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Chase Elliott to Make Two
Appearances at Anderson Speedway in 2011
 (February
9, 2011) – Bill
Elliott Racing has announced that 15 year old Chase Elliott will compete for the
2011 CRA National Super Late Model Championship and has a full slate of CRA
Super Series events on his tentative 2011 schedule.
The son of NASCAR legend Bill Elliott got his 2011 season off to a great start
by winning SpeedFest 2011 at Lanier National Speedway, the first CRA Southern
Six-Pack Tour event of the season and the first event for the National
Championship. The National Championship will be determined by using a racers
best four finishes from the CRA Southern Six-Pack Tour and best four finishes
from the CRA Super Series North races. Elliott also plans to compete for the CRA
Southern Six-Pack Tour Championship.
The Bill Elliott Racing team wants to make sure Chase has plenty of events to
use towards the National Championship so their plans as of right now are to
compete in all six of the CRA Southern Six-Pack Tour events in 2011, and in 10
CRA Super Series North events.
The North events include the North season opener on April 16th at Anderson
Speedway, May 1st at Winchester Speedway, May 22nd at Baer Field Speedway, June
12th at Lucas Oil Raceway, the June 21st Rowdy 251 at Berlin Raceway, the August
1st Redbud 300 at Anderson Speedway, August 19th at Dixie Motor Speedway,
September 5th at Winchester Speedway, October 2nd at Lucas Oil Raceway and Chase
will defend his victory in last year’s Winchester 400 on October 16th at
Winchester Speedway.
Chase’s next CRA event will be The Rattler 250 at South Alabama Speedway on
March 6th, it is the second event of the CRA Southern Six-Pack Tour. He also
plans to compete in the Southern Six-Pack Tour events on September 17th at
Gresham Motorsports Park and the November 5th North/South Shootout, as well as
the two Tour events that have yet to be scheduled. He will also compete in two
JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by GM Performance Parts events in 2011. Those
events will include the September 10th event at Berlin Raceway and the October
2nd event at Lucas Oil Raceway.
“We are very excited to have Chase Elliott competing for the CRA National Super
Late Model Championship,” remarked R.J. Scott, Managing Partner of CRA. “He had
a tremendous 2010 season, and started off the 2011 season with a big win. It
says a lot to have him competing in so many CRA events in 2011, we greatly
appreciate the effort the whole team will put in to compete in those events!”
Elliott will also defend his Gulf Coast Championship Series title as well as his
Championships in the Blizzard Series at Five Flags Speedway and the Miller Lite
Series at Mobile International Speedway as well as selected USAR Pro Cup events.
It will be a busy year of racing for the Georgia teenager as he continues to
look to add wins and Championships to his racing resume. Chase’s CRA events will
be sponsored primarily by Aaron’s again in 2011, along with support from Red
Bull and Ford Racing. More information on Chase Elliott is available at
www.chaseelliott.com.
More information on all the CRA Series is available at
www.craracing.net.
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