CRA Super Series

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CRA Super Series
CRA Super Series logo.png
Category Stock car racing
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Inaugural season1997
Drivers59
Engine suppliers Chevrolet
Dodge
Ford
Toyota
Drivers' championChase Burda
Makes' champion Ford
Teams' championBrandon Oakley Racecars
Official website http://cra-racing.com/

The ASA/CRA Super Series is a super late model stock car racing series owned and operated by the American Speed Association. It is a touring series based in the Midwestern United States, which competes at paved short ovals. It was formerly known as the Kendall Late Model Series and the Sunoco Super Series.

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The series utilizes super late model chassis race cars. Regulations on engine and body are based on the United Super Late Model Rules Alliance using an Approved Body Configuration legal body, with 358 cubic inch engines. Car body designs are based on the Holden Commodore (VF) (2014-17), Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Charger, Ford Fusion, and the Toyota Camry.

Most races are 100-125 laps long, except the Winchester 400 at Winchester Speedway, the Redbud 400 at Anderson Speedway, the Berlin 251 at Berlin Raceway, and the SpeedFest 200 at Watermelon Capital Speedway.

The CRA Super Series is based out of Indiana, but in the past few years has been expanding its series to visit a variety of racetracks from Michigan to Florida. CRA started a partnership with the ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards at the start of the 2012 season. In 2023, the ASA bought out the CRA sanctioning body along with the Midwest Tour and partnered with the Southern Super Series to bring back the ASA National Tour. All 4 series run co-sanctoned races throughout the year along with standalone races.

The winningest driver in CRA Super Series history is Scott Hantz, with 31 career wins. He also shares the record with Johnny VanDoorn for the most series championships with 3 each.

Two women have won a CRA Super Series race, with Kenzie Ruston (now NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series driver Daniel Hemric's wife) winning at Lucas Oil Raceway in 2012 (the same year her future husband won the series championship) and Ali Kern at Kalamazoo Speedway in 2015.

2025 ASA/CRA Super Series Schedule

DateTrackLocationWinner
January 17 [1] Cordele Motor Speedway [2] Cordele, Georgia Bubba Pollard
April 5 Dominion Raceway [3] Thornburg, Virginia
May 3 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway [4] Nashville, Tennessee
June 21 Flat Rock Speedway Flat Rock, Michigan
July 26 Anderson Speedway [5] Anderson, Indiana
August 20 Owosso Speedway [6] Ovid, Michigan
September 13 Toledo Speedway [7] Toledo, Ohio
October 12 Winchester Speedway [8] Winchester, Indiana
November 9 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway [9] Nashville, Tennessee

Rookies of the Year

2006 CRA Late model (foreground) CRASuperseries68LakeGenevaRaceway.jpg
2006 CRA Late model (foreground)

ASA/CRA Super Series Champions (1997–present)

YearSuper Series
1997Kenny Tweedy
1998Brian Rievely
1999Brian Ross
2000Scott Hantz
2001Brian Ross (2)
2002Joel Kauffman
2003Bobby Parsley
2004Chuck Barnes Jr
2005Jeff Lane
2006Scott Hantz (2)
2007 Chris Gabehart
2008Scott Hantz (3)
2009Johnny VanDoorn
2010Johnny VanDoorn (2)
2011Derrick Griffin
2012Johnny VanDoorn (3)
2013 Travis Braden
2014 Travis Braden (2)
2015 Grant Quinlan
2016 Cody Coughlin
2017Logan Runyon
2018Josh Brock
2019 Greg Van Alst
2020Josh Brock (2)
2021Hunter Jack
2022Eddie Van Meter
2023 Gio Ruggiero
2024Chase Burda

Racetracks

The most frequent CRA racetracks have been:

TrackTownStateRaces
Anderson Speedway Anderson Indiana 74
Angola Motorsport Speedway Angola Indiana 16
Baer Field Speedway Fort Wayne Indiana 19
Berlin Raceway Marne Michigan 24
Columbus Motor Speedway Obetz Ohio 11
Flat Rock Speedway Flat Rock Michigan 8
Indianapolis Raceway Park Brownsburg Indiana 32
Illiana Motor Speedway Schererville Indiana 8
Kalamazoo Speedway Kalamazoo Michigan 9
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville Tennessee 18
Plymouth Motor Speedway Plymouth Indiana 8
Salem Speedway Salem Indiana 24
Shady Bowl Speedway DeGraff Ohio 7
Toledo Speedway Toledo Ohio 26
Winchester Speedway Winchester Indiana 55

The series has visited several other racetracks, including Bristol Motor Speedway and North Wilkesboro Speedway.

See also

  1. ↑ Race moved from January 18 due to threat of weather.
  2. ↑ Co-sanctioned race with ASA Southern Super Series, non-championship event for CRA Super Series.
  3. ↑ Co-sanctioned race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  4. ↑ Co-sanctioned race with ASA Southern Super Series, results will count towards both championships.
  5. ↑ Redbud 400 Co-sanctioned race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  6. ↑ Co-sanctioned race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  7. ↑ Co-sanctioned race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  8. ↑ Winchester 400 race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  9. ↑ All American 400 co-sanctioned race with STARS National Tour and Southern Super Series, non-championship event for SSS and CRA.
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