Salem, IN (May 9, 2008) – Hartsville, Tennessee native Zach Taylor has taken the early lead in the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year Standings with the CRA Super Series after one event. Taylor’s fifth place finish for the Great Deals Racing team in the April 27^th Manning Service 100 at Winchester Speedway earning him the first K & N Filters Rookie Of The Race Award of the 2008 season which netted the team a $100 cash bonus and a $25 Product Certificate from K & N Filters along with a $50 Product Certificate from VDL Fuel Systems.

Fellow rookie Aaron Pierce, currently living in Phoenix, Arizona, is only two points behind Taylor after finishing right behind him in the season opener in sixth place. For Pierce, an open wheel veteran, it was a great way to end his first points event with the series and only his third ever race in a late model for the Muller Motorsports Team. Pierce earned a $25 Product Certificate from Cometic Gasket for his second highest rookie finish.

Ft. Wayne, Indiana’s Tommy Cook is third in the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year Standings, 10 points behind Pierce after getting an 11^th place finish in the season opener for the Floyd Fehl Motorsports team. Cook is still learning how to compete with the additional horsepower after competing in mostly crate engine late models the past three years.

Colgate, Wisconsin native Robert Maynor is fourth in rookie points, only four behind Cook after getting a 13^th place finish at Winchester. New Lenox, Illinois native Al Longtin is fifth in points after getting a 16^th place finish at Winchester. Taylor, Michigan’s Adam Purdy and Anderson, Indiana’s Donald Karr Jr. are sixth and seventh after having their day end early at Winchester after being involved in some on track contact in two separate incidents on lap 13 of the Manning Service 100.

The CRA Super Series will be back in action in the CRA Super Sunday 100 Presented By Dietsch Sales & Service and Klotz Lubricants on Sunday, May 18^th at Baer Field Speedway in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. More information is available here.