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TWENTY USAC THUNDER RACES SCHEDULED ON THE OUTDOOR CHANNEL IN 2006

Outdoor Channel will telecast 12 Silver Crown races and eight other events
during season

INDIANAPOLIS – Twenty USAC events, including a dozen Silver Crown Series
races, will be telecasted on The Outdoor Channel in 2006, the organization
announced Thursday.

Known as USAC Thunder – the throwback name to USAC’s weekend races during
the 1990s – the tape-delayed races will be shown over a period of 20 weeks,
including 14 straight Saturday afternoons from July thru September, in
one-hour programs.

Twelve of the 14 Silver Crown races, including all nine to be contested on
pavement in 2006 using the new generation cars, will be broadcast.

Five Midget races and three Sprint car races are also on The Outdoor Channel
’s programming schedule. Two Midget events – Phoenix and Milwaukee – are
incorporated into a Silver Crown Series weekend, but will be shown on
different dates. Three other high-profile events – the “Night Before The
 500” at Indianapolis Raceway Park, the “Pepsi/Mt. Dew Midget Nationals” at
Knoxville Raceway in Iowa, and the “Hut Hundred” at the Terre Haute (Ind.)
Action Track – will also make their ways to the tube.

The Sprint car races scheduled for taping are the March 4 CRA Sprint Car
Series race at Perris, Calif., the June 23 National Sprint Car Series race
at Richmond, Va., and the annual “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Classic” Aug. 12 at
Salem, Ind.

“We are extremely excited about the USAC Silver Crown, USAC/CRA and USAC
Sprint Cars along with the USAC Midget Cars airing on The Outdoor Channel in
2006,” said Steve Farmer, USAC’s National Director of Sales and Marketing.
“I personally want to thank everyone involved in putting together the most
diversified television package available on any network. We look forward to
many years of exciting USAC Racing on the Outdoor Channel.”

USAC’s National season is scheduled to start Jan. 21-22 with the “Copper
World Classic” at Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz.


2006 USAC Television Schedule – The Outdoor Channel

Event Date	Location					Air Date	Air Time		Division
Jan. 22	Phoenix International Raceway		Feb. 8	Wed. 8 p.m.		Silver Crown
Jan. 22	Phoenix International Raceway		Feb. 15	Wed. 8 p.m.		Midgets
March 4	Perris Auto Speedway			April 1	Sat. 5 p.m.		CRA Sprints
March 25	Homestead-Miami Speedway		April 8	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
May 27	Indianapolis Raceway Park		June 3	Sat. 5 p.m.		Midgets
June 3	Knoxville Raceway				July 1	Sat. 5 p.m.		Midgets
June 16	Kentucky Speedway				July 8	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
June 23	Richmond International Raceway	July 15	Sat. 5 p.m.		Natl. Sprints
June 24	Richmond International Raceway	July 22	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
July 7	Chicagoland Speedway			July 29	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
July 21	The Milwaukee Mile			Aug. 5	Sat. 5 p.m.		Midgets
July 22	The Milwaukee Mile			Aug. 12	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
Aug. 3	Indianapolis Raceway Park		Aug. 19	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
Aug. 12	Salem Speedway				Aug. 26	Sat. 5 p.m.		Natl. Sprints
Aug. 19	Illinois State Fairgrounds		Sept. 2	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
Sept. 3	DuQuoin State Fairgrounds		Sept. 9	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
Sept. 9	Terre Haute Action Track		Sept. 16	Sat. 5 p.m.		Midgets
Sept. 16	Iowa Speedway				Sept. 23	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
Sept. 22	Eldora Speedway				Sept. 30	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown
Sept. 30	Kansas Speedway				Oct. 14	Sat. 5 p.m.		Silver Crown