Salem, IN (October 21, 2011) – Jay Niewiek has earned the 2011 Cometic Gasket Hardcharger Award for the just completed 2011 CRA Super Series season. Niewiek gained 132 positions in 13 events during the season, including gaining 15 positions in last Sunday’s 40^th Annual Winchester 400 at Winchester Speedway. This is the second season in a row that Niewiek has claimed the Cometic Gasket Hardcharger Award, last year he gained 104 total positions. Niewiek also finished sixth in overall series Championship points in 2011, it was his second season competing with the CRA Super Series.

Series veteran Kenny Tweedy finished second with 81 gained positions. Jason Dietsch was third with 69 gained positions. Rookie Mason Mingus was fourth with 51 gained positions while Colin Nickolai finished fifth with 39 gained positions.

Cometic Gasket, the Official Gasket of the CRA Super Series, will award a $500 cash bonus to Niewiek at the 2011 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet. A driver had to be in the top 15 in series points to be eligible for that award.

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