Salem, IN (March 19, 2009) – Officials of the CRA Super Series, in conjunction with representatives of K & N Filters, announced today that K & N Filters would once again be the sponsor of the CRA Super Series Rookie Award Program for the upcoming 2009 race season. The 2009 K & N Filters Rookie Award Program will consist of the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Race Award at each series event during the 2009 season and the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year Award.

"This is going to be a great program again for all our rookie competitors for the 2009 season," remarked Glenn Luckett, CRA Super Series Director. "The program that K & N Filters is supporting will benefit the rookie competitors at each series event during the season and at the end of the season when we crown the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year at the series Awards Banquet. We greatly appreciate a great company like K & N Filters continuing to support this program for our outstanding 2009 rookie class!"

The K & N Filters Rookie Of The Race Award will go to the highest finishing registered rookie at each CRA Super Series points event during the 2009 season, beginning with the season opener at Anderson Speedway on Saturday, April 11^th. K & N Filters will award each events top finishing registered rookie a $100 cash bonus and a $25 Product Certificate. In addition, the top-finishing rookie at each series event will also receive a $50 Product Certificate from VDL Fuel Systems, while the second highest finishing registered rookie will receive a $25 Product Certificate from Cometic Gasket.

The highest finishing registered rookie in the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year Standings, which will be the driver who accumulates the most points in their best 11 series point races of the 13 scheduled during the 2009 season, will receive the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year Award at the 2009 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet which will include a $1000 cash bonus, a jacket and a $100 Product Certificate from K & N Filters.

The K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year will also receive a race ready Carburetor from VDL Fuel Systems, an ABC Body from Five Star RaceCar Bodies, a complete website with hosting and domain registration as well as maintenance for the entire 2009 race season from Speed Media, a $500 Product Certificate towards a Racing Uniform from Hinchman Racing Uniforms, a pair of AP Brake Rotors from AP Racing Brakes, a $200 Product Certificate from Cometic Gasket, a $100 Product Certificate from Hawk Performance, a $100 Product Certificate from AFCO, a $100 Product Certificate from JOES Racing Products, a $100 Product Certificate from Shively High Performance and a $50 Product Certificate from PitStopUSA.com.

The second place finisher in the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year standings will receive a $300 Cash Bonus from Cometic Gasket.

A strong group of racers have already indicated they will be competing for the 2009 K & N Filters Rookie Award Program. Three former Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series competitors including Nick Lay from Cicero, Indiana, Zach Hulvey from Ossian, Indiana and 15 year old Damon Ecoff from Greenfield, Indiana will compete in the Rookie Program. Brandon Fagin from Evansville, Indiana and Tyler Roahrig, son of series veteran JR Roahrig, from Mishawaka, Indiana will also compete, both ran limited CRA Super Series schedules in 2008. Justin Matson from Cromwell, Indiana will also compete after racing a dirt modified for several seasons and racing some outlaw late model pavement events last season.

The 2009 K & N Filters Rookie class is a talented group that will continue the tradition of top rookie competitors the CRA Super Series produces every season. The series began naming a Rookie Of The Year award winner in 1998, the second season for the series. The winner of that first award was Ohio competitor Spanks Overbeck. From that point on a new rookie star was born each season including the following former series Rookie Of the Year Award winners: 1999 Peter Cozzolino, 2000 Scott Hantz, 2001 Joel Kauffman, 2002 Andy Ponstein, 2003 Chuck Barnes Jr., 2004 Chris Gabehart, 2005 Tommy St. John, 2006 Danny Jackson, 2007 John Van Doorn, and the latest star 2008 winner Aaron Pierce.

K & N Filters, the Official Filter of the CRA Super Series, will also support the series by awarding a $150 Product Certificate to the 2009 series Champion, a $100 Product Certificate to second place in final points, a $75 Product Certificate to third place, and $50 Product Certificates to the fourth and fifth place finishers in final series points.

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2009 K & N Filters Rookie Award Program Registration in Word Format