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Ringers Gloves Weekend Wrap-Up – NASCAR  Report 

Moorpark,  Calif. -  (November 14, 2005) There is only  one race left in the 
three NASCAR top divisions, Nextel Cup, Busch Grand  National and Craftsman 
Truck Series. 
All three divisions were in action over the weekend at the Phoenix  
International Raceway.  The  Craftsman Truck Series kicked off the weekend with the 
Chevy Silverado 150,  followed by the Busch Series and the Arizona 200 presented 
by Walk the Line on  Saturday and the Nextel Cup Series on Sunday and the 
Checker Auto Parts  500. 
In the Truck Series, the Ringers team of Billy Ballew Motorsports had  Kyle 
Busch in the driver’s seat of the No. 15.  Busch, who won the Cup race on 
Sunday,  brought home Ballew’s Chevy in 11th place. 
The Ringers team of Orleans Racing and drivers Scott Lynch and Brendan  
Gaughan finished 18th and 23rd  respectively. 
Busch Series action gave three drivers, protected with UnderX by Ringers,  
top 15 finishes on Saturday; Jason Leffler, eighth; J.J. Yeley, 10th  and Paul 
Menard, 13th. 
It was also announced over the weekend that Yeley would pilot the No. 18  
Interstate Batteries car in the Nextel Cup Series in 2006, and Paul Menard will  
race a partial scheduled in the Dale Earnhardt Inc., No. 15 NAPA Auto Parts  
Chevrolet. 
Ringers team Penske Racing South and rookie driver Travis Kvapil led his  
teammates to the checkered flag, finishing 10th, on Sunday; the two  Chasers, 
Ryan Newman and Rusty Wallace, finished 12th and  29th, respectively. 
Both Newman and Wallace gained one position each in the Chase  points.  
Newman now sits sixth and  Wallace, eighth, with one race to go at Homestead-Miami 
Speedway this  weekend. 
Ringers Gloves, Official Gloves of  NHRA and title sponsor for the Ringers 
Gloves Pro Bike Battle, is a full-line  manufacturer of high-end, task specific 
gloves, SFI 3.3/1, 3.3/10 racing gloves,  UnderX protective undergarments and 
rdigs pit boots. 
Keep up with your favorite Ringers  racers in ‘05 by logging onto 
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