Salem, IN (October 10, 2011) – Welch & Wilson Motorsports rookie driver Derrick Griffin has won the 2011 Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge, coming from behind to beat Scott Hantz at the last event of the Challenge at Lucas Oil Raceway on October 2^nd. On an afternoon when all the top five drivers in the Scott Performance Wire Five Race Challenge points had on track issues, Griffin came through with an 11^th place finish claiming the Challenge by 21 points over Hantz. Hantz had his worse finish of the season at the Lucas Oil Raceway event after contact from another car caused him to lose several laps in the pits repairing damage. Hantz finished 25^th in that event.

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, the second was on June 10^th at M-40 Speedway, the third was on August 19^th at Dixie Motor Speedway, the fourth was on September 5^th at Winchester Speedway and the fifth and final event was on October 2^nd at Lucas Oil Raceway.

Griffin will receive an $800 bonus and a set of Scott Performance Wires from Scott Performance Wire at the 2011 CRA Awards Banquet. Hantz will receive a $500 bonus for finishing in second. Kenny Tweedy finished in third and will receive a $400 bonus.

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 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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