Salem, IN (April 20, 2010) – Champion Racing Association officials are extremely pleased to announce an exciting new partnership with the largest hotel chain in the world, the Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), with over 4,000 hotel properties across the U.S. and around the world. Their hotels include Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Intercontinental Hotels, Hotel Indigo, Crowne Plaza Hotels, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites.

This partnership will provide significant savings to CRA racers and fans whenever a hotel room is booked through the CRA web site. In addition IHG will be contributing funds to help support CRA for every night that is booked. In addition to the financial support, partnering with brands like Holiday Inn will help elevate the prominence of CRA as it continues to become one of the top sanctioning bodies for grass roots racing in the country.

To earn the discount and to assist CRA, all fans and racers will need to do is to click on the IHG/Holiday Inn link on the CRA web site at www.craracing.net, and proceed to make their reservation. Remember that fans and racers can not only take advantage of this promotion for the CRA races, but also for their business, personal and any other race travel. The rooms have to be booked through the CRA web site in order to receive the room discounts and to help support CRA.