SALEM, Ind. – Champion Racing Ass’n Powered by JEGS officials have announced that VanDoorn Racing Development will partner with CRA as the sponsor of the VanDoorn Racing Development Rookie of the Year Award with the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models.

VanDoorn Racing Development will award a VRD Bare Chassis to the highest finishing registered rookie in the Chase for the Championship with the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models. VanDoorn Racing Development has been a supporter of CRA at some level since the 2014 season.

The Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models will use the same Chase for the Championship playoff format that CRA has successfully used with its other four divisions since the 2017 season.

The final three scheduled races will be utilized as the playoffs or Chase events. Prior to the start of the three races, the regular season points champion and the top-five teams in wins (then points) that have attended 70 percent of the points events are eligible for the Chase.

Prior to the season’s last event, the regular season points champion and the top-two Chase for the Championship teams in wins (then points) during the Chase and were at all Chase events, will race for the season’s championship, with the highest finishing team in that event declared the season’s champion.

“We think the Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models is going to continue to grow each year and become one of the top series in CRA,” remarked Butch VanDoorn. “2019 was a great first season for the series, there is already more interest for the 2020 season. There are some really good rookie drivers racing with the series this season and we are happy to be able to support the series with the Rookie of the Year Award.”

“We appreciate VanDoorn Racing Development coming on board to sponsor this award,” remarked Glenn Luckett, Managing Partner of CRA. “Johnny and Butch have both been huge supporters of CRA, both as racers and as sponsors for a long time. It’s great to see how those guys have continued to be so competitive on the track and how they have grown their business!”

Victory Custom Trailers CRA Junior Late Models registered rookies for the 2020 season to date include Iowa native Kody King, Indiana natives Jordon Riddick and Nash Engdahl, Kansas native Dalton Turpin, Michigan natives Mason Surgener and Keegan Sobilo, and Ohio native Carson Lucas.