Marne, MI (June 18, 2005) -
Eddie Van Meter led 87 laps of the Holland Motor Homes
Renegade
125 CRA Super Series event at Berlin Raceway Saturday night, but ran
out of gas during a yellow flag with 14 laps to go putting Fred
Campbell in the lead, a lead Campbell did not give up. Campbell
started fifth in the car normally driven by CRA Super Series veteran
Bull Baker, and hung around the Top 5 all evening, before mounting a
charge late in the race to get into second and put himself in position
to get the win.
"It’s great to get this win, but it
was Eddie Van Meter’s misfortune that gave it to us," remarked
Campbell. "I never knew he was that good of a racer, I don’t know if
we could have beat him on the track. I want to thank Bull Baker for
giving me this great opportunity."
"I know Fred wins a lot so that is
why I put him in my car, I feel bad for Van Meter and those guys, but
it was going to be a race there at the end, Fred saved his tires and
was ready to make a run at him," stated a jubilant Bull Baker, car
owner for the Campbell piloted machine.
Van Meter has finished second twice
this season, and had the car to beat all evening long, moving from his
eighth starting position to take over first from pole sitter Scott
Hantz on lap 24. In leading 87 laps of the event, Van Meter picked up
the RaceTrailerSales.com Halfway Leader Award, and the Finishline
Fabricating Lap Leader Award for leading the most laps. Van Meter
finished thirteenth on the lead lap.
"We just miscalculated how much gas
we would need to finish," stated a dejected Van Meter after the race.
"We did not top off the tank before the race because we thought we had
enough, but we were wrong."
Finishline Fabricating/Cometic Gasket
Rookie Candidate Jason Setser set fast time in Bicycle Clay Poker
Chips / Menards qualifying, drew a four for the invert to start
fourth, and ran strong all day and was running third when a flat tire
during a yellow flag on lap 45 put him to the tail. He then worked his
way back to finish second by only .405 of a second, making many bold
moves on his way through the field including passing Scott Hantz and
Jeff Lane on the inside while they were racing side by side on the
front stretch, that move earned Setser the Sweet Manufacturing Sweet
move of the race. Setser was also the Cometic Gasket Rookie of the
race award winner.
Ross Meeuwsen finished third after
starting twelfth to earn a Hoosier Tire Performance Award, Kenny
Tweedy finished tenth after starting twenty first to also earn a
Hoosier Tire Performance Award, the ISKY Racing Cams/Lane Automotive
Hard Charger Award and the Racing Electronics Most Improved Award.
Scott Hantz started on the pole, and led the first part of the race
eventually giving up the lead to Van Meter, before finishing fourth.
Hantz and Van Meter are now tied for the CRA Super Series Drivers
Points lead after seven series point’s events. Jack Landis had another
strong outing finishing fifth battling Hantz for the fourth position
over the last part of the event.

Chris Gabehart moved from eleventh to
finish sixth, Andy Ponstein finished seventh after making several pit
stops to fix the handling on his car. Eddie Hoffman started fourteenth
and finished eighth keeping TK Racing in the Owner’s Points lead.
Rookie Tommy St. John moved up 7 positions to finish ninth. Jeff Lane
continued to find the hard luck that has followed him all year,
starting seventeenth and moving up to fourth when contact with a car
being lapped cut his tire on the 111th lap, which caused
him to spin. Lane finished twelfth on the night.
ARCA Re/Max Series driver Ken Weaver
was the Howe Performance Award winner by gaining 10 positions in
Saturday’s event. Weaver used Saturday’s race to get some experience
on the tricky Berlin Raceway oval before the July ARCA RE/Max Series
event there. Tim Baker, Crew Chief for Campbell, earned the Marvel
Mystery Oil Mechanic Of The Race Award.
The next CRA Super Series Presented
By Spray Power event will be the 4th Annual Elmer Musgrave
Memorial 100 Presented By Texas Corral this Saturday, June 25th
at Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, IN. More information is
available
here.
Jason Setser Sets Fast Time For Holland Motor Homes Renegade 125
Jason Setser set the fast time for the Holland Motor Homes Renegade 125 at
Berlin Speedway with a lap of 16.319 only .013 off the record for an
average speed of 96.624 mph. Andy Ponstein was second fastest, Frank
Kreyer third, Scott Hantz fourth and local legend Fred Campbell fifth.
Qualifying
Results
Setser then drew a four to put Hantz on the pole through the invert.
With Kreyer on the outside of the front row.
Lineup
Practice
Session #2
Practice Session #1
Qualifying
Order