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CRA Super Series
CategoryStock car racing
Country United States
Inaugural season1997
Drivers59
Engine suppliersChevrolet
Dodge
Ford
Toyota
Drivers' championChase Burda
Makes' championFord
Teams' championBrandon Oakley Racecars
Official websitehttp://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.

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 Xfinity 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

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Date Track Location Winner
January 18 Cordele Speedway[1] Cordele, Georgia
April 5 Dominion Raceway[2] Thornburg, Virginia
May 3 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway[3] Nashville, Tennessee
June 21 Flat Rock Speedway Flat Rock, Michigan
July 26 Anderson Speedway[4] Anderson, Indiana
August 20 Owosso Speedway[5] Ovid, Michigan
September 13 Toledo Speedway[6] Toledo, Ohio
October 12 Winchester Speedway[7] Winchester, Indiana
November 9 Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway[8] Nashville, Tennessee

Rookies of the Year

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2006 CRA Late model (foreground)

ASA/CRA Super Series Champions (1997–present)

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

Racetracks

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The most frequent CRA racetracks have been:

Track Town State Races
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

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  1. ^ Co-sanctoned race with ASA Southern Super Series, results will count towards both championships.
  2. ^ Co-sanctoned race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  3. ^ Co-sanctoned race with ASA Southern Super Series, results will count towards both championships.
  4. ^ Redbud 400 Co-sanctoned race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  5. ^ Co-sanctoned race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  6. ^ Co-sanctoned race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  7. ^ Winchester 400 race with STARS National Tour, results will count towards both championships.
  8. ^ All American 400 co-sanctoned race with STARS National Tour and Southern Super Series, non-championship event for SSS and CRA.