GARDNER FQ AGAIN! NOW 75 PTS. AHEAD!

JUNE 13, 2005

                 Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. has had an unbelievable 
run of qualifying this season in the Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series. 
Saturday night he posted his 12th FQ in 14 tries this year, at Perris Auto 
Speedway. He's a runaway train in the 2005 Earl's Fast Qualifier standings, 
with a 75-point lead!

                 Other top Earl's points earners last week included Dave 
Steele (National Sprints at Indianapolis Raceway Park), Mike Murgoitio 
(Western Sprints at Eureka, Calif.), Wally Pankratz (Western Midgets at 
Ventura, Calif.), Benny Moon (California Focuses at Stockton), Tate Martz 
(Midwest Focuses at Kalamazoo, Mich.) and Chase Scott (Focuses at Stanley, 
N.C.)

                 Earl's points will be up for grabs this week in events at 
Lima and Rossburg, Ohio (National Sprints and Midgets), Santa Maria, Calif. 
(CRA Sprints and Western Midgets), plus Hickory, N.C., Tulsa, Okla., 
Seekonk, Mass. and Stockton, Calif. (Ford 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, 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-14; 2-Tracy Hines-13; 3-Dave 
Darland-10; 4-Bobby East-9; 5-Tom Capie & Dave Steele-6.

Valvoline National Sprint Car: 1-Levi Jones-16; 2-Justin Marvel-15; 3-Dave 
Darland & Dave Steele-13; 5-Shane Cottle-11.

National Midget Car: 1-Michael Lewis-13; 2-Josh Wise-9; 3-Bobby East, Teddy 
Beach, Ron Gregory & Billy Wease-6.

Valvoline Western Sprint Car: 1-Brian McClish-22; 2-Mike Murgoitio-18; 
3-Tony Hunt-15; 4-Kody Swanson-10; 5-Tim Barber-9.

Western Midget Car: 1-Jerome Rodela-18; 2-Steve Paden-13; 3-Robby Flock-12; 
4-Michael Lewis & Wally Pankratz-9.

Valvoline CRA Sprint Car: 1-Damion Gardner-116; 2-Rip Williams-41; 
3-Charles Davis, Jr.-34; 4-Rickie Gaunt-21; 5-Seth Wilson-19.

Midwest Ford Focus: 1-Jordan Noblitt-21; 2-Tate Martz & Stephanie 
Mockler-17; 4-Derek Fisher-16; 5-James Robertson-10.

California Ford Focus: 1-Alex Harris-47; 2-Chase Barber-33; 3-Robbie 
Whitchurch-30; 4-Benny Moon-26; 5-Chris Veach-23.

Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus: 1-Chase Scott-34; 2-Aron Oakley, Robbie Ray & 
Mike Ward-15; 5-Michael Sboro-13.

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