USAC Release #5 - THIRTEEN POINT RACES HIGHLIGHT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SCHEDULE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE										JANUARY 10, 2005
Contact: MICHAEL HARKER (317)247-5151 mharker@usacracing.com					06-5
	   DICK JORDAN	(317)247-5151 djordan@usacracing.com


THIRTEEN POINT RACES HIGHLIGHT MIDWEST FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SCHEDULE

INDIANAPOLIS – Thirteen point-paying features will make up the 2006 USAC
Midwest Ford Focus Pavement Schedule, released today.

The schedule will see races in six states, including Indiana, Ohio,
Kentucky, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. Four of the 11 tracks hosting
points-paying races will host their first Ford Focus race.

Columbus Motor Speedway will entertain the series’ season-opener May 20. The
quarter-mile tracks in Anderson, Ind. and Cedar Rapids, Iowa will be the
series’ only duplicate visits, as both host two races on the schedule.
Anderson’s Oct. 8 date will close the season for the series.

Tracks hosting their first races include Madison International Speedway
(Oregon, Wis.), Lorain Speedway (South Amherst, Ohio), Galesburg Speedway
(Galesburg, Mich.) and Dixie Motor Speedway (Birch Run, Mich.).

South Bend (Ind.) Motor Speedway makes its first Midwest schedule appearance
since 2003 on June 14, while the cars return July 8 to Kentucky Speedway in
a combined effort with the Carolina/Virginia series.

Two special-event, non-points races are scheduled for Dec. 29-30 at the Ft.
Wayne (Ind.) Memorial Coliseum.

“We couldn’t be more pleased with our first all Pavement Midwest Focus
schedule,” said National Coordinator Eric Bunn. “These are some of the best
paved short tracks in the country. We’re looking forward to racing at the
same quality of racing facilities when we release our dirt series schedule.”

Tate Martz of Rushville, Ind. is the series’ two-time defending champion.

2006 Midwest Pavement Ford Focus Schedule

May 20	Columbus Motor Speedway			Columbus, OH
May 24	Anderson Speedway				Anderson, IN
June 2	Hawkeye Downs Speedway			Cedar Rapids, IA
June 14	South Bend Motor Speedway		South Bend, IN
June 16	Madison International Speedway	Oregon, WI
June 23	Kil-Kare Speedway				Xenia, OH
July 8	Kentucky Speedway				Sparta, KY
July 15	Lorain Speedway				South Amherst, OH
July 30	Galesburg Speedway			Galesburg, MI
Aug. 2	Hawkeye Downs Speedway			Cedar Rapids, IA
Aug. 18	Dixie Motor Speedway			Birch Run, MI
Aug. 19	Berlin Raceway				Marne, MI
Oct. 7-8	Anderson Speedway				Anderson, IN
Dec. 29	Memorial Coliseum				Ft. Wayne, IN
Dec. 30	Memorial Coliseum				Ft. Wayne, IN