Salem, IN (October 27, 2011) – Champion Racing Association will be well represented in this Sunday’s 23rd Annual Halloween 200 at Salem Speedway in Salem, Indiana. This huge end of year Street Stock event has grown into one of the biggest Street Stock events in the country, paying the winner $5000. The event starts everyone who enters by a blind draw and they are lined up three wide for the initial start.

Topping the list of Halloween 200 entries with CRA ties is the 2011 EDCO Welding CRA Street Stocks #73 Championship winning team of owner Danny Acrey with driver Jeff Lane. Lane scored four wins during the season and had the Championship clinched before the series last event, which Lane had to miss when the car developed engine problems in practice. Lane got two wins at Anderson Speedway, one at Winchester Speedway and one at Lucas Oil Raceway. Lane also finished 11^th in CRA Super Series points in 2011 getting a win in the series season opener at Anderson Speedway, were he became the first series driver to make his 200^th series start.

Second place series points finisher Josh Poore is entered, he got one series victory at Anderson Speedway in 2011. Third place point’s finisher Brian Hopkins is entered, Hopkins got three series wins in 2011 including the series Championship event on Winchester 400 weekend. Other 2011 series winners entered for the Halloween 200 includes Jason Thompson who won the series 200 lap event at Anderson Speedway. Also Frank Kimmell II who won the series event in June at Lucas Oil Raceway and Kyle Hadley who won the series 25 lap New Stars Feature on Winchester 400 weekend.

There several other drivers entered who competed with the EDCO Welding CRA Street Stocks during the 2011 season including Rich Segvich, who finished fifth in series points, he hopes to make his first ever Halloween 200 start Sunday. Other drivers who competed in at least one EDCO Welding CRA Street Stocks event during the 2011 season racing Sunday includes Calvin Parham, Beau Mitchell, the series all-time win leader, Jonathon Ziegler, Chuck Barnes Sr., David Bayens, Brett Hudson and John Hayden. Fred Hopkins is also entered for Sunday’s race, Hopkins raced in a CRA Super Series and a Sullivan RV CRA Late Model Sportsman event in 2011.

The #3 Scott Neal owned car is entered, which was driven in select series events during the season by Pam Neal, but CRA Managing Partner R.J. Scott will be behind the wheel on Sunday. This will be Scott’s 21^st Halloween 200. CRA Tech Inspector Jeff Chew won the first Halloween 200 in 1989.

There will be an open practice on Saturday, pits open at 11am with practice from 1pm to 4pm. Pits open on Sunday at 8am. Practice begins on Sunday at 10am with the Halloween 200 taking the green flag at 1:15pm.