Earl's Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 17, 2005
Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER

JONES, RODELA CLOSER TO EARL'S TITLES

                 Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. and Jerome Rodela of El Monte, 
Calif. are closer to 2005 Earl's Fast Qualifier championships following 
races in USAC's Valvoline National Sprint Car and Western Midget Car Series 
this past weekend.

                 Rodela was the fastest qualifier for Saturday night's 
Midget race at Ventura, Calif. and holds an 18-point lead over Garrett 
Hansen in the Western Midget Earl's points with just two races remaining. 
Jones was the sixth fastest qualifier for Sunday's "Rich Vogler Classic" 
Sprint race at Winchester, Ind. but has a 13-point lead over Jay Drake in 
that series' Earl's FQ points entering final events in California in 
November. Tracy Hines was Sunday's fastest Winchester qualifier.

                 Earl's points will be up for grabs this week in races at 
Perris, Calif. (CRA Sprint Cars) and Shenandoah, Va. (Carolina/Virginia 
Focuses).

                 Points are awarded at each USAC event based on an 
international system awarding the top-six qualifiers with points in the 
following scale: 1st-9, 2nd-6, 3rd-4, 4th-3, 5th-2, 6th-1. When qualifying 
is not held for Ford Focus events, points are awarded based on a system of 
lineup points earned in the preliminary heats.

                 Each USAC National, Western and Ford Focus Midget Car 
Earl's Plumbing FQ Champion will be honored at USAC's Champions Night 
ceremony in Indianapolis. The National and Western FQ champs will receive 
$5,000 each, while the Ford Focus FQ champs will each receive $1,000.

2005 Standings:

Weld Racing Silver Crown: 1-Josh Wise-38; 2-Dave Steele-31; 3-Bobby 
East-27; 4-Tracy Hines-24; 5-Dave Darland-18.

Valvoline National Sprint Car: 1-Levi Jones-71; 2-Jay Drake-58; 3-Bobby 
East-43; 4-Josh Wise-41; 5-Justin Marvel-30.

National Midget Car: 1-Michael Lewis-33; 2-Josh Wise & Jerry Coons Jr.-27; 
4-Billy Wease-25; 5-Bobby East-21.

Valvoline Western Sprint Car: 1-Tony Hunt-44; 2-Kody Swanson-42; 3-Brian 
McClish-38; 4-Mike Murgoitio-34; 5-Tim Barber-27.

Western Midget Car: 1-Jerome Rodela-45; 2-Garrett Hansen-27; 3-Michael 
Lewis & Wally Pankratz-21; 5-Robby Flock-19.

Valvoline CRA Sprint Car: 1-Damion Gardner-200; 2-Rip Williams-72; 
3-Charles Davis, Jr.-66; 4-Cory Kruseman-54; 5-Rickie Gaunt-50.

Midwest Ford Focus: 1-Tate Martz-96; 2-Stephanie Mockler & James 
Robertson-47; 4-Derek Fisher-36; 5-Jordan Noblitt-25.

California Ford Focus: 1-Alex Harris-112; 2-Chase Barber-70; 3-Benny Moon & 
Chris Veach-62; 5-Robbie Whitchurch-61.

Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus: 1-Chase Scott-73; 2-Robbie Ray-44; 3-Aron 
Oakley-26; 4-Michael Sboro-25; 4-Mike Ward-22.

Oklahoma Ford Focus: 1-Jasiel Randolph-18; 2-Dustin Morgan-17; 3-Evan 
Sewell-16; 4-Leon Bacon-15; 5-Chett Gehrke-14.

Northeast Ford Focus: 1-Stephanie Stevens-37; 2-Nick Wean-36; 3-Jeff 
Abold-32; 4-Brit Andersen-25; 5-Ryan Smith-20.