ARCA/CRA Super Series Border Wars I - 7-Up 150 Next Up for 2011 Series Champion Derrick Griffin 

Indiana driver to race in ARCA/CRA after winning Top Speed ICAR Modified Tour event at LOR (Special from Downey Racing)

April 8, 2014

Avon, Indiana (April 8, 2014) – 2011 ARCA/CRA Super Series powered by JEGS

champion, Derrick Griffin will make his first stock car appearance of the 2014 season

this Saturday at the Toledo Speedway in Toledo, Ohio. Griffin will drive the Downey

Racing, LLC #25 Chevrolet SS Super Late Model in the 7-Up 150 this Saturday.

Border Wars I - 7-Up 150 is the first combination race for the ARCA/CRA Super Series

powered by JEGS and the ARCA Midwest Tour during the 2014 season and will place

take at the ½ (0.500) mile, high banked Toledo Speedway in Toledo, Ohio.

Griffin is coming off a win in the Top Speed ICAR Modified Tour event at Lucas Oil

Raceway on Sunday, April 6. Griffin’s last race in a full bodied stock car was a good one,

finishing 3rd at the 'Racing's Back!' Memphis 125 at Memphis International Raceway on

Saturday, October 26, 2013, after winning the Fast Qualifier Award for the event.

Griffin is no stranger to success in ARCA/CRA Super Series competition. In 2011, he won

both the Rookie of the Year award and the overall points championship, beating some of

short track racing’s biggest names such as Johnny VanDoorn & Scott Hantz.

Downey Racing, LLC was founded by Mark & Kathy Downey. Their son, Brent Downey, now runs the team. Brent, a successful racer himself, has shifted his focus to improving Downey Racing, LLC on and off the track, in a management role. Downey Racing, LLC will field a black #25 Chevrolet SS powered once again by McGunegill Engine Performance. Sponsors for the 2014 season include Commonwealth Engineers Inc., TJ Racing Oils and NEXT Motorsports Marketing.

For more information and to learn more about Derrick Griffin & Downey Racing LLC, including sponsorship opportunities, call car owner Brent Downey at (317) 789-5561 or email him at DowneyRacing@live.com. You can “Like” Downey Racing, LLC on Facebook by searching “Downey Racing, LLC” and clicking “Like”. Follow Derrick Griffin on twitter, @Derrick_Griffin and follow car owner Brent Downey on twitter, @BrentDowney25