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Champion Racing
Association To Showcase All Four Of Its Series Sunday At Baer Field
Speedway
Salem, IN (May 17, 2007) –
Champion Racing Association will have one of it’s biggest shows of the
season this Sunday at Baer Field Speedway in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. The
CRA Super
Sunday
Presented By Dietsch Sales & Service will showcase all four of the
Champion Racing Associations series. The CRA Super Series late models
will compete in a 100 lap feature, the Howe CRA Sportsman in heats and
a 50 lap feature Presented By Sullivan RV, the CRA Street Stocks in
heats and a 50 lap feature and the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD
Compacts in heats and the Vore’s Welding & Steel 20 lap feature.
Defending CRA Super Series Champion
Scott Hantz and Eddie Hoffman are tied for the most CRA Super Series
victories at Baer Field Speedway with two a piece. 2004 CRA Super
Series Champion Chuck Barnes Jr. was a surprising victor in last
season’s event. Coming down to the final laps it
looked
like Scott Hantz and Eddie Van Meter would battle for the victory
between themselves when contact from behind by Van Meter caused Hantz
to get sideways coming out of turn four on lap 96. Van Meter checked
up behind Hantz, Barnes Jr. made the quick move to the outside to pass
both from his third place running position. Barnes Jr. would hold off
Hantz to get the victory. 26 cars are already pre-entered for Sunday’s
event including current points leader Chris Gabehart and Scott Hantz
who will be trying to break the tie for most series victories at Baer
Field Speedway.
Sunday will be the second event of
the season for the Howe CRA Sportsman Series, the first event was on
Saturday, May 5th at Winchester Speedway were Stuart
Quakenbush picked up his first ever victory with the series. Rookie
competitor Gabe Cerny comes into the Baer Field Speedway event
as
the series point’s leader. Cerny finished second to Quakenbush in his
first ever series event, driving the car that Al Cook Jr. took to
victory lane last season at Winchester Speedway. Billy Hutson is
second in points, only one behind Cerny after finishing in third in
the opening event. Quakenbush is in third place, five points behind
Cerny. Quay Gregory is fourth nine points out of first place with Rick
Tackman Jr. in fifth 11 points out of first place. The Howe CRA
Sportsman cars have been invited to compete with the Baer Field
Speedway Late Models in a special event on Saturday night, many of the
Baer Field Speedway regulars are also expected to compete in Sunday’s
series event.
The CRA Street Stocks will be
competing for the third time in 2007 Sunday. The previous two events
have been held
at
Winchester Speedway were 2006 series Champion Joe Beaver won on April
22nd and 16 year old Frank Kimmel II got his first series
victory on May 6th. Beau Mitchell comes into Sunday’s event
as the series point’s leader with 214 points on the strength of two
second place finishes in the series first two events. Mitchell holds a
15-point lead over veteran series racer Rich Boyer in second with 199
points. Jacob Owens is in third place with 174 points, Joe Beaver is
in fourth with 172 points and Jeff Perry is in fifth with 161 points.
Several Street Stock competitors from Illiana Motor Speedway, Angola
Motor Speedway and Baer Field Speedway are also expected to compete in
Sunday’s events.
The Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD
Compacts are ready for their second event
of
the season. Jordan Flynn comes in as the series points leader after
getting the win in the season opener on April 22nd at
Winchester Speedway and 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 $200 after not being claimed in the season opener. Bill
Charles is second in points, Rex Zimmerman is third, Derek Young is
fourth and Todd Kirk is fifth.
Pit gates open at 8am on Sunday May
20th at Baer Field Speedway, practice will begin at 10am,
qualifying at 12:15pm, the race program will begin at 2pm. More
information is available
here.
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