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If the following text-only file is not easily readable, particularly any tables of numbers, try enlarging this window since every line has a forced end and there is no word-wrap. Otherwise, this report will look and print better from the following PDF file: http://www.sportssystems.com/applib/PDFload.cfm?file=/email/filehost/CW590.pdf&id=BC590CWAHA342 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Highways 37 and 121 * Sonoma, Calif. * 707-938-8448 * fax: 707-938-8691* www.infineonraceway.com Contact: John Cardinale (707) 933-3907 NASCAR, NHRA, IRL Highlight 2005 Schedule at Infineon Raceway SONOMA, Calif. (IMMEDIATE RELEASE) - Infineon Raceway will feature the most diverse schedule of any racing facility in the country in 2005, including the first road- course race in the history of the IRL IndyCar® Series and the annual visit by the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series. The 2005 Big O Tires Racing Season will feature everything from the ground-pounding excitement of the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, to the open-wheel cars of the IRL to bicycles on the world-class road course and drag strip. For the 17th consecutive year, the season will be headlined by the Dodge/Save Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup, June 24-26, the highest-attended single-day sporting event in Northern California. This will mark one of just two road-course events on the NASCAR schedule for 2005. Jeff Gordon will look for his fifth career victory on the 10-turn, 1.99-mile serpentine circuit. The speed and power of the NHRA will also return for the 18th consecutive year with the FRAM Autolite NHRA Nationals, presented by Supercuts, July 29-31. Track records were broken in nearly every category on Infineon Raceway's quarter-mile drag strip in 2004. The newest addition to the Infineon Raceway calendar will be the IRL IndyCar® Series, set to make its road-course debut, Aug. 26-28. This will mark the first road-course race in the history of the IRL since its inception in 1996. It will also mark the first major open-wheel race at Infineon Raceway since 1970. "I'm really looking forward to going road-course racing," said driver Tony Kanaan of Andretti Green Racing. "This is a beautiful part of the country and we'll put on a good show." Other premier events include the Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown, presented by Supercuts, featuring the best in motorcycle racing on the 12-turn road course, May 13-15, as well as the Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma American Le Mans Series, July 15-17. The Grand Prix will showcase some of the world's most exotic sports cars, including Porsche, Audi, Ferrari and Corvette. --MORE-- PAGE 2 Other events on the main-event calendar for 2005 are the 19th annual Jaguar Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races, presented by Bank of the West (June 4-5); Team Superstores NHRA Summernationals Division 7 Drag Races (July 2-3); and the 2nd annual Cougar Mountain Classic (Sept. 3-4). The Cougar Mountain Classic, which debuted at Infineon Raceway in May, 2004, as the California Outdoor Sports Championships, will feature the best in world-class cycling, including: road circuit racing, road criterion racing, road time trials, mountain bike cross country, mountain bike short track, and gravity disciplines featuring mountain cross and dual slalom. "We have worked hard to bring the very best in racing to our fans in Northern California," said Steve Page, president and general manager at Infineon Raceway. "From human powered bicycles to 6,000-horsepower Top Fuel dragsters, and everything in between, the '05 schedule will have something for every taste." Finally, a familiar event will return to the schedule in 2005 with the Goodguys Nostalgia Drag Races, April 23-24. Nostalgia dragsters combine the style of dragsters from the 1960s and 70s with some of the latest drag racing technology and safety equipment. Capable of covering the quarter-mile drag strip in 5.8 seconds at almost 250 mph, these tire-smoking machines are sure to provide exciting on-track action. The Goodguys did not compete at Infineon Raceway in 2004. In all, there will be nine great weekends of main-event action planned on both the twisting road course and world-class quarter-mile drag strip. 2005 MAJOR-EVENT SCHEDULE: Goodguys Nostalgia Drag Races:April 23-24. Kawasaki AMA Superbike Showdown: May 13-15. Jaguar Wine Country Classic Vintage Car Races: June 4-5. Dodge/Save Mart 350 NASCAR NEXTEL Cup: June 24-26. Team Superstores NHRA Summernationals Division 7 Drag Races: July 2-3. Infineon Grand Prix of Sonoma American Le Mans Series: July 15-17. FRAM Autolite NHRA Nationals: July 29-31. IRL IndyCar® Series: Aug. 26-28. Cougar Mountain Classic: Sept. 3-4. For ticket information, please call 800-870-RACE (7223) or visit www.infineonraceway.com. ###