Toledo, OH (August 1, 2008) - JR Roahrig led
most of the Crown Online 100 before his handling went away allowing
Johnny VanDoorn to get the lead and Scott Hantz to pull around to
second as the laps wound down at Toledo Speedway Friday night.
Hantz had to work around lapped traffic to get under and pass VanDoorn
on the 98th lap coming out of turn 2. VanDoorn while trying to
get under Hantz got into him in turn 3 and only a great save kept
Hantz off the wall,
giving
VanDoorn the victory. JR Roahrig recovered to finish second, Hantz
third, Boris Jurkovic fourth and Aaron Pierce fifth.
"He got into me a little when he got passed me and
then in turn three he came down and I got into him." VanDoorn
stated. "It was just rubbing, I didn't mean to do it and I went over
and apologized to Scott right after the race."
Former CRA Super Series
regular and current NASCAR Nationwide Series driver David Stremme
qualified and started seventh, then came charging through the field to
third pushing the second place car in less than 20 laps before the car
nearly came off the track and he was forced to retire due to handling
problems. During his laps on the track Stremme earned the VDL Fuel
Systems Hot Lap of the Race Award after running the fastest lap during
green flag racing.
Before the near spin Hantz had raced through the
field from his 11th starting position, picking off cars one
by one to work his way up to second, passing cars on both the high and
low side. For his save Hantz earned the ARP Cool Move of the Race
Award. He also earned a Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award.
Jack Landis won the other Hoosier Racing Tire
Performance Award moving from 22nd to ninth. He also earned
the Isky Racing Cams/Lane Automotive Hard Charger Award. JR Roahrig
earned the RaceTrailerSales.com Halfway Leader Award.
Jeep Pflum and Tommy Cook received the EMF That’s
Racing Award after being caught in an accident that happened around
them. Jeff Berg received the Leaf Race Products Hard Luck Award and
Nick Lay got the Shively High Performance Tough Luck Award.
Rick Turner won the Appleton Rack & Pinion Fast
Qualifier Award with his Great Deals Racing teammate Zach Taylor
second fast. Fatheadz.com Race Winner Award went to Van Doorn, as well
as the Holley Performance Award and the Klotz Lubricants Award.
K&N Filters Rookie of the Race Award and the VDL
Fuel Systems Top Rookie Award went to Aaron Pierce who has now won
five Rookie of the Race Awards and holds a slim lead over Zach Taylor
in the Rookie of the Year standings.
The CRA Super Series will be in action on August 9th
at Anderson Speedway for the Anderson 300 presented by Great Deals,
with the CRA Street Stocks in the Anderson 100. For more information
about the CRA Super Series and the CRA Street Stock Series is
available at www.craracing.net.
Great Deals
Teams 1st & 2nd Fastest
Qualifiers
K&N
Filters Rookie of the Year
Contender Zach Taylor was
the fastest qualifier
until the very end of
qualifying when his Great
Deals Magazine Racing
teammate Rick Turner
turned the track just a
little quicker with a time
of 15.665 seconds to win
the Appleton Rack and
Pinion Fast Qualifier
Award. Rookie Aaron
Pierce was third, Boris
Jurkovic fourth and Johnny
Van Doorn was fifth.
Turner then drew a six to
put JR Roahrig on the pole
with Johnny Van Doorn on
the outside of the front
row.
Qualifying Results
Race Lineup
John Van
Doorn Paces Practice
John Van
Doorn returned to Toledo
Speedway needing to find a
combination that would
pull him up after a year
that has been less than
what he expected it to be.
This time however he is
the Appleton Rack and
Pinion fast qualifier with
a time of 15.802 seconds.
JR Roahrig was seond,
Boris Jurkovic third, Rick
Turner fourth and Aaron
Pierce fifth.
Practice Results
Brent Jack
to Lead Off Qualifying
