"This was a tough race. We sort of hung back, and waited. We
had watched the last race (Outlaw Late Models) and saw the track sort
of going away and the guys with tires left were the winners."
Campbell stated. "It's great to race against these guys and win,
they are tough. We had a nightmare of a week and getting the win makes
it all worth it."
Alec Carll set fast time to win the Earth Services and Supply Fast
Qualifier Award. Carll then drew a four for the invert putting
Terry
Van Haitsma on the pole with Chris Anthony on the outside of the front
row. Anthony took the early lead, jumping out front from the first
lap. Jockeying behind him was intense and resulted in Carll hitting
the wall hard at the end of the front stretch going through the first
turn on his side against the wall with the car coming to a stop at the
beginning of the second turn with Carll unhurt.
Anthony continued to lead building up a long lead while Eggleston,
Hantz and Koslek fought for second. On lap 52 Eggleston slipped under
Anthony to take the lead. Eggleston then took charge and built a lead
lap after lap while the others fought for second. Johnny VanDoorn
worked his way from the 11th starting position to catch the
leaders, while Hantz worked patently lap after lap to find a way
around Eggleston while holding off Koslek who was tracking Hantz
waiting for his own chance to take second with Van Haitsma and Van
Doorn fighting for position immediately behind the lead group.
As the laps slipped by Brain Campbell had slipped back into the
pack began to make his move, coming through the traffic during the
long green flag run (82 straight laps under green) catching the
leaders and moving past them to take the lead on the 88th
lap. As he raced out away from the leaders Kyle Busch moved back into
the mix racing up to the Top 5. With 12 laps to go a spin brought out
a caution bunching up the field.
Hantz and Van Haitsma came together a few laps later and spun out
setting up a single file restart and a dash to the finish. While Hantz
and Busch fought for fourth, Van Haitsma tried to go outside both
going into the first turn three wide, with Busch in the middle as the
drivers received the five to go signal but was unable to hold. He
tried again a lap later this time going low, as he slid up into Hantz,
Hantz bounced off Busch but all three drivers exited the second turn
still racing with Van Haitsma in fourth, Busch fifth and Hantz
in sixth, the same order they finished.
"This is a big part of my career, and of my crew’s. This is not a
rent a ride for me, this is my equipment and these guys work for me
all the time. It will be raced over 26 times this year." Busch
commented to the crowd shortly before the race. "Super Late Models are
my favorite kind of cars to drive, and I want to thank you for coming
out on a Wed. night, the CRA Super Series for working this out in the
middle of the week and for the drivers that are here, we have a good
field of cars and great drivers."
Eggleston won the RaceTrailerSales.com Halfway Leader Award. Jordan
Dahlke took the Lane Automotive/ISKY Racing Cams Hard Charger Award
moving from his 19th place starting position to finish 10th.
The Leaf Race Products Hard Luck Award went to Casey Berenbrock.
The next CRA Super Series event is the Redbud 300 presented by
Great Deals Magazine on June 16 at Anderson Speedway. The best of the
CRA Super Series will be racing in this historic race with Kyle Busch
making his first appearance at the famed high banks of Anderson where
fans remember the days when top stars were racing through Anderson on
a yearly basis, with iconic drivers like Rusty Wallace, Mark Martin,
Dick Trickle, the late Alan Kulwicki, Bob Senneker, Mike Eddy, Ted
Musgrave, Johnny Benson, Gary St. Amant and many others. For more
information on Anderson Speedway see
www.andersonspeedway.com.
For more about the CRA Super Series go to
www.craracing.net.
Unofficial Results
Photo Gallery
Alec Carll Fast Qualifier for Rowdy Busch 125
Alec Carll turned a lap of the 16.428 seconds to set
fast time
for
the Rowdy Busch 125 presented by Auto Body Xperts CARSTAR. Kyle
Busch was second, Chris Anthony third, Terry Van Haitsma fourth and Chris
Koslek fifth.
Qualifying Results
Carll then drew a 4 for the invert putting Terry Van
Haitsma on the pole with Chris Anthony on the outside of the front row.
Rowdy
Busch 125 Lineup
VanDoorn Quick in Second Practice
Coopersville, MI is only a few miles up the highway from
Berlin Raceway and the hometown for Johnny Van Doorn. VanDoorn has
shown his knowledge of the speedway with the fastest time for the second
CRA Super Series practice with a lap of 16.652 seconds. Kyle Busch
was second with 16.687. Chris Anthony third, Terry Van Haitsma
fourth and Josh Slade fifth.
Practice #2 Results
Terry Van Haitsma Fastest in First Practice
Terry Van Haitsma was the fastest in the first CRA Super Series
practice with a time of 16.654 seconds. Kyle Busch was second at
16.708, Coopersville, MI native Johnny Van Doorn is third, Chris Anthony
fourth and Chris Koslek fifth.
Practice
Results
Qualifying Order