KAEDING EYES REPEAT "BUCKEYE NATIONALS" TITLE AT LIMA, ELDORA; STEELE TOPS IRP 30_LAPPER, WINCHESTER'S "IRWIN" RACE RAINED OUT

JUNE 13, 2005

             Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. is the defending champion of 
the "Buckeye Nationals" USAC Valvoline Sprint Car events, scheduled this 
weekend at Lima and Rossburg, Ohio. Kaeding scored a victory in the series 
opener at Attica, Ohio last year.

             Friday night's races are at the Limaland Motorsports Park in 
Lima, while Saturday night's races are at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg. 
Each night's program includes USAC National Sprint Car and Midget racing.

             Dave Steele of Tampa, Fla. captured Thursday night's 30-lap 
race at Indianapolis Raceway Park, leading all but the first two laps in 
his Mopar/West Coast Roofing & Waterproofing Beast/Mopar. The win was 
Steele's 11th at IRP but the first in a Sprint car in more than five years.

             Trailing Steele to the checkered flag at IRP were Bobby Santos 
III, Bobby East, Josh Wise and Kyle Nicholas, while series point leader Jay 
Drake took 12th. Drake leads Dave Darland, who led the first two laps at 
IRP, by 14 points in the new standings.

             Darland owns five "Buckeye Nationals" feature victories since 
2002, just one shy of all-time leader J.J. Yeley's six. Wise and Drake are 
the defending Lima and Eldora winners respectively.

             Rains forced postponement of Sunday's scheduled "Kenny Irwin 
Memorial" race at the Winchester (Ind.) Speedway. Track and USAC officials 
are hopeful of rescheduling the race later in the 2005 season.

USAC VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

1.-Jay Drake-358
2.-Dave Darland-344
3.-Levi Jones-302
4.-Bud Kaeding-300
5.-Mat Neely-261
6.-Josh Wise-244
7.-Jerry Coons, Jr.-199
8.-Dave Steele-191
9.-Tom Hessert III-187
10.-Tracy Hines-184