Tubby's Sponsors Derricke Cope and His #79 Monte Carlo in NASCAR Nextel Race at M.I.S. Sunday, June 19, 1:30 p.m.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich., June 17 -- Tubby's Sub Shops will be the sponsor, along with SBC, of the #79 Conley Motorsports car, driven by Derricke Cope in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Race at Michigan International Speedway (M.I.S.) on Sunday, June 19, 1:30 p.m. The Conley Motorsports team, owned by John Conley, is headquartered in Brighton, Michigan.

Cope tested his #79 Monte Carlo, and the M.I.S track, on June 7. Cope said, "They are a great group of people and I look forward to working with John and his team."

"This is our first NASCAR sponsorship and we're especially proud to support a Michigan NASCAR racing team like Conley Motorsports, and this race at Michigan International Speedway," said Robert Paganes, president of Tubby's Sub Shops.

"The Michigan connection is very important to us. We're a 37-year-old Michigan company and, like Derricke Cope, we have lots of fans," he laughingly added.

2004 saw the implementation of several innovations among Tubby's Sub Shops including:

  *  New store openings in West Bloomfield, Wyandotte, Plymouth, Sterling
     Heights, Flint, Port Huron, Detroit and downriver
  *  The implementation of a new store design in older locations
  *  A new lowfat menu
  *  The rollout of the new "baked fresh daily bread" in all Tubby's Sub
     Shops

Tubby's Sub Shops, Inc., headquartered in Clinton Township, Michigan, celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2003 and operates 92 stores in the Metro Detroit area, along with two in Florida and two in Iowa.