Winchester, IN (August 26, 2008) – There will be plenty of racing at Winchester Speedway this weekend with the tracks annual Labor Day Weekend World Stock Car Festival that will see seven different racing classes competing on the famous High Banks including the CRA Super Series late models, the Howe CRA Sportsman Series, the American Modifieds, the CRA Street Stocks, the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, the Michigan based Short Track Trucks, and Thunder/Enduro Cars.

The CRA Super Series will compete in the McGunegill Engine Performance 100 Presented By The U.S. Army, it will be the second stop for the series at Winchester Speedway leading up to the 37^th Annual Winchester 400 on Sunday, October 12^th. Two time CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz got the victory in the Manning Service 100, the season opening event for the CRA Super Series on April 27^th. Appleton Rack & Pinion Fast Qualifier Rick Turner drew a four for the event’s invert putting Hantz on the pole, but it was veteran Jeff Lane getting the lead at the drop of the green from his outside starting position. Lane would lead the first 47 laps before slowing slightly anticipating a possible caution when A.J. Ganino spun off the track in turn two, but Ganino never stopped so no caution was thrown, but the hesitation by Lane allowed Hantz to power by after the two had raced side by side for several laps.

Hantz would go on and get the victory while a battle ensued behind him for the other top five finishing positions. Boris Jurkovic looked to be the car that would be able to challenge Hantz for the lead as he worked his way from his ninth starting position to second making several passes in the closing laps. A late caution put Jurkovic on Hantz’s bumper on a restart with only four laps to go, but fate dealt Jurkovic a bad blow as a broken transmission left him lagging behind as the other lead laps cars passed him all battling for position until the checkered flag fell. Kenny Tweedy finished in second in his first event for new car owner Ken Muller. Jason Dietsch survived a tough mid race battle with Jurkovic and JR Roahrig to get third. Roahrig would hold on to get fourth with series rookie Zach Taylor finishing in fifth

Current series points leader Scott Hantz looks to be on track to claim his record third series Championship with a 90 point lead over second place Boris Jurkovic heading into Monday’s event with only four point events left in the 2008 season. Several different teams that are not regulars at Winchester events are entered to race in Monday’s feature event in order to prepare for the 37^h Annual Winchester 400 including former Ohio resident Jeff Fultz who now resides in Troutman, North Carolina and the winner of last seasons McGunegill Engine Performance 100 for car owner Curtis Venable. Fultz was a former regular competitor at Winchester Speedway in several different divisions, but has only competed in selected races there since moving to North Carolina. Alabama native Stanley Smith will make the haul to compete in Monday’s event along with Colorado native Mitch Cobb, who is a Development Driver for NASCAR great Bill Elliot’s team based out of Dawsonville, Georgia. There are already 26 cars pre-entered for Monday’s event.

Tony Dager comes into this weekend as the point’s leader with the Howe CRA Sportsman Series. In adjusted points, each team is allowed to drop their lowest two finishes, Dager has a 33 point lead over Rick Rinehart with only four events left in the 2008 season. Justin Alsip, the winner of the series last event at Winchester Speedway on August 10^th, is currently third in points, but is 40 points behind Rinehart. Charlie Hanna is currently fourth in points, he is 40 points behind Alsip. Eric Barcus rounds out the top five, he is 57 points behind Hanna.

The point’s battle in the CRA Street Stocks is very tight coming into this weekend’s event with Bret Miles Jr. holding a very slim three point lead over two time series Driver Champion Joe Beaver with only four events left in that series 2008 season. Carl Muffley is third in points, rookie Josh Burton is fourth with Larry Matillo in fifth place. The series has had eight different winners in its eight events so far this year including four straight first time winners with Katie Jackson picking up the last series win on Saturday night at Anderson Speedway. Leading series rookie competitor Josh Burton picked up his first series victory ever in the series last event at Winchester Speedway on Sunday, July 20^th.

The Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts will also be in action with feature events this weekend on Sunday and Monday. Bill Charles currently leads the series points by only five points over his teammate Rex Zimmerman who has won a series leading three events so far this season, including the series last event at Winchester Speedway on August 10^th. Farmland native Brian Redmond is currently in third in series points, he is 23 points behind Zimmerman and got a victory at Winchester earlier this season. Michael Myers is in fourth place in points with Tim Dilg in fifth place. CRA has implemented an increase in purse payout for this event if there is an increase in car count for the division.

This weekend will be the third appearance for the American Modified Series at Winchester Speedway this season in the Fire Bottle 40 on Monday afternoon. In the series first event at Winchester on Thursday June12th Brian Nester held off Kyle Jones to get the victory. Nester returned to victory lane in the series second appearance in the Modified Big One with the USA Modified Series on July 20^th. Nester had to hold off Bud Perry, the winner of the American Modified qualifying event earlier in that same program, to get the win. Mike Carroll finished in third, Greg Stapleton in fourth and Kyle Jones was fifth. Chad Poole holds a slim one-point lead over Stapleton in the series points coming into this weekend’s event. Carroll is in third, Perry fourth and Brad Yelton is fifth. A full field of Modifieds is expected as they prepare for the 3^rd Annual Run For The Gun Shootout on the Winchester 400 Weekend.

The Short Track Trucks will also be in action this weekend at Winchester, that series had some of the best racing during last seasons World Stock Car Festival. Veteran Indiana racer Steve Blair fought off fellow Hoosier Jared Waldhoff to get the win for the Michigan based series. Keith Wioncek got third, Justin Claucherty was fourth with Paul Schaffer in fifth. Monday’s event will be Round #13 of the ShortTrackTrucks.com Challenge Series 2008 season. Expect the current front-runners from the ShortTrackTrucks.com Challenge Series including current points leader Justin Claucherty, along with Joey Shuryan, Paul Schaffer, Keith Wioncek and John Smalley to clash with some of Indiana’s finest truck racers on the High Banks.

This weekends racing action will include feature events for the Thunder/Enduro Cars on both Sunday and Monday in their only visit to Winchester Speedway this season. Last year that division just raced on Sunday night with veteran Anderson Speedway racer Rod Phipps taking the win in one of the best races of the entire weekend. Phipps was not sure about who was behind him for most of the race, and Mike Riddle, Jr. made sure he did not forget he was there staying right on Phipps’s tail through out the event. Tom Gossar ran up to the front after starting on the tail, making it a three-way dogfight to the end with Phipps having just enough to win. Riddle finished second, Gossar a close third and Randy Hoppes battled to get a fourth place finish. That division will also have a purse increase from last year depending on the amount of participants in each day’s feature event.

The weekend will start with an open practice for all divisions on Saturday. Pit gates open at 10am with rotating practice sessions from 1 to 5pm. Pit gates open on Sunday morning at 9am, practice begins at 11:30am, qualifying will start at 3pm. Sunday nights racing action will begin at 6pm with heat races for the CRA Street Stocks, Howe CRA Sportsman, Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, Michigan Short Track Trucks and Thunder/Enduro Cars. The American Modifieds will have a Dash for their top qualifiers then there will be 20 lap features for both the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts and Thunder/Enduro Cars. After the racing action there will be a party in the Pavilion behind turn 1 of the racetrack with music and Karaoke by Bygones Bar & Grill starting at 9pm.

Pit gates will open on Monday at 9am. There will be a short warm-up session for all divisions at 11am, Last Chance races will begin at 12noon. The first of seven feature events will take the green flag at 1pm.Go to www.winchesterspeedway.com to purchase advanced tickets or for more information on this weekend’s events. More information on the CRA divisions is available at www.craracing.net.