Salem, IN (August 28, 2009) – 2008 CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz and NASCAR Star Kyle Busch are the current leaders in the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Awards with just five events left in the CRA Super Series 2009 racing season. Hantz is the lap leader in the regular 100 and 125 lap events this season by leading a total of 192 laps with three events left in that category including the upcoming

Labor Day Weekend event at Winchester Speedway, the September 19^th event at Baer Field Speedway and the October 10^th event at Berlin Raceway. Hantz has a 79 lap lead over current series point’s leader John VanDoorn who has led 113 laps so far this season. Eddie Hoffman is in third with 94 laps lead, Chris Anthony is fourth with 51 laps lead, and Aaron Pierce is fifth with 46 laps lead.

Kyle Busch leads the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Award for the extra distance races over 125 laps this season. Busch has lead 211 laps in that category, all of which came in getting a victory in the series Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway on July 27^th. Fellow NASCAR driver David Stremme is second with 150 laps lead, all those came in his series victory in the 200 lap Plymouth Speedway event on July 12^th. Josh Vadnais is in third with 80 laps lead, Hantz is fourth with 70 laps lead, while Jack Landis is fifth with 50 laps lead. There are still two events left in 2009 in this category including the 38^th Annual Winchester 400 on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway on October 18^th and the series Nashville All American 400 event at the Fairgrounds Speedway on November 1^st.

The Harris Products Group, a division of Lincoln Electric, will award the CRA Super Series driver that leads the most laps in the regular 100/125-lap series point’s events on the 2009 schedule with a set of the Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. In addition, The Harris Products Group will award the driver who leads the most laps in the special event extra distance races on the 2009 CRA Super Series schedule with a set of Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. Both awards will be presented at the 2009 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet.

In May of 2006, the J.W. Harris Company and Harris Calorific, Inc. were merged together to form The Harris Products Group. This integration supported the combining of consumables and equipment for welding, cutting, brazing and soldering for their customer base. The new company logo compliments the best of both Harris organizations and connects them with their parent company, Lincoln Electric. More information can be found at www.harrisproductsgroup.com.