Salem, IN (October 7, 2008) – Champion Racing Association will crown three series Champions this weekend as part of the events with the 37^th Annual Winchester 400 Weekend Presented By Ed Martin Auto Group and Renegade on the famous High Banks of Winchester Speedway. The Vore’s Welding and Steel CRA FWD Compact Season Championship 25 lap feature event will be held as part of the racing program on Friday, October 10^th. The Howe CRA Sportsman Series and CRA Street Stock 50 lap Season Championship features will both be a part of Saturday’s October 11^th’s racing events leading up to the Winchester 400 for the CRA Super Series on Sunday, October 12^th.

The Vore’s Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts have the closest points battle of any CRA series this season as teammates Bill Charles, who has 885 points to date and Rex Zimmerman, who has 883 points to date, will battle it out Friday night to see who claims the 2008 Championship in that CRA division. Brian Redmond is still in the hunt in third place, he is only 20 points behind Zimmerman. Michael Myers is in fourth place, he is 84 points behind Redmond. Tim Dilg is in fifth place, he is four points behind Myers.

Points will be awarded in the 8 lap heat races and for the 25-lap feature event, all on Friday night. To date in the nine events held so far in 2008, Zimmerman leads the series with three feature wins one at Salem Speedway and two at Winchester. Redmond has two wins, both at Winchester. Dilg also has two wins, one at Plymouth Speedway, and he won the last series event on September 1^st at Winchester Speedway. Charles won the season opener at Winchester Speedway and 2007 series Champion Greg De St. Jean won the series event at Baer Field Speedway this year. In all the series has already had 52 different teams participate in 2008.

Series rookie driver Tony Dager leads the Howe CRA Sportsman Series points going into this weekend’s event, a lead he has held the entire season. Dager has 1350 adjusted points to date, each driver is allowed to drop their two worst point events during the season. Rick Rinehart is in second place, were he has been all season, with 1291 adjusted points, 59 points out of first. Justin Alsip is in third place with 1281 adjusted points, he is 69 points out of first place. Charlie Hannah is in fourth place, he is 65 points behind Alsip. Eric Barcus is in fifth place, he is 75 points behind Hannah.

Points will be awarded on Saturday for the Sportsman in qualifying and in their 50-lap Season Championship feature event. Saturday will be the 16^th event for the series in 2008. Dager started the season off on a role claiming victories in the first four events, he also scored a victory at Baer Field in July to give him a series leading five victories so far in 2008. Justin Alsip has three victories to date, a 100-lap event at Plymouth Speedway and two at Winchester including the series last event at Winchester Speedway on Labor Day Weekend. Chad Richardson has two victories this season, one at Angola Motor Speedway and the 100-lap event at Baer Field Speedway on September 6^th. Steve Minich Jr. has also been to victory lane twice so far this season, both of those were at Baer Field Speedway. Lou Stemme has one victory at Plymouth Speedway. Al Cook Jr. has one victory at Baer Field Speedway. Mark Lambert also has one victory, he got that at the last series event on September 20^th at ORP. To date the series has already had 87 different teams compete in 2008.

Two time CRA Street Stock Series Driver Champion Joe Beaver looks to make it three for him and the second Owners Championship for Terry Burton this Saturday. The veteran racer comes in to the events this weekend with a slim 13-point lead over Bret Miles Jr., who had the series points lead two events ago. Carl Muffley is currently in third place, he is 60 points out of first place. Top series rookie contender Josh Burton, Beaver’s teammate, is in fourth place only three points behind Muffley. Larry Matillo is in fifth place, he is 12 points behind Burton. The top five come into Saturday’s event only separated by 75 points.

Points will be awarded on Saturday for the Street Stocks in qualifying and in their 50-lap Season Championship feature event. Saturday will be the 12^th event of the season for the series in 2008. Carl Muffley is the only driver to get more than one win so far this season. Muffley has three wins to date, all at Winchester including the series last event on September 28^th. Beaver won the series 100-lap event at Winchester. Miles Jr. got a win at the series event at Baer Field Speedway. Beau Mitchell, the series all time win leader, won the series 200-lap event at Anderson Speedway. Josh Burton picked up his first ever series win at Winchester Speedway in July. Larry Matillo followed Burton is getting his first ever series victory at Angola Motor Speedway. Jason Thompson and Katie Jackson kept the streak of first times winners going with each of them getting a victory at Anderson Speedway. Rick Erwin also got his first series victory at ORP. To date the series has already had 92 different teams compete in 2008

The 37^th Annual Winchester 400 Weekend Presented By Ed Martin Auto Group and Renegade will be on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, October 10^th, 11^th and 12^th with racing action from the Vore's Welding & Steel CRA FWD Compacts on Friday night along with non-point special events for the CRA Street Stocks and Howe CRA Sportsman Series. The CRA Street Stocks, Howe CRA Sportsman Series and The Run For The Gun Shootout for the O’Reilly USA Modified Series will be on Saturday night. The famed Winchester 400 with NASCAR stars Kyle Busch and David Stremme competing against the best late model drivers in the country will take the green flag at 1pm on Sunday afternoon. For additional event information and to purchase advance tickets go to www.winchesterspeedway.com.

More information on all four Champion Racing Association’s racing divisions is available at www.craracing.net.