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Howe CRA
Sportsman, CRA Street Stocks and Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA Fwd
Compacts All Back In Action Sunday
Salem, IN (June 6, 2007) – The
Howe CRA Sportsman, CRA Street Stocks and Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA
FWD Compacts all return to action this Sunday at Winchester
Speedway
in the Randolph County Fan Appreciation Day Presented By Anchor Glass
Container. The O’Reilly Auto Parts USA Modifieds will join the CRA
divisions and will have a Dash For Cash and a 50 lap feature, the Howe
CRA Sportsman will compete in heats and a 40 lap feature, the CRA
Street Stocks in heats and a 40 lap feature and the Vore’s Welding &
Steel CRA FWD Compacts in a 20 lap feature.
Sunday will be the third event of the
season for the Howe CRA Sportsman
Series.
The first event of the season was on Saturday, May 5th at
Winchester Speedway and was won by Stuart Quakenbush while the second
event of the season was at Baer Field Speedway on May 20th
and was won by Chad Richardson. Billy Hutson is the current points
leader for the Howe CRA Sportsman Series with 203 points. Rick Tackman
Jr. has now moved into second place in points with 192 while rookie
competitor Gabe Cerny drops to third with 187 points. Fellow rookie
contender Tim Greene is in fourth with 168 points with rookie
contender Randy Casey in fifth with 164 points.
The CRA Street Stocks will be
competing for the fourth time in 2007 Sunday.
2006 series Champion Joe Beaver and Frank Kimmel II got victories in
the series first two events at Winchester Speedway, while veteran Ft.
Wayne racer Steve Christman won the event at Baer Field Speedway on
May 20th. Beaver takes over the points lead after Beau
Mitchell’s early exit at Baer Field Speedway with a blown motor.
Beaver has a one-point lead over Mitchell. In third, only 3 points
behind, is the Steve Davis owned entry that was victorious with
Christman behind the wheel at Baer Field Speedway and was driven by
Calvin Parham in the first two Winchester Speedway events. Shawn Bonar
is tied for fourth with Brian Hopkins, they are only seven points out
of first in a very tight points battle for the CRA Street Stocks 2007
Championship.
The Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD
Compacts are ready for their third event of the
season.
Randy Owen and Derek Young are tied as the series point’s leaders with
190 points each. Owen got the victory at Baer Field Speedway after the
top two finishers Rex Zimmerman and Jordan Flynn did not pass post
race tech. Bill Charles is third in points only 2 points behind the
leaders with Greg St. Jean in fourth 4 points behind and Jordan Flynn
in fifth only 8 points behind in another tight points battle. Owen and
Young will have the option along with Sunday’s feature event pole
sitter to go to the tail of the starting field to try and win the R &
R Liquors Safe Driving Challenge Bonus, which has grown to $300 after
not being claimed in the two season opening events.
Pit gates open for Sunday’s event at
8am, spectator gates at 10am, practice will begin at 10:30am, with the
race program beginning at 2pm. Randolph County Residents will be
admitted for only $5 with proper ID. More information is available at
www.winchesterspeedway.com or at
www.craracing.net.
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