Salem, IN (August 5, 2009) – The Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series and CRA Street Stocks will be in action at Anderson Speedway this Saturday, August 8^th. It is a regular scheduled event for the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series and a make-up event for the CRA Street Stocks from the originally scheduled May 30^th event that was postponed because of severe weather.

This will be the second event of the season at Anderson Speedway for the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series. The series opened it’s 2009 season at Anderson on April 18^th were Charlie Hanna led all 75 laps in getting the win over Steve Stacy and Ric Pfiefer. Steve Minich Jr., comes into Saturday’s event as the series point’s leader and has won a series leading three events so far this season including the series last event on July 25^th at Plymouth Speedway. Minich Jr. also picked up wins at Baer Field Speedway and at Angola Motor Speedway.

Hanna is currently in second place in series points, only 15 points behind Minich Jr. Leading series rookie competitor Steve Stacy is third in points, 50 points behind Hanna. Former series Champion Keith Sterkowitz is fourth in points, 16 points behind Stacy. Ric Pfiefer is fifth in points, 28 points behind Sterkowitz. Former Anderson Champions Joe Beaver and Jake Owens are both looking to return to series action at Anderson after having to miss races with engine problems.

The CRA Street Stocks will make its second appearance of the season at Anderson Speedway on Saturday battling the best drivers in the Anderson Street Stock Division. The series had it’s biggest race of the season, a 300 lapper, at Anderson on June 27^th were veteran Central Indiana racer Scott Neal led all 300 laps to get a hard fought victory over Beau Mitchell and Joe Beaver. Jason Thompson finished fourth in that race followed by Brian Hopkins in fifth place.

Two-time series Driver Champion Beaver comes into Saturday’s event as the series current points leader, but has not gotten a victory yet this season. Thompson is 19 points behind in second, he got a dominating series win at Mt. Lawn Speedway on June 10^th. Josh Burton is in third place in series points, just three points behind Thompson. Burton picked up a win in the series season opener at Winchester Speedway. Multi-time Anderson Street Stock Champion Rich Boyer is fourth in series points, 18 points behind Burton. 2008 series Champion Bret Miles Jr. is fifth in series points, he is only two points behind Boyer heading into Saturday’s event. Robbie Henderson got his first ever series victory in the series last event at Plymouth Speedway on July 12^th.

Bret Miles Sr. comes into Saturday’s event as the point’s leader in the Anderson Street Stock Division, he has an 84 point lead over Rob Allman in second. Boyer is third in Anderson Street Stock points, only three points behind Allman. Randy Hoppes is fourth in Anderson points with Kyle Flynn in fifth place.

Pit Gates will open at 3pm on Saturday with a CRA drivers meeting scheduled to begin at 4:30pm. Practice for all divisions will begin at 5pm with qualifying starting at 6:30pm. The racing program will begin at 8pm and will include 75 lap features for both the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series and CRA Street Stocks. The Anderson Figure 8 Division will also be in action Saturday night with heat races and a 25 lap feature.

More event information is available at www.andersonspeedway.com. More information on all the CRA Racing Divisions is available at www.craracing.net.