Salem, IN. (September 20, 2017) – The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance will return to action this Sunday at the famed Lucas Oil Raceway, located just outside of Indianapolis in Brownsburg, Indiana. The 2017 CRA Fall Brawl Presented by EDCO Welding 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. There will be feature racing action from five different series including three CRA divisions, the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour, the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Powered by JEGS and the Lawrence Towing CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS, plus the NSTA Top Speed Modifieds and the Vore’s Compact Touring Series.

Sunday’s Hart’s Auto Center 100 Presented by JEGS.com will be the tenth race of the season for the crate late model series sanctioned by Champion Racing Association. Cole Williams won the series season opener on May 21st at Bristol Motor Speedway and the “Masters of the Pro’s” 144 at Lebanon I-44 Speedway on July 3rd. Jack Smith won the series second event of the season on June 17th at Salem Speedway. Michigan veteran racer Brian Campbell won on July 15th at Berlin Raceway. Kyle Hayden won at Auto City Speedway on August 5th. 14 year old series rookie Carson Hocevar has now won a series leading three events so far this season, getting wins at Kil-Kare Raceway on July 9th, on August 18th at Birch Run Speedway and on September 3 at Winchester Speedway. Kyle Crump won the series last event at Owosso Speedway on September 9th.

With his win at Winchester, the first race of the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Championship Chase, Hocevar is currently the only driver locked into the Championship Chase final event to race for the series season Championship on Friday, October 6th at Winchester Speedway. Sunday’s event will be the last Championship Chase event prior to the Championship event, there are seven other drivers competing for the three remaining spots.

Jack Dossey III comes into Saturday’s event second in Championship Chase points to Hocevar, he is 11 points ahead of third place Michael Clancy Jr. Thomas Hufferd is currently in the pivotal fourth place position, 16 points behind Clancy Jr. Austin Kunert is in fifth place, ten points behind Hufferd. Rookie Hope Hornish and Thomas Woodin are tied for sixth place, they are 12 points behind Kunert. Jack Smith is in eighth, he is 17 points behind Hornish and Woodin. All eight of the Championship Chase drivers are entered for Sunday’s event.

Other top CRA drivers entered include Berlin winner Brian Campbell, who has three ARCA/CRA Super Series wins in 2017, Trever McCoy, rookie Mandy Chick, Anthony Danta, Tyler Hufford, Chad Pendleton, James Krueger, Joe Cooksey and ARCA/CRA Super Series competitor Brett Robinson is entered to make his series debut. Three Berlin Raceway racers, who also race part-time with CRA, are entered, including Chris Koslek, Ben Welch and Alec Carll.

2016 event winner Jeff Cannon, a former Illiana Motor Speedway Track Champion, is entered to defend his win. Bowling Green, Kentucky native Dillon Oliver is entered for his second series event of the season after leading several laps at the series Bristol Motor Speedway event in May. Recently crowned Spartan Speedway Performance Automotive Northwest Spartan Stock Series Champion Brandon Varney is entered to make his series debut on Sunday. Fellow Michigan racer Zachary Tinkle is also entered to make his CRA debut on Sunday.

The 2017 CRA Fall Brawl Presented by EDCO Welding gets started on Saturday, with the pit gates opening at 9:00am. Practice starts at 12:30pm for all five divisions divisions, each division will get two rounds of practice. Qualifying for all five divisions begins at 4:00pm on Saturday to set their Sunday feature line-ups.

On Sunday, pit gates open at 10:00am. Racing will begin at 1pm and will include the Elwood Antique Mall and Flea Market 40 Presented by Lyons Truck and Trailer for the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman, the Hart’s Auto Center 100 Presented by JEGS.com for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour, the McGunegill Engine Performance 40 Presented by PGG Enterprises for the Lawrence Towing CRA Street Stocks, the Norton Transport 40 for the NSTA Top Speed Modifeds and the D & J Sales 25 for the Vore’s Compact Touring Series to finish off the day.

More event and track information is available at www.lucasoilraceway.com.

More information on the CRA series is available at www.cra-racing.com.

One of the nation’s most prestigious Super Late Model races, the 46th Annual Winchester 400, will take place Sunday, October 8 at Winchester Speedway (IN). With three weeks remaining until the big race, ARCA/CRA Super Series officials released the first look at the entry list on Tuesday morning.

The list, which currently includes the names of 30 Super Late Model drivers, is headlined by defending Winchester 400 winner Travis Braden. The West Virginia driver will be returning to the high-banked Indiana oval hoping to add a second rifle to his collection.

In his way will be a stout field of drivers including Johnny VanDoorn, who is fresh off an ARCA/CRA Super Series win at Toledo Speedway (OH) this past weekend. Carrying the momentum of a win could help VanDoorn find his way to Winchester 400 victory lane for the first time in his career.

VanDoorn will be joined by fellow ARCA/CRA Super Series championship contenders Dalton Armstrong, Logan Runyon and Wes Griffith, Jr. Out of those four drivers, the driver with the best finish at Winchester will be crowned the 2017 series champion.

A pair of Southern Super Series championship contenders – Stephen Nasse and Chandler Smith – are also slated to make the trip to Indiana once their championship battle concludes. They will be joined by defending Southern Super Series champion Donnie Wilson.

Steven Wallace will make the trip from North Carolina to Winchester in hopes of earning his first Winchester rifle.

Kyle Busch Motorsports will be loading up and bringing not one, but two drivers who are both in search of their first rifle. Cole Rouse, a regular behind the wheel of a KBM Late Model, will make his first Winchester 400 trip with KBM, while NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver Noah Gragson will be making his second SLM start this season for the team.

Another big team bringing in two drivers is David Gilliland Racing. Raphael Lessard will be making his return to Winchester after having a strong run in last year’s race. Chase Purdy will also be back behind the wheel of a DGR Super Late Model.

The Fury Race Cars team with young stars Harrison Burton and Christian Eckes hope to be a force to be reckon with at Winchester. Eckes, the defending Snowball Derby champion, is hoping to add the Winchester 400 to his resume while Burton is hoping to continue a hot streak and add a Super Late Model crown jewel win to his resume.

Hope Hornish recently competed at Winchester where she was consistently running in the top five among some stiff competition. She is returning for the big 400-lap feature hoping to have the same strength and become the first female to win the Winchester 400.

Rick Turner, the all-time leader in CRA starts, is also entered with hopes of adding another start to his career total.

The Midwest scene will be represented by drivers such as Jon Beach, inaugural ARCA/CRA Super Series champion Kenny Tweedy, former JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour champion Dan Leeck, Jack Dossey III, Scott Whitehouse, 2016 Winchester 400 runner-up Eddie VanMeter, Hunter Jack, Terry Fisher Jr., Rich Segvich and Kyle Crump.

Other drivers traveling to Indiana include Tennessee’s Mason Mingus, North Carolina’s Trevor Noles and Pennsylvania’s Jordan Miller.

A full list of current entries for the 46th Annual Winchester 400 can be seen below. The list below is a list of early entries with more drivers expected to be added to the list prior to the event.

For more information on the Winchester 400, visit www.cra-racing.com.

—CRA Press Release