CRA Ready For 2008 Spring Clash This Weekend In Nashville

Salem, IN (March 26, 2008) – Champion Racing Association is ready to start its 2008 season this Friday and Saturday with the 2008 Spring Clash event at the Music City Motorplex at the Fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee. The event will include the All American 150 for the CRA Super Series late models, a 75-lap event for the O’Reilly USA Modified Series and a special-points 75-lap Shoot-outevent between the CRA Street Stocks and the MCM Sportsman.

This will be the third season in a row that the CRA Super Series has opened its point’s season at the famed oval with a 150-lap event. The Saturday night, March 29th event will be a tune-up to the prestigious Adam Petty Memorial All American 400 on Sunday, November 2nd. The All American 150 will pay $5000 to win, but more importantly, the top three finishers will have a guaranteed start for the CRA sanctioned Adam Petty Memorial All American 400.

To date, there are 45 teams pre-entered to compete in the All American 150 including the top competitors from the CRA Super Series and many of the top late model driver’s from17 different states. Former All American 150 winners entered include 2006 winner Eddie Mercer and 2007 winner Nathan Haseleu. Former CRA All American 400 winners entered include 2005 winner Jason Hogan, 2006 winner Boris Jurkovic and last year’s winner John Van Doorn. Eddie Hoffman, a multi time winner at the Music City Motorplex with the ASA Late Model Series is also entered.

Over 20 O’Reilly USA Modifieds are pre-entered for this weekends show including veteran Harold Scott along with series regulars Brian Nester, Tim Burkett, Brad Springer, Scotty Tomasik, Terri Popielarz, Jon Beach, Damon Breedlove, and veteran Don Skaggs. Travis Eddy, son of former ASA Racing Series Champion Mike Eddy, will be competing with the USA Modified Saturday along with Ohio hot shoe Kyle Jones.

The CRA Street Stocks will open their 2008 season with a special 75 lap Shoot-out event with the Music City Motorplex Sportsman class. This will be the first ever appearance for the CRA Street Stocks at the Music City Motorplex. A quality purse has been posted for the event with $1500 to win, $1000 for second, down to $100 to start for the 75-lap feature. This race will serve as a tune-up for a major Street Stock event that is tentatively planned for later in the year at the Music City Motorplex. Two time CRA Street Stock Drivers Champion Joe Beaver will be competing in this weekends event along with Beau Mitchell, a former competitor at the Music City Motorplex, the all time leader in victories with the CRA Street Stocks.

The 2008 Spring Clash Weekend will kick off with an open practice for all three divisions on Friday, March 28th. Pits will open at 12noon Central Time; practice will start at 3:30pm and will go until 7:30pm. Pits will open on Saturday, March 29th at 9am, practice will begin at 12noon, with qualifying starting at 4pm. The race program will begin at 7pm on Saturday with last chance races first, then the three feature events starting with the 75-lap event for the O’Reilly USA Modified Series, followed by the All-American 150 for the CRA Super Series, and ending with the 75-lap CRA Street Stock/MCM Sportsman Shoot-out.

More information on the event is available at www.musiccitymotorplex.com. Information on the CRA Super Series and CRA Street Stocks is available at www.craracing.net.