Three-Time ARCA/CRA Super Series Champ, Johnny VanDoorn To Chase After $100,000 JEGS Triple Crown Title

Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway to be the first ever race for VanDoorn Racing Development's new Super Late Model

(Special from VanDoorn Racing Development)

June 10, 2014

Coopersville, Michigan (June 10, 2014) – After getting everything squared away inside the

new VanDoorn Racing Development building, Johnny VanDoorn and his brother, Butch

VanDoorn have been hard at work ever since in their new 6,500 square foot race shop. The

Brothers VanDoorn have been working non-stop building brand new racecars from the VDRD

shops including VanDoorn's own prototype template Super Late Model. The time has now

come for Johnny VanDoorn, the three-time ARCA/CRA Super Series Champion to finally

climb into one of his own creations.

The Coopersville, Michigan standout will make his ARCA/CRA Super Series debut in Round I

of the $100,000 JEGS Triple Crown Series on Friday-Saturday, June 13-14th at the fast 1/4

(0.250) mile high-banked paved oval of Anderson Speedway in Anderson, Indiana. The Stoops

Freightliner Redbud 300 will see the defending race winner not only bring out a brand new

#71 VanDoorn Racing Development / Ford, but he will also seek a little redemption for just

missing out on the $100,00 bonus in 2013 after winning the mini-series' races at Anderson

and Berlin Raceway (MI) a year ago.

"This is a big moment in our careers for Butch and I to be able to bring our own car out to the

track and finally see all of the hard work we've put into this program start to pay off," The 26-

year-old stated as he and his Crew Chief and younger brother make final preparations on the

new machine. "We're really excited to head to Anderson with our own stuff and really excited

that Anderson is the first race. Especially since it's the first JEGS Triple Crown Series race.

Anderson is a track that we've been very successful at over the years." He added.

VanDoorn scored wins in the first two $100,000 JEGS Triple Crown Series races in 2013

which came at Berlin Raceway in the Inaugural Battle at Berlin 251 on June 15th, 2013 and

then at  Anderson in last season's Redbud 300 on July 20th, 2013. The bid for the $100,000

bonus for winning all three Triple Crown Series events came up just short in the 42nd

Running of the Winchester 400 at Winchester Speedway (IN) on October 13th, 2013 with an

eighth place finish after rear end issues plagued him late in the race. This time around,

VanDoorn is concentrating solely on the three race series. 

He did pick up a $10,000 bonus for winning two of the three races, but that's not the goal for

VanDoorn this time around as he wants the clean sweep of all three events and the Redbud 300 begins that quest. "We were so close last year to winning the big bonus. This time that's our main focus. We're as ready as we're going to be, we're in our own stuff we've built from the ground up. We have no excuses now." He ended.

The three-time ARCA/CRA Super Series Champion (2012, 2010 & 2009) is already amongst the all-time leaders in most statistical categories in the series. He has 17 career wins, good for fourth all-time and just one back of third on the list behind Canadian legend, Junior Hanley. He is six starts away from 100 career events with 94, good for 12th all-time as he has racked up an impressive 44 top five finishes, sixth all-time, as well as 69 top 10s, seventh all-time.

VanDoorn also has an impressive 13 Fast Qualifier Awards, third on the all-time list, just two out of second and five away from the all-time lead in that category. In addition, he is second all-time in career laps led with a whopping 2,182 behind only fellow three-time series champion, Scott Hantz. Finally he's ninth all-time in career laps ran with an astounding 13,449 laps turned.

For the Redbud 300, VanDoorn's #71 VanDoorn Racing Development Super Late Model, which features a number change dating back to his quarter midget days, will have a Ford Fusion body with power under the hood from McGunegill Engine Performance. He'll have sponsorship decals and support from T.J. Racing Lubricants as well as VanDoorn Shocks & Suspension and M.P.H Promotions.

For more information about VanDoorn Racing Development as well as VDRD's driver, 16-year-old Hunter Baize and Hunter Baize  Racing who are competing for the 2014 JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Championship and to inquire about sponsorship opportunities for the rest of the 2014 campaign, go to the VDRD Facebook Fan Page located at: www.facebook.com and by searching for " VanDoorn Racing Development" You can also follow VanDoorn on Twitter by going to: www.twitter.com/standonner71