JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour at Anderson Speedway Saturday
Trent Snyder going for Four Anderson Victories in a Row
July 23, 2014
Salem, Indiana (July 23, 2014) – The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet
Performance will head to Anderson Speedway for this Saturday’s Edgewater Woods 100
Presented by JEGS.com. This will be the fourth visit to the fast quarter mile oval were a
full field of 24 cars are currently entered to battle it out for 100 laps. Saturday’s event will
be the 50th event to date for the crate late model series sanctioned by Champion Racing
Association now in its fourth season.
Topping the list of entries is the only series driver to ever visit victory lane at Anderson
Speedway, Glen Ellyn, Illinois driver Trent Snyder. Snyder has ties to the Anderson area and has kept his fans in that area very happy, fighting off all challengers to get victories in this event in 2011, 2012 and again in 2013 when he had to beat one of the best in the business, Georgia ace Bubba Pollard.
As it has been all season, Snyder will face a tough group of series regulars lead by current point’s leader Dan Leeck, who holds a slim three point lead over another Illinois racer Josh Nelms, who is in second. 2013 series Rookie of the Year Corey Deuser is in third place, he is 37 points behind Nelms. Howie Lettow Rookie of the Year Presented by Howe Racing Rookie Grant Quinlan is in fourth place, only two points behind Deuser, while fellow rookie Dalton Armstrong is in fifth place, only two points behind Quinlan.
Other top series drivers entered include Dominique Van Wieringen, Hunter Baize, Jaxson Jacobs, Marc Jacobs, Jordan Miller, Jack Smith, Keith Sterkowitz, Jerry Andrews and fellow Howie Lettow Rookie of the Year Presented by Howe Racing rookies Tristan Van Wieringen, Cole Rouse, J.J. Haley and Chris Hacker, who has two Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman victories at Anderson Speedway the last two seasons. Baize, Quinlan and Haley have all been to victory lane once this season with the series.
Part-time series regular Lakeland, Florida native Steve Dorer is entered, he was the winner of the Stoops Freightliner Redbud 300 in 2011, as well as a runner-up finish in 2012 and a fourth place finish in the 2014 version on June 14th. Another part-time series regular entered is Keith Sterkowitz of Cedar Lake, Indiana, who has also gotten several Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman victories at Anderson Speedway. Also Kentucky driver Kevin Willis, who got a sixth place finish in his series debut at Salem Speedway, is entered.
There are several drivers entered to make their series 2014 debuts at Anderson on Saturday including Quinntan Bear who is currently eighth in Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman points with a season high second place finish at Anderson on June 13th. Also Jack Dossey Jr., father of current Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman points leader Jack Dossey III, Josh Cave and Mike Zielezinski in the Lorz Motorsports entry.
There is an open practice on Friday, pit gates open at 4PM, with open practice from 5pm to 8pm. Pit gates open on Saturday at 2pm, practice will begin at 5pm with qualifying starting at 6:45pm. The race program will begin at 8pm and will include the Edgewater Woods 100 Presented by JEGS.com for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour. Also racing on Saturday will be the WOFS Figure 8 cars in a 50 lap feature.
More track and event information can be found at www.andersonpeedway.com More information on the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance is available at www.cra-racing.com
