the win at Baer Field Speedway and Steve Blair the win at Anderson Speedway.

Rinehart’s win has put him in second place in the Howe CRA Sportsman points, seven points ahead of rookie competitor Tim Greene in third, who only holds a three-point advantage over rookie Gabe Cerny in fourth. The Wisconsin Cowboy, Rick Tackman Jr. is currently in fifth place after suffering ignition problems in Sunday’s event. Charlie Hanna has moved into sixth in points, Eric Barcus is seventh, Terry Fisher Jr. falls to eighth after a blown motor kept him from racing Sunday’s feature. Justin Trinkle is ninth with Randy Casey in tenth.

Pit gates open Saturday at Shady Bowl Speedway at 3pm, practice begins at 4pm, with qualifying at 5pm. The race program begins at 7pm and will include heat races and the Stapleton Automotive 75 for the Howe CRA Sportsman. For more information on Shady Bowl Speedway visit shadybowl.com. For more information on the Howe CRA Sportsman go to craracing.net.