Salem, IN (November 21, 2007) – Champion Racing Association
officials have released the tentative 2008 schedule for the Howe CRA
Sportsman Series, which will be in it’s third season of competition.
Billy Hutson was the series 2007 Champion in a season that
consisted of 11 events while Keith Sterkowitz was the inaugural 2006
Champion during the series first season that consisted of only six
events.
The 2008 tentative Howe CRA Sportsman Series
schedule consist of 18 points event and one non-points event at five
different racetracks.
The
series is tentatively scheduled to compete at Baer Field Speedway nine
times during the 2008 season, which will take the place of the Baer
Field Speedway Limited Late Model class that ran in previous seasons.
All the events at Baer Field Speedway will count towards the series
2008 points championship and Baer Field Speedway will have separate
points for those series events as well with separate awards for the
top drivers in the Baer Field Speedway mini-series.
"I am really excited about having the Howe CRA Sportsman at Baer
Field Speedway in 2008," remarked Tom Isch, Promoter of Baer Field
Speedway. "I believe replacing our Limited Late Models with CRA events
will help not only Baer Field Speedway, but also the Howe CRA
Sportsman Series. It unites a lot of drivers under the same rules and
gives them an opportunity to compete in a full season of events with a
touring series in roughly a 150-mile radius at some great racetracks!"
The Howe CRA Sportsman will have four point’s events and one
non-points event at Winchester Speedway in 2008. There will be two
events at Plymouth Speedway including a 100 lap, $2500 to win event on
Saturday, August 2nd. The series will open the 2008 season
with an event at Anderson Speedway on April 19th and will
have an event at Angola Motor Speedway on Thursday, July 3rd.
The Howe CRA Sportsman Series will have an increase of more than 5%
in the event purses in 2008. The top ten in final series points will
receive cash awards and additional prizes at the 2008 Champion Racing
Association Awards Banquet. More information is available at
www.craracing.net.
