USAC Special Release - C&R SILVER CROWN CARS SET TO MAKE PHOENIX DEBUT

** This is the first of four releases to be sent out this week talking about
the drivers, owners and chassis builders involved in the debut of the new
generation Silver Crown Series. The releases are separated by car
constructors. This release talks about the C&R Racing competitors.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE										JANUARY 16, 2006
Contact: MICHAEL HARKER	(317)247-5151
	   DICK JORDAN	(317)247-5151


C&R SILVER CROWN CARS SET TO MAKE PHOENIX DEBUT

INDIANAPOLIS – Four C&R cars, the most from any stable, are set to compete
in this weekend’s season opener for the USAC Silver Crown Series, with some
of the top drivers in recent Silver Crown racing memory competing in them.

Two-time defending series champion Dave Steele (Tampa, Fla.) and Brian Tyler
(Parma, Mich.) make up one of the most experienced teams in Silver Crown
racing: Team 6-R. The team, which dates back to the late 1980s, purchased
two cars last month, and both drivers will be major threats to take the
checkered flag when it falls to close the “Copper World Classic” at Phoenix
International Raceway. Steele has 14 series victories and Tyler 10, putting
both in the Top-10 in career series victories.

The team adds the No. 1 with Steele behind the wheel, but returns the No. 21
team in a partnership with Hoffman Auto Racing and its primary sponsors
Kroger, Pringles, Tide and Bounty. The Hoffman team has fielded or partnered
to form a team for several seasons as well.

Team co-owner Darryl Guiducci expressed delight in both the new era of
Silver Crown racing and expects it to grow quickly.

“We really want to try to run for a championship again,” Guiducci said. “I
wasn’t the biggest fan of it at first, but everything changes, and I know
that to change our fan base, we have to change. And I’m not afraid of this
change either. I think we’re going to get more and more people as this thing
continues.

Added HAR president Richard Hoffman: “We are pleased to be able to field a
car with 6-R Racing. They are total professionals, and that we will be able
to make a mark in the first year of this new series. It is important to our
sponsors to have a presence, and the TV package and the addition of
important Kroger markets in Chicago, Kentucky and Kansas will help us sell
more Tide, Bounty, and Pringles at Kroger stores.”

Steele, who has four straight victories at Phoenix, was comfortable in the
test at Phoenix last month.

“The one thing I really liked about it is that it didn’t really have that
much of a different feel when compared to the old style Silver Crown
chassis; it really handled great,” he said. “I was impressed that from the
time we were on the track to end of the test there were no real major
problems. As a driver, that’s impressive for any racecar, not to mention a
brand new racecar.”

Ken Pierson, who owned the car Tony Hunt took to the 2001 Western Sprint Car
Series championship, purchased a car from C&R as well, with driver Tim
Barber (San Francisco, Calif.) behind the wheel. Barber finished third in
the Western Sprint Car Series points last season and made his debut in the
Silver Crown Series.

“We’re hoping to put on a good show this weekend,” said Barber, “and I think
this series is really going to take off after that. I definitely think Ken
chose the right car when he chose C&R Racing. I’ve got my sights set high
because I think we’re going to have a great car for Phoenix.”

Jerry Coons Jr. (Tucson, Ariz.) is also set to compete in a C&R chassis in a
combined effort for R.E. Technologies and NASCAR Nextel Cup veteran and
former Silver Crown driver Carl Edwards. Coons, a five-time runner-up in
series races, drove for R.E. Technologies last year, and the team recently
committed to the new car and has strong hopes of competing at Phoenix.

“We did a lot of research looking at the different manufacturers and we saw
that the builder for us would be C&R Racing,” said Coons’s team manager
Chris Santucci. “C&R has put of thought into their cars. I have a lot of
respect for (C&R Racing President) Chris Paulsen and his knowledge of
racing.”

Chris Paulsen, President of C&R Racing, is ecstatic about returning to his
roots, now as a chassis builder and new Silver Crown Series supporter.

“This is something we feel we can do a very good job of, going to the
high-speed tracks, fits right in to what we do everyday,” he said last
September. “That’s why we’ve decided to take C&R Racing to the business of
building these chassis. It’ll be a first-class racecar, and we’re noted for
our quality in what we do.”

For the latest on the Silver Crown Series or C&R Racing, check out USAC’s
website (www.usacracing.com) or C&R Racing’s website (www.crracing.com).

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