MILWAUKEE MILE NEXT FOR SILVER CROWN CARS STEELE NEW ALL-TIME LAP LEADER AFTER PPIR VICTORY

JULY 3, 2005


             The Milwaukee Mile in Wisconsin is the next stop for the USAC 
Weld Racing Silver Crown Series and Dave Steele of Tampa, Fla., now the 
all-time lap leader in series history, will lead the series to its sixth 
stop of the 2005 campaign.

             A 100-mile Silver Crown race at Milwaukee July 23 will be 
joined by a 30-mile National Midget car feature on the famed 1-mile paved oval.

             Steele established a brand-new record for Silver Crown laps 
led in a career by leading the final 60 miles of Sunday's "Rocky Mountain 
Classic" at Pikes Peak International Raceway in Fountain, Colo. He passed 
pole starter Tracy Hines on the 41 lap and led the rest of the way in his 
Bob East/Tony Stewart Beast/Ford to beat Michael Lewis, J.J. Yeley, John 
Heydenreich and Eric Gordon. The win left him with a 45-point lead over 
Josh Wise in the new standings going into the Milwaukee event.

             Steele averaged 117.301 mph Sunday as the race was slowed only 
three times for caution flags.

             Hines, who led the first 40 laps of Sunday's race, retired 
after 70 laps with a broken drive line.

USAC WELD RACING SILVER CROWN SERIES STANDINGS

1.-Dave Steele-246
2.-Josh Wise-201
3.-Bud Kaeding-188
4.-Jay Drake-181
5.-Brian Tyler-181
6.-Jay Drake-163
7.-Wayne Reutimann, Jr.-138
8.-John Heydenreich-128
9.-Teddy Beach-125
10.-Tracy Hines-115