Salem, IN (October 10, 2005) – Chris Gabehart and Eddie Van Meter currently lead the Harris Cutting Torches & Regulators Season Lap Leader Awards after 17 of 20 events on the 2005 CRA Super Series Presented By Spray Power schedule. Harris Cutting Torches & Regulators, a division of Harris Calorific, will award the CRA Super Series driver that leads the most laps in the regular 100/125/150 lap series events on the 2005 schedule with a set of Harris Cutting Torches & Regulators. Gabehart currently leads in that category with 215 laps lead to date. Gabehart led 116 laps in the season opener at Anderson Speedway and 99 of the 100 laps in the May 22 Winchester Speedway event he won.

Gabehart, the 2004 CRA Super Series Rookie Of The Year, has a 26 lap lead over second place Eddie Van Meter who has lead 189 laps in the shorter distance series races. Van Meter has lead laps in four series events this season beginning at Toledo Speedway were he led 2 laps before rain halted the event, he led 88 laps in the June Berlin Raceway event, 24 laps in the August Berlin Raceway event, and 75 laps of the Labor Day event at Winchester Speedway, but is still seeking his first series victory. Bobby Parsley is currently in third with 181 laps lead. Parsley lead 9 laps in getting the victory in the series season opener at Anderson Speedway, 1 lap at the June Columbus Motor Speedway event, 71 laps of the July Angola Motor Speedway event and all 100 laps in getting the victory in September at Mansfield Motorsports Speedway.

All three drivers in the top three of the Harris Cutting Torches & Regulators Season Lap Leader Awards in the regular 100/125/150 lap series events are entered for that categories last event on Sunday, October 23^rd at Salem Speedway. No other driver in that category has a chance to catch Gabehart except Van Meter and Parsley.

In addition, Harris Cutting Torches & Regulators will award the driver who leads the most laps in the special multi lap events on the 2005 CRA Super Series schedule with a set of Harris Cutting Torches & Regulators. The Anderson 400 at Anderson Speedway on July 16^th is the only event held in that category to date. Eddie Van Meter leads this category with 172 laps lead, all of which were at the Anderson 400. Eddie Hoffman, winner of the Anderson 400, is in second in that category with 148 laps lead. The series rescheduled event at Rockford Speedway on October 29^th and the All American 300 at Music City Motorplex on November 6^th will be the other special multi lap series events in 2005.

The Harris Cutting Torches & Regulators Season Lap Leader Awards will be presented at the 2005 CRA Super Series Awards Banquet. A driver can only win the award in one category.

Harris Calorific is one of the largest independent manufacturers of gas apparatus equipment in the world. Harris Calorific products are sold and used in over 85 countries throughout the world with manufacturing facilities in Gainesville, GA; Los Angeles, CA; Rathnew, Ireland and Bologna, Italy. Lincoln Electric, the parent company of CRA Super Series sponsor Lincoln Welders, purchased Harris Calorific in 1990. Together, the two organizations provide their customers with an expanded portfolio of high quality products. Additional information can be found at www.harriscal.com, or at www.lincolnelectric.com.