NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Presented by Chevrolet Performance will return to Ohio’s Toledo Speedway on July 26, the two sides announced Tuesday.
It’ll be the series’ first trip back to the half-mile oval since 2011. Home of the ASA STARS National Tour Glass City 200, the USAC Silver Crown Rollie Beale Classic and the ARCA Menards Series National Tour Championship event, the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour adds to the list of blockbuster events scheduled at the Buckeye battleground.
In 2011, the JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour was born, bringing Midwest pro late model teams a place to race. Toledo became the site of the inaugural event on April 25, 2011, pulling in 39 entries.
The first corner of JEGS Tour history didn’t go quite as planned, when then-teenagers Karl Weber and Cody Coughlin tangled in the first turn collecting many contenders including former NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competitor, Jack Smith and soon to be two-time JEGS/CRA All-Stars Tour Champion, Dan Leeck.
Now NASCAR star, Erik Jones accompanied winningest JEGS Tour driver, Brian Campbell to the green flag ahead of the 32-car field. Jones led the first 14 rotations before Campbell began to dominate the event. A total of seven cautions littered the first JEGS Tour race, including one that set up a three0lap dash to the checkered flag. Campbell held off Eddie Hoffman and Jones to collect the win.