CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Former NASCAR star Ken Schrader will drive the Mike Vaughn Racing No. 9 Vaden Chevrolet Open-Wheel Modified for the $2,000-to-win Cabin Fever Race at Boyd’s Speedway. The event will take place on January 27-28.
The ride is a familiar one for Schrader over the past three seasons, as he’s had success highlighted by a victory in 2021 at Rome Speedway. The event will run under Crate Racin’ USA rules that were developed by Mike Vaughn, who founded the series in 2005 and owned it through 2018.
Vaughn gives Schrader credit for writing the Division’s rules in 2017, and ran its first season as a CRUSA Weekly Racing Series Division in 2018.
Schrader was able to deliver just what Vaughn wanted, an economical race car for the “Average Joe” featuring the Chevrolet Performance 602 Engine that is built and sealed at the factory to prevent any expensive modifications.
“When wanted to come up with an economical Division featuring the 350 horsepower all-steel Chevrolet Performance 602 Circle Track Engine for our Crate Racin’ USA Weekly Racing Series in 2017, I called my good friend Ken Schrader for some direction,” Vaughn said. “Schrader said he would write some rules for me that would be affordable for the Average Joe.”