Salem, IN (December 23, 2005) – CRA Super Series officials and I-70 Speedway officials have announced that I-70 Speedway will host a CRA Super Series event again in 2006. The CRA Super Series has sanctioned the World Cup late model extra lap event at I-70 Speedway the past two seasons, in 2006 however, I-70 Speedway will host a 100 lap CRA Super Series regular points event on Saturday night, August 19th.

Because of the extra travel involved with the event for most CRA Super Series teams, I-70 Speedway officials have agreed to pay out additional money over what is normally paid for a series 100 lap event. The one day event will pay $4000 to win and $500 to start, plus any CRA Super Series team in the top 50 in current series points at the time of the race will be eligible for a minimum of $100 in additional travel monies, the total amount of travel money for each team will depend on the number of teams in the top 50 that come to the event.

Last seasons I-70 Speedway series event featured one of the most exciting finishes of the 2005 season. 2005 CRA Super Series Drivers Points Champion Jeff Lane patiently worked his way from his seventh place starting position to take the lead from veteran short track racer Steve Carlson on lap 120 and led the rest of the way to win the Kenny’s Tile World Cup 150 at I-70 Speedway on Saturday, October 1st. Lane had to fight off a hard charging Eddie Hoffman, who had also worked his way past Carlson in the late laps. Hoffman was glued to Lane’s bumper over the last 10 laps, he tried to pass high and low, but was never able to make it around Lane. Hoffman finished a close second only .162 seconds behind Lane. Carlson finished in third followed by Ryan Mathews in fourth with 16-year-old Landon Cassill in fifth.

The I-70 Speedway CRA Super Series events have become great battles with good cars counts on the challenging high banked ½ mile track located in Odessa, Missouri. Last season’s event had total of 39 cars sign in for the event with a great amount of local support including ninth place finisher Dave Wilson of Greenwood, Missouri, eleventh place finisher Joe Ross from Kansas City, Missouri, fourteenth place finisher Brian Woods from Leawood, Kansas, and twentieth place finisher Kevin Foster from Lea Summit, Missouri.

More information on I-70 Speedway is available at www.i70speedway.net.

2006 CRA Super Series tentative scheduled events released to date:

March 18 – Music City Motorplex 150 Laps / Nashville, TN

April 15 – Anderson Speedway 125 Laps / Anderson, IN

May 27 - Berlin Raceway 125 Laps / Marne, MI

June 17 – Indianapolis Raceway Park 100 Laps / Indianapolis, IN

July 2 – Toledo Speedway 100 Laps / Toledo, OH

July 15 – Anderson Speedway 200 Laps / Anderson, IN

July 22 – Angola Motor Speedway 125 Laps / Angola, IN

August 19 – I-70 Speedway 100 Laps / Odessa, MO

November 3,4,5 – All American 400 Weekend / Nashville, TN