Salem, IN (August 19, 2009) – The CRA Super Sunday Presented By PPG Enterprises event will take place this Sunday, August 23^rd at the challenging Mt. Lawn Speedway just outside of New Castle, Indiana. This CRA promoted event will feature a full evening of racing from the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series, CRA Street Stocks and the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. The event will showcase the local Mt. Lawn heroes battling the stars of CRA.

The Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series cars have only raced at Mt. Lawn one previous time and that was in May of 2006. Mt. Lawn Motion Motors Late Model regular Scott Knepley got the win that day over T.J. Fisher and Keith Sterkowitz. Knepley will be looking to defend his 2006 win on Sunday and he will bring his teammate L.J. Lines, a legend in Central Indiana racing and at Mt. Lawn Speedway, with him.

Current series point’s leader Steve Minich Jr. will lead the series regulars who will be competing on Sunday at Mt. Lawn. Minich Jr., who has never raced at Mt. Lawn, comes into Sunday’s event with a series leading three wins so far in 2009. Charlie Hanna comes in second in series points, 25 points behind Minich Jr. Sterkowitz is third, 39 points behind Hanna. Leading rookie contender Steve Stacy is fourth only three points behind Sterkowitz. Ric Pfiefer is currently in fifth place. Jason Atkinson, a Mt. Lawn regular, won the series last event at Anderson Speedway on August 8^th.

The CRA Street Stocks will make their second appearance of the season at Mt. Lawn. Jason Thompson dominated the June 10^th Gibo Chew Memorial event, taking the lead from Jim Crabtree Jr. on the second lap and leading the remaining laps to get the win by over a half second over Jeff Lane and Chuck Cook. The CRA Street Stocks will race on Saturday night at Anderson Speedway before coming over to Mt. Lawn for Sunday’s event.

Two-time series Driver Champion Beaver comes into this weekends events as the series current points leader, but has not gotten a victory yet this season. Burton is 25 points behind in second, while Thompson is only one point behind Burton in third place. 2008 series Champion Bret Miles Jr. is fourth in series points, he is 30 points behind Thompson. Rich Boyer is fifth, he is 26 points behind Miles Jr. Rick Erwin was the series most recent winner at Anderson Speedway on August 8^th. There will be a $100 bonus to the highest finishing Anderson Speedway or Mt. Lawn Thundercar that competes in Sunday’s Street Stock event.

The Vore’s Welding & Steel FWD Compacts will have their first ever series point’s event at Mt. Lawn on Sunday. Several series drivers competed in a special non-point series event against the Mt. Lawn Hornets on June 10^th. Tim Dilg came away with the win in that event. Justin Brown was third and Rex Zimmerman sixth to lead the CRA finishers. Mt. Lawn regulars Brian Lewis, Kevin Claborn and Freddie Marlow finished second, fourth and fifth in that event. Sunday’s race promises to be another great battle between the CRA racers and the Mt. Lawn regulars in this division. There is a $50 bonus for the highest finisher not in the top 25 in CRA FWD points and a $25 bonus to the second highest finisher.

Dilg comes into Sunday’s event as the series point’s leader. 2008 series Champion Rex Zimmerman is second, 47 points behind Dilg. Brian Redmond is third, only seven points behind Zimmerman. Leading series rookie Jeff Williams is in fourth place, 32 points behind Redmond. Bill Charles is in fifth place, he is 11 points behind Williams. Zimmerman was the series most recent winner at Winchester Speedway on July 19^th.

Pit gates open on Sunday at 12 Noon, spectator gates at 1:30pm. Practice will begin at 2pm, with qualifying at 3:30pm. The race program will begin at 5pm and will include 50 lap features for the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series and the CRA Street Stocks and a 30 lap feature for the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts as well as heat races for all three divisions with Razzles paying bonuses to the Fast Heat winners for each division, $100 for the Late Model Sportsman, $75 for the Street Stocks and $25 for the FWD’s. Adult general Admission tickets will be on sale at the gate for $12, students 9 to 18 are $5, kids 8 and under are free.

More information on this event and all the CRA Series is available at www.craracing.net.