BROWNSTOWN, 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.

Scott Credit Union PCRA @ Fayette County: (1) Scott Weber, (2) Mark Oller, (3) Bobby Dauderman, (4) Billy Knebel Jr., (5) Clay Baumann, (6) Roben Huffman, (7) Tim Ratajczyk, (8) Rick Salter, (9) John Cory, (10) Jeff Walston, (11) Dick Taylor, (12) Jordan Suhre, (13) Jason Suhre, (14) Drew Marshall, (15) Matt Koch, (16) Kyle McMahon, (17) Braden Johnson, (18) Matthew Chasteen, (19) Brian Heizer. Scratched: Kolby Vandenbergh. Heat race winners (among 20 cars): Vandenbergh, Weber, Knebel.

We would like to thank Fayette County Speedway, Charlie Depew and staff. Scott Credit Union, Bell Helmet, Bilstien, Wilwood, Wick Racing Fuel / VP racing fuel, Peterson aluminum, Race Lift Inc, Vogit Racing Inc, Allstar Proformance, Hoosier Tire, Rocket Chassis, MPM Industries Hooker Harness, Hinchmann, Hyperco, Real Wheels.

Story by: Todd Turner Dirt on Dirt

PCRA at Fayette County Speedway

Voigt Racing Inc. Heat #1
1.15 Kolby Vandenbergh 2. 77 Clay Baumann 3. 67  Mark Oller 4. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 5. 4 Jason Suhre 6. 15S Jordan Suhre 7.14 Braden Johnson

Rocket Chassis Heat #2
1. (8) Scott Weber 2. 18 Bobby Dauderman 3.  USA1 Rick Salter 4. 56 Jeff Walston 5. 24 Dick Taylor 6. 45 Kyle McMahon 7. 9D7 Brian Heizer

Hoosier Tire Heat #3
1. 52 Billy Knebel Jr 2. 33H Roben Huffman 3. 20 John Cory 4. 96 Matt Koch 5. 83 Drew Marshall 6. 99S Matthew Chasteen

Scott  Credit Union Feature
1. (8) Scott Weber 2. 67 Mark Oller 3. 18 Bobby Dauderman 4. 52 Billy Knebel Jr. 5. 77 Clay Baumann 6. 33H Roben Huffman 7. 112 Tim Ratajczyk 8. USA1 Rick Salter 9. 20 John Cory 10. 56 Jeff Walston 11. 24 Dick Taylor 12.15S Jordan Suhre 13. 4 Jason Suhre 14. 83 Drew Marshall 15. 96 Matt Koch 16. 45 Kyle McMahon 17. 14Braden Johnson 18. 99S Matthew Chasteen. 19. 9D7 Brian Heizer 20. 15 Kolby Vandenberg

For more information please visit PCRALateModelSeries.com

The 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!

Pits open at 5 p.m. ~ Grandstands open at 5 p.m.
Draw closes at 7 p.m. ~ Hot Laps at 7 p.m. ~ Racing immediately following hot laps
Please get there early enough to go through Pre-tech and to draw your pill at the PCRA Trailer

Tire Rule LM40 or WRS-55 all tires must Durometer 60 or harder.
All ignition boxs Must be capable with running a ignition chip. All chips will be furnished by the PCRA at the event.
If you run a 604 you must weigh 2,400 lbs if you run a 602 you must weigh 2,250 lbs
No Canister shocks

If you have any Questions please call Mark Voigt 618-887-4706

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.

2012 Schedule

Friday April 27th Fayette County Speedway Brownstown, IL

Friday May 11th Paducah International Raceway Paducah, KY

Saturday May 12th Clarksville Speedway Clarksville, TN

Friday May 18th Tri-City Speedway Pontoon Beach, IL

Saturday May 19th St. Francis County Speedway Farmington, MO

Friday May 25th Fayette County Speedway Brownstown, IN

Sunday May 27th Windy Hollow Speedway Owensboro, KY

Friday June 1st Lincoln Speedway Lincoln, IL

Saturday July 21st Spoon River Speedway Canton, IL

Friday September 21st Kankakee Speedway Kankakee, IL

Saturday September 22nd Kankakee Speedway Kankakee, IL

Friday September 28th Belle Clair Speedway Belleville, IL

Friday October 12th Tri-City Speedway Pontoon Beach, IL

The PCRA Series is happy to announce a new partnership with Walters Web Design and together we are pleased to release the dirt late model series website design. Please log on at http://www.PCRALateModelSeries.com to browse the new website.

Please check back to the new series website regularly for new announcements pre 2012 season. While an official event schedule has not been released you can expect one in the near future. Once the new season rolls to a start be sure to catch up on race results and reports as well as new photos that will be posted regularly.

Motorsports design team http://www.WaltersWebDesign.com the manufacturer of this new website is excited to announce the new partnership with Pro Crate Racers of America and we look forward to working with the series far into the future.

The PCRA Series would like to thank their current sponsors. These include; Simpson Race Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes, Pac-Clad Peterson Aluminum, Rocket Chassis, Hypercoil Springs, Bilstein Shocks and Walters Web Design.

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities with Pro Crates Racers of America, please visit the series website for contact information. They would be happy to go in to detail with you about how motorsports marketing can help to grow your business.

The PCRA Dirt Late Model Series can be found on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PCRALateModelSeries and on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/PCRALateModels .

For more information on motorsports design team Walters Web Design please visit us online at http://www.WaltersWebDesign.com . To receive the latest race team news, photos, videos, results, website and graphic releases please follow us on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/WaltersWeb and we are also on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/WaltersWebDesign .

You can follow the latest news, results and media on the new PCRA website http://www.PCRALateModelSeries.com .

About Pro Crate Racers of America
PCRA is a dirt crate late model touring series found traditionally at race tracks in the Midwest. The series was founded in 2011 by late model racer Mark Voigt and his wife Deane, both of which have been involved in the dirt racing scene for over 30 years. The series provides cost effective and professional touring competition.

About Walters Web Design
Founded in 2004, Walters Web Design specializes in motorsports website development and graphic design. We use advertising and social marketing to help facilitate visitors and potential customers to all our client websites. “We take pride in all of our customer websites and we want each design to be better than our last. We feel this is what has put us above all the rest in our industry.” Walters Web Design is pleased to partner with ‘Pro Crate Racers of America’ for the first year and we look forward to working with them far into the future.

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.”

Voigt expects return trips to Tri-City, Brownstown, Belleville in IL, Black River Race Park in Poplar Bluff, Ill., and Windy Hollow Speedway in Owensboro, Ky., to name a few. He’s going to be working hard this winter on a 20-race schedule of eight to ten weekends, with a combination of two- or three-race weekends, is what Voigt hopes to complete for 2012. A tight-knit schedule helps with travel and allows drivers to plan ahead for vacation schedules.

“That’s my perfect scenario,” he said.

There were ups and downs in car counts, a few rough spots — and Voigt had a learning curve in switching to series director mode instead of driver mode. “I have more respect for all the promoters than anybody. Everyone needs to stand on that side of the fence once, because it’s totally different.”

Voigt was particularly pleased with the technical inspections on the series all the way down to the season-ending inspection of the champion’s powerplant. “I’m really proud of everything,” Voigt said. “I think everybody was pretty happy with the tech procedures. We check tires, and tried to stay on top of it, and I think everybody felt like they raced on a level playing field. “All in all, I was pretty happy. I thought we had a good season. I think it proves this series will work in this part of the country.”

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

PCRA Late Models – B-Main 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 V50 Chad Zobrist (L) Highland, IL
2 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
3 72 Brad Yotter (C) Worden, IL
4 08 Jake Griffin Quincy, IL
5 74C John Crenshaw (C) Madison, IL
6 69 Ron Wick ,
7 4G Bob Gardner Germantown, IL
8 11X Brian Murphy Jefferson City, MO
9 96 Matt Koch Highland, IL
10 21 Andy Beavers Alton, IL
11 17B Matt Beadles Clinton, IL
12 74H Tim Hancock (C) Granite City, IL
13 4 Jason Suhre Alhambra, IL DNS
14 16 Garrett Britton West Frankfort, IL DNS

PCRA Late Models – B-Main 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 55 Daniel Heck Mount Vernon, IL
2 4T Matt Taylor Springfield, IL
3 36G Eric Gowin Jerseyville, IL
4 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO
5 95N Jeremy Nash Marine, IL
6 15 Kolby Vandenbergh Ashland, IL
7 C7 Matt Weidner Highland, IL
8 4E Scott Geaschel Collinsville, IL
9 21G Robert Goodman Chillicothe, IL
10 14 Braden Johnson Moweaqua, IL
11 3 Craig Bessinger (C) Pacific, MO
12 6 Bob Barth Highland, IL DNS
13 6W Brad Willis Jr Morton, IL DNS
14 r52 Rylan Dagg (C) Wayne City, IL DNS

PCRA Late Models – Heat 1
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 67 Mark Oller Highland, IL
2 USA1 Rick Salter (L) Albers, IL
3 8X Nick Lyons Centralia, IL
4 01 Casey Montague Lebanon, IL
5 112 Tim Ratajczyk (L) Millstadt, IL
6 72 Brad Yotter (C) Worden, IL
7 6 Bob Barth Highland, IL
8 17B Matt Beadles Clinton, IL
9 C7 Matt Weidner Highland, IL
10 14 Braden Johnson Moweaqua, IL
11 6W Brad Willis Jr Morton, IL

PCRA Late Models – Heat 2
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 8BALL Scott Weber Festus, MO
2 18D Bobby Dauderman Alhambra, IL
3 56 Aaron Heck Mount Vernon, IL
4 11 Gordy Gundaker (LRC) St. Charles, MO
5 16H Mike Hammerle Saint Charles, MO
6 95N Jeremy Nash Marine, IL
7 21G Robert Goodman Chillicothe, IL
8 69 Ron Wick ,
9 15 Kolby Vandenbergh Ashland, IL
10 4E Scott Geaschel Collinsville, IL
11 96 Matt Koch Highland, IL

PCRA Late Models – Heat 3
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 87 Jason Zobrist Highland, IL
2 25 Steve Lance Jr Cuba, IL
3 5H Jeremy Hines Seymour, IN
4 33H Roben Huffman Clinton, IL
5 4G Bob Gardner Germantown, IL
6 21 Andy Beavers Alton, IL
7 74H Tim Hancock (C) Granite City, IL
8 74C John Crenshaw (C) Madison, IL
9 4 Jason Suhre Alhambra, IL
10 3 Craig Bessinger (C) Pacific, MO
11 4T Matt Taylor Springfield, IL DQ

PCRA Late Models – Heat 4
Finish Car No Driver Hometown
1 20 Dustin Griffin (C) Camp Point, IL
2 350 Ed Dixon Washington, MO
3 48 Bobby Martintoni (C) Livingston, IL
4 24 Dick Taylor Riverton, IL
5 55 Daniel Heck Mount Vernon, IL
6 36G Eric Gowin Jerseyville, IL
7 V50 Chad Zobrist (L) Highland, IL
8 r52 Rylan Dagg (C) Wayne City, IL
9 11X Brian Murphy Jefferson City, MO
10 16 Garrett Britton West Frankfort, IL
11 08 Jake Griffin Quincy, IL

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.

Baumann and Daniel Heck where swaping the lead at the half way point. When Dauderman was in third when a wreck put a hole in his car’s radiator, knocking him out of the race and leaving Mark Oller and Lyons to duke it out.

Oller and Lyons made contact, leaven Oller’s car with front-end damage. During a caution for Evan Fink, Oller retaliated against Lyons and was black-flagged.

Lyons took the lead for good on the 30th lap and took the checkered flag over Daniel Heck, Bobby Martintoni, Clay Baumann and Michael Kloos.

Notes: The series has drawn 113 entrants in its first season. … Rick Salter’s team changed a transmission after the first feature before winning a consolation race. … Hyperco Hard Charger honors went to Michael Kloos (first feature) and Tim Ratajczyk (second feature. … Heading into the season finale at Tri-City Speedway, Nick Lyons (948) leads Bobby Dauderman (916) and Tim Ratajczyk (756) in the points chase.

King Edwards Chicken Flip Flip 50 (first feature): (1) Nick Lyons, (2) Bobby Dauderman, (3) Mike Hammerle, (4) Michael Kloos, (5) Tom Carson, (6) Mark Oller, (7) Bobby Martintoni, (8) Daniel Heck, (9) Clay Baumann, (10) Dick Taylor, (11) Matt Taylor, (12) Ray Emling, (13) Tim Ratajczyk, (14) Tim Hancock, (15) Billy Knebel, (16) Evan Fink, (17) Rick Salter, (18) Rylan Dagg, (19) Jordan Bauer, (20) Aaron Heck, (21) Jeremy Nash. Heat race winners (among 33 cars): Baumann, Oller, Lyons, Hammerle. Consolation winners: Knebel, Ratajczyk. Provisional starter: D. Taylor.

King Edwards Flip Flip 50 (second feature): (1) Nick Lyons, (2) Daniel Heck, (3) Bobby Martintoni, (4) Clay Baumann, (5) Michael Kloos, (6) Tim Ratajczyk, (7) Jeremy Nash, (8) Dick Taylor, (9) Billy Knebel, (10) Ed Dixon, (11) Mike Hammerle, (12) Brad Yotter, (13) Evan Fink, (14) Chad Zobrist, (15) Rylan Dagg, (15) Jason Suhre, (16) John Cory, (17) Mark Oller, (18) Bobby Dauderman, (19) Rick Salter, (20) Tom Carson. Consolation winner: Dixon, Salter.

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.