CRA Racing Press
After five months of waiting there is life again at the historic Nashville Fairgrounds racetrack with the announcement that Nashville native Tony Formosa has an agreement to promote events at the famous high-banked facility for the 2010 season. Formosa announced during the CRA drivers meeting at Gresham Motorsports Park on Saturday that he will promote the All American 400 Weekend that will be sanctioned by the CRA Super Series.

“We were very happy to hear there would be racing at the Nashville Fairgrounds track again in 2010,” remarked R.J. Scott, Managing Partner of Champion Racing Association. “We have been holding the October 2nd and 3rd date open on our schedule with hopes of working out a date for the All American event. When Tony reached out to us, we offered CRA’s support in any way to help continue the legendary All-American Weekend at its traditional home in Nashville. It is really exciting news for us that this event is going to happen!”

When racing at the Nashville Fairgrounds was in doubt, Montgomery Motor Speedway officials announced their intentions to bring the All-American 400 to Montgomery, a traditional racing home for event founder, the late Bob Harmon. With the news that Nashville would be hosting the event again, track owner Bobby Knox and his officials backed away from their plans for 2010. According to Knox, “As long as the track at Nashville Fairgrounds is open and hosting an All-American event, we want to support that event and its history there. In the unfortunate situation that racing at the Fairgrounds would ever end, we plan to bring the All-American 400 to Bob Harmon’s long time home at Montgomery Motor Speedway.”

Marne, MI—Over 5,000 fans were on hand to witness a thrilling night at Berlin Raceway. Kelsey Steele scored her second win of the season in the Young Guns division and Scott Thomas got his first win of the season in the Coors Light Late Models; winning the CRA Super Series Rowdy Busch 125 was Brian Campbell.

The Young Guns took the track first; #32 Gabe Ensing was slotted to start on the pole position, but his wreck in the heat race took him out of contention. #16 Kelsey Steele moved up to take his space next to #19 Dalton Haney. From the drop of the green flag, Steele took off with the lead and by halfway, had put almost four seconds between herself and Haney. Haney had his hands full with #6 Brandon Hermiller who took second place from him on lap 11. Hermiller began to catch Steele, but he ran out of time. Steele got her second win of the season after leading all of the laps and finishing behind her was Hermiller, Haney, #18 Mitch Meppelink, #101 Lauren Bush and Ensing.

by Matt Kentfield
CONCORD, N.C. -- Anderson Speedway in Indiana has always been considered the birthplace of the American Speed Association. The days of Bob Senneker, Mike Eddy, Dick Trickle, Mark Martin and Rusty Wallace doing battle at the tight, high-banked quarter-mile oval are legendary. Now officials are celebrating ASA’s heritage by bringing back the historic Redbud 300 race on Tuesday, June 16th, at Anderson Speedway.

“There seems to be a tremendous interest in this race,” said Rick Dawson, promoter of Anderson Speedway. “It is almost like the perfect storm, as we have a NASCAR star coming to town; we have the CRA Series coming; we have resurrected the historic Redbud 300, and we have the added ASA flavor.”

That NASCAR star is none other than phenom Kyle Busch, who won 21 races between the Sprint Cup, Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series in 2008 and has already won in each series again this year. He will bring his KBM Super Late Model team to Anderson, IN, for the Redbud 300.

Busch and Benson Take on CRA Super Series Stars

CRA PR Series Report
The Rowdy Busch 125 Presented By Auto Body Xperts CARSTAR at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan is the next CRA Super Series event on the 2009 schedule on Wednesday, June 10th featuring NASCAR star Kyle Busch. The event will be a CRA Super Series non-points 125 lap special event that will pay $4000 to win and $500 to start.

“We look forward to having CRA with this event,” remarked Michael Blackmer, the Promoter of Berlin Raceway. “The CRA events at Berlin in the past have been great races. The Rowdy Busch 125 will be another great show with NASCAR star Kyle Busch competing against some of the best CRA drivers and the great group of local talent that always comes out to compete in these types of events!”

ANDERSON, Ind. -- Anderson Speedway and CRA Super Series Late Model officials announced today that two-time ASA National Champion Gary St. Amant will compete in the Red Bud 300, a tribute to the Heritage of the Old ASA Series. St. Amant joins NASCAR star Kyle Busch among former ASA drivers that will race in the Red Bud 300 on Tuesday, June 16. Former Indy Racing League competitor Tyce Carlson and up and coming USAC star Dakota Armstrong will also be part of the Red Bud 300.

Gary St. Amant, of Columbus, Ohio, made 14 ASA starts at Anderson Speedway with a best performance in 1997 when he earned the victory ahead of Kansas racer Rick Beebe and short track legend Bob Senneker. St. Amant recorded seven top-five finishes and 11 top-10 finishes in his career with ASA at Anderson.

St. Amant earned two ASA championships in 1998 and 2000. He finished his career with 23 event victories.