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The California Racing Association (CRA) was a racing governing body which set rules and hosted Sprint car racing events in Southern California. The association was formed in the garage of Babe Ouse in 1945. Originally it was called the California Roadster Association. Ouse, a dry lakes record holder in a Marmon, was tired of racing against the clock and, with the help of and Emmett Malloy, built a race track blocks away from the dirt lot that would become Ascot Park. That first track was known as and were the driving forces behind both tracks and the CRA itself.Sprint cars were introduced in 1953 and the name was changed in 1957 to the California Racing Association, or CRA.

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rdfs:label	California Roadster Association (en)
rdfs:comment	The California Racing Association (CRA) was a racing governing body which set rules and hosted Sprint car racing events in Southern California. The association was formed in the garage of Babe Ouse in 1945. Originally it was called the California Roadster Association. Ouse, a dry lakes record holder in a Marmon, was tired of racing against the clock and, with the help of and Emmett Malloy, built a race track blocks away from the dirt lot that would become Ascot Park. That first track was known as and were the driving forces behind both tracks and the CRA itself.Sprint cars were introduced in 1953 and the name was changed in 1957 to the California Racing Association, or CRA. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	California Ventura Raceway Bobby Olivero Auto racing Dry lake Lealand McSpadden Oval track racing Racing Ascot Park (speedway) Sports governing bodies in the United States Marmon Motor Car Company Southern California Emmett Malloy Bubby Jones Ron Shuman dbr:Babe_Ouse Sprint car dbr:Carrell_Speedway dbr:Bill_Dehler dbr:Judge_Carrell_&_Christopher_J.C._Agajanian
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://web.archive.org/web/20110716105640/http:/www.racingwest.com/news/articles/19667-california-roadster-association-15th-annual.html
sameAs	California Roadster Association California Roadster Association California Roadster Association California Roadster Association
year closed	1994 (xsd:integer)
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headquarters	Ascot Park (speedway)
jurisdiction	California (en)
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sport	Oval track racing
has abstract	The California Racing Association (CRA) was a racing governing body which set rules and hosted Sprint car racing events in Southern California. The association was formed in the garage of Babe Ouse in 1945. Originally it was called the California Roadster Association. Ouse, a dry lakes record holder in a Marmon, was tired of racing against the clock and, with the help of and Emmett Malloy, built a race track blocks away from the dirt lot that would become Ascot Park. That first track was known as and were the driving forces behind both tracks and the CRA itself.Sprint cars were introduced in 1953 and the name was changed in 1957 to the California Racing Association, or CRA. In 1978, Gary Sokola became president and instituted several new safety measures, including the national 410 limit, the tire rule and padded roll cages. Sokola left the CRA to join the USAC and Frank Lewis took over. He would be the last president, as things declined for the sport shortly thereafter. Ascot raceway closed in 1990 and the CRA was left without a home track. Lewis tried expanding the sport across the state and various parts of the country, increasing the purse and spending thousands on advertising out of his pocket to keep the show going. In 1993, a scheduled race was cancelled at the Ventura Raceway. A majority of members formed the SCRA and honored the date. The CRA was suspended indefinitely in 1994 after just four races, with Bobby Michnowicz leading the point standings by one point over Leland McSpadden. No Champion was crowned. (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	Billy Vukovich III Brad Noffsinger List of driver deaths in motorsport Troy Ruttman Lealand McSpadden Edelbrock CRA Ron Shuman
is Wikipage disambiguates of	CRA
is title of	Brad Noffsinger Lealand McSpadden Ron Shuman
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