Winchester, IN (September 1, 2009) – There will be plenty of racing at Winchester Speedway this weekend with the tracks annual Labor Day Weekend World Stock Car Festival that will see six different racing classes competing on the famous High Banks including the CRA Super Series late models, the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series, the O’Reilly USA Modifieds, the CRA Street Stocks, the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, and Thunder/Enduro Cars.

The CRA Super Series will compete in the McGunegill Engine Performance 100 Presented By Crown RV and Boat Cleaner, it will be the second stop for the series at Winchester Speedway leading up to the 38^th Annual Winchester 400 on Sunday, October 18^th. Three time CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz got the victory in the Manning Service 100, the opening event for the Winchester Speedway on May 17^th. Hantz, the events EDCO Welding Fast Qualifier, started fifth after drawing a five for the events invert. Jeff Lane took advantage of his front row starting position to grab the early lead. It didn’t take long for Hantz to work his way to Lane’s bumper. Hantz worked for several laps trying to pass Lane before getting by on lap 43, from there Hantz cruised to a four second victory.

The CRA Super Series point’s battle has tightened up heading into this weekend’s event. With two straight series victories at Toledo and Nashville, Hantz as narrowed John VanDoorn’s points lead to 12 points with only four points events left in the 2009 season. Aaron Pierce is in third place in points, only one point ahead of Rick Turner in fourth, Turner was the winner of last season’s Labor Day Weekend event. Boris Jurkovic is currently in fifth place in series points. To date 28 cars have pre-entered for Sunday’s event from 10 different states.

Steve Minich Jr. comes in to this weekend’s event as the point’s leader with the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series with a series leading three victories to date. Second place Charlie Hanna has narrowed Minich Jr.’s lead down to 17 points heading into Monday’s feature event. Keith Sterkowitz is currently in third place, 36 points behind Hanna. Sterkowitz will do double duty this weekend, he will also make his debut with the CRA Super Series. Leading series rookie Steve Stacy is fourth in series points, only seven behind Sterkowitz. Ric Pfiefer is in fifth place in series points. Terry Jones got the win in the series only event at Winchester Speedway this season.

The point’s battle in the CRA Street Stocks is very tight coming into this weekend’s event with two time series Driver Champion Joe Beaver holding a four point lead over Jason Thompson. Beaver won his first event of the season at the series last event at Mt. Lawn Speedway on August 23^rd. Josh Burton is in third place in series points, he is only six points behind Beaver. Rich Boyer is in fourth place, he is 39 points behind Burton. The #32 Miles Motorsports team is in fifth place in series points with drivers Bret Miles Jr. and Randy Hoppes. Burton got the win in the series only point’s event at Winchester Speedway this season. Scott Neal won a non-points event on July 2^nd.

The Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts will also be in action with feature events this weekend on Sunday and Monday. Tim Dilg currently leads the series points by 60 points over 2008 Champion Rex Zimmerman in second. Farmland native Brian Redmond is currently third in series points, he is 35 points behind Zimmerman. Leading series rookie Jeff Williams is fourth in series points. Bill Charles is currently fifth in series points. The series had a record 47 cars enter the series last event on August 23^rd at Mt. Lawn Speedway. Dilg, Zimmerman and Redmond have all pick up series point victories this season at Winchester Speedway. Charles won a non-points race on July 2^nd.

This weekend will be the second appearance for the O’Reilly USA Modified Series at Winchester Speedway this season in the Fire Bottle 40 on Monday afternoon. Edgerton, Ohio’s Bud Perry got the victory in the O’Reilly USA Modified’s 50 lap feature on July 19^th. Perry looked like he would be settling for third when Scotty Tomasik who was leading, and second place Mike Stacy make contact on the backstretch on lap 32 sending Tomasik hard into the outside wall. Tomasik was done for the day, series officials placed Stacy at the rear of the field, he then decided to park his car for the day. Perry inherited the lead and held off a hard charging Kyle Jones to get the win. A full field of Modifieds is expected as they prepare for the 4^th Annual Run For The Gun Shootout on the Winchester 400 Weekend.

This weekends racing action will also include feature events for the Thunder/Enduro Cars on both Sunday and Monday in their only visit to Winchester Speedway this season. Shane Cullen and Tom Gossar got victories in the Thunder/Enduro Car feature events on Labor Day Weekend last year. Both features were two of the best of that weekend. Cullen got the victory on Sunday night, while Gossar got the win on Monday afternoon.

The weekend will start with an open practice for all divisions on Saturday. Pit gates open at 10am with rotating practice sessions from 1 to 5pm. Pit gates open on Sunday morning at 9am, practice begins at 11:30am, qualifying will start at 3:30pm. Sunday nights racing action will begin at 6pm with heat races for the CRA Street Stocks, Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman, Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, and Thunder/Enduro Cars. The O’Reilly USA Modifieds will have a Dash for their top qualifiers and heat races for the rest. There will be 20 lap features for both the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts and Thunder/Enduro Cars. After the racing action there will be a party in the Pavilion behind turn 1 of the racetrack with live music from Cross Tie starting at 9pm.

Pit gates will open on Monday at 9am. There will be a short warm-up session for all divisions at 11am, Last Chance races will begin at 12noon. The first of six feature events will take the green flag at 1pm.Go to www.winchesterspeedway.com to purchase advanced tickets or for more information on this weekend’s events. More information on the all the CRA Series is available at www.craracing.net.