CRA Takes on the High Banks of Winchester Speedway This Sunday

Salem, IN (August 2, 2011) – Champion Racing Association will be taking on the famous High Banks of historic Winchester Speedway this Sunday, August 7th as part of the Family Fun Day that will feature racing action from the Sullivan RV CRA Late Model Sportsman Series, the EDCO Welding CRA Street Stocks and the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Bring the whole family out for a great day of racing and family entertainment with giant inflatables, face painting and snow cones for the kids.

Sunday’s Sullivan RV CRA Late Model Sportsman event will be the series 21st event at Winchester Speedway. Charlie Hanna has the most series wins at Winchester with three. Jason Atkinson comes into Sunday’s event as the series point’s leader after seven series events so far in 2011. Atkinson has three wins to date. Keith Sterkowitz has narrowed the points lead down to 51 points after getting his third series victory of the season in the series last event at Anderson Speedway. Hanna is in third place in points, he is only 17 points behind Sterkowitz. Mark Lambert is in fourth place with Mark Parker in fifth place.

Sunday’s EDCO Welding CRA Street Stocks event will be the 33rd series event at Winchester Speedway, the most at any one race track. Beau Mitchell is the all-time series victory leader at Winchester with six victories. Veteran CRA competitor Jeff Lane, who has two Street Stock victories at Winchester, comes into Sunday’s event as the series point’s leader by 72 points over Anderson Speedway hot shoe Josh Poore. Rookie Mark Mason and the #21 car owned by Steve Davis and campaigned recently by Ryan Amonett are tied for third place. Another CRA veteran Rich Segvich is currently fifth in series points.

The Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts have had 29 events to date at Winchester Speedway and are the only CRA division to get to race at Winchester so far in 2011 after the track has been forced to totally cancel two events because of weather. Current series point’s leader Jeff Shelmadine got the victory at Winchester Speedway on Saturday, June 25th, it was his second victory of the 2011 season. Rookie Rick James is in second place in points, he is 46 points behind Shelmadine. James won the season opening series point’s event at Baer Field Speedway. Justin Brown is just one point behind James in third place. Rookie Kyle Crump is in fourth place and Cary Abrell is currently in fifth place.

Pits open on Sunday at 8am. Practice will begin at 10:30am with qualifying starting at 12:30pm. The race program will begin at 2pm and will include 8 lap heats and a 20 lap feature for the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, 10 lap heats and a 40 lap features for the Sullivan RV CRA Late Model Sportsman Series and the EDCO Welding CRA Street Stocks.

Additional track and event information can be found at www.winchesterspeedway.com. More information on all the CRA Series is available at www.craracing.net.

 

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