Circle City 100 Presented by JEGS.com at Lucas Oil Raceway up Next for ARCA/CRA Super Series
Big Combo Event with ARCA Racing Series
July 22, 2014
Salem, Indiana (July 22, 2014) – The ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS will be back in
action this Friday, in the Circle City 100 Presented by JEGS.com at the famed Lucas Oil Raceway
located just outside of Indianapolis, Indiana. The ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menards will
also be in action on Friday night in the Scott Get Geared up 200 Presented by Federated Car Care.
This is the only time in 2014 the two ARCA sanctioned series will be in action together with the same
event.
NASCAR Star Kyle Busch tops the list of entries for Friday’s Circle City 100. Busch will be making
his 19th career start with the ARCA/CRA Super Series, it will be his first with the series at Lucas Oil
Raceway. Busch has eight series wins to date, including victories in some of the series' signature
events including the Winchester 400 in 2009, the Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway in 2009,
SpeedFest in 2009, 2010 and 2012, and the Rowdy 251 (Now Battle at Berlin 251) in 2010, 2011 and
2012. Busch has 135 NASCAR wins overall in all three of NASCAR’s upper divisions. There is a
meet and greet scheduled with Kyle Busch from 5 to 6pm on Friday, tickets are available by calling
217-764-3200.
Fellow NASCAR Sprint Cup driver David Ragan is also entered. Ragan has competed with the ARCA/
CRA Super Series at the SpeedFest events at Watermelon Capital Speedway the last three years,
and is still seeking his first series victory. Ragan won a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event at Talladega
last season.
Added NASCAR flavor to the event includes entries from John Hunter Nemechek, who is the son of NASCAR racer Joe Nemechek. John Hunter is competing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck series on a part-time basis in 2014. John Hunter has two JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour wins in 2014, one at SpeedFest 2014 and one at the Milwaukee Mile. Todd Gilliland is entered to compete in his first ever CRA event, he is the son of NASCAR Sprint Cup driver David Gilliland.
Ross Kenseth, the son of NASCAR Champion Matt Kenseth, tops the list of CRA competitors entered for Friday’s event. Kenseth comes into Friday’s event with a three point lead over second place Brian Campbell, whom is also entered. Campbell leads the series with two wins in 2014, but looks to end a string of bad luck that includes two straight DNF’s. 2013 series Champion Travis Braden is also entered, Braden has climbed to third in series points, he is only 13 points out of the series lead.
Other top CRA drivers entered include Chad Finley, Rick Turner, Ali Kern, Matt Hall, Brandon Oakley, Tommy St. John, Brandon Hermiller, Jeff Cannon, Tom Woodin, Alec Carll, Jeep Pflum and top Senneker Performance Rookie drivers Paul Shafer Jr. and Wes Griffith Jr. 2013 Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman Champion Mark Lambert is also entered in the #4 Scott Neal Racing machine. Lambert received a one race ride in 2014 with the ARCA/CRA Super Series for his 2013 Championship, thanks in part to JEGS, Motion Motors and Scott Neal Racing.
There is a very strong group of drivers making their 2014 ARCA/CRA Super Series debuts at Lucas Oil Raceway on Friday including Sellersburg, Indiana’s Will Kimmel, a regular with the ARCA Racing Series and multi-time track Champion at Salem Speedway. Also entered are former NASCAR competitor Willie Allen from Tennessee, Texas racer Austin Wayne Self, another regular with the ARCA Racing Series, California’s Zane Smith, Virginia’s Trey Jarrell, Wisconsin’s Mike Lichtfeld and Michigan’s Justin Claucherty.
On Friday, pit registration will open at 9am for the ARCA/CRA Super Series teams, with their pit gates opening at 9:30am. Practice will begin at 12:45, with the ARCA/CRA Super Series teams having a 45 minute session at that time and a 30 minute session at 2:25pm. ARCA/CRA Super Series qualifying will begin at 4:30pm.The race program will begin at 7pm with the Circle City 100 Presented by JEGS.com for the ARCA/CRA Super Series. The Scott Get Geared up 200 Presented by Federated Car Care for the ARCA Racing Series Presented by Menards will follow at 9pm.
More event and track information is available at www.lucasoilraceway.com More information on the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS is available at www.cra-racing.com
Founded by John and Mildred Marcum in 1953 in Toledo, Ohio, the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is recognized among the leading sanctioning bodies in the country. Closing in on completing its sixth decade after hundreds of thousands of miles of racing, ARCA administers over 100 race events each season in four professional touring series and local weekly events including the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards as well as the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS, the ARCA Midwest Tour and the ARCA Trucks Series. In addition weekly racing is held at Toledo and Flat Rock Speedways.
