Rowdy Manufacturing to
Continue Sponsorship of ARCA/CRA Super
Series Fast Qualifier Award
Salem, IN (January 21, 2021)
– Champion Racing Association Powered by
JEGS officials have announced that
Rowdy Manufacturing has agreed to
continue their sponsorship of the Rowdy
Manufacturing Fast Qualifier Award with the
ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS for
the 2021 season, the 25th season of
competition for the ARCA/CRA Super Series.
“We are very excited to
continue our sponsorship with the ARCA/CRA
Super Series for the 2021 season,” remarked
Rowdy Manufacturing General Manager Cody
Glick. “This is a great program that will
award the Fast Qualifier of every event and
offers a great year end award for one lucky
driver! Rowdy had a great 2020 season, and
we are looking forward to continuing that
success in 2021!”
“We greatly appreciate Rowdy
Manufacturing continuing to support the ARCA/CRA
Super Series again in 2021,” remarked R.J.
Scott, Managing Partner with CRA. “It’s
great to have a company like Rowdy
Manufacturing supporting our racers at every
event this season. We look forward to
working with them throughout the season!”
The Rowdy Manufacturing Fast
Qualifier at the Redbud 400, the Winchester
400 and the All American 400 will receive a
$500 cash bonus from Rowdy Manufacturing.
The Rowdy Manufacturing Fast Qualifier at
the Fly Over States 150, the Money in the
Bank 150, the Battle at Berlin 251and the
Jennerstown Speedway event will receive a
$200 cash bonus from Rowdy Manufacturing.
The Rowdy Manufacturing Fast Qualifier at
the series regular 100 and 125 lap events
will receive a $100 cash bonus from Rowdy
Manufacturing.
Each time a driver is a Rowdy
Manufacturing Fast Qualifier Award winner
during the 2021 season, their name will go
into a drawing that will be held at the All
American 400, the driver’s name that is draw
at the All American 400 Drivers Meeting on
Sunday, will receive the cost of a bare
Rowdy Manufacturing Chassis off a Rowdy
Manufacturing Rolling Chassis.
Rowdy Manufacturing, founded by 2015 and
2019 NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch
and co-owned by Justin Oertel, is a racecar
manufacturer based in Mooresville, North
Carolina. In 2018, Busch combined forces
with Oertel, who purchased Hamke Racecars &
Parts the same year, bringing two of the
most successful manufacturers in the country
together as one.
Since its inception in 2016,
Rowdy manufactured chassis’ have won
numerous races from coast-to-coast including
the Snowball Derby (2017 and 2018), the
Winchester 400 (2017), the Winter Showdown
(2018), the Redbud 300 (2018), the Short
Track U.S. Nationals (2018), the Battle at
Berlin 251 (2019), the Masters of the Pros
150 (2020) and the All American 400 (2020).
Hamke Racecars & Parts, which
was originally founded by the late Robert
Hamke in 1981, has been trusted for the last
37 years by many notable drivers that have
competed, and racked up many race victories
and championships across the country using
Hamke chassis. More information is available
on Rowdy Manufacturing at
www.rowdymfg.com.
More Information on all the CRA Series is
available at
www.cra-racing.com.
Champions and More Honored at
2020 Champion Racing Association Virtual
Awards Banquet
Salem, IN (January 19, 2021)
– The 2020 Champion Racing Association
Powered by JEGS Virtual Awards Banquet,
which was presented by Shepherd Insurance,
was held Monday on Speed
51.TV. The
Chase for the Championship competitors in
2020 ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS
points, JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by
Chevrolet Performance points, Vore’s Welding
& Steel CRA Late Model Sportsman Powered by
JEGS points Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks
Powered by JEGS points and Victory Custom
Trailers CRA Junior Late Models points were
all honored at the banquet along with
several special awards.
Josh Brock was officially
crowned the 2020 ARCA/CRA Super Series
Champion, his second series Championship
after also claiming the 2018 Championship.
Jaren Crabtree was officially crowned the
2020 Cometic Gaskets Rookie of the Year and
finished sixth in the Chase. Also honored
was Chase for the Championship runner-up
Greg Van Alst, third place Michael Simko,
fourth place Cody Coughlin and fifth place
Logan Runyon.
Simko was the 2020 Sunoco
Race Fuels Sportsman of the Year Award
winner for the ARCA/CRA Super Series. Willie
Allen and Jimmy Tucker were Co-winners of
the 2020 Outerwears Crew Chief of the Year
Award. Allen was the Crew Chief for Cody
Coughlin, while Tucker was Crew Chief for
Michael Simko.
Cody Coughlin was officially
crowned the 2020 JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour
Presented by Chevrolet Performance Champion,
it was his third Championship with the
series, becoming the only three-time
Championship winner with the series. Chase
Burda officially crowned the Senneker
Performance Rookie of the Year Award winner
and finished fifth in the Chase. Also
honored was Chase for the Championship
runner-up Travis Braden, third place Charlie
Keeven, fourth place Josh Brock, sixth place
Mandy Chick, seventh place Zachary Tinkle
and eighth place Trever McCoy.
Burda was the 2020 Sunoco
Race Fuel Sportsman of the Year Award winner
for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour.
Billy Hutson was honored as
the 2020 Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model
Sportsman Champion, it was his second series
Championship, he also won in 2007. Tanner
Jack was honored as the 2020 Rookie of the
Year Award winner for the series and
finished fourth in the series Chase. Also
honored was Chase for the Championship
runner-up Cassten Everidge, third place
Austin Coe, fifth place Kent Carson and
sixth place Cory Adams.
Jack was honored as the CRA
Late Model Sportsman Chew’s Garage and
Performance Sportsman of the Year Award
winner.
Brandon Roberts was honored
as the 2020 Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stock
Champion, his first ever CRA Championship
and was honored as the series 2020 Rookie of
the Year Award, becoming the first ever
driver in that series to claim both awards
in the same season. Also honored was Chase
for the Championship runner-up Jason
Atkinson, third place Andrew Teepe, fourth
place Josh Poore, fifth place Chad
Pendleton, sixth place Alan Williams Jr. and
seventh place Troy Phillips.
Teepe was awarded the 2020
Chew’s Garage and Performance Sportsman of
the Year Award for the CRA Street Stocks.
Katie Hettinger was
officially crowned the 2020 Victory Custom
Trailers CRA Junior Late Model Champion,
becoming the first female Champion in the
24-year history of CRA. Also honored was
second in points Zach Wilhelm, third place
Evan Varney, fourth place Keegan Sobilo,
fifth place Dawson Knaul, sixth place Jordon
Riddick and seventh place Kody King.
Varney was awarded the 2020
Chew’s Garage and Performance Sportsman of
the Year Award for the series. Sobilo was
awarded the series’ first ever Rookie of the
Year Award.
In all, over $128,000 in cash
and product awards were distributed to the
34 CRA teams represented at the 2020 CRA
Virtual Awards Banquet Presented by Shepherd
Insurance. Special thanks to Tom Ryan with
Speed 51 and Awards Banquet host Adam Mackey
for all their hard work in putting the first
ever CRA Virtual Awards Banquet together!
More information on all the
CRA Series is available at
www.cra-racing.com.
Recently Rescheduled CRA
SpeedFest 2021 at Showtime Speedway Cancelled
Track to Sill Host Super Late
Models this Weekend
Salem, IN (January 18, 2021) –
Showtime Speedway officials and Champion Racing
Association Powered by JEGS officials, announced
today that CRA SpeedFest 2021, most recently
rescheduled at the Florida facility for this
weekend, will not be held. The traditional
Super and Pro late model double header had been
forced to find a last second new home when local
COVID issues forced Watermelon Capital Speedway
to cancel their event.
Showtime Speedway wanted to make
the attempt to host the rescheduling effort, but
issues outside the control of all the officials
forced the cancellation. A major contributing
factor was the low car count in Pro Late Models
for a one day show in the region.
Series co-owner R. J. Scott
noted, “We appreciate Robert’s willingness to
try and host the rescheduled event, but in the
end, it just wasn’t meant to be for SpeedFest
2021. Everyone involved wants nothing less than
a great show, and it was looking like the last
second reschedule was not going to allow that to
happen.”
Showtime Speedway will continue
to have racing this weekend with their local
Super Late Models. Track officials shared that
it will still feature a $10,000 to Win purse.
Details for the event will be announced by the
track later today.
More information on all the CRA
series is available at
www.cra-racing.com
CRA SpeedFest 2021 Moved to
Showtime Speedway
Salem, IN (January 5, 2021) –
Champion Racing Association Powered by JEGS (CRA)
officials have announced that CRA SpeedFest
2021 will now be held at Showtime Speedway,
located in Pinellas Park, Florida. The event
will be held on the same dates Friday, January
22nd and Saturday, January 23rd, with Sunday
January 24th as the event's rain date.
CRA SpeedFest 2021 will once
again consist of a $10,000 to win ARCA/CRA Super
Series Powered by JEGS special non-points 200
lap Super Late Model event with Controlled
Cautions and a $5,000 to win JEGS/CRA All-Stars
Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance special
non-points 125 lap Pro Late Model event.
Additional details on the event
will be released in the coming days.
More information on Showtime
Speedway can be found at
www.showtimespeedway.us.
Additional information on all the
CRA Series can be found at
www.cra-racing.com.
CRA SpeedFest 2021 Will Not be
Held in Cordele After Directive from Local
Health Officials
CRA Officials to Determine
Whether to Move the Event in the next 48 hours
Salem, IN (January 5, 2021) –
Watermelon Capital Speedway at Crisp Motorsports
Park (CMP) and Champion Racing Association
Powered by JEGS (CRA) officials, announced today
that CRA SpeedFest 2021 will not be held in
Cordele, GA on January 22 and 23, as originally
scheduled. Track representatives informed CRA
yesterday that local health officials notified
the track that they should not host SpeedFest as
scheduled in January due to the spike in local
COVID cases and deaths.
Crisp Motorsports Park owner
Wayne Lyle issued this statement, “Based on the
high numbers and continued increase of local
COVID cases, along with the warnings and
documentation we have received from health
officials, we have deemed it necessary to not
host the event this year. The uncertainty of
the situation in the coming weeks also made it
impossible to realistically look at rescheduling
at CMP any time during this traditional off
season.”
Lyle continued, “We sincerely
apologize for any inconvenience. SpeedFest at
CMP has grown over the years and is a
prestigious event. SpeedFest is so special to us
and our community. This event is always great
and it also gives our local economy such a
boost. All that being said, the safety of
everyone is still our number one priority.”
With this news from the Georgia
track officials, CRA officials are looking at
different potential relocation sites. Due to
the late nature of the changes, a final decision
about relocating the 2021 event will be made in
the next 48 hours.
Racecar Engineering to Sponsor
ARCA/CRA Super Series 200 Lap Event at CRA
SpeedFest 2021
Salem, IN (December 30, 2020) –
Champion Racing Association Powered by JEGS
officials and Officials at Crisp Motorsports
Park - Home of the Watermelon Capital Speedway
have announced that Racecar Engineering has
agreed to be a Co-Presenting Sponsor of the ARCA/CRA
Super Series 200 lap special non-points event
with CRA SpeedFest 2021. In addition, Racecar
Engineering will be a Contingency Award sponsor
with the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by
Chevrolet Performance special non-points 125 lap
Pro Late Model event at CRA SpeedFest 2021.
CRA SpeedFest 2021 will be held
on Friday, January 22nd and Saturday, January
23rd, with Sunday, January 24th as the events
rain date. This will be the 10th straight year
that SpeedFest has been held at Crisp
Motorsports Park - Home of the Watermelon
Capital Speedway, which is located in Cordele,
Georgia.
CRA SpeedFest 2021 will once
again consist of an ARCA/CRA Super Series
Powered by JEGS special non-points 200 lap Super
Late Model event with Controlled Cautions and a
JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet
Performance special non-points 125 lap Pro Late
Model event. The event will pay $10,000 to win
for the SpeedFest 200 Presented by Racecar
Engineering for the Super Late Models and $5,000
to win for the Pro Late Model race, with several
bonuses for both series.
CRA will be giving two teams an
early New Year’s present, the first 20 teams
that enter the Super Late Model SpeedFest event
by December
31st will be entered in a drawing for a free
set of four tires for the event. In addition,
the first 20 teams that enter the Pro Late Model
SpeedFest event by December 31st will be entered
in a drawing for a free set of four tires for
the event. Teams can contact the CRA office at
812-883-0455 to enter in advance for the tire
drawing by 5pm on December 31st.
Racecar Engineering was founded
in 1998 in Winter Park, Florida. Racecar
Engineering experienced continuous growth during
its first 5 years and quickly outgrew their
facility. In 2003 Racecar Engineering was moved
to Lakeland and has grown tremendously since
those early days. Thanks to their loyal
customers and suppliers, Racecar Engineering has
become one of the largest sources for Racing and
Performance parts in the Southeast United
States.
The Racecar Engineering staff are
dedicated to pleasing all customers by providing
them with excellent service, competitive prices
and a deep selection of products for their
racing needs. They are continuously adding new
parts to their inventory and if they do not have
it in stock, they promise that we will get it
for you.
Racecar Engineering features a
5,000 sq. ft. showroom along with an upstairs
phone sales and technical department. Their
showroom is extremely well-stocked with the
latest goodies any racer may need. The entire
RCE staff pride themselves on being able to have
an incredible product assortment at their
fingertips, which includes the latest & most
innovative parts available on the market.
Contact Racecar Engineering at 800-882-7231 or
online at
www.racecareng.com.
Additional Track and CRA
SpeedFest 2021 information, including purchasing
advanced reserve tickets, can be found at
www.crispmotorsportspark.com.
CRA SpeedFest 2021 entry forms
and the schedule of events can be found at
www.cra-racing.com.
CRA Releases 2021 Victory Custom
Trailers CRA Junior Late Models Schedule
Salem, Indiana (December 28,
2020): Champion Racing Association Powered by
JEGS officials have released the 2021 schedule
for the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late
Models third season. The Victory Custom Trailers
CRA Junior Late Models was a new racing series
in 2019 to focus on a youth movement for short
track stock car racing that saw 10 to
15-year-old drivers compete amongst themselves
for both experience and recognition in full size
late models with an economical drive train and
suspension alternatives.
Some of the key components for
the rule package for the Victory Custom Trailers
CRA Junior Late Models will be the mandated use
of the $3900 factory sealed Chevrolet
Performance 602 crate engine. Teams will also be
utilizing less expensive rear ends,
transmissions and springs and spec KONI Shocks.
The series will also be racing on 8-inch steel
wheels and utilizing 8-inch Hoosier Racing
tires. The series competes
on 3/8 mile and under racetracks
with most events consisting of 8 lap heat races
and a 25-lap feature.
The series will use the same
Chase for the Championship playoff format that
CRA has successfully used with its other four
divisions since the 2017 season. The final three
scheduled races will be utilized as the playoffs
or “Chase” events. Prior to the start of the
three races, the Regular Season Points Champion
and the top 5 teams in wins (then points) that
have attended 70% of the points events are
eligible for the Chase. Prior to the season’s
last event, the Regular Season Points Champion
and the top 2 Chase for the Championship teams
in wins (then points) during the Chase and were
at all Chase events, will race for the season’s
championship, with the highest finishing team in
that event declared the season’s champion. Katie
Hettinger was the series 2020 Champion.
The series’ first event of the
season will take place at Kil-Kare Raceway in
Xenia, Ohio on Sunday, April 11th for the first
of two series events there in 2021. The racy 3/8
mile will also host the Vore’s Welding CRA Late
Model Sportsman and Van Hoy Oil CRA Street
Stocks season openers on that same day.
The series second event will be
at Salem Speedway on their ¼ mile oval on
Saturday, May 15th. The Van Hoy Oil CRA Street
Stocks will also be in action that day on
Salem’s ½ mile track.
The series third event will take
place at the famed Nashville Fairgrounds
Speedway on their ¼ mile track on Saturday, May
29th. This will be the first ever series event
in Tennessee.
The series fourth event will be
at Anderson Speedway in Anderson, Indiana on
Saturday, June 12th, the first of two events at
that track in 2021. Anderson has hosted more CRA
events than any other track since the
sanctioning body started racing in 1997. The
JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour will also be in action
at that event.
The series fifth race of the
season will take place at Flat Rock Speedway,
located just outside Flat Rock, Michigan on
Saturday, June 19th. It will be the first ever
series event at the racy 1/4-mile track. The
ARCA/CRA Super Series will also be in action
that day.
The series sixth event will be at
Angola Motorsports Speedway, located outside
Angola, Indiana on Saturday, July 10th. It will
be the first ever series event at the racy
3/8-mile track. The Vore’s Welding CRA Late
Model Sportsman will also be in action that day.
The series seventh event of the
season will be a return visit to Kil-Kare
Raceway on Sunday, July 25th. The Vore’s Welding
CRA Late Model Sportsman and Van Hoy Oil CRA
Street Stocks will also be in action with that
event.
The series eighth event of the
season will be at Birch Run Speedway in Birch
Run, Michigan on their ¼ mile oval, the first of
two events scheduled at that track. The series
will be a part of a huge new event at Birch Run
on Saturday, July 31st, that will also have the
ARCA/CRA Super Series and the JEGS/CRA All-Stars
Tour racing on the 4/10’s mile track at Birch
Run.
The series ninth event will be a
return visit to Anderson Speedway on Saturday,
August 14th. That event will be the series’
first Chase for the Championship event. The
Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman and Van
Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks will also be in action
with that event.
The series tenth event will be a
return visit to Birch Run Speedway on Friday,
August 20th. That event will be the second Chase
event for the series.
The series Season Championship
event will be at Toledo Speedway in Toledo, Ohio
on their 1/5-mile short track on Saturday,
September 18th as part of the huge Glass City
200 event that will also include the ARCA/CRA
Super Series and the Toledo Speedway Outlaw Late
Models.
More information on all the CRA
Series, including the Victory Custom Trailers
CRA Junior Late Models 2021 schedule, can be
found at
www.cra-racing.com.
2021 Victory Custom Trailers CRA
Junior Late Models Schedule
DATE
TRACK
LAPS
Sunday, April
11 Kil-Kare Raceway
25
Saturday, May
15 Salem Speedway
25
Saturday, May
29 Nashville Fairgrounds
Speedway 25
Saturday, June
12 Anderson Speedway
25
Saturday, June
19 Flat Rock Speedway
25
Saturday, July
10 Angola Motorsports
Speedway 25
Sunday, July
25 Kil-Kare Raceway
25
Saturday, July
31 Birch Run Speedway
25
Saturday, August 14
Anderson Speedway 25
Saturday, August 20
Birch Run Speedway 25
Saturday, September 18
Toledo Raceway
25
CRA Releases 2021 Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model
Sportsman Schedule
Salem, IN (December 24, 2020) – Champion Racing
Association Powered by JEGS officials have
released the 2021 schedule for the Vore’s
Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Powered by JEGS.
2021 will be the 16th season of competition for
the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman
Series that crowned Billy Hutson as its 2020
Champion.
The 2021 Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman
schedule has 11 total events scheduled to date.
The series will have three events at Anderson
Speedway located in Anderson, Indiana, including
a 100 lap $2,000 to win event. Winchester
Speedway, located in Winchester, Indiana, will
host three events in 2021 including the series
championship event on Winchester 400 Weekend.
The series will have two events at Kil-Kare
Raceway, located in Xenia, Ohio, as part of the
Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman versus
the Shadybowl Late Models Challenge, with each
event paying $1,200 to win plus bonuses. Single
events are currently scheduled for three tracks,
including Lucas Oil Raceway, located just west
of Indianapolis in Brownsburg, Indiana, Mt. Lawn
Speedway located in New Castle, Indiana and
Angola Motor Speedway in Angola, Indiana, were
the series last raced in August of 2014 with
Shawn Amor getting the win.
CRA will continue the Chase for the Championship
format for determining a series champion for the
2021 season. The playoff format has produced
more teams competing for a championship in every
CRA division since the 2017 season.
More information on all the CRA Series is
available at
www.cra-racing.com.
2021 Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman
Schedule
All Aspects of
Schedule are Tentative and Subject to Change.
Additional Events May be Added.
DATE
TRACK
LAPS
Sunday, April 11 Kil-Kare
Raceway 75
Saturday, April 17 Anderson
Speedway 75
Sunday, May 23 Mt. Lawn
Speedway 75
Saturday, June 5 Winchester
Speedway 50
Saturday, July 10 Angola
Motor Speedway 75
Sunday, July 25 Kil-Kare
Raceway 75
Saturday, August 14 Anderson
Speedway 100
Sat/Sun, September 4-5 Winchester
Speedway 40
Saturday, September 18 Anderson
Speedway 75
Saturday, October 2 Lucas Oil
Raceway 40
Saturday, October 16 Winchester
Speedway 50
CRA Releases 2021 Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stock
Schedule
Salem, IN (December 24, 2020) – Champion Racing
Association Powered by JEGS officials have
released the 2021 schedule for the Van Hoy Oil
CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS. 2021 will be
the 17th season of competition for the Van Hoy
Oil CRA Street Stocks Series that crowned
Brandon Roberts as its 2020 Champion.
The 2021 Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks schedule
currently has 13-point events scheduled,
including four $3000 minimum to win, longer
distance events with the Four Crown Series, and
two non-points events. The Four Crown events
will be held at Shadybowl Speedway, Winchester
Speedway and Anderson Speedway, who will have
two Four Crown events in 2021.
There are four total events at Anderson
Speedway, three events at Winchester Speedway
including the newly added Four Crown event in
June, two events at Kil-Kare Raceway, two events
at Salem Speedway, with single events at
Shadybowl Speedway, Mt. Lawn Speedway, Lucas Oil
Raceway and Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
Two of the events on the schedule are special
non-points events. The first non-points special
race is the CRA Street Stock vs. Salem Great
American Stocks “Tune up 50,” where teams from
both groups will get the opportunity to prepare
for the “real” points battle at Salem just three
weeks later. The CRA Street Stocks will once
again finish the season with a special
non-points special event at the famed Nashville
Fairgrounds Speedway as part of the All-American
400 Weekend on October 30.
CRA will continue the Chase for the Championship
format for determining a series champion for the
2021 season. The playoff format has produced
more teams competing for a championship in every
CRA division since the 2017 season. Winchester
Speedway will host the final points event during
Winchester 400 weekend, where the series
champion will be crowned
More information on all the CRA Series is
available at
www.cra-racing.com.
2021 Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stock Schedule
All Aspects of
Schedule are Tentative and Subject to Change.
Additional Events May be Added.
DATE
TRACK
LAPS
Sunday, April 11 Kil-Kare
Raceway 75
Saturday, April 17 Anderson
Speedway 75
*Sunday, April 25 Salem
Speedway 50 Non
Points
Saturday, May 1 Shady Bowl
Speedway 150
Saturday, May 15 Salem
Speedway 75
Sunday, June 5 Winchester
Speedway 125
Sunday, June 13 Mt. Lawn
Speedway 75
Saturday, June 26 Anderson
Speedway 150
Sunday, July 25
Kil-Kare Raceway
75
Saturday, August 14 Anderson
Speedway 150
Sat/Sun, September 4-5 Winchester
Speedway 40
Saturday, September 18 Anderson
Speedway 75
Saturday, October 2 Lucas Oil
Raceway 40
Saturday, October 16 Winchester
Speedway 50
*Saturday, October 30 Nashville
Fairgrounds Speedway 50 Non Points
2021 ARCA/CRA Super
Series Powered by JEGS Silver Anniversary
Schedule Released
Numerous High Paying
Special Events Highlight the Series’ 25th Season
of Racing
Salem, Indiana
(December 22, 2020):
Champion Racing Association Powered by JEGS has
officially released the 2021 Schedule for the
ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS. The ARCA/CRA
Super Series 2021 season will consist of 15
total races, with 12 of those being point
events. 2021 will be the 25th season of
competition for the Template Super Late Model
touring series that first raced in 1997.
"We are really
excited about the 2021 schedule and celebrating
the 25th season of racing with the ARCA/CRA
Super Series," remarked R.J. Scott, Managing
Partner of CRA. "Our 25th season will provide
our drivers with a great variety of challenging
races on some of the best racetracks in the
nation, with some of the most prestigious late
model events in the country!"
CRA will continue the
Chase for the Championship format for
determining a series champion for the 2021
season. The playoff format has produced more
teams competing for a championship in every CRA
division since CRA started using that format in
2017.
The 2021 racing
season kicks off with the traditional non-points
opener for both the ARCA/CRA Super Series and
the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour with CRA SpeedFest
2021 at Crisp Motorsports Park in Cordele,
Georgia on Saturday, January 23rd. The ARCA/CRA
Super Series race will be a 200-lap event,
counting yellow flag laps up to lap 175. This
event has traditionally attracted the best Super
Late Model drivers from both the North and the
South in this early season battle.
The ARCA/CRA Super
Series will then kick off its 2021-point season
on Saturday, April 10th at Anderson Speedway,
located in Anderson, Indiana, with a 125-lap
event, the first of two events on the fast
quarter mile oval that has hosted more series
events than any other track.
The series will then
head to Southern Indiana to one of the original
tracks that formed the series back in 1997 Salem
Speedway, located in Salem, Indiana, for an
event on Sunday, April 25th. The series last
raced at Salem Speedway in June of 2009 were
Johnny VanDoorn went to victory lane. The JEGS/CRA
All-Stars Tour will also be in action at that
event.
The series will then
head to the famous Nashville Fairgrounds
Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee for a 100-lap
event on Saturday, May 8th. The event will be a
co-sanctioned event with the Southern Super
Series and the CARS Tour, and the race program
will include a JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour event.
The series will then
head to the famous High Banks of Winchester
Speedway for the previously announced Fly Over
States 150, a new event for the series that will
be co-sanctioned by the ARCA Midwest Tour on
Tuesday, May 18th.
In this part of the
season, the schedule has recently featured a
visit to legendary Bristol Motor Speedway.
Unfortunately, The U.S. Short Track Nationals at
Bristol Motor Speedway will be missing from the
2021 schedule. Bristol officials released the
following statement: “As Bristol Motor Speedway
continues to develop its unprecedented 2021
schedule with unique opportunities and
first-time NASCAR dirt races, we continue to
work with current partners on alternative dates
and options. At this time, we have not found a
mutually agreeable date in 2021 for the U.S.
Short Track Nationals event, but our intentions
are to continue working with CRA and partners
for its return in 2022.”
On Wednesday, June
9th the series will head to Berlin Raceway, in
Marne, Michigan for the high paying Money in the
Bank 150. This will be a special non-points CRA
sanctioned event again in 2021.
The series is
tentatively scheduled to return to Michigan for
its next event at Flat Rock Speedway on
Saturday, June 19th, a track that has produced
some great series racing.
The series will then
visit Jennerstown Speedway in the state of
Pennsylvania over July 4th Weekend again in
2021. CRA will co-sanction the 200 lap $20,000
to win event with the CARS Tour on Saturday,
July 3rd. There will also be a JEGS/CRA
All-Stars Tour event as part of the program that
weekend.
On Monday, July 12th
the series returns to Anderson Speedway for the
famed Redbud 400. The Redbud 400 has become one
of the signature Super Late Model events in the
country.
The series will head
back to Michigan for a new event at Birch Run
Speedway in Birch Run, Michigan on Saturday,
July 31st. The series last raced at Birch Run in
2012, when three time series Champion Johnny
VanDoorn went to victory lane. The JEGS/CRA
All-Stars Tour and Victory Custom Trailers CRA
Junior Late Models will be part of this huge new
event at Birch Run.
The series will stay
in Michigan for the Battle at Berlin 251 event
on Saturday, August 21st at Berlin Raceway. That
event will once again be a combo points event
for the ARCA/CRA
Super Series, the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour and
the Berlin Raceway Super Late Models. This event
will be the first Chase event for the series in
2021.
The series will then
have a return visit to the famous High Banks of
Winchester Speedway located in Winchester,
Indiana for the traditional Labor Day Weekend
event, with the feature on Sunday, September
5th.
The show will go to a Saturday/Sunday format for
2021, with a built-in rain date on Monday.
This event will be the second Chase event for
the series.
The series will then
visit Toledo Speedway on Saturday, September
18th for a $5,000 to win 100 lap event, as part
of the famed Glass City 200, which will also
include a 100 lap event for the outlaw-bodied
ARCA Late Models. That event will be the third
Chase event for the series.
The ARCA/CRA Super
Series will crown their 2021 Tour Champion with
the 50th running of the prestigious Winchester
400 on Sunday, October 17th, in its third visit
of the season to Winchester Speedway. It will
be a unique and exciting weekend as CRA
celebrates is 25th champion, and Winchester
Speedway celebrates the winner of its 50th event
running.
The series will close
out the year as part of the famed All American
400 Weekend at Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway on
Sunday, October 31st after a very successful
return to the series schedule in 2020. This will
be a co-sanctioned non-points event with the
Southern Super Series, CARS Tour and the ARCA/Midwest
Tour.
For more information
about all five-touring series within Champion
Racing Association Powered by JEGS, please go to
the series website at:
www.cra-racing.com. You can also follow CRA
on Facebook at:
www.facebook.com and search for "Champion
Racing Association" as well as Twitter at:
www.twitter.com/CRAracing.
2021 ARCA/CRA Super
Series Powered by JEGS
All Aspects of
Schedule are Tentative and Subject to Change.
DATE
TRACK
LAPS
Fri./Sat., January 22-23
Watermelon Capital Speedway
200
Saturday, April 10
Anderson Speedway
125
Saturday, April 24 Salem
Speedway
100
Saturday, May 8
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway
100
Tuesday, May 18
Winchester Speedway
150
Wednesday, June 9 Berlin
Raceway
150
Saturday, June 19 Flat
Rock Speedway
125
Saturday, July 3
Jennerstown Speedway
200
Monday, July 12
Anderson Speedway
400
Saturday, July 31 Birch
Run Speedway
100
Saturday, August 21 Berlin
Raceway
251
Sat./Sun., September 4-5 Winchester
Speedway 100
Saturday, September 18 Toledo
Speedway
100
Sat./Sun., October 16-17 Winchester
Speedway 400
Sat./Sun., October 30-31 Nashville
Fairgrounds Speedway 300
