Three-Peat For Trent Snyder Who Scores Third Straight JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Triumph At Anderson Speedway
Third Visit to the Central Indiana 1/4 mile equals Third Consecutive Victory
Anderson, Indiana (July 19, 2013) – It was the sixth race of the 2013 racing season for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance as they headlined Day I of the Stoops Freightliner Redbud 300 Weekend at the fast 1/4 (0.250) mile high-banked paved oval of Anderson Speedway in Anderson, Indiana on Friday, July 19th with the running of the Anderson 100 Presented by JEGS.com. It was the tours' third ever appearance at the historic Central Indiana speed plant and for the third straight time, Glen Ellyn, Illinois driver, Trent Snyder was standing in victory lane.
"Man we worked hard for this one. Having Bubba Pollard all over you for the last half of
the race is nerve wrecking to say the least," The 29-year-old said in victory lane after
climbing from his #88 Great Deals Savings Magazine / Chevrolet. "It was a small miracle
we were able to even come to this race after destroying this car in our last event in
Missouri a couple of months ago. But everyone worked so hard over these past few
weeks putting this car back together and it was fast all day long." He added.
After Pollard broke the Track Record in Boyne Machine Company Qualifying and drew a
four for an inversion, a pair of Howie Lettow Memorial Rookie of the Year Presented by
Howe Racing Enterprises title contenders, 15-year-old Corey Deuser and 14-year-old
Kody Evans would bring the 20-car starting field to Chief Starter, Robert Tower's green
flag and it would be Deuser beating Evans to the first corner to take the early lead as the
rest of the field jockeyed for position behind him.
Josh Nelms, behind the wheel of the familiar red & black #8 LisaThomasSalon.com entry
normally driven by Eddie Hoffman, quickly maneuvered his way up to second from his
third starting spot on the inside of the second row and also drove by Evans. He then set
his sights on Deuser and the battle was on for the early lead. Pollard followed Nelms by
Evans as well and settled into third spot and had the best seat in the house for the Deuser and Nelms saga.
After only a few laps, Pollard began his charge to the front as he drove around Nelms and then disposed of Deuser on lap 10 to take over the lead. Nelms quickly darted to the outside of Deuser to reclaim the runner-up spot and would glue himself to Pollard's back bumper. For the next 27 laps they would remain nose to tail until Snyder, who started 10th, went to the outside of Nelms to grab second and take his turn at challenging the southern invader.
A caution flag came out, one of six on the night, on lap 68 setting up a double file restart pitting Pollard and Snyder side by side for the resumption of the race. When the green flag fell, Snyder inched out ahead of Pollard and cleared him going into turns one and to officially take the lead on lap 69. Pollard regrouped and stalked Snyder all over the high-banked 1/4 mile trying to retake the lead and end Snyder's reign at the Anderson, Indiana speed plant.
However, Snyder wasn't to be denied as the race went green the rest of the way and he would stay in front of Pollard despite several strong challenges from the southern superstar and go on to score his third straight victory in Central Indiana. Snyder, who has a Series Championship in his career in the now defunct Varney Late Model Northern Series back in 2007, would also earn the first Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award as well as the Five Star Racecar Bodies Hard-Charger Award after starting 10th and also the AR Bodies Cool Move of the Race Award as part of his accolades for his third career JEGS/CRA victory, all of which have come at Anderson Speedway.
Pollard finished in the runner-up spot in his #26 Atlanta Thrifty Nickel / Chevrolet after leading for 59 laps before Snyder took over the top spot. "I wasn't too sure about that last restart, but Trent (Snyder) was fast tonight and we just couldn't quite get up to him there at the end," The 26-year-old from Senoia, Georgia remarked. "We got some good seat time though for the Redbud 300 and that's the main reason for running this race here tonight." He added. In addition to his new track record he set earlier in the day to earn the Boyne Machine Company Fast Qualifier Award, he also collected the VDL Fuel Systems Hot Lap of the Race Award and the D.T.S. Drive Train Specialists Halfway Leader Award as well.
Bringing home a career high third place finish and taking over the Rookie points lead in the process was Deuser who claimed the last podium position in his #14 Focus Eyewear / Ford and earned the Howe Racing Enterprises Rookie of the Race Award. "We had such a great car tonight and to finish behind those guys in front of us is really something to be proud of." The Georgetown, Indiana teenager stated after the race. "We led some laps and came home in one piece, so we're all really happy. A big thanks to all of the crew, the fans and the sponsors for all of the support." The Hoosier State teenager added. He also collected the FLUIDYNE Cool Under Pressure Award for his career high run.
Nelms collected a fourth place finish for his efforts while Tom Woodin celebrated taking over the All-Time Series lead in Career Starts with starts in 31 out of the 34 All-Time JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour races conducted since the series inception in 2011 by completing the top five. Dan Leeck finished sixth and chipped away at Current Points Leader, Cody Coughlin's lead in the season long standings as that margin is now just four points with Coughlin finishing seventh.
Keith Tolf made the most of his JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour debut by bringing home an eighth place finish with 14-year-old rookie, Jake Griffin grabbing ninth spot and earning the second Hoosier Racing Tire Performance Award with his finish. Outside pole-sitter, Evans would wrap up the top 10. Pollard's new track record lap over the 20-car field was a 12.231 which equals out to 73.584mph as his lap beat the old record of a 12.287 set by Brent Downey back on July 20, 2012 by 0.056 seconds.
The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance returns to the track on Friday, July 26th at the immaculate Lucas Oil Raceway, located west of Indianapolis in Clermont, Indiana for race #7 of the 2013 racing season and the running of the Night of the Stars Twin 100s with their counterparts in the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS as part of the Circle City's Brickyard Speedweeks. NASCAR stars Ken Schrader, David Stremme and Kenny Wallace will all be racing and SPEED TV's Bob Dillner will also be a part of the festivities as well.
For more information about all four touring series’ within Champion Racing Association Powered by JEGS, please go to the series website at: www.cra-racing.com You can also follow CRA on Facebook at: www.facebook.com and search for "Champion Racing Association" as well as Twitter at www.twitter.com/CRAracing Finally for more information about Lucas Oil Raceway, the host facility for the seventh race of the 2013 season for the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance, go to the track website at: www.lucasoilraceway.com
