HARKER LEWIS, SWANSON, RODELA, HARRIS CONCLUDE 2005 EARL'S QUALIFYING CHAMPIONSHIPS

NOVEMBER 28, 2005
             Michael Lewis of Noblesville, Ind., Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, 
Calif., Jerome Rodela of El Monte, Calif. and Alex Harris of Simi Valley, 
Calif. are the final four Earl's Fast Qualifier Champions of 2005, closing 
out their championships Thursday night during the "Turkey Night Grand Prix" 
series finales at Irwindale, Calif.

             They will join Josh Wise of Riverside, Calif. (Silver Crown), 
Levi Jones (National Sprints), Damion Gardner (CRA Sprints), Tate Martz 
(Midwest Ford Focus), Chase Scott (Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus), Jasiel 
Randolph (Oklahoma Ford Focus) and Stephanie Stevens (Northeast Ford Focus) 
as honorees at USAC's "Night of Champions" December 28 in Indianapolis, Ind.

             Lewis emerged with a four-point edge over National Midget 
titlist Wise in the National Midget FQ standings, while Swanson came from 
behind to edge Tony Hunt by seven points in the Western Sprint series. 
Swanson was Thursday's fastest Sprint qualifier, while Jason Leffler was 
the fastest Midget qualifier at Irwindale.

             Rodela finished with a 21-point FQ edge over Garrett Hansen in 
the Western Midgets and Harris completed the season 41 points better than 
Chase Barber in the California Ford Focuses. Casey Riggs was Thursday's 
fast Focus qualifier.

             Points were 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 
was not held for Ford Focus events, points were 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 January 28. The National and Western FQ champs will receive 
$5,000 each, while the Ford Focus FQ champs will each receive $1,000.

2005 Final Standings:

Weld Racing Silver Crown: 1-Josh Wise-38; 2-Dave Steele-31; 3-Bobby 
East-27; 4-Tracy Hines-24; 5-Dave Darland-18.

Valvoline National Sprint Car: 1-Levi Jones-93; 2-Jay Drake-58; 3-Dave 
Darland-45; 4-Bobby East-43; 5-Josh Wise-42.

National Midget Car: 1-Michael Lewis-33; 2-Josh Wise-29; 3-Jerry Coons 
Jr.-27; 4-Billy Wease-26; 5-Tracy Hines-23.

Valvoline Western Sprint Car: 1-Kody Swanson-51; 2-Tony Hunt-44; 3-Brian 
McClish-38; 4-Mike Murgoitio-34; 5-Tim Barber-28.

Western Midget Car: 1-Jerome Rodela-48; 2-Garrett Hansen-27; 3-Michael 
Lewis & Wally Pankratz-21; 5-Robby Flock-19.

Valvoline CRA Sprint Car: 1-Damion Gardner-240; 2-Rip Williams-72; 3-Cory 
Kruseman-69; 4-Charles Davis Jr.-66; 5-Rickie Gaunt-53.

Midwest Ford Focus: 1-Tate Martz-96; 2-Stephanie Mockler & James 
Robertson-47; 4-Derek Fisher-36; 5-Jordan Noblitt-25.

California Ford Focus: 1-Alex Harris-112; 2-Chase Barber-71; 3-Benny 
Moon-64; 4-Chris Veach-62; 5-Robbie Whitchurch-61.

Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus: 1-Chase Scott-73; 2-Robbie Ray-44; 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-Stephanie Stevens-37; 2-Nick Wean-36; 3-Jeff 
Abold-32; 4-Brit Andersen-25; 5-Ryan Smith-20.