Fultz,
Hanna, Parham and Noren Take Close CRA Victories at the World Stock
Car Festival At Winchester Speedway
Winchester, IN (September 4, 2007) - Veteran
stock car race Jeff Fultz came back home to get his first ever CRA
Super Series victory in Monday afternoon’s McGunegill Engine
Performance
100
Presented By Great Deals on the High Banks of Winchester Speedway as
part of the Labor Day Weekend World Stock Car Festival Presented By
Maple-Tarr Chrysler Dodge Jeep. Fultz, who grew up in near by Ohio,
and cut his teeth racing in mini-stocks and late models early in his
racing career at Winchester Speedway, but has lived for several years
in North Carolina while still racing and working full-time for several
NASCAR Nextel Cup Teams. Fultz returned to the High Banks on Monday to
get the victory for car owner Curtis Venable.
" I won my first feature here, my first championship
here and it’s really cool to comeback and win this race today," an
elated Fultz commented in victory lane. "We had struggled all weekend
with steering problems, I hung in there and kept racing, then things
worked out in our favor and we ended up in victory lane. I want to
thank Curtis my car owner, and all the guys who worked so hard this
weekend."
CRA Super Series points leader Chris Gabehart looked
like he would be pulling into victory lane, leading from the drop of
the green flag until lap 89 when contact from Tommy St.John caused
Gabehart to spin, putting him and St. John on the tail of the field.
This handed the lead to Fultz who had worked his way to third from the
tail of the field after pitting for adjustments. Fultz had to hold off
a hard charging Terry Fisher Jr., who was also looking for his first
series victory.
Fisher would finish in second with Concord, North
Carolina racer Dennis Schoenfeld in third. Gabehart would battle back
to finish in fourth, maintaining his series points lead with only
three events remaining in the 2007 season. St. John would finish in
fifth. John Belott finished in sixth from his 26th starting
position after showing up on Monday and missing Sunday’s qualifying.
Belott would win a Hoosier Tire Performance Award and the Lane
Automotive/ISKY Racing Cams Hard Charger Award.
Ryan Lawler had the car to beat all weekend; he was
the fastest in practice, fastest qualifier and was moving through the
field from his eighth starting spot to fourth spot challenging third
place Scott Hantz when second place driver Brian Rievley got loose in
the first and second turn and bounced off the wall into Hantz and
Lawler knocking Lawler out of the race. Hantz continued, but four laps
later he slammed into the wall in the front stretch when his right
front suspension gave way due to damage from the first accident and
was out of the race leaving his right front wheel with suspension
still attached on the track.
Current CRA Super Series points leader Gabehart
seemed to be salvaging a very trying weekend, after spending part of
the weekend in the hospital coming back to the track to qualify after
passing a kidney stone Sunday afternoon before going to the tail
following the spin. Gabehart was the Kingen Interstate Express Halfway
Leader Award winner.
Lawler was the Appleton Rack & Pinion, Fast
Qualifier Award winner. Jeff Fultz took the Fatheadz.com Race Winner
Award, a Hoosier Tire Performance Award, the Holley Performance Award,
and the Sweet Manufacturing Sweet Move of the Race Award.
The VDL Fuel Systems Top Rookie and the RV
Performance Rookie of the Race Award went to John VanDoorn. The VDL
Fuel Systems Hot Lap Award went to Scott Hantz who turned the fastest
lap of the event on lap eight. Dennis Schoenfeld won the Speed Media
Best Looking Car Award.
The next event for the CRA Super Series is the Boyne
Machine 125 presented by Spray Power and Centennial Wireless at Berlin
Raceway near Grand Rapids, MI on Saturday, September 15. For more
information see Berlin Raceway website
www.berlinraceway.com or
here.
McGunegill Engine Performance 100
Presented by Great Deals Magazine
Official Results
CRA Super Series Qualifying
Results
CRA Super Series
McGunegill Engine Performance 100 Presented by Great Deals
Lineup
CRA Super Series Practice Results
CRA Super Series Qualifying Order
The Howe CRA Sportsman, CRA Street Stock and
Vore’s Welding & Steel FWD Compacts were also on hand for the annual
World Stock Car Festival presented by Maple-Tarr Chrysler Dodge
Jeep.

Hanna Grabs Maple Tarr 40
Charlie
Hanna beat a hard charging Rick Rhinehart to become the first
multi-feature winner with the Howe CRA Sportsman series in 2007
taking the Maple Tarr 40 on Monday afternoon. Hanna started eighth
and worked his way through the field to second place behind Dean
Baker who had built up a large lead. When Baker spun in the
first turn hitting the wall and ending his day, Hanna inherited a
spot he never gave up.
"We were really lucky today, I was settling in
thinking we were going to finish second, when he had his problem and
we were there to take the win." Hanna said.
The Howe CRA Sportsman heat races on Sunday featured
wins by Billy Hutson and Rick Tackman Jr. Charlie Hanna was the fast
qualifier of the 20 cars that took times.
The Howe CRA Sportsman next event will on September
15 at Baer Field Speedway in Ft. Wayne, IN. For information see the
Baer Field Speedway website at
www.baerfieldspeedway.com
or the CRA website at
www.craracing.com.
Howe CRA Sportsman Maple Tarr 40
Results
Howe CRA Sportsman Heat Results
Maple Tarr 40 Lineup
Howe CRA Sportsman Qualifying
Results
Howe CRA Sportsman Heat Race
Lineups
Howe CRA Sportsman Practice
Results

Calvin Parham Nips Rich Boyer for
Victory
The CRA Street Stocks Calvin Parham took the lead
from Brian Hopkins on lap 26 of the
MAX
Rocks 40 and held off all comers to win. Parham made a
miraculous save after contact with another car caused him to slide
sideways going into turn one and still came out the leader as the
other car spun. With five laps to go, Rich Boyer caught up
following a caution and nearly passed him several times, including
crossing the finish line side by side, but he could not get ahead.
"I don't know how I saved it in the first turn, but
the front end was not right after that and bumped and grinded the rest
of the way. But it held together long enough for me to win."
An elated Parham stated.
The Street Stock heat races on Sunday featured wins
by Winston Wood, Phil Evans, Brian Hopkins and Johnny Magee. This
victory was the first win in a stock car by Wood at any track. Rich
Boyer was the fast qualifier of the 34 teams that took times.
The CRA Street Stocks will be action again in the
$5000 to win MAX Rocks 200 at Winchester Speedway on September 16. For
more information see the Winchester Speedway website at
www.winchesterspeedway.com or the CRA website at
www.craracing.com.
MAX Rock 40 Results
CRA Street Stock Heat Race Results
CRA Street Stock Qualifying
Results
CRA Street Stock Heat Race Lineups
CRA Street Stock Feature Lineup
CRA Street Stock Practice Results

Matt Noren Takes Winchester 20
The Vores
Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts
featured a first time winner in that series when Plymouth Indiana's
Matt Noren won Monday’s Winchester 20, in his first ever race on the
High Banks. Noren ran just head of second place finisher Brian
Redmond. Redmond jumped out to the early lead from his fourth
starting position leading the first 12 laps of the race before Noren
worked his way through traffic from his 11th starting position. Noren
caught Redmond and passed him to take the win.
AJ Ridner Wins Winchester 20
AJ Ridner won his first Vore's Welding & Steel
CRA
FWD Compact feature Sunday night coming from the tail to win the
Winchester 20. "The odds were in our favor tonight, we got in
front and held on and our luck held out. I am really happy to
win here at Winchester, and want to say a big thank you to Jim Winters
for helping make this happen." A very happy Ridner stated.
Randy Walton finished second and Derick Young third. Greg De St. Jean
and Brian Redmond won the heat races.
Monday Vore's Welding and Steel CRA FWD
Compacts Winchester 20 Feature
Results
Sunday Vore's Welding and Steel CRA FWD
Compacts Winchester 20 Feature Results
Vore's Welding and Steel CRA FWD
Compacts Heat Results
Vores Welding and Steel CRA FWD
Compacts Lineup
Sunday night racing featured the Thunder/Endro
cars on the highbanks of Winchester Speedway with Rod Phipps taking
the feature win. Phipps was sure about who was behind him for most
to race, and Mike Riddle, Jr. made sure he did not forget he was
there, as Tom Gossar ran up in the front (after starting on the
tail) making it a three way dogfight to the end with Rod having just
enough to win.
"Mikey let me know he was back there, several times.
Last night at Anderson the shoe was on the other foot as I chased him
and let him know I was there. But it was fun." Commented
Phipps after the win.
Riddle finished second Gossar a close third and
Randy Hoppes battled in there for third.