Salem, IN (August 14, 2008) – Former CRA Super Series Champion Chuck Barnes Jr. has filed an entry for this Saturday’s JayC Food Store 100 CRA Super Series event at Salem Speedway. Barnes Jr. has not raced a lot lately, he made one start with the series in 2007 driving a Jim Winters owned car to a fourth place finish at ORP, he had been working for Petty Racing in North Carolina, but moved back home to Louisville to be closer to his family in the spring. Most recently Barnes Jr. has spent some time helping his father win the Frank Kimmel Street Stock event at Kentucky Speedway in May and has been a crew chief for Jason Shively in a couple of series events this season. Barnes Jr. also made a start with the ASA Late Model Series on July 19^th at Salem Speedway subbing for Kris Stump.

"I’m excited about getting behind the wheel again in a late model with the CRA Super Series," remarked Barnes Jr. "This was kind of a last minute decision, but will be ready for the show this Saturday. If everything goes well hopefully we can race in some more races with the series later this year, especially the bigger events in the fall!"

Barnes Jr. was the 2004 CRA Super Series Champion and is the current one lap record holder for the series at Salem Speedway. Barnes Jr. was the 2006 Salem Speedway Late Model Champion, he has wins in three different divisions on the famous High Banks. Barnes Jr. is seeking his first CRA Super Series victory at Salem Speedway, his best finish there was a fifth in the 2004 event, he has a total of five series victories in his career including the 2004 All American 400 win in Nashville.

Pit gates will open on Saturday at 1pm, practice will begin at 3:30pm, with qualifying at 5:30pm. The race program will begin at 7pm and will include the JayC Food Stores 100 for the CRA Super Series. More information on Salem Speedway is available at www.salemspeedway.com. More information on the CRA Super Series is available at www.craracing.net.