Cecil, GA (November 25, 2008) – Ft. Pierce, Florida native Justin Drawdy got his biggest late model win ever on Sunday afternoon in the inaugural Southern Slam 250 CRA Super Series sanctioned event at the South Georgia Motorsports Park just north of Valdosta, Georgia. Drawdy overcame an early spin to hold off Jack Landis and then Augie Grill in the late laps of the event to get the win.  Click Here.

Augie Grill has been fast all weekend, but not the fastest in any practice session.  He saved his best for qualifying turning a lap at 17.645 to set fast time and earn the pole for the Southern Slam 250.  Jack Landis was second fast, Justin Drawdy who had battled brake problems all day Saturday finished third, Shane Sieg fourth and Corey Williams fifth. 

Alex Haase set fast time for the weekend with a time of 17.837 seconds.  Jack Landis was second in the practice session with Shane Seig in third, Justin Drawdy, fourth and Scott Hantz fifth.

Following Landis was also second to Haase for overall fastest on Saturday with Chris Gabehart, third, Shane Seig fourth and Justin Drawdy fifth. 

Drawdy is second fastest for the weekend so far, with Haase in the lead, Landis in third, Gabehart fourth and Corey Williams fifth. 

After a close call during the last practice session on Friday when a car dumped oil on the track and Chris Gabehart slid lightly into the wall he repaired the car and went out to set fast time in the first practice session SAturday for the Southern Slam 250.  Justin Drawdy was second fast with Shane Seig third, Augie Grill fourth and Heath Hindman fifth. 

Darryl Shelnut of Lake City, FL will lead off qualifying for the Southern Slam 250.  Allen Gorman from Leesburg, GA will go second Deatsville, AL's Billy Ammons third, CRA veteran Jack Landis from Edgerton, OH will go fourth and Heath Hindman fifth in from Signal Mountain, TN. 

Corey Williams was the fastest in the final practice session on Friday with a lap time of 17.919, Jason Hogan was second, Justin Drawdy third, Jeff Fultz fourth and Ben Rowe fifth.

Overall the fastest of day was Justin Drawdy with a time of 17.866 seconds, Chris Gabehart was second at 17.918, Corey Williams third, Jeff Fultz fourth and Augie Grill fifth.

Justin Drawdy held on to fast time for the third practice session with a lap of 17.866 seconds.  Chris Gabehart was still second with a time of 17.918, Jeff Fultz was third.  Augie Grill was fourth and Corey Williams fifth.

Justin Drawdy set a new fast time with a lap of 17.917 seconds just a whisper faster than Chris Gabehart who was in at 17.926 seconds.  Jeff Fultz was third, Three time CRA Super Series Champion Scott Hantz fourth and Augie Grill fifth.

Ben Rowe turned a lap at 17.976 seconds for the fast time at South Georgia Motorsports Park for the Southern Slam 250.  Jeff Fultz second fastest and the only other driver in the 17 second range turned a lap at 17.999.  Shane Seig was third, Justin Drawdy fourth and Chris Gabehart fifth. 

Salem, IN (November 18, 2008) – Just as some of the North and Mid-west received there first snowflakes of the season, the CRA Super Series is ready to head south for the 1^st Annual Southern Slam 250, a 250 lap, $10,000 to win late model event that will take place on November 21^st, 22^nd and 23^rd at the South Georgia Motorsports Park located just outside of Valdosta, Georgia. Click Here.

Winder GA: The Big Stick Racing Network, the south’s fastest growing racing broadcast company has announced it has reached an agreement with the CRA and the South Georgia Motor Sports Park and will broadcast the CRA Southern Slam 250 weekend live on Saturday Nov 22, and Sunday Nov, 23. The race coverage will include all of the preliminary action from Saturday night as well as the full 250 lap feature on Sunday. Broadcast time for Saturday is 6:30 until the evening of racing wraps up and broadcast time for the race on Sunday is 1:00pm with the Pro Shocks Green Flag Preview followed by all of the exciting racing from Green flag to checkered flag. The BSRN was established to bring MRN type coverage for short track asphalt and dirt track racing.  Click Here.

Salem, IN (November 17, 2008) – Champion Racing Association has announced that the 2008 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet will be held at the Hoosier Park Racing & Casino in Anderson, Indiana located at 4500 Dan Patch Circle just off exit 26 of I-69. The 2008 Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday evening, January 10, 2009 in the Homestretch Clubhouse of the Horse Track at Hoosier Park. The 2008 Champion Racing Association Champions will be honored in the CRA Super Series, Howe CRA Sportsman Series, CRA Street Stocks and Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts, along with all the top fifteen teams in 2008 CRA Super Series Owners Points and the top ten finishers in Owner Points in the other three CRA Divisions.  Click Here.

Salem, IN (November 14, 2008) – Champion Racing Association, the sanctioning body for the CRA Super Series, Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series, CRA Street Stocks and the Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts and the promoters of Winchester Speedway for owner Charlie Shaw, will have a booth at the 33^rd Annual Dave Dayton’s Thanksgiving Weekend Racers Auction and Trade Show at the Convention Center in downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. The show will take place on Thursday, November 27, Friday, November 28, and Saturday, November 29, doors open at 8am each day and will remain open until the Auctions are completed each evening.  Click Here.

The 2009 CRA License Application and Number Registration Form is available now. Numbers purchased for the 2008 season with the CRA Super Series, Howe CRA Late Model Sportsman Series and CRA Street Stocks will be held for teams to purchase that same number until January 1, 2009 with the 2009 CRA License Application and Number Registration Form. After that date any numbers purchased in 2008 are first come, first serve. Any number not purchased in 2008 can be purchased at anytime with the 2009 CRA License Application and Number Registration Form. Please contact the CRA office with any questions.