Archived News
2005-2007 HERE
2008 Season News
Beaver, Gullatta, Dager and Redmond Get Winchester Victories
Winchester, IN (May 4, 2008) – A bright sunny day welcomed the racers and fans that attended the show at Winchester Speedway on Sunday afternoon, a great relief after having bad weather factor into the season opening event. Fans got to see some great racing action in all four divisions that participated in this past Sunday's event.
Noblesville, Indiana veteran Joe Beaver has gotten wins at tracks through out Central, Indiana and he continued that Sunday by getting the victory in the MAX Rocks 100 CRA Street Stock event. Outside pole sitter Bobby Murany charged to the lead at the drop of the green flag and would keep that lead for the first 24 laps until being passed by Larry Matillo. Matillo would keep the lead until lap 61 when Beaver, who had steadily worked his way up from his eighth place starting position made the pass on the inside going into turn one. The two time series Drivers Champion was never seriously challenged from that point as he cruised six-second victory.
The event did not see its first caution until lap 54 as all the drivers showed great patience realizing that the event was 100 laps, the longest event of the season for the series at Winchester Speedway. Brian Hopkins finished in second after a tough battled with series rookie Josh Burton who finished third in a team car to Beaver for owner Terry Burton. Teenager Winston Wood got a strong fourth place finish, coming back from a single car spin earlier in the event. Matillo hung on to get fifth place coasting across the finish line after shutting off his overheating motor.
Beau Mitchell put on a show making up three laps and finishing in sixth. He lost the three laps because he had to pit under green for a flat tire. Mitchell took advantage of the double file restarts with the lap cars on the inside to pass the leaders and got three yellows which moved him back around a lap each time. John Heck finished seventh one lap down, Bret Miles Jr. finished eighth, Bryan Perry and Jonny Ballenger got their best series finishes ever with a ninth and tenth place finish. Beau Mitchell was the events Fast Qualifier, while Perry was the TCI Automotive Hardcharger.
ARCA Lincoln Welders Truck Series veteran Nick Gullatta, in the Thomson Automotive-Mr. Heater-Enerco Chevy Colorado, turned in a near-perfect performance Sunday afternoon with a convincing victory in the Lincoln Welders 50-lap main event. The Cleveland, Ohio driver earned the 2BKool Pole Award earlier in the day, then charged from the 10th starting position and tracked down Ron Wells in the closing stages to earn his fifth series victory in his 25th series start. Wells, in the Oakley Blacktop-Tanner HVAC-Muffler Brothers Chevy, had to settle for second after leading 18 laps.
Wells jumped into the lead at the onset and led the first 10 circuits before Rob Jones drove underneath for the top-spot in turns three and four. Jones pulled out to a comfortable lead and appeared to be on his way to his career-first win before the rear-end broke on a lap 30 restart after leading 20 laps. That gave the lead back to Wells who stretched the advantage to five lengths while Gullatta, who started 10th by inversion, worked his way into second. On lap 36, Gullatta got underneath Wells down the backstretch, setting up a great side-by-side battle for the lead. The two trucks raced door to door for two full laps before Gullatta completed the pass to lead the 39th lap. From there, Gullatta stretched his advantage to three lengths by the time the front-runners crossed under the checkered flag.
Frank Wilson Jr. finished in third, Ft. Wayne veteran racer Steve Christman finished in 4th after coming back from a lap down after being involved in a caution. Nathan Trepkowski finished in fifth.
Howe CRA Sportsman Series rookie driver Tony Dager is off to a hot start getting his second straight victory with the series in the Howe 40 on Sunday afternoon. Dager won the series season opening event at Anderson Speedway on April 19th. Fellow rookie Nick Lay grabbed the early lead from his outside pole starting position and held that lead until he made slight contact with the wall in turn two opening the door for Dager to make the pass for the lead after working his way up from his ninth place starting position. Dager would go on to get the victory by two seconds over Rick Rinehart.
Rinehart came from eighth starting position to claim second. Lay held on even after making contact a second time with the wall in turn two to get third. 2007 series Champion Billy Hutson finished fourth with Charlie Hanna fifth. Justin Alsip was the Holley Performance Fast Qualifier he finished in sixth. Gabe Cerny finished seventh, rookie Rick Pfeifer in eighth, Eric Barkus in ninth and Bob Dumpke in tenth. Dager was the events Racing Electronics Hardcharger. Rinehart and Dumpke won the ten lap heat races.
Farmland, Indiana racer Brain Redmond got the victory in the Vore's Welding & Steel 20 for the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Bill Charles grabbed the early lead and looked to be gone until Redmond finally tracked him down and passed for the lead in traffic on lap 19. Tim Dilg finished in third, Rex Zimmerman in fourth and Justin Kelly in fifth. The event was run without a caution. Redmond and Kelly claimed the two 10 lap heat victories.
Racing action will return to the High Banks of Winchester Speedway with the return of Thursday Night Thunder on Thursday, June 12th with the USAC National Sprint Cars. Racing action will also include the American Modified Series and the Thunder Roadsters. Pit gates will open at 1pm, spectator gates at 3:30pm, practice will begin for the USAC Sprint Cars at 4pm, with qualifying at 5pm. The race program will begin at 7:30pm. More information is available at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
ARCA Lincoln Welder Trucks and CRA Street Stocks Headline Sunday's Action At Winchester Speedway
Winchester, IN (April 30, 2008) – The ARCA Lincoln Welder Trucks and the CRA Street Stocks headline this Sunday's action on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway. The Howe CRA Sportsman Series and Vore's CRA FWD Compacts will also be in action Sunday providing a great afternoon of racing at the historical half mile.
The ARCA Lincoln Welder Truck Series will return for the fourth season in a row. The trucks have always showcased great racing at each of their previous events. To date there are 23 trucks pre-entered for Sunday's event led by veteran Paul Hahn winner of last season's event. Also entered is 2007 series Champion Bill Withers and veteran Ft. Wayne racer Steve Christman who got his first victory with the series in the 2008 season opener on April 19th at Anderson Speedway. Other top drivers entered include Tully Esterline, Nick Gullatta, Rob Jones, Norm Weaver, Ron Wells and Robin Slaughter.
The MAX Rocks 100 for the MAX 93.5/96.7 CRA Street Stocks will hit the High Banks Sunday, it's the biggest race of the season for that division at Winchester Speedway in 2008. The event will pay $2,500 to win and $100 to start. The CRA Street Stocks events have proven to be some of the best events every season at Winchester Speedway and Sunday will be no exception after the exciting action in that divisions season opener last Sunday when veteran Carl Muffley held off a hardcharging Jake Owens to get the his first points victory with the series.
Owensboro native Beau Mitchell is expected to enter Sunday's event, Mitchell has scored six victories in the Street Stock division at Winchester Speedway the past two seasons including consecutive wins in the last two seasons 200 lap events. Mitchell will have plenty of competition from the likes of two-time series driver Champion Joe Beaver, Rich Boyer, Brian Hopkins, Jeff Perry, Bret Miles Jr., Larry Matillo, Winston Wood, Steve Blair and Calvin Parham.
The Howe CRA Sportsman will be competing in the series second event of the season after visiting Anderson Speedway on Saturday, April 19th were Tony Dager got his first series win in his first ever race with the series. The race was an exciting one with several yellows for spins during the event. 2007 series Champion Billy Hutson leads the list of former winners in this division at Winchester that are expected to compete in Sunday's event. Other series High Banked winners include Charlie Hanna and Rick Rinehart. The former winner s will get plenty of challenges from a very talented group of racers including Dager, Nick Lay, Zach Hulvey, Justin Alsip, Brandon Phillips, Gabe Cerny, Hathan Herron and the Wisconsin Cowboy Rick Tackman Jr.
The Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts will have their second event of the season were Bill Charles will be looking to make it two in a row after getting the win in last Sunday's series season opener at Winchester Speedway. Charles will have plenty of competition from former High Banks winner Brian Redmon along with his teammate Rex Zimmerman.
Pit gates will open on Sunday morning at 8am, spectator gates at 10am, practice will begin at 10:30am, with qualifying at 12noon. The race program will begin at 2pm. More information is available at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
Winchester, IN (April 28, 2008) – A large crowd returned for this past Sunday's rescheduled season opener on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway and they were treated to some great racing action through out the entire race program.
Darren Hagen gave car owner Keith Kunz Motorsports their third consecutive Rich Vogler Classic USAC National Sprint Car victory Sunday afternoon by leading the final 25 laps in his IWX/Advanced Racing Beast/Speedway Mopar special. The Riverside, Calif. driver nearly didn't make it to the checkered flag!
On lap 24 Hagen was being pressured for the lead by Chris Windom when the two cars made contact exiting turn four. Both cars slid to the inside of the front straightaway and while Windom slid to a stop sideways at the end of the straightaway after making contact with the inside retaining wall, Windom's day was done, but Hagen was able to continue on as the leader. On the restart he pulled away, then withstood a strong challenge from veterans Tracy Hines and Dave Darland on another restart with two laps to go to get the victory.
The Kunz team also won the "Rich Vogler Classic" in 2006 with driver Bryan Clauson and in 2007 with driver Marc Jessup. Darland finished second ahead of fast qualifier Hines in third, Brady Bacon in fourth and pole-starter Brian Gerster in fifth. Darland, Muncie native Aaron Pierce and Shane Cottle all collected heat race victories.
Two time CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz got the victory in the Manning Service 100, the season opening event for the CRA Super Series. Appleton Rack & Pinion Fast Qualifier Rick Turner drew a four for the event's invert putting Hantz on the pole, but it was veteran Jeff Lane getting the lead at the drop of the green from his outside starting position. Lane would lead the first 47 laps before slowing slightly anticipating a possible caution when A.J. Ganino spun off the track in turn two, but Ganino never stopped so no caution was thrown, but the hesitation by Lane allowed Hantz to power by after the two had raced side by side for several laps.
Hantz would go on and get the victory while a battle ensued behind him for the other top five finishing positions. Boris Jurkovic looked to be the car that would be able to challenge Hantz for the lead as he worked his way from his ninth starting position to second making several passes in the closing laps. A late caution put Jurkovic on Hantz's bumper on a restart with only four laps to go, but fate dealt Jurkovic a bad blow as a broken transmission left him lagging behind as the other lead laps cars passed him all battling for position until the checkered flag fell.
1997 series Champion Kenny Tweedy finished in second in his first event for new car owner Ken Muller. Jason Dietsch survived a tough mid race battle with Jurkovic and JR Roahrig to get third. Roahrig would hold on to get fourth with series rookie Zach Taylor finishing in fifth. Muncie, Indiana native Aaron Pierce finished in sixth after finishing 14th in the Rich Vogler Classic.
Plymouth, Indiana veteran racer Carl Muffley held off a hard charging Jake Owens to get his first CRA Street Stock victory in MAX 40, the season opener for the CRA Street Stocks. Muffley charged to the lead from his seventh place starting position with Owens charging right behind. Owens followed Muffley for several laps waiting for the right time to make a move for the lead. Muffley's far started smoking over the final five laps, but Muffley was able to hold on and get the win with Owens in second, Brian Hopkins in third, Joe Beaver in fourth and Jeff Perry in fifth. Beaver was the day's fast qualifier while Muffley and Josh Burton won the heats races.
Bill Charles took the lead on lap number two and held off several challenges to get the victory in the Vore's Welding & Steel 20 for the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Richard Isbell finished in second, Justin Kelly in third, Randy Owen in fourth and Bobby Sanders in fifth.
Racing action will return to the High Banks of Winchester Speedway this Sunday, May 4th with the ARCA Lincoln Welder Truck Series, the MAX Rocks 100 for the CRA Street Stocks, the first event of the season at Winchester for the Howe CRA Sportsman Series and the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Pit gates will open at 8am, spectator gates at 10am, practice will begin at 10:30am, with qualifying at 12noon. The race program will begin at 2pm. More information is available at www.winchesterspeedway.com
2008 Off-Season News
Salem, IN (April 24, 2008) – Officials from the CRA Super Series are hopeful that Mother Nature will let their 2008 racing season begin in this Sunday's rescheduled Manning Service 100 at Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Indiana. The event was originally scheduled for last Sunday, but was postponed because of persistent rain showers, just after practice had been completed after drying the track from morning showers.
That was the third CRA Super Series event so far this season that has been postponed because of weather, the series opener on March 28th and then on March 29th at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville was postponed because of rain, it has since been rescheduled for Sunday, July 20th. The series was then supposed to open at Anderson Speedway on April 12th, but that event was postponed to Sunday, June 15th because of cold weather and the threat of rain.
"The weather has been tough on us so far this spring," remarked Glenn Luckett, Director of the CRA Super Series. "It cost everyone money, the fans, the tracks, the teams and the series. We greatly appreciate everyone's patience and understanding so far this year, hopefully we can get things underway this Sunday and have great weather the rest of the season!"
All 24 teams that showed up this past Sunday are expected to return for this Sunday's event. Joliet, Illinois native Boris Jurkovic filed an entry this week for Sunday's event, the extra week allowed him time to get ready for this Sunday's race. Jurkovic is also now talking about possibly being a contender for the 2008 series Championship.
Sunday will also be the season opener for the CRA Street Stocks and the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. The CRA Street Stocks were originally scheduled to have a special points event with Music City Motorplex Sportsman on March 28th and then March 29th, but rain also canceled that event, it was not been rescheduled. Sunday's CRA Street Stock events will be a tune-up for their 100-lap event on Sunday, May 4th that will pay $2,500 to win and $100 to start.
Pit gates will open on Sunday, April 27 at 7:30am, spectator gates at 9:30 am with practice beginning at 10am. Qualifying will follow at 12:25pm. The race program will begin at 2pm with heat races from the USAC National Sprint Cars and CRA Street Stocks followed by the 30 lap Rich Vogler Classic for the USAC National Sprint Cars, the Manning Service 100 for the CRA Super Series late models, the MAX 40 for the CRA Street Stocks and the Vores Welding & Steel 20 for the Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Advanced tickets can be purchased on line at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
More information on all the CRA Series is available at www.craracing.net.
Winchester, IN (April 24, 2008) – The entry list for Sunday's rescheduled Rich Vogler Classic for the USAC National Sprint Car Series has grown to 30 cars. The event was originally scheduled for this past Sunday, but was postponed because of persistent rain showers. The event is the first pavement race of the season for the series and the entry list includes several series veterans along with several series rookies.
"We are real excited about the huge list of entries for this Sunday's Rich Vogler Classic," remarked Glenn Luckett with Champion Racing Association, the promoters of Winchester Speedway for owner Charlie Shaw. "I can't remember a USAC Sprint Car High Banks pavement race having that many entries in a long time. We hope Mother Nature will be kinder this week and let this great group of sprint cars put on a great show for all the fans!"
Pit gates will open on Sunday, April 27 at 7:30am, spectator gates at 9:30 am with practice beginning at 10am. Qualifying will follow at 12:25pm. The race program will begin at 2pm with heat races from the USAC National Sprint Cars and CRA Street Stocks followed by the 30 lap Rich Vogler Classic for the USAC National Sprint Cars, the Manning Service 100 for the CRA Super Series late models, the MAX 40 for the CRA Street Stocks and the Vores Welding & Steel 20 for the Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Advanced tickets can be purchased on line at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
Jones, Hines and Chevy Return For Second Attempt At Winchester Speedway
INDIANAPOLIS (April 22, 2008) – Tony Stewart Racing's Levi Jones and Tracy Hines were at the track, in their cars and ready to push off for the start of the 2008 USAC National Sprint Car Series event at Winchester (Ind.) Speedway last Sunday but, once again, Mother Nature had different plans for the team and the series. Battling intermittent showers for much of the day, they finally decided to try it again at the half-mile paved oval this Sunday.
Jones and the No. 20 TSR/Chevy/Bass Pro Shops team opened defense of their 2007 USAC Sprint Series championship last Friday at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway. After taking the checkered flag in fourth place at Gas City, Jones set his sites on the high banks of Winchester and the series points lead before the rains came. In his last appearance there, on April 22, 2007, Jones finished eighth. He is currently ranked second in the USAC Sprint Series standings with 63 points.
The No. 21 TSR/Chevy/Bass Pro Shops team and Hines were looking at last Sunday's event at Winchester Speedway as a chance at redemption for their bad luck at Gas City on April 18. After missing the set-up in qualifying, Hines and the team spent their night playing catch-up and saw it end early in the feature after being collected in an unavoidable accident. The four-time winner at Winchester Speedway finished fourth in the last USAC Sprint Series event at the track last April. He has also earned 11 top-five and 14 top-10 finishes at the facility.
Gates will open at 9:30 a.m. EDT for Sunday's Rich Vogler Classic at Winchester Speedway. Practice is set to begin at 10 a.m. with racing at 2 p.m. The official Web site of Winchester Speedway is www.winchesterspeedway.com. For more information, the track office can be reached at 765-584-9701.
Levi Jones, driver of the No. 20 TSR/Chevy/BEAST:
From a driver's perspective, with all of the rain and seepage the track was dealing with last Sunday, were you glad to see the event postponed until this weekend?
"I was glad that they decided to reschedule the race for this Sunday. Had we been at another pavement track, such as Anderson (Ind.) Speedway, we probably could've waited until they got the track dry and run the race. But at Winchester, you're already pushing the edge of grip on a good day and to try to race on a track that had any water on it at all would've been really pushing our luck. It's just got such high banking and you carry a lot of speed. They definitely made the right call in postponing the race until this weekend."
The addition of this Sunday's race means that the USAC Sprint Series will not have an idle weekend. Are you looking forward to getting on the track again this weekend?
"It's pretty cool to race on Sunday. We've had a lot of down time due to weather lately and we're all ready to start racing several times a week again. It's also pretty cool that to get to run at Winchester in the daytime. Day shows are fun. It's a completely different perspective for us as drivers to run in natural light. It also means that you really have to pay attention to the track and how the atmosphere is affecting it. I think if we qualify well and come out of our heat race, we're going to have a really good chance to put the No. 20 TSR/Chevy/Bass Pro Shops car in the winner's circle for the first time this year."
There has been a lot of talk regarding the decision to postpone the Rich Vogler Classic until this Sunday. As a driver, were you pleased with the decision?
"The track and USAC made the right decision last weekend when they decided to run the USAC Sprint Series race this Sunday. There is no way that the track would've ever been ready for us to race on it. With our open-wheel cars being the way they are, we don't have a lot of downforce and that would have been a problem on a track that had any moisture on it at all. The speeds we run at Winchester and the angle of the banking requires a completely dry race track, and with the humidity that was in the air throughout the afternoon, it would have been a miserable event for us to compete in."
Mother Nature hasn't been kind to racing of any type in the Midwest this spring. Are you pleased to have another shot to get a race in this Sunday?
"I know that everyone in our shop is glad to have a race this weekend. We've not enjoyed the off-weekends and rainouts. I'm also really glad that we were able to reschedule this event for this weekend. Having the race on Sunday means that we already have our cars ready to race right off the truck. If there had been a couple of other pavement races in-between, we would've had to re-establish set-ups for Winchester. When we tested at the track last week, we learned quite a bit and that's another benefit of running this race on Sunday. We'll have all of that information at the front of our minds. If the weather holds for Sunday, I think we'll have a good chance of putting Chevy and Bass Pro Shops in victory lane."
For complete results from this weekend's USAC Racing Series events, log on to www.usacracing.com. For information regarding TSR, Chevy or Bass Pro Shops, please visit www.tonystewartracing.com, www.chevy.com or www.basspro.com.
Winchester, IN (April 22, 2008) – The schedule of events for this Sunday's rescheduled Winchester Speedway season opener has been slightly revised. Pit gates will open now at 7:30am instead of 8am in order to give teams some additional time to unload their rigs and set up their pits prior to the beginning of practice at 10am.
Winchester Speedway officials would also like to announce that this past Sunday's rain checks and pit bands would be good for this Sunday's event, or could go towards the purchase of a ticket or pit band for any other event on the 2008 schedule. If anyone would like a full refund, please mail ticket stubs or armbands to Winchester Speedway at P.O. Box 31, Winchester, IN, 47394 with a return address and the name a check should be made out to.
Pit gates will open on Sunday, April 27 at 7:30am, spectator gates at 9:30 am with practice beginning at 10am. Qualifying will follow at 12:25pm. The race program will begin at 2pm with heat races from the USAC National Sprint Cars and CRA Street Stocks followed by the 30 lap Rich Vogler Classic for the USAC National Sprint Cars, the Manning Service 100 for the CRA Super Series late models, the MAX 40 for the CRA Street Stocks and the Vores Welding & Steel 20 for the Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Advanced tickets can be purchased on line at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
Winchester, IN (April 15, 2008) – Winchester Speedway is set to kick off its 2008 racing schedule with the season opener this Sunday, April 20. High Bank racing fans will get a double treat as the USAC National Sprint Cars come to compete in the Rich Vogler Classic and the CRA Super Series late models in the Manning Service 100 along with action from the MAX 93.5/96.7 CRA Street Stocks and Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts.
Sunday's Rich Vogler Classic will be the first pavement event of the season for the USAC National Sprint Cars who are scheduled to compete on the dirt at Gas City on Friday and Saturday night. In last years Rich Vogler Classic, Marc Jessup wasn't exactly sure how his day was going to end up following what started out as a pretty successful Sunday at Winchester Speedway. After setting fast time in his first stint in a Keith Kunz Motorsports machine, the Camby, Ind. native flipped on the first lap of his heat race, but the Kunz team went to work repairing the car in time to take the green for the feature were Jessup put together a nearly flawless effort following his team's hard work in the 30-lap event to score his first USAC National Sprint Car Series victory.
Jessup took the lead on Lap 7, coming from third on that lap after passing Dave Steele early in the lap for second, and going inside of Daron Clayton as leader Dave Darland went high to take the point. He was unchallenged, except momentarily on the restart laps, en route to taking the checkered flags. His biggest pressure came on Laps 17 and 18, when Steele drove past Darland on a restart, and ever so slightly tapped Jessup in Turn 2. That would be the closest anyone would get to Jessup thereafter, however, as he opened up another half straightaway lead he had established in the opening half of the race. Dave Steele would take second followed by Darren Hagen in third, Tracy Hines in fourth and Eric Gordon in fifth.
2007 USAC National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones heads a strong list of competitors entered for Sunday's Rich Vogler Classic. Jones will compete once again for Tony Stewart Racing along with open wheel veteran Tracy Hines from near by New Castle, Indiana. Former winner Dave Darland is entered along with Bobby East who has returned to compete in some open wheel events this season after concentrating mostly on NASCAR Craftsman Trucks the past several seasons. Daren Hagen and Cole Witt will pilot the Keith Kuntz machines Sunday. Jerry Coons Jr. will be behind the wheel of the famous #69 Hoffman Sprinter while young Brady Bacon will drive for Kasey Kahne Motorports. Other notable entries include Shane Cottle, Brian Gerster, Chad Boat, Damion Gardner, and Brady Short.
Muncie, Indiana native Aaron Pierce will do double duty on Sunday driving a USAC Sprint Car and making his first ever points start with the CRA Super Series. The only other driver to do double duty in a USAC Sprint Car and a CRA Super Series late model on the same day was Chet Fillip in June of 1998 at Winchester Speedway. Fillip broke in the Sprint car event but won the 100-lap CRA Super Series event, a feat that brought the open wheel and stock car fans to their feet cheering his victory. Pierce will be running for K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year honors for Muller Motorsports with the CRA Super Series during the 2008 season.
The CRA Super Series will return to action at Winchester Speedway with the Manning Service 100 on Sunday afternoon. Tommy St. John has developed a knack for being fast at High Banked racetracks, and he showed that again by winning last season's Manning Service 100. St. John started the day by being the events Appleton Rack & Pinion Fast Qualifier, then powered by Scott Hantz from his fourth starting position to take the lead on Lap five to lead the rest of the way. Jeff Lane would make a late charge to the front almost catching St. John whose car slowed over the last 5 laps, but St. John held on to get the victory, his second with the CRA Super Series, the first came on Labor Day Weekend in 2006 at Winchester Speedway. Brian Rievley finished third, with Chris Gabehart fourth and Evan Jackson fifth
St. John leads the list to date of entries for Sunday's Manning Service 100. Two time CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz is entered, as is 2007 Rookie Of The Year John VanDoorn along with Bull Baker who is the current active leader in CRA Super Series victories at Winchester Speedway with three. 1997 series Champion Kenny Tweedy and 1998 series Champion Brian Rievley are both entered, also driving for the Muller Motorsports team with Brian's father Bill turning the wrenches on all three team cars.
Other notable entries for Sunday's event include veteran High Bank series drivers Jeff Lane, Rick Turner, JR Roahrig, Jason Shively, Jason Dietsch, Terry Fisher Jr., Sean Matthuis and A.J. Ganino. A strong Rookie class will test the High Banks on Sunday, besides Aaron Pierce, the other rookies entered include Tommy Cook, Zach Taylor, Robert Maynor, Josh Bauer, Nick Baran, Donald Karr Jr., and Adam Purdy.
The MAX 93.5/96.7 CRA Street Stocks will have their season opener this Sunday at Winchester Speedway were 2006 and 2007 series Drivers Champion Joe Beaver looks to start on getting his third straight Championship in the series. The Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts will also have their first event of the season after a very successful inaugural season in 2007 that featured some of the best racing of the season on the High Banks.
There will be an open practice on Saturday at Winchester Speedway, pits open at 9am, practice will run from 12noon until 5pm. Pit gates will open on Sunday at 8am, spectator gates at 9:30 am with practice beginning at 10am. Qualifying will follow at 12:15pm. The race program will begin at 2pm with heat races from the USAC National Sprint Cars and CRA Street Stocks followed by the 30 lap Rich Vogler Classic for the USAC National Sprint Cars, the Manning Service 100 for the CRA Super Series late models, the MAX 40 for the CRA Street Stocks and the Vores Welding & Steel 20 for the Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Advanced tickets can be purchased on line at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
Salem, IN (April 14, 2008) – CRA Super Series events will feature a new exciting addition this season, the CRA Family Fun Zone, which will debut at this weekends series season opener at Winchester Speedway. The CRA Family Fun Zone will be a special place for fans attending the series events this season to spend some entertaining time with their family before the cars hit the track or during breaks in the on track action.
Brookside Motorsports owners Shawn and Donna Matthuis are the creators of the CRA Family Fun Zone, they competed with the CRA Super Series for the first time in 2007 with son Sean Matthuis, who finished second in Rookie Of The Year points and eighth in overall series points. The family traveled from their New Lenox, Illinois home to compete with the series, and wanted a way to involve families more in the series racing events and provide some fun for the kids attending the races. Donna will manage the CRA Family Fun Zone along with several volunteers.
The CRA Family Fun Zone will include a #0 Brookside Motorsports CRA Super Series late model show car, that fans will be able to get in and get their picture taken. There will also be several family friendly games and lots of prizes for the kids and some for the adults as well. Sponsorship of the CRA Family Fun Zone has been provided by Kids Corner Radio (www.kidscorner.net ), Tyndale Publishers (www.tyndale.com ), Moody Radio (www.moodyradio.org ), and also by generous donations from several members of the CRA Super Series racing community. Copies of Tyndale Publisher's kids racing book by Chris Fabry, called Blind Spot, along with other great prizes will be given as families visit the fun zone.
"We are really excited about having the CRA Family Fun Zone at our series events in 2008," remarked Glenn Luckett, Director of the CRA Super Series. "We appreciate the Brookside Motorports Team developing the idea and putting forth a lot of time and effort to make it happen. This will be a great addition to our events, its something that our track owners can use to promote our events and hopefully help bring more families to the tracks to enjoy the CRA Family Fun Zone and the great racing of the CRA Super Series!"
Brookside Motorsports is also hoping to host groups of kids from local orphanages, foster homes or other needy children groups in the areas at some of the series events during the season. For more information about the CRA Family Fun Zone or how you might lend your support, please contact Shawn Matthuis at Brookside Motorsports at 815-485-0033. More information on Brookside Motorsports and driver Sean Matthuis is available at www.brooksidemotorsports.com.
Winchester, IN (April 13, 2008) – The 2008 Indy 500 Fan Tour will be a part of the April 20th season opening event at Winchester Speedway. The Indy 500 Fan Tour includes a 35 ft trailer filled with Indianapolis 500 activities and memorabilia. The display includes a full size Indy Car Simulator as well as various collectables from drivers who competed in the Indianapolis 500, including a collection of helmets from past and current drivers and a pair of driving gloves from two-time Indianapolis 500 winner and Dancing With The Stars Champion Helio Castroneves. Also an Indy Car Series safety display complete with in-car crash box with warning lights and pieces of brick and asphalt from the famed 2.5-mile oval.
There will also be a limited supply of promotional posters, magnets and trading cards that will be handed out to fans that arrive early on Sunday, April 20th. Also, fans attending the event at Winchester Speedway on April 20th will have the opportunity sign up and win two tickets to the 92nd Indianapolis 500 on May 25th
Pit gates will open on Sunday, April 20th at 8am, spectator gates at 9:30 am with practice beginning at 10am. Qualifying will follow at 12:15pm. The race program will begin at 2pm with heat races from the USAC National Sprint Cars and CRA Street Stocks followed by the 30 lap Rich Vogler Classic for the USAC National Sprint Cars, the Manning Service 100 for the CRA Super Series late models, the MAX 40 for the CRA Street Stocks and the Vores Welding & Steel 20 for the Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Advanced tickets can be purchased on line at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
Winchester, IN (April 7, 2008) – Winchester Speedway is set to open its 2008 race season with a scheduled Open Practice on Saturday, April 19th. Pits will open on that Saturday at 9am, open practice will go from 12noon until 5pm. The track will close 30 minutes after the end of the last practice. There will be no charge for fans to come out and watch the Open Practice from the grandstands, as teams get ready for the tracks season opener on Sunday, April 20th.
The April 19th Open Practice is open to any competitor from any type of racecar that will compete at Winchester Speedway during the 2008 season. USAC officials recently announced that teams would be allowed to practice any day leading up to an event, so there could be several USAC National Sprint Car teams participating in preparation for April 20th's Rich Vogler Classic. Several CRA Super Series Late Models are expected to be on hand getting ready for the Manning Service 100. Several CRA Street Stocks and Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts will also be practicing, as they get ready for their season opener that Sunday.
Pit gates will open on Sunday, April 20th at 8am, spectator gates at 9:30 am with practice beginning at 10am. Qualifying will follow at 12:15pm. The race program will begin at 2pm with heat races from the USAC National Sprint Cars and CRA Street Stocks followed by the 30 lap Rich Vogler Classic for the USAC National Sprint Cars, the Manning Service 100 for the CRA Super Series, the MAX 40 for the CRA Street Stocks and the Vores Welding & Steel 20 for the Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. Advanced tickets can be purchased on line at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
Winchester, IN (March 31, 2008) – Winchester Speedway officials have announced that Anchor Glass will once again be the Presenting Sponsor of the Randolph County Fan Appreciation Day event at Winchester Speedway on Sunday, July 20th at the historic half-mile oval, famous for it's High Banked 33 degree turns. On Sunday, July 20th, Randolph County residents will be admitted for $5 with proper I.D. to enjoy a full day of racing action, plus kids entertainment, booths featuring local companies displaying their products and services, a Classic Car Show, and an Extreme Motorcycle Stunt Show.
The racing action on July 20th will be headlined by "The Big One" for the O'Reilly USA Modified Series and the American Modified Series in an all out battle to crown the greatest modified driver of all time. The format for "The Big One will include "Twin 25's" qualifying races for both the O'Reilly USA Modified Series and for the American Modified Series, with the top finishers of each qualifying event going on to race in the final 50 lap "The Big One" with over $17,000 in purse. Also scheduled to race that day will be the CRA Street Stocks, the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts and the ARA Limited Late Models.
Anchor Glass Container Corporation is a leading manufacturer of glass containers with eight manufacturing facilities and over 2900 employees including a plant in Winchester, Indiana. Anchor Glass produces a diverse line of flint, amber, green, and other colored glass containers of various types and designs for the beer, food, beverage and liquor markets.
Anchor serves customers in the beer, tea, soft drink, distilled spirit, food, specialty drink, and consumer product industries and produces bottles in a wide variety of sizes, shapes, colors, and label designs. Anchor's creative design specialists and engineers make bottles that fit the customers needs and desires, while maintaining the highest quality found in the industry today!
Pit gates will open for the Randolph County Fan Appreciation Day Presented By Anchor Glass at 8am, spectator gates at 10am. Practice will begin at 10:30am with qualifying at 12noon. The days race program will begin at 2pm and will include two 25 lap qualifying races and the 50 lap "The Big One" for the O'Reilly USA Modified Series and the American Modified Series, a 40 lap feature for the CRA Street Stocks, a 30 lap feature for the ARA Limited Late Models and a 20 lap feature for the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts. More information is available at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
Attention Race Teams with Drivers under age 16:
Drivers under the age of 16 in the following divisions that race at Winchester Speedway or with CRA at events at Winchester Speedway, Baer Field Speedway, Anderson Speedway, Illiana Motor Speedway, O'Reilly Raceway Park and Plymouth Speedway, must carry a separate excess medical policy to be eligible to race in: Late Models, Sportsman, Sprint Cars, and Modifieds.
Rand Insurance is requiring that Drivers under 16 competing in the above named divisions have this policy that goes beyond the track's and series coverage, in order for those drivers to be covered on the basic track insurance policy. The cost for the excess medical policy is $400, and will be good for up to 40 events for the current race season. The cost is $500 to be covered for over 40 events. The form to purchase the excess medical policy can be obtained on the Winchester Speedway or CRA web site or by contacting the CRA office at 812-883-0455. Policy Application Form
Winchester Speedway Hosts "The BIG ONE" Featuring USA and AMS Modifieds
Winchester IN (March 14, 2008) - "The BIG ONE" is coming and it should be the race to see in 2008. Charlie Shaw's Historic Winchester Speedway will host the O'Reilly USA Modified Series and the American Modified Series in an all out battle to crown the greatest modified driver of all time on Sunday, July 20th, 2008. This race will not only pit man and machine against one another, but also against the wicked High Banks of Winchester Speedway. With over $17,000 dollars in prize money up for grabs, these un-limited cubic inch, open wheel missiles on wheels, will put on a show of spectacular driving and cunning as they race their way into history.
"This is a great opportunity for both Modified Series to come together and battle for a great deal of money," remarked Charlie Stapleton, co-owner of the AMS Modified Series. "We would like to invite any modified drivers, whether you compete with either series or not to come and race in "The BIG ONE" at Winchester Speedway. Both Series run under the United Rules Package, but on different tires. This will be the first race where each Series will run there own respective tire, once again in an effort to help control costs."
"With the abundance of great modified drivers in the tri-state area and through out the Mid-west, we felt it was time to show case these great drivers and their unique racing machines here at Winchester Speedway," remarked R.J. Scott, Managing Partner of Champion Racing Association, the promoters of Winchester Speedway for owner Charlie Shaw. "We look forward to hosting this event and seeing which Modified driver conquers the High Banks in winning 'The BIG ONE'."
Race events for the Modifieds that day will include "Twin 25's" qualifying races for both the O'Reilly USA Modifieds and for the American Modifieds, plus the final 50 lap "The BIG ONE". The days racing action will also include the ARA Limited Late Models, CRA Street Stocks, the Vores Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts and an Extreme Motorcycle Stunt Show. For more Information go to www.winchesterspeedway.com, www.usamodifieds.com or www.shadybowl.com
Winchester, IN (February 15, 2008) CRA/Winchester Speedway officials are pleased to announce that Manning Service will once again sponsor the 100 lap CRA Super Series feature with the 2008 Opening Weekend at Winchester Speedway on Sunday, April 20. That event will also feature the Rich Vogler Classic for the USAC National Sprint Car Series that honors the memory of former USAC National Champion Rich Vogler.
"We are excited to be a sponsor with Winchester Speedway again in 2008," remarked Jeff Manning, owner and operator of Manning Service. "This will be our 60th Anniversary of being in business, we look forward to celebrating that at our annual event at Winchester Speedway. This track means a lot to the economy of this area, it has so much history and so many great drivers have raced here, I hope everyone will continue to support this great racing facility. "
Merritt Manning, selling gas and performing mechanical repairs on cars, trucks and farm equipment, founded Manning Service, Inc., located in Saratoga, Indiana, in 1948. Today, Manning Service is renowned as a world leader in portable kerosene heaters, wicks and parts. Specializing in hard to find items and accessories, Manning Service has shipped products all over the world and is still continuing to grow. The Manning Service local retail store in Saratoga, offers patrons a variety of things from fresh Hunts Brothers Pizza to Mini-Storage Units. The business also features automotive, residential and commercial window tinting.
Manning Service started its involvement in Motorsports by owning there own racecar at the famed Eldora Speedway back in the 1950's. They have also been involved in Go-Kart Racing and sponsored 2004 CRA Super Series Champion Chuck Barnes Jr. in the two CRA Super Series events at Winchester Speedway in 2005, including his victory in the Labor Day World Stock Car Festival 100 lap CRA Super Series event. More information on Manning Service is available at www.manningservice.com.
"It's great to have the support of Manning Service again in 2008," remarked Winchester Speedway's Glenn Luckett. "It 's people like Jeff Manning that helped make the last three seasons successful ones for Winchester Speedway and owner Charlie Shaw. Winchester Speedway needs both the local sponsor support and fan support to continue to be successful each season."
Tommy St. John has developed a knack for being fast at High Banked racetracks, and he showed that last season in winning the third addition of the Manning Service 100 CRA Super Series event on April 22, 2007. St. John started the day by being the events Appleton Rack & Pinion Fast Qualifier, then powered by Scott Hantz from his fourth starting position to take the lead on Lap 5, to lead the rest of the way. Jeff Lane would make a late charge to the front almost catching St. John, whose car slowed over the last 5 laps, but St. John held on to get the victory, his second with the CRA Super Series, the first came on Labor Day Weekend at Winchester Speedway in 2006.
More information on Winchester Speedway is available on line at www.winchesterspeedway.com.
Anderson, IN (January 12, 2008) – The 2007 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet was held this past Saturday night at the Days Inn in Anderson, Indiana. The top 15 in 2007 CRA Super Series points, and the top 10 in the 2007 Howe CRA Sportsman points, CRA Street Stocks points and the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts were all honored at that banquet along with special awards for all four divisions.
The Hendricks County Motorsports Team with driver Chris Gabehart were officially crowned 2007 Champions of the CRA Super Series. It was the second Championship for owner Jim Winters who won the 1998 series championship with driver Brian Rievley. It was the first series Championship for driver Chris Gabehart, capping off a spectacular season that saw him lead every statistical category with the series during the 2007 season.
"We had a great season that a lot of hard work when into," remarked Gabehart. "I have to thank a lot of people including my car owner Jim Winters for taking a chance on me when I didn't have any other doors opening for me. My spotter Brandon Lines for doing a great job at every race. My family for sticking behind me all these years, and a great crew that have really worked hard to help us get this Championship!"
John Van Doorn was honored as the 2007 Full Throttle Driver Development Services Super Series Rookie Of The Year and runner-up to Gabehart in series Championship points. Jason Shively was the 2007 TDR Screen Graphics Sportsman Of The Year Award winner. Car Owner Dick Poe was honored as the winner of the 2007 Darrell Teal Outstanding Dedication Award for his contributions to the series over the past 8 years as a car owner, track owner and series sponsor. Chris Gabehart was awarded the Harris Products Group Lap Leader Award. Jack Smith was awarded the Cometic Gasket Hard Luck Award while Ray Mooi was awarded the Cometic Gasket Hard Charger Award.
Billy Hutson was honored as the 2007 Howe CRA Sportsman Champion, a Championship he barely won after being involved in an early wreck in the series final race at Winchester Speedway. Rick Rinehart was the series point's leader at one point in the event but a flat tire forced him to the pits losing several positions in the event. Several different teams pitched in and helped Hutson get his car back on the track to make enough laps to win the Championship.
"It is a dream come true to be standing up here as a CRA Champion," remarked Hutson. "If it hadn't been for a lot of peoples help during the season and at that last event I wouldn't have been able to stand up here and receive this honor."
The "Wisconsin Cowboy" Rick Tackman Jr. was the Harris Products Group Sportsman Of The Year Award winner for the Howe CRA Sportsman Series while car owner Tom Fisel, for third place finisher Charlie Hanna, was awarded the Dedication Award for the Howe CRA Sportsman. Hanna was the series 2007 Rookie Of The Year.
Steve Davis was honored as the 2007 CRA Street Stock Owners Points Champion. He used two different drivers during the 2007 season, Calvin Parham and Steve Christman, who both got two victories a piece for Davis. Veteran racer Joe Beaver was honored as the 2007 CRA Street Stock Drivers Champion driving for owner Terry Burton. It was the second straight Drivers Championship for Beaver with the CRA Street Stocks, he is the only driver in any CRA division to get back- to-back Championships. Phil Evans was awarded the Rookie Of The Year Award for the CRA Street Stocks. John Weisenauer was awarded the Harris Products Group Sportsman Of The Year Award and car owner Terry Burton received the Dedication Award for the CRA Street Stocks.
Greg De St. Jean was crowned the inaugural Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts Champion Saturday night. St. Jean won a tight points battle by winning the season championship event at Winchester Speedway, and then proceeding to do a spectacular burn out on the front stretch after the event. Bobby Sanders was awarded the Harris Products Group Sportsman Of The Year Award and Owner/Driver Brian Redmond received the Dedication Award for the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts.
Drawings for prizes were held for all four divisions. The big winners with the CRA Super Series included JR Roahrig who won a complete body from Five Star Racecar Bodies and a racing seat from ButlerBuilt Racing Seat Systems, Rick Turner who won a body from ARP Stock Car Bodies, Chris Gabehart who won a racing helmet from Bell Racing, and John Van Doorn who won a welder from Lincoln Welders.
.
In the Howe CRA Sportsman Rick Tackman Jr. was a winner getting a complete body from Five Star Racecar Bodies, Rick Rinehart won a body from ARP Stock Car Bodies, Billy Hutson who won a racing helmet from Bell Racing and Tim Green who won a Driving Suit and Racing Shoes from Impact Racing. The CRA Street Stocks big winners were Larry Matillo who won a racing helmet from Bell Racing and Joe Beaver who won a Driving Suit and Racing Shoes from Impact Racing.
The evening was capped off with a 2007 season Highlight Video prepared by Brian Duncan, including the work of photographer Ron Harner.
Salem, IN (January 13, 2008) – Champion Racing Association Officials released their tentative CRA Super Series schedule for the upcoming 2008 season during their Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet held this past Saturday in Anderson, Indiana. The 2008 season will be the twelfth season for the Indiana based touring asphalt template late model series sanctioned by Champion Racing Association. The current tentative schedule consists of seventeen total events, fifteen CRA Super Series point's events, as well as the non-points Speedfest 2008 Presented By Goodyear event at USA International Speedway and the All American 400 non-points events sanctioned by the CRA Super Series.
The CRA Super Series will open its 2008 season in just a few weeks with the 4th addition of SpeedFest Presented By Goodyear at USA International Speedway in Lakeland, Florida which is a co-promoted event involving USA International Speedway, the CRA Super Series and FASCAR's Sunbelt Series. The event will include Super Late Models with North/South 100 lap qualifying races on Friday, January 25 th and the SpeedFest 200 Presented By Goodyear on Saturday, January 26th. Also the event will include for the first time ever the Crate Late Model Challenge for ASA Late Model Series type cars which will have North/South 25 lap qualifying races on Friday, January 25 th and a 100 lap event on Saturday, January 26th.
The CRA Super Series will open its 2008 points season at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville, Tennessee on March 28th & 29 th in a 150-lap special points event. Since the event will bring in several outside teams, the event will have some special point provisions. The lowest amount of points any team will receive for participating in the event will be 80. Teams will receive additional points for qualifying in the top five or finishing in the top ten in the event. The winner will receive one of the coveted Copley Guitar Trophy's, one of the most famous trophies in racing.
On April 12th the CRA Super Series will race at Anderson Speedway in Anderson, Indiana, that historic quarter mile Speedplant was the birthplace of the series in 1997. Anderson Speedway has had a total of 43 CRA Super Series events to date. Former two time series champion Brian Ross is the all-time series victory leader at Anderson Speedway with nine victories.
From there the series will travel to the legendary high banks of Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Indiana on Sunday, April 20th , were the series will be part of that tracks first event of it's 2008 season with the USAC National Sprint Car Series. The series has had 22 events to date at Winchester Speedway, Ross and Bull Baker are tied for the most victories with three a piece.
The series will then travel to Baer Field Speedway in Ft. Wayne, Indiana on Sunday, May 18th were race fans can get their fill as Champion Racing Association presents the Third Annual CRA Super Sunday which will include racing action from the four Champion Racing Association divisions including the CRA Super Series, Howe CRA Sportsman, CRA Street Stocks and Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts.
Next up the series will return to the High Banks of Salem Speedway for the Hoosier Hills Classic on Saturday, June 7th, the series returns their after a four year absence. A total of 19 CRA Super Series events have been contested at Salem, since Kenny Tweedy won a 100-lap race in May of 1997, the second event in the series inaugural season. Bull Baker won the series last event at Salem Speedway, which was a 125-lap event, held on October 24 th, 2004. Ross and Junior Hanley have the most victories at Salem with four a piece.
The series will then visit Schererville, Indiana for the Elmer Musgrave Memorial at Illiana Motor Speedway on Saturday, June 21st . Illiana Motor Speedway is currently in the process of putting in new grand stand bleachers as owner Mike Mikuly made a recommitment last season that the track would being racing for several years to come. The series has had five events at Illiana, Eddie Hoffman has the most with two victories.
The CRA Super Series and the Howe CRA Sportsman Series will compete together on Thursday night, July 3rd to kick off the big July 4 th Holiday Weekend. It will be the 13th event for the CRA Super Series at Angola Motor Speedway, Angola native Scott Hantz is the all time series win leader at Angola with three victories driving for Dick Poe Motorsports at what many consider his home track. The July 3 rd event will be the first ever Howe CRA Sportsman event at Angola Motor Speedway.
On July 13th the series will return to Plymouth Speedway for a 200-lap event. The track has seen a huge resurgence after being re-opened by racers Bobby Blount and Tom Smith. The track has had several renovations including new pavement last season and concrete pit slabs. Blount is a three-time winner with the CRA Super Series, Smith was the Late Model Champion at Grundy County Speedway last season and has also been a part-time competitor with the series in years past.
The series will then return to Anderson Speedway for a 300-lap event as part of the Anderson 400 on Saturday, August 9th. The CRA Super Series will be joined that night by the CRA Street Stocks, which will round out the 400 with a 100-lap event. Both events will be run straight through with no breaks.
The series will then go back to Salem Speedway for a second event on Saturday, August 16th, then it will be back to Winchester Speedway On Monday, September 1 st for the annual Labor Day Weekend World Stock Car Festival, an event that was a huge success in 2007. That weekend event will also feature racing action from the CRA Street Stocks, Howe CRA Sportsman and Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts.
Up next will be the previously announced special event with the Third Annual Boyne Machine Weekend on September 12th & 13th at the famed Berlin Raceway located in Marne, Michigan. Last seasons CRA Super Series event at Berlin was originally scheduled for May 26 but that event was rained out. Boyne Machine's Mike Blackmer came forward to suggest adding the CRA event to his regular September weekend. Boyne Machine sweetened the deal for the CRA Super Series 125 lap event by raising the purse from the regular pay of $3,000 to win, all the way up to $7,500 to win. The 2008 non-pit stop 125 laps event will go even further paying $10,000 to win, $5000 for second, $3000 for third down to $525 to start!
On Sunday, October 12th the CRA Super Series will return to Winchester Speedway for the 37th Annual Winchester 400. The event was brought back in 2006 and has continued to attract a top-notch group of racers from all over to compete against the CRA Super Series best in this prestigious event at the historic Winchester Speedway, including NASCAR stars Kyle Busch and David Stremme in last season's event. The event will be the season point's championship event for the series, that weekend will also feature the season championship events for other three CRA series as well.
The season ending event will be the famed All American 400 Weekend on October 31st, November 1st & 2nd at the Music City MotorPlex at the Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee. The event will be increased to 400 laps for the 2008 season after being 300 laps in 2007. This event has continued to attract the best late model racers from all over the nation as they compete for another Copley Guitar Trophy and for the fame of being the All American 400 winner.
The series does have a To Be Announced date of September 20th for an event that is still in the planning stages. The schedule is tentative until that date can be announced and any other event changes. For more information about the 2008 schedule or the CRA Super Series, interested parties can call 812-883-0455 or visit www.craracing.net.
2008 CRA Super Series Tentative Schedule:
January 25 – USA International Speedway 200 Laps / Lakeland, FL
March 29 – Music City Motorplex 150 Laps / Nashville, TN
April 12 – Anderson Speedway 125 Laps / Anderson, IN
April 20 – Winchester Speedway 100 Laps / Winchester, IN
May 18 – Baer Field Speedway 100 Laps / Ft. Wayne, IN
June 7 – Salem Speedway 100 Laps / Salem, IN
June 21 – Illiana Motor Speedway 100 Laps / Schererville, IN
July 3 – Angola Motor Speedway 125 Laps / Angola, IN
July 13 – Plymouth Speedway 200 Laps / Plymouth, IN
August 1 - Toledo Speedway 100 Laps/ Toledo, OH
August 9 – Anderson Speedway 300 Laps / Anderson, IN
August 16 – Salem Speedway 100 Laps / Salem, IN
September 1 – Winchester Speedway 100 Laps / Winchester, IN
September 13 – Berlin Raceway 125 Laps / Marne, MI
September 20 – T.B.A.
October 12 – Winchester Speedway 400 Laps / Winchester, IN
November 2 – Music City Motorplex 300 Laps / Nashville, TN
Winchester, IN (January 9, 2008) – Winchester Speedway officials are pleased to announce that Pier-Mac Plastics will return as the sponsor of this seasons King Of The Wings Winged Sprint Car Challenge at the historic High Banks of Winchester Speedway on Sunday, August 10 th. This season will be the Fourth Annual Pier Mac Plastics King Of The Wing Winged Sprint Car Challenge at Winchester Speedway, the event started during the Grand Re-opening 2005 season. That Sunday event will also feature racing action from the Howe CRA Sportsman, Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts and the INEX Thunder Roadsters.
We greatly appreciate the support of Pier-Mac Plastics again for 2008," remarked Glenn Luckett with Champion Racing Association, the promoters of Winchester Speedway for owner Charlie Shaw. "Bob McCabe and his companies have been great supporters of Winchester Speedway for many years, it's great to get local companies involved with this historic facility and it's awesome events."
The Fourth Annual Pier Mac Plastics King Of The Wing Winged Sprint Car Challenge will once again feature the country's top Winged Sprint Car drivers from the Auto Value Super Sprints and HOSS Wing Sprints plus many others. On a day with weather truly fit for a king, Shane Butler put on a show to win last seasons third addition of the Pier-Mac Plastics King Of The Wings, Winged Sprint Car Challenge ending Cameron Dodson's two year reign. Butler chased down a very loose Michael Ling and made the pass after both cars nearly wrecked on lap 28 to get the win. Ling maintained control of his car to get second, veteran Hank Lower finished in third, Tim Cox in fourth and Brian Lay in fifth. Veteran Jeff Bloom set fast time for the event.
Pier-Mac Plastics is a custom injection molding shop established in 1975, headquartered in Portland, Indiana. Pier-Mac Plastics has twelve injection presses, ranging from 75-750 Ton. Pier-Mac is able to utilize a variety of plastic materials, such as Polycarbonate, Styrene, Polypropylene, ABS, Nylon, and many others that will meet your specific molding needs. When applicable, Pier-Mac utilizes the processes of W&M Manufacturing and Accelerated Curing, Pier-Mac's sister companies. More information on Pier-Mac Plastics is available at www.pier-macplastics.com.
W&M Manufacturing is a custom Vacuum Metalizing and Top coating facility established in 1961. W&M consist of (3) vacuum metalizing chambers, robotic painting systems and water fall type paint booths for custom painting. W&M uses a variety of basecoats and topcoats. More information on W&M Manufacturing is available at www.wmmanufacturing.com.
Go to www.winchesterspeedway.com for more information on Winchester Speedway including the entire 2008 racing schedule.
Three USAC National Sprint Car Races and the 37th Annual Winchester 400 Highlight Schedule
&nb