NEW GENERATION SILVER CROWN CAR CONSTRUCTORS BUSY ON NEW MACHINE

INDIANAPOLIS – No less than four car constructors have begun construction on
or laid the groundwork for the new generation Silver Crown car, set to debut
in 2006.

Stealth Motorsports and Devin Racing Chassis have already laid tubing for
their first cars while Keith Kunz Motorsports plans to start on its cars
next week. Riley Technologies, the developer of the new Silver Crown
prototype, completed its second car last week.

Stealth President Joey Martin has already sold four cars among three car
owners, including two currently involved in the series. While he doesn’t
expect a complete roller until next month, Martin expects to present
interested buyers the opportunity to see the car at his Brownsburg, Ind.
shop during the week leading up to the Brickyard 400. He already has cars
cut up on the table.

Martin said he has designed his car radically different to that of the
prototype, with changes most apparent on the roll cage. Martin anticipates
testing for the first time at the end of September or the first week of
October, and expects to participate in USAC’s exhibition Silver Crown race
Oct. 8 at Kansas Speedway.

“I’ve been pretty fortunate from guys in a lot of areas,” Martin said. “We’
ve received a lot of advice from some of the guys down south on aerodynamics
that can help us on the bigger tracks. I’ve also worked with USAC a lot in
the past, so I think I have a pretty good grasp of the rulebook. I think it’
s a good thing (new car) for my customers as well as USAC.”

DRC, which specializes at present in constructing Sprint cars, began
construction of its pavement Silver Crown about three weeks ago. DRC
President Joe Devin, who is working with IndyCar design expert John Ward on
the design, has computer simulations of the car on different degrees of
banking and several different drawings of what the car could look like when
it is finished. Devin said he has constructed the sides for the car, and
anticipates a complete roller near the end of August when supplies arrive at
his shop.

“All of the stuff we need has been ordered and the car’s been drawn up;
everything just needs to start showing up so we can keep working on it,”
Devin said.

Riley, who finished the prototype last summer and introduced the car last
December at the Performance Racing Industry show in Indianapolis, finished
its second frame early last week. The finished product should be available
next week.

Ron McMahon, Vice President and General Manager of Riley Technologies, said
minor adjustments have been made to Riley’s second car. The most noticeable
was a change in engine placement. The engine is now 62 inches from the rear
wheelbase instead of the original 64 inches. The wheelbase has also been
standardized at 102 inches.

McMahon expects to have the new car on display next week during Kroger’s
Speedfest at Indianapolis Raceway Park. He said interest has been up among
current owners as well as possible new entities over the last month.

“Over the last three weeks, guys have started to gain interest, and they’re
asking about prices and delivery, which they hadn’t until now,” said McMahon
on Saturday at The Milwaukee Mile. “Earlier in the year, there wasn’t a lot
of interest in getting prices. I think now that the season is winding down,
it’s hitting home that this is really going to happen.”

Kunz has completed the table for the car to be built on, but has not begun
construction as its race teams have competed during multiple National Sprint
and Midget Car Series events over the last month. However, Kunz has
completed several drawings and plans to change the roll cage area slightly,
with other modifications. The Keith Kunz Motorsports team will begin
construction next week, following the “Belleville Midget Nationals”

Stealth, Kunz, DRC and Riley have all said they’ve talked to a more than a
dozen interested buyers between them. Kunz, Riley and DRC expect purchases
to be made once their chassis are completed.

The new generation Silver Crown car will compete on pavement tracks during
the 2006 season. Utilizing a nose, sidepods and a rear attenuator, the car
is scheduled to run at the series' current tracks as well as tracks in
excess of 1.5 miles in length.