Salem, IN (October 25, 2010) – Three time series Champion Scott Hantz has won the 2010 Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Award with the CRA Super Series, in the special event extra distance point races. Hantz finished with 216 laps lead including 66 laps in the Plymouth event in July and lead 150 laps in getting the win in the Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway in July. This is the third year in a row that Hantz has been a winner in the lap leader awards, but this is his first in the special event extra distance point races.

Kyle Busch Motorsports development driver T.J. Reaid finished in second with 209 laps lead including 200 in getting the win in the CRA All American 400 event in Nashville on October 2^nd and he led nine laps in the Winchester 400. Chase Elliott was third with 135 laps lead including 59 in the Redbud 300 and 76 in winning the Winchester 400. 2010 series Champion John VanDoorn was fourth with 129 laps lead and Eddie Hoffman was fifth with 126 laps lead.

The Harris Products Group, a division of Lincoln Electric, will award Scott Hantz, as the leader in the special event extra distance point races on the 2010 CRA Super Series schedule, with a set of Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. In addition, the Harris Products Group will award John VanDoorn, as the leader in the most laps in the regular 100/125-lap series point’s events on the 2010 schedule, with a set of the Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. Both awards will be presented at the 2010 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet.

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.