Winchester, IN (April 24, 2006) – A beautiful bright sunny spring day welcomed the standing room only crowd to the 2007 Winchester Speedway season opener Sunday afternoon as fans got there money’s worth with four exciting feature events. Marc Jessup got the victory in the USAC Lucas Oil National Sprint Car Series Rich Vogler Classic, Tommy St. John got his second CRA Super Series victory at Winchester Speedway in the Manning Service 100, 2006 CRA Street Stock Champion Joe Beaver got the victory MAX 93.5/96.7 CRA Street Stocks MAX 40, and Jordan Flynn claimed the first ever Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compact victory in winning the Vore’s Welding & Steel 20.

Marc Jessup wasn’t exactly sure how his day was going to end up following what opened as a pretty successful day Sunday at Winchester Speedway. After setting fast time in his first stint in a Keith Kunz Motorsports machine, the Camby, Ind. native flipped on the first lap of his heat race. But, the result ended up the same as the 2006 "Rich Vogler Classic" for the Kunz team, as Jessup put together a nearly flawless effort following his team’s hard work in the 30-lap feature to score his first USAC Lucas Oil National Sprint Car Series victory.

"This is a dream come true for me," Jessup said. "This was a great crew that I worked with today. Everyone worked hard, and I can’t be happier."

Jessup took the lead on Lap 7, coming from third on that lap after passing Dave Steele early in the lap for second, and going inside of Daron Clayton as leader Dave Darland went high to take the point. He was unchallenged, except momentarily on the restart laps, en route to taking the checkered flags. His biggest pressure came on Laps 17 and 18, when Steele drove past Darland on a restart, and ever so slightly tapped Jessup in Turn 2. That would be the closest anyone would get to Jessup thereafter, however, as he opened up another half straightaway lead he had established in the opening half of the race. David Steel would take second followed by Darren Hagen in third, Tracy Hines in fourth and Eric Gordon in fifth.

Tommy St. John has developed a knack for being fast at High Banked race tracks, and he showed that again Sunday afternoon in winning the Manning Service 100 CRA Super Series event at the famed Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Indiana. St. John started the day by being the events Appleton Rack & Pinion Fast Qualifier, then powered by Scott Hantz from his fourth starting position to take the lead on Lap 5 to lead the rest of the way. Jeff Lane would make a late charge to the front almost catching St. John whose car slowed over the last 5 laps, but St. John held on to get the victory, his second with the CRA Super Series, the first came on Labor Day Weekend last season at Winchester Speedway.

"My crew really did it all for me, we were not very good yesterday in practice, but everyone worked their tails off, and my Dad really got it together and we went out and set fast time, and got the win, remarked an elated St. John in victory lane. "The right front tire just went away there towards the end, the car was a handful to drive but I was determined to get the win. I want to dedicate this win to Wayne Moeckel the CRA Super Series Chaplin who passed away last weekend."

1998 series champion Brian Rievley made a rare appearance in a racecar and finished third in the event, with Chris Gabehart fourth and Evan Jackson fifth after starting 18^th. In all 11 cars finished on the lead lap, many coming from the tail after pitting to make adjustments on their cars including sixth place finisher Jason Shively and seventh place finisher JR Roahrig, who also went to the tail after spinning out and causing a yellow flag.

In winning the Max 40 CRA Street Stock event, Joe Beaver ended Beau Mitchell’s streak of five wins in the last five MAX 93.5/96.7 CRA Street Stock events he raced at Winchester Speedway, all of which were during the 2006 season. Beaver came from his seventh place starting position to take the lead from early leader Shawn Bonar with Mitchell in tow from his eighth place starting position. Mitchell would close on Beaver’s tail on restarts but could never get close enough to make a pass, Mitchell would hold on to get second. Rich Boyer came from his 11^th place starting position to get third. Shawn Bonar and Calvin Parham waged a side-by-side battle through the second half of the event for the fourth position before Bonar finally pulled away towards the end of the event to get fourth followed by Parham in fifth.

St. Paris, Ohio native Jordan Flynn won the inaugural event for the newly formed Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compact passing Bill Charles to go on and get the victory. Charles would get second over teammate Rex Zimmerman who finished third, with Derrick Young in fourth and Todd Kirk in fifth. Pole starter Billy Beard accepted the R & R Liquors Safe Driving Challenge and fell to the tail in an attempt to win the event and claim the $100 bonus offered by R & R Liquors. Beard fell out early in the event with mechanical problems, which means the R & R Liquor Safe Driving Challenge will be worth $200 at the series next event on Sunday, May 20^th at Baer Field Speedway.

Racing action will return to historic Winchester Speedway on Saturday May 5^th and Sunday May 6^th as the ARCA RE/MAX Series stock cars will return to challenge the High Banks again. The CRA Sportsman, ARCA Lincoln Welder Trucks and a special non-points CRA Street Stock event for drivers who have never finished in the top 5 in a feature will take place on Saturday along with practice and qualifying for the ARCA RE/MAX Series stock cars. The ARCA 200 will take place on Sunday afternoon May 6^th, the MAX 93.5/96.7 CRA Street Stocks will also be in action that Sunday. Go to www.winchesterspeedway.com for more information or to order advanced tickets.