Earl's Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUGUST 29, 2005
Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER

DRAKE, JONES TIE FOR EARL'S SPRINT LEAD!

                 Jay Drake and Levi Jones are now tied for the lead in the 
2005 Earl's Fast Qualifier standings in USAC's Valvoline National Sprint 
Car Series. They will attempt to break the tie when the series resumes 
Sept. 23-24 in the "4-Crown Nationals" at Rossburg, Ohio

                 Top Earl's point earners last week included Drake and 
Bobby East (National Sprints at Pontoon Beach, Ill. and Milwaukee, Wis. 
respectively), Jerry Coons, Jr. (National Midgets at Sun Prairie, Wis.), 
Tony Hunt (Valvoline Western Sprints and Western Midgets at Stockton, 
Calif.), Damion Gardner (Valvoline CRA Sprints at Santa Maria, Calif.) and 
Chase Scott, Nick Wean and Keith Janca (Ford Focus Midgets at Mansfield, 
Ohio, Seekonk, Mass. and Santa Maria, Calif. respectively).

                 Earl's points will be up for grabs this week in events at 
DuQuoin, Ill. (Weld Racing Silver Crown), Salt Lake City, Utah (Valvoline 
Western Sprints), Perris, Calif. (Valvoline CRA Sprints) plus Watsonville 
and Petaluma, Calif., Tulsa, Okla. and Oswego, N.Y. (Ford Focus Midgets).

                 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-Dave Steele-30; 2-Josh Wise-29; 3-Bobby 
East-27; 4-Tracy Hines-22; 5-Jay Drake-16.

Valvoline National Sprint Car: 1-Jay Drake & Levi Jones-55; 3-Bobby 
East-34; 4-Justin Marvel-30; 5-Dave Darland & Josh Wise-25.

National Midget Car: 1-Michael Lewis-33; 2-Josh Wise-31; 3-Bobby East & 
Jerry Coons Jr.-27; 5-Billy Wease-25.

Valvoline Western Sprint Car: 1-Brian McClish-37; 2-Tony Hunt-36; 3-Kody 
Swanson-30; 4-Mike Murgoitio-25; 5-Tim Barber-16.

Western Midget Car: 1-Jerome Rodela-36; 2-Garrett Hansen-21; 3-Robby 
Flock-20; 4-Michael Lewis & Wally Pankratz-15.

Valvoline CRA Sprint Car: 1-Damion Gardner-170; 2-Rip Williams-66; 
3-Charles Davis, Jr.-51; 4-Mike Spencer & Cory Kruseman-32.

Midwest Ford Focus: 1-Tate Martz-92; 2-Stephanie Mockler-41; 3-Derek 
Fisher-33; 4-Jordan Noblitt & Chase Scott-22.

California Ford Focus: 1-Alex Harris-86; 2-Chase Barber-70; 3-Robbie 
Whitchurch-53; 4-Chris Veach-50; 5-Benny Moon-46.

Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus: 1-Chase Scott-64; 2-Robbie Ray-38; 3-Aron 
Oakley-26; 4-Michael Sboro-25; 4-Mike Ward-22.

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

Northeast Ford Focus: 1-Nick Wean-31; 2-Stephanie Stevens-28; 3-Brit 
Andersen-24; 4-Jeff Abold-23; 5-Ryan Smith-16.