The CRA Super Series points lead for
defending series champion John VanDoorn is two markers smaller, but he
still holds a comfortable margin after the McGunegill Engine
Performance 100 at Winchester Speedway on Sunday, September 5 and
Monday, September 6.
VanDoorn earned his series best third
feature victory on Monday, September 6 at Winchester holding off a
hard-charging Scott Hantz. The Michigan competitor has posted five
top-five finishes and eight top 10s. The victory in the Labor Day
Classic marked the first for VanDoorn at the famed half-mile oval.
Second in the championship standings is
Scott Hantz, 52 points from the leading VanDoorn. Hantz has put
together an impressive run of strong results that includes four
consecutive podium finishes, a victory in the Welch & Wilson
Motorsports Redbud 300 at Anderson and two consecutive runner-up
showings
on Columbus and Winchester.
Tommy St. John ranks third, now 82 points
from first position. St. John drove to a third-place showing at
Winchester after starting in 10th position. The driver of
the Welch & Wilson Motorsports Chevrolet has produced four top five
finishes.
Michigan’s Brian Campbell continued his
upward progression in the standings moving into the fourth position
after a sixth place performance at Winchester. Rick Turner’s fifth
place run advanced him to fifth spot, nine points behind Campbell.
Sixth is Jason Dietsch only 11 tallies behind Turner with Terry Fisher
Jr. ranking seventh, just two markers behind Dietsch.
The remainder of the top 10 includes first
year racers Colin Nickolai and Nick Gullatta with Nick Lay climbing to
10th position after an eighth place finish in the McGunegill Engine
Performance 100.
In the Perfect Circle Racecars Rookie of the
Year standings, Gullatta took over the lead with John Long now ranking
second, 17 markers from first spot. Jay Nieweik is third in the
standings with Colin Nickolai in fourth and Tony Dager rounding out
the top five.
The CRA Super Series returns to action at
O’Reilly Raceway Park in the Welch & Wilson Rock N Race 100 on
Saturday, September 18.
