Owosso, MI – Officials with Champion Racing Association and Owosso Speedway have announced the details of Saturday’s JEGS/CRA New Stars Showdown as part of the prestigious Owosso Nationals weekend. The event, sanctioned by the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance is a special race featuring exclusively drivers who have not found victory lane in Pro or Super Late Model touring competition or a win in a high-profile Speedway hosted Pro or Super Late Model event. Aside from the bragging rights of winning the 40 lap contest, drivers will be able to cash in with prize money Saturday night as well.
The JEGS/CRA New Stars Showdown comes from the same vein as the New Stars races typically held for the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman and CRA Street Stocks at Winchester Speedway during Winchester 400 weekend. The race serves as a special exhibition event to showcase talent that hasn’t broken out into a win with the JEGS Tour. The 40 lap race on Saturday night will be contested on the Hoosier ST1 and ST2, however, sticker tires will not be permitted. Stage 1 starting lineup will be built using speeds from the second practice session. The fastest six eligible cars in Practice 2 will draw for starting positions 1 through 6, while positions 7-20 will be determined via practice speeds. The race will be conducted in two, 20 lap, stages. The winner of Stage 1 will receive a $1,000 bonus. The finishing results of Stage 1 will determine the Starting Lineup for Stage 2 with a 1 through possible 6 invert. The winner of Stage 2 will collect $2,000 with pay back through the field down to a $250 start money.
Some regular names among the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance are eligible and already entered to compete in the New Stars Showdown on Saturday night. Longtime competitor Jimmy Tucker, who has had a tough 2024 season, is looking for his first trip to Victory Lane on Saturday night. The Mt. Clemens, Michigan native has a career-best finish of 4th with the Tour back in 2020 at Jennerstown Speedway. Kevin Cremonesi is also entered for the New Stars Showdown at Owosso Speedway, the home of Cremonesi’s best career JEGS Tour finish when he finished 3rd in 2023. Chris Munson will unload his Finish Line Seamless Gutters No.3 on Saturday night looking for a New Stars redemption of sorts. Munson nearly grabbed the New Stars win in 2023 with the Vore’s Welding CRA Late Model Sportsman at Winchester Speedway. Other notable names for the JEGS/CRA New Stars Showdown include Dylan Stovall, Austin Hull, Andrew Scheid, Chris Shannon, Jeff Vrsek, and David Liaeff among others.
Advanced Tickets for both Saturday and Sunday’s events are available at OwossoSpeedway.com. In addition to Saturday’s JEGS/CRA New Stars event, the Reveal the Hammer Outlaw Super Late Models race for 100 laps and $15,000. Sunday, the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance battles for $15,000 and $1,000 to start for the Owosso Nationals 150.
A full schedule of events, Entry Form(s), and Entry List can be found online at CRA-Racing.com. Fans who can’t attend the Owosso Nationals in person can catch all the action live on RacingAmerican.Tv and TrackTV.com.
