Salem, IN (September 11, 2007) – The CRA Super Series is ready to head north to Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan for this weekends $7500 to win Boyne Machine 125 Presented By Centennial Wireless and Spray Power as part of the Boyne Machine Weekend. The event was originally scheduled for May 26 but that event was rained out. Berlin Raceway officials were planning a make-up date in August, but Boyne Machine's Mike Blackmer came forward to suggest adding the CRA event to his September weekend. Boyne Machine sweetened the deal for the CRA Super Series 125 lap event by raising the purse from the regular pay of $3,000 to win/$450 to start all the way up to $7,500 to win/$575 to start.

Chris Gabehart comes into this weekends event still leading the series Championship points, a position he has held since the second event of the 2007 season. Gabehart has yet to finish an event out of the top 10 and has recorded two wins this season. Series top rookie contender John VanDoorn is currently second in Championship points, 79 behind Gabehart with only three remaining point events on the 2007 schedule. Berlin Raceway is VanDoorn’s home track, he hopes to use that to his advantage to gain points on Gabehart this weekend. VanDoorn, a Coopersville native, drives for former ARCA RE/MAX Series Champion Tim Steele, who is also from Coopersville.

2006 series champion Scott Hantz comes into this weekend’s event third in series points, 13 points behind VanDoorn. Hantz always runs good at Berlin including one win, last season he was involved in a classic battle with winner Tim Curry all the way to the finish with Curry getting the narrow win over Hantz. Other top CRA Super Series drivers entered include Jeff Lane, Rick Turner, Jason Shively, Terry Fisher Jr., Kenny Tweedy, Jack Smith, Sean Matthuis, A.J. Ganino and Jason Dietsch.

As usual a strong group of Michigan drivers have entered, many with years of experience at Berlin Raceway, to compete against the CRA regulars led by the father and son team of Fred and Brian Campbell. Fred, from Battle Creek, is a ten-time track Champion at Berlin Raceway and has six CRA Super Series victories, two of those being at Berlin Raceway. Brian, from Wyoming, got his first CRA Super Series victory last season at Kalamazoo Speedway, and is always very competitive in any type late model.

Last season’s winner Tim Curry, from Allegon, has entered, it will be Curry’s first race of the 2007 season. West Olive native Billy Shotko has entered, he was also involved in last season’s great race, leading a couple of times before being shuffled back towards the end of the event. Two-time series winner Andy Ponstein has entered, the Jenison native is racing in selected series events during the 2007 season. Other Michigan drivers entered include Grand Rapids natives Alec Carll, Chris Anthony, and Chris Koslek, Hudsonville’s Terry Van Haitsma, Byron Center’s Keith Herp, Taylor’s Adam Purdy, Muskegon’s Andrew Conklin, and Comstock Park’s Greg Usher.

Another top contender will be Columbus, Ohio native Robbie Pyle who drivers for local Michigan business man Roger Andrews in a team car to Greg Usher. Pyle, a part-time competitor in the CRA Super Series, has been on a roll in 2007, he won the CRA Super Series Columbus Motor Speedway event and has won three ASA Late Model Series events. Other part-time series drivers entered include Ohio veterans Scott Baker and Jack Landis and Wisconsin’s Robert Maynor,

The special event weekend also includes a 150 lap, $7500 to win Coors Light Outlaw Super Late Model main event, and double-points races for all four of Berlin's weekly racing series, and a School Bus Race on Friday. Also on Friday night of that weekend the CRA Super Series will have its first ever Paragon Lanes Shootout, a 10 lap event featuring the top eight qualifiers for the Boyne Machine 125, which will pay the winner $1000.

More information on the Boyne Machine 125 Presented By Centennial Wireless and Spray Power is available at www.berlinraceway.com or at www.craracing.net.