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CRA Super Series

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CRA Super Series
CategoryStock car racing
Country United States
Inaugural season1997
Drivers59
Engine suppliersChevrolet
Dodge
Ford
Toyota
Drivers' championEddie Van Meter
Makes' championFord
Teams' championVan Meter Race Team
Official websitehttp://cra-racing.com/

The CRA Super Series is a super late model stock car racing series owned and operated by the Champion Racing Association. It is a touring series based in the Midwestern United States, which competes at paved short ovals. It was formerly known as the Kendall Late Model Series and the Sunoco Super Series.

The series utilizes super late model chassis race cars. Regulations on engine and body are based on the United Super Late Model Rules Alliance using an Approved Body Configuration legal body, with 358 cubic inch engines. Car body designs are based on the Holden Commodore (VF) (2014-17), Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Charger, Ford Fusion, and the Toyota Camry.

Most races are 100-125 laps long, except the Winchester 400 at Winchester Speedway, the Redbud 400 at Anderson Speedway, the Berlin 251 at Berlin Raceway, and the SpeedFest 200 at Watermelon Capital Speedway.

The CRA Super Series is based out of Indiana, but in the past few years has been expanding its series to visit a variety of racetracks from Michigan to Florida. CRA started a partnership with the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at the start of the 2012 season. CRA also has a partnership with the Southern Super Series that races in Alabama, Tennessee, and Florida, and the CARS Tour in Virginia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee with a series of combination races for all three tours, including one at Bristol Motor Speedway.

The winningest driver in CRA Super Series history is Scott Hantz, with 31 career wins. He also shares the record with Johnny VanDoorn for the most series championships with 3 each.

Two women have won a CRA Super Series race, with Kenzie Ruston (now NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Daniel Hemric's wife) winning at Lucas Oil Raceway in 2012 (the same year her future husband won the series championship) and Ali Kern at Kalamazoo Speedway in 2015.

Rookies of the Year

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2006 CRA Late model (foreground)

CRA Super Series Champions

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Racetracks

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The most frequent CRA racetracks have been:

Track Town State Races
Anderson Speedway Anderson Indiana 74
Angola Motorsport Speedway Angola Indiana 16
Baer Field Speedway Fort Wayne Indiana 19
Berlin Raceway Marne Michigan 24
Columbus Motor Speedway Obetz Ohio 11
Flat Rock Speedway Flat Rock Michigan 8
Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg Indiana 32
Illiana Motor Speedway Schererville Indiana 8
Kalamazoo Speedway Kalamazoo Michigan 9
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville Tennessee 18
Plymouth Motor Speedway Plymouth Indiana 8
Salem Speedway Salem Indiana 24
Shady Bowl Speedway DeGraff Ohio 7
Toledo Speedway Toledo Ohio 26
Winchester Speedway Winchester Indiana 55

The series has visited several other racetracks, including Bristol Motor Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway.

See also

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