Tindal Take Home Victory at Paducah

PCRA Late model Series logo White 300x108 Tindal Take Home Victory at Paducah PADUCAH, Ky. (May 11) — Taking over when race-long leader Tait Davenport ran into trouble on the last lap, John Tindal of Fancy Farm, Ky., won Friday’s Pro Crate Racers of American event at Paducah International Raceway. Tindal earned $1,000 for the victory over the 31-car field.

Davenport, of Paducah, limped home in second spot behind his fellow front-row starter. Sixth-starting Ricky Waggoner of Martin, Tenn., third third followed by Mark Oller of Highland, Ill., and Steve Cole of Benton, Ill.
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Scott Weber Takes PCRA Victory at Fayette County Speedway

IMG 20120427 2142481 300x225 Scott Weber Takes PCRA Victory at Fayette County SpeedwayBROWNSTOWN, Ill. (April 28) — Scott Weber of Festus, Mo., held off Mark Oller of Highland, Ill., for a victory in Friday’s Scott Credit Union Pro Crate Racers of America event at Fayette County Speedway. Weber earned $1,000 for the victory on the Mark Voigt-promoted Crate Late Model Tour.

Oller settled for second with Bobby Dauderman of Alhambra, Ill., in third. Billy Knebel Jr. of Pocohantas, Ill., and Clay Baumann of Highland rounded out the top five on the smooth track that was slick top to bottom.

Notes: Heat race winner Kolby Vandenbergh of Ashland, Ill., scratched from the third starting spot when he noticed a loose wheel before the green flag. … Scott Weber won a slide-job battle with Rick Salter early in the second heat on his way to winning the prelim. … Next up for PCRA is a May 11 event at Paducah (Ky.) International Raceway.

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It’s PCRA TIME! The Summer Tour launches into action this Friday at Fayette County Speedway

fayette country speedway logo Its PCRA TIME! The Summer Tour launches into action this Friday at Fayette County SpeedwayThe long winter is over and the Midwest premier UMP pro crate series takes flight this Friday night at the Fayette County Speedway.  The second season of the highly touted Late model tour will kick off on familiar grounds in Brownstown, IL as last year saw Nick Lyons win the PCRA’s first ever event on his way to the 2011 title.  The event will pay $1000 to win and $100 to start. The April 27th show will be the first of 13 slated events on the 2012 tour as drivers will fight for a share of the $10,000 point fund presented by Scott Credit Union!

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PCRA Releases Schedule with 5 New Venues for 2012 Season

The Midwest’s premier crate late model series, the PCRA, blasts into 2012 season with an exciting 12 race schedule!  New tour highlights include trips to the famed PIR in Paducah, Ky and a 2 day “fall brawl” weekend at kankakee speedway. The PCRA series will kick off the season on April 27th at Fayette County Speedway and conclude October 12th at Tricity Speedway on their Crate Championship weekend.  All series events will pay a minimum of $1000 to win and a $100 to start. The $10000 series point fund will again be up for grabs to the series top 10 competitors that attend 80% of the races.

Stay tuned to the pcralatemodelseries.com for announcement of additional race as we continue to work with local track for more events.  As always we encourage all competitors to contact series promoter Mark Voigt at 618-887-4706 with any questions or concerns.

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PCRA Dirt Late Model Series Debuts New Website

PCRA Late model Series logo White 300x108 PCRA Dirt Late Model Series Debuts New WebsiteThe PCRA Dirt Late Model Series debuted on the racing scene in 2011. In one short year series founders Deane and Mark Voigt who is known by most as a dirt late model pilot himself, were able to establish Pro Crate Racers of America as the premier racing series in the midwest. Nick Lyons went on to grab the inaugural championship title, however the series is excited to return to the tracks in 2012.

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PCRA 2011 Season Wrapup

Written By: Todd Turner

Pro Crate Racers of America founder Mark Voigt was pleased with the first season on the Illinois-based circuit, and he is confident things will improve in 2012. The first-year tour drew 125 drivers at 12 races at tracks in Illinois, Missouri and Kentucky, averaging 26 Crate Late Models per event. The Oct. 14 season finale at Tri-City Speedway alone drew 44 cars in an event won by Steve Lance Jr. of Cuba, Ill., while runner-up Nick Lyons of Centralia, Ill., wrapped up the first series championship.

“I’d like to thank everybody for making the PCRA successful the first year and I believe next year will be even better, as we have been in contact already with some of the race tracks.” said Voigt, a long-time dirt and ARCA racer who operates the series. “We were really happy with (the season). “We have more and more racers telling us they are planning to run the series next year.” Voigt said. “So I have really high hopes of higher car counts for next year, and to have more races, too.”

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Nick Lyons engine tear down results after PCRA finale

On Sunday, October 16th, engine builder Claude Walker of Part Stop in Bethalto, Ill., inspected the championship-winning engine of Nick Lyons including the valves, ports, crank and more. A Kehrer team member was on hand to witness the inspection and everything was found to be legal. “We completely disassembled it … it passed with flying colors,” Voigt said. “The PCRA congratulates Nick Lyons on his hard-fought victory. They represented our series well and did a good job.”

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Steve Lance, Jr. captures PCRA win at Tri-City Speedway! Nick Lyons earns PCRA Championship!


Steve Lance Jr. captures PCRA win at Tri City Speedway Nick Lyons earns PCRA Championship 300x200 Steve Lance, Jr. captures PCRA win at Tri City Speedway! Nick Lyons earns PCRA Championship!
Steve Lance, Jr.

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Tri City Speedway — Pontoon Beach, IL
Race Results for 10/14/2011

PCRA Late Models – A-Main — 44 Cars
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 25 Steve Lance Jr Cuba, IL
2 8X Nick Lyons Centralia, IL
3 USA1 Rick Salter (L) Albers, IL
4 48 Bobby Martintoni (C) Livingston, IL
5 18D Bobby Dauderman Alhambra, IL
6 87 Jason Zobrist Highland, IL
7 20 Dustin Griffin (C) Camp Point, IL
8 8BALL Scott Weber Festus, MO
9 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
10 01 Casey Montague Lebanon, IL
11 112 Tim Ratajczyk (L) Millstadt, IL
12 11 Gordy Gundaker (LRC) St. Charles, MO
13 5H Jeremy Hines Seymour, IN
14 4T Matt Taylor Springfield, IL
15 67 Mark Oller Highland, IL
16 55 Daniel Heck Mount Vernon, IL
17 72 Brad Yotter (C) Worden, IL
18 33H Roben Huffman Clinton, IL
19 56 Aaron Heck Mount Vernon, IL
20 350 Ed Dixon Washington, MO
21 r52 Rylan Dagg (C) Wayne City, IL

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Nick Lyons captures both Flip/Flop 50 features at Belle-Clair Speedway

Nick Lyons captures both FlipFlop 50 features at Belle Clair Speedway 300x200 Nick Lyons captures both Flip/Flop 50 features at Belle Clair Speedway

Written By: Todd Turner

BELLEVILLE, Ill. (Oct. 8th) — Nick Lyons of Centralia, Ill., pocketed $3,000 on Saturday at Belle-Clair Speedway for two victories in the King Edwards Flip Flop 50, a sweep that moved him into the points lead on the Pro Crate Racers of America tour.

Lyons earned $1,000 for capturing the night’s opening 25-lap feature, and after a 10-car inversion for the following 50-lapper, Lyons earned another $1,000 victory. He pocketed a $1,000 bonus for the sweep in the season-ending event at the fifth-mile oval.

In the opening feature, Clay Baumann and Mike Hammerle started on the front row and battled early with Bobby Dauderman. Lyons was in the mix soon enough and took the lead on the 17th lap, just before a caution for Aaron Heck, who got into the wall. Lyons led the rest of the way, taking the checkers ahead of Dauderman, Hammerlee, Michael Kloos and Tom Carson.

The second feature was set by inverting the top 10 finishers of the first feature, then adding 10 more drivers from a pair of consolation races.

Lyons started in the fifth row and chased the leaders through the early stages before a lap-17 caution when Carson got into the wall and flipped his car.

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PCRA to take flight at the FLIP/FLOP Fifty at Belle-Claire Speedway

$3000 will be up for grabs October 8th as Belle-Claire Speedway will host the inaugural “FLIP/FLOP 50″ presented by King Edwards Chicken! The best Crate late models in the Midwest will be doing battle in dual $1000 to win features with a possible $1000 dollar bonus if a driver can win both features! Bobby Dauderman will be defending his tight series point lead over Nick Lyons with 3 races remaining. Dick Taylor will be riding high coming off of his latest PCRA victory at Popular Bluff and look for the bull ring’s legend Mike “the yellow bear” Hammerle to challenge for the top prize. Racing will start at 7p.m. and all drivers need to allow for prerace tech.

As always, we ask all racers that have any questions or concerns to contact Mark at 618-887-4706 and make sure to visit the PCRA at www.pcralatemodelseries.com for further details.

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