{"id":17328,"date":"2013-04-03T00:53:43","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T00:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/?p=17328"},"modified":"2013-04-03T00:59:46","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T00:59:46","slug":"anderson-speedways-historical-redbud-300-to-see-purse-increased-by-over-40-percent-for-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/front-page-news\/anderson-speedways-historical-redbud-300-to-see-purse-increased-by-over-40-percent-for-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Anderson Speedway\u2019s Historical Redbud 300 to See Purse Increased by over 40 Percent for 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Minimum $10,000 Winner\u2019s Check Part of Increased Purse for Each Position in ARCA\/CRA Super Series Event<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-13593\" alt=\"ARCA-CRA-Super-Series-Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/ARCA-CRA-Super-Series-Logo.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"147\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Anderson, IN (April 2, 2013) \u2013 Anderson Speedway officials announced today that the purse for the Stoops Freightliner Redbud 300 for the ARCA\/CRA Super Series will increase by over 40% in 2013. Part of that increase will be seen in the minimum $10,000 winner\u2019s check for the Saturday July 20<\/span><sup>th<\/sup><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0event.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Besides the increased winner\u2019s share, every finishing position will see increased prize money.\u00a0\u00a0Those finishing in the top 5 will especially notice the increases.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">According to Anderson Speedway President Rick Dawson, it has been his goal to raise the purse for some time.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA few years back we focused on the re-birth of the Redbud 300, also known as the Anderson 400 for some years.\u00a0\u00a0We couldn\u2019t really pay the purse we wanted while we were rebuilding it, and I asked the racers to be patient with me, and they were.\u00a0\u00a0We\u2019ve had some great shows and growing crowds in recent years, and with the addition of Stoops Freightliner as the title sponsor, we are now able to say \u2018Thank You\u2019 to the racers for their patience, and make a purse more commensurate with the national significance of the show.\u201d<!--more--><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">ARCA\/CRA Super Series officials were pleased with the announcement as well.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThis is really great news for our teams,\u201d said Series Director Glenn Luckett.\u00a0\u201cWe don\u2019t see too many announcements of increased purses, especially to this level, so to say we are thrilled is an understatement. Rick lived up to his promise of rewarding the racer\u2019s patience with an increased purse and now it is here.\u00a0\u00a0Kudos to him and his staff for making it happen.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Besides the significant purse increase, track and series officials have indicated there might be even more exciting news released about the event in the coming days. Teams and fans can follow all the news for the ARCA\/CRA Super Series Stoops Freightliner Redbud 300 by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersonspeedway.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.andersonspeedway.com<\/a>\u00a0or<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cra-racing.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.cra-racing.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minimum $10,000 Winner\u2019s Check Part of Increased Purse for Each Position in ARCA\/CRA Super Series Event Anderson, IN (April 2, 2013) \u2013 Anderson Speedway officials [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"publish_to_discourse":"","publish_post_category":"","wpdc_auto_publish_overridden":"","wpdc_topic_tags":"","wpdc_pin_topic":"","wpdc_pin_until":"","discourse_post_id":"","discourse_permalink":"","wpdc_publishing_response":"","wpdc_publishing_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[64,22,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cra-racing-series","category-featured","category-front-page-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17328"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17332,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17328\/revisions\/17332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karnac.com\/flanews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}