Salem, IN (January 13, 2022) – Champion Racing Association Powered by JEGS officials announced today that Cometic Gasket will continue its support of the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS for the 2022 race season, the 26th season of competition for the ARCA/CRA Super Series and Champion Racing Association. Cometic Gasket will once again be the Official Gasket of the ARCA/CRA Super Series and will be involved in several programs supporting the series’ racers throughout the season. Cometic Gasket has been a valued supporter of the ARCA/CRA Super Series for several seasons.
“It’s always great to have the continued support of a company like Cometic Gasket,” remarked R.J. Scott, Managing Partner of the ARCA/CRA Super Series. “We greatly appreciate Cometic’s support of our series in the past and for the upcoming 2022 season. We look forward to another successful season with the help of committed sponsors like Cometic Gasket!”
Cometic Gasket will be involved as a Product Contingency sponsor at each series’ event during the 2022 season. Cometic Gasket will award a $50 Product Certificate to the eighth-place finisher at every series event. In addition, Cometic Gasket will award the second-highest finishing Rookie Contender at each event with a $25 Product Certificate. At the 2022 Champion Racing Association Awards Banquet, Cometic Gasket will award a $200 Product Certificate to the eighth-place finisher in final series points, a $200 Product Certificate to the highest finishing Rookie Contender and a $200 Product Certificate that will be given away by random draw from the 2022 ARCA/CRA Super Series Chase for the Championship competitors.
Cometic Gasket will also support the series with year-end cash award bonuses again in 2022. Cometic Gasket will award an $600 Season Hardcharger Award bonus to the driver in the top 15 in series’ points who advances the most positions during the 2022 season. Cometic Gasket will award the 2022 ARCA/CRA Super Series Rookie of the Year with a $500 cash bonus. Cometic Gasket will also award a $300 Cometic Gasket Hard Luck Award bonus to the driver in the top 10 in final series’ points with the most DNF’s during the 2022 season.
Sammy Smith was awarded the Cometic Gasket 2021 Season Hardcharger Award bonus for advancing the most positions during the 2021 season. Josh Ebbert received the Cometic Gasket Rookie Award Bonus for being the series’ 2021 Rookie of the Year. Michael Simko was awarded the Cometic Gasket Hard Luck Award bonus for the most DNF’s during the 2021 season.
Cometic Gasket, Inc. is a leading worldwide supplier of gaskets and engine sealing solutions for the Automotive Performance, Powersports, Original Equipment and Remanufactured Engine Industries.
“Cometic’s relationship with the ARCA/CRA Super Series dates back several years and we were eager to renew our commitment in 2022,” said Cometic Gasket Founder and CEO Bob Gorman. “We’ve supported grass-roots racing since we opened our doors in 1989 and we’ve maintained that commitment ever since. Cometic is a home-grown, Midwest-headquartered company so our association with the ARCA/CRA Super Series has always been a great fit. It’s a great platform and we’re proud to support the series and its competitors.”
Housed in a 70,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art R&D and manufacturing center in Concord, Ohio, Cometic Gasket has maintained its deep roots in the performance industry while expanding to service the Domestic Automotive, Sport Compact, V-twin, Marine, Diesel, Agricultural, Industrial and Stationary Power markets.
Cometic combines advanced materials with the most current manufacturing processes to provide custom-tailored solutions to meet the needs of each individual customer. Engineers analyze the environment in which the gasket will perform, select the proper material, and apply the appropriate technology to offer the best-performing gaskets available in today’s ever-changing marketplace. Cometic gaskets are the industry standard for championship-winning teams across multiple disciplines of both professional and amateur motorsports.
For more information about Cometic, visit www.cometic.com.
Additional information on the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS is available at www.cra-racing.com.