4/19/10
ERA supermodifieds anticipating best year in recent memory
By Keith Shampine
LITTLETON, Colo. – The supermodifieds of the Englewood Racing Association will roar into
action May 29 with their 2010 opener at Colorado National Speedway. The CNS opener begins a
10-race schedule for the Denver-based series. The ERA will visit CNS eight more times between
June and Oct. 2. A June 19 date at Pueblo, Colorado’s I-25 Speedway is ERA’s lone date away
from CNS.
The ERA is riding the momentum of one of its best seasons ever in 2009. Averaging 16 cars a
race, the group continued its recent re-emergence as a respectable and competitive series with
CNS as its home track. ERA racers and officials agree that 2010 marks the series’ best schedule
and expected car count in recent history.
“This absolutely looks to be a terrific year for us,” ERA racer Joe Priselac said. “The schedule is
solid and the field, both in strength and in numbers, is one of the best I can remember, and clearly
the best in several years. The top 10 from last year’s points are all returning. There are at least a
half-dozen teams that have the chance to win races, and the championship.”
Notable drivers who will likely be knocking on the door for race wins in 2010 include back-to-back
ERA champion Rich Castor Jr., 2009 feature winners Nick Haygood and Johnny Pickard, and top
contenders Harold Evans, Larry LaPoint and Priselac.
ERA runs 25- and 30-lap features at the three-eighths-mile CNS and quarter-mile I-25. The field is
mostly made up of west coast-style, 410 small-block-powered supermodifieds; a handful of
asphalt sprint cars also compete.
Most ERA teams are located in the Denver area. The series has been intact since the 1960s, when
supermodifieds and other open-wheel cars began racing at the now closed Englewood (Colo.)
Speedway.
To learn more about the ERA, visit http://erasupermodifieds.tripod.com/home.html.
ERA supermodifieds anticipating best year in recent memory
By Keith Shampine
LITTLETON, Colo. – The supermodifieds of the Englewood Racing Association will roar into
action May 29 with their 2010 opener at Colorado National Speedway. The CNS opener begins a
10-race schedule for the Denver-based series. The ERA will visit CNS eight more times between
June and Oct. 2. A June 19 date at Pueblo, Colorado’s I-25 Speedway is ERA’s lone date away
from CNS.
The ERA is riding the momentum of one of its best seasons ever in 2009. Averaging 16 cars a
race, the group continued its recent re-emergence as a respectable and competitive series with
CNS as its home track. ERA racers and officials agree that 2010 marks the series’ best schedule
and expected car count in recent history.
“This absolutely looks to be a terrific year for us,” ERA racer Joe Priselac said. “The schedule is
solid and the field, both in strength and in numbers, is one of the best I can remember, and clearly
the best in several years. The top 10 from last year’s points are all returning. There are at least a
half-dozen teams that have the chance to win races, and the championship.”
Notable drivers who will likely be knocking on the door for race wins in 2010 include back-to-back
ERA champion Rich Castor Jr., 2009 feature winners Nick Haygood and Johnny Pickard, and top
contenders Harold Evans, Larry LaPoint and Priselac.
ERA runs 25- and 30-lap features at the three-eighths-mile CNS and quarter-mile I-25. The field is
mostly made up of west coast-style, 410 small-block-powered supermodifieds; a handful of
asphalt sprint cars also compete.
Most ERA teams are located in the Denver area. The series has been intact since the 1960s, when
supermodifieds and other open-wheel cars began racing at the now closed Englewood (Colo.)
Speedway.
To learn more about the ERA, visit http://erasupermodifieds.tripod.com/home.html.
