Salem, IN (August 26, 2011) – CRA Super Series leading Rookie of the Year candidate Derrick Griffin has taken over the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge points after his third place finish at last weekend’s event at Dixie Motor Speedway, which was the third event in the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge. Griffin came into the event third in the Challenge points, but moved up to first after former leader Kenny Tweedy and second place Scott Hantz both struggled at the Dixie event.

Griffin now has 280 points as the series heads to the fourth event in the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge at Winchester Speedway on Monday, September 5^th as part of the Labor Day Weekend World Stock Car Festival. The Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge is a performance award program based upon five selected CRA Super Series point’s events during the 2011 season. The first event in the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge was the May 30^th event at Columbus Motor Speedway, while the second was on June 10^th at M-40 Speedway.

Nick Gullatta has now moved into second place in the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge points with two consecutive top five finishes at Dixie and at M-40 Speedway. Gullatta is 14 points behind Griffin. Hantz dropped to third in the Challenge points after his disappointing event at Dixie that saw him battle for the lead for several laps before contact from another car put him in the wall resulting in a 15^th Place finish. Hantz is three points behind Gullatta. Tweedy is now in fourth place after a 14^th place finish at Dixie, he is five points behind Hantz. Fellow rookie competitor Mason Mingus is in fifth place, he is 12 points behind Tweedy.

The Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge will pay the driver who gets the most series points in the five events an $800 bonus and a set of Scott Performance Wires. The second place driver in the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge will receive a $500 bonus. The third place driver in the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge will receive a $400 bonus. The final event of the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge will be the October 2^nd event at Lucas Oil Raceway.

Scott Performance Wire will award the 2011 CRA National Late Model Champion with a set of Scott Performance Wires. Also, the 2011 CRA Super Series Champion and the 2011 CRA Southern Six-Pack Tour Champion will receive a set of Scott Performance Wires. There will be an additional set of Scott Performance Wires that will be given away at the 2011 CRA Awards Banquet by a random draw of the top 15 in final CRA Super Series points.

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