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Fall Brawl up Next for
the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour This Weekend
Salem, IN. (September
16, 2020) – The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance
will return to action this weekend in the 2020 CRA Fall Brawl at the famed
Lucas Oil Raceway, located just outside of Indianapolis in Brownsburg,
Indiana. The CRA Fall Brawl has become a very popular stock car racing event
in central Indiana with each feature winner getting an event signature
trophy that includes a pair of boxing gloves. Georgia teenager Jake Garcia
was the winner of last year’s
JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour
Fall Brawl event.
The Fall Brawl event
will be the second event of the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour 2020 Chase for the
Championship. 2013 and 2016 series Champion Cody Coughlin, who won the
series regular season Points Championship, won the first Chase event at
Lebanon I-44 Speedway on September 6th. Coughlin was already locked into the
final four drivers who will race for the series Championship on Winchester
400 Weekend, but he still must compete in each Chase event leading up to the
Championship race. Coughlin also got a win with the series at the
Jennerstown Speedway event on July 4th.
The other drivers in the
Chase and entered for Sunday’s event includes two-time ARCA/CRA Super Series
Champion Travis Braden, who is in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Chase for the
first time, he is second in points after finishing second to Coughlin at
Lebanon I-44 Speedway. 2018 ARCA/CRA Super Series Champion Josh Brock, who
is also in the Chase with the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour for the first time, he
got his first series victory at Anderson Speedway on June 13th, he finished
fourth at Lebanon I-44 Speedway. 2019 inaugural Victory Custom Trailers CRA
Junior Late Model Champion Chase Burda, who hopes to make it two CRA
Championship in a row and claim the series Senneker Performance Rookie of
the Year Award, he finished fifth at Lebanon I-44 Speedway
and currently
leads the Senneker Performance Rookie of the Year Award points.
Last year’s series
Championship runner-up Mandy Chick is entered after finishing sixth at
Lebanon I-44 Speedway, she looks to be in position to claim her first series
Championship at Winchester. 2019 Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late
Model Championship runner-up Charlie Keeven who had one of his best runs of
the season at Lebanon I-44 Speedway with a seventh-place finish.
Trever McCoy who
is the only other driver besides Chick who has competed in the series Chase
in the past, he was fourth in the 2019 series Chase for the Championship
final standings.
Zachary Tinkle, the 2019
Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Champion, is currently eighth in
Chase points after some bad luck at Lebanon I-44 Speedway, he is second in
Senneker
Performance Rookie of the Year points.
The series Chase for the
Championship drivers will have plenty of competition on Sunday, including
series 2018
Rookie of the Year and former series Winchester Speedway winner Mason
Keller, former series Winchester Speedway winner Corey Deuser, Jennerstown
Speedway Pro Late Model points leader Albert Francis, former Van Hoy Oil CRA
Street Stock Champion Colby Lane, James Krueger, Dakota Stroup, Jonathan
Martin, J.P. Crabtree, Dylan Bates, Tyler Hufford and Brian Demland.
The 10 divisions racing
in this year’s Fall Brawl include the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour, the Vores
Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman and the Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks.
Also, the Mt. Lawn Speedway Modifieds, ThunderCars, Pro Compacts, Stock
Compacts, and Crown Vics. As well as the Thunder Roadsters and AVSCA
Vintaged Sprint Cars.
On Saturday, the pit
gates will open at 9am. Rotating open practice starts at 12noon and will go
to 5:45pm for all divisions except the ThunderCars and Thunder Roadsters.
On Sunday, pit gates
open at 9:00am. Each division’s final practice and group qualifying sessions
will begin at 11am. Racing will begin at 1:30pm and will include the Fall
Brawl 100 Presented by JEGS.com for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. In all
there will be 10 feature races on Sunday for all the included divisions.
More event and track
information is available at
www.lucasoilraceway.com.
More information on all
the CRA Series is available at
www.cra-racing.com.
ARCA/CRA Super Series Set for Glass City 200 at Toledo Speedway
Saturday
Salem, IN.
(September 16, 2020) – The ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS will continue
its Chase for the Championship this Saturday, as part of the 33nd running of the
Central Transport Glass City 200 presented by the Hampton Inn and Courtyard by
Marriott at Toledo Speedway, located in Toledo, Ohio. This will be the fourth
straight season that the ARCA/CRA Super Series has been part of this prestigious
Glass City 200 that will feature the ARCA/CRA Super Series in a 100-lap feature
event and the ARCA Gold Cup Outlaw Late Models in a 100-lap feature event.
2018 series
Champion and 2020 series Regular Season points Champion Josh Brock, is already
locked into the final four Chase for the Championship drivers who will race for
the season Championship at the Winchester 400, and leads the series points
heading to Toledo Speedway. Michael Simko, a former ARCA Menards Series
competitor, is second in series points after getting a second-place finish in
the series first Chase event on September 6th at Lebanon I-44 Speedway.
2016 series
Champion Cody Coughlin, who has two series wins so far in 2020, sits in third
place, nine points behind Simko. 2017 series Champion Logan Runyon is in fourth
place, he is six points behind Coughlin. Series rookie Jaren Crabtree is in
fifth place, he is six points behind Runyon. 2019 series Champion Greg Van Alst
is in sixth place, he is six points behind Crabtree after having to use another
competitors car to start and park at Lebanon I-44 Speedway after losing the
engine in his brand new car in practice. All six Chase drivers are entered for
Saturday nights race.
Other top
CRA drivers entered include former series Chase competitor Hunter Jack, Harold
Fair Jr. who won a Toledo Speedway ARCA/CRA Super Series event 20 years ago, and
Fair’s teammate Hayden Sprague. Also entered are Brandon Varney who picked up
his first ever CRA win on August 22nd in the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model
Sportsman at Anderson Speedway, Cayden Lapcevich, who won the ARCA Gold Cup
Outlaw Late Models portion of the Glass City 200 in 2019, series 2019 event
winner at Flat Rock Speedway Brian Bergakker, along with local Michigan racers
Jeff Versk, Brandon Tregemmbo and Chris Munson who are entered to make their
series debuts Saturday night.
On Friday,
September 18th, there will be optional rig parking from 6 pm to 7pm. There will
be no unloading of equipment on Friday.
Race day
begins on Saturday with pit registration opening at 8:30, pit gates will open at
9am. Practice will go from 12pm to 3pm on a rotating basis with the ARCA/CRA
Super Series teams receiving two, 30-minute sessions. Qualifying will begin at
3:30pm. Racing will begin at 5pm with the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior
Late Models eight lap heat races, the ARCA/CRA Super Series 100 lap event will
be up next, followed by the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models 25
lap feature, the ARCA Gold Cup Outlaw Late Models 100 lapper will cap off the
evenings racing events. The rain date if needed is Sunday, September 20th.
Additional
event and track information can be found at
www.toledospeedway.com.
Additional information on the ARCA/CRA Super
Series can be found at
www.cra-racing.com.
CRA Fall Brawl up Next for
the Vore's Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman at Lucas Oil Raceway
Salem, IN (September 15,
2020) – The Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Powered by JEGS will return
to action this weekend in the 2020 CRA Fall Brawl at the famed Lucas Oil
Raceway, located just outside of Indianapolis in Brownsburg, Indiana. The CRA
Fall Brawl has become a very popular stock car racing event in central Indiana
with each feature winner getting an event signature trophy that includes a pair
of boxing gloves. T.J. Fisher is the defending event winner.
After having several events
postponed or canceled because of the COVID 19 pandemic, the series began its
2020 season on June 6th at Anderson Speedway, which was won by veteran Tommy
Cook over a tough field of 26 cars. Multi-time Anderson Speedway Late Model
Champion Jeff Marcum got the win in the series 100 lap special event on July
25th at Anderson Speedway. Austin Coe picked up his first series win of the
season in the Norton Transport Raintree 100, at Mt. Lawn Speedway on August
16th. Brandon Varney got his first ever series win in the series event at
Anderson Speedway on August 22nd. Coe went back to victory lane in the series
last event at Mt. Lawn Speedway on September 6th.
Sunday’s CRA Fall Brawl
event will be the second event in the series 2020 Chase for the Championship.
Coe won the first event of the Chase at Mt. Lawn Speedway. The third event of
the Chase will be at Anderson Speedway on September 26th with the final
Championship event on Saturday, October 10th of Winchester 400 Weekend.
Leading series Rookie Tanner
Jack was the regular season points Champion and is locked into the final four
drivers who will race for the series Championship, as long as he competes in the
remaining two Chase events leading up to the Championship event. With his win at
Mt. Lawn, Coe is also locked into the final four drivers who will race for the
series Championship, as long as he competes in the remaining two Chase events
leading up to the Championship event.
The other drivers earning
the right to compete over the next two point events to be in the final four
drivers to compete for the series Championship on Winchester 400 weekend include
2007 series Champion
Billy Hutson, Cassten Everidge, Kent Carson, and former CRA Street Stocks
regular Corey Adams.
The 10 divisions racing in
this year’s Fall Brawl include the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour, the Vores Welding
CRA Late Model Sportsman and the Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks. Also, the Mt.
Lawn Speedway Modifieds, ThunderCars, Pro Compacts, Stock Compacts, and Crown
Vics. As well as the Thunder Roadsters and AVSCA Vintaged Sprint Cars.
On Saturday, the pit gates
will open at 9am. Rotating open practice starts at 12noon and will go to 5:45pm
for all divisions except the ThunderCars and Thunder Roadsters.
On Sunday, pit gates open at
9:00am. Each division’s final practice and group qualifying sessions will begin
at 11am. Racing will begin at 1:30pm and will include the Fall Brawl 40 for the
Vores Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman. In all there will be 10 feature races on
Sunday for all the included divisions.
More event and track
information is available at
www.lucasoilraceway.com.
More information on all the
CRA Series is available at
www.cra-racing.com.
Tucker Leads Outerwears Crew Chief of the Year Points
Salem, IN (September 14, 2020) – Outerwears Performance Products
is once again sponsoring the Outerwears Crew Chief of the Year Award with the
ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS for the 2020 season. The award will
include a $1000 cash bonus and a trophy. Jeff Lane was the Outerwears Crew Chief
of the Year Award winner in 2015, the first season for the award. Scott Neal was
the award winner in 2016, Butch VanDoorn the winner in 2017 and Wimmer
Motorsports, Crew Chief for 2018 series Champion Josh Brock, won the award in
2018 and 2019.
The award is based upon the Chase for the Championship format
that CRA is using to determine its Champions again in 2020. The final four
scheduled races are being utilized for the Chase to determine a series Champion
and the Outerwears Crew Chief of the Year Award. There were six teams eligible
for the ARCA/CRA Super Series Chase for the Championship at the first Chase
event at Lebanon I-44 Speedway on September 6th, all those six teams are
eligible for the Outerwears Crew Chief of the Year Award.
The top five eligible teams Crew Chiefs will be awarded points at
each of the four Chase events, five for the highest finisher, down to one for
fifth highest. The Crew Chief earning the most points in the four Chase events
will be the 2020 Outerwears Crew Chief of the Year Award winner.
After the first Chase for the Championship event at Lebanon I-44
Speedway on September 6th, Jimmy Tucker, Crew Chief for Michael Simko, is
leading the Outerwears Crew Chief of the Year Award standings with five points
after Simko finished second in the event. 2020 is the first time that Simko has
been in the series Chase for the Championship.
Willie Allen, Crew Chief for 2016 series Champion Cody Coughlin,
is in second with four points after Coughlin finished in fourth. Kyle Jones,
Crew Chief for 2017 series Champion Logan Runyon, is in third place with three
points. Wimmer Motorsports, Crew Chief for Brock, are in fourth place, with two
points. JR Crabtree Racing, a group effort to Crew Chief for series Rookie Jaren
Crabtree, are in fifth place with one point. Kevin Shannon, Crew Chief for 2019
series Champion Greg Van Alst, did not receive any points after finishing last
of the Chase of the Championship drivers.
The series' next event will be the Central Transport Glass City
200 at Toledo Speedway this Saturday night, race two of the Chase for the
Championship.
Based in Schoolcraft, Michigan, Outerwears has been on the track
improving performance and creating champions since 1979. Designed using Terra-Flo
technology Outerwears radiator screens provide the perfect balance between
airflow and debris deflection, allowing peak airflow and longer radiator life.
Outerwears radiator screens will be an important part of the ARCA/CRA Super
Series for the 2020 race season. Ask your local dealer for your Outerwears or
visit
www.outerwears.com.
Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior
Late Models Back in Action at Toledo Speedway Saturday
Salem, Indiana
(September 14, 2020):
The Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models will continue their 2020
season with their fourth event of the season, this Saturday at Toledo Speedway,
located in Toledo, Ohio as part of the Central Transport Glass City 200. The
COVID-19 pandemic caused several Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models
events to be postponed or cancelled.
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. Chase Burda was the
inaugural series Champion in 2019, he has now moved up to compete with the JEGS/CRA
All-Stars Tour in 2020.
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 will compete on 3/8 mile and
under racetracks with most events consisting of 8 lap heat races and a 25-lap
feature.
14-year-old
VanDoorn Racing Development Registered
Rookie Jordon Riddick picked up the win in the series season opener at
Anderson Speedway on June 13th. It was Riddick’s first ever late model race.
13-year-old second year series competitor Katie Hettinger got her first series
win in the series second event of the season on July 11th at the Indianapolis
Speedrome.12-year-old VanDoorn Racing Development Registered Rookie Keegan
Sobilo became the third different winner in three Victory Custom Trailers CRA
Junior Late Models events to date in the series last event at Anderson Speedway
on August 15th.
14-year-old Evan Varney comes into
Saturday’s event as the series points leader with just two series events left to
determine the 2020 series Champion. Hettinger is in second, she is three points
behind Varney. 12-year-old Zack Wilhelm is in third, five points behind
Hettinger. Sobilo and 12-year-old Dawson Knaul are tied for fourth, they are
three points behind Wilhelm. Only 11 points separates the top five drivers.
There will be optional hauler parking
for all teams on Friday, September 18th at Toledo Speedway from 6pm to 7pm. Pits
open on Saturday at 9am. Practice will begin at 12noon. MPM Marketing Qualifying
will begin at 3:30pm for the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models.
Racing action will begin at 5pm and will include 8 lap heat races and a 25-lap
feature for the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models. Also racing that
evening will be the ARCA/CRA Super Series and the ARCA Gold Cup Outlaw Late
Models in 100 lap features for the Central Transport Glass City 200.
More track and event info can be found
at
www.toledospeedway.com.
More event information and information
on all the CRA Series is available at
www.cra-racing.com.
Van Hoy Oil CRA Street
Stocks Begin Chase for the Championship at Mt. Lawn Speedway
Salem, IN (September 3,
2020) – The Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS will begin its 2020
Chase for the Championship this Sunday at Mt. Lawn Speedway. The Mt. Lawn
Speedway Labor Day Weekend event was a late addition to the schedule after
Winchester Speedway cancelled its traditional Labor Day Weekend World Stock
Festival.
After having several events
postponed or canceled because of the COVID 19 pandemic, Sunday will be the sixth
event of the 2020 season and the fifth points event for the Van Hoy Oil CRA
Street Stocks, who opened their 2020 season at Lebanon I-44 Speedway on May 30th
with a special non-points event that was won by 2017 series Champion Colby Lane.
Lane then picked up the series’ first points event win of 2020 at Mt. Lawn
Speedway on June 14th. Andrew Teepe got the win at the Indianapolis Speedrome
Triple Crown Event on July 11th. Brett Hudson has won the last two series
events, the Triple Crown win at Shadybowl on July 25th and the Triple Crown win
at Anderson Speedway on August 15th.
The series will begin its
2020 Chase for the Championship on Sunday, 2020 will be the fourth season the
series has used this playoff style format to crown its Champion. The second
event of the Chase will be at Lucas Oil Raceway on September 20th, the third
event of the Chase will be at Bristol Motor Speedway on September 26th with the
final Championship event on Saturday, October 10th of Winchester 400 Weekend.
2014 and 2015 series
Champion Jason Atkinson was the regular season points Champion and is locked
into the final four drivers who will race for the series Championship, as long
as he competes in all three Chase events leading up to the Championship event.
The other drivers earning the right to compete over the next three-point events
to be in the final four drivers to compete for the series Championship on
Winchester 400 weekend include Ryan Amonett, Alan Williams Jr., leading series
rookie Brandon Roberts, Teepe, Chad Pendleton, Josh Poore and Troy Phillips.
There will be optional early
hauler parking available on Friday from 6 to 8pm. Pits open on Saturday at 11am.
The first of three rounds of practice for each division racing this weekend will
begin at 1:30pm, the third practice session will also be group qualifying for
each division. Racing begins on Saturday evening at 6pm and will include a
Fastest 5 Dash for the Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks five fastest qualifiers
with the winner getting $200 from Gary Crossgrove Painting.
Pits open at 10am on Sunday.
Warm Up Sessions for all divisions will begin at 12noon. Racing will begin at
2pm and will include the 75-lap feature for the Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks .
Also racing on Sunday will be the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman in a
75-lap feature, the Mt. Lawn Speedway Modifieds, Crown Vic’s, Pro Compacts,
Stock Compacts, and Thunder Roadsters.
More event and track
information can be found at
www.mtlawn.com.
For more
information on all the CRA series go to
www.cra-racing.com.
JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Starts Chase for the Championship at
Lebanon I-44 Speedway Sunday
Salem, IN (September 2, 2020) – The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour
Presented by Chevrolet Performance will head back to Lebanon I-44 Speedway in
Lebanon, Missouri, this Labor Day Weekend for the first race in their 2020 Chase
for the Championship. Normally the series would be at Winchester Speedway for
the Labor Day Weekend World Stock Car Festival, but like most of the 2020
schedule, the COVID 19 Pandemic changed that up and the event was moved to
Lebanon I-44 Speedway.
The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour kicked off their delayed 2020 season
on May 30th at Lebanon I-44 Speedway, were Georgia superstar Bubba Pollard went
to victory lane after a late race battle with former Lebanon I-44 Speedway Late
Model Champion Cole Williams, in an event that was slowed by only one early
caution.
The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour will begin its 2020 Chase for the
Championship on Sunday. 2013 and 2016 series Champion Cody Coughlin won the
series regular season Points Championship and is locked into the final four
drivers who will race for the series Championship on Winchester 400 Weekend, but
he still must compete in each Chase event leading up to the Championship race.
Coughlin got a win with the series at the Jennerstown Speedway event on July
4th.
The other drivers in the Chase and entered for Sunday’s event
include last year’s series Championship runner-up Mandy Chick, who looks to be
in position to claim her first series Championship at Winchester. Senneker
Performance Rookie of the Year co-points leader Zachary Tinkle, the 2019 Vore’s
Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Champion, looks to make it two CRA
Championships in a row in 2020. 2019 inaugural Victory Custom Trailers CRA
Junior Late Model Champion Chase Burda, who also hopes to make it two CRA
Championship in a row and claim the series Senneker Performance Rookie of the
Year Award, which he is currently tied in points with Tinkle.
2018 ARCA/CRA Super Series Champion Josh Brock is also in the
Chase with the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour for the first time, he got his first
series victory at Anderson Speedway on June 13th. Two-time ARCA/CRA Super Series
Champion Travis Braden is also in the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Chase for the
first time, he is tied for third in series all-time wins with seven, including
last year’s season Championship event at Winchester. 2019 Victory Custom
Trailers CRA Junior Late Model Championship runner-up Charlie Keeven looks to
get a good start on his first Chase at the track closest to his home on Sunday.
Trever McCoy is the eighth and final driver in the series Chase, he is the only
other driver besides Chick who has competed in the series Chase in the past, he
was fourth in the 2019 series Chase for the Championship final standings.
The series Chase for the Championship drivers will have plenty of
competition on Sunday, including May 30th event runner up Cole Williams.
Williams is a three-time series winner, claiming the Masters of the Pro’s event
at Lebanon I-44 Speedway and the U.S. Short Track Nationals event at Bristol
Motor Speedway in 2017 and won at Salem Speedway with the series in 2018.
Florida hot show Stephen Nasse is also entered. Nasse was the
winner of the series SpeedFest 2020 event in January and got a series win at
Winchester Speedway last year on Labor Day Weekend. Nasse finished third in the
series event at Lebanon I-44 Speedway on May 30th.
Other drivers entered include local competitors Joe Ross, Joey
Strode, Dylan Bates, Richard Lewis and Tim Swearengin. Series veteran James
Krueger is entered. 2019 Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Rookie of the
Year Brian Demland is entered to make his series debut.
The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour will have two 30 minute open practice
sessions on Saturday, then will have the first ever CRA “King of the Hill”
Bracket Challenge for the top eight in those practice sessions right before the
ARCA/Menards Series will hit the track for their Zinsser SmartCoat 200 at 8pm.
Pit gates open at 11am on Sunday. Practice will begin at 2pm with
the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour having three 30-minute sessions. JERICO Performance
Products qualifying will start at 6:15pm. The 100 lap ARCA/CRA Super Series
feature will be first up at 7:30pm, followed by the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour
100-lap feature.
Online sales began on Tuesday afternoon for 2-day discount
grandstand tickets in addition to wildside tier parking and pit passes. Saturday
only and Sunday only tickets, pit passes, and wildside parking options will also
be available. For more detailed information and to order tickets, wildside
parking, and pit passes, visit
www.trackenterprises.com or contact the Track Enterprises office at
217-764-3200.
Fans unable to make the trip to Missouri for the big CRA Late
Model doubleheader on Sunday, will be able to watch live on Speed51.TV, which
debuted last weekend. Go to Speed51.com for details.
More information on the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour can be found at
www.cra-racing.com.
CRA Late Model Sportsman
Begin Chase for the Championship Sunday at Mt. Lawn Speedway
Salem, IN (August 31, 2020)
– The Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Powered by JEGS will begin its
2020 Chase for the Championship this Sunday at Mt. Lawn Speedway. The Mt. Lawn
Speedway Labor Day Weekend event was a late addition to the schedule after
Winchester Speedway cancelled its traditional Labor Day Weekend World Stock
Festival.
After having several events
postponed or canceled because of the COVID 19 pandemic, the series began its
2020 season on June 6th at Anderson Speedway, which was won by veteran Tommy
Cook over a tough field of 26 cars. Multi-time Anderson Speedway Late Model
Champion Jeff Marcum got the win in the series 100 lap special event on July
25th at Anderson Speedway. Austin Coe picked up his first series win of the
season in the Norton Transport Raintree 100, at Mt. Lawn Speedway on August
16th. Brandon Varney got his first ever series win in the series last event at
Anderson Speedway on August 22nd.
The series will begin its
2020 Chase for the Championship on Sunday, 2020 will be the fourth season the
series has used this playoff style format to crown its Champion. The second
event of the Chase will be at Lucas Oil Raceway on September 20th, the third
event of the Chase will be at Anderson Speedway on September 26th with the final
Championship event on Saturday, October 10th of Winchester 400 Weekend.
Leading series Rookie Tanner
Jack was the regular season points Champion and is locked into the final four
drivers who will race for the series Championship, as long as he competes in all
three Chase events leading up to the Championship event. The other drivers
earning the right to compete over the next three point events to be in the final
four drivers to compete for the series Championship on Winchester 400 weekend
include
Raintree 100 winner Austin
Coe, 2007 series Champion Billy Hutson,
Kent Carson, Cassten
Everidge, Ronnie Rose, 2018 Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stock Champion James Kirby
and former CRA Street Stocks regular Daniel Adams.
There will be optional early
hauler parking available on Friday from 6 to 8pm. Pits open on Saturday at 11am.
The first of three rounds of practice for each division racing this weekend will
begin at 1:30pm, the third practice session will also be group qualifying for
each division. Racing begins on Saturday evening at 6pm and will include a
Fastest 5 Dash for the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman five fastest
qualifiers with the winner getting $200 from Gary Crossgrove Painting.
Pits open at 10am on Sunday.
Warm Up Sessions for all divisions will begin at 12noon. Racing will begin at
2pm and will include the 75-lap feature for the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model
Sportsman. Also racing on Sunday will be the Van Hoy Oil CRA Street Stocks in a
75-lap feature, the Mt. Lawn Speedway Modifieds, Crown Vic’s, Pro Compacts,
Stock Compacts, and Thunder Roadsters.
More event and track
information can be found at
www.mtlawn.com.
For more information on all
the CRA series go to
www.cra-racing.com.
ARCA/CRA Super Series Returns to Lebanon I-44 Speedway for Labor
Day Weekend Show
Salem, IN (September 1, 2020) – The ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered
by JEGS teams would normally be getting ready to hit the High Banks of
Winchester Speedway for the traditional Labor Day Weekend World Stock Car
Festival, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed the majority of the
series schedule during 2020 and that continues this weekend as the series now
returns to where it kicked off the 2020 season, Lebanon I-44 Speedway in
Lebanon, Missouri, to begin it’s 2020 Chase for the Championship.
Fans were on their feet at the end of the ARCA/CRA Super Series
event on May 30th at Lebanon I-44 Speedway, 17 year old Carson Hocevar, who had
dominated most of the race, leading from lap 22 until a flat tire on lap 107
took him out of the lead and on pit road. After changing the tire, Hocevar took
the green flag at the tail of the lead laps cars with 18 laps to go in the
event, with one of the best in the business Stephen Nasse leading. Hocevar would
catch Nasse on the white flag lap and make the pass to get his first ever Super
Late Model victory and one of the most impressive late runs ever seen in a Super
Late Model event!
Both Hocevar and Nasse top the list of entries for Sunday’s
return visit to Lebanon I-44 Speedway. Hocevar will be looking for his third
series win of the season, after also winning the Redbud 400 at Anderson Speedway
on July 13th for TK Racing. Hocevar has been running selected NASCAR Gandor RV &
Outdoors Truck Series events since the May 30th event, but with an off weekend
from that series, he looks to make it two in a row at Lebanon I-44 Speedway.
Nasse is still looking for his first series win of the season
after getting three big series wins in 2019 including the Labor Day Weekend and
Winchester 400 wins at Winchester Speedway and getting the win in the U.S. Short
Track Nationals at Bristol Motor Speedway. Nasse is coming off a dominating win
in the Clyde Hart Memorial last Thursday night at New Smyrna Speedway.
The ARCA/CRA Super Series will begin its 2020 Chase for the
Championship on Sunday. 2018 series Champion Josh Brock won the series regular
season Points Championship and is locked into the final four drivers who will
race for the series Championship in the Winchester 400. Brock has a win in the
JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour in 2020 but is entered for Sunday’s event still seeking
his first series win of 2020 after getting two series wins in 2019.
The other drivers in the Chase and entered for Sunday’s event
include last year’s series Champion Greg Van Alst, who will debut a brand-new
car for the Chase. 2016 series Champion Cody Coughlin, who has two series wins
so far this season including the series last event at Anderson Speedway on
August 15th. 2017 series Champion Logan Runyon, who got a season high finish of
third at Anderson on June 20th. Michigan veteran racer Michael Simko will be in
the Chase for the first-time starting Sunday. Rookie Jaren Crabtree will also
start his first Chase for the Championship on Sunday.
2013 and 2014 series Champion Travis Braden is entered. The
former full-time ARCA Menards Series driver is a former Winchester 400 winner
and won last years Snowball Derby.
Series rookie Mason Keller is entered, Keller had a season high
finish of second at Anderson Speedway on June 20th. Brett Robinson is entered
to make his first ever start at Lebanon I-44 Speedway. Colorado racer Mike Neff
will make the haul to compete in Saturday’s event.
The ARCA/CRA Super Series will have two 30 minute open practice
sessions on Saturday, then will have the first ever CRA “King of the Hill”
Bracket Challenge for the top eight in those practice sessions right before the
ARCA/Menards Series will hit the track for their Zinsser SmartCoat 200 at 8pm.
Pit gates open at 11am on Sunday. Practice will begin at 2pm with
the ARCA/CRA Super Series having three 30-minute sessions. Rowdy Manufacturing
qualifying will start at 6:15pm. The 100 lap ARCA/CRA Super Series feature will
be first up at 7:30pm, followed by the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour in a 100-lap
feature.
Online sales began on Tuesday afternoon for 2-day discount
grandstand tickets in addition to wildside tier parking and pit passes. Saturday
only and Sunday only tickets, pit passes, and wildside parking options will also
be available. For more detailed information and to order tickets, wildside
parking, and pit passes, visit
www.trackenterprises.com or contact the Track Enterprises office at
217-764-3200.
More information on the ARCA/CRA Super Series can be found at
www.cra-racing.com.
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