Management from the Champion Racing Association (CRA), Salem Speedway, Anderson Speedway and the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway have announced a new rules alliance for the 2024 season.
The alliance will make it easier for competitors in the street stock series to race across the region without the complications of formatting their cars for each track’s rules.
The effort brings one of the most captivating grassroots racing divisions closer to a unified set of rules allowing locals and regional traveling drivers to more easily compete in events like the prestigious CRA Five Crown Series, King of the High Banks, Salem Halloween 200, and esteemed events at Anderson and Nashville.
Track Enterprises President, Bob Sargent spoke on the importance of bringing the Street Stock Series rule book more in line with the tracks that they visit throughout the season.
“CRA has been fortunate in having a strong Street Stock class for many years and I think it can get even stronger with some of our staple tracks working together for unified rules,” Sargent said. “This should really help build toward having bigger car counts for their weekly events in addition to our CRA races on their schedule,” stated Sargent.
The track owners and managers admit that the effort to present a unified rules package took some time but the outcome should benefit not only the tracks, but also the drivers and fans. It should also promote more participation from drivers at all tracks across the region. Nick Bohanon, owner of Salem Speedway echoed the sentiments.
Having a Street Stock Rules Alliance package is something that has been needed for a while,” Bohanon commented. “This should be a good deal for all of Street Stock racing in our region. I hope the competitors understand that this was a big undertaking and there was a lot of give and take from all sides to make this happen,” Bohanon finished.
The third track, and home of the CRA will again host weekly racing with the series and looks forward to the season.
“We are very excited to officially bring street stocks back to Anderson Speedway as a full-time division,” said Speedway VP of Operations, Jared Owen. “It was important for us to have a collaborative rules package for street stock teams to be able to compete at various race tracks throughout the 2024 season,” Owen concluded.
