Salem, IN (August 20, 2009) – Three-time series Champion Scott Hantz leads the Scott Performance Wire Four State Challenge heading into Sunday’s CRA Budweiser 150 Presented By The Kyle Busch Foundation at the Fairgrounds Speedway located in Nashville, Tennessee. The Scott Performance Wire Four State Challenge is an award program based upon four selected CRA Super Series points events in the four states the series will have points events in 2009. The Challenge started with the July 27^th event at Anderson Speedway located in Anderson, Indiana were Hantz came away with 94 points. The second event in the Challenge was last Friday’s event at Toledo Speedway, located in Toledo, Ohio were Hantz won the event and came away with 106 points, giving him a total of 200 points after two of the four events in the Challenge. Hantz was the winner of last season’s Challenge.

Veteran series racer Rick Turner is currently second in the Challenge with 194 points after scoring 97 points in each event so far. Turner led the Challenge going into the final event last season before Hantz claimed the title after out pointing Turner in the last event. John VanDoorn is currently in third place with 181 points. Aaron Pierce is fourth with 172 points. NASCAR competitor Kyle Busch is currently fifth with 170 points, he was the winner at the Anderson event, but finished 23^rd last Friday after a broken suspension part caused his car to hit the wall. Kenny Tweedy and Tyler Roahrig are tied with Busch in fifth place.

Sunday’s event in Nashville is the third round of the Scott Performance Wire Four State Challenge. The fourth and final round will be the rescheduled event at Berlin Raceway located in Marne, Michigan, on Saturday, October 10^th.

The Scott Performance Wire Four State Challenge will pay the driver who gets the most series points in the four events a $700 bonus and a set of Scott Performance Wires. The second place driver in the Scott Performance Wire Four State Challenge will receive a $500 bonus. The third place driver in the Scott Performance Wire Four State Challenge will receive a $300 bonus. Scott Performance Wire will also award the 2009 CRA Super Series Champion with a set of Scott Performance Wires and an additional set of Scott Performance Wires that will be given away by random draw of the top fifteen teams in final series points at the 2009 series awards banquet.

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