Salem, IN (November 22, 2005) – Independence, Missouri driver Billy Crane has won the Howe Racing Performance Award for the 2005 CRA Super Series Presented By Spray Power season. Howe Racing will award Crane, who gained the highest number of positions through out the entire 2005 season with a $400 cash bonus at the 2005 series awards banquet on January 7^th at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Indianapolis. Crane finished the season with 121 total gained positions, which is an average of over 7 gained positions per event during the 2005 season. The young teenager finished second in the FLF Racecars/Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Year Award standings and finished eleventh in the 2005 CRA Super Series season points.

16-year-old Landon Cassill Fairfax, Iowa native finished in second with 71 gained positions. Cassill raced with the CRA Super Series on a part-time basis in 2005 while competing full-time with the ASA Late Model Series. Cassill finished in fourteenth in the 2005 CRA Super Series season points.

Wheaton, Illinois driver Eddie Hoffman finished in third with 66 gained positions. Rookie series competitor Jason Shively finished in fourth with 60 gained positions. 2005 CRA Super Series FLF Racecars/Cometic Gasket Rookie Of The Year Tommy St. John rounded out the top five with 19 gained positions during the 2005 season.

Howe Racing Enterprises was founded in 1971 by legendary Mid-west racer Ed Howe. Located today in a 45,000 square foot building in Beaverton, Michigan, the company is in the capable hands of his son, Howe Racing Enterprises President Chas Howe. Howe Racing sells serious race products including Chassis’s, Radiators, Steering Components, Suspension Components, Cock Pit Equipment, Braking and Exhaust Components that will help racers get to victory lane. By choosing Howe Racing products, racers are equipped with products that have been race-tested, that can be bought with confidence. Howe Racing is also a distributor for other leading racing products including Five Star Racecar Bodies, Aeroquip, ATL Fuel Cells, Penske Shocks and Carrera Shocks. Additional information on Howe Racing Enterprises is available at www.howeracing.com or call toll free at 888-484-3946.