Street Stock 200 at Anderson Speedway up Next for Stealth Trailers CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS
Third of Four Appearances in Anderson, Indiana the Longest Race of the Season
June 19, 2013
Salem, IN (June 19, 2013) – The Stealth Trailers CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS will head to Anderson Speedway for their fourth and biggest event of the 2013 season this Saturday night, the Annual Street Stock 200. Saturday will be the third of four straight series events at the fast ¼ mile facility. So far this season series event winners at Anderson Speedway include Dustin Burge on April 27 in a rain shortened event were Burge made a pass on the outside right before the yellow came out because of rain which ended the event on lap 63 and Jason Atkinson who got the win in the series last event on June 8th surviving a tough battle with eventual second place finisher Calvin Parham.
Josh Poore led all 200 laps in getting the victory in last season’s Street Stock 200. Poore was the Fast Qualifier out of 33 cars, took the lead at the drop of the green flag and fought off all challengers to grab the win, his second Street Stock 200 career win. Burge could get to Poore’s bumper several times but could not make the pass, he settled for a second place finish. Dave Bice was third, Jimmy Kirby was fourth with Danny Smith in fifth place.
Poore tops a strong group of drivers pre-entered for the event along with Burge, Atkinson, Parham, and Smith. Also J.J. Schafer, Jeff Albright, Jake McElfresh, Jason Drummond, Larry Matillo, Larry Lathan, Rich Segvich, rookies Steve Casterline and Josh Lank, as well as former CRA Street Stock and ARCA/CRA Super Series Champion Jeff Lane and his son Colby. Anderson Speedway regulars Robby Allman, Daniel Adams and Randy Hoppes are also entered. Also entered is 13 year old Mason Keller, who made his series debut at the June 8th event where he finished 12th, the last car on the lead lap.
Entering Saturday’s event, Burge sets a top the Stealth Trailers CRA Street Stock point standings with J.J. Schaffer in second and Jim Crabtree Jr. in third. Jeff Albright is fourth with the No. 31 car driven by Tyler Marsh and Wes Russell rounding out the top five.
The Anderson Speedway Street Stock division will also be part of the Street Stock 200. Calvin Parham sits atop those standings with the Marsh/Russell entry in second. Danny Adams, Jake McElfresh and Jimmy Kirby fill out the top five.
There is an open practice on Friday with pits opening at 4pm, practice will go from 5 to 8pm. Pit gates open on Saturday at 3:30pm, practice will begin at 5pm with qualifying at 6:30pm. The race program will begin at 8:00pm and will include the Street Stock 200 for the Stealth Trailers CRA Street Stocks Powered by JEGS. Also racing in Saturday night’s program are the Anderson Speedway FWD Figure 8’s and IFOS Super Carts.
More information on Anderson Speedway is available at: www.andersonspeedway.com More information on all the CRA Series is available at: www.cra-racing.com
