NASCAR’s David Stremme One Of 30 Entries To Date

Salem, IN (July 28, 2008)-- The CRA Super Series is ready to compete at Toledo Speedway in the Crown Online 100 this coming Friday night. That event will be the series only event in the state of Ohio this season. The series has had a total of nine events on the ½ mile banked track owned by local businessman Roy Mott and Ron Drager, President of ARCA. Canadian Motorsports Hall Of Fame competitor Junior Hanley leads the series with two victories at Toledo, there are seven others with one victory a piece including Scott Hantz, Jeff Lane, Chris Gabehart, Fred Campbell, Joel Kauffman, Harold Fair Jr. and Johnny Belott III.

There are currently 30 cars pre-entered for Friday’s event led by current CRA Super Series points leader Scott Hantz who leads the series in victories this season with four including the series last event on July 20^th at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville, Tennessee. Hantz is looking to break a tie with Brian Ross with the most series victories ever with 22. Hantz also competes at Toledo Speedway on occasion in an Outlaw Late Model in which he has also seen victory lane there.

Other top series drivers entered include second in points Boris Jurkovic, who has two series victories so far this season and third place in points Rick Turner, who has one series victory this season. Also entered are former Toledo winner Jeff Lane, Jason Dietsch, who won a Super Pro Series event at Toledo earlier this season, Jason Shively, Terry Fisher Jr., J.R. Roahrig, John VanDoorn, who won an Outlaw Late Model event at Toledo last season, Kenny Tweedy, Sean Matthuis, Rich Segvich and Jack Landis, winner of the Glass City 200 event at Toledo in 2006.

Aaron Pierce, the current leader in the K & N Filters Rookie Of The Year points, leads a strong group of series rookie drivers entered including second in rookie points Zach Taylor, also Robert Maynor, Adam Purdy, a former regular competitor at Toledo Speedway and Tommy Cook.

The series will have plenty of outside competition in the Crown Online 100 led by NASCAR Nationwide Series competitor David Stremme, who will take time out of his busy schedule, that includes being a test driver for Penske Racing, to compete in Friday’s event. Stremme is a former competitor and winner with the CRA Super Series. Stremme is from South Bend, Indiana and likes to support local racing whenever his schedule will allow it. Stemme is rumored to be one of the possible candidates to replace Ryan Newman in the #12 Penske Racing Cup ride for 2009. 

Butler, Indiana native Brent Jack has entered in what will be his third ever series event. Jack won an Outlaw Late Model event earlier this season at Toledo Speedway. Veteran Ohio racer Scott Baker is entered in his first series event of the season. Famed Michigan racer Tim Curry is entered in his beautiful #90 machine. Three drivers will be making there second starts ever with the series on Friday including Michael Thayer, a regular Outlaw Late Model competitor at Plymouth Speedway and Tyler Roahrig, 17 year old son of series veteran JR Roahrig, who won his first ever Outlaw Late Model event at Plymouth this past Saturday night, and Nick Lay, a former competitor in the Howe CRA Sportsman Series.

Michigan native John Long is entered, he won a USA Modified Series event at Toledo earlier this year, he will try and make his first start of the season with the series after having problems that kept him from competing in the series Plymouth event. Canadian Rick Brown will come south of the border Friday to compete in his first ever series event, making the trip from Bradford, Ontario. A couple of part-time series competitors are also entered including Cincinnati, Ohio veteran Jeep Pflum and Louisville, Kentucky’s Jeff Berg, a former regular competitor in a late model on the High Banks of Salem Speedway.

Pit gates will open on Friday at 1:30 pm with series practice beginning at 4pm. Qualifying will take place at 6pm. The race program will begin at 7:30pm and will include the CRA Super Series in the Crown Online 100. Additional information is available at www.craracing.net.

Contact: Glenn Luckett
812-883-0455

Expected Entries, as of 7-28-08