Salem, IN (November 22, 2006) – 2006 CRA Super Series Champion Scott "The Hurricane" Hantz will spend his Thanksgiving Weekend in South Boston, Virginia competing in the first ever Mason-Dixon Meltdown sanctioned by the PASS South Series. The 250 lap late model portion of the Meltdown will pay the winner $12,500. Hantz, who has become accustom to racing almost year round, did not get much time to celebrate his 2006 CRA Super Series Championship before hitting the road to race in several end of season big late model events which will include next weeks Snowball Derby at Five Flags Speedway in Pensacola, Florida.

The Angola, Indiana native claimed his 2006 Championship with an exclamation point by winning the return of the prestigious Winchester 400 at Winchester Speedway on Sunday, October 15th, the season championship event for the CRA Super Series. Hantz tied Brian Ross as the only two time and multiple champion in the ten year history of the highly competitive CRA Super Series. Hantz was series champion and rookie of the year in 2000.

Hantz started his off season big event trek at the All American 400 at the Music City Motorplex at the Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee were he competed against 72 of the top late model teams from around the country. Hantz would qualify 11^th for the event and would finish 16^th, the first car a lap down after running with the lead pack through out most of the 200 lap CRA Super Series sanctioned event.

"We just missed the set-up a little at Nashville," remarked Hantz. "I’m lucky that my car owner, Dick Poe, likes for us to travel to these big off season shows. We really like racing those type shows, they always bring out the best racers in the country. The competition in the CRA events during the season helps us prepare for these big events. I’m looking forward to racing at South Boston, and I always enjoy racing in the Snowball Derby, we just need to win one of these to cap off a great year!"

The Richard Poe Motorsports Team will carry sponsorship help from EMF Corp, Electric Mills, Race-Tech Engineering, and FLF Racecars. Hantz’s car owner is also the owner of Angola Motor Speedway located in Angola, Indiana, a regular stop for the CRA Super Series. More information is available on Scott Hantz at www.scotthantz.com.