Salem, IN (February 12, 2010) – Champion Racing Association officials have announced that the Harris Products Group has agreed to continue its sponsorship of the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Awards with the CRA Super Series for the upcoming 2010 season. The Harris Products Group, a division of Lincoln Electric, will award the CRA Super Series driver that leads the most laps in the regular 100/125-lap series point’s events on the 2010 schedule with a set of Harris Products Group Cutting Torches.

In addition, The Harris Products Group will award the driver who leads the most laps in the extra lap special events on the 2010 CRA Super Series schedule with a set of Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. The special events will be races more than 125 laps in length, including the Rowdy’s Revenge 251 at Berlin Raceway, the 200 lap event at Plymouth Speedway, the Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway and the Winchester 400. Both awards will be presented at the 2010 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet. This will be the seventh consecutive season that the Harris Products Group has been a sponsor of the CRA Super Series.

Three time CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz won the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Award for the 2009 season in the100/125 lap events. Hantz led a total of 246 laps in getting a series leading four victories in 2009. NASCAR competitor Kyle Busch was the winner of the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Award for the extra distance races over 125 laps last season. Busch lead a commanding 457 laps in that category, of which 211 came in getting a victory in the series Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway on July 27^th and 246 came in getting the victory in the 38^th Annual Winchester 400 at Winchester Speedway on October 18^th.

The Harris Products Group will also continue their sponsorship of the Harris Products Group Sportsman Of The Year Award for both the Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series and CRA Street Stock Series again in 2010. The award will be presented at the 2010 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet and will consist of a product certificate from the Harris Products Group. The winner of each award will be voted on by series officials and will be the driver in each division who best represents the sport of auto racing both on and off the track during the 2010 season. Steve Stacy was the 2009 Harris Products Group Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series Sportsman Of The Year Award winner while Rich Boyer won the award in the CRA Street Stocks.

In May of 2006, the J.W. Harris Company and Harris Calorific, Inc. were merged together to form The Harris Products Group. This integration supported the combining of consumables and equipment for welding, cutting, brazing and soldering for their customer base. The new company logo compliments the best of both Harris organizations and connects them with their parent company, Lincoln Electric. More information can be found at www.harrisproductsgroup.com.