Jason Atkinson Wins 16th Annual Gold Cup 50 at Baer Field Speedway
Third Win of the season for New Castle, Indiana driver
Fort Wayne, Indiana (July 27, 2013) – Jason Atkinson scored his third win of the season
with the Top Speed Fabrication CRA Late Model Sportsman Powered by JEGS in the
16th Annual Gold Cup 50 at Baer Field Speedway Saturday night. Saturday’s event was
the fifth event of the season that saw 23 competitors take qualifying times to set up a
very competitive 50 lap feature.
Prior to the feature event Ft. Wayne native K.C. Spillers out qualified 22 other drivers in
his return to his former home track with CRA. In the first 10 lap heat race, veteran Ft.
Wayne and former series regular Al Cook Jr. took the win holding off series point’s leader
Mark Lambert and John Gatton Jr. In the second 10 lap heat race, 14 year old J.J. Haley
got the win over Baer Field veteran Chad Richardson and Steve Christman.
Lambert took the early lead from his pole starting position for the Gold Cup 50 until Oliver
Fitzwater powered by on the outside to take the lead on lap two. Then it was Baer Field
regular Justin King who worked his way through the field to take the lead on lap 11. King
would continue to lead until spinning out on his own on lap 33 with Lambert back in
second.
Atkinson took advantage of his outside starting position on the lap 34 restart to grab the lead away from Lambert and would go on to get the win. Meanwhile Spillers had worked his way through the field after falling back to 12th place early in the race to battle Lambert for second. The two battled hard over the final 16 laps with Spillers getting second and Lambert third place. It was the fourth straight series event that Spillers has finished fourth and the fourth straight event Lambert has finished third. Lambert continues to lead the series in points Spillers is still in second with Atkinson in third place.
The next Top Speed Fabrication CRA Late Model Sportsman Powered by JEGS event will be on August 10th at Anderson Speedway. More information on all the CRA Series is available at www.cra-racing.com
