Travis Braden won his first career ARCA/CRA race, and took over the series points lead at Winchester Speedway on Saturday. Photo courtesy CRA Media
The legendary half mile high-banked paved oval of Winchester Speedway in Winchester, Indiana hosted the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS for the 37th time in series history in the running of the Winchester 100 on Saturday.
After two rain delays totaling over three hours in length and at the end of the evening, the 24th different winner in the tracks storied history emerged as 19-year-old Travis Braden, the 2012 Rookie of the Year, retook the lead from Kenny Tweedy on lap 31 and then the Wheeling, West Virginia driver held off 15-year-old Kyle Benjamin as well as a late charge from Terry Fisher Jr., to pick up his first career ARCA/CRA victory.
“We did it again, I can’t believe it,” said Braden. “After winning the JEGS/CRA (All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance race at Berlin Raceway on June 14) race two weeks ago and to win my first career ARCA/CRA Super Series race, it couldn’t have come at a better place. It’s unbelievable what this small team has been able to accomplish for me and I thinking it has only just begun for us.”
After 15-year-old freshman Anderson Bowen won his first career EDCO Welding Fast Qualifier Award, he then drew a five for an inversion which placed Braden and Tweedy on the front row. By taking the green flag, Tweedy became the all-time leader in career starts in the ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS with 213, one more than three-time series champion, Scott Hantz. However it would be Braden looking to spoil Tweedy’s celebration as he beat the crafty Hoosier State veteran to the first corner to take the early lead.
Tweedy wasn’t about to give up however as the Greenfield, Indiana veteran, who has started in all 36 ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS races at Winchester but has yet to visit victory lane at the historic high-banks, regrouped and drove by Braden on lap five to take over the top spot and even pulled away from the pole-sitter as he opened up a huge gap between himself and the rest of the field.
However, Braden patiently regrouped and kept Tweedy in his sights and as the two leaders approached the back of the lead lap cars, Braden was able to maneuver around both the slower traffic and eventually Tweedy to regain the point on lap 31. Tweedy began losing ground as a pair of 15-year-olds, Benjamin and Bowen, as well as veteran Rick Turner were all able to drive by Tweedy to advance their positions and set their sights on Braden.
Benjamin tried to keep up with Braden’s torrid pace and got one last chance at the race leader when the last of four cautions flew with 10 laps to go when Tweedy cut a right front tire and slammed the turn two wall ending his night. On the final restart, Terry Fisher Jr., who spun on the opening lap from his 10th starting position, charged through the field from the back of the pack and was able to drive around Benjamin for second and set his sights on Braden.
But by then Braden had built up his lead one more time and went on to become the second driver in CRA history to win his first career CRA sanctioned events, in ARCA/CRA and JEGS/CRA at Winchester joining Chase Elliott as the only other driver to do so.
“It’s about time man, I’m just so happy right now and to win our first Super Series race at Winchester, this is just unbelievable,” he said. “I can’t thank West Virginia University enough for coming on board with us this season. Since we turned the cars over to the blue and yellow colors, we’ve been really good everywhere we’ve gone and I knew it was only a matter of time.”
Terry Fisher, Jr. finished in second, with Kyle Benjamin in third, Rick Turner in fourth, and Mason Mingus in fifth.
The ARCA/CRA Super Series Powered by JEGS will take a few weekends off before coming back in a big way with the second jewel of the $100,000 JEGS Triple Crown Series in the running of the prestigious Stoops Freightliner Redbud 300, which is part of the Redbud 300 Weekend on Friday-Saturday, July 19-20 at the fast 1/4 (0.250) mile high-banked paved oval of Anderson Speedway in Anderson, Indiana.
For more information about the Champion Racing Association Powered by JEGS, visit cra-racing.com.
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ARCA/CRA Super Series
Winchester Speedway – Winchester, IN
Winchester 100 (Unofficial) – June 29, 2013
1. Travis Braden
2. Terry Fisher, Jr.
3. Kyle Benjamin
4. Rick Turner
5. Mason Mingus
6. Anderson Bowen
7. Ali Kern
8. Karl Weber
9. Jeff Fultz
10. Jay Niewiek
11. Damon Ecoff
12. Kenny Tweedy
13. Brandon Oakley
14. Austin Self
15. Nick Gullatta
16. Joe Beaver
17. Colin Nickolai
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