Ken Schrader To Wheel Vaden Chevrolet Modified Sunday At Duck River

CARTERSVILLE, GA – NASCAR Legend Ken Schrader of Fenton, MO will drive the #9 Vaden Chevrolet Modified Sportsman owned by Mike Vaughn Racing of Cartersville, GA this Sunday at Duck River Raceway Park in Lewisburg, TN. The Division was developed by Schrader and Mike Vaughn, who founded the Crate Racin’ USA Series in 2005 and owned it through 2018.

The ride is a familiar one for Schrader over the past three seasons as he has scored many top five finishes highlighted by a victory in 2021 at Rome Speedway in Rome, GA. 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.”

Schrader’s 2023 racing season just got a lot busier than usual. Schrader has been named as a participant in the Nationally televised Superstar Racing Experience (SRX) Series. Schrader served as a Set Up Specialist and Test Driver for the first two SRX seasons, but for 2023, he will compete against the top drivers from several different motorsports genres.

SRX will feature six races with four on asphalt and two on dirt every Thursday night from July 13 through August 17 on ESPN’s Thursday Night Thunder. Drivers from NASCAR, Indy Car, Sports Car Racing and Short Track Racing will compete in the SRX events.

The 350 horsepower all-steel economical Chevrolet Performance 602 engine in the #9 Mike Vaughn Racing Modified race car comes right out of the crate from Vaden Chevrolet in Savannah, GA ready for competition. For more information or to place an order with free next day delivery anywhere in the Southeast, call Rick Freeman at Vaden Chevrolet at 833-823-3678.

The Vaden Chevrolet Open-Wheel Modifieds are also sponsored by Chevrolet Performance, Hoosier Racing Tires, KRC Power Steering, David Smith Carburetors, Lightning Chassis, Federated Auto Parts, Gresham Race Parts, Schoenfeld Headers, Bert Transmissions, and Mike Vaughn’s Auto Exchange.