Kalamazoo, MI (July 31, 2005) - Andy Ponstein took full advantage of starting on the pole for the Bicycle Clay Poker Chips – Menards 125 presented by Hoosier Racing Tire at the Kalamazoo Speedway on Sunday evening to lead every lap of the race to get the CRA Super Series Presented By Spray Power win. The Jenison, Michigan native jumped out to the lead when the green flag dropped and used his numerous years of experience on the tough 3/8 mile oval to stay out front.

"We kind of had a fire built under us this week when the CRA Fantasy League had us in the "B" Group. We used that to motivate us to work that much harder to get this car together. I have raced here for years at Kalamazoo and could not believe we were not in the "A" Group so we really wanted to get out there and run," Ponstein happily stated from Victory Lane. "We had a fast car all day, the driver screwed up a little in qualifying, but even that worked out for us."

After qualifying fourth, Ponstein got the pole when Bicycle Poker Chips/Menards Fast Qualifier J.R. Roahrig and new track record holder drew a four for the inverted start. Bobby Parsley was on the outside of the front row and challenged Ponstein early but was never able to get past him. After a yellow flag on lap 16 no one was able to give him a real challenge again. Ponstein also earned the RaceTrailers.com Halfway Leader Award and the FLF Racecars Lap Leader Award.

Following the restart on lap 16, Roahrig raced side by side with Parsley for several laps before getting past him. Roahrig received a Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award coming from fourth to finish second. Parsley eventually faded to eighth when his car started to heat up and lost some power as the race went on. Jack Landis moved up to challenge Roahrig before settling for third fighting off a challenge from Eddie Hoffman who finished fourth.

Jeff Lane provided a stiff challenge to both Hoffman and Landis running in the low groove and digging to past both drivers for many laps before taking fifth. Lane started seventh, dropped back to tenth before the car came in and he worked his way back to the front using the low groove nobody else wanted. Scott Hantz finished sixth right behind Lane.

Chris Orr started 21^st after getting into the feature via the last chance race and he finished seventh. This performance earned him the ISKY Racing Cams/Lane Automotive Hard Charger Award, the Racing Electronics Most Improved Award and a Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award. Tom Hernly Jr. finished ninth, and Kenny Tweedy finished tenth despite a brush with the wall when he was forced very high by another car. The save he made when this occurred earned him the Sweet Manufacturing Sweet Move of the Race Award.

Bad luck continues to plague Rick Turner when he was forced in early due to a faulty ignition wire; he returned to the race and finished seventeenth 14 laps down. Driver’s point’s leader Eddie Van Meter was forced into the pits on lap 25 because of an oil leak, but he recovered to finish on the lead lap in 12^th place.

Tommy St. John was the Cometic Gasket Top Rookie Award winner finishing thirteen. Zach Dunson was the Leaf Race Products Tough Luck Award winner when he was forced to drop out after only 13 laps due to brake problems that had plagued him all day.

The Anderson 125 presented by Great Deals Magazine and Kleenco at Anderson Speedway is the next CRA Super Series event on August 13. More information is available here.