Salem, IN (October 22, 2011) – 15 year old Chase Elliott and three time CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz have won the 2011 Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader Awards for the CRA Super Series 2011 season. Elliott was the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader in the special event extra distance point races while Hantz was the Harris Products Group Season Lap Leader in the regular 100/125-lap series point’s events on the 2011 schedule.

Elliott finished with a total 264 laps lead in the Redbud 300 and Winchester 400 to barely beat out 2011 series Champion and Rookie of the Year Derrick Griffin by two laps. Series veteran Jeff Lane was third with 140 laps lead, Hantz was fourth in that category with only 18 laps lead with Boris Jurkovic the Winchester 400 winner in fifth place with five laps lead.

Hantz finished with a total of 155 laps lead in the regular 100/125-lap series point’s events, topping Becca Kasten who was in second with 121 laps lead. Two time series Champion John VanDoorn was third with 118 laps lead. Steve Dorer and Jurkovic were tied for fourth with 112 laps lead. Hantz was the series lap leader in the special event extra distance point races in 2010 while VanDoorn took the award in the regular 100/125-lap series point’s events.

The Harris Products Group, a division of Lincoln Electric, will award Elliott and Hantz with a set of the Harris Products Group Cutting Torches. Both awards will be presented at the 2011 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet.

In May of 2006, the J.W. Harris Company and Harris Calorific, Inc. were merged together to form The Harris Products Group. This integration supported the combining of consumables and equipment for welding, cutting, brazing and soldering for their customer base. The new company logo compliments the best of both Harris organizations and connects them with their parent company, Lincoln Electric. More information can be found at www.harrisproductsgroup.com.